Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 497

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Big Slime

「So, how are we going to catch it?」

「Who knows, I think Al will be able to do something with his magic」

 Eleonora-neesan gave a careless reply to Roomba’s question.

 Well, even I don’t know how to catch a Big Slime. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 There’s a chance it will escape if we cause some damage to it now that we want to use it as a cushion, we don’t want it to be hostile to us.

 I suddenly remembered. How do people catch monsters in this world?

「Hey, Roomba. How do you catch a common monster?」

「There are types of monsters that will follow you if you fight with them and win. But, that’s a rare and difficult thing to aim for. If it’s a mild-mannered monster then you can just keep it in a cage, but I wonder what to do with Big Slime.....」

 Roomba tilted his head to the side.

「Can I freeze it with Ice magic? Or should I enclose it in a cage of Earth magic, or cover it with a cloth…..」

 All sorts of ways to incapacitate it came to my mind, but none of them felt right.

 Even if we bring it back home, it seems like it will cause a scene if it harbors hostile intentions. If it does that then it’s going to be impossible to use it as a cushion.

 Hmーm, I don’t know the correct method to do this.

「I’ll try getting closer first」

「Ooh」

 I don’t know what that Big Slime is thinking but, I might be able to figure out something if I get closer to it.

 It is dangerous but Roomba and Eleonora-neesan are following me so I’m safe. When push comes to shove I will just have to use my magic.

 I continue to approach the idle Big Slime.

 The distance is getting closer but the Big Slime still doesn’t react.

 It was still sitting there quietly, I don’t know where it is looking at.

 Then the distance between me and the Big Slime became one meter. It’s no longer a distance when you’re talking to others.

「……there’s no reaction at all」

「A normal slime will do something when you approach it at this distance」

 It looks like Eleonora-neesan is also surprised at this.

 Is it feeling confident in its abilities, or it just doesn’t care, or perhaps it has given up?

 Well, there are Roomba and Eleonora-neesan here so I can understand its feeling if it has given up. I mean, even I don’t feel like I can do anything in front of these two.

 I try to sit down next to it for now.

「…………」

 Even so, the Big Slime still didn’t move. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 When I tried to poke it, I found out that it has an amazing elasticity.

「Ooh, amazing! It has an overwhelming mass and elasticity that cannot be compared to ordinary slimes」

 I kept poking at it softly and directly, but there was still no reaction.

「It’s true. It feels nice」

「It makes you want to keep stroking it ～」

 Perhaps their curiosity won over their vigilance as both Eleonora-neesan and Sheila were petting and gently patting it without reservation.

 And yet, the Big Slime remained unperturbed.

 I wonder if it doesn’t even feel like being touched? It’s amazing how it is still unperturbed even after being touched by humans like this. Maybe it has given up on thinking?

 There were some slimes even among the slimes in the mansion that didn’t like being stroked at first. But well, as soon as they understood they would get some food, the slimes stopped acting up.

 ……hm? Enough food? Wouldn’t this guy just come with us without thinking if we just presented food first?

 That flash of inspiration crossed my mind.

 I open my subspace in my pocket and take out a cookie from there.

 And when I placed it in front of the Big Slime, it took the cookie at a speed too fast to catch with the naked eye.

 Before I knew it, a single cookie now can be seen inside the Big Slime’s body.

 Then the Big Slime turned its attention to me as if begging me for more.

 Err, I don’t know if it’s looking at me but it gives me that kind of feelingーno, but that’s not it.

 This guy is not waiting for more cookies. It’s an even more fundamental desire. Furthermore, it is also something deeply degrading.

 So I’m not going to give it more cookies……

「I’ll feed you for the rest of your life so please be our cushion」

 Then the Big Slime deftly indented its body and nodded.

 I knew it, that was a pick-up line, huh? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Look, it’s really like Al」

 I was annoyed that Eleonora-neesan’s metaphorical words turned out to be accurate.

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 After succeeding in completely persuading the Big Slime to come with us, I am now going down the mountain.

 The Big Slime understood that it would be safe for the rest of its life if it became our family so it is now following behind me admirably.

 Compared to normal slime, it moves a little faster but it is still much slower than a human’s walking speed.

 Perhaps Sheila and Ema-oneesama found the Big Slime to be cute while following behind it as they kept watch over it with truly gentle expressions on their faces.

 However, the restless Eleonora-neesan was looking irritated.

 As expected, the sun will go down at this speed so I give the slime some help.

 I create a board with Earth magic. And when I was about to instruct it to get on top of the board, the Big Slime jumped on it as if it flew there.

 ……un, I was going to do that but it’s good that it understood things quickly.

「Aaaah! This is so cute!」

「Alfried-sama! I have a rope here so let’s pull it～」

 And when I tried using Psychic on the board while having an indescribable feeling inside, Sheila said that to me.

 I wonder if it has the same tension as putting a dog on a sled?

 It will be much easier to carry it with Psychic, but the two of them are strong so I decide to leave the board to them as they wish.

 Then Sheila nimbly passed the rope to the slime.

「Yosーsh, now let’s go――eh, it’s surprisingly heavy～!」

 Sheila - who had the tied rope in hand - was about to continue walking, but then it was just a small progress. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Slime has a surprising amount of mass after all. I guess it will be quite heavy when they are this big.

「Ema help me too～」

「Sure」

 The Big Slime on the board began to move swiftly now that Ema-oneesama was added as a reinforcement of sort.

「Ema is strong～」

「Hey stop saying something like that! Sheila is just weak!」

 Perhaps she was embarrassed now that they began to move forward with the addition of her strength as Ema-oneesama’s face turned red.

 I know it won’t be a good thing if a man were to join in with this kind of topic so I just ignore them without making any particular retort. This is the correct way of succeeding in life.

「Now then, I’ll go home first okay」

 As we dragged the slime slowly down the mountain, we arrived in front of My Home and Roomba returned first.

「Ema and Sheila can also stop helping us around here」

「Well then, please excuse me first」

「Thank you for the hard work～」

 Due to Eleonora-neesan’s unusually thoughtful comment, we also break up with Ema-oneesama and Sheila here. Those two houses are in Koryatt village so it will be wrong for us to ask them to help us until the mansion.

「Eleonora-neesan, do you want to pull it?」

「No thanks」

 Eleonora-neesan doesn’t seem to want to pull the slime so I use Psychic to make the board float and return to the mansion like that now.

 Before long we arrived at the mansion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 As we headed to the entrance, Sara and Mina just came out.

 Rather than coming out to greet us, they probably have something to do outside.

「Ah! Eleonora-sama, Alfried-sama, welcome ba――what is that?」

 Mina was about to welcome us, but then she had a surprised expression on her face after seeing us.

 It seems like Sara also blinks her eyes in astonishment.

 Of course, they will be surprised if I returned bringing an over a meter slime.

「This is a Big Slime. We just caught it in the forest」

「I, is it alright?」

「It’s fine it’s fine. This kid is also obedient. It’s the same as the slime in the mansion」

 Mina and the others sometimes also took care of the slimes. It just has a little bit of a difference in size, it will be the same as usual.

「No, but still I feel like it will require Nord-sama’s permission when it comes to this size……」

「Eー, really?」

「I, I will go and call him!」

 Mina retreats into the mansion before I can grumble about it.

 I don’t think it will be a problem since it’s just one the level of a Big Slime.

「Speaking of which, it seems like the two of you are getting ready to go out, what were you going to do?」

 It’ll be boring if we just stand here doing nothing until Nord-tousan arrives, and it will be inconvenient to detain them if they are in the middle of their work as well.

「Snow has accumulated on the roof so we were thinking of removing it 」

 After Sara told me that, I stepped back from the entrance and looked up, there I saw that quite an amount of snow had accumulated on the roof. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Ahー, I will remove them」

 It’s gonna be tough for them to remove the accumulated snow on the wide roof on such a cold day.

 I use Ice magic in the same way I used it back at My Home and drop off the snow *zazazaaa*.

「Thank you very much. It is truly a big help」

「I will pile up the snow in the courtyard, okay」

「Don’t do it. We won’t be able to practice in the courtyard」

 Eleonora-neesan lightly pushed me when I said that.

 Dang it, even though that was a perfect plan to call off our practice time. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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