Chapter 363

Chapter 363

Ten-san and Kehma

Blue sea, white sand . Standing there was a single Tentacle Slime .

A Tentacle Slime .

As what was basically [White Beach]’s boss, it was a Slime that invalidated physical attacks . It was not embarrassed to have tentacle in its name, it truly did have tentacles .

Moreover, it was a named monster—[Ten] . Only the Silky that was the keeper of [White Secret] (a villa under the guise of a dungeon) called it this name, though—Recently, as Dungeon Master Kehma had learned the [Teleport] skill, he’d frequently visited the Imperial Capital and [Rabbit Rest Area] from [Cave of Desires] and he would greet it by name whenever he turned up .

“Oh, Ten-san . ”

Was this that speak of the devil thing? Kehma, that very Dungeon Master, suddenly appeared .

Ten returned the greeting by waving its tentacle .

Will you be going to visit [Rabbit Rest Area] today as well?—Ten shook its body .

“Hmm? Yeah, it’s not like I have much else to do today . I just figured I’d try out taking a nap there as a change of pace . ”

I see . —Ten wigged its body .

If you want to take a nap, I recommend the shade of that tree over there . It would suit your needs perfectly . —It waved a tentacle .

“Oh, that does look great . Thanks, Ten-san . ”

That’s what I’m here for . —It swelled a part of its tentacle as if to give him a thumbs up .

… These two people (?) seemed to somehow be able to understand each other .

The only one actually speaking was Kehma . It was understandable that Ten could understand Kehma since it was so intelligent, but Kehma being able to precisely understand the Tentacle Slime’s every word (?) was out of this world .

Well, this slime was much more expressive than the average, every-day slime, but… still, perhaps that was what made the Dungeon Master the Dungeon Master?

By the way, it seemed as though he wasn’t using his Translation Function . He could understand it even without it .

“Jiggle . ”

“Oh, fish? Yeah, I guess we are at a sea . We could fish here and make salt, I guess . ”

“Jiggle?”

“How to make salt? You want to? Hmm, wouldn’t the salt dry you out though?”

“… … … jiggle . ”

“I see, I guess if seawater is fine… well, if you remove the water from seawater, what’s leftover is salt . All you need to do is concentrate down a large amount of seawater by boiling it or leaving it out in the sun to evaporate away . ”

“… …”

“Hmm? What’s wrong, Ten-san?”

“… Jiggle!”

“Eh, is that possible? You want to give it a shot? O-Okay . ”

Ten plunged one of its tentacles into the sea . Drawing water up through it like a pump, it swallowed it all . Another tentacle returned water into the sea like a water hose .

… It was condensing it, expelling the excess fluid .

This continued for around ten minutes before a crystalline square about the size of a marble took form inside it . It was probably salt… was it using magic to bind it together?

“Jiggle . ”

“You’re sure?”

Beckoning Kehma forward, it placed the crystal onto his hand .

After wiping the excess mucus off his finger, Kehma tried giving the slightly pink crystal a lick . Salty . Yeah, it was definitely salt .

“… That’s amazing, Ten-san! You could produce salt like this!”

“Jiggle♪”

Still though, the pink tint it has was Ten-san’s color . Did some of its mucus mix into it?

Salt infused with Ten-san’s mucus… it didn’t sound like something that would be so appetizing . Still though, it’s not like it wouldn’t be eaten .

“Come to think of it, Ten-san, you’re a Slime, yeah?”

“Jiggle?”

“No, I mean like, could you make a slime bed? I was just wondering . You’d normally just sink right into one, yeah? But I get the feeling it’d be possible with you . I mean, you’re so big . ”

“Jiggle jiggle . ”

“Eh, no, I was just wondering . Aren’t you busy with dungeon stuff?”

“Jiggle . ”

“Oh, really? Free, huh… well, people don’t come to this dungeon, I guess… Do wild Sahagin ever make it inside?”

“Jiggle . ”

“… Too bad . ”

“Jiiiiigle . ”

“Hahaha, I see, I see . If you insist!”

And thus it was decided that Kehma would try out a slime bed under the shade of a tree .

… It had conveyed something along the lines of [I can skip out if I play it off as being the Dungeon Master’s guard] . For some reason—really, just for some reason—Kehma was able to understand this line particularly clearly . Without Translation Function’s aid .

Perhaps they held a connection as fellow gacha-summoned individuals?

“Jiggle . ”

Kehma was picked up by Ten’s tentacle and placed on top of it .

It then made its way to be under the tree’s shade .

“Maaan, it’s so good we left this dungeon to you, Ten-san . ”

“Jiggle, jiggle . ”

“No, I mean, you’re always helping . We’re the ones only ever using you for Dungeon Battles… right… zzz”

Although Kehma was entangled by enough tentacles to look like he was wrapped up in a bamboo mat, their elasticity made for a perfect bed, allowing him to easily fall asleep .

He’d be slimy later, but a single use of [Cleanup] would take care of that .

Still though, he’d completely forgotten that its mucus was great for skin health and blood circulation, so it caused a bit of a situation later on .

When he’d brought the salt to Succubus Village with a letter saying [Health Food for Blood Circulation: Tentacle Slime], it was rather popular .