CH 95

Pecola: “Hauu… getting a kiss from onee-sama, what a wonderful experience that was…. It was so spellbinding and made me feel like I’m going to die. It’s just like students from an all-girls school…”

Certainly Pecola had a very delighted face.

It’s a mystery whether the girls are kissing like that in a real all-girls school or not, but that might be the case inside the novels that Pecola is reading.

Leica: “Azusa-sama, don’t do kisses that easily…. This may cause trouble again…”

I was warned by Leica. It’s obvious that if I get too close to Pecola, it would bring more complicated problems.

Beelzebub who was carrying Farufa, sighed and mumbled, 『As expected of a con-woman』. If Beelzebub didn’t get lost, there won’t be any kisses like this, so I would like her to see this in a larger scope.

Azusa: “So, I want you to tell me where the 『Smart Slime』 is.”

Pecola: “The answer is 『it’s near here』. Please check the surroundings carefully, okay?”

Azusa: “Eeh, what’s with that hint-like answer…. Tell me clearly…”

Pecola: “In that case, it will be a long kiss on the lips.”

Azusa: “That’s something that I need to somehow decline…”

I feel like I can’t go back after I have done something like that….

Pecola: “I didn’t say it irresponsibly, you know? Please try to find it cleaaaaarly, because the answer is right there. Well then, adieu.”

Pecora left while walking leisurely just like before.

Azusa: “What did she mean by the answer is there…? This is outdoors. There’s no stairs here to go underground….”

Beelzebub: “Wait. If demon king-sama’s statement is true, it is certain that the answer is near….”

Beelzebub looked around the surface garden.

Her eyes stopped at a small storage shed-like room.

Azusa: “Eh? Don’t tell me… it’s there?”

Beelzebub rushed to the storage shed in a hurry.

There are only farm tools and stuffs inside the shed just like what a storage is.

Azusa: “It’s a miss, huh? Let’s find another place.”

Beelzebub: “No, I could smell something.”

That said, Beelzebub felt around the floor.

And, she discovered that the floorboard was loose.

Underneath the floorboard, there’s a stairway to the basement.

Beelzebub: “It seems this is the correct answer! This is the way to the 『Smart Slime』!”

Azusa: “This placement is not helping at all!”

I would really like them to stop laying out the dungeon-like mechanisms like this.

The stairs to the basement continued quite deep.

It’s pretty creepy as we’re only using flame magic for light source.

Leica: “Azusa-sama, I’m getting pretty scared…”

Azusa: “I will protect you if there is something happening.”

There’s a door straight ahead.

When we opened the door, there lies a slime two times larger than the usual ones.

In addition, its color is unique and almost black. I have never seen such a slime painted over with squid ink like this before.

The room only had books and loaded with musty air. There’s no sense of life, but even if a slime can emit its sense of life, perhaps humans cannot recognize it.

Beelzebub: “Are you the 『Smart Slime』?”

The slime bounced and hit the wall.

There’s a 『Yes』 written on the wall.

There are also words such as 『No』 besides that and 『I can not say either of them』 as well as 『I do not know』 next to it.

I see, it can communicate with us using this! It surely is smart! There’s no mistaking it!

Beelzebub: “『Smart Slime』, actually this slime spirit girl suddenly returned to her slime figure. We came here thinking that you have the solution for this.”

Again, the 『Smart Slime』 (hereinafter referred to as 『Smalime』 because how long the word is)  moved towards 『Yes』.

There’s no bad feeling so far.

Beelzebub: “This girl is like a bridge that links slime to humans and demons. Please could you help and tell us if you know how to deal with this…?”

I immediately understood Beelzebub’s sincere attitude.

She’s thinking so far just for Farufa.

I am happy as a mother as well, you see.

Then, the Smalime dragged itself and moved to the side wall.

Many letters are lined up on that wall.

And it started to jump many times.

Beelzebub: “Perhaps, it is… trying to express the words by hitting the letters!”

What an advanced technique! No, this is not the time to be impressed. I need to take a proper note on what it’s trying to say….

First, it’s 『Wizard』.

Whether it’s because of a misspelling along the way or not, it says 『Return one character』.

This is a method of communication that is quite physical. I mean, this is almost the same as how to type with keyboard on PC.

Azusa: “There is・Wizard・Slime・Tomlianer State・Mountain・Most・High・Inside・Should・Ask.”

If I convert this into sentencesー

Azusa: “We should ask the Wizard Slime in the highest mountain in Tomlianer, yes!?”

Smalime moved to the 『Yes』 wall again and hit it.

Leica: “A wizard slime, huh…? Azusa-sama, somehow, there’s a lot of various slimes, yes…?”

Azusa: “I’m shocked too…”

After that, Smalime gave us additional information.

High intelligence slime seems to be born quite a few times.

It is said that only a few of them will become Smalimes or Wizlimes (short for Wizard Slimes).

According to Smalime, if the only thing that changed is the state of Farufa’s body, it would have been better if the Wizlime teach us about body restoration magic.

Well then, should we go to this Tomlianer state?