Chapter 215.1
Side Carm Norad
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The next day .
“Good morning!” [Ryouma]
The boss arrived at his usual time today .
He doesn’t seem tense to me, but he’s so cheerful it’s concerning .
“Good morning, Boss . Did you go home properly yesterday and get a good night’s rest?” [Carm]
“Huh? Ah, yeah . More or less . ” [Ryouma]
He paused for a moment there, didn’t he?
“Boss? Did you rest properly?” [Carm]
“I went back home properly and got some sleep . But the slimes evolved as soon as I came back, so I stayed up late . ” [Ryouma]
“Again? Please keep your all-nighters in moderation . ” [Carm]
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I’m fine . It won’t get in the way of my work, and all these evolutions should end soon . I got a lot of garbage from the villagers of Fatma Territory, so the slimes were able to get a lot of nutrients and evolve .
Ah, by the way, two types evolved last night . Both were sticky slimes who evolved after eating ‘water spiders’ . One of them became a spider slime with the skills ‘Build Nest’ and ‘Capture’, so I guess the water spiders really are spiders . I thought they were crabs, but… I guess it’s a trivial matter . The other slime evolved into a ‘Crust Slime’ with the skill ‘Mold Shell’ .
Their abilities and appearance aren’t any different from the normal sticky slimes, but…” [Ryouma]
“Ah, by the way, Boss . The laundromat we were talking about before replied . ” [Carm]
“—Ah, already? Didn’t we just contact them yesterday? I thought they’d take more time to respond . ” [Ryouma]
I feel bad cutting him when he’s so happily talking, but there’s no telling when the conversation will end when the topic is about slimes, so I distracted him by showing him the letter that arrived first thing this morning . I don’t really mind talking to the boss about slimes during break time, but we’re in the middle of opening the store right now . It won’t look good to the rest of the employees if both the boss and the assistant-manager are slacking .
Of course, the boss himself understands that and he’s also generally a diligent person, so that’s not really a problem… Oh?
“Hmm… This letter says I can visit their store anytime . Should I take that at face value and drop by today?” [Ryouma]
“Can I see that letter?” [Carm]
I got the letter from the boss and looked through it… I see .
“It does say that you can visit them, so I think it should be fine to drop by as long as it’s not at a busy time . ” [Carm]
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“I see . In that case, I’ll drop by around noon after lunch . I want to wear something proper, and I don’t want to intrude on them during their break time . ” [Ryouma]
“Alright . In that case, I’ll go get ready too . ” [Carm]
While I was saying that, my eyes happened to fall onto the boss’s arms .
“It’s rare to see you wearing something like that . Is that a bracelet?” [Carm]
The boss normally isn’t one to wear accessories . In fact, I’ve never really seen him wearing one .
Depending on one’s customs, a person might wear certain things regardless of age or gender, but I’ve never heard anything of the sort from him .
But today the boss had a metallic rope wrapped around his left arm that’s connected at both ends with a clasp decorated with embellished stones – in other words, a bracelet-like object was wrapped around his left arm .
“You mean this? Fu fu fu, does it look like that to you?” [Ryouma]
“Am I wrong?” [Carm]
“No, I made it look like that, so you’re not wrong, but this is actually a slime . The wire slime that evolved at Fatma Territory could turn itself into a thread-like object by stretching its body . I figured it might be possible to combine it with some stones to make it look like an accessory, so I gave it a shot . ” [Ryouma]
“I see…” [Carm]
Is there any point in turning a slime into an accessory?
That simple question popped up in my mind, but I hesitated to voice it out seeing how happy the boss was . In the end, I didn’t say anything, and just looked for a good timing to end our conversation and went back to work .
After lunch and after having readied myself to go with the boss…
“I’ll be counting on you, Yurdum-san . ” [Ryouma]
“Leave it to me!” [Yurdum]
Yurdum-san ended up going with us too .
I was internally surprised when I found out that the boss had asked him to escort us himself .
As for why I found that surprising, that’s because the boss normally doesn’t bring any guards with him .
I know now that the boss is an adventurer and is quite powerful himself, but when I first met the boss, he really struck me as a mature child, so when people were starting to get jealous of our store and started to cause disturbances, I repeatedly advised him to have some guards with him .
The boss normally listens to me and my older sister, but…
‘I can protect myself’, ‘I’ll protect my own body’, ‘It’s fine, it’s fine . ’
Is what he’d gently tell us while firmly rejecting the notion of having any guards . The one exception was when he went to visit the duke and he needed Fei-san to accompany him out of formality’s sake . That was really the one exception .
Even though the store is armed to the teeth with Fei-san, Leelin-san, Dolce-kun, and Ox-san to prevent anything from happening to the employees, he’s completely unconcerned when it comes to himself . Though perhaps that’s also because a half-baked guard would only hinder him…
“Carm-san, is something the matter? I feel like you’ve been staring at me since awhile ago . ” [Ryouma]
It seems I’ve been staring at him unconsciously .
“I was just thinking how strange it was for you to ask for an escort . ” [Carm]
“Huh? …Come to think of it, you and Carlsan did advise me many times to have some with me . ” [Ryouma]
So he does remember our advice . It looks like he’s also a little embarrassed for not listening to us since he awkwardly averted his eyes when he said that .
“I’m not mad about that, Boss . After all, I understand now just how strong you are . I’m just curious why you suddenly decided to have Yurdum-san accompany you today . ” [Carm]