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It’s a slime.
But isn’t it big despite being
10 meters away?
I looked at Pete slowly, and
his face was pale.
“Pete, that’s slime, right?”
(Louis)
“Yeah, but it’s not just
a normal slime. It’s probably a Huge Slime.” (Pete)
The approaching Huge Slime seemed
to be about two meters in diameter compared to its surroundings.
My dagger won’t work, and
Pete’s spear won’t work either.
Pete isn’t able to use attack
magic, nor can I.
Are we at a dead-end?
The slime wasn’t moving very
fast, so we decided to slip past it and run away.
I can’t help but wonder which
of the two of us it senses as prey.
At least if one of us is
captured, one of us will be able to escape.
I’ve probably been alive
longer than he has, so if it comes to it, I’ll move to let Pete go.
It’s only natural for the
elders to do their best for the future of the young.
I held up my knife, but a
weapon like a knife was ineffective against a Huge Slime.
Pete looked back at me for a
moment and said, “Louis!”, But the Huge Slime seemed to be aiming at
me from the beginning and charged straight at me.
I held up my knife, but a
weapon like a knife was ineffective against a Huge Slime.
I looked for a way to escape,
but there was none, and I was quickly caught by it.
It was covering my face and
head, but I wasn’t able to do much due to its size.
I wondered if it was going to
take me in and melt me, but it just covered me up and licked my face like a
dog…?
What is this? Does the slime
like me?
I wasn’t sure if it could
understand me or not, but I decided to speak to it.
“Well, I’m sorry, but can
you move away from me for just a little bit?” (Louis)
The slime moved back into being
a big, round slime.
I can’t read its expression
because it doesn’t have a face, but it seems to favor me, so I say.
“Hand!” (Louis)
A part of its body stretched
out like a tentacle and touched my palm.
It was cute.
I offered it the hardtack bread
that I had left for lunch and it quickly took it inside.
What a cutie. I’ll appraise
it.
“[Appraisal]” (Louis)
Huge Slime: Unique Individual,
Mucus, Acid, Telepathy.
I’m touched, so I ask.
“Would you like to be my pet?”
(Louis)
When I asked it, the space
between me and the slime glowed for a moment, and then it disappeared.
(Master, please take care of
me from now on.) (Huge Slime)
“What? Did it speak?
Where’s its mouth?” (Louis)
“It’s a telepathy. I’m a familiar
because I entered into a master-servant contract.” (Huge Slime)
“Is that so? Why not a
pet?” (Louis)
“I’m your familiar.”
(Huge Slime)
Pete came back while we were
having a meaningless conversation.
“Louis! Are you
okay?” (Pete)
“Oh, yes, I’m okay.”
(Louis)
Pete asked with a confused
expression.
“What the heck is going
on?” (Pete)
“I don’t know, but the
Huge Slime seems to have become one of mine and says he’s, my familiar.” (Louis)
“Did you tame it?”
(Pete)
“What do you mean tame?”
(Louis)
“I mean, did you make a
master-servant contract with the Huge Slime? That’s what I mean.” (Pete)
Do you become a pet because
you feel nostalgic? I was surprised to hear that this happened.
It’s too abrupt no matter what
you think
I decided to ask the Slime.
“Hey, tell me two things,
one, what is your name, and the other is why you weren’t hostile?” (Louis)
(I don’t have a name, so Master
will have to decide. And I knew you weren’t an enemy because you smelled good.)
(Huge Slime)
“I get to choose your name?
I’ll call you Huey then since you’re a Huge Slime. Nice to meet you, Huey.
What’s the difference between a good smell and a delicious smell? Also, it’s
hard for me if you keep calling me master, so just call me Louis.” (Louis)
(Got it, Louis. It’s not a
delicious smell, it’s just a smell we like.) (Huge Slime => Huey)
“Hmm, do I still smell
like it?” (Louis)
“Yeah, Louis smells
really good.” (Huey)
Apparently, I smell good to
monsters.
Maybe it’s because I’m from
another world?
When I told Pete that they knew
I wasn’t an enemy because apparently, I smelled good to Huey, he misunderstood
that I smelled delicious.
I guess that’s what he thinks
since we’re dealing with a monster.
Pete added that he had never
seen a monster that could communicate.
He said that even if there is
a master-servant contract, they don’t talk to each other, they just command the
monsters. He’s never seen any other monster except common monsters or tamed Raptors.
By the way, I tried to see if
Huey could understand my thoughts as telepathy, and he could.
It seems that both parties can
send telepathic messages to those with whom they have made a master-servant
contract.
I’m not sure if it’s possible
for familiars to talk to each other if I make contracts with more than one of
them.
When I activated [Appraisal]
on Huey again, I found that “Louis’ familiar ” had been added.
I don’t know when the contract
was made.
I can imagine that the
lifestyle of a dog or a cat would be different from that of a slime, but if he
follows me at his size, I might receive complaints.
When I told Huey that he was
too big and that I would have to let him go, he said he could make himself smaller.
Slimes are amazing.
I asked him to try it out and
he said he could make it the size of my palm.
He said that if he worked
hard, he could get down to the size of a pea, but he couldn’t do it for a long
time.
Where is all this mass going
to disappear to? I thought about that for a moment, but then I reminded myself
not to think too much about it since this was a world where magic was possible
and this was a mysterious creature.
Normally, he could be anywhere
from the size of the palm of my hand to about 30 centimeters.
By the way, Huey is gummy to the touch, not sticky or gooey, but soft
and cool to the touch, which is quite pleasant.
According to Pete, slimes
are usually sticky and gooey and are generally small fry monsters.
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