After leaving Thor and Asmo, I walked back to the mansion down the single street.

　I was going to let Thor and Asmo hold the slime pillow, but today took longer than expected, and it was getting close to nightfall, so I had to postpone it.

　They still seemed to want to hold it today, but they were happy to leave when I told them they'd have more reason to take it out at a later date.

　When I enter the front door, I'm greeted by Saara and Meena, who were just in the hallway.

''Welcome home, Alfried-sama.''

I'm home.

　They both speak the same language, but their voices sound as if they were expressing their personalities.

　And more than anything else, I'm glad to hear you greet me as soon as I come home like this.

　It makes me feel safe and secure that I can stay here.

　Even Thor and Asmo, who were reluctant to go home until the very end, must have somehow come to that realization, don't they?　I put down the leather bag with the slime in it and change from my outside shoes to my slippers, wishing I was.

'Huh?　Soft?　Master Alfried, what's in this leather bag?

　Meena asks a simple question as she holds my pack.

'There's slime in it!'

'Oh!　It's a slime!　When I was little, I used to bring them home with me. But every time I did, my mother told me to go throw it away.

I've been there.

You'll take it home with you at least once.

　Meena and Saara have a somewhat nostalgic conversation.

　It's the kind of episode where your mother gets mad at you for bringing home an abandoned cat or an abandoned dog.

　Well, if it's a harmless and somewhat cute looking slime, it will be treated like that.

　I thought bringing home a slime would be frowned upon, but it doesn't seem to be too much like that.

　Is it because he was from a villager, where animals and demons were familiar in his daily life?

''Did Alfried-sama want to own a slime?''

Maybe you've found a way to make slime taste good!

　As I'm thinking about that, Saara and Meena ask me.

　I think Meena's words are half-wishing, but I wonder if slime can be eaten?

What?　Can you eat slime?

'I've never eaten it, but I've heard that in different villages they do.

　I'm surprised to hear what Sarra said.

　Seriously. 'Sometimes I eat slime.

'I've never had them either, but they look pudgy and delicious. If you eat them with sweet syrup, they're going to be like those kagura dumplings Alfried-sama was talking about!

That's just something Meena would want to eat.

Heh.

　...Is it like agar?　What do I do, I imagine after hearing Meena's words, it sounds very tasty.

　Slime changes its hardness depending on the heat and cold air. If I adjust them with magic, they can be hard or soft. I can make the texture as I like. I can adjust it that way and get a jelly-like texture.

　The problem is the taste and cleanliness.

　I don't know about cleanliness, but there are many edible demons such as wussies and orcs. Slime seems clean in comparison to that, but what do you think?　

　But it looks like some villages are actually eating it, and it doesn't seem to be harmful to the human body.

　I don't know what they are eating because they are omnivores, but I think we can manage them there by removing the mud and feeding them like a fish.

　Or if you dare to keep feeding them fruit and other foods, they might taste that way or something like that. And there's a way to tenderize meat in livestock production and remove odors like that.

　Slime is a demon that digests and absorbs things. It's entirely possible that if you keep eating the same food, it will taste like that.

　In other words, if you keep feeding them grapes and then cook the slime, the food will be like grape jelly!

'Mr. Alfried?　Master Alfried!

'Ha!　Uh, what is it?

　Meena shakes me by the shoulders and I huff back to myself.

'Are you okay?　Are you tired of being out and about?　Your eyes were dead, you know?

...the death of her eyes as if they were slowly dying away.

　It's an amazing thing to be told that I was just thinking about it.

　But looking at Meena and Sarra, they don't seem to be teasing. They seem genuinely concerned.

"We'll be fine. I was just thinking about whether or not I could eat the slime.

Is that so?

"It's okay, just go back to dinner. I'll work on turning the slime into a pillow.

"For the pillow?

　While Saara and Meena tilted their heads, I lifted the leather bag with my psychic and headed upstairs.



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　After stuffing the slime into the water-resistant demon leather, I immediately headed to the living room to have Brother Silvio try it out.

''Brother Silvio!　I got a slime cushion!

Welcome home, Al.

　When I walked into the living room holding a slime pillow and a mochi slime cushion, my brother Silvio, who was reading a book on the sofa, smiled at me and said, "Is that a slime pillow?

Is that a slime cushion?

'Yes, I do!　Try it out right away!

...do you see any slime coming out of it?

　When I handed him the slime cushion, Brother Silvio, who held it in his hand, asked me anxiously.

　I agreed to try it out after hearing that it would make me less tired, but I guess I got scared when I actually felt the softness of the slime on my hands.

'I'm feeding it, and I've tied it up with a string, so it'll be fine. Either way, if it comes out, we can take it out ourselves.

'Yeah, I know. Slimes can be beaten by small children and they're fine.

　Brother Silvio muttered to himself and placed the slime cushion on the couch.

　Then he stared at it and slowly placed his buttocks on it.

''Ah........''

　A voice naturally escapes from brother Silvio's mouth.

''Well?''

Al, it's very comfortable.

　I asked, and Brother Silvio replied with a soft expression.

''Right?''

'Yes!　This one doesn't look like it's going to hurt my butt to sit all the time.

　Brother Silvio would sit back down and enjoy the feel of the slime cushion.

　It seems that Brother Silvio also understood the advantages of using slime as a cushion. It's a far cry from the tense expression on his face just now.

'Is the hardness of the slime just right?　We can make it a little harder by cooling it down with ice magic, or a little softer by warming it up with fire magic.

'Hmmm, that's about it for now, isn't it?　I'll try to use it for a bit and then we'll see.

Okay.

　Brother Silvio is the first person to use a slime cushion. It would be a good idea to start by using it and figure out what you like.

''Then I'll use my own cushion, too.

　I'm tired of being out and about all day today. I need to use the slime cushion to laze around too.

　I put the other slime cushion on the couch and slowly sat on it.

　The elastic slime softly took my weight.

　The good thing about this is that my buttocks fit oddly, thanks to the way the slime morphs into the shape of my hips.

　I sat down sluggishly to enjoy the feel of the slime.

　Then I felt like lying down, so I decided to use it as a pillow by lying down and putting it under my head.

　The usual feather pillow is nice and fluffy, but the bouncy slime pillow is great too.

　........what is it? It's as if I'm lying on a giant konjak.

　Maybe I'll chill the pillow next time. I just got back from outside and I need to cool off.

　I slowly cool the slime pillow with the cold air of ice magic.

　Then the slime inside it cools down and becomes hard. I check the hardness with my own hands and stop when I'm satisfied.

　I buried my face in the slime pillow again.

　Then a tingling sensation runs down my cheek.

　It seemed to blow away the heat of midsummer and felt very good against my burning body.

''Huh ... it feels so nice to be hinky.''

　I can't help but mutter while relaxing my expression.

　Then, Brother Silvio, who was nearby, was also curious.

...Does it feel so good to chill it?

Do you want to try it, Brother Silvio?

Yes, please.

　The slime cushion offered to Brother Silvio was similarly cooled with ice magic.

''Wow, great!　It's really hard!

　Brother Silvio, who poked at the slime cushion as it was being cooled, let out a surprised cry.

　His reaction is somewhat cute and I chuckle.

''Is this cold and hard enough for you?''

Yes, enough is enough!

　I handed the slime cushion to Brother Silvio, who sounded somewhat excited.

　Then brother Silvio immediately put it under his head and started lying down.

''Huh ... it feels so nice and cold.''

Using slime as a pillow isn't so bad, is it?

　I say with a smile to Brother Silvio, who has a look of ecstasy on his face.

'Yeah, this will make me want to use it to sleep.

　Brother Silvio slowly meditated and eventually began to let out a breath in his sleep.

　Apparently, Brother Silvio had fallen under the charm of the slime cushion.

　This morning, he was sound asleep, even though he had said that there was no way he would sleep with the slime, a demon, under his head.

　If you like the slime cushion so much, it was worth it for me to work hard all day today.

"Wow.....

　As I took a breath and looked at my brother Silvio who was sleeping, a fierce feeling of sleepiness came over me.

　It seems that the exhaustion of moving around all day today has arrived.

　I obeyed my body's instinct for rest and laid down on the sofa and laid a slime cushion on my head.

　Then slowly my consciousness sank.