Drying Slime
Me, Elna-kaasan, and Sylvio-niisan are now in the living room after having our meal, quietly spending a fine afternoon for the moment. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I thought our lunch would be the same hamburgers as we had before, but I was shocked that what came out was hamburgers wrapped in enoki mushrooms.
The large amount of the grilled enoki absorbed the umami from the hamburger so that even though it had quite the volume, it was still healthy.
I didn’t think there was this kind of method of eating a hamburger so I was surprised, but the taste was so fresh that I couldn’t help but ask for seconds.
Mina was astonished the meat had been reduced while the enoki was added, but as soon as she confirmed the deliciousness of the dish, her expression completely changed, and she was delighted.
Well, it seems fine as long as it has a proper meat flavor and taste, not like the tofu hamburger that doesn’t use meat.
If it’s that then it might be a recommended dish for people who want to eat meat dish while considering a diet.
In any case, we were splendidly taken in by Bartolo’s idea for our lunch. I am now enjoying the fragrant Royal Feed while immersing myself in the feeling of satisfaction after eating the meal.
「Ahh, it’s really quiet when Eleonora-neesan is not here」
「Alー! I caught slimes for you!」
I wonder if I should said such a flag-like line. I heard Eleonora-neesan’s voice calling me out from the courtyard.
「Come on, she called you. You should go」
「……un」
I was the one who asked her to catch slimes after all. It’s obvious that I should go out now. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I swallowed the half Royal Feed still in my cup and left the living room and headed outside.
When I left the entrance, I saw a horse-drawn cart parked in the courtyard, and not only Nord-tousan and Eleonora-neesan, but there were also Ema-oneesama, Sheila, and even Roomba there.
’What an unusual group of people’, I thought, but it’s probably because I was not involved with the vigilante groups at all.
For now, I’m so happy that Ema-oneesama came to our place.
「Alfried-sama, hello」
「Hello～」
Ema-oneesama greeted me politely and Sheila spoke in a relaxed tone as usual.
「Hello, Ema-san and Sheila-san. Could everyone be here because you help in bringing the slimes?」
「Yes, we thought we could help Lord-sama and Eleonora-sama」
As expected from Ema-oneesama, how amiable. It is certainly tiresome to help bring the slimes from the village to this place
「But, half of it was because we came to play～. Eleonora-sama said there are new games to play for the Harvest Festival」
「Hey, Sheila. Stop saying something like that so directly」
Ema-oneesama chides Sheila for telling me the real reason they came here so refreshingly.
「Ehh～? Even though Ema was also excited about wanting to play Kick target」
「I, I was not excited about it!」
Sheila and Ema-oneesama’s exchange is actually so heartwarming.
The Slowlett family was said to have new events and food stands after all.
Moreover, information about the Kick target and Throwing target has spread among the people who got involved in the making and from the villagers who tried playing with them.
Just like the two of them, there are probably a lot of people who look forward to them in the village.
Just as I was thinking about that, Roomba swiftly approached. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Al, I want to play that Kick target and Throwing target!」
「Ahh, un. I’ll go prepare it now」
I unconsciously and obediently nodded at him, since a burly old man begged me like a kid.
If possible I want Ema-oneesama to beg me for it and then I’ll go prepare it for her.
I walked toward the mansion’s warehouse while feeling regret, then I looked at it and used Psychic to open the door.
Inside the warehouse are things like the Kick target, Throwing target, and balls, I used Psychic on them, and installed them in the courtyard after moving them from the warehouse.
「Yosshaー!」
Then, Roomba ran off after them first like a kid.
Ema-oneesama and Sheila also took two steps forward trying to go after him, but then they looked back, perhaps they barely came to their senses.
「Excuse me, may we also try it?」
「Sure. Thank you for helping with the slimes」
「You can play without worrying about us」
「「Yes!」」
After getting permission from Eleonora-neesan and Nord-tousan, Ema-oneesama and Sheila happily replied and run to the games.
「Me too me too」
「You’re going here」
Just when I ran out to join them as if lured by the truly happy-looking and bright scene of them running there, Eleonora-neesan grabbed me by the collar.
That’s right. I still had to check the slimes they caught.
When I looked at the cart after being pulled by Eleonora-neesan, I saw a lot of slimes squirming around on the cart.
「I think lively slimes are better so we thought to just catch most of them alive」
「Ooh, I haven’t tested about that but I think this way might be better. Thank you」
A living slime probably won’t have its skin deteriorate in quality.
「So, can I use any slime to make it into a Good Sleep slime?」
「I think slimes that prefer fragrant grass are easier to raise. Look, if you hold out the grass like this.......there was a reaction」
Basically, if you give food to the slimes they will react, and among them were slimes that move as though they had found their favorite food.
They must have taken a liking to the fragrant grass I took out with my Space magic from my pocket.
「This?」
Eleonora-neesan lifted the slime with the strongest reaction among them. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Living, wild slimes have a lot of mucus on them, but Eleonora-neesan doesn’t seem to care about it. Well, a person who aspires to be a knight won’t be able to become one if they got worried over something like that.
When Eleonora-neesan brings the raised slime to the fragrant grass, the slime gobbles up the grass and my hand.
「Amazing, it ate it so vigorously」
「Guess it really likes it. Thanks to that now my hand is sticky」
If you properly train them, then slime won’t do something vulgar like eating my hand at the same time, but it can’t be helped since it’s a wild slime.
I wash the mucus covering my right hand using Water magic.
「Hey, this will become a Good Sleep slime, right?」
「I won’t say it definitely will, but I think it will be one if you keep properly feeding it fragrant grass」
「Slime also has a preference, huh」
Looking at Eleonora-neesan’s slime, Nord-tousan said that in admiration.
「Seems like it. Though I don’t know the specifics yet」
Even though slimes are creatures that live close to us, they are surprisingly full of mysteries. There is also a convenient tool that is the Good Sleep Slime, so I will keep on looking for opportunities to study them.
「Okay then, we caught the slimes, so what should we do now?」
Nord-tousan said after he catch another slime with the best response to the fragrant grass, in order to make another Good Sleep slime for Elna-kaasan.
That’s right. These slimes weren’t caught only for pillows.
「You need to kill it without damaging the skin and then wash it. After that, you just have to hang it to dry」
「I see. Well then, it’s better to just crush the nucleus」
As soon as I told them what to do, Nord-tousan and Eleonora-neesan’s hands went inside the slimes’ body and they crushed the slime’s nuclei with their hands. Then, the slimes became flat as if they lost their strength.
O, oohh, I know it’s necessary, but those two executed the tasks without hesitation, amazing.
I only ever saw slime die due to others forgetting to feed them and starve to death, so this is a little shocking for me.
I even still hesitate to dismantle a deer you know.
I feel sorry as the person to tell them the method just standing around without doing anything so I will also crush the slime’s nuclei.
It feels like crushing a soft plastic. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s not exactly a pleasant sensation, but I keep on crushing the nuclei while telling myself this is for the Harvest Festival and me.
After completing that task, I threw the slimes inside a water ball I made.
The slimes that were stirred and gently floating in the water looked like jellyfish in the water.
And after removing the mucus with water, we continue to hang them on the laundry rope.
「Hey, the clothespins are not enough?」
While drying a large amount of slime, Eleonora-neesan approached me and told me that.
「Then let’s put them on the slime hangers」
「What’s this? Are these going to be enough for all of them?」
I made circular hangers using Earth magic, and when I gave them to Eleonora-neesan, she neatly put the slimes on them.
There are no particular signs that the slimes will fall.
「Hee, there won’t be any problem like this」
The hangers receive Eleonora-neesan’s seal of approval, and she switches the slimes on the clothes peg to the hangers. Put the slimes on the circular hangers and then let them dry. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Oryaaa! Uooohh!? D’ye see I hit three of them just now!? I should’ve hit them, why does the panels not coming off!?」
「Ahahaha, you hit the crossbar just now Roomba-san」
「That was such a shame, it was a nice shoot though～」
Nearby, we heard the lively voices of Roomba, along with Ema-oneesama and Sheila laughing happily.
I also want to finish this sooner and join them.
I guess it’s the same for Eleonora-neesan. Even though she was talking to me her hands didn’t stop moving.
And Nord-tousan seemed to be smiling as he looked at us like that.
Perhaps it’s because we were moving our hands quickly that we soon finished hanging them, the slimes are now lined up in a row in the courtyard.
It feels kinda refreshing like looking at the laundry hanging to dry, but all that was being dried are slimes.
「Something like these?」
「Un, we will just have to check on them tomorrow」
「So, we just have to see their condition tomorrow right? All of you are now free then」
Since Nord-tousan told us to break up, Eleonora-neesan and I looked at each other and started running off.
Right in front of us, is the sight of Roomba just kicking the ball, and breaking the middle panel. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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