Chapter 10 (2/2)

「A knife? A knife for only cooking?」

「Yes.」

「… HAHAHA! I see! A knife, huh! Hm, accepted. I swear to prepare the most supreme knife!」

「Th- thank you very much. 」

「Hm, so we are done with the audience. We will give the rewards to recipients later.」

We left the castle and went back to the usual inn.

「PU, HAHA! Ah~ I can’t stop laughing-! What’s with you, a knife? Normally, people would ask for something nicer, right?」

「I couldn’t help it! Nothing else came to mind. And the knife I’m using right now is a bit difficult to use.」

「Well, it’s because you’re Kio, so it can’t be helped!」

A few days later, a person in butler clothes came from the castle and I received a knife.

It seems that it was made with all mythril.

By the way, when I got the knife, he said something or other about slas.h.i.+ng attacks but I didn’t pay attention.

On the next day, it seems that Lint Bloom Kis.h.i.+dan took a week off. I think it was to refresh themselves.

For that reason, I came to the forest by myself.

Its nickname is The Forest of Beginners, since monsters appear seldom and only monsters that are easy to beat by children, like slimes, appear.

That’s right, slimes appear!

Before, when I first came to this world, I was almost killed by a slime.

However, when I think more, it was probably because I didn’t know what was going on at that time.

Since then I’ve defeated things like dragons and a c.o.c.katrice, so I think I can do it.

Honestly, I can only see them as jellies. Food that I can absolutely eat.

And the result…

Right now, from my head to my waist, I have been swallowed by a slime.

「Mama-, there’s someone weird here?」

「Hey! Don’t look.」

「GOBOGAGAH! GOBOBOH! (Wait, please! Save me!)

Even kids can take down slimes… an adult who has been swallowed by a slime can’t be normal.

Rather, this kind of human must have some special trait.

Ah, c.r.a.p. This is really bad. My vision is gradually dimming.

「Fireball!」

A fireball flew out of nowhere and killed the slime in one hit.

「Buhah! Huff-, Puff-, Th- thank you so much.」

The one who saved me was Miki-san.

「Hah-, What the heck were you doing? If your partner didn’t inform me, you would’ve been dead.」

「Partner?」

「Look, that rat that’s always with you.」

「Squeak-!」

「N- Nezumi-kun told you?」

「Squeaak-!」

「Thank you Nezmi-kun!」

Yep, I swear I will never challenge a slime ever again.

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