Chapter 201.2
The slime brought back the part of its body that it extended .
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After vibrating a few times and seemingly making some adjustments of some sort, the siime stopped moving completely and then started releasing trace amounts of mana .
“…It’s not moving…” [Nikki]
Niki-kun couldn’t feel the mana, so I had to be the one to tell him that it was releasing mana .
“Huh . I can’t use magic, so it just looks like it’s sitting still to me… Hey, onii-chan, what’s its mana like?” [Nikki]
“Hmm… It’s a bit hard to put into words, but it’s like a wave . Small waves emit from the slime and become a flow, and then it goes back into the slime . It’s like it’s breathing the air it exhales .
It’s hard to catch the slimes evolving, so I don’t have a lot of experience watching them evolve, but the metal slimes also did this mana exhale-inhale thing, so it might be something necessary for the slimes . ” [Ryouma]
“I see… Ah .
Gradually the color of the slime began to change . It wasn’t a big change, though . Its transparent body just became a little blue . A little tinge of the sky’s hue so to speak . Before long the slime stopped releasing and absorbing mana .
I used Identify and—
Water Slime
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Skills Water Magic Lv2 Water Magic Resistance Lv8 Absorb Water Magic Lv1 Jump Lv1 Digest Lv3 Absorb Lv3 Split Lv1
“It safely evolved . ” [Ryouma]
I had the slime produce water with magic, and the water slime was more than happy to gush out water .
“Wow! It’s really using magic! What else can it do?” [Nikki]
I had it cast the attack spell, Waterball, next, and Niki-kun clapped his hands out of joy . After having our fun with the slime’s magic, we ran through the forest to look for more slimes to use in the experiments later .
Today we managed to catch 15 slimes .
“Huh? What’s the matter?” [Ryouma]
“Isn’t it kinda noisy?” [Nikki]
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We went back to the village, and just as Niki-kun said, something was amiss . Normally, the villagers would be going home around this time or be cooking supper, but instead, there were a lot of adults out in the road . The people nearby seemed to be talking about something .
“Let’s ask them . Obachan!”
“Huh? Oh, Niki-kun and Ryoumkun . Did you go to the forest again?” [Grandma]
“Yeah . We just got back now . Did something happen?” [Nikki]
“Actually, the feudal lord’s messenger came to the village just a while ago . Apparently he’ll be visiting tomorrow . ” [Grandma]
“The feudal lord is!? What is it so suddenly?” [Nikki]
“The thing is—” [Grandma]
Suddenly, the grandma turned to me .
“He wants to meet you, Ryoumkun . ” [Grandma]
“Huh!? Me?” [Ryouma]
“Apparently . I don’t know the details, but Hoi-san should have been contacted already . Why don’t you try dropping by the headsman’s place? It was the village headman who spoke to the messenger knight, so he should be privy to the details . ” [Grandma]
“Thank you very much . I’ll go . ” [Ryouma]
I can’t think of any reason why the feudal lord here would want to call me .
I’ve heard of him before, but he shouldn’t know about me .
Just what could the reason be? Anyway, before going back and before it got dark, I dropped by the village headman’s place .
I thanked Niki-kun’s grandma and bid him goodbye, then immediately made my way to the house of the village headsman .
When I did I happened into the village headman in front of his door . Looks like he was just coming back from somewhere .
“Oh, Ryoumkun . Good timing . I just came back from Hoi’s place . ” [Village Headman]
“It’s about the fedual lord coming to the village tomorrow, right? I heard some of the rumors just now actually . Apparently, the feudal lord wants to meet me . But why?” [Ryouma]
“I’m sure it’s because of your help with the fishes . It seems the lord wants to visit the people helping out . It’s not just you . Little Kai and Little Kei were called too . ” [Village Headman]
Oh, so that’s what it was .
“Thank goodness… I couldn’t think of any reason why I would be summoned all of the sudden, so I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d done something . ” [Ryouma]
“Ha ha, don’t worry about it so much . The feudal lord here is friendly and gentle . I’m sure it will end quickly if you just talk to him normally . ” [Village Headman]
“I see . Thank you very much . ” [Ryouma]
Ah, come to think of it…
“Village Headman . I actually have a letter of introduction with me in case I meet with the feudal lord . ” [Ryouma]
The letter of introduction is of course from the duke . In other words, from Reinhart-san . He told me to use it in case anything happened in Fatma Territory . I got it before going back to Gimuru from his residence . I didn’t have any plans of meeting the feudal lord, so I thought I wouldn’t have any opportunity to use it, but it’s good that I stored it in my Item Box .
“Hmm… In that case, I’ll take care of it before your audience with him . ” [Village Headman]
“I understand . I’ll be in your care tomorrow then . ” [Ryouma]
“Likewise . Please take care of the fishes tomorrow too . Well then, I bid you a warm sleep tonight . ” [Village Headman]
After the village headman saw me off, I went back .