384-Dry slime




 
 In the living room after lunch were me, my mom Erna and my brother Silvio, quietly spending a beautiful moment in the afternoon.

 I thought we would have the same hamburgers for lunch as we did a while ago, but I was very surprised to see that the hamburgers were covered in enoki mushrooms.

 A lot of grilled enoki mushrooms absorbed the flavor of the hamburger, and although the hamburger was hearty, it was also healthy and tasty.
 It was.

 He had never thought of eating hamburgers in this way, so he was surprised, and the freshness of the flavor was so good that he couldn't help but have a second helping.

 Meena seemed shocked to see that there was less meat and more enoki mushrooms, but as soon as she saw how good it tasted, she was pleased with her palm.

 Well, it's not like the tofu hamburgers don't have any meat used in them, and as long as they're properly flavored with meat, it seems to be good.

 That might be a good meat dish for people who are considering dieting but still want to eat meat.

 Anyway, lunch was beautifully done by Bartolo's ingenuity. Now I'm basking in the satisfaction of it all and enjoying it with a fragrant royal feed.

'Oh, it's so quiet without my sister Elinora, after all.

'Alhh! I caught you some slime!

 Is it wrong that I said such a flagging line? I heard Elinora's sister calling from the courtyard.

'See, it's calling you. Go to him.'

Yes.

 I was the one who asked you to go get the slime. It would be obvious that I had to leave here.

 I swallowed my half-plus Royal Feed in one go and headed out of the living room.

 When I walked out the front door, there was a wagon in the courtyard, and there were not only Father Nord and Sister Elinora, but also Sister Emma, Sheila, and even Rumba.

 I didn't think they looked like much of a group, probably because I'm not involved in the vigilante group at all.

 At any rate, I was more than happy to have sister Emma come to our house.

'Hello, Alfried-sama,'

Hello.

 Sis Emma greeted me politely and Sheila was as laid back as ever.

'Hello, Emma Sheila. Did you by any chance help me carry the slime?

'Yes, I thought I'd help my lord and Lady Elinora.

 As expected of sister Emma, how kind of you. It's true that it's a hassle to carry the cargo area from the village to here.

"But we came halfway here to have fun! Elinora-sama has a new game to play at the harvest festival.

'Come on, Sheila. Stop saying those things so openly.

 Sheila, who announced her true purpose in a really refreshing way, was given a taste of her sister Emma.

''Eh~? Emma had a habit of wanting to do kick targets too.

Well, I'm not exactly looking forward to it.

 The exchange between Sheila and sister Emma is really funny.

 I've heard that the Rowlettes are planning a new event this year, and they're going to set up a stall.

 Furthermore, the information about kick targets and pitch targets is known to the villagers who were involved in the work and who played with the experience to try it out.

 I'm sure by now there are people in the village who are looking forward to it as much as the two of us are.

 As I was thinking about this, Roomba came very close to me.

'Al, I want to do this kick target and pitch target thing!

Yeah, yeah. I'll get it for you now.

 The burly old man begged me like a child and I couldn't help but nod my head honestly.

 In any case, I wanted to be begged by sister Emma to prepare it for her.

 I walked over to the warehouse of the mansion with disappointment and opened the door with a psychic.

 I put the kick targets, throwing targets, and balls visible in the warehouse under my control with my psychic and moved them to the courtyard to set them up.

''Yes!''

 Then Roomba was the first to run off like a child.

 Sister Emma and Sheila took two steps to follow, but barely remembered to reason and looked back.

'Excuse me, may I try?'

Sure. Thanks for your help.

You don't have to worry about us, you can play along.

"Yes!

 After getting permission from sister Elinora and dad Nord, sister Emma and Sheila run with a happy smile on their faces.

'Me too, me too,'

You're over here.

 As I ran out, as if lured by the truly joyful and gorgeous scene, sister Elinora grabbed me by the collar.

 That's right. I had to check on the slime that she had captured for me.

 I looked at the wagon as Sister Elinora pulled me to the wagon and saw a lot of slime stirring.

'I figured the fresher the better, so I caught most of them alive.

'Oh, I don't know, I haven't experimented with that part, but I think it's probably better. Thanks.

 A live slime would have less skin deterioration than a live slime.

''So, which slime would make a restful slime?''

'I think it's easier to grow slime that likes herbs. See, if you offer it to them like this they'll respond.

 Basically, they are slimes that react when you give them food, but there is a slime among them that moves sensitively, as if it has found a favorite food.

 I guess it liked the herb I pulled out of my pocket with spatial magic.

''This one, right?''

 Elinora sister lifts up the slime, which reacts violently.

 Live wild slime has quite a lot of mucus, but Elinora sister doesn't seem to be particularly concerned about it. Well, a person who wants to become a knight can't do it if he or she is worried about such things.

 I brought the herbs close to the slime that Elinora sister lifted up and swallowed the whole hand with a crunch.

''You ate it with great gusto.''

You must really like it. It's making my hands sticky.

 If you discipline it properly, it won't do something as vulgar as swallowing your entire hand, but it's a wild slime, so it can't be helped.

 I washed out my right hand, which was coated with mucus, with water magic.

"Hey, this will make me a restful slime, right?

I'm not saying never, but if you keep eating herbs properly, you'll get it.

I guess slime has a preference.

 Father Nord looks at Sister Elinora's slime and exclaims in admiration.

'It looks like it. I don't know all the details yet.

 Slime is a familiar but surprisingly mysterious thing. It could be a useful tool, like restful slime.
And I'll continue to catch and study it whenever I see an opening.

Now that I've caught the slime, what do I do with it?

 Dad Nord reiterated that he would catch the second most responsive slime for Mother Erna, who wanted a restful slime.

 That's right. These slimes weren't just collected for pillows, you know.

'You take them down and rinse them under water without damaging the skin. Now we just need to hang them out to dry.

Okay. Well, I guess I'll take out the nuke then.

 As soon as I told them the procedure, Father Nord and Sister Elinora slipped their hands into the slime and crushed the core in the center. The slime then became flattened as if it had lost its strength.

 Oh, oh, I know it's a necessary task, but it's amazing how two people can execute it without hesitation.

 The slime is a bit of a shock, as I've only seen others forget to feed it and let it starve to death.

 I still hesitate to dismantle a deer or something.

 I'm sorry to say that I'm not going to stand around and do nothing, so I'm going to crush the core of the slime too.

 It felt as if I was crushing soft plastic.

 It's not a very pleasant sensation, but I crush the nucleus, telling myself it's also for the harvest festival and myself.

 Once those tasks were done, I floated the water ball and threw the slime into the air.

 The slime, stirred by the water current and floating softly, looked like a jellyfish drifting in the water.

 I finish removing the slime with the water and hang it up on the laundry rope.

'Hey, I'm running out of washcloths.

 As I was drying a large amount of slime, Sister Elinora came over to me, saying so.

'Well, let's put it in the slime hanger.

What is this? Do you want me to cover it up?

 I made a circular hanger with earth magic, so I handed it to her and Elinora sister covered it up nicely.

 The slime didn't seem to fall off the hanger in any particular way.

''Heh, this won't be a problem.''

 After receiving the approval of Elinora's sister, I switched from the washcloth to the slime hanger. I put the slime on the circular hanger and hang it out to dry with a bang.

''Oyaaah! Whoa! I think you just hit the three! I should have hit it, but I can't get the panel off!

Ha-ha, Mr. Roomba, that was a bar.

That was a good shot and it was so close!

 I can hear the frolicking Rumba's voice beside her, and the voices of sister Emma and Sheila laughing happily.

 I can't wait to get this over with and join them over there.

 It's probably the same for Elinora sister as well. She was always talking to me at times like this, but she was moving her hands crisply.

 Seeing us like that, Nord Dad seemed to be smiling at us.

 All the slime was quickly dried and lined up in the courtyard.

 It's a refreshing feeling, as if you were looking at the laundry, but it's all slime that's being hung out to dry.

''Is it like this?''

Yeah, I guess we'll just have to wait and see tomorrow.

So now all we have to do is wait for tomorrow. You're free to go.

 Me and my sister Elinora look at each other as Dad Nord announces the breakup, and we start running.

 Just out of our line of sight, Rumba kicks the ball and snaps the middle panel.