So, where is the slime?

　As we walk along the field road in the village of Coriat, I ask Thor.

'The only place I see you often is near the river and the forest!　Let's head to the river where we always play first!

'Huh?　It's closer to the forest from here, but do we have to go see the forest first?

　From here, the forest is much closer to the forest.

　The river you usually play in is on the mansion side of the river, so it takes a little longer to walk from the village of Coriat.

　If we want to go around efficiently, shouldn't we look at the forest first and then go to the river?

　When I asked a simple question, Thor and Asmo, who were walking, stopped dead in their tracks.

''........What will Al do if we find slime in the forest?

I'll be back as soon as I can to make a slime pillow.

　I told brother Silvio in the morning that I was going to teach him the wonders of slime pillows, and it's already past noon.

　If possible, I'd like to show him how wonderful it is as soon as possible.

''Right!　If that happens, me and Asmo will have to go back to work again!

'And there's no river in the nearby woods to keep you cool!

　Thor shouts with a spiteful swagger and Asmo says in agreement.

　These guys are going to get out of work and thoroughly enjoy themselves.

'Alright, alright. We're going to the river, and don't get mad at me for not being home sooner.

Al knows what he's doing.

　I say with a shrug, and Thor changes his expression and pats me on the back with a big smile.

　It's thin-skinned to take Thor and Asmo out of work and have them show me around and say bye bye as soon as they catch the slime.

　From Thor and Asmo's point of view, he's probably just happy to get out of a hard job, but he should probably hang out with them a little more as friends.

　Tory gave me a cover to put the slime in, and all we have to do is pack it up.

　It's enough to get home by evening.

　Besides, what Asmo said about cooling off in the river isn't a bad idea.

　I've been cooling off with ice magic all the time lately, so I wanted to cool off with a little bit of nature's bounty.

　It would be great to get away from the slowly baking sunshine and put my feet in the cold water.

　As I walked around imagining myself cooling off in the river like that, I saw Thor next to me, looking like he was about to die.

Hey, Al. Use your ice magic. It's simply hot.

I need cooler air right now.

　Asmo let out a snarky voice while making the same expression.

　Sweat was already lazily flowing from their bodies, and the color of their short-sleeved clothes had become darker.

''........No, I understand how you feel, but since we're going to go to the river to cool off, let's hold back here.

'What!　It's hot as hell out here, so why don't you use it?　I've been in the habit of walking outside while using all the time lately!

'Nope, no. Because if we get the benefit of the cold air from ice magic here, the pleasure of cooling off in the river will be a disappointment.

　Thor says desperately, but I shake my head and deny it.

　I'm already in the mood to relax and cool off in the river. I don't feel like using ice magic here.

　Or rather, if I use it, I don't think I'll care about the river anymore.

''Al has a weird way of getting hung up on things, doesn't he?

　Is it an obsession?　I'm aware that I'm rather moody.

I'm not going to be able to get away with it. I'm just asking you to use ice magic for a little bit. I'll be dry before we reach the river.

I'm going to die if I don't.

　As I'm walking around thinking about this, Thor and Asmo are riding on my body.

　The body heat of the two rugged bastards and the searing sunshine of the two bastards have taken a terrible toll on my mental health.

　The two of them are heavy, and the three of them are crowded together, which raises the heat level.

　I'm not strong in the heat either, and to tell you the truth, I'd like to use ice magic right now like the two of them, there's no way I can resist the self-destructive attacks of these two guys.

''Ah!　God!　Ice!　I'll only serve you ice, so get away from me!

　I shouted and rammed the ice magic created by the ice magic into Thor and Asmo's back.

''Whoa!''



　You're not going to be able to do that.



""There's a river!"

　We shouted as we reached our usual river in a sweat.

　In the most primitive way possible, we made it through the rough stuff, popping the ice I offered as a compromise and holding the other ice in our hands.

　There were some tragedies along the way, such as fighting for ice and dropping it, but we made it through the journey without missing a single person.

　After basking in the baking sun, we made a mad dash for the river to cool our hot, blazing bodies.

　Then we took off our shoes and jumped into the river in our clothes, not even bothering to take off our clothes.

　Once in the water, the uncomfortable sweat and heat I was feeling earlier was no longer a lie. What came instead was a great sense of exhilaration. The heat from my burning body and the beads of sweat floating on my skin were quickly washed away.

　I opened my eyes in the water and saw Thor and Asmo coming into the water with a thud, followed by a thud, thud, thud.

　They both look very comfortable.

　After seeing them, I started to feel like I was having trouble breathing, so I looked up into the water to breathe once.

''Phew!　It feels good!

　I take a deep breath and exclaim.

'Uhaha!　I'm coming back to life!

It's paradise.

　Then Thor and Asmo surfaced and shouted as well.

　Thor and Asmo seemed to be enjoying the coolness of the water as they washed their faces repeatedly with it.

　I brush up my hair, which is now wet from the water, and float in the water as if I'm letting it happen.

　The water wraps around my entire body and is comfortable.

　The water in the river is cold and cools our hot bodies.

　It's a good thing we had to put up with the cold air from the ice magic. I'm sure we wouldn't have been able to get such an exhilarating feeling if we had been exposed to the cold air.

''Hahaha!　Al, you look extra fuzzy with your bangs up!

I've seen dead fish floating around like this before.

　As I was floating in the water, Thor and Asmo pointed at me and said something rude.

　d*mn, I knew I looked like that because I'm young and have a wide forehead.

　But that's what pisses me off when they say it.

　I mean, Asmo, please don't treat me like a dead fish.

You're the one who looks young with your bangs down. It's cute that way, so it's better to wear your bangs down on a routine basis.

　I grinned and pointed it out to them, and they ruffled their bangs with their hands in a hurry.

　I wonder if they think they can get away with messing up like that and letting their hair float away. Not much has changed, though.

''d*mn!''

　They saw their own reflection in the water and understood it, and they stopped resisting when they looked at each other bitterly. Apparently, they gave up.

''Kukku--Kupe!

　As they were laughing at such a situation, water suddenly flew into their faces.

''Hahahahaha!　Suck it up!

'Puke!　Because!

　When I paid off my water-soaked vision and looked ahead, I saw Thor and Asmo holding their bellies and laughing.

''........hoo?　That's ballsy of you to challenge me to a water fight.

'Heh, I don't know if Al is such a big deal!　There are two of us, and we're big, too. You're the one at a disadvantage!

I have big hands, so I'm confident I'm going to blow a lot of water.

　Thor and Asmo come with a fearless smile as they move their hands around wakily.

　Certainly, from a common sense point of view, the situation is two against one. Furthermore, it's quite a disadvantage to have Asmo, whose body is large and whose palms are large, as an opponent.

　However, this is a world with magic. You can do whatever you want with that much.

''Hmph, have you forgotten that there's an unshakable difference in such matters?　I can do water magic. I mean it!　It means I'm able to control a whole lot of water in here at will! It's not the same amount of water that you're going to fling around in the palm of your tiny little hand.
of!

　As if to make you understand the meaning of my words, I invoke the water magic method.

　Then the surface of the water, which had been flowing quietly, suddenly begins to swell.

　And then it becomes a water current, and it slows down to follow me.

''Oh, hey!　It's not fair to use magic!

That's not very mature!

'Isn't it cowardly of you to try to play two against one?

"...........

　Thor and Asmo, who have no words to reply to my words as expected, stand there in silence.

''Well then, let's go, okay?''

"'Well, wait, wait, wait!　Kupe!

　As I said that, I let the water flow away and Thor and Asmo were swallowed up without a second thought.