Chapter 200.3
Sixth day
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Another rest day for fishing and hunting .
After coming back from my morning jog, I saw people bringing their trash to the to the part of the square that was temporarily being used to hold my garbage . The villagers were already using it as if it were perfectly natural .
I greeted the people bringing their trash with them and asked why they were giving all of these to me, and they laughed, saying that there was a huge cleanup at the end of the year anyway, so they might as well just give their garbage to me to deal with .
“With this we can just pick out what we need and randomly throw the rest away . We couldn’t do this if your methods polluted the sea, but I guess there’s nothing to fear in that regard!”
—Someone said jokingly, but the adults weren’t really laughing .
I’m glad they’re able to dispose their trash properly . I think I’ll continue to take care of their trash from here on out too .
Moreover, other than the feeds, the village headman also gave me pots with slime inside as thanks . 20 slimes all in all .
According to the village headman, I was a huge help in subjugating the mud salamanders, disposing their trash, and gathering firewood . The subjugation of the mud salamanders was properly compensated for, but disposing the trash and gathering the firewood wasn’t . As expected, they couldn’t be at ease just repaying my work by just giving me their trash and leftovers .
Personally, I’m glad just to have their trash and leftovers, but the village headman probably didn’t want to leave debts even in the smallest things . I gratefully accepted the slimes .
By the way, the reason the village headman compensated me with slimes is because when he was thinking of how to thank me Niki-kun said, ‘if it’s onii-san you’re talking about, then you should give him slimes!’
Niki-kun sure understands me .
After the village headman was able to thank me, he left feeling relieved .
Seventh day .
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After repeatedly teleporting the corpses with my dimension magic, I’ve finally developed a knack for the skill .
I haven’t gotten any hard data, but I think I’m a lot more efficient now at teleporting multiple targets simultaneously .
At noon my occupation changes from an adventurer to a garbage collector .
I went around the village collecting garbage from the elderly who couldn’t carry the heavy ones .
I made full use of my Dimension Magic too, so it made for good training .
I managed to catch four slimes today and got 8 slimes as tip for my garbage collection services .
The days passed by like that until finally reaching present time .
Before me is the miracle of one week .
No, it’s the favor of the villagers and the fruit of continuously collecting garbage – two slimes .
That’s right . In just one week, two of my slimes evolved into two new variants .
One of the two slimes was the metal slime that ate nets .
It hasn’t changed much on the surface, but its body has shrunk a little .
But what about its skill and abilities?
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“… Monster Identify . ” [Ryouma]
‘Wire Slime’
Skill: Harden Lv3, Expansion and Contraction Lv3, Physical Attack Resist Lv2, High-Speed Movement Lv3, Digest Lv3, Absorb Lv3, Skill Lv2
“Wire, in other words, a thread of metal… So I guess that means it didn’t really want the net itself but rather the ‘thread’ that made it . It has mostly the same skillset as the metal slime . Just one skill was added to it – Expansion and Contraction . But it’s been able to transform into weapons all this time and it could expand and contract too…” [Ryouma]
I had it try the new skill out, and the wire slime extended a part of its body . I thought it was just going to extend a part of its body like a tentacle as usual, but it extended it like a thread instead!
“1m, 2m… You can extend it even further?” [Ryouma]
…Looks like this is still far from its limits . As I watched it move fervently in an attempt to show off, I noted that the extended thread was the same as the tentacle – No . It’s not exactly the same, the thread is thinner and lighter, and the slime can move it more freely .
I had the slime extend it for a while, and the slime’s main body shrunk . Is the range limited by the volume of the wire slime? …I’ll research that later . Anyhow, this one seems to have a lot of uses . A very useful slime indeed!
“As for the other one… Yeah, it’s ‘that’ . I’ve never seen one so big, though . ” [Ryouma]
The other slime was the one that loved to eat egg and seashells . The ex-acid-slime .
I thought the common point between the two feeds would be the calcium carbonate, but the actual result turned out to be something completely unexpected .
The slime’s new body was milky-white with a unique luster and dazzled magnificently under light .
‘Pearl Slime’
Skill: Refine Protective Body Liquid Lv3, Coating Lv3, Crystallization Lv3, Digest Lv3, Absorb Lv3, Split Lv2
“I knew it! It’s a pearl . ”
But why would acid turn into a pearl? …It ate seashells, but those weren’t pearl oysters… Ah, but I guess those shells had nacre inside .
There were various kinds of shells, weren’t there? And the main ingredient of pearl is calcium carbonate . When I think of it that way, I guess it’s still within expectations… Hmm? A former acid slime fed on seashells and eggs… Hmm? Acid and egg? Vinegar…
You can make mayonnaise with vinegar and egg . Mayonnaise and pearl… If I think of it that way, then I think I might have an idea how this happened . In the past, there was a very similar chemical experiment called Mayonnaise Pearl .
But as much as I’m curious how things ended up like this, there’s a bigger problem right now .
In the middle ages of Earth, the technology to cultivate pearls didn’t exist, so people had to catch wild pearl oysters from under the sea . And even then tens of thousands of pearl oysters would only net a paltry amount of pearl, which caused pearl to become really expensive . This was written in a light novel I read before .
I don’t know how much pearl goes for in this country and this world, but it’s a precious resource in pharmaceutics and it’s not that well known in society, so it should be fairly expensive .
The pearl slime looks like a giant pearl, so just that alone should fetch it a good price, but… Refine Protective Body Liquid, Coating, Crystallization… From the sound of these skills, this slime can probably create more pearls .
It’s just a possibility right now, but what if it is possible?
Pearl Slime . A slime that looks like an expensive pearl and can create pearls .
Considering its value, it wouldn’t be strange if people set its sights on it .
It would be better not to show it to others or talk about it .
But…
“What should I tell Niki-kun?” [Ryouma]
He’s been enjoying himself feeding the slimes everyday, so he knows that I’ve been feeding an acid slime egg and seashells… What to do?
“Ryouma? Are you still asleep?” [???]
“!!” [Ryouma]
That surprised me… It’s Kai-san .
“I’m awake . ” [Ryouma]
“I see . It’s time for breakfast already . ”
“Thank you, I’ll be right there!”
Before I knew it, it was already that time .
…For the mean time, I better go have my breakfast…