Chapter 1 - A Successful Taming (1/2)

A Successful Taming

“…Do I have to fight it?”

I wasn’t sure what kind of system there was for this dream… But slimes were classically used as early enemies in games.

In some games, they had a resistance to physical attacks, and were quite powerful…

But the slime in front of me didn’t really give off that vibe…

And I didn’t sense any hostility… Well, most likely it was placed here to be the first enemy I would fight.

I didn’t have any weapons, but I could pick up a stick from somewhere and fight it… It was as I was thinking this, that a sudden idea flashed in my brain.

…What if I let it defeat me? Would that mean I could wake up?

If I woke up now, I would be able to finish the work in two nights instead of three.

“Alright…come at me!”

I quickly resolved to be defeated and rolled down in front of the slime.

I doubted the slime had very high attack power, but my own HP was merely at 10 points.

It would surely chip away at it if I waited long enough.

As I waited, the slime came closer and enveloped my hand.

It was a strange sensation. It was neither solid nor liquid.

Not only that, but the sensation was oddly realistic for a dream…

As I thought about it, a bell rang in my head.

At the same time, a window that looked just like the status window popped up in front of me.

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‘Monster You have tamed a Slime’

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…Why did it recognize my lack of action as ‘taming the slime’?

I was only trying to get myself killed.

Apparently, this slime wasn’t going to do me any favors.

“Hmm…should I try hanging myself?”

There was really no need to depend on this slime.

It could be anything, really. I just needed to bring my HP to 0 and then I would be able to wake up.

Luckily, my boss had given me vivid instructions on how to effectively hang myself. It was when I had messed up at work.

While I was thinking this, the tamed slime began to poke at me with its hands(?)

Slimes didn’t have hands, but it extended a part of its body just like a hand.

It seemed like it was leading me somewhere.

“Are you going to lead me to a place with a rope then?”

Well, it didn’t have to be a rope. As long as it would help me wake up from this dream.

I had no idea if it understood me…but the slime began to lead me very slowly through the forest.

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After some time, the slime appeared to have arrived at its destination.

What I found there, was a single building.

It did not look like it was occupied, but it was full of books.

The slime looked like it was brimming with a sense of accomplishment after having led me here.

Of course, I couldn’t exactly read its expression, but somehow I could feel the emotion.

“Now. Rope, rope.”

I quickly entered the building and began to search for something that could be used as a rope. But I was unsuccessful.

On the other hand, I did find a giant bookshelf that was stuffed with an immense volume of old books.

Maybe I could bring my HP to a 0 if I were to be squashed by it.

With that thought in mind, I immediately began to put it into action when—I suddenly had a horrible feeling.

It was telling me that ending my life in this world was something I should avoid.

I just started to feel as if I shouldn’t die.

I don’t know why, but that’s what I now felt. An intuition perhaps.

And my intuition was often right.

…In any case, I started to think that I would not kill myself.

I would wait quietly until I woke up. And then stay up for three nights and work.

Well then, I had some time to kill until that happened.

Thankfully, I was surrounded by books.

I could read some of them and wait until I woke up.

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“Alright, let’s pick a random…oh…”

The covers on the books were all so old that I couldn’t read them.

And so I chose a random book and opened it…

I was very disappointed when I saw the first page.

‘Magic Book on the Annihilation of the Soul.’

That was the title on the first page.

Whoever wrote this book was a heavyweight chunibyo…