Jigglypuff's Diary

Since morning today, there are 8 people, men and women, gathered in the meeting room of the Adventurer’s guild.

“Hey, Wereanna, so your party also came”
“Jeff, looks like you too… Why do you think we were called today”
“Don’t know. The others don’t know either. It doesn’t seem like we have any common denominators, not in our tribe, age, or even in our ranks. Don’t have any clue on what basis we’ve been chosen so we’ve been talking about it. How about you, do you have any ideas? It’s only you guys who were called as a party, you know?”
“I don’t know either. The only thing common in my party is that we’re all female members of the beastman tribe. But I don’t think that’s got anything do with it, right?”
“Yeah. Since I’m a guy, and I’m also a human. We also have two other humans here, a dwarf, and even a dragonewt. So tribe and gender shouldn’t have been a part of their criterion.”

As they were discussing, another female beastman entered the room.

“Good morning~. Nya? Wereanna, Mizeria, and also Syria, nya? You guys were also called?”
“Miya, you were also called?”
“That’s right nya. After I came back from my mission yesterday, the receptionist told me to come here today nya. To think that you guys would also actually come, who knew? Nya.”

“Me? Oh hey, hasn’t your smell gotten better? Did you finally move out of that trashy house?”
“Even though, you wouldn’t listen to me no matter how many times I told you to move out of that house.”
“Did you finally reach your limit?”

“Wrong, nya. I’m still living in that house, even until today nya. Even if it’s like that I still bought it nya. If I don’t live in it, it will be a waste nya.”
“Then, how come your smell’s gotten better?”
“Actually, yesterday, someone finally took the request to clean my house again. It was a kid, nya. And that kid managed to clean up my house, nya.”

“That stinky hell hole? He cleaned it up?”
“I was also surprised nya. He actually cleaned that basement without even taking 2 hours, and even blocked the hole in the wall, nya. He cleaned it up with magic, and even made the room sparkling clean, nya”

“That’s amazing, what kind of guy was it?”
“Looked like a rookie kid, nya. Was probably under thirteen years old, and was carrying a big basket made out of wood and vines on his back, nya.”
“Ha? Under 13 years old with a big basket? Isn’t that the guy called Ryouma?”
“Right, nya! He certainly called himself that, nya”
“You knew that guy?”

“The day before yesterday, when he came back from his work, the old man called him. He made a face that looked like he had no idea why he was being called, so I told him it’s just the old man being nosy. That kid’s really polite.”
“True, he’s certainly a polite kid, nya”

While they were talking another person entered the room. It was Ryouma. When Miya saw that, she exclaimed.

“Excuse me. Is–“
“Ah! The kid nya!”
“Miya-san? Miya-san and Jeff-san was also here, huh?”
“Hey, it’s me from the other day. So you were also called huh? Good timing, we were just talking about you”
“About me?”

“Nice to meet you, you’re Ryouma, right? I am Wereanna of the Dog Man Tribe. I’ve been a longtime acquaintance, and was also a former party member. I was really shocked when I heard you were able to clean Miya’s house, you know? It’s amazing you were able to clean that house.”
“It’s fine that she bought the house but with the walls crumbling and being in that state… you saw it right? For a member of the beastman tribe that possesses good nose something like that was painful, and so we tried recommending her several times to move out but she wouldn’t listen… ah, by the way I’m Mizeria. Best regards.”
“And I’m Syria of the Rabbit Beastman Tribe. I look forward to working with you.”

“I’m Ryouma Takebayashi. I also look forward to working you all.”
“These three are members of the former party I was in, nya. Because the smell of that house permeated my body, it was quite difficult for the members of the party especially for Wereanna, who was a member of the Dog Beastman Tribe, and since I didn’t want to give up the house I had to leave. And then some, nya”

“Well Miya is sometimes stubborn…”
“She wouldn’t listen no matter what anyone said”
“You really did well to live there for 5 years”
“To live there for 5 years, that’s quite something, huh?”

Ryouma made a speechless face. And then at that Jeff asked Ryouma.

“By the way, the basket you had with you the other day, you also brought it with you today, right? What’s in it?”
“Inside this is my Slave Monster. I am a Slave Magic User after all”
“Oh? So you were a Slave Magic User. What are you raising?”
“Several types of slimes. I’m still an apprentice. Slimes are quite slow so it’s faster to carry them on my back through my basket and run during times when we need to hurry. And it’s also not good to scare people so…”
“I see~”

As we were talking, the Guild Master entered the room.

“Good, looks like everyone has gathered. Take your seats”

At those words everyone sat.

“Well then, I’ll start explaining the reason why I called you all out here today. But before that I need you all to make an oath that not a word of what we will be talking about here will leak outside. If there’s someone who can’t do that, then please leave the meeting room. I should also inform you now that you don’t have to take the mission after hearing my explanation. Just don’t leak the details of the conversation outside, aside from that even if you refuse the mission, I won’t mind. There won’t be any fine.”

Hearing those words, everyone nodded without hesistation.

“Good. Well then to start off with, let’s talk about what criterion I called you guys here. The first is that I can trust you guys to some degree, second, a tight mouth, and last, that you all possess the Disease Resist Skill. You guys have it, right?”

“Disease Resist Skill? Well, yeah I have it. Old man, you should know about it that I’m a former resident of the slums. As long as one lives there, getting anyone could get a skill level of 1 or 2. Well mine’s at 5, though.”
The next to respond was Wereanna
“We also have it since we once caught an infectious disease from one of the towns we were working in”
“Fortunately, we were able to survive and come back. As a result we managed to gain the skill”
“If I’m correct, everyone’s level 3, right?”
“I’m level 4 now, nya. I don’t really like saying it myself but, it’s because I live at that trashy house, nya”

After that a veteran looking Dwarf guessed the contents of the topic for the meeting today. When a young adventurer heard what he said, he panickedly exclaimed.

“If you’re talking about Disease Resistance then, is it an epidemic?”
“An outbreak!?”
“Calm down Shale. Just as Gordon had assumed, it is certainly about that. Only, it hasn’t spread yet.”
“Yet, meaning, one or two sick people had caught it?”
“No, we just confirmed that there’s a breeding ground for it. It doesn’t mean someone’s already been infected. The one who found the breeding ground is that Ryouma over there.”

At those words everyone looked at Ryouma simultaneously. And then the Guild Master, Wogan, explained about the Scavenger Slime, the information, and basis on why we know there to be an infectious disease.

“… So because the Scavenger Slime’s Disease Resist Skill level increased from 5 to 7, although really even at only level 6 it is already not possible to actually completely resist it.

The request this time is to stop this epidemic before it starts to spread. Moreover, if news of this were to leak out to the townspeople, it will cause great panic to the people, so please keep this a secret.”

“Our job is to deal with the epidemic, so in other words cleaning the latrine pits right?”
“No, you nine won’t be doing that. The only one who will go to clean the latrine pits is just Ryouma”
“Wait a minute! You plan to make the kid deal with that alone? Isn’t that absurd? Kids also catch diseases more easily than adults. It’s too dangerous.”
“To begin with, isn’t it impossible to clean the latrine pits of the town with only one person?”

“I also that but this is for the best. Besides Ryouma had already managed to clean one of the latrine pits yesterday with his slimes, so it is possible.

And also the highest level of Disease Resist skill you guys possess is 5, which is Jeff’s. Even at level 6 of Disease Resistance, the risk of getting the disease is still high.

With that in mind Ryouma who has a Disease Resistance of level 7, is the one at least risk of catching the disease. Moreover, he also has Stronger Vitality Lv3, Super Healing Lv3, and Stronger Endurance Lv6. Even if he were to catch the disease, his prospects for surviving is far higher than anyone else in this room.”

At those words the nine people were shocked and looked at Ryouma. And then Syria asked Wogan a question.

“I understand that he’s the most suitable person. But then if you were to leave everything to him, then what will we have left to do?”
“Although Ryouma will be taking care of the process of sanitization, It is vital that we work in shifts to ensure that nobody comes near the area as he works.
To be absolutely sure, I called you guys who possessed Disease Resistance. And after that for those who can use the neutral magic, Identify, please confirm that Ryouma won’t bring the virus with him when he goes out after finishing the job.”
“Is there any need to have 9 look outs?”
“Well according to Ryouma it will take a few days of working continuously day and night. Ryouma also has Sleep Resistance level 7 so it won’t be a problem for him, and naturally, I’ve confirmed this in his status board”

“I understand, that’s why we have to look out alternatively. Ryouma, is it really ok for you to do this?”
“There’s no problem since its normal for me to work continuously for a few days. Rather I think it’s a rather easy role”
“I see”
“I’ll give you guys 10 minutes. This mission is in a sense more dangerous than subjugating monsters. There’s no obligation and there’s also no penalty for not accepting, so think well on whether to accept this mission or not”

As Wogan said that, he left the room along with Ryouma, whose participation was already decided.

“Haa… what to do?”

At those words, the dwarf adventurer called Gordon replied.

“I’m joining them. After all, this is the town I was born and raised in and I also have a lot of people I know here, so I can’t run away.”

After him, the next to declare his participation was the dragonewt adventurer.

“This one will also accept. A plague is a threat, and this one has yet to stop one”

Afterwards the ones declaring their participation came one after another.

“While its true epidemics are bad but even so, it’s not like we can just push it on that kid, right?”
“Exactly, and first of all, our job is only to be a lookout. The one doing the most difficult job is that guy. So there’s no way I could run here”

Or so, Wereanna and Jeff declared. After which, the conversation continued until Ryouma and Wogan finally returned. From the members present in the meeting room, the number of people participating is 9, all of them declared their participation.

After that Wogan also taught to them the knowledge Ryouma shared to him regarding diseases, a knowledge that originally came from Earth but is currently believed to be from Ryouma’s grandmother, and then distributed their share of work.

During that time, Ryouma changed to his worker clothes and then went ahead to the latrine pits, since he really stood out in those clothes.

Moreover with several adventurers following behind him, being suspicious can’t be helped.

Ryouma met up with the first look outs in front of the latrine pits, and then went inside to start the operation. 

Changed Appraisal -> Identify
Changed Ability to eat bad food -> Eat Filth

Volume 1 Chapter 14

~Side Ryouma~

I put the things I bought into my item box, went back to our lodging and started working.

First off, I rubbed the Sticky Liquid of the Sticky Slime on the surface of the cloth, and then through a combination of the basic Wind Magic, Breeze, and the basic fire magic, Fire, used the magic, Dryer, to dry a large number of waterproof cloths.

Like this the afternoon passed. When it comes to managing the magic power, it’s easy if it’s just the same attribute, but it becomes difficult when different magic attributes are being combined.

In the past when I made a mistake controlling Dryer, the wind of Breeze mixed with Fire and created an amazing blaze. In that way I was somehow able to fire off an attack magic, Flame Thrower but, if I do something like that here, it won’t be funny.

Next, I had the Sticky Slime spit me some threads, and then wound it on that unwound spool of thread I bought. The strength of the Sticky Slime’s thread depends on the ratio of the Sticky Liquid to the Hardening Liquid. So it’s quite easy to change the strength of the thread to match one’s goal.

If one sets the ratio of Sticky Liquid to Hardening Liquid as 7:3, then the thread will become a pretty and soft sewing thread. At 6:4 it becomes a robust thread. At 5:5 it becomes a kind of thread that can be used in traps because of its elasticity, and possesses strength that will break when animals and people were to pull on it. At 4:6 it becomes a lethal string that can be used to strangle animals and people.

In this past when I went to check the strength of the 4:6 thread. I set up several strands of it between two trees and lured the Black Bear there. The Black Bear was only able to endure once and small incisions could be seen on the Black Bear’s body.

At that time I thought that depending on the usage, this thread could become a horrifying trap, so I agitatedly put it in the back of my head. I mostly haven’t used it since encountering the goblins. 

Going back to the topic

After completely spooling the 6:4 robust thread, what’s next is cutting the waterproof cloth. So I cut and divided the waterproof cloth into several parts.

What I want to make、 is the jumpsuit and the waders (waterproof pants) from my previous world. Starting tomorrow I’m going to be cleaning the latrine pits, and even if I left it to the Scavenger Slimes, and even if the Cleaner Slimes could clean me, I still don’t want to go there in my normal clothes. So I figured I should prepare beforehand.

After finishing the pseudo-waders, I heard someone knocking on my door.

“Ryouma-sama, I have heard that you have returned but how are you doing?”

It was Sebasu-san so I hurriedly opened the door.

“I’m here”
“Is everything ok?”
“Yes, there’s nothing wrong in particular”
“According to the servants, Ryouma-sama went out in the morning, came back in the afternoon, and without having lunch, have isolated himself here all this time”

Ah… now that I think about it, I didn’t have lunch, huh?

“I’m sorry, I was a bit overzealous with my work and forgot about lunch… did I make you guys worry?”
“If it’s alright please show your face to everyone. Especially to the madam and the Ojousama. And also, if it’s something like sewing then Ryouma-sama could do that in the Madam’s room and the 2 maids could even help out”

Perfect. I was just wondering how I could try to move the conversation to that direction. I toss the tools and the cloths into my item box, and go to the room of the Duke’s Family along with my Slimes.

As soon as I got to the room, Elia and the Madam jumped at me.

“Are you alright!? Nothing happened!?”
“Ryouma-kun! Are you alright? You’re not hurt?”
“Now, now, you two, please calm down.”
“Ryouma-kun won’t be able to talk if you press him like that you know?” 

“My apologies for making you worry. There are no problems in particular, I just became caught up with my work and forgot to have my meal”
The madam heaved a sigh of relief,
“I see, that’s good”
“And I thought something had happened”, pouted the Ojousama.
“Ho, ho, ho, isn’t it good that nothing had happened?” chuckled, Rheinbach-sama.
“What work are you talking about?”
“It’s sewing. I made some clothes for doing some janitorial work.”

As I said that, I took out the tools from my item box and showed it to them.
Rheinbach-sama looked at it scrutinizingly and said.

“Fumu… by the looks of things you also applied the waterproofing treatment on these, huh?”
“Yes, I started working on these, as soon I got back and ended up spending the rest of the afternoon. After that are these things which I’m still making.”
“Why did you suddenly start making those things?” inquired Rheinbach-sama.

Hearing that, I explained what happened today while sewing.

“… and so I ended up accepting that janitorial request. Since It’d also be troublesome if diseases were to start spreading around, so I want to get started as soon as possible”
“Mu…”
“I understand your reason, and I’m also grateful to know this. The public office of this town didn’t mention anything like this… we may have almost been tricked. Sebasu” said Rheinhart-san as he called Sebasu-sean.
“Yes”
“Go out into the town and gather some information on whether the public office really did what was mentioned just now. If it’s true then the administrative expenses should have gone down this year. However, according to the report today, it hasn’t been changed. So there’s a possibility that someone’s taking advantage of the decrease in the mining rate of the mine and is embezzling funds”
“Understood”

As Sebasu-san said that, he left the room.

“Ryouma-kun, thank you. Because of you we may actually end up uncovering a conspiracy.”
“Umu. I could forgive simply embezzling, but embezzling the money that should be used for the townspeople and harming them is not something I can forgive. In the first place we have already decided on how much to pay the people living in the slums decades ago. That they would actually try to bargain it down, unforgivable! Wasting my efforts…”

“Rheinbach-sama’s efforts?”
The one who responded was the madam,
“In order to help out the people living in the slums, in the past my father-in-law went through great pains to establish those people living in the slums as the ones in charge of cleaning the community toilet”

Hearing the madam’s words, Rheinbach-sama continued,
“In the past I notified the prefectural governors of all the towns and made them construct facilities. And being unable to believe the words that the people of the slum would be employed, I had to go several times all the way to the management of the slum and negotiate. In the end it took 30 years to give all the jobs relating to construction to them. That’s why, when I think that all that effort is being put to waste, I can’t help but find it mortifying”

Rheinhart-san hearing his father’s frustration spoke
“Dad was once famous for being a good feudal lord. There were many nobles who came to study the management of territory. That’s why, if this really is true, then it won’t be forgiven. Even if other’s forgive it, the Jamil Household will not forgive it”

Rheinbart-sama looked at me and spoke again with a hint of gratefulness on his face.
“Ryouma-kun, truly, thank you. I’m glad we were able to get wind of this information while we were here. At the very least we were able to confirm that something is amiss. Besides if everything went exactly as we had planned for it to go, this kind of request shouldn’t have come out.

“You’re welcome”
“Umu, let’s have the maids help you out with making those clothes. Aro-ne, Lilian, please help him out.”
The two maids replied synchronously
“Understood”

With the maids about to help me out, I explained to them what we will be doing. The gloves were assigned to Lilian-san, and the jumpsuit, to Aro-ne-san. I started to knit the cord that will be used for a variety of things but as soon as Aro-ne-san and Lilian-san saw the threads they asked me.

“Ryouma-sama, what kind of thread is this? I’ve never seen such a thin, robust, smoth, and pretty thread”
“Ahh… This is a Sticky Slime’s thread?”
“Do Slimes spit out threads!?”
“Just Sticky Slimes, and also, it’s probably only my Sticky Slime. I wonder if I could create something out of the Sticky Liquid and the Hardening Liquid, so I tried mixing them up and ended up with that thread, and then I wondered whether the Slime will also be able to do the same thing, so I had the Slimes try it out and it seems they were able to. It was especially convenient when making clothes in the forest.”

After I said that, I called the Big Slime over and had spit some thread.

“See, it can spit out thread in this way. Moreover you can modify how strong the thread is by changing the ratio of the two kinds of liquid.”

After showing the two maids, several sizes of threads, the two maids ended up wanting to buy some of the threads.

“I couldn’t possibly do that. I’m already imposing on you like this, so if you want some threads, I’ll make as much as you want.”

When they heard that, the two were greatly overjoyed. Apparently, despite having served the Household of the Duke for a long time and making countless clothes, Aro-ne-san has never seen a thread this good. Well since I’ve always seen synthetic fibers back in Earth, I never really noticed.

Afterwards, Rheinhart-san decided with me, to start selling the rain gears along with this thread. As we continued to converse, I found out that the previous feudal lord, Rheinbach-sama, conducted large scale maintenances on the villages and owns and because of that, the towns of the Jamil Duchy were famous for being number one in terms of cleanliness, and were even famous amongst the neighboring countries.

And in order to further prosper the towns that Rheinhart-san’s father maintained, he thought of spurring the businesses in the region.

It seems that the Slime products that I unintentionally developed were very attractive to him. He bowed his head down,  and said let’s work together for a long time, and then I nodded as well and said please take care of me.

Since the people of the Jamil Household are really nice, I also wanted to work with them.

As we continued to talk like that, I finished making my clothes. And there didn’t seem to be any problems on the size when I tried wearing it but…

Putting on the gloves, I put my hands through the sleeves, and wrapped the cord I made around the only open space on the jumpsuit I’m wearing, which would be my wrist, thereby blocking anything dirty from going in. With this I am completely waterproofed, up and down all over, and I even secured the shoes I’m wearing with the cord I made. Seeing me, everyone mentioned that I looked strange.

However, from the perspective of using them as work clothes, the value is certainly high. And although it’s still not decided, Rheinhart-san mentioned that we might also sell this.

The Next Day

Having with me the set of worker clothes I made yesterday and with the Slimes with me, I let everyone know that I’ll be going out.

“I’ll be going”
“Good luck”
“Please take care, Ryouma-san”
“Do you best, ok?”
“We’ll also do our part here and there”

Having been sent off by everyone, I went to the guild.

“Good morning”
“Ara, it’s the kid from yesterday. It was Ryouma-kun, right? You came”
“Yes, I want to accept a request…”
“Un, I heard about it. By the way thanks, ok? For taking this request. We were really troubled about it”

“Well then, please complete the legalities”
“Yes, ye~s… alright this is ok. Take this request document, and go to the people from the West District, ok? And also, this is the key for the Latrine pits, don’t lose it alright?”
“Understood. Well then, please excuse me”
“Take care”

I left the guild and arrived at the western most part of the town where the entrance to the latrine pit is. I wear the jumpsuit and the pseudo-waders, and try to go through the entrance but instead I immediately close the door without entering. You understand the reason, right? A Latrine pit that has been left for 5 months, it’s bound to have a horrifying smell.

The moment that smell wafted to my nose, I cried a bit. But, the Scavengers looked ok, so I had them go in first, had them split, and ordered them to deal with it.

I also asked for help from the Cleaner Slimes and had them soak a hand towel I had with me with deodorization liquid, which I put on my mouth, to deal with the smell.

It also gets to my eyes so I had the Cleaner Slime go on top of my head, and have him cover my eyes like a goggle. The Cleaner Slimes’ body has high transparency so I was able to go forward without any problems. Cleaner Slime’s are quite useful.

Having gone inside completely, there were some stairs inside. Going down that was a huge subterranean tunnel. In the center of that tunnel were a huge amount of filth accumulating on both sides. The Scavenger Slimes crowded together and did their best to deal with it. As for me I washed off the filth sticking to the roof and the walls with the magic, Mist Wash, and then heated the sticking water to disinfect it with my original Electric Magic, Range.

It was a bit too dirty so I wanted to make it cleaner somehow, but from the looks of things I succeeded. I check it out with the skill, “Identify” and,

From

Unclean Ceiling
A Ceiling Stuck With Filth Here and There

To

Stone Ceiling

Looks I was able to successfully clean　the roof of the community toilet’s latrine pit after disinfecting it through cleaning and heating.

The information I got changed from an unclean ceiling to a stone ceiling. After that, I took a look at the detailed information and it looks like the disinfection was a success. … But, I have always wondered, where is this information coming from? Well, since no incorrect information has come out yet, I guess its fine, it is quite convenient at times like this.

In the end I was able to clean one pit and it took me around 5 hours, but, I took another 3 hours after that.

Because of today and yesterday, the Scavenger Slimes have eaten a lot and have gotten a lot of nourishments, so I had already planned to have them split since I knew about that as an effect of the Slave Monster Contract. Hence, in order to keep them from the eyes of other people, I had the Slimes spilt here. Anyhow there’s another 29 pits like this one.

The end result of the splitting was 1464. Before splitting it was at 730 so one of them split twice and ended up as 4 bodies.

After that I took a look at the skills of the Slime, at which I broke out into a cold sweat.

Old Skills:

The others are fine, there’s no problem with them. But you know… for Disease Resist to increase, it’s necessary for there to be a factor that will cause a disease, you know? In other words… this is a breeding place of diseases!!!

No, do you actually understand? This is hard to say because a place where filth is collected is bound to be a breeding ground for diseases. But you know… the Madam had previously mentioned that the Disease Resist of level 5 is at a level that can’t be reached unless one goes through a life threatening disease.

And it’s from that level that it suddenly went up twice, that’s completely at the level of an epidemic virus!

Was it that bad here… or how about the others!? Bad, bad bad bad… If I don’t immediately let them know of this… or wait, before that we need to disinfect ourselves ASAP! It won’t be funny I went out carelessly and the virus spread!

As I thought that, I went in front of the entrance and check the status of me and the Slimes with Identify… OK, looks like there’s no diseases.

I went out, then had the Cleaner Slimes clean everything, the box, the Slimes, my entire body, and the box the Slimes are going to enter. After that I had the Cleaner and Scavenger Slimes completely clean the area around the place I walked. I checked everything with the neutral magic, Identify, including my belongings, myself, and the Slimes. I confirmed that I didn’t get information like “Dirty” or “Virus”. Fortunately, everything was “Clean”, looks like the Cleaner Slimes’ and the Scavenger Slimes’ Cleaning was effective. I lock the entrance, and just in case I blocked it with barrier magic and then hurried to the guild.

I caught quite a lot of attention until I got to the guild because I wasn’t able to change my outfit. But, that’s really not the time to be talking about things like that. I just want to inform the Guild Master and the Duke’s Family about the situation at hand as soon as possible.

I thought that as I ran, and when I got near the guild, I noticed. At this rate a bad rumor of an epidemic might spread inside the guild, if it’s poorly handled it might become a huge problem. So I guess I should just go in calmly like a young adventurer who had just finished his job…

As I thought that, I started walking instead, calmed myself down and went into the guild.

Going inside the guild in a strange outfit, I caught a lot of attention. There were plenty of guys point their fingers at me and laughing. However, I ignored those things and went to the counter of the receptions. I don’t have the luxury to mind, I’m already at my limit just not showing my impatience.

“Excuse me”
“Ara, Ryouma-kun… wh-what’s up with that? That strange outfit”
“Clothes for cleaning! How is it? It’s not cool but it’s easy to move around in and there’s no need to worry about the dirt, since even inside mud or the middle of a swamp, its hard to be dirtied while wearing this you know?”
“Certainly, that’s true…”

The people around me nodded as they thought “certainly”, looks like there were also people that were quite interested.

“By the way, after completing the job today, I want to report to the Guild Master but, is that ok?”
“Eh? To the Guild Master?”
“Could you please ask the Guild Master? I have something I want to talk to him about.”
“Is that so? Well ok… I’ll try asking but he’s with a guest right now so you might have to wait”
“I understand, thank you”

As the receptionist lady said that, she went inside. After a while the receptionist lady came back and said this,

“Ryouma-kun, he said it’s OK. Go in.”

Looks like I’ll be able to meet him immediately, I have good luck. However there’s a warning from the receptionist lady before I went in.

“Right now, there’s some really amazing people inside the Guild Master’s room so don’t be rude, ok? There probably won’t be a problem with the way Ryouma-kun talks, but just in case.”
“Thank you very much, I’ll be careful”

Reaching the room of the Guild Master, the receptionist lady knocked and called out.

“Pardon my intrusion, I’ ve brought Ryouma-kun”
“Enter”

Following the instruction of the Guild Master’s voice, I entered the room. When I entered the people in there were the Guild Master, the 4 members of the Household of Jamil, the 2 maids and Sebasu-san.

“Ryouma-kun, thank you for your hard work today”
“Why is… everyone here?”
“Well we wanted to hear what we heard from Ryouma yesterday from the Gulid Master”
“I see…”

It’s unexpected but this is good.

“Well? What’s up?”
“There’s something I want to talk about that needs to be kept secret”
“Did something happen? And also what’s up with that outfit. Your basket, yesterday, aside, since I met you three days ago, hasn’t your outfit been getting weirder and weirder?”

“This are clothes made specifically for cleaning. Since it’s specifically made for its purpose, please don’t mind its’ appearance much… Today, I cleaned the latrine pits of the community toilet.”
“Ah, I talked about that with you yesterday, so I know. And what’s up?”

“The method I use to clean is through Water Magic and my Slave Monster, the Scavenger Slime. The Scavenger Slime is a slime that likes to eat the dung and rotten flesh of animals and possesses the Cleaning Skill. Because of this I am able to get rid of the filth.”

“That’s the first I’ve heard of that kind of slime… well, in any case, I understand that you were able to clean it with that method”
“The main topic is from here. Filth is obviously dirty, and so it’s expected to be a breeding ground for diseases. And so in order to eat that, the Scavenger Slime possesses Disease Resist Skill. And also, since yesterday my Scavenger Slilme had possessed a Resist Skill level of 5.. but when I finished the mission today, after confirming it, the skill level had risen to 7”
“What!?”
“Is that true!?”

“It’s true. It can be assumed that inside that latrine pit is an infectious disease that can raise the Disease Resist Skill level from 5 to 7. Fortunately, because I was able to notice that, I had the Cleaner Slime, another slime similar to the Scavenger Slime that possesses the Cleaning Skill, eat all the dirt, and confirmed that we were all clean with the Identify Skill, and then went here.

In the same way I also had the area surrounding the entrance be cleaned by the slimes and then confirmed it with Identify. After cleaning up, I locked the door and just to be safe I put up a barrier with barrier magic, sealing it”
“I see, good job. But for a plague to spread out from inside that…”

“Guild Master. Fortunately, my Slimes can deal with the infectious disease with its Cleaning Skill. And so, I will continue this job, but I want no one else to enter the pits until I finish cleaning. And just to be safe, could I ask for someone to keep watch to make sure that no one will go in?”
“That’s a given. But you, you know that there’s an infectious disease, and you still feel like cleaning?”
Hearing that, even the Madam added on.
“Isn’t it enough if only the Slimes were the ones to clean? Ryouma-kun can give orders to the Slimes even from a distance, right?”
“It’s dangerous to deal with infectious diseases!”
“The public office will provide people who will take responsibility so…”

Everyone tried to stop me but I can’t have that, because there is something I can do. Knowing something and yet leaving it to others is painful for my heart.

“Unfortunately, it’s not possible to completely clean it with just slimes. The filths clump up, and stick themselves to the walls and to the ceiling. Unless I wash them off with Water Magic, the slimes won’t be able to eat them. It’s not properly dealt with, it will spread again.

Thank you for worrying about me but please let me do it. If a large number of people were to recklessly go inside, the possibility that an infected person will go out goes higher, and it will become easier for the disease to spread outside.

With that point in mind, with me, alone, and the slimes we are able to deal with it. And also, if it’s me it will be fine… Of course, it’s fine to let anyone else do it, but, I am most probably the safest and fastest choice”

As I said that, I bring out my status board and allow five of my skills to be seen.

• Disease Resist Lv7
• Sleep Resist Lv7
• Stronger Vitality Lv3
• Super Healing Lv3
• Stronger Endurance Lv6

When everyone saw that, they were shocked. Especially, the Guild Master.

“Wha–!?”
“Disease Resist Level 7, with this it should be confirmed that the chance of me being in danger is far lower than anyone else

Furthermore, even if I were to fall to the virus, with the Stronger Vitality Lv3, and the Super Healing Lv3, it will be harder for me to die compared to the normal person and will be able to recover easily. The Stronger Endurance will also help me out. And with the Sleep Resist Lv7 I will be able to stay awake for a few days.

Because of that I will be able to work quite fast. I believe there is no one else who has a Disease Resist Level higher than me, and at the same time someone who, even if he or she gets sick, will be able to recover. So, what do you think?”

It’s because I’m a cheat, if I don’t use my cheat here, then when will I use my cheat?

At my words, everyone in the room was silent. Looks like they can’t object. But it looks they want to reject it not because of reason but because of their feelings, everyone’s making a face that looks like they swallowed a bug.

The silence continued for a while until Rheinbach-sama spoke up.

“True… there’s no else aside from you that’s more appropriate. We’ll have to you push you into danger but, best regards”

Rheinbach-sama stood up from his chair, and bowed deeply to me.

“Of course”
“Ryouma, leave the selection of the look out to me. I’ll call out people whose mouths are tight and who possess Disease Resist. Let’s do this in a way that won’t cause a huge panic”
“Yes. Fortunately, because the community toilets have been well built, the townspeople haven’t been infected yet. It’s good that we were able to notice it ahead of time”

“If the disease were to spread, it wouldn’t be funny”
“Yes. I thought about it since the Cleaner Slimes who were there the entire time along with the Scavenger Slimes, did not increase their Disease Resist Skill level. And so, I believe it should not be an airborne infection. Once the filth has been dealt with, I believe it will be safe.”
“What is that airborne thing?”

Oh, they don’t have that word? Is it possible their knowledge regarding infectious diseases is lesser than the one on Earth?

“Infectious diseases spread to a large number of people, right? That spread is what you call contagious. And within that contagiousness, there are several ways to which it transports itself from one person to another. One way is through water and food, acting similar to a poison, and spreading this way. Another way is through the air, where upon a person sniffing that air will be infected, that’s what you call air-born infection. In this case, the spread of virus because extremely dangerous as it spreads easily, and eliminating it becomes very difficult.

However in this case, a huge number of Cleaner Slimes that weren’t tasked with removing the filth, did not increase the level of their Resist Disease skill. And as such, it is not an air-born infection and can only spread to a person on direct contact. In this case if someone were to touch the source of infection, and then eat with that hand, then and only then, will the disease spread. With this in mind, as long as the filth is dealt with, then for the meantime there will be no problem.

Thanks to the community toilet, the filth immediately fell into the latrine pits, and so no was able to touch it. After that as long as I take care when going out, it will be possible to deal with it. As I am not a specialist in this matter, the knowledge is half-baked but…”

Well that’s really the case… I’m not a doctor you know? It’s the basic knowledge of someone from Earth…

Still, I’m glad that it’s not air-borne! Even if it’s only my conjecture! I’m really glad that the Scavenger Slimes are here! If the Slimes weren’t here I wouldn’t know how to deal with this, since even if you set it on fire, the smoke might spread the virus, and one needs to prepare a huge amount of disinfectants. To begin with, I haven’t even seen a place that sells disinfectants.

“What do you mean half-baked, after saying that much? I’ve never heard of something like that”
“Ryouma-kun, I also… or rather I believe no one here has ever heard of that. Where did you gain that kind of common sense?”

As expected this world didn’t have this kind of knowledge!

“I studied under my grandma. Grandma researched medicine and was quite familiar with diseases. Although rather than to say I actually studied, it was more like I just listened to her chatter while I was mixing chemicals”

At those words, at least for the meantime, everyone understood.

After that, since the operation will start tomorrow, I went back to our lodging along with the other 4 members of the Jamil Household. As for Sebasu-san and Aro-ne-san they went to gather information. And from what I’ve heard, it would appear that they’ve also moved the guards.

In addition, it can’t be said that there’s no chance of me getting the disease. So I suggested to change lodging to the others but without even taking time to think of it, they firmly rejected my proposal, until the Madam and Elia got mad at me while crying.

They’re really good people. I’m grateful. I’ll also do my best tomorrow. 

The Next Day

~ Side Ryouma ~
This morning Sebasu-san informed me that the members of the Duke’s Family will be going to the office of the prefectural governor to meet him today. So like that I ended up by myself. The madam told me that it’s not good to walk around the town by myself and to stay in the lodging instead, but I can’t do that.

Since I’ve finally been registered to the guild, I figured I’d try to get a request. First off how about a generic herb collection quest?

I drag out of my item box, a basket attached to a wooden rack with shoulder straps that can be worn on my back, specifically made for the purpose of collecting things in the forest. I then put my slime inside that and go to the guild. As I look for the requests available for a G Rank, I find that there are requests to help out with Herb Collection, Sweeping, Moving Houses… etc.

At first I thought of accepting the request to help for collecting herbs but, it seems even if I don’t take it now and just take it once I get the herbs would also be fine. So I can just get a different mission and then get the herbs as I come back.

As I thought that I looked for missions other than herb collecting, and then by chance I found two sheets of written requests that stood out. 

The contents were sweeping the house and cleaning the shared toilet.

The house aside, the shared toilet can be dealt with by the Scavenger Slime and the magic I came up with. Thinking that, I went to the reception and asked about these two requests.

“Excuse me, I have something I want to ask”
“Welcome, what would you like to know?”
“Yes, may I know the specifics of these two requests?”
“Let me see… this request, huh? Hmm… quite a bit of time has passed since these requests has been put up. Basing on the contents alone it may seem like a normal cleaning job but it stinks and it’s dirty so no one wants to do it. And also the size…”
“Is it big?”

“Very much, actually. First off this thing about sweeping the house, well the thing is this person’s house is right next to a dump site. The client’s also unhappy about it but she got it cheap so she just endured it.”

But in these past few months, the wall of the basement separating the house from the dump site collapsed, and so the trash of the dump site ended up falling into the basement. And then because of the smell the family was troubled so they wanted someone to deal with it. But unless the wall is fixed the trash will just keep going in, but then in order to fix the wall, somehow someway you need to do something about the trash so it’s really just walking in circles.

And then there’s this shared toilet… originally the public office should have employed people with slimes but it seems no matter how much the public office tried to pay they got refused. So with no one to pump out the toilet, this request has been left here for 5 months already. There have also been complaints about the smell coming so… they probably won’t be able to keep it under the rug soon…”

“So there were concerns about catching diseases… because of the two cases…”
“Ara, that’s pretty smart of you. Amazing. That’s exactly right, it’s easy to catch diseases in a dirty place. That’s why they want something to be done about it but no one wants to take the request. In the first place, if the office were to pay properly then there’s no way the people with slimes would refuse. Because the places where they can work are few, so it’s hard to imagine them picking their jobs since they’re desperate in trying to make a living.”
“Specifically, how big are these two cases?”
“The house has a 200 sqm basement, and as for the common toilets, there are 30 7m-wide, 2km-deep, latrine pits. It’s one pit per job for the common toilet.”

“And the contents of the trash? As for the toilet I think I can figure it out by myself… ”
“Mainly food scraps for the garbage. And aside from that just the wastes from working with wood”

If it’s like that then I guess I can make the Scavenger Slime eat it…

“I see… then can I accept the request of the case regarding the house”
“Eh!? You’re accepting it!?”
“Yes, since I have a magic for cleaning that’s convenient to use. Although because it takes up a lot of magic, there’s not lot of people that use it.”
“So that’s how it is~ then please bring out your guild card. There’s no time limit but if you try to pull out midway you’ll have to pay a fine”
“I understand”

As I said that I left the guild, and went to the house of the client. The house of the client was in the eastern part of the Town of Gimuru. Even inside the residential district there was an area where cheap house were lined up.

I knock on the door of the house… let’s knock one more time… no one’s still coming out… are they out? … I knock one more time but this time I call out as well.

“Hello anyone there! I’m someone from the Adventurer’s Guild who accepted your request to clean up!”

The moment I said that, I heard a sound that said dodododo! And the door was opened forcefully.

“Is it true you came here to clean nya!?”

The one who came out had cat ears on her head and a tail attached to her waist, a woman of the cat man tribe. I knew about them but this is my first time seeing one in the flesh. It’s unfortunate though that my first time meeting with a beast man had to be accompanied by the horrifying stench of food scraps. However as a former Japanese that had worked on the service industry, my smile won’t break!

“Yes, my name is Ryouma Takebayashi and I’ve been dispatched by the Adventurer’s Guild. Is it fine with the client?”
“That’s right nya!? You really came to clean nya! I already gave up nya~!”
“Well then please confirm the request”
“Yes, yes! There’s no mistake nya! I am the client Miya nya! I’m really thankful you came nya!”
“Please do give me your thanks after the request has been fulfilled.”
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

What’s up with this guy!? She suddenly cried… wait, what should I do in this situation?

“W–wait! Please calm down, ok?”
“I’m sorry nya… I’m happy… because all the adventurers that had come here seemed really reluctant and kept complaining… and everyone stopped and went home midway nya… there were also people who couldn’t bear the smell as soon as they got to the front door and went home… even the people who said they’d do it until the end like you also left…”

All the adventurers until now, do try to endure it… there may be diseases, but it won’t be at the entrance, right?

“Then, I want to start as soon as possible, the place I’m to work at is the basement, right?”
“That’s right nya. But, what do you plan to do nya?”
“I heard that the trash is made up food scraps and remnants of wood. In that case I have a convenient magic I can use.”
“Eh, really nya?”
“Yes, the consumption of magic power is high so not a lot of people use it. And besides I also have my slave monster.”

“You were a Slave Magic User nya? Well to be honest as long as it ends up being clean, anything is fine nya. Then please take care of it quickly nya”
“Understood. Just to be sure, Miya-san doesn’t having anything important in the basement right?”
“None nya, to begin with the basement wasn’t even used as a storage room nya. And even if there was, considering it’s buried inside that trash, might as well throw it away nya.”

“Then in that case I’ll finish this quickly, and completely dispose of everything in the basement. This will be fine, yes?”
“Yes nya. Please take care of it nya”
“Then please allow me to enter. Where’s the entrance to the basement?”
“Over here nya”

Miya-san brought me to a staircase that continued down to the basement. When I went down that staircase, there was a door there which I opened, and what throught that door what lay before me was a large amount of trash and swarms of flies.

I close the door once, and take the Huge Scavenger Slime from that basket rack I equipped a while ago. And then I open the door for a second time, allowing the Huge Scavenger Slime to enter, and then I tell it to separate in my mind.

Immediately the slime began to split and filled the room to the ceiling. At that moment I made the slimes release foul odor. Immediately the flies started gathering to the slimes and were eaten.

From then on I just made the Scavenger Slime do nothing else but eat the food scraps. If one were to see me right now it’d look like I’m just playing hooky, but I put up a barrier magic and have hidden myself.

I’ve mostly made the Scavenger Slimes eat trash for the past 20 minutes or so, but just as the guild had mentioned, the trash just keeps going in through the hole.

From the looks of things this house was built underneath a hill, to add to that there’s a dump site over there, so what happens is the garbage smoothly falls down the hill and ends inside this basement. Who made a house in this kind of place?

Settling this problem is pretty simple, the answer… make the Scavengers eat until it stops! That’s it, only, it might be problematic if the slimes end up going outside so I put up a Barrier of Concealment over at the dumpsite. That way we can’t be seen from the outside and won’t end up causing a commotion. Even if I’m found out, I’m with the Slave Magic Users, so it’ll be fine, but just in case.

In the end it’s been 1 hours since I’ve put the barrier until the trash was completely eaten.

But what’s up with the body of these guys? It’s not like they’re a bunch of gluttons as they’re mileage is pretty good, but, it looks like they can eat whatever’s been given to them.

Well in any case the trash has been rid of but the walls are still dirty. This is where I come in. I make the Scavenger Slimes and Cleaner Slimes shoot out deodorization liquid against the inner wall and the outer wall of the room, and once the smell’s been dealt with I wash it with water.

“Mist Wash”

The water magic, Mist Wash, sprays out compressed water and gets rid of dirt. When I was researching magic in the forest, I tried to reproduce the high pressure water cutting magic, Water Cut, but failed. I noticed that the rock I hit with it was cleaner than before, and remembered there was something like this in my previous world, and so like this I considered it to be useful as a cleaning magic.

This magic can get rid of stubborn dirt. But while this magic is being used, it uses up magic power, so cleaning one room with it would take up quite a bit of magic power. It has the advantage of being able to be used as long as one keeps pouring magic into it, but the consumption is like an incontinent person that keeps pissing magic away. So I think unless one has a lot of magic power, this magic is quite difficult to use.

After washing it I had the Scavenger Slime drink the dirty water.

After washing the wall it became clean. But I’m still concerned about the hole in the wall. It’d be careless to leave it like this, so I might as well somehow close it up.

I make a brick from the earth outside using Create Block, and in the same way using Create Block I trim the hole into a square. And then using the Sticky Hardening Liquid of the Sticky Slime as a substitute for cement I filled in the hole with the brick. Adding in the help of the Slimes, it took us around 20 minutes to finish.

I’ve finished everything I can do so I have the Cleaner Slime clean me up and put the Slimes back into my wooden rack with shoulder straps and then go over to where Miya-san is.

“Miya-san”
“Nya!? Wh–what’s wrong nya? Are you leaving…?”
“Certainly, I’m about to leave. Since everything is already finished.”
“…nya? Eh, what do you mean?”

I brought Miya-san with a question mark floating over her head to the basement. When Miya-san saw the clean basement her mouth opened wide to the point it looked like her jaw was about to fall off.

“Nya… what did you do nya!?”
“Cleaning”
“Amazing nya! It really became clean nya! The trash kept going in so until now no one has managed to clean it nya! Come to think of it the hole’s being filled up too!?”

“Well since trash would go back in, I used Earth Magic and filled it up with the stone I made. There’s some different stones around that might be conspicuous, if it’s ugly I can remove it.”

“No need nya! I don’t mind and, once it’s been cleaned it up I’d been intending to block it. So, rather than saying it’s ugly I’m grateful nya.”
“Is that so, then if that’s the case… can we consider the request to have been completed?”
“Of course nya. Since you’ve managed to clean it up this fast, and even fixed the wall I’ll increase the payment nya!”
“Thank you very much”

I received Miya-san’s sign on the document for the request, and went back to the guild to go report to the receptionist that explained to me the details of the request.

“Excuse me”
“Ara, it’s this morning’s”
“I came to report about the completion of the request”
“Eh? Completion? You didn’t abandon?”
“It was completed”

As I said that I brought out the document for the request.

“You’re right… it was completed, and also the pay was even increased… you’re amazing. No one could complete this request for a long time, you know? Since the smell is thick and no matter how much you clean it up, trash just keeps going through the hole, so people who became downhearted just kept coming one after another, you know? To think that you were able to finish this request without even taking 2 hours…”
“It’s because I had a really convenient magic”
“Oh that’s right, well good job. With this the report for the completion of the request has been completed, the compensation inside is 30 pieces of silver”

“Eh? Isn’t quite a bit much?”
“Well the client, Miya-san, was quite troubled since people kept refusing this request, so she kept increasing the price. Plus she also instructed to increase your remuneration”
“I see, I understand”
“Also, the Guild Master said to call you when you came back”
“The Guild Master?”

When I asked that, the one who answered me wasn’t the woman in front of me but the guy who was doing some legal work on the nearby counter.

“Don’t worry, it’s nothing big. It’s just the usual.”
“What do you mean? Ah… I am Ryouma Takebayashi by the way.”
“I’m Jeff Granger. That old man… the guild master, is a nosy guy so, adventurers, especially newbies like you that’s under 13 years old, he usually calls out to try and help. He also helped me out when I was a new comer. He may seem like your run of the mill bandit, but there’s no need to be scared.”
“Is that how it is, thank you very much?”
“Don’t mind it”

Right after that a voice from inside the counter called us. The one who called us was the Guild Master.

“That’s exactly right, so you don’t need to give thanks to that guy”
“Ah, Guild Master”
“Ge! Old man”
“And who looks like a bandit you bastard!”
“Old man anyone who looks at you would say you look like a bandit!”
“Shaddap! I can’t help my face! But I’m not making a crooked face like a bandit!”
“Women and children run while screaming when they meet you in the dead of night, right?”
“Gu… if it’s the people of this town then there’s no problem…”
“Well that’s because everyone has already gotten used to it!”
“Gufuu! … Enough… Ryouma, come”

The Guild Master who was hurt by Jeff’s words put his heart under control, and went back inside while calling me. I gave my greetings to the receptionist lady and Jeff-san and go after the Guild Master.

And then I got to the place where I went to yesterday, the room of the Guild Master.

“Sit somewhere appropriate… or wait, that thing you’re carrying on your back is that a basket? It stands out a lot”
“Please excuse me. Inside this basket is my Slave Monster”
“You were a Slave Magic User? I thought you were surely a hunter”
“Well my Slave Monster is only a Slime and I learned Slave Magic just by observing. I’m a hunter that can use Slave Magic. I have my Sticky Slimes work with my traps and have my Poison Slimes poison my arrows”

Hearing that the Guild Master grinned laughing, and said this.

“You have a pretty dirty combination, huh?”
“You think? It’s a Slime after all.”
“I do it myself so I understand but if it was just a slime then it’d be fine but, a high class race isn’t something to be made light of.

There’s a lot of adventurers who would group slimes and high class slimes together and think they’re weak, but a high class slime with an adventurer that can fight isn’t thought to be weak.

If one gets hit by the acid of a slime, their equipment will go bad. If it ends up as long fight, then when one goes home the new tools will be crumbling. If it’s poison then one’s life will be put in danger, and Sticky Slimes are a pain the ass. If a different magical beast comes while you can’t move, then you’re life’s over.”

“I see… then if that’s the case, work at the Adventurer’s Guild becomes easier, huh? Actually when I registered that I use Slimes at the Tamer Guild, the Branch Manager clearly showed that he wasn’t pleased with me and seemed to have decided that I’d be incompetent”
“From the times I’ve met that guy, I’d say it’s just because that bastard’s pride is too big”
“Yes, since the slime can’t do jobs that require strength, and besides I also went to look for jobs that don’t require strength, today.”
“I see… Right, that talk about work. I heard that you already took a job today, it looks like it went well?”
“Yes, the client was quite pleased and even gave me a bonus.”
“Ho–, that’s pretty good for a first job. I didn’t hear anything except for cleaning, but what kind of job did you take?”
“I cleaned the house of the client called Miya-san”

When the Guild Master heard that he stared at me in wonder.

“You cleaned that girl’s house?”
“Did you know about it?”
“Well yeah… I mean Miya is also an adventurer that lives in this town. She comes quite frequently to the guild so I hear quite a bit.”
“Is that so?”
“But… to actually fulfill that request, you were able to clean up, right?”
“Yes”
“I didn’t think that there would actually be a person that could clean that girl’s house… and, how did you do it?”
“I had a magic that was good for the situation. It’s something that can be used when one has a lot of magic so it’s a rather hard to use magic, and so not a lot of people know about it. “
“Ho–? Then in that case I have another request I’d like you to take…”

Perhaps…

“Is it the request to clean the Town’s shared toilet?”
“Oh so you knew about it?”
“Yes, today, before taking a request, I was wondering which one I should take.”
“Then in that case the talk will be quick. The public office has brought out a cleaning request, and I don’t want the townsmen to say that the reason it wasn’t cleaned was because of the guild. The complaints have been coming in. Speaking of which, originally the cause was because the public office was stingy with bringing out money for the sake of the slum.”

“The receptionist lady also mentioned that, is that true?”
“Aah, it’s true. Did you know that in these past few years, this town’s income has been decreasing?”
“If I’m correct it’s because of the decreasing production rate of the mine, right?”
“Right, there’s also the condition of the mine since last year. And also this year, the abandonment of the mine will be decided. So because of that the income of the town has been quite bad. So the public office has been trying to cut costs but… they’ve been mainly cutting down on the town’s administrative expenses so, the blame’s been shifted on to the people of the town.

The ones that have really been put into a disadvantage is the slum. Until now the public office has been cutting down on the number of employees to manage labor cost but as a result the number of people helping out became insufficient. The work won’t end so they started saying that the people aren’t working properly and won’t pay them properly. There’s been a lot of complaints from the townsmen, so although they want to try hiring the people of the slum’s and add to that, that they gave the reason that the people of the slums won’t work properly and tried hiring them with a salary of next to nothing, in the end even the guys from the slum didn’t want to take it up.

No matter how troubled someone is over money, if the price doesn’t match with the work the people of the slum won’t work. And it’s not like they’re asking for much. It’s just that they can’t have a decent lifestyle so it’s easy for them to get sick. And if they work for almost for free then the risk of getting sick will just get higher.”

I see…

“I understand, I’ll prepare and accept it quickly. If it’s fast then I can take it by tomorrow”
“You’re a big help, thanks. The rewards will be plentiful.”
“Please take care of me”

Incidentally, I should also try talking to Rheinhart-san and the rest, since the one that holds the most influence is them. And besides they’ll also want to know what I did today, so I figured if they knew about this then they’ll know how to respond.

“…what are you thinking?”

Did it show on my face?

“No, today I’m acting by myself so I thought I’d ask a couple of things from the people who accompanied me to register yesterday”

Hearing that, Guild Master grinned laughingly.

As he made that face, I thought about what Jeff-san said, and certainly, it was really like the face a bandit would make…

“You have a pretty good personality, huh? And, do you think you they’ll help?”
“Of course, even just knowing them, I think they’ll help”
“Your basis?”
“Well I don’t really have much to base it on but… I’m an orphan without anywhere to go and lived in the forest. There, I recently met everyone by chance. After that I’ve bothered them quite a bit here and there. They did that much for someone like me whom they barely knew.

Just me aside though, there’s no way they’ll be able to treat everyone in the slums just as they’ve treated me, right? But, I don’t think they’re the kind of people who wouldn’t feel anything knowing the current situation.”
“I see”
“Yes. Well then, I should be going soon, since I want to finish my preparations for tomorrow.”
“Yeah, I’ll leave it to you. When you get here I’ll immediately tell them to prioritize that request. Well it’s nothing even if it’s prioritized since no one wants to take it.”
“You said it.”

Saying that, I left the room of the Guild Master as I laughed and then went back home. On the way I went to look for some cloths for western clothes and sewing tools. I found some cheap ones and bought a set, then I also bought an empty spool of thread.  

Regarding Template:
I don’t really get it so take it with a grain of salt until someone can confirm but maybe the world he is in is just similar to this light novel in his world which happens to be called Template and he is comparing his experiences or grabbing explanations from that book or something…

Changes to some terms:
Mental Resistance -> Emotional Resistance
Vitality Strengthening -> Stronger Vitality
Super Heal Power -> Super Healing
Mental Concentration -> Focus Spirit
Endurance -> Stronger Endurance
**** Resist -> **** Resistance
Magic Restore Speed Up -> Magic Recovery Rate UP

Translation stuff:
石版 is apparently a lithograph but that didn’t really make sense in context, so I read it as a stone block instead.

射技八節 Eight Stances of Shooting (Heavens I know nothing about this stuff, so I guessed)

弓道 弓術
I know nothing about archery but I’m guessing kyuudou’s relationship to kyuujutsu is as kendou to kenjutsu, the former has been changed to a sport friendly version while the latter is about killing. I don’t know someone who knows their stuff please explain.

Volume 1 Chapter 11

~ Side Ryouma ~

Physical Strength: 11,052
Magic Power: 198,000

Strength: B
Speed: A
Defense: B
Spirit: SSS
Endurance: A
Handiness: SS
Luck: B

Everyday Life Skill

Resistance Skills

Title

There’s quite a bit of skills that had levelled up. Looking at this, the Magic Skills are quite numerous… hmm? Survival Skills… what is this? Now that I think about it, I should have had some Survival Skills but disappeared for some reason, is this it? It also looks like the titles have changed for the better, and this disciple thing, it’s that, right? That thing that was written on the letter the gods sent to me when I got here, to make it so that my skill level won’t seem suspicious.  

Well in any case, let’s do as she said and hide everything else aside from the name, age, and race… Done.

“I’m done”
“Then let us go to the room were your companions are waiting. If you want anything please ask them.”

At the woman’s suggestion, we left the room. When we got outside we heard the voices of some children.

“Wait! Wait!”
“Ahahaha! I’m over here!”

Looking at the direction of the voice, through the window, I saw some children wearing worn-out clothes, playing. When I saw them, the woman explained to me.

“They are the children that this church is looking after. They are always cheerful and when they’re done with their chores, they go outside and play like that.”

An orphanage, huh? Well I don’t know what circumstances their family has, but I understand.
Having finished her explanation the woman suggested for us to go.

“Well then, let us be on our way”

Following the woman, we eventually reached a room inside the church. In there were my companions, Rheinhart-san, Madam, Rheinbach-sama, Elia, and Sebasu-san.

“Sorry for making you wait, the baptism has finished with no problems”
“Sorry for making you wait guys”
“No problem”

Right after Rheinhart-san said that, the woman took her leave.

“Well then, I will be taking my leave. Please feel free to use this room until you wish to leave.”
“Thank you very much”

Immediately, I also gave my thanks.

“Thank you very much”
“You’re welcome. Well then.”

After Rheinhart-san saw her out the room, I asked Rheinhart-san.

“Hmm… She left rather hurriedly… is there something wrong?”
“It’s because the information in the status board is one’s personal information and is a secret from everyone. That’s her showing her consideration.”
Said Rheinhart-san as the Madam followed.
“This room was also prepared with the intention of allowing the people that have been baptized and their family to be able to talk about the status here without being bothered”
“So that’s how it is”

“Umu, it’ll be bad if one talks about the information in the status bord indiscreetly. Although in the past it was actually illegal to hide one’s status, but because there were many who tried to abuse that information, it has become customary to hide that information.” – Rheinbach

“The skills that a person possesses can show how one fights, and how much power one has, having this information out in the open is inconvenient.  Physical Strength and Magic Power was said to be peerless in the battlefield and the best warriors and magicians of the country’s limits was exposed and received the attack of the enemy and was killed. Such things happened many times. Nowadays no one really shows the contents of their status outside of the people they permit. And also, for the same reason, people also don’t show their divine protection. The only thing people show is their name, race, and age, and also depending on the person, their title.” – Sebasu

“I see” -Ryouma
“That’s why you should keep your information a secret. And if there’s something you don’t know, I can give you advice, but if there’s something you don’t want to talk about then you don’t have to talk about it, ok?” – Madam

These people are so gentle…. Well then regarding which to tell them about… well there’s something I need to show them first.

“Got it… but… there’s something I need to show you first”
“What is it?”

I unhide the information field for the Magic Power and show it to Elia.

“Elia”
“Yes? … !? Ryouma-san, this!”

My magic power isn’t as high as Elia’s but it’s close. After that I showed the other four the information field for my magic power as well. When I did, their eyes opened wide.

“I lost to Elia… but… it shouldn’t be that different”
“This is amazing, while it won’t surpass Elia’s, it’s close”
“I only meant it as a joke that time but to think that you would actually be on the same level as Elia in terms of magic power”
“Ara ara, you really are an amazing child Ryouma-kun”

When Elia saw the information field for my magic power, she shook a bit, then took my hands. She seems happy.

“That’s amazing Ryouma-san! For there to be someone who possesses magic power on the same level as me, I’m so happy!”

Elia took my hands and jumped up and down for a minute until she ran out of breath because of how happy she was.

“Haa, haa…. I’m sorry, I got a bit too excited…”

I don’t know if it’s out of embarrassment or because she’s out of breath but her face was flushed red. Either way, madam spoke to me.

“Hmmm…. Ryouma-kun, if you have this much magic power then… what about your magic techniques”

“I’ll show… my magic skills… if it’s you guys… it’s fine”

As I said that I showed my different magic skills.

“In regards to one’s prospects, you’ll probably surpass me. And you actually also possess, Magic Detection, Manipulation, and Recovery Rate UP.” – Sebasu
“Because I was living in the forest, I had to use magic, and so it somehow ended up like this… Most likely, fire and water leveled up during cooking and when I had to take baths. And… as for Earth and Space Magic, I used them for hunting… so, they were mostly used everyday” – Ryouma

“Fumu… did you use things like attack magic?” – Sebasu
“No… during hunting… it was mostly traps and bow. I could use fire ball but the meat would get burned and the parts I can eat… will become few. And then there’s Earth Needle, which I would use to substitute for a stake, which I would usually put inside my trap holes. “ – Ryouma
“I see, so because you’ve been using magic a lot in your daily life, you ended up levelling up. Then in the case, I suggest you practice attack magic since, there’s no disadvantage if you can use it… and also so that you’ll be able to deal with a monster that can’t be killed with anything except for magic” – Sebasu

… I forgot. Right, there was that kind of monster. Just like the monster of the light novel in the other world, Template, that kind of monster. It’s because I‘ve isolated myself in the forest for too long that I completely forgot. Anyhow, I’ll train in offensive magic from now on.

“Now that you mention it, I think I’d like to try that out”
“Low level attribute magic is relatively easy, so even at your current level if you practice it for a bit you’ll be able to use. Since, you were able to attain Earth Magic, I think you’ll also be able to use the higher levels. I don’t really think it should be that difficult.” – Sebasu

“Ryouma-kun has a lot of magic power, and you even have the Magic Manipulation Skill which reduces the amount of Magic Power consumed, and even Recovery Rate Up which increases the recovery rate, so with that in mind you could definitely do a lot even in only a single day of practice.” – Rheinhart
“You have a lot of advantage in regards to magic so don’t waste it, ok?” – Rheinbach
“”Yes, I’ll do my best.” – Ryouma
As I said that, Rheinbach-sama nodded at me with a satisfied face. However, after that he made a serious face and said this.

“Ryouma-kun there’s something I need to tell you beforehand”
“What is it?” 
“Your abilities compared to kids your age, are ridiculously high. Because of that there will be many people who will come at you with bad intentions. If you don’t want that to happen then hide your abilities and quickly gain a social status so that you may be able to protect yourself. Only, in your case, your abilities are too high, so hiding it will definitely be difficult. So you should register at the guild quickly, and get a high rank. Regardless of what happens, we will also lend you our strength but it’s important that you, yourself, takes care.” –

Said Rheinbach-sama as the madam followed up.

“In your case since your abilities are too high, it becomes obvious that you have divine protection. We only had a vague feeling, but after seeing your skills it becomes clear that you have divine protection. You need to be careful, someone who possess divine protection will definitely be targeted.”

Seriously?… It’s true I’m not really restraining myself but was it that weird? I better be careful.

“I understand, I’ll be careful.”

So we did the baptism in the church and then after that I was warned and now we are about to go to the Tamer Guild.

Going to the Tamer Guild, in its surrounding there’s a place where many magical beasts are connected, and there many places for carriages to stop at. Just as what you’d expect from a mining town, magical beasts that work for transportation are numerous. Also, it seems that it’s ok to bring small magical beasts inside the guild, so if I were to make the slimes use the compress skill, I’d be able to bring them in.

Inside the guild there were only mostly humans, but from time to time I would see some Goblins and Kobolds who were made to carry things. In there, with Rhenhart-san leading us, we went to the counter where the staff member was at.

“Welcome to the Tamer Guild Branch of the Town of Gimuru. May I know what the purpose of your visit may be?”
“I want to register my daughter and this child, and also we have new information”
“Understood. Please go inside.”

Under the guidance of the staff member we were led inside, and were served tea. And after a few minutes, another staff member, a male, who wore pompous clothes came in. At that time, even without him saying, I had a bad feeling from him. … What is this? This bad feeling…

“Welcome. I am, the Branch Manager, Matthew Ganteyn. My greetings to the famous Household of Jamil. Everyone it is my pleasure to be meeting you all today. Your errand for today is the registration of the Ojousama, yes?”
“I want to register my daughter and this kid.”
“This kid?”

The man who named himself Matthew saw me. At that moment I noticed it, this kind of guy is exactly like the higher ups in my previous life. They flatter those above them but fail to remember even the names of those below them. They’re horrible people who refuse to look at those below them as humans and treat them like tools. This guy is that type. From the looks of things, it seems that my existence hasn’t even entered his sight until now.

He probably decided it based on the clothes. Those toady eyes he had before when talking to Rheinhart-san, without changing his expression, changed the moment he saw me. In his eyesight were a combination of contempt and jealousy. Even now you could see his eyes asking, “Why is someone like you with the members of the Household of the Duke?”

“This person too?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Understood… Hey” (TL Note: I can’t show it in English but he basically goes from heaven to hell in terms of politeness here)

Matthew took 2 sheets of paper from the staff member behind him and gave it to me and Elia.

“Please fill out this form. Do you need someone to write for you?”

“Thank you for your concern. But, I can write just fine.”
“Right”

I quickly filled out the form with the necessary information, which includes, the name, the age, race, and the length of time I’ve known Slave Magic or Conjuration.

“Well then please allow me to confirm. Ojousama, you tamed your first slime a few days ago, much congratulations. From now on I’ll be expecting great progress from Ojousama. And you as for you… 3 years ago? What slave monster did you bring with you?”
“Slime”
“Heh, Slime, huh? Even though you’ve already known Slave Magic for 3 years…”

As Matthew said that, Elia unhappily asked him a question. Because of this Matthew was a bit panicked. I guess he remembered that for Elia’s first Slave Monster, she also started off with a slime.

“Is there something wrong with a Slime?”
“No, I won’t say it’s bad but Slimes are weak monsters. So, unfortunately, there are only few missions that Slimes can accept in this town. The jobs of Slave Magic Users in this town is mainly the transport of things from the mines, so at the very least you’d need a Goblin or a Kobold. Otherwise, you’d only be able to take the introductory missions. “

Matthew gave that excuse but it didn’t work and the Madam came with the covering fire.

“Certainly, the work may be a bit few. However, because his master died while he was learning he was not able to learn completely. So, couldn’t you be a bit more understanding?”
“So that’s the case, please pardon my rude behavior.”

As he said that he lowered his head. Not to me, though, but to the Madam. I didn’t even enter his line of sight.

“Well then let us please continue with the registration. There doesn’t seem to be any defects in the documents, so please bring out the proofs that you can use Slave Magic. You can show me your status board that proves you have the Slave Magic Skill or you can you can show me the enactment of the Slave Magic contract. Which will it be?”

At those words we, Elia and I, showed our status boards and the field that shows the Slave Magic Skill.

“Yes, this is sufficient. Well then, please put your status boards on top of the stone block over here.”

The stone block that was brought out seemed to be quite similar to the one in the Room of Baptism in the church, also having a four sided depression. Except this time there is a metal plate inlayed into the depression. Looks like you’re supposed to put the status board on top of the part of the plank that doesn’t have anything on it.
The first one was Elia, and after her I put my board on top of that stone block, and then a character showed on the metal plate.

“With this, the two of you have been registered. We welcome the two new members of our Tamer Guild.”

After Matthew said that we moved into our next topic.

“Well then, I heard that today, you have information to give me.”
“Yes, it’s this child’s discovery.”

Saying that, the madam looked at me, and Matthew also looked at me.

“This child, was it?”
“Yes, this child was able to tame a slime that we four believe to have never been tamed before. If you investigate it, I’m sure you’ll find there to be no information of it all. We believe it to be a new type”
“Oh… is that so…”

At Madam’s words, it’s obvious that Matthew had lost all interest. With the smile he smoothened out, he looked at me with eyes that looked like he was looking at trash.

… I changed my mind. I’ll just report the information about the new slimes.

“Would it be ok if I report?”
“Ahh, yeah…”
“Then… What I had discovered, which we believe to be a new kind of slime, is the Cleaner Slime and the Scavenger Slime. This was confirmed with the Magical Beast Appraisal so there’s no mistake. Their characteristics include having a particular fondness for eating dirt but Cleaner Slimes don’t eat anything aside from dirt, and won’t attack or eat people or animals.

Scavenger Slimes are similar to Cleaner Slimes in that they won’t attack humans or animals. However, they can eat anything. Especially rotten meat, which they seem to love.”

“I see… that’s certainly a slime I’ve never heard of before. That disposition is strange, it’s probably a new kind. Then I’ll register the information of the magical beast here. Thanks for the new information.”

“Don’t mind, I just came across it by coincidence”
“Right… Well then, members of the Household of Jamil, I still have things I must attend to and I apologize as I am unable to see you out, please excuse me and I’ll take my leave here.”
“Thank you very much”
“Thank you very much”

I and Elia gave our thanks, and after that we left the guild.

“Well then, what should we do now?”
“Special Training! Ryouma-san!”

Why all of the sudden?

“Why do you want a special training all of the sudden?”
“… Because it’s mortifying… Ryouma-san has always been researching and yet, Ryouma-san aren’t you mortified?”
“That’s right… but it’s not like I’ve been researching to be praised, and I’ve also gotten used to that kind of interaction, especially that kind…”

Because the workplace in the otherworld was full of people like that… and even if you get angry at those kind of words, there’s nothing you can do.

“And also I don’t want to teach that person so I only gave him the minimum information so… something like this, it’s nothing at all.”
“Ryoma-san…”
“Thank you for worrying for me and getting mad on my behalf”

And then it suddenly hit me. I, can talk normally. This past few days I’ve been staying with Elia and the rest, it’s mostly been ok but, do you remember how I talked to that guy a while ago? That time for some strange reason the words came out smoothly. It was as if I was back in the company in my previous life… I wonder if it’s because of the will power of the corporate slave identity that has already been deeply ingrained into me…

“Ryouma-kun”
“Ah, yes, what is it?”
“What’s the matter?”
“Nothing… it just seems that my speech has come back completely. In the past I was surround a lot by those kind of people so it looks my speech which was deeply ingrained by guys like those came back.”
“… Please talk just as you’ve talked until now. There’s no need to humble yourself to us”  (TL Note: By humble, he’s referring to the use of polite language)
“That’s right. Ryouma-kun, I don’t like the way you talk now, it’s too cold”
“Kid’s shouldn’t be reserved”
“It’s similar to how nobles talk, it’s pressuring and make me feel uncomfortable. Ryoma-san, please talk just as you had before” or so… complained the Madam.

Being told that… well, whatever, let’s go with the more casual one then.

“Got it. Then I’ll do my best to talk just as usual.”
“It’s ok even if you call me your mother, you know?”
“Well it will be good if you take it slowly, well then what will you do now? Are you going back to the lodging?”
“I think it will be good if Ryouma-sama also registers at the adventurer guild”

Said Sebasu-san at which everyone seemed to approve except for me and Elia.

From the looks of things, what that guy said was true. There are a lot of transport jobs here in the Tamer Guild. But those kind of jobs can’t be taken by someone with only slimes. To begin with, Conjurers and Slave Magic Users have less jobs compared to others. So most of the members of the Tamer Guild also register at the Adventurer’s Guild and get jobs from there.

And so we went to the Adventurer’s Guild and just like the Adventurer’s Guild in Template we did not have any troubles with the hoodlums.

The guild rank goes from G to S, so there are 8 ranks. In general you can’t take jobs except for jobs on your level. But if you were make a party and if several parties were to gather in the guild and take part in a large scale mission with many people the difficulty will go down, and you can take missions one to two ranks up your rank.

The registration requires one to at least be 10 years old, so I have that cleared. However, until the age of 13, the guild will need to check the individual fighting abilities and will only be able to accept jobs that look like they will be able to bring out the results. Even if your rank were to be the same that is.

This is a safety measure to prevent kids who lack self-control from doing something reckless. Consequently, from 14 years old onwards that limitation and warning is removed, but of course if one were to fail the contract, one still has to take responsibility, pay the money for the breach of contract, loss of payment and of course the danger to one’s own life.

Also when the town is exposed to danger, if one were to be in the town during that time the guild will hold a meeting and will have to attend. While it’s possible to reject this, one would need a justifiable reason and a large amount of money to be excused.

Right now I am being made to wait at the back of the examination area after again receiving the explanation of Template. Because I’m under 13 years old they need to check my fighting abilities. However there is a problem here.

“Everyone, should I go at full strength?”
“Right… I’m uncertain whether or not you can receive a justifiable appraisal from the person at the Tamer’s Guild. So you should go at all out here, you should show what you’re capable of.”
“Umu. That will be good. ”
“If there’s something make sure you report”
“Please do your best”
“Go at while being relaxed”

As I was receiving various encouragements from everyone, the receptionist along with a man with a good body build, entered the practice area.

“You are the examiner for today?”
“Yes, my name is Ryouma Takebayashi. Please take care of me”
“And you guys would be his companions?”
“That’s right, nice to meet you.”
“Do feel free to watch, however, please don’t try to meddle with the examination”
‘Of course”

After saying that the man faced me.

“The weapons you specialize in is a bow, huh? Alright, let’s begin right away. First off, hit those five targets from that line. The number is five. Hit the targets with one shot one at a time.”

I stood at the line exactly as I was ordered and aimed at the target I was ordered to aim at.

I opened my legs wide shoulder-length, I nocked my arrow, pulled my bow, and accurately fired at my target. This entire movement was done without hesitation, smoothly quickly changing targets as I fired at my targets.

Without panicking, without making a fuss, just calmly shooting the five targets and after I’ve finished shooting. The five arrows all pierced the center of their respective targets.

My ability to handle the bow has significantly increased since I came to this world. I also did archery in the past but I couldn’t shoot this fast in my past life.

Incidentally, the school I come from is not the modern time Kyuudou but Kyuujutsu, because of this I didn’t stop my movements like Kyuudou would in their Eight Stances of Shooting. I could stop midway if I wanted to, but the essence of the Kyuujutsu that has been passed on in my family, goes like this. However faster you can shoot, and how accurately you can shoot your enemy lies in following through with your bow. In the past if I were to stop even once for a moment, in the next instance, my dad’s fist and his abusive voice will come flying at me.

As soon as I finished shooting, I remembered such things. Recollecting something during the exam, I immediately looked at the man who was observing.  He was already walking towards the target. And after confirming everything separately, he went back.

“Everything was dead center. Even if you say that the targets weren’t moving, that was pretty good. The next one involves moving targets, look at the wall across.”

The wall he pointed at had pillars at either ends. And beside the pillars was a hole.

“That was something proposed 300 years ago by an adventurer called Kengo who used a magic weapon called a shotgun. It’s a magic tool that fires off projectiles for the sake of training.”

That’s definitely a guy who was transported. Hey, this is a world of sword and magic, and you brought a shotgun?

“He stopped being able to use the Magic Weapon and ended up at Rank C but he kept proposing the use of this equipment until he died, somehow in its own way it became a good story. To that extent this equipment has that kind of value for the sake of training.”

Stopped being able to use? Is it because of poor maintenance? No ammo?… That guy definitely pissed off the three gods! Otherwise he would have at least received a way to make ammo or maintain it… Unless you’re upfront with those three gods they won’t give you appropriate support you know? As I was thinking that the explanation continued.

“Understood”
“Then, the whistle will be the signal. Do your best”

As he said that the guy handed me the quiver and he backed down. I held the bow in my hands and waited for the signal. 

It’s been 3 days since the day I’ve made Elia cry. After the landslide our trip had proceeded without a hitch. And today, we have finally reached our destination, Gimuru.

“We’ve arrived, this is the town of Gimuru”

The Town of Gimuru is tranquil despite being a big town because of the greens surrounding it. Near this town appears to be a mine. It seems, however, that the iron that this mine should be producing has been decreasing. Especially this time’s observation. Three years ago the production has become mostly 0, and as such, today’s visit was for the purpose of affirming whether the mine should be abandoned or not.

It would appear, though, that the fact that it will be abandoned has mostly been decided. Rheinhart reasoned that since there isn’t one mine, there won’t be a problem even after 10 years. So I guess it has already been assumed that it will be abandoned.

Considering, that the mining rate has been nearly 0, unless they find a new vein, they will immediately abandon the mine. Also, it seems the miners from the village haven’t really been working on this mine since last year. But that’s something to be expected, after all anyone would prefer to work at a place that could bring out results.

“Then, let’s go to the lodging, leave our belongings there, and then go to the Tamer Guild to register!”

The Tamer Guild is the guild to which the two classes of practitioners that control magical beasts, the Slave Magic Users and the Conjurers, belong too. Their job is to provide information and certain services to the members.

In the same way, there are also other guilds, such as the Adventurer Guild or the Magic Guild, and there’s also the Merchant Guild. But compared to the other three, the members of the Tamer Guild are fewer because the beasts get scared of people easily, so it’s not as popular.

As a result, the scale of the guild becomes smaller, and the places where the guild is can be found has also becomes fewer. That kind of rare guild is here in this town. As for why, it seems it’s because they use the beasts to carry things from the mine.

Today, the Madam is in high spirits and is pulling me and Elia while humming. When we reached the lodging, there was something bothering me, so before going to the guild, I brought up my concern to the Madam and the others.

“I… how much of my information… should I give to the guild?”
“Well… the information offered is entirely up to the discoverer… so up to how much Ryouma-kun thinks is good will be fine” Replied the madam.

I see, then in that case…

“Then, I’ll register the evolution conditions for the Slime and the Big Slime, and the 2 new variations as well”
“Are you going to keep the methods of using a Sticky Slime a secret?”
“Yes, since we’re going to be selling waterproof cloths… if we teach it to them, similar goods… might appear on the market”
“Ah, there’s also that. Right, then let’s keep that a secret”

After talking, we were planning to go straight to the Tamer Guild, but before that Rheinbach-sama said this.

“Ryouma-kun hasn’t been able to go to church yet, right? Then, in that case, how about we go to the church first and see your status?”

At those words, Rheinhart-san and the madam made a face that said, “Right, there was still that!”

It seems that the status board that the church can bring out doesn’t just show the status and the likes but can also make the process for the guild registration to go smoother.

There is a condition before joining the Tamer Guild that one needs to be able to use Slave Magic or otherwise Conjuration. If one hands over one’s status board and there is Slave Magic written in the field for the skills shown, then the answer will immediately be ok.

In the case that one isn’t able to show his status board then, you will be made to wait for a while and will have to perform the Slave Contract with the prepared slime in front of the clerk in charge. If one is unable to perform the instruction, then one cannot register.

In other words we changed our plans and went to the Church of Genesis of the Town of Gimuru. By the way, since we ended up going to the church, we made the slimes wait at our lodging. Although if we were only going to the Tamer Guild it would have been fine.

When we got to the church, what greeted us was the warm smile of an elderly woman wearing the kind of clothes a nun would wear.

“Welcome, esteemed guests. Is there chapel today?”
“We would like for this child to receive his status board. Because of some circumstance, until now he was unable to receive his status board.”
“Please take care of me”
“Is that so? Then, please come this way. I will lead you to the Room of Baptism”

I went with the woman who was dressed in the clothes of a nun and walked inside the church. It seems, aside from the people who will receive the baptism, entering the Room of Baptism is prohibited. So, as soon as we reached the room, the others had to go to a different room and waited there.

“This way please”
“Excuse me”

In the room I was brought to, a crystal ball like the one I saw at the guard’s room in the Town of Kereban was there on top of the pedestal. That pedestal had a depressed area that was around the size of palm, rectangular in shape and positioned in the portrait orientation. The girl brought a transparent board that looked like it would fit just right into that.

“This will become your status board. I will insert this board into the pedestal and once you touch the crystal, the baptism will be complete. Once you touch this crystal, the crystal will emit a strong light, however, it won’t hurt you, so please don’t worry.”

As the girl said that, she inserted the status board into the pedestal, and walked away from the pedestal.

“Please, go ahead and touch the crystal.”
“Yes”

While being a little excited, I began to slowly touch the crystal. As I did that, in an instant, a strong light like the one when I came to this world, shone from the crystal and filled the room with light. When that light stopped, what was in front of my eyes wasn’t the Room of Baptism anymore, it was the same pure-white room as when I met the gods for the first time.

“This is…!”
“Hey! Ryouma-kun!”
“Over here!”
“Behind you!”

As I turned to face that voice, the three gods that sent me to Seiruforu was standing there.

“Gayn, Kufo, Rurutia… Did I die again?”
“No, no, you’re alright. We just made the time in that world stop for a bit and we pulled only your consciousness” – Gayn
“I also didn’t think that we’d be able to meet again but because you prayed to our stone statue which you made in the forest everyday…” –Kufo
“You isolated yourself in the forest, trained, researched, and practiced over and over again, right? You were also able to provide for your own food, in a sense it was also just the bare necessities, making your daily life pretty much the same as the discipline of a believer.” – Rurutia

“Umu, I thought you wouldn’t be able to meet us no matter how many times you go to church, but since you’ve actually met us for real, you believed in our existence from the bottom of your heart, and for 3 years you prayed every day to us. Because of that you satisfied the requirements for the skill, Oracle. Being in the Room of Baptism served as an impetus for that. Once you wake up, you should have received a new skill, Oracle, which will be around Lv2 or Lv3.” – Gayn

“I see… well regardless, I’m happy that we were able to meet again.” – Ryouma
“We are, too. Thank you for coming to the church just as you’ve promised.” – Rurutia
“It looks like you’re having fun in the new world. I’ve always being watching and it seems you’ve been doing interesting things one after another.” – Kufo
“I didn’t think that you would actually isolate yourself in the forest for 3 years. Though for us that was a short time, but for a human that’s not the case. First of all, although relatively it may be a safe forest, it’s not without danger. We thought at most it’d only be 1 year, but…” – Gayn

“You used the skills you had freely, you researched magic and used it in your day-to-day life, and in not even 3 years, although you can’t say it’s luxurious, you’ve managed to create an environment you can live in.” – Rurutia
“When you look at that by its appearance it may seem frugal, but when you take into consideration the environment it’s a really great house. It’s very safe, wide, and clean. The facilities are also complete. Especially the fact that it has a bath, in this world, only the houses of the wealthy have baths in them. And also, the fact that you have a toilet, and yet it’s so clean it doesn’t stink. Even if you look all over the world, such a thing could only be found in your house.” – Kufo

“To think that you were able to produce that much result from your slime research. I also didn’t think of that. In the first place there aren’t any people that researches Slimes. I was especially surprised by those two variations, the Cleaner Slimes and the Scavenger Slimes. That’s a new variant, right?” – Gayn
“So, it’s like that after all. I also asked the members of the family of Slave Magic Users and they said they didn’t know, so I thought that might be the case.” – Ryouma

“Umu. I made the slimes but I only gave it the ability to adapt easily to the environment and the power to reproduce so it ended up having infinite possibilities for evolution. But because it was too weak and was exterminated by other animals to some extent right after a seed was born it didn’t increase in number at all

In the end it ended up such that the slimes that would be born would be decided based on the environment of the area. That’s why even I completely forgot about the possibility of a new kind of slime being born! You’ve done a wonderful job!” – Gayn

“For a person to have researched slimes to that extent, I think you’re the first one” – Rurutia
“Even more you’ve managed to produce results even beyond what we gods imagined” – Kufo
“Hey, hey, was slime really not researched to that extent”

“It wasn’t!” – Kufo, Gayn, Rurutia

“Even I, who made it, actually managed to forget about it. When it comes to slimes I have a feeling you already know more than me” – Gayn

“Even if it’s limited to slimes, to have knowledge greater than god. What’s up with that?” – Kufo

“However… when it comes to slimes, there’s still a lot of things you’re thinking about, right? I took a peek at your research and you’ve been thinking of things I haven thought of. In the first place, even if I’m a god, it doesn’t mean I’m omnipotent. The gods have their respective specialties and places where they’re bad at. There are also times when someone is born in the world I’m protecting that manages to discover something and leaves me wide-eyed” – Gayn

“Is that so?” – Ryouma
“Un. For example we are gods and you are humans so we can’t be hurt by you guys, but if you were to, right now, come try to beat us up, you can easily do it. Because we don’t have any fighting abilities. Using the power of god we can protect ourselves and make ourselves untouchable or make the pain go away but using techniques to win against you is impossible. The only one who can fight is the God of War, who specializes at fighting.” – Kufo

“Is that so? I didn’t know.”
“Well, when you say god, humans normally imagine someone that can do anything. But more than anything it’s fun. And also to think that you’d end up related to that family~” – Rurutia

“Mn? Do you know the people of the Jamil Famil?”
“Well yeah, since the ancestor of those people is a person we sent from Earth” – Rurutia
“Really!?” – Ryouma
“Mn. She was a good child~. It seemed he was aiming to be a trainer of animals. She didn’t seem to understand the situation very well but she asked for an ability that allowed her to subdue animals, then went over to that world.” – Kufo
“Was that perhaps slave Magic?” – Ryouma

“Bingo! Well, at that time there was a similar ability but she studied that ability, and mixed it with the power we gave her, and what came about was Slave Magic.

She received merit for completing Slave Magic and at the same time receive a Court Rank from the king. Her face was good so she was quite popular, and eventually fell in love with a noble and got married. Ever since then, her linage continued and while having an ancient and honorable origin, her descendants practiced Slave Magic.” –
Rurutia

“Moreover, amongst the 3 currently existing members of the Jamil Household, Rheinbach has received my divine protection, while Rheinhart from Kufo, and Elize from Rurutia. And that daughter, Elialia, the blood of the person we sent over runs deep in her veins and has inherited her ancestor’s traits. It’s not like you shouldn’t already be aware.” – Gayn

“You should at least properly look at what’s right below you” – Kufo

“Seriously!? Oh, wait. If she takes after her ancestor then that’s why her magic power is over 200,000”
“That’s exactly correct but, it’s not because of the reincarnated person we just mentioned. Of course, she has extraordinary talent in Slave Magic but that talent comes from her dad’s lineage.

As for her magic it’s because of a different person who was reincarnated, whose blood flows in the veins of her mother. This one is a typical representation of an Otaku who was reincarnated. It seemed he hated exercising, so he gave up completely on martial arts and became peerless in magic. Because he put everything into his talent for magic and magic power, he possessed a frightening amount of magic power… Elialia inherited that part from him. He was quite the eccentric, though.” – Gayn

“That kid, at first, didn’t know how to take care of himself~” Kufo
“Because he was weak and was a coward, until the day he died he didn’t do any evil and was happy. During those days until he died he was always scared.” – Rurutia
“From the little I’ve heard it seems there’s quite a bit of people that have been reincarnated” – Ryouma
“The ones I’m pleased with, and the ones I’m not, there are quite a lot. A person from Earth will definitely bring magic power with them, so we will definitely take one person. Even an interval of 200 years is short for a reincarnated person to get here so it is unlikely for there to be multiple people who have been reincarnated at the same era.” – Rurutia

“But there were times when the situation was aggravated because of the use of magic during war, at which point we would hurriedly bring someone from Earth. Well, it doesn’t happen all the time. Especially nowadays where there’s no war, so there probably won’t be one in your lifetime” – Kufo

“Since people who have been reincarnated receive high level skills and special skills from the gods, there’s a lot that end up in fairytales and legends and stories of heroes and the like

For example. There was that story I talked to you about Elilia-chan and her mother’s side of her family. In that family there was a guy that was peerless at magic that would be quickly called out during times of war and at the same time, they would go on a rampage and be called heroes or brave warriors.

And then I don’t know if you can remember, but there was this story you talked about before about a figure that used a power that mostly couldn’t be used and was persecuted. And that arrogant man received treatment like he was a demon king or something and was subjugated and ended up becoming a fairytale. You’ve heard of the story of the Alchemist King right?” 

“Hey, it couldn’t be that the method of using Alchemy was strangely easy because…”
“Umu. I made it irresponsibly after all” – Gayn
“I knew it! Write a simple magic formation, on top of that, just put your material there and imagine the thing it’s going to separate into, put some magic, and boom! Success! I thought it was too easy, so that’s why! I thought it was strange that other things common in other magic like controlling the amount of magic power or regulating it wasn’t needed.” – Ryouma

“That’s right, because of his selfishness I didn’t want to take the time. No matter how free I am, rather than doing something I’m unhappy about it’s better to be leisurely” – Gayn
“I agree with you on that point but…” – Ryouma

“Well it is difficult for the humans of this world, you know? Because the people of this world don’t have the knowledge of the people from Earth. The Alchemist King was a student from Earth so there wasn’t any problem and he was able to use it to amass a fortune. But after the golden age of alchemy, there were plenty of people who couldn’t even use separation once.

The Alchemist King was a money monger, and he didn’t want his profits to be taken away from him so he died without teaching his techniques and knowledge to anyone.” – Gayn

“And so… he did as he pleased… and even other people who were transported here…” –
Ryouma

“That’s right. In that case you’re similar in that you do whatever you want but at least you’re more docile. Although you may feel like you’re just going with the flow, it’s not like that. You at least make your decisions yourself, you obey the rules you should obey, and within that in its own way you do what you want. Right now, you are the most desirable person to have been pulled in this world, Seiruforu, you know?” – Kufo
“What’s up, all of the sudden?” – Ryouma

“Fu~Fu~n, even if I’m like this I am still pretty much a god, so I thought I’d say something fitting for a god. It seems you’re worrying about when Elia asked you to be her friend, and you just went with the flow and agreed.”
“Aah, I see…”
“It’s fine not to think too much about it. Since in your previous world you lived your life by going along with your surroundings, isn’t right now the same? And besides it’s not like going along with your surroundings is a completely bad thing.” – Rurutia
“Elia-chan was happy, right? Then isn’t that just fine?” – Gayn
“Yeah, you’re right. Thank you, you three”
“Don’t mind it, we’re gods after all. An advice of this level is just like taking a walk for us” – Gayn
“We’re having fun because of you, so consider this our thanks.” – Kufo
“Your time here is about to run out, so we just gave you a little advice before that.” – Rurutia
“Thank you. And also I’m sorry, but, it seems I lost much of my vocabulary since I came into this world so I can’t say it very well, but, thank you.” – Ryouma
“You’re feelings have reached us” – Rurutia
“Well, it’s because we’re watching over everyone” – Kufo
“Recently other gods have also been watching you, you know?” – Gayn
“Eh, other?”

“You’ve caught the interest of the God of War and the God of Magic. It’s actually quite strange since they actually hate people that have been transported here.” – Gayn
“The God of War is interested in your martial arts. It’s not a cheat we gave you so it’s different from this world and also because it’s something you’ve mastered with your own effort.

The God of Magic doesn’t hate cheat abilities as much as the God of War does, but he hates the people that have been transported here who goes on a rampage with their power, or goes around making lots of money. You see, that guy likes people that practice prudency. With that in mind, since you’ve been researching magic and slimes a lot, and you haven’t really been hasty in your matters, you’ve manage to pull his interest.” – Kufo

“The ones who are always watching are only us, but, whenever they’re in the mood, those other two gods also watch” – Rurutia
“What’s up with that?” – Ryouma
“It’s not like they’ll actually do something so isn’t it fine? Ah, but the God of Art and Craft actually gave you his protection. For the meantime it’s not a bad thing so don’t mind it.” – Rurutia

“He said he came to like you because he liked how you drink the sake from your previous world. It’s because that guy is also the God of Wine. In your previous life it seems you didn’t drink sake enjoyably, but he seems to value the fact that’ve drunk so much. Also he said your Drunken Fist which you practiced was quite interesting.” – Gayn

“Drunken Fist? Oh right, I did practice it from to time in the forest… so that was seen. In my previous life, I didn’t have any money to play with, and since my dad died, I just studied several martial arts to kill time. To think someone would actually find that interesting…” – Ryouma

“Well, no one knows what will happen in life, right? The settings of your lineage includes having the grandpa who raised you up be a dwarf. So, Tekun, may be the God of Wine, but he is mainly worshipped by the dwarves, so it’s just perfect for you.” – Gayn
“Oh, right, now that you mention there was something like that. Is that ok? Isn’t it weird?” – Ryouma
“It’s fine. Well then, it looks like we’ve run out of time.” – Gayn

“I see… then, see you.” – Ryouma
“Un, come again” – Kufo
“When you come to the church again we’ll be able to talk again for a short while. Though, it’s impossible immediately, but one day I think we’ll definitely be able to talk again. Actually, this is fact is also something unexpected.” – Rurutia
“You are really an interesting person. I will be eagerly waiting for the day we meet again, and until then, I’ll be watching over you” – Gayn

As Gayn said that, a warm light began to overflow in front of my eyes, as soon as the light calmed down, I saw the woman in nun clothes again.

“What an amazing light. The stronger the light the stronger the love god has for you. At this rate, sooner or later, you might be able to receive the divine protection of god. Afterwards please look at your card, ok?”

Looks like just as Gayn mentioned, the time over here stopped. Nevertheless, should I ask her about the divine protection?”

“Thank you very much. Is there anything I need to know regarding the divine protection?”
“The divine protection is something granted to you by god so no one has the right to say anything except for you and the god that has given you the divine protection.

If you want to ask about the protection you have, I can teach you as much as I know, but I won’t try to ask anything from you. And also your status card will basically only show the name, age, race, and everything else aside from this will be hidden, because it’s private information. If you wish for an information on your card to be hidden, you only need to pray silently and it will become hidden. Please try it out.”

Being told that, I looked at the information shown in the status board. 

It’s been 3 days since the day I’ve made Elia cry. After the landslide our trip proceeded without a hitch. Today, we have finally reached our destination, Gimuru.

“We’ve arrived, this is the town of Gimuru”

The town of Gimuru is big, but being surrounded by greens, it’s a tranquil town. This town seems to be near to a mine. It seems the production of steel from the mine has been decreasing. Especially this time’s observations since from a few years ago the production has become mostly 0. So the purpose of visiting the mine is to decide on whether it should be abandoned or not.

But then, the fact that it will be considered to be an abandoned mine, seems to already have been mostly decided. “There isn’t one mine, so until after 10 years there won’t be a problem” Rheinhart-san reasoned. It’s already been assumed that the mine will be abandoned.

Well, considering since 3 years ago the mining rate was mostly 0, it seems if they don’t find a new vein, they’ll be immediately abandoning the mine. Moreover, it seems the miners from the village haven’t really been working on this mine since last year. That’s to be expected, though, after all anyone would prefer to work at a place that could bring out results.

“Then, let’s go to the lodging, leave our belongings there, and then go to the Tamer Guild to register!”

The Tamer Guild is the guild to which the two classes of practitioners that control magical beasts, the Slave Magic Users and the Conjurers, belong too. Their job is to provide information and certain services to the members.

In the same way, there are also other guilds, such as the Adventurer Guild or the Magic Guild, and there’s also the Merchant Guild. But compared to the other three, the members of the Tamer Guild are fewer because the beasts get scared of people easily, so it’s not as popular.

As a result, the scale of the guild becomes smaller, and the places the guild is located at also becomes fewer. That kind of rare guild is in this town.

It seems it’s because they use the beasts to carry things from the mine.

Today, the Madam is in high spirits and is pulling me and Elia while humming. We reached our lodging, only, there’s one thing that bothered me. So before going to the guild, I brought my concern to the madam and the others.

“I… how much of my information… should I give to the guild?”
“Well… the information offered is entirely up to the discoverer… so up to how much Ryouma-kun thinks is good will be fine” Replied the madam.

I see, then in that case…

“Then, I’ll register the evolution conditions for the Slime and the Big Slime, and the 2 new variations as well”
“Are you going to keep the methods of using a Sticky Slime a secret?”
“Yes, since we’re going to be selling water proof cloths… if we teach it to them, similar goods… might appear on the market”
“Ah, there’s also that. Right, then let’s keep that a secret”

After talking, we were planning to go straight to the Tamer Guild, but before that Rheinbach-sama said this.

“Ryouma-kun hasn’t been able to go to church yet, right? Then, in that case, how about we go to the church first and see your status?”

At those words, Rheinhart-san and the madam made a face that said, “Right, there was still that!”

It seems that the status board that the church can bring out doesn’t just show the status and the likes but can also make the process for the guild registration go smoother.

There is a condition before joining the Tamer Guild that one needs to be able to use Slave Magic or otherwise Conjuration. If one hands over one’s status board and there is Slave Magic written in the field for the skills shown, then the answer will immediately be ok.

In the case that one isn’t able to show his status board then, you will be made to wait for a while and will have to perform the Slave Contract with the prepared slime in front of the clerk in charge. If one is unable to perform the instruction, then one cannot register.

In other words we changed our plans and went to the Church of Genesis of the Town of Gimuru. By the way, since we ended up going to the church, we made the slimes wait at our lodging. Although if we were only going to the Tamer Guild it would have been fine.

When we got to the church, what greeted us was the warm smile of an elderly woman wearing the kind of clothes a nun would wear.

“Welcome, esteemed guests. Is there chapel today?”
“We would like for this child to receive his status board. Because of some circumstance, until now he was unable to receive his status board.”
“Please take care of me”
“Is that so? Then, please come this way. I will lead you to the Room of Baptism”

I went with the woman who was dressed in the clothes of a nun and walked inside the church. It seems, aside from the people who will receive the baptism, entering the Room of Baptism is prohibited. So, as soon as we reached the room, the others had to go to a different room and waited there.

“This way please”
“Excuse me”

In the room I was brought to, a crystal ball like the one I saw at the guards room in the Town of Kereban was there on top of the pedestal. That pedestal had a depressed, palm-sized, shaped as a rectangular and positioned in a portrait orientation. The girl brought a transparent board that looked like it would fit just right into that.

“This will become your status board. I will insert this board into the pedestal and once you touch the crystal, the baptism will be complete. Once you touch this crystal, the crystal will emit a strong light, however, it won’t hurt you, so please don’ worry.”

As the girl said that, she inserted the status board into the pedestal, and walked away from the pedestal.

“Please, go ahead and touch the crystal.”
“Yes”

While being a little excited, I began to slowly touch the crystal. As I did that, in an instant, a strong light like the one when I came to this world, shone from the crystal and filled the room with light. When that light stopped, what was in front of my eyes wasn’t the Room of Baptism anymore, it was the same pure-white room as when I met the gods for the first time.

“This is…!”
“Hey! Ryouma-kun!”
“Over here!”
“Behind you!”

As I turned to face that voice, the three gods that sent me to Seiruforu was standing there. 

As I turned to face that voice, the three gods that sent me to Seiruforu was standing there.

“Gayn, Kufo, Rurutia… Did I die again?”
“No, no, you’re alright. We just made the time in that world stop for a bit, we pulled your consciousness” – Gayn
“I also didn’t think that we’d be able to meet again but because you prayed to our stone statue which you made in the forest everyday” –Kufo
“You isolated yourself in the forest, trained, researched, and practiced over and over again, right? You were also able to provide for your own food, in a sense it was also just the bare necessities, making your daily life pretty much the same as the discipline of a believer” – Rurutia

“Umu, I thought you wouldn’t be able to meet us no matter how many times you go to church, but since you’ve met actually met us for real, you believed in our existence from the bottom of your heart, and for 3 years, you prayed every day to us. Because of that you satisfied the requirements for the skill, Oracle. Being in the Room of Baptism served as an impetus for that. Once you wake up, you should have received a new skill, Oracle, which will be around Lv2 or Lv3.” – Gayn

“I see… well regardless, I’m happy that we were able to meet again” – Ryouma
“We are too. Thank you for coming to the church just as you’ve promised” – Rurutia
“It looks like you’re having fun in the new world. I’ve always being watchihng and it seems you’ve been doing interesting things one after another” – Kufo
“I didn’t think that you would actually isolate yourself in the forest for 3 years. Though for us that was a short time, but for a human that’s not the case. First of all, although relatively it may be a safe forest, it’s not without danger. We thought at most it’d only be 3 years, but…” – Gayn

“You used the skills you had freely, you researched magic and used it in your day-to-day life, and in only 3 years, although you can’t say it’s luxurious, you’ve managed to create an environment you can live in.” – Rurutia
“When you look at that by its appearance it may seem frugal, but when you take into consideration the environment it’s a really great house. It’s very safe, wide, and clean. The facilities are also complete. Especially the fact that it has a bath, in this world, only the houses of the wealthy have baths in them. And also, the fact that you have a toilet, and yet it’s so clean it doesn’t stink. Even if you look all over the world, such a thing could only be found in your house.” – Kufo

“To think that you were able to produce that much result from your slime research. I also didn’t think of that. In the first place there aren’t any people that research Slimes. I was especially surprised by those two variations, the Cleaner Slimes and the Scavenger Slimes. That’s a new variant, right?” – Gayn
“So, it’s like that after all. I also asked the members of the family of Slave Magic Users and they said they didn’t know, so I thought that might be the case.” – Ryouma

“Umu. I made the slimes but I only gave it the ability to adapt easily to the environment and the power to reproduce so it ended up having infinite possibilities for evolution. But because it was too weak and was exterminated by other animals to some extent right after a seed was born it didn’t increase in number at all

In the end it ended up such that the slimes that would be born would be decided based on the environment of the area. That’s why even I completely forgot about the possibility of a new kind of slime being born! You’ve done a wonderful job!” – Gayn

While, Break Rock, uses the image of a rock being shaved, Rock, is about the image of a soil gathering and hardening in order to invocate.

About that, during the time in the forest when I excavated that cave, I somehow managed to create a combination of the two magic, Break Rock and Rock, called Create Block. Using this magic I took large quantities of rock and soil, turning them into large bricks of stones, and had the slimes carry them away.

While other people had to deal with rock and soil separately, I was able to deal with both at the same time, allowing me to remove rock and soil at a speed that’s at a completely different level. Moreover, because the created bricks were being carried by slimes that worked while lined up to each other like a bucket brigade, the operation was like an assembly-line system with me rapidly using magic. Like this the operation was able to proceed at an absurd pace. When one of the other guards saw this, he called my attention.

“Can you give me a sec?”
“What is it?”
“Ryouma-kun, right? That magic, exactly how are you doing that? I may be an Earth Magician, but my main occupation is still that of a swordsman and so I may not know all the details about Earth Magic but… I’ve definitely never seen a magic that can dispose of soil and rock at the same time. Can you teach me that?”

“This is, Create Block… A person who can use Break Rock and Rock could probably use this as well… Break Rock changes rock to soil and for Rock, from soil to rock, right?”
“That’s right.”

“So, from rock to soil, and from soil to rock, take those two processes and turn it into one, and with that image please use your magic… if you do this, the rocks in the area affected by your magic will turn to soil… and the soil, remaining as a soil, will along with everything else become a rock… It should be decided before hand how big the rock that will be formed will be… In my case I have my slimes carry it away, so I chose this size.”

The man gave a nod to show he understood. Then, he went to a nearby rock and tried it out, after which, while the sizes were a bit off, he was able to splendidly turn the soil and rock into a size that could be moved.

“Ha! It really works! Although I need to get used to it before I can manage the size of the rock and the amount made properly, the magic consumption seems to be lower than doing things separately. Thanks, Ryouma-kun.”
“No, I’m happy… I could be of help.”

Since, I was asked whether it would be ok if Create Block was taught to the others as well and responded with a yes, the man rushed up to the other guys working and taught them the magic as well.

The results of that… today, the number of people who can use the magic perfectly is one, and the people who can use it to some extent are 3. Overall, the speed of the entire operation had gone up. Incidentally, the one man who could use the magic perfectly was the man who came to talk with me, Gaultier-san.

When the operation ended for the day, I went back to the tent and was hugged by the Madam.

“Fuga!”
“Welcome home! You did a good job! Ryouma-kun!”
“P–please let… me go…”

Tight! It’s tight! So please…

“Madam! A rather dangerous part is being strangled! Please let go!”
“Eh! Ah!”
“Geho! Ha…”
“I’m sorry! Are you ok!?”
“Ye–yes, I’m alright… ah, umm…”

What was it again? The name of this maid that stopped madam. If I’m correct…

“Lilian…san?”
“Ye, yes!”
“Thank you very much. You saved me…”
“What’s important is your safe. By the way, the meal has already been prepared, will you being having your meal, now?”
“Yes, I’ll have it now”

When I said that. She replied, “Then please come over here” and brought us over to the table in the room inside.

“Ryoma-kun, looks like you worked hard today, huh? Thanks for your hard work.”
“Can you eat? It’s not good to push yourself, you know?”
“My body is fine.”
“Ho… it seems you’ve used quite a bit of magic, though.”
“It was amazing, you know? That magic, Create Block, was it?”
“Yes”
“Because of that magic of Ryouma’s and his slimes, the efficiency rose up. And even more, he taught the same magic to the guards that use Earth Magic and now it looks like the operation to remove the rocks and sands will finish much earlier than expected.”
“That’s great”

Around that time, the food was brought over and we all began to eat. Then, Elialia said this,

“Ryouma-san, how much magic power does Ryouma-san have?”
“Eh?”

Oh yeah, now that you mention it… How much magic do I have again? Since I came to this world, I haven’t been able to see my own status… until now I didn’t mind but… when I first came to this world, I became too excited and used magic too much, and ran out of magic power, so it’s not like its infinite but…

“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know…”
“Eh!? But, normally you have to go the church when you reach 10 years… I see, Ryouma-san, you’ve been living in the forest, right? Then in that case how are you able to tell your limit?”
“Based on my body’s state and my intuition”
“Is that, ok?”
“If one gets used to it, then there’s no problem.”

Rheinbach-sama began to explain.

“In a normal family, one would go to the church on their 10th birthday and receive a measurement of their status. At that moment, based on the magic power of a person it will be decided whether that person can become a magician in the future or not. For us, nobles, we do it on the fifth birthday so we can start with training early. However, Ryouma-kun, your magic is probably not low. Since you were able to use magic consecutively, like that, without cutting off your magic power, you should be in possession of a significant amount of magic power.”

“It’s possible you might have around the same magic power as Elialia.”
“If it’s like that, then I’ll be very happy”
“?”

Why would Ojousama be happy? While I was thinking that, Sebasu-san noticed and explained to me.

“Ojousama possesses an enormous amount of magic power. Given her position, from a very young age, she has received special treatment. Because of that it became difficult to create friends that would be able to talk to her easily.”

The ojousama looked, at me, and then explained herself.

“… Even though for this country’s royal court magic practitioners, at most, a magic power of a little over 60,000 can be considered to be strong. But, my magic power is 200,000.”

200000, huh? This ojousama, she wouldn’t have happened to have been reincarnated from Earth, would she? The gods did mention that there are people who received cheats and were sent here before.
“I see.”
“I see? Aren’t you shocked!? It’s four times that that of a royal court magic practitioner, you know!?”

Even if you tell me that, I’m also a cheating bastard… so…

“Not really.”
“Not really, you say?”

Whether the magic power is 60,000 or 200,000, nothing really changes. As I was thinking that, the Ojousama’s expression became uneasy, and she asked me this.

“… Am I, not scary?”
“Why?”
“I’m… carrying an unbelievable amount of magic power”

Right, so?

“Ojousama, are you going to do bad things with that magic power?”
“I won’t!”
“Do you want to hurt people?”
“There’s no such thing! I’m…”
“Then, what’s there to be afraid of?”
“Eh?”
“You don’t plan to do bad things… there’s no intention to hurt others… that kind of person… what’s there to be afraid of?”
“That’s… but…”

I wonder if something happened in the past.

“Then… Ojousama, am I scary?”
“Eh?!?”
“I’ve… killed many people, you know? In total, I’ve killed 30 people… I’ve also killed animals… also killed magical beasts… on top of all that… I killed someone worth 700 small gold coins… even if it was all for the sake of living, the fact that I’ve killed is true”

Ah… right, I’ve killed… If it was Japan I’d be a murdering demon. I don’t think what I did was wrong though, if I hesitated I would have died. But still, the fact that I’ve killed is the truth. In other words…

“The person called Ryouma-kun in front of Ojousama… is a person who possesses the power to kill that many people… is Ojousama scared of that kind of me?”
“There’s no such thing! Because Ryouma-san…! Ah…”

“It’s the same… I too, don’t think of Ojousama as scary… whether the magic power is 60,000 or 200,000… that won’t change… in the first place, humans can die easily… Let alone 200,000 not even 60,000 magic power is needed… humans can be killed even with a low level magic, Fire Ball, and if one is clumsy, they can fall, hit their head, and die, right?”

There are also people that’ve died by sneezing. (Me)…

“That’s why I… don’t think the Ojousama is scary”
“Is that true…?”
“Yes”
“Really? Is that really true?”
“Yes. I don’t know what kind of life you’ll live in the future but… at the very least… I won’t run from Ojousama because of her magic power.”
“Uu, uuu…. gusu”

Right after I said that, Ojousama cried.

Eh!? Wa–wait a moment, calm down… my voice isn’t coming out! I’m not even stuttering, or smattering… Not a single word is coming out! Wait, this isn’t the time to be thinking something like that! While I’m thinking these things, won’t Ojousama cry for real!? I made a 12 year old cry… me who is actually a 42 year old uncle… what should I do.

After that, until the Ojousama stopped crying I wasn’t able to do anything. Right now, her eyes are still red but, Ojousama had already stopped crying.

“Ryouma-san”

My head’s still a little confused but, I responded to Ojousama. I still wasn’t able to say anything yet, but I looked at Ojousama’s direction.

At that, she lowered her head deeply and, giving her thanks to me, she said this.

“Thank you very much. Because of Ryouma-san’s words, my heart has been put at ease. And…”

Ojousama took a huge breath.

“Wont’ you be friends with me?”

After saying that. I barely managed to muster a reply to that.

“If Ojousama, is fine with it… then I’d be glad”
“From now on it’s not Ojousama… call me Elia. We’re friends, right?”
“El, ia”
“Yes!”

As she said that, the former Ojousama, Elia, gave me a smile that was like a flower… Well in the meantime it’s been settled peacefully but, saying what she wanted to be said, in the end didn’t I just let the situation take its course?
… Ah, whatever. Elia’s happy and there’s nothing wrong. In this case, trying to change the situation rather than letting it take its course would be uncouth. 

~Side Ryouma~

Although in the end I wasn’t able to go to the church in the town of Kereban, since there also seemed to be a church in our destination, Gimuru, I figured it would be fine to go to the church there, instead. Besides I also have that stone statue with me.

Like this, we planned to go there on our carriage leisurely, but…

“It’s a little cold…”
“It’s because of the rain.”
“It’s rare to have this kind of downpour at a season like this though.”
“Guess our luck was bad, Elialia.”

Looks like we met with an unexpected downpour. It’s been quite some time since I’ve met with this kind of bad luck. Ever since I came to this world, compared to my time on Earth, nothing has caused me to think I have bad luck. Well, since I’m inside the carriage, if it’s only on the level of heavy rain, then maybe my luck here is still better.

Ah, the Ojousama is shaking. If I’m correct I should have that with me…

I brought out one coat made out of pelt from my item box. There’s fur within the inner part of the coat, and a cloth affixed on the outer part. Glancing at it, it may seem like a coat, but, the cloth outside has the Sticky Slime’s sticky liquid varnished dry on it.

With this treatment, the sticky liquid will repel the water, turning it into something like a raincoat. Once, by chance, I accidentally touched the dried sticky liquid and noticed that it was quite sleek. So I tried it out, and it was a great success. Thanks to this, hunting under the rain became quite easy~

“Ojousama, please use, this. It may not look good… but it’s very warm”
“Thank you very much, Ryouma-san. I’ll borrow it, then.”

It’s good that the Ojousama took it, but, it seems she thought she needs to turn it inside out.

“Don’t turn it inside out. I treated the outside a little bit so unless you wear it like that, there’s no meaning… although there might be not much meaning, since we’re inside the carriage.”
“Ara, is that how it is?
Curious, Sebasu-san touched the coat, and asked.”
“Exactly what kind of treatment was applied? This is the first time I’ve been able to touch something so smooth.”
“I spread Sticky Slime’s sticky liquid on it… and then dried it. Water can’t penetrate it… will repel the rain”
“Sticky Slime’s sticky liquid had that kind of effect?”

Eh? He didn’t know?

“Were you unaware?”
“In regards to the applications of the Sticky Slime’s sticky liquid, I am unaware of any other uses other than as glue. And speaking of rain gears, there’s nothing outside of simply piling up several cloths and pelts and creating something like a robe. This is my first time seeing such a thin rain gear”

Really? For some reason, Rheinbach-sama’s and the madam’s eyes sparkled. This is also a new discovery!? The slimes were seriously left unresearched. At that, the Madam spoke to me.

“That rain gear, is it ok if I test it out?”
“If it’s testing, then…”

I invocated the item box again and I brought several cloths out.

“Treated cloths. Although it’s thin, water won’t be able to go through… and although it’s worn-out, after being cleaned by the Cleaner Slime, and applying the treatment, it’s not dirty.”

These were originally the scraps of the clothes of the bandits and the loin cloths of the goblins, so please just let the fact that it’s all worn down go.

While thinking those things I presented the cloth, not just to Rheinbach-sama and the Madam but also to Rheinhart-sama and Sebasu-san. They took the cloths and wrapped it on their on their own hands. Then they took their hands and began putting it outside the small window of the carriage.

“Ho! It’s really repelling the water!”
“Amazing, the water isn’t soaking it up at all.”
Exclaimed the Madam and Rheinbach-sama as they showed their admiration.
“The rain drops are a little cold but, if one were to affix fur within the inner part, it should be possible to make it comfortable”
Analyzed, Sebasu-san.
“This can sell! Ryouma-kun, if you work with us and begin…”
“Please excuse me. Is something the matter?”

As the four were testing out the water-repellant cloth, Arone-san opened the door of the carriage. It looks like she was sitting outside the carriage at the back. And when something needed to be done, it appears she would be called by putting out one’s hand out of the carriage and signaling.

“Ah, no, there’s nothing. We were just checking out the effectivity of the rain gear Ryouma-kun had developed.”
“I see, please excuse my behavior.”

As she said that and tried to close the door of the carriage, I noticed that her feet were wet. Apparently the roof at the rear seat isn’t able to cover the feet from the rain.

While hurriedly calling Aro-ne-san’s attention, I took out from the item box the seemingly stolen curtain of the bandits that has been waterproofed.

“Please wait… Aro-ne-san”
“What’s the matter?”
“This, feet… rain, won’t go through”
“Would it be fine if I borrowed this?”
“It’s cold when wet … and like this I can also prove, that water won’t go through even after long exposure, so…”
“Thank you very much. I’ll borrow this then.”

Aro-ne-san smiled at me, gave her thanks, and then left.

After that, a few hours passed with nothing happening. Rheinhart-sama decided to sell the water proof cloth as a new kind of rain gear. The people inside the carriage all put their head together to come with different proposals for the development of this new technology.

Making the best out of my current knowledge, I proposed for things like raincoats and umbrellas. Incidentally, other than me, what the other five wanted to make the most was a waterproof tent. This world also has tents but since they’re not waterproof, when rain comes there is a chance for leaking. And if the downpour is heavy, the chance for leaking is quite high.

Other suggestions also included, using a waterproofed cloth as a substitute for the leather pouch that’s used to store water. And something like being able to fold it when water hasn’t been put inside, making it somewhat compact. And a bunch of other things the others thought of as they played with the experimental cloth I had passed to them.

Finally there’s that feel of being in the different world, Template! Or rather, now that I notice it, it seems that before I knew it I’ve somehow ended up heading on the direction of domestic affair cheat. Wasn’t I supposed to be a magic and martial arts cheat? Current knowledge plus goods = a cheat in this world?

As I thought of how taxing it was to think up new products, the carriage stopped, and a messenger from our guards came.

“Milord, it seems that there has been a landslide because of the rain. We have been able to confirm from afar that the road ahead has been blocked.”
“What? Is that true?”
“Yes, the road has been completely blocked. Some considerably big rocks and trees have also fallen. Like this we won’t be able to cross.”
“The alternative route?”

“From here it will be quite a long detour, and while it’s still unconfirmed, according to our sources there’s a reasonable chance that there’s no other road except for one where a big group of bandits may appear. A person who has the skill, Weather Prediction, mentioned that the rain will likely stop in a few hours. The fastest way to reach the Town of Gimuru would probably be to prepare camp somewhere away from the landslide, wait for the rain to stop, and remove the sand and stones with Earth Magic. Milord, please give me your…”

“Right… it’s bad for Elialia to go through a long journey since she’s not used to it, and I want to avoid a dangerous road. Let’s go with your decision.”
“Thank you very much. We will immediately begin the operation.”

After that, the carriage began moving again. Just a little bit ahead, it seems that there’s a tree there that we might be able to use to take shelter from the rain. Although, I think it’s dangerous to be beside a tree when it’s pouring so heavily… well, there’re no thunders so it’s probably ok. For the meantime, let’s at least keep a minimum distance of 2m from the tree. That way I could feel a bit safer against that lightning.

After around five minutes the carriage stopped again. The surrounding became busy, and around the same time, Aro-ne-san entered.

“We are currently quickly preparing the camp. Please wait just a little more. And also, Ryouma-sama, thank you very much for this cloth. Another maid, Lilian, is also very grateful.
“You’re welcome… did the water get through?”
“No, from what I’ve seen, not even a drop.”
“That’s amazing, this cloth can even stand extend periods of usage! That’s right, Aro-ne and Ryouma-kun, I’ve decided to develop and manufacture rain gears using this cloth. Once the trial products are completed, I want to hear your opinions”
Hearing that, Sebasu-san said this.
“That is certainly a good idea. If a rain gear made from this cloth were to come out, it would undoubtedly become very popular.”

As they said that, Aro-ne smiled. But what caught my eyes and made me concerned were the guards who were working while looking like drowned rats.

I understand that’s their work and I also understand that if an unskilled person were to lend his hand he’ll just get in the way. But as someone who was once in a sweat shop in Earth, when people become dull in their work… I can’t help but become sorry for them and want to help… Oh yeah, in Barrier Magic, there’s a barrier that can avoid rain, I forgot about it since I haven’t used it in a long time. If it’s something like that then it won’t get in their way!

“Is it ok if I use, barrier magic?”
“Of course, what’s wrong?”

No good, it was too sudden. Without explaining anything I just went and said that, of course he wouldn’t understand.

“Outside, there are, people drenched… using Barrier of Rain Shelter… can protect them from the rain. Work will be comfortable.”
“I see, thank you. If you do that, it’ll help them out too.”

Having gotten permission, I quickly invocated the barrier Magic on the place where the people were.

“Surround them, protect them from the rain and become their shield ‘Rain Shelter’ “

After I chanted the magic words, as if wrapping itself around them, a dome shaped barrier appeared and affixed itself blocking off the rain.

With the rain suddenly stopping, the people inside were shocked. Camil-san noticed the barrier magic, waved his hands and gave his thanks. There were also other people that came to give their thanks but, I just ended it by waving my hands, and ascertained my next target.

I wasn’t able to wrap everyone with a barrier with one shot, there are still 4 places where people are gathered that haven’t been affixed with a barrier. So just like before I changed the magic words and affixed a barrier in those four places, and just now, I also put up a barrier around the carriage.
After a while, the preparations for the tent were finished and Zeff-san came over to call us.

“Sorry for making you wait, the preparations for the tent have finished. And, kid, the other guys says thanks.”
“You’re welcome”
“How long until the rain stops?”
“Around 2 more hours according to the guy that has the skill, as soon as it stops we’ll begin to remove the earth and sand.”
“Got it, then, until then, go get some rest, it will be a big job for an Earth Magician so rest well.”
“Understood.”

Having said that and given the orders we sent off Zeff-san and went back into our tents. The tent was quite the luxurious tent and inside, it had 4 sections.

“Fu… ah, ouch, ouch…”
The madam gave her a concerned look, and asked.
“Elia, you’re still not used to carriages?”
“Sorry…”
“Don’t mind it, it’s only been recent so it can’t be helped”
“Also, today, because of the rain, the soil was loose and it shook a lot more than normal. It can’t be helped, it’ll be good if you could properly get some rest. Ryouma, too.”
“Yes, I’ll get plenty of rest, and afterwards I’ll do my best.”

I can’t just leave things at it is, I got to ride the carriage for free and even had the costs of the hotel taken care of. Besides, it’ll also be good training.

Rheinbach-sama looked at me with a curious look and asked.

“Do your best? With what?”
“Getting rid, of the fallen sand and earth… with Earth magic.”
“We’ll let the guards do it, so it’s fine if you just rest, you know?”
“I’ve been indebted to you, very much. It will also be for my sake. Please let me do it.”
“Fumu… If you say it like that, then I guess I’ll get your help. However, if you get tired you have to rest, ok? You’ve already used your Barrier Magic several times, if your magic power gets cut off, it’ll painful”

Ah, so he was worried about that… really what a good person, I’m grateful.

“Thank you very much, I’ll be careful.