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The Possibilities of Slimes
After returning to my room, I take a look at the weak slime inside the pillow cover.
Maybe it has died because it didn’t get fed, it had lost its moisture, and its skin is wrinkled and flat. It doesn’t look like a slime with the usual elasticity. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I can’t use this slime as a pillow anymore, but it would be great if I could reuse it for something else.
「Hm? Hmmmm?」
I lifted the seemingly sad-looking slime, but then I noticed something.
I wonder if I can use this slime as a substitute for the scooping paper.
The slightly slippery slime makes a pretty nice film and it looks like it’s going to be the suitable material for a scoop.
Having thought of that, I moved to the garden to do a little experiment.
After making a bucket with Earth magic, I put water inside it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Then, I put the slime inside the bucket and lightly wash the slime.
However, it’s harder to remove the sliminess than I expected them to so I throw the water in the bucket and fill it with water again, and then I wash it with water for the second time.
Immediately after that, most of the sliminess has been removed so I take out a piece of cloth from my subspace to drain the water from the slime.
「Oh, some moisture has returned to the slime」
Perhaps it was because the slime was soaked in the water that the cracks in the skin disappeared.
While being surprised at its bouncy texture, I cut it into a round shape with a scissor.
Then, I put the cut slime between the scoop frame and it was fixed without any problem.
Yosh, next is the experiment if this can scoop the fish.
Holding the slime scoop, I move to the stream outside the mansion ground.
As soon as I found a small fish that seemed like it has the right size for the scoop, I caught them with Water magic.
Then I take out the water tank from the subspace and put the water and the small fish into the water tank.
The fish are swimming around rapidly inside the water tank. Maybe because they are all river fish, most of them are brown.
The color is a bit lacking for fish scooping, but it’s going to be enough if it’s just for an experiment.
After making a small tray with Earth magic, I hold that with my left hand and put the slime scoop into the water.
First is the endurance test. I move the slime scoop around in the water. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
The water pressure hits the slime skin, but it doesn’t tear like the papers. If anything, I feel like the slime scoop has a slight stretchiness that demonstrates the slime’s elasticity.
Moving the slime skin while observing it in the water, but there is no sign of it tearing.
As expected from a slime’s skin, it appears to be strong against water.
Having confirmed that, I decided to use it to catch the fish next.
Raising the scoop from the water, I fixedly stare at the swimming fish.
Then, I found a small fish that seemed to be moving slowly, and so I gently thrust in the scoop and scooped it up.
I wonder what would happen if the fish got caught on the scoop.
When I scoop the fish to experiment on what would happen if I put a burden on the skin, the surface of the scoop is undulating under the weight of the small fish. Then, the scoop returns to normal as if absorbing the weight.
Due to the slime skin, the small fish was easily caught to the point that it was too fast.
「Hmーm? I did that with a force that it would tear a paper just now......」
Despite being surprised at the durable slime skin that was stronger than I expected, I continued to scoop small fish with the slime scoop.
Though I knew a trick so the fish wouldn’t put a burn on the scoop, I didn’t use that and continued scooping as if I were a beginner.
However, I guess it’s because the slime scoop is durable that I continued to scoop fish one after another.
Just like when a fish bites each bait thrown at the water, it was an easy manner of catching the small fish on the slime scoop
I realized that it is strong in the water and you can scoop up small fish without any problem.
This slime skin is an adequate material to be used as a scoop in exchange for paper.
But, this is too easy.
The scoop I had in mind is something that will make you have to use your brain to catch the fish despite it being easy to tear. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s fine if it’s water resistant, but I wish it had a better balanced texture like the paper earlier.
This, is not the bouncy texture like this but the crips texture like paper.....
It becomes elastic when it’s wet, so this time I wonder what would happen to it if it’s dry? If I remember correctly, I feel like there are a lot of cracks on the dry skin before it’s wet.
Hmm, I’m not sure but there’s the possibility.
I released the small fish in the water tank into the river. I toss the water tank and the scoop into my subspace and turn back toward the mansion.
When I returned to the courtyard, I saw pure white clothes and sheets fluttering in the wind.
Looks like it’s being washed. Just when I think so, Mina’s face appears from behind the sheets.
「Ah, Alfried-sama, welcome back. Are you going for a walk?」
「Just going to the nearby stream to do a little experiment for the Harvest Festival entertaintments」
「Aah, for that small fish scooping, right! I can’t imagine how it will play out but I’m sure it will be fun like the pitching target game! Please let me try it when it’s finished!」
Mina earnestly asked me while leaning forward.
It looks like she really liked the pitching target I made the other day.
「Un, well I have to show it to Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan anyway, I will call you at that time」
「Thank you very much. I’m looking forward to it since it’s going to be livelier than usual this year because Alfried-sama thought of various things」
When told me that with a happy smile on her face when I answered.
If someone like the highly conscientious like Nord-tousan and Sylvio-niisan were to be asked like this then they would definitely be inspired but I’m different. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I took on this job since Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan told me to, but I’ve been enjoying this quite a bit.
It’s not that I did my best so that all the villagers would be able to have fun with it, but it’s more like I’m making something I will also enjoy playing.
And so, I don’t think I made a huge contribution or worked hard for the village doing this much.
But, it’s nice when others emphasize and share the same liking for the things I enjoy.
I unconsciously smile at my own feelings.
「Ah, that’s right Mina. Dry this too」
「Okay, okay, I’ll dry your clothes while I’m at i――hyaaaaaa!?」
When I casually handed over the slime skin I was holding behind my back to her, Mina threw it to the ground while screaming.
「Ahh, hey!? That’s not nice of you to throw it to the ground!」
I hurriedly raise and spread the thrown slime.
Aah, it has become dirty since she threw it not at the place where grasses grow, but at the ground.
I lifted the slime skin and brushed off the sand sticking to it while recalling the scene of jellyfish washed up on a beach in the summer.
But I can’t completely clean the dirt, so I use Water magic to wash it.
「Wai, Alfried-sama! What is that slimy thing!?」
「It’s a dead slime?」
Even Mina should know that much. Just what is she talking about now? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「No, I know that, but please don’t hang it like when you hang laundry! I thought it was clothes, so I was surprised when something slimy suddenly appeared!」
「Eh, sorry」
Slimes are not rare monsters so I thought she would just add it to the laundry and hang it up to dry like when I asked her to add more laundry normally.
「Once again, can I ask you to also dry this slime? Ah, if possible spread it out and hang it so it won’t be wrinkled」
「Ha, haa, sure, but what are you going to use it for after drying?」
「Once dried, I’m thinking maybe it can be used as a tool to help with the festival entertainment」
Perhaps she was convinced when I told her the reason, Mina dried it on a rope as if she was drying a towel.
The sight of sheets, shirts, and towels lined up with slimes looked very surreal. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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"Min earnestly asked me while leaning forward."
ReplyDeleteYou misspelled "Mina".