Chapter 90
As we stepped down another level after everyone leveled up, I asked the kids to give the Pure Slime a name . She will be our new companion that’s definitely going to follow us for a long time, so of course I want a name for it .
After a result of some strict examinations, a name was finally decided .
「Best regards,『Maurice』」
When I called out to the slime, it jumped happily and crawled up my head . Oh, aren’t you a mischievous one . But could you stop sucking my magic while you on top of my head . I’ll give you a lot later, ok .
「Seriously, I can’t believe that the next contract after me would actually be a Slime…」
La Veil was a little bit of a pain right now . Well, she definitely didn’t expect that the next being to be in the same position as her would be a Slime after all . Sorry La Veil, you do know that I can count on you more than tens of thousands of times right, so why are you upset now about this?
Now then, it should be time to get back on the main topic . The power level of kids and Cielo seems to be doing well for now . Mika is also currently standing in as their escort right now since she won’t be able to raise her level unless we go on the deeper floors . The monsters would only change after the 10th level and only their levels go up . The monsters we have encountered so far only 5 types of monsters which are Blade Beetles, Goblins, Yellow Apes and Pure Slimes . Well, if there’s too much variation in monster species then its ecological effects would become chaotic .
After that, we have also encountered some adventurers as we move from place to place, and though everyone was under a lot of stress, they leave us alone laughing as they to distance themselves .
「Well, even if they try to get involved, it would still be easy to rough them up」
「Either way, they probably have no time to do so . It’s not like it’s not dangerous already inside the dungeon after all . 」
That’s right, if they tried quarrelling with other groups and end up incapacitated, there’s a high chance that everything would collapse altogether, and of course almost everyone wants to avoid such risks . No matter how much of a bad person they are .
And then, while we were talking about that, a little problem came from somewhere else .
「Help us!!」
Several adventurers who suddenly came out of our sight were running towards us . Analyzing them with fairy magic, everyone’s levels were around 30-40 . The average levels of everyone in the 7th floor should be around 20 – 25 so it shouldn’t have been a problem for them . However, everyone was in a tattered state . Though it’s still another matter if I would help them or not .
「Don’t move, I’ll help everyone」
「Eh, ah, ugh!?」
When they were close enough, I summoned halos restraining their hands and feet and after the sudden bind, the adventurers all fell down on their faces to the ground . Sorry about that but I’m just making sure since I don’t know what everyone might do, this also serves as a warning .
「They are coming master . It’s also a good number」
「La Veil, can you handle them for me because I will have to put barriers on the children?」
「Leave it to me」
We finally encountered a new monster . Moreover, their numbers are around 20 .
Nameless Lv . 48
Race: Flare Monkey
HP 975/975
MP 404/404
ATK 476
DEF 308
MATK 472
MDEF 294
INT 33
SPD 405
Skills: Fire Beast Magic（C-）Tree Climbing（B）
・Fire Beast Magic
『Magic that can be used by beast type monsters . It can use magic that matches the characteristics of the monster . 』
It was a large flock of monkeys with bodies covered in flames . They are skillfully using their tails to jump from tree to tree, though what I’m more curious about is the big flame at the tip of their tale . Their sizes were not really that big, but their status and levels are not ones that you would normally find in this area . I don’t really have time to do this but I’ll just ask for a bit .
「So, why were you people trying to escape here?」
「We’ll answer everything, please just let us go!! We will all die if we don’t run away!!?」
「Ah, yeah . Don’t worry about that, I’ll ask again after things settle down . La Veil, take care of it」
「Umu, understood」
The monkeys finally were within La Veil’s range . The nearest monkey started its assault throwing a flaming ball towards La Veil . It seems like their tail also serves as a magical conductor .
「Hooh, are you underestimating me」
With a swing of her halberd, La Veil returned the ball of flame with tremendous momentum .
「Kikiiii!?」
Unable to react to the speed of the returned fireball, the Flare Monkey’s head exploded killing it in the process . Enraged by the loss of their member, the other Flare Monkeys assaulted La Veil wanting to tear her up with their claws embedded with magic,
「This monkeys didn’t understand how useless this is . Now all of you die from the bad luck of encountering me . 」
Each time the halberd was swung, red light was generated which incinerates the monkeys that she hit, killing them in a single blow . All of the monkeys were wiped in just a short amount of time in her flame dance, probably because all of them jumped at her making it easier for her to eradicate all of them . La Veil returned to me with a cheerful look . Though a bit of dissatisfaction was written on her face .
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「Oh, you’re done . Now then, shall we continue our conversation? 」
I turned my sight on the adventurers again and asked, and as expected everyone was stunned and couldn’t immediately respond . I know how they feel, but don’t they understand the situation they are in? When I began tapping my feet, they finally regain their sanity .
「So, sorry……」
「It’s fine, so can you explain yourselves」
「A, yeah」
When I asked them why they ended up in our location, they didn’t really answer clearly . To simplify, they said that they went to a level that wasn’t fit for then and that they unknowingly camped in a location close to a flare monkey nest . As a result, they ended up chased by the group and fled all day long until they reach this level and finally finding our group .
「So, are you telling me that you didn’t purposely drop them on us?」
「That, that’s right, your group were just in the direction of our escape, that’s why we were telling you to escape――gyiii!?」
They were lying so I stabbed my sword near one of their feet .
「I’ll ask you again one more time . This time though I am warning you to be careful of what you say, it might hit you this time for sure, you know . So, what’s the real reason? 」
「………」
「Are you really ok with that Master? To let them free」
「Well, nothing really happened this time so it’s fine . Though there sure are a lot of adventurers here with really rotten roots」
Seriously I almost vomited after hearing their reasons, but I still released them without really doing anything . Arena consoled me saying 「You did great! 」 which made me feel a bit better . Well if I left them restrained here, they definitely would have died and I didn’t really want to kill them . It might have been a naïve decision, but I don’t want to suddenly kill people in front of Arena .
There a lot of other people around us, and because they saw a lot of stray baggers working with us, so they thought that they could just leave the monsters to us and run away . If I was still a human, I definitely would just leave them alone to die . But I am also thankful that I am a fairy right now .
「「Aidle . That was really amazing……」」
「Fairies are mostly like that」
Cielo and fairies like all humans and beastmen on an instinctive level . That’s why I would have felt even more disgusted if I killed people . In the first place, I don’t really have the drive to kill a person, that’s why I let them go . They also witnessed the power of La Veil, so I don’t think that they will ever comeback to try again . And they would also spread it to others when they go outside .
「Alright, let’s cap out here for today . Everyone regroup after cleaning up the monsters that have been taken down . Let’s go dismantling」
「「「Ha~i!」」」
We got a lot of flare monkeys today so it should be a good time to take a break . Everyone collected the demons . It’s not really that many though . Well, it should be enough for practice teaching, I guess . After confirming that everyone has a monster body to handle, the children gathered around the most experienced children in dismantling .
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「Now then, what is your name?」
「Um, it’s Ryata desu」
「Yosh, from now on, I’ll assign you as their teacher . Can you guide us in disassembling? 」
Ryata was surprised by what I’ve said . Well, sorry about that . We’re not really that proficient in dismantling too . That’s why we would also like to learn the proper way to do it .
「Shall we start then, teacher?」
「「「Please teach us」」」
「I, I got it, alright～ . Then, we shall start with Yellow Apes…」
Even though hesitant of the requests of Cielo and the children, Ryata gave a silent consent .
And then, according to Ryata’s instructions, we dismantled monsters one by one and at least two children would cooperate to process one . Some pairs were almost about to cry after failing, but Arena encouraged them to continue until they finally managed to complete it . When one of the little girls finally finished the last one, La Veil immediately prepared a huge pot .
「We will be making stew out of the monster meat that everyone have hunted and gathered today . Let’s all eat together」
「「「We did it!!」」」
The children lined up in front of the pot showing that they had a lot of fun . Ashia was glancing over here, but also properly lined up with the others . It will disappear without you knowing it, you know?
「La Veil-san is good cook isn’t she……how envious」
「Cielo is not good at cooking . The meat ended yp turning into charcoal the other day…」
「Don’t worry Cielo, I’ll teach all about it, fight!」
「Uuh, thank you for the consideration……」
As expected, Cielo kind of resembled me in my previous life, so I felt sympathy with her . I’ll teach you just like how Testanisan taught me so don’t worry about it .
More like La Veil have too many good points . When we started our journey, she would only bake things and eat it, but after eating Aguersan’s dishes, she started cooking on her own .
Because it was delicious, I would always leave our meals to her, but I wonder if it’s good because the person in question seems to be satisfied with her work . La Veil hated humans, but slowly she was also able to accept them, and that completely disappear if it’s for children……
The children were eating with tears in their eyes saying 「So good」 as they stuff food in their mouth . Looking at the scene, I also found that La Veil was happily swinging her tail .
「Thank you for your delicious meal today」
「Mou, you don’t have to praise it that much, it was only a hobby of mine . Please look forward to the next ones!!」
「Of course we’ll do . Right, Arena? 」
「I love La Veil’s dishes!」
Yup, if I was a man, I would definitely want to marry her . Either way,
When everyone finally finished their meals, I handed out something to everyone .
「Aidle-san, what are these?」
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「Ashia, this is a board game called Othello . Well, it would be a good thing to exercise everyone’s brain before going to bed . It’s easy to understand, so why don’t everyone try it?」
「Wha, why do you have something like this?」
Ah, Mika who was an otherworlder was the first one to react . Now that I think about it, don’t I have any way to escape explaining……ah no, there is another way .
「Well, it’s something that was popular in my hometown . It seems like heroes also used to come to this world even from a thousand years ago, and I think it might have already been forgotten in most countries」
「Hmmm…After all, there were also others that were similar to us」
Well, that should do it, I think……I would like to hide the fact that I’m a reincarnated person for now . Though I don’t really need to do it .
Alright, Arena can show how it’s played to everyone . Because you only need to flip aligning sandwiched rows, everyone immediately remembered the rules and started to do it enjoying the game . And of course, I lost…
「Be sure to finish and go to sleep after a few round, okay?」
「「「Ha~i♪」」」
I created a water barrier while everyone was concentrating . This would keep everyone safe during the night . After putting up a tent, everyone entered . We have already used it for a number of times in a day today, so everyone was already used to it and I won’t have to be troubled by noises from the outside tomorrow .
「Arena, shall we turn back into a fairy?」
「Un♪」
And so I and Arena returned to being fairies while putting a dummy on my sleeping bag . I then called out to Maurice and the two of us immediately dived on the slime .
That’s right, this is what I have always wanted to do .
「Oooh～this is so good～～」
「So good～♪」
「Uwah, that looks really good」
「That looks really comfortable～」
The contract was definitely worth it . The slime that wrapped around me and Arena with quite the exquisite softness served as out bed . With this, I would definitely be able to sleep soundly . We are currently sleeping between Mika and La Veil so that the children won’t be able to see us .
There were a lot of annoying things that happened today, but this zeroes everything out . Anyway, good night～～…
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The Next Morning
「Fuuooo～～～～」
「This is……how did this happened」
「It seems like my body became numbed because too much magic power was absorbed . It’s not really my fault you know」
「Maurice, bad!」