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The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 1 Chapter 7

TL Note: As per others’ suggestions, I’ve changed the names of Lineheart –> Rheinhart; and Linebach –> Rheinbach.

Volume 1 Chapter 7

Ryouma went with the flow and acted as the ojousama’s escort. They kept on like this, on their way to the lodging until Sebasu came to call the ojousama. Right now they were in the lobby confirming their reservation.

“Owwwwww”

“Are you alright, Ojousama?”

“Yes, I’m ok. It’s just that I’ve been running all over, so now my feet hurt. Plus, my butt hurts because of the carriage. How about you? Is Ryouma-san ok?”

“No problem.”

There’s an effect of reduction to the pain experienced by those who possess the Pain Resistance Skill. If it’s only pain at the level of a shaking carriage, then nothing would change for Ryouma who possesses Lv8 Pain Resistance.

“It’s like that at the start, Ojousama.”

“Aro-ne”

“Once you’ve ridden several times you’ll eventually get used to it. By the way, it would seem Ryouma-sama seems to be fine, does Ryouma-sama have experience riding carriages?”

“This is… the first.”

“Is that so? Ryouma-sama seems fine, so I thought Ryouma-sama would certainly have experience riding carriages.”

“I’ve never ridden… although I do have experience running side by side… while pulling”

Actually during Ryouma’s time as a student, he would sometimes pull rickshaws and run side by side with a horse as a part of his running routine. He would also take part time jobs pulling rickshaws. As he reminisced those days, the words came out of his mouth, but Elialia and Aro-ne who didn’t know those things, misunderstood and thought Ryouma was abused and used as a substitute for a horse.

Because of that the conversation stopped and the atmosphere somehow became gloomy. Ryouma, however, was unaware that his thoughtless remark was the cause, so he couldn’t help but be baffled, when Aro-ne’s and Elialia’s expressions suddenly showed grief. Unfortunately though, the Ryouma who has been stricken with stranger anxiety for over 40 years, could not possibly have been in possession of the conversation skills to break this deadlock. In the end, they passed the time without talking.

The one who broke that dead lock was the guard and the Rheinhart who came back to talk about the plans for tomorrow.

“Thanks for you effort for today. Elialia, we’re not sleeping outside today so go get some good rest.”

“Yes, father”

“And… Ryouma. Unfortuantely, we weren’t able to get you the same room as us, my apologies. There’s a room for the servants of the guests, and so I was hoping you could stay there.”

“It’s enough.”

“It’s a big room, but the one handling the procedures is Sebasu so you should be able to get the same room as Zeff and the boys. Even if it’s just a little, knowing the people you’re with, is better, right?”

“Yes, thank you.”

After giving his thanks, they all went to their respective rooms. Ryouma with Sebasu, who had just finished the procedures, and the ojousama with her two parents.

~Room of the Household of Jamil~

The four members of the Household of Jamil were making themselves comfortable, when Rheinhart asked Elialia a question.

“Elia, what were you talking with Ryouma about? The atmosphere was a little weird…”

Hearing those words, Elialia’s body shook, startled.

“A–actually, I touched on Ryouma-san’s past a little…”

“Oh really?”

“Yes. Since my butt was hurting and Ryouma seemed to be fine so, I thought he was used to riding horses but… umm… apparently today was his first time riding horses. He said, he’s never ridden horses before but he has pulled carriages while running lined up with a horse.”

“I get it, but he didn’t seem to mind when I saw him. After that he was also normal. So I think it would be best if Elia also doesn’t mind it too much”

Having said that, the madam followed up.

“Relax, just relax. Don’t just pull Ryouma all over the place until you reach the lodging, but also try to connect with him with that level of cheerfulness.”

“Y–Yes, Now that I think about it… I was really too excited.”

“That’s right, although just a little bit, it was improper”

“*sniff”

“”Ho, ho. being lively is a good thing. Elia is still a kid, so if it’s something like that, you can still call it, charming. But, you can’t be careless. That kind of behavior is like asking hoodlums to come attack you, you know? You need to take care of yourself, ok?”

“Yes…”

“Then, after taking a bath go to sleep, since we’re leaving tomorrow. And we’ll also be camping, ok?”

“I got it, good night, mother, father, grandfather.”

As Elialia said that, she left the room to take a bath. When the three confirmed they were the only ones there, they changed the conversation.

“So… regarding Ryouma-kun, what do you think?”

Asked, the madam.

“Although I told Elia not to mind, but the truth is I, myself, have a lot of things I’m bothered about.”

“Well… he’s not a bad kid”

“I also have don’t have any objections in regards to that. But, exactly what kind of life did he live to turn out that way? Although he said he killed the bandits by sending a Poison Slime, I don’t think it’s just that. I think, he himself is just as strong. While he was being dragged around by Elia, he nonchalantly protected her, you know?”

Said Rheinbach, quite enthusiastically.

“But, the reaction he had when we came to this town was, as expected, really unfavorable”

“That’s right. While I won’t ask him to be on Elia’s level, but, I think it’s better for kids to be a little more excited” Agreed the madam.

“Without being surprised at the number of people and the size of the town, he looked as if he was looking at a stone on the side of the road.”

Rheinbach’s opinions weren’t wrong but, his idea of big varied largely as opposed to Ryouma’s.

It’s true that Ryouma looked at the crowd of people like he was looking at a stone by the road, but that is simply the fault of being someone who lived in Tokyo, Japan, a high populated area, which allowed him to see countless people every day. Having already seen a higher population than the one is this town, and seeing such crowds on a day-to-day basis, seeing something on this level just isn’t worth the merit, so, of course, he wouldn’t be surprised. Therefore, he looked on with eyes that looked like he was looking at a piece of stone by the road. But, to the three people who did not know that, his eyes just looked dead to them.

“To see a prospective young person to have those kind of eyes, what a tragedy.” Muttered Rheinbach.

~Servant Room~

Having been brought by Sebasu, they arrived at the room they will be staying in for the day.

“Excuse me”

“Sorry for intruding”

As they entered while giving their greetings, the ones in there were Jill, Zeff, Camil, and Hyuzu.

“Hey, you’ve come!”

“You’ve finally come”

“It’s only one night, but let’s get along”

“The bed at the end over there is empty”

“Let’s get along”

“Oh yeah, by the way, what do you normally do?”

“?”

“For us who live in the town, we eat dinner and then go out to drink, but you live in the forest, right?”

“Yeah… basically I research slimes… and practice magic. After that, I train my body.”

“… only that?”

“Yes”

“Isn’t it boring/”

“Magic and slime research… is fun”

“For research to be fun, looks like Ryouma has the disposition for a scholar.”

“For me, that’s just impossible”

“By the way, Ryouma-sama, from time to time Ryouma-sama seems to be knowledgeable and use courteous words, did Ryouma-sama study somewhere?”

“I learned them from my grandmother. Studying and etiquette… otherwise will be problematic”

“Ryouma-sama’s grandmother must have been an amazing person”

“She’s a person who can do anything except for matters related to fighting with weapons”

“Ho–, then what kind of person was your grandpa?”

“The opposite of my grandma… a person who can’t do anything except fight with weapons. But, he was exceptionally skilled at handling weapons. The weapons he made… were first class. I can’t win… not in battle, or in smithing”

“Eh, you can smith?”

“Since I helped out… the foundations are ok. But since I didn’t learn properly… and I haven’t been able to, for the past 3 years. Even if I do it now, I can’t make anything except for something dull”

“True, if it’s in the forest, you probably won’t be able to get either ingredients or tools”

“Well you’ve gone through all that trouble to get out of the forest so you should buy what you need. But more than that, isn’t there something you want to do? You can take a stroll outside until supper, you know?”

At that, Ryouma said this.

“Then in that case, where is the church?”

“Church? Unfortunately, the church is closed at this time.”

“Although this town is prosperous, but because of the bad public order, the gates are closed early. In this town, there are two churches, the Church of Genesis, and the Church of the God of Light. Which one do you follow?”

“The Church of Genesis”

“Then in that case, it’s too bad but, you can’t enter the church today. If it’s the Church of the God of Light then if you bring out a big donation then they’ll let you in but…”

“Is that so?”

“Although the scale of the Church of the God of Light is big, in proportion to that, the inside is just as rotten. There’s plenty of degenerate priests there that would do anything depending on your donation.”

“There are people inside that believe in god, but priests and deacons that don’t believe make up a big part of the congregation. It’s because the ones that eye the donation income, all end up there. Contrary to that, the Church of Genesis has plenty of pious priests.”

“Because there isn’t a huge difference in the dogma even if you worship a different god. There’s a lot of people who enter the faith based on the personality of the believers, or the scale of the church.”

“I didn’t know… thank you very much”

“Something like this, I don’t mind. But being asked where you want to go, to immediately want to go to church, you’re quite a pious believer, huh?”

“Really?”

“For most people going to the church once a week is good. There are also people who will only go once a month. In this way, I am also a follower of the Church of Genesis but, I don’t think I go even once a month. I’m fairly close to being irreligion since I can’t go to the church until reach the destination of a trip or a town somewhere.”

“Ryouma-kun, did you go to the church frequently before you went to the forest?”

“Ever since I was born I haven’t even been able to go once…. But… I pray at the stone statue in my house. … And I also made a stone statue inside the house using Earth Magic and prayed there.”

“Then in that case how about buying some building stones and making a statue? This lodging is also high class, and people who sometimes carve statues every night are also welcomed, so they should have stones for the sake of making those kinds of statues.”

Being told by Sebasu that, Ryouma bought 3 large bricks of stones. However, the stones Ryouma bought were sold by a high class lodging, so the stones he got were also high class, 3 pieces went for 1 small gold coin and were quite expensive.

After that the stone was whittled off with Earth Magic and right after, the exquisiteness of the created image caused Camil to make a fuss, and Sebasu gave me a seal of approval, saying I could make a living from making statutes.

By the way, the reason behind the exquisiteness of the sculpture was because Ryouma had already once met the gods, so the image was built properly. Ryouma also possessed the Magic Manipulation Skill which allowed him to precisely manage his Earth Magic. And also in his past life, Ryouma made figures both as a hobby and for profits, so he was quite used with modelling things like this.

While various things happened, the 3 stone statues were made, and by the time Ryouma prayed it was already time for supper. They finished their meal, and right after they quickly retired to bed to prepare for tomorrow.

The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 1 Chapter 6

The next day…

~ Side Ryouma ~

Just as scheduled I left the forest around two hours ago with the duke’s family. I heard there was a carriage and was wondering where it was, but as it turns out it was inside the butler’s, Sebasu-san, space magic, Dimension Home.

Apparently Sebasu-san uses space magic. Moreover, since I can’t use Dimension Home yet I didn’t know, but apparently you can even put a carriage inside.

As I was thinking these things, Sebasu-san brought out 4 carriages. What a ridiculous amount of space this magic has.

As I was surprised, the ojousama, feeling a sense of success, smiled mischievously.

“That is only the carriage that we are going to ride on, you know? The ones for our belongings are still different. There’s way more inside Sebasu’s Dimension Home, you know?”

There’s still more!?

While doing a tsukkomi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzai#Boke_and_tsukkomi) inside his head, his hand was pulled by the madam and made to ride the same carriage as the four people of the Household of Jamil.

The number of people riding the carriage was 6. The duke’s family + me = 5 people, the other person riding with us was Sebasu-san.

Speaking of which, the slimes were made to ride on the quasi-roof rack attached at the roof of the carriage. From what I’ve heard it was originally a place to put food and drinks like wine and snacks.

We went through all that trouble to ride at the same carriage so I figured I might as well try asking Sebasu-san. But other than space magic it seems Sebasu-san can’t use any except for water magic. From what I’ve heard though, if one is able to use either attribute up to high level magic, then even in the country that person can be considered to be a distinguished magician.

By some possibility, I thought that he might be able to use high level space magic. Thinking that, I tried asking him.

“Can you use the high level magic, Another World?”

When I asked that, Sebasu-san looked at me with an expression of admiration.

“It’s amazing that you’re in the knowledge of such magic”

“The slave monsterｓ… get scared by the people of the village easily… so I asked grandma… if I could substitute conjuration techniques for space magic… but she said for large scale… monsters, it won’t work unless… I used Another World”

“Substituting conjure and recall with space magic? Is that possible, Sebasu?”

“Theoretically, yes. Dimension Home is a magic that bends space and creates a safe room where one can rest, so it’s possible for magical beasts to survive inside. Another World is the same. However, I have never thought of actually using it to substitute for conjuring and recalling. While it’s a method that’s impossible for slave magic users that can’t use space on and above the middle level, but this method can give a sense of security regarding one’s surrounding on the same level as conjuration.”

“Hou, that is amazing. The interactions may change depending on the place but it’s a great idea since there are many that look down on slave magic users. If it can reduce that common knowledge even a little, then it’s a proposal worthy of being investigated.”

Eh, no one actually thought of this? Oh yeah, now that I think about it the gods also discussed it together at first, so this is probably something no one has ever thought of before.

“Regarding Ryouma-sama’s question, I am unable to use the magic, Another World. Personally though, it’s not a magic I would choose. Another World is space magic’s most difficult magic. It is the goal of every space magician because as the highest peak, it will garner one much respect… however, that’s all there is to it”

“What do you mean?”

“Actually, Another World is a magic that’s very hard to use freely. Before one can use Another World, the three stages of the process are essential. The first stage involves the creation of a vast space by means of space magic. The size of Another World will be dictated by this stage. . And that stage is dependent on the volume of magic power that the user has.”

“… If the magic power is plenty, it will be wide… if little, narrow… right?”

“Precisely. To add to that, the practitioner that attempts the first stage, as a result of using his magic power with the sole intent to bring it out, ends up totally exhausted. In the worst case, that person may even faint and stay asleep for a few days. Moreover, if one fails the first stage, one will have to start all over again from the start”

All for nothing, huh?

“After one succeeds with the first stage, it is time to move to the second stage. The second stage is the creation of a gate to connect the place you are in with the space you created successfully. This will also consume a huge amount of magic power, if one fails, then one will need to start all over again.

The stages until the second are all preparations. With the third stage, the gate will open and it will be possible to use it to freely go in and out. However, opening or closing the gate just once will consume anything from 5000 to 10000 magic power. This 10000, is a quantification of the value of magic power.

Generally, in order to become a royal court magician that will serve the royal palace, at the very minimum one needs to have a magic power of 10000. But even amongst those that possess amazing amounts of magic power, if they use the magic just once, they will lose magic power to the point where they collapse. It’s definitely not something that can be abused.

To make matters worse, after going through all that pain to prepare so much space, there is still the question of what will you put inside that, that made you do something that’s so inconvenient”

“What do you mean? If it’s wide, then it’s possible to put more stuff in, right?”

“Yes, of course. However, if it’s just to keep things, such as your usual traveling goods and furniture, then the mid-level, Dimension Home, should be enough. If it can’t be anything but Another World, then it has to be around the size of a royal palace or a fortress. In that case, the question turns to, how are you going to put that thing in there? In the end, it just ends up being a waste of magic without being able to serve any practical purpose”

“Oh, is that so…”

That’s quite a demerit there… Well, the quality can be taken into account, but for the meantime, the mid-level, Dimension Home, should be fine. My slave monster is only a slime too, so…

While thinking of those things, Sebasu-san began to follow up.

“Although using the magic may be difficult, there are times when it can be used. The likes of the Dragon and other large scale beasts have variations of which, whose sizes reach around those of the size of castles. If you are able to tame those kind of monsters, then it may be a valid suggestion to use that magic as a waiting room.”

“I see… thank you very much”

“Please don’t mind. If it’s something like this, please ask me whenever you like”

At that, Elize inquired Ryouma.

“Now that you mention it, what magic attributes can Ryouma-kun use? I’ve heard of earth and space magic but it looks like you heated the bath with magic, so you can also use fire and water, right?”

“Grandma said… that it’s all attribute”

“All attribute, huh? That’s pretty rare. Is there some specific attribute you’re leaning towards to?”

“Mainly, earth and space… others include stuff like fire and water… mainly centered around things I use in day to day life… kind of all around”

“Fumu… to add to that, you also use slave magic and barrier magic, right? People who have all attributes have a tendency to become jacks of all trade and masters of none, so be careful, okay?”

“I understand”

Come to think of it, the gods said the same thing in the letter, that warning.

“…Did I say something strange?”

“Eh?”

“Ryouma-kun, just now you smiled a little bit, you know?”

Ah, it showed on my face…

“In the past, grandma said the same thing… since I also tried my hand at… alchemy and healing magic”

“I see, I thought I said something strange”

“But still, alchemy, huh? You seem to have an interest for strange things…” Commented, Rheinbach-sama.

Which reminds me, there doesn’t seem to be much information regarding alchemy. I should try asking her about that.

“Is it rare?”

“You won’t find many alchemists nowadays. In the past there were many who tried to swindle others by saying they could create things like gold. But because of those kinds of people, the numbers of alchemists were largely reduced. Though they say that some hundred years ago there was a man who was called the Alchemy King and made a large amount of profit. After that, however, like poof, with no inventions or discoveries it just disappeared”,

At Rheinbach-sama’s response, Sebasu-san continued.

“One theory says that what the Alchemy King created was the model of Alchemy. After that, there were people that tried to follow in the footsteps of the Alchemy King seeking profit, and what came out of that is the Alchemy that has been passed down today. It appears, however, that, those techniques were inferior to the Alchemy King’s. Today, it has fallen to simply being used as an excuse for fraud. With no one left to study Alchemy, right now, it’s no different from a candle before the winds.”

“Alchemists have a secretive and ominous image. Other magic guilds also have some parts they are secretive about, but the alchemists are too secretive” or so, Elize-san warned.

Doesn’t seem like it has a good image, huh? Well… it seems like the story is quite similar to the alchemists that used to live back in Earth.

“Would it be better… if I don’t say I… study Alchemy?”

“That’s right, it would be better that way” confirmed, Rheinbach-sama.

“Understood”

As I replied, the ojousama came over to ask me something.

“Ryouma-san, what do alchemists actually do?”

What should I say…

“I don’t know any other Alchemists… so I don’t know… but what I’ve been able to do so far… is to refine rock salt”

At that, Rheinbach-sama curiously asked,

“Rock salt? That rock salt which can be collected nearby, but contains poison and can’t be eaten and as such has no value? Is there something you can do with that?”

“That rock salt… inside the earth, is mixed with a lot of minerals… that ends up becoming poison to a human’s body… but if one were to remove those minerals, the salt can be eaten… what I did was… separating the minerals from the rock salt and removing the poison… like this it can be made consumable”

Rheinbach-sama was astounded.

“You can do something like that!?”

“I can. The food we had back in my house… the salt I used there all… came from the cliff where rock salt can be collected from…”

“Amazing! If that’s possible then if one were to sell it as goods… ah, no. No good. The fact that the nearby rock salt can’t be eaten is something that has been well-known for some years now. Even if one sells it, no one will buy.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah, in the past, there were some adventurers that went deep into the forest and found that cliff of rock salt. Without reporting it to anyone, gathered it, lied about where it came from, and sold it in large scales.

Hunting and collecting is freely allowed except for some selected areas. However, there are some greedy nobles who would keep it all for themselves if it is known that there is a source of rock salt in their region. They didn’t want that so they kept quiet and tried to make a profit out of it and lied about where it came from. From the rock salts that were sold, a lot of people became sick, and in the end the adventurers were caught and executed.”

I guess even in this world there’s labeling fraud.

“From that cliff… it’s not possible to take rock salts more than a meagre amount… can’t respond to high demand… if distributed to the market… would probably lose out in competition… against salt that can be taken safely in vast amounts.. If it’s just for the Household of Jamil and the nearby village then… I think it could hold…”

“I see… that’s unfortunate”

While we talked, the carriage stopped from time to time to rest, and continued onwards. And when dusk came, a voice came from the coachman.

“We can now see the town of Kereban, we will be arriving in a short while.”

Looks like we’ve arrived at the first stopover. I thought I would surely have to sleep outside tonight but… Mn? Wait a moment? I, don’t have any identification…

“Um…”

“Is there something the matter?”

Inquired the butler, quickly.

“I… identification… I don’t have… is that ok….?”

Calm down! It’s gotten better already since two weeks ago, and yet! Just being a little unsettled, I’m back to this broken speech…

“Please rest assured, a person without identification will be given a temporary ID.

Oh, well that’s a relief… I still want to do something about it soon… this…

As I was thinking that I let out a sigh, making the madam worry for me.

“Are you alright? There’s no need for worry, you know? Because we’ll protect you no matter what comes. The town isn’t a scary place.”

“Ah…”

She seems to have misunderstood. I should make it clear.

“Right now, is different. Not about, the town.”

“Really? Then, what’s the matter?”

“The truth is… language. Weird, right? The way… I talk… now”

“… Well, certainly…”

“I haven’t talked to anyone… in 3 years… 2 weeks ago… when Rheinhart-san came… I was surprised when the words wouldn’t come out properly… two weeks… since then… having talked with the slime a bit it came back a little… but… still.. No good… it’s weird… so I need to–“

What!? Madam!? Why am I being hugged!?

“It’s alright! Ryouma-kun! We’ll fix it, slowly. *sniff… you’re not alone anymore”

Crying!? …wait, it’s not just the madam but even the ojousama’s and the guy’s eyes seem to be watered… why… ah, I see… though this is a fact, when looked at from the perspective of an onlooker, I must look like a really lonely person. Not having been able to talk with a person face to face for 3 years, I lost my ability to talk, and even doing something like talking with slimes to practice talking…

“I’m really ok! Because the one who… decided to live in the forest… was myself”

After that for a while, I kept telling them that I was alright and was just feeling a little down, to no effect. Until we reached the gate, I was being hugged by the madam.

After that, Sebasu-san and Rheinhart-san went outside and talked with the gate keeper for a bit. It seems they were talking about my temporary identification.

I was brought to the station along with the madam. Although, actually, the only one who was called was me, but the madam said she was worried… and was quite pushy… The guide and the person in front of me are also shaking palely. I’m sorry, people I don’t know, for getting you mixed up with this.

“Th-th-th-th-then, p-p-please t-t-touch th-this cry-crystal”

This person is stuttering too much. Although I also talk strangely when it comes to people, but…

“Yes”

I obediently touched the crystal. As I did that a blue light illuminated, the face of the people in front of me was stricken shocked, and they kept looking back at forth between me and the crystal.

“Y, you, come with me inside for a little”

Did something happen? From what I know, a blue light should mean innocence… Sebasu-san and the madam that was with me interrupted.

“Is there something amiss?”

Inquired the butler, as the madam followed up.

“The light was blue, right? There shouldn’t be any problem but…”

“Ce-ce-certainly, the light was blue! However, rewards and punishments! The reward money fo-fo-for the recorded subjugation of a bandit. W-w-want to confirm and must give the reward!”

Hearing that, the madam calmed down, and Sebasu-san understood. However, the confirmation and the reward money needs to be done before the two’s eyes.

“Th-then, I need to know. Boy, at that age you have felled a bandit, yes?”

“Yes”

“According to the information projected by the crystal, you have subjugated The Red Spear, Melzen. Is this true?”

Nope, I don’t know. Who is that guy?

“Who is that? I don’t know… such a person.”

“It’s a man that wields a completely red spear and armor, can you remember?”

Hearing that, certainly, there was a guy like that. If I remember correctly, his spear was pretty good, so I put it in my item box immediately.

“Yes. I have the spear in my item box… can that serve as proof?”

“If you have, then please show me”

Having been told that, I took the spear from my item box and passed it to the guy in front of me. The man examined the spear and wielded it. The instant I felt magic power flow into the spear, the spearhead began to burst into flames.

What the heck!? That spear had that kind of ability… can I do that too? Right, I’ll have to try that out next time.

“It’s indisputable. This is definitely the Red Spear, which is a magic weapon that can produce flames. It’s the spear of The Red Spear, Melzen. I’ll prepare the reward now.”

The man gave an order to the knights that brought us here and the knights hurriedly galloped. Having sent them, the man spoke to me.

“However… you did pretty well to actually subjugate Melzen. That man has managed to flee from knights and adventurers, time and time again. If you didn’t confront him directly, do you mind telling me how you managed to subdue him?”

Even if you tell me that… I didn’t do anything amazing…

“Was attacked by bandits… after they were defeated, before they died… said they were betrayed by their comrade, so I looked around… and saw them merry making by the cave”

“So you attacked them there”

“No. I am a Slave Magic User… I sent a poison slime… to go inside a wine barrel.”

“Alright, I think I understand. I give you my thanks”

Around that time, the soldiers arrived, bringing with them the reward money. I received the temporary ID and the reward money and put it in my item box, and then we left the station. It seems the guards of the Household of Jamil were ordered to go ahead to the lodging, and wasn’t there when we got outside. From here on we have to go by foot until our lodging. It seems, it’s to show the ojousama around the town.

Incidentally, the reward for Merzan and his group was 700 small gold coins. 700 coins… I suddenly ended up being rich. Hmm, what should I do… Because of how I lived the past 3 years, I have no idea how to use this money. Well for the meantime, I should give my thanks to the people that took me with them.

“Everyone, thank you very much”

“Its fine~ you don’t have to hold back”

“But still, to think you were actually able to bring down that Melzen”

“Rather than that, let’s hurry and get to town!”

“Hey! Elialia, calm down!”

“It can’t be helped since this is my first time in a big town”

“Really?”

“Yep, I should have also said it yesterday. This is my first time going away from home. And this is Jamil Region’s biggest commercial town. There are barely any places that have more people than here!”

“I see”

While it’s true that there are a lot of people, as someone who knows Japan, in my opinion the people are rather few. Compared to the station and the crowded trains, there’s just far too few. Speaking of which this is the first time I’ve gone to town in this world, but it seems this world’s town hasn’t really touched me much. The old fashioned buildings are a bit unusual, but it’s not something to make a fuss of. Rather, this ojousama is just too hyped.

Now, while it’s not to the extent of people going back and forth like water, even then in its own way, the ojousama can be swept away by the crowd. I understand everything about walking around in a town you don’t understand and I know if this keeps on, it’ll be dangerous, so I hurriedly went after the ojousama.

“Ojousama, over here”

“Th–thank you very much. There’s a lot of people, it seems like someone just might bump me”

It seems something caught this ojosama’s eyes and ended up stopping in this weird place… even in the middle of the road without a hint of concern for others.

It’s precisely because of that obvious lack of knowledge about the real world that a bunch of annoying people came.

From the back, a girl walked in a trajectory that was obviously in line with the intention of bumping against the ojousama, in order not to allow her to get bumped in to, I pulled her shoulder.

“It’s dangerous”

“… che..”

The girl, having failed to bump into the ojousama, glanced at me, who pulled the shoulder of the ojousama, and clicked her tongue before leaving. So, I guess she really was planning to pick pocket.

“Ara, thank you very much? Ara? What is that?”

Again… there’s another person walking towards here from the direction of the alley. Before allowing the ojousama to reach the alley, I caught her and pulled her aside like I was hugging her.

“It’s dangerous to rush out”

“Eh!?”

“Uwah!?”

Because I pulled the ojousama aside, the man that missed his timing fell out from the alley.

“There are people coming out… of the alley. Please be careful”

“Th–thank you very much…”

After speaking to the ojousama, I spoke to the man.

“Are you alright…? You’re not hurt, are you?”

“Th’ heck is this bra–!?“

As I spoke to the man, he tried to grab the nape of my neck. But I sprung that hand up with my left hand and grabbed it at the same time, I held the left arm behind his elbow, and in a way that won’t be seen by the ojousama, I twisted his arm and his posture broke. The man was shaking as he was about to fall, he stopped talking and before completely falling I supported him, as our gazes met once again, I spoke again.

“There are no injuries, right?”

“Of–of course, sorry kid. Thanks for lending me a hand”

“Please be careful”

Seriously, don’t suddenly pick a fight with a kid just because you failed… although I’m actually an uncle deep inside. Recently I’ve started to become confused regarding whether I should consider myself a kid or an uncle.

“Ryouma-san! Let’s try going over there!”

You still want to go! Or rather, how long are the criminals gonna keep on coming!!

After that, for a while, I had to go through pains protecting the ojousama from hoodlums who attempted to either pickpocket, extort, or kidnap. For some reason even though the Household of Jamil could, at any time, prepare a way to deal with this, it seems they’ve left it to me… or rather, this town’s public order is too horrible …

The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 1 Chapter 5

~Side Ryouma~

After answering their questions, the eyes of the four people in front of me have become frightening. I wonder if I did something bad.

“Wonderful”

Ha? Something wrong? What does she mean by wonderful?

“Ryouma, that’s amazing! You’ve just uncovered one of slave magic’s greatest mystery!”

“!?”

What’s wrong with these people!? Their stare contains too much power! And they’re too overbearing! Scary!

“Madam, Rheinbach-sama, please calm down. You are scaring Ryouma-sama.”

“Aaaa! I must have scared you, I’m sorry”

“My bad, I just got a bit too excited…”

“It’s… alright…”

“Let me explain the reason why these two are like this. The reason you gave about why a big slime can’t be tamed is a mystery that many Slave Magic Users have been trying to figure out for a long time. While it’s true that a big slime isn’t very strong, it’s, however, difficult to fight. So there were many people who tried to tame it in order to use it to detain people. Even until now there are those who try. But…”

“There hasn’t been a single case where a big slime was successfully tamed. The foundation of Slave Magic, the Slave Monster Contract, having no effect was viewed as a problem by all the Slave Magic Users who failed. And because of the high pride of the Slave Magic Users, the reason behind the contract’s impotence was researched for a long time. However, without being able to bring any results, the scale of the research has been largely shrunk. Until this very day, there haven’t been any results. But that reason that no one else could figure out in this world, was pinned down alone by one person, you.”

Uwa… somehow this turned into something really amzing.

“Mu~ what a weak reaction. If I say this, I wonder if you’ll understand. The research, The Reason Why Big Slimes Can’t be Tamed, started around the time Slave Magic Users began propagating, which was around 300 years ago. There hasn’t been much results so regarding this case, the research institution has been, to put it nicely, leisurely. And this research that began 300 years ago without being uncovered by anyone, was uncovered by you! Do you think I can possibly stay calm!?”

What should I do…?

“What should we do?”

“Register! You should register it at the Tamer Guild and publicize it!”

Aaaa~ so it was something like that… but, seeing these people’s reactions if I publicize it’ll be an uproar, seems troublesome… Oh, but I wonder if this is a good opportunity to leave the forest?

“The city, huh…?”

When those words unintentionally left his mouth, the four people and the servants waiting behind them, all reacted.

“Ah… I’m sorry. You didn’t like towns, right?”

“I won’t force you to register and publish it but this really is a big discovery. I hope you understand that.”

“Under, stood… ah… we’ve been talking, while standing… please enter, inside…”

“Now that you mention it, please excuse us for intruding”

Since there are also things like beasts outside, it’s dangerous to talk while standing out for too long. While I invited everyone to go in, in order to keep watch and look after the horses, most of the guards seemed to have stayed outside. The ones that went inside were the 4 members of the Household of Jamil, the ones that came before, Jill-san, Zeff-san, Camil-san, Hyuzu-san, and the old butler along with the two maids. In order not to be impolite to the members of the Household of Jamil I brought out some black tea.

The truth is this black tea belonged to one of the bandits that attacked before. There were several of the same thing, so it’s probably stolen goods. I found this by coincidence when I looked for a spear for Hyuzu-san. Since I don’t need money, and putting my hands on the belongings of the person I killed is kind of dicey, I guess I’d have just left it alone. And then I would evenutally end up forgetting about it. So it’s good that I was able to quickly find out that there was tea.

First of all, some quality tea leaves, it doesn’t seem like there’s any problem with its expiry date so it should be fine.

Then the only problem left are the cups. I don’t have cups for 11 people so I’ll quickly make them with Earth Magic and then make the tea. The day before yesterday I found a beehive and found some honey. I also happened to find some stuff similar to lemon and ginger. Using those I made some sports club lemon style syrup and brought it back with me.

There’s nothing else to substitute for sugar except for this, I wonder if it’ll be ok…

“Sorry for making you… wait, this is, black tea”

“Ara, thank you very much”

“What a nice fragrance. Thank you I’ll help myself”

“Fumu, I see you’ve used some good leaves”

“The bandits that came to attack… had a lot of things with them”

“I see… Hou, it’s delicious”

“Indeed”

“The scent of the tea leaves are coming out quite well. If I may know, where did Ryouma-sama learn how to make tea?”

My previous life. Is not something I can actually say…

“Grandma liked tea very much”

Reason: Grandparents = All Purpose. The three gods thought up a really good excuse. If I made a lie by myself, I wonder if it would have been found out immediately. In my previous life I was often told that I was stupidly honest… although I don’t think so. I don’t know why but if it’s just saying something that was decided ahead of time, then even if it’s a lie I could say it smoothly. Moreover, according to the letter of the gods, the grandparents’ souls were called and have already given their permission. I’m really indebted to them.

“If you would like some, please… have some honey… as well.”

“Thank you, I’ll help myself then”

“I’ll have some too, honey is quite luxurious and are hard for me to come by after all”

“Wait, Hyuzu-san!”

“The day before yesterday… I only… took from the beehive… so Camil-san as well… please have some…”

“Eh, really? Then, just a little.”

“You’re not different from me either.”

At that, Elialia, was it? When the young lady drank tea, she noticed something.

“Ara? This honey, it’s not just honey, right? Did you put something in?”

Geh!? Were Jija (Ginger) and Ramon (Lemon-like) bad?

The butler immediately went to check. Am I in danger?

“The juice of Ramon seems to be mixed, it’s refreshing and gives a delicious taste. However, it doesn’t seem to be only that.”

Whew! They didn’t think it was poison! I should answer honestly here, besides it’s not like I actually put poison.

“I added… the root of jija(ginger)”

“So this flavor was jija? I thought it was only a salty medicinal plant, but to think it could actually make such a taste.”

“…jija…can be used in cooking…meat, fish… can deal with the stench…”

“What a wonderful thing to learn. The next time I return to the residence I will try to let the chef know. My thanks, Ryouma-sama.”

“You’re welcome”

“So Ryouma-san is not only an expert at Slime Research but also at cooking?”

“… It’s because I’ve been making it for a long time… in line with that… when I have interest… I end up focusing… and researching… Right now I’m studying slimes… a lot… by the time I noticed it… slimes were already numbered over 1000”

“Ara ara, what an interesting person. If it’s fine with Ryouma-san won’t you lend me your strength?”

This Ojousama. What is she saying all the sudden.

“What do you mean?”

“Actually, just a few days ago I received permission from my elders to perform the Slave Monster Contract. So I’m going to tame a slime from this forest. As such, I want to borrow the power of the slime expert, Ryouma-san.”

“… Unnecessary, you know? … to need help… to tame a slime…”

“No, while it may embarrassing. What slime is good or what is bad, I am unable to decide”

There’s no good or bad slime though…

“…no difference… with normal slimes… if you must choose… choose what evolution you want… should choose appropriate slime… if you want power… should choose different magical beast… not interested in raising for a long time… then there’s no need.. to take to time to choose… even then, are you still going to choose the slime?”

“Yes, since it’s my first slave monster I’ll treasure it forever.”

Uwaa… I’m being attacked by a pure smile… well, it looks like she’s going to treasure it, so why don’t I help her a bit…

Mn? Why did I think, “This kid will treasure it”? Even though I’ve never understood something like that… Am I, being tricked? Seduction? A mentally over 40 years old uncle like me is being… by this kid? I should stop thinking about this.

“Is it no good?”

It’s the request of a young woman of a Household of Jamil… refusing would be unsavory, right? Since I’d be uneasy if it were only lip service then, at the very least I should say it in a smooth way.

“… If you’re ok with me… please let me help you… only, right now only 3 types… can be chosen”

“Why are the other types no good?”

“One… evolution conditions are unsettled… one… doesn’t have feeds… the other one… requires a method that’s difficult for a woman… although… ability wise… it is most recommended”

“That slime’s evolution conditions, I wonder what kind of selection method it is”

“Mother… I am talking right now. It’s preparation for my first contract so please don’t disturb me”

“Oh come one, isn’t it fine? Slime conditions are something I haven’t heard about!”

“Sorry, mother is a first class Slave Magic User but, when the conversation turns to magical beasts, she becomes indiscriminate.”

“It’s ok… the conditions for slime evolution, is its meal. Depending on eating habits… the slime will evolve differently… if Sticky Slime, then green caterpillar… Poison Slime, poisonous plants… slimes have preferences… that is the evolutionary path the slime is heading towards… if made to eat… something against preference… evolution will be slow… difference in ability will also come…”

“I understand, so that is the slime’s evolutionary condition.”

“If there is nutrition… evolution is easy. Give it meal… and the evolution will be fast. The selections are, poisonous plants, green caterpillar… washed bones of beasts… Respectively… Poison Slime, Sticky Slime, and Acid Slime”

“The 3 variants Ryouma-san was recommending were which variations?”

“Cleaner Slime, Scavenger Slime, and Heal Slime…”

“I’ve never heard of those variations… Does mother know?”

“Well aside from the heal slimes, I haven’t heard of those at all” – Rheinbach-sama

“Me too” – Rheinhart-sama

“I’m unaware, what kind of abilities do cleaner slimes and scavenger slimes possess? And what skills?” – Elize

“The reason… I am recommending… is because those slimes possess… the skills… Cleaning and Deodorization”

“Cleaning and Deodorization? I’ve never heard of those skills”

“Deodorization, I can still somewhat understand but, Cleaning is?”

“…Seeing for yourself… is faster… please wait…”

I went inside, took a handy cloth and coated it in the rabbit blood I’ve let, then took a cleaner slime with me back.

“Thank you for waiting… this is a Cleaner Slime. Please look over here…”

“A bloodstained cloth? What are you going to do with that?”

“This”

I gave an order to the nearby slime with my mind. The slime took the cloth I was holding, took it inside its body, and spun it around its nucleus. No matter how many times I see it, it’s exactly like a washing machine.

And then after 10 seconds, the slime threw up the cloth, and then with its body stretched like tentacles took the cloth and passed it to me. I spread the cloth wide and showed it to them. When the four members of the Household of Jamil saw that, they gave off a reaction as if they saw something strange. The maids and the butler’s eyes, however, were sparkling.

“The blood disappeared, huh? And the color has also somewhat changed, did it dissolve?”

“Seems like it was sucked by the slime. Is this all?”

“No madam, it’s not just that”

“Aro-ne?”

At the wife of the duke’s words, the maid interjected. From the looks of things she seems to have the know what Aro-ne is thinking.

“Ryouma-sama, does that slime eat dirt?”

“That’s exactly it”

“What do you mean”

“From that cloth’s raw material, I can see that it was not only blood but also a combination of many things that stained it. The current color the cloth is its original color. Talking about dirt, if one leaves it alone it will become difficult to remove. And the previous situation was a case where it was left alone. If one were to hand wash it, no matter how many hours you take, it won’t end return to its original color just like what happened now. Because the dirt will already be stuck. In other words, the Cleaning skill so to speak, is able to remove the irremovable dirt. Right?”

“That’s also true… but more specifically… it is a skill that removes only the dirt”

I made the slime put my hand inside it.

“Wh–!?”

“This is nothing…”

A normal slime will try to digest everything it takes into its body. Which is why everyone freaked out because they thought my hand would dissolve. Everyone’s face stiffened. However, my hand didn’t dissolve and after five seconds I separated from the slime.”

“Is there nothing wrong?”

“Nothing but the dirt was dissolved… It’s a slime that won’t eat… humans and even the meat of monsters naturally… unless you tell them to”

“There was such a slime?”

“That was bad for the heart, please don’t scare us”

Am I in trouble?

“My sincerest apologies… it a normal thing to me… and I really didn’t want to touch… it, this cloth.”

“True, it’s definitely hard to say it’s a clean cloth”

“It used to be a goblin’s loin cloth”

As I said that, the guards’ faces immediately became ugly, and the maids’ interest became stronger.

It seems in this world “The hardest thing to clean in the whole world is a goblin’s laundry” is a popular saying.

“If this slime is around… then it can clean no matter what the condition is… while traveling, you can’t wash with water, right?”

“Yes, aside from wiping the body it isn’t possible… Even though this is my first time going on a long trip, just not being able to enter the bath for a day has already made me feel unpleasant.”

“If you were to have this slime… then… the problem can be solved”

At those words the ojousama looked at my face with amazing vigor. Scary! Her eyes! And some other things too! The madam along with two maids also seems to be staring.

“…clothes and body… dirt and stench… everything can be eaten… so”

“That! That slime! I want a Cleaner Slime!”

… This is bad! Why did I just throw her a sales pitch like a bad guy!? Moreover the hardest person to talk to! At the very least I should have pushed the Scavenger Slime!

“The selection method for this… is kind of…”

“No way! After being shown such an amazing slime, that’s just too cruel!”

“Ryouma-sama, I, as a maid of a family that has been serving the Household of Jamil for generations, have also studied the basics of Slave Magic. If you may find it in your heart, please instruct me as well to the selection method of the Cleaner Slime.”

“I also want to know~” –Elize

As they said this, they made a face that said they absolutely want to know…

“Ryouma-kun, it’s better if you talk honestly, so as not to provoke this female battalion”

“It’s… hard to say… to women…”

“Women can’t be taught?”

“That’s discrimination you know… I am sad…” – Elize

“Ojou-sama and the others wants to know, so isn’t it fine?”

Somehow in order to mediate the situation, Camil-san suggested something irresponsible. Taking that opportunity I stealthily took Camil-san, Jill-san, Zeff-san, and Hyuzu-san to a corner of the room and tried talking to them about the details of the selection method.

“…It’s not that I don’t understand why you don’t want to say it”

“To think it was that kind of method…”

“It’s definitely quite hard for a guy to say to a woman…”

“I think it’d also be hard for another girl to say this kind of stuff”

“Well… just let nature take its course”

The one who nonchalantly asserted that was Hyuzu-san. As he said that he turned around.

“Milday! Madam! I know the method! Incidentally, Aro-ne as well!”

Declared Hyuzu-san to the female battalion.

What is he saying!? That guy, can he say it properly?

“Is that true!?”

“Yes, milady! The method is to wash your body! And then lure the slime by feeding it with the sweat of your body and the dirty water you used!”

He said––––!! That guy said it super straight!! Ah… He… He’s going to get endlessly beat up by that female battalion…

After that, when the female battalion calmed down Hyuzu-san talked to Rheinhart about the details of the conclusion they arrived to.

If you prepare and set up using just normal water and the water used to wash the body, a normal slime will come. But for some reason slimes that can become Cleaner Slimes gather around sweat and dirty water. In order to safely become a Cleaner Slime, the slime will need to change its life of eating normal food to, without holding back, eat nothing but sweat, dirt, and water.

“To think that there were slimes that had such dispositions…”

“Sorry…”

“Um, Ryouma-san isn’t a fault, you know?”

“For women… to catch Cleaner Slimes… is difficult, I think”

“Ryouma-san”

“?”

“I won’t give up… Cleaner Slime is fine”

“Well then, we should ask some guards to…”

“That’s no good. Even if it’s just following another’s example, I will become a Slave Magic User from now on. I mustn’t rely on other people”

“…for everything… to be done… by one person… isn’t necessarily a good thing… you know?”

“Even so, I want to take my first step by myself”

“… the one who will decide… is ojousama”

“I will… I…~ I will do it! May I have some water?”

At those words everyone around us shed a tear. The ojousama put up with her face being completely red. Even though it’s fine even if she doesn’t work that hard… or rather what’s up with this atmosphere, it’s as if she just made some amazing decision… the thing one has to do… it’s that, right?

In any case, I’d feel guilty if I just brought out some water, might as well try recommending the bath.

Although I normally use the Cleaner Slime, as a former Japanese there are times I want to submerge myself so I made a bathtub. I didn’t think it would end up being used for something like this, though.

“I have, bathtub… please use”

“You have a bathtub? Thank you very much!”

Using water magic I filled the bathtub with water, and with fire magic I heated it up. After the temperature was at a good level I informed the ojousama that the bath was ready.

The ojousama gleefully went to the bath, while the two maids went to act as look outs and attendants for the bath. I went and met up with the others.

“Ouch… those painful stares”

“you reap what you sow”

“As one would expect, there’s no such thing”

Certainly that was lacking delicacy. Even I who was often called to be lacking delicacy in previous life, wasn’t that bad. Shouldn’t be, anyway.

“Ah, Ryouma-kun, welcome back”

“Madam… what should I…”

“It’s fine, since the person herself has decided. And besides it’s not like you said a lie, right?”

“Of course”

“Then it’s fine. And besides I’m happy to see that child show such an earnest attitude as a Slave Magic User. If she just wanted to get a Cleaner Slime then it would have been enough for Ryouma-kun to cancel a contract and give her one.”

… What did she just say?

“What did you–“

“I said it would have been fine if she just received one from Ryouma-kun. Did you perhaps not think of that?”

Ha, hahaha… Why wasn’t I able to think of something so obvious!

“Seriously…”

“Don’t mind, I thought it was adolescence. It was quite interesting. But I was really happy at my daughters resolve.”

“Is that so…”

Somehow, I’m tried…

After the ojousama got out of the bath, I drew the water. With me leading we got to a place that had relatively many slimes appearing. By some really good luck, a slime that chose the bath water immediately came out, we caught that one and went back home. And then in front of her parents’ eyes, she enacted her first contract.

Since it was already late, they ended up staying at my house. I prepared the supper with the maids, during that the guards shifted with a person from the Household of Jamil and everyone was able to enter the bath.

We grilled the meat the slimes were able to gather while the ojousama was fighting to catch her slime, along with the jija (ginger) I scraped off.

After that, the Household of Jamil was in a great mood and ask for seconds many times. The other people also generally enjoyed it. However, as a former Japanese it was kind of strange for me. Although I’ve gotten used to it, whether it’s salt or the rock salts from a cliff, you can’t have much of either. Moreover, minerals end up being mixed with it so unless you use alchemy and split and purify it, it’ll be bad for the body. If I didn’t have alchemy I probably wouldn’t have been able to seclude myself in the forest for 3 years. In the mean time I have enough to guarantee my daily life, but it’s not enough that I’m satisfied.

After supper we drank tea while talking, then all the sudden the duke’s wife said this.

“Ryouma-kun, have you decided what you will do from now on?”

“… Honestly, I’m at a lost… Should I migrate somewhere…?”

For starters, I’ve already finished the first stage of my research. And then, seeing my rooms filled up with my slave monsters, makes my head wince. I’m also unsatisfied with the food here, and have started to crave for some more seasonings.

… I guess should probably start going around the world now… but what should I say?

“…Hey! You know this kid that has been isolated in the forest for a long time and doesn’t trust other people? Well he just decided that he wants to go out and see the world!”

That just seems too unnatural… Oh, I know! let’s go with the all purpose excuse and use my grandparents!

“… I was told by my grandparents… to live in town and be happy… but… I lived here instead… right now I have no complaint with my… life. But I’ve started to think lately… that my grandparents probably don’t want… me to live… my life like this…”

“Ryouma-kun…”

The atmosphere of the room became serious. Rheinbach closed his eyes, and he looked like he was mulling over something. After a while, he said this.

“Then in that case… how about going outside the forest with us?”

“Eh?”

Eh, what did this person say? Today should be our first meeting, right?

“Even if we’re like this, we‘re still a duke’s household, to provide for one person’s necessities is a simple matter to us. And also I think leaving an excellent Slave Magic User secluded deep in the forest is a waste. Although you hate the towns, won’t you try going out of the forest?

…Who would have thought that he would actually invite me? The people around me also doesn’t seem to have any complaints, giving off a look that says, “Go ahead”. Everyone being such a good person is making my heart ache, even though I only told a lie.

“Tomorrow, we are going to the town, Gimuru, and then go back home. Since you could also come back here, won’t you come with us on this trip?”

“Trip…”

I am a person ignorant of society… although I’ve received the basic knowledge from the gods, I’ve never actually seen it with my own eyes… I also have communication disorder.. and this people seem like good guys, it should be safe than going by myself, right? If I don’t go now, I’ll probably just drag it out and continue to be secluded for a few more months… so…

“Right… I think I’ll end up causing you trouble but… may I come travel… together with you guys?”

“I see! So you’re coming!”

“I myself… have begun thinking… of going out of the forest, so…”

“I see, I see. Then, you should prepare for the trip. We’ll extend our tomorrow till afternoon tomorrow. Sorry for being in a hurry, but try to be ready until that time.”

“Even until morning, is fine… I never had much things from the start. If I use my item box… I can take everything with me”

“Ara, you can use item box at that age? That’s amazing”

“I remembered grandma telling me… that it’s convenient. I heard there were… a lot of people, that can use it…”

“No, no, even if it’s a low level magic, it’s a high level attribute you know? While, it’s true that the number of people that can use item box, is high. But a person your age using it, is plenty amazing.”

Really!? … they left out that kind of sensitive information? Or perhaps the information didn’t take into consideration the age? If I keep doing careless things it will end up being bad… My luck might actually be good, to have someone supplement my common sense, is really fortunate…

“Ryouma-sama also seems to have talent for skills other than magic. I’ll be looking forward to your future”

“True, even things aside from Slave Magic, if you want to study just say it, ok? I’ll teach you”

“I look forward to studying with Ryouma-san”

“Thank you very much”

I gave my thanks and then begun tidying up. Since the ojousama, the maids, and the others were going to help me, I decided to go ahead and tidy up the most annoying room.

“Uwaa, what is this room”

“There are so many weapons and armor”

“Are those pelts deep inside?”

“Storage room… weapon and armor of bandits… pelt of animals, nails, fangs… various things. Town… money needed… if I search there should be some money here… as for the pelts they’ll be useful during the cold… as for what I can sell I don’t know… so please teach me”

“The pelts are basically the easiest to sell, and the price will change depending on the material. The price is standard and will be decided by the variation of the monster, the size of the hide, and the quality. For example the black bear pelt Hyuzu used before to change his futon, if its quality was good then one sheet of it will go for around 1 small gold coin, because that’s a high class pelt, you see. Even if it’s quality was bad if sold, will allow commoners to live comfortably for 1 to 2 months.”

“Do you understand how money works? There are copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and white gold coins. Respectively, they each have their big, medium and small versions amounting to a total of 12 coins.”

“The value of one copper coin is one piece for one suit. 10 pieces of those makes up a medium copper coin for 10 suits. And a big copper coin makes up ten of those pieces for 100 coins. Generally, normal people use around 80 to 100 suits in a day.

Silver coins are a bit different, five big copper coins make a small silver coin for 500 suits, and 2 small silver coins make up a medium silver coin for 1000 suits. And then after that until the big gold coin, is 5 pieces, 2 pieces, 5 pieces, and 2 pieces, and so on.”

“Silver coins are generally used by commoners who have savings and merchants that have a small shop. For gold coins, it’s generally the people with big shops and nobles, and as for white gold coins they’re using by exceptional nobles and exchanges between country related matters. Like this the value becomes easy to use knowing the different social rankings. Commoners generally don’t have any gold coins and even if they do, it’s hard for them to use it.”

Black Bear Pelt is unexpectedly expensive, I wonder how many sheets I have…

“In other words… If the Black Bear Pelt I had… totaled to 8 sheets and their quality was bad, I could sell 1 for 1 big silver coin for 5000 suits and 8 of them for 40000 suits… and would be 4 small gold coins, right?”

As I said that, Camil and the others looked at me speechless.

Eh, did I do something? Or did I make a mistake? Are they amazed over calculations this simple?

“Did I make a mistake? … A commoner would spend around 100 suits a day, so 30 days for a month would make that 3000 suits, in 2 months, 6000 suits. Even if it’s cheap, if it’s around that, then since one big silver coin is 5000 suits, then 8 pieces would go for 40000 suits… it matches, right?”

“Y–Yeah. It matches with the daily expenditures of a commoner of 100 suits a day for 30 days in a month”

“Wa–wait just a moment. You just calculated, right now, right? Ah… sorry, I don’t know anymore”

“Are you an idiot!?”

“Is it bad to be stupid!? This asshole! Even if my head is bad I can at least write a letter!”

“Bouchan (little boy), to be able to calculate at that age, and even mentally, I have underestimated you”

Eh!? That’s what you’re concerned about?

“Eh!”

“Ryouma-kun, to be able to calculate at that age is amazing, you know? If you can calculate at that age, then you can become a merchant. The calculation you did a while ago also seemed to be correct”

“If you are able to calculate mentally that fast, then if you do jobs like being a merchant or working at the government, your ability will be essential.”

“Only learned from, my grandma… is it amazing?”

“A kid the age of bouchan that can mentally compute, rarely seen”

“Even amongst adults there are many that can’t. The Hyuzu here can’t and I also can’t match Ryouma’s speed.”

Ehh… and so they were surprised?

“And also, you did pretty well to acquire so many black bear pelts all by yourself. It’s quite dangerous you know? It’s more or less at the top of this forest’s food chain”

“Trap and poison arrow… if I don’t get close… it’s safe”

“If you can do that much, then as a hunter you’re first class”

Like this, while hearing the market price of the pelts, the weapons and other things, I activated the item box and from the black hole that came out I kept tossing into it. While some of the weapons and armor couldn’t be sold, the pelts unexpectedly had high value.

Also unexpectedly it seems that there was quite a bit of money hidden inside the belongings of the bandits. I found a sack containing roughly 40 pieces of medium silver coins and was shocked. The people around me that have also been examining the bandit’s belongings were shocked.

They asked me why I didn’t check the belongings, but it’s because I never really needed money, and food that had gone bad were mixed in there and after having the slimes clean it, without checking I threw it into the storage room. After I honestly answered, they were astounded. Not checking the belongings of the bandit after bringing them down was like working for free, or so they said.

From the looks of things, aside from bandits on the wanted list, even if you subjugate the bandits you won’t get much compensation. The gains don’t match with the risk that comes with killing bandits. Incidentally, a lot of bandits won’t get one compensation, but all of their belonging will at least belong to the one that subjugated them. Otherwise no one will want to subjugate the bandits

Like this we finished with the preparations in the storage room and then I went by myself, to the kitchen, the medicine room, and took the things I need into my item box.

… Or rather, it’s mostly food and medicine ingredients. After that, it’s mostly the things I got from the gods after coming to this world.

After this… hmm… Right, I should take the slimes, huh? I can’t just leave them alone, as I thought that I went to talk to Rheinbach.

“Rheinbach-sama”

“What’s the matter, Ryouma-kun?”

“Can I bring my slimes… with me on the trip? Altogether there are 17 slimes”

“Yes, there’s no problem. For a Slave Magic User to bring his own Slave Monster, there’s no problem with that at all”

“Besides the carriage has some allowance, so we can take some space”

I see, that’s good.

“Thank you very much”

As I said that, a smile met me and said “It’s fine”. Really, they’re such good people.

If think of a similar situation in Japan… if someone who was hitchhiking suddenly told you that they’re bringing with them 17 pets… yeah, at the very least I definitely wouldn’t let them ride. One or two maybe, but 17 is just too much. In the first place, I don’t have a license.

My gratitude to the duke’s family just keeps on going… oh yeah, speaking of gratitude, there’s still the matter with the gods. Since I’m going to be out for a while, I might as well pay them a visit.

As I thought that, I went to the deepest part of the house, a room I made for the purpose of ascetic practices. Over there is only a room as wide as a square but from the entrance, you can see that the front wall is being constricted, over there lay the statue of the three gods who sent me to this world, that I made using earth magic.

Since the religion of this world doesn’t seem to prohibit idolatry, creating a god’s statue by yourself isn’t a sin. There are also seems to be devout believers that pray at the statue of the church and at a small statue they bought from the church like role models and little by little sculpt every day. There also seems to be an area in the region that recommends that.

Knowing that, while practicing earth magic, I made a statue of the gods, as a sign of gratitude, and I put it in my training area. It feels like the home shrine of the dojo in my past life.

I would train in front of the gods, and pray to them. Though I say I prayed, I was really just talking to them normally. Since I met them once already. Today, I also thought of going to talk to them normally but in the case someone were to come it might be bad so I blocked the entrance with earth magic.

If a deeply religious person were to see me casually talking to the gods they probably wouldn’t forgive me. If not, then they might think I’m a dangerous kid that talks to stone statues. I sat cross legged in front of the stone statue, after meditating for a while, I opened my eyes and I spoke.

“Today also seems to have ended peacefully. But since you’re god, I’m sure you know, I’m going away for a while with the people who visited today. It seems we are going to the town of Gimuru. It’s the long awaited first journey since I’ve gone to this world. Like this I’ll finally be able to keep the promise of going to the church that I made. Only, I don’t know when I’ll be able to come back so I’m taking everything with me… in the case that I can’t come back I’ll make a new statue at a different place. Well then, I’ll see you guys later”

As I finished saying that, I stood up, opened the entrance and left the training place.

After that, I gave an order to the cleaner and scavenger slimes, and made them clean the storage room and the empty rooms.

After that since I was asked by the butler if the guards could have a place to rest, I lent them a comfortable empty room. As expected since it had a proper wall and was like a safe nest, they were grateful and gave me their thanks.

After all the preparations were done, I also went to my room, and retired for the day.

The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 1 Chapter 4

3 days after departing from Ryouma’s house, the Duke and his men were able to arrive safely on the village of Gaunago.

“Father! Welcome home!”
“Welcome home, my dear”

Arriving home, the duke was greeted by his wife and daughter, as well as his own father.

“Rheinhart, you’re back. You shouldn’t make your wife and daughter worry too much. Even though it was only 1 day, because you didn’t arrive on time your daughter and wife weren’t able to calm down.”

“I see, I’m sorry you two”
“No it’s ok, since you were able to come back after all. Really, Grandpa! Why did you have to go and tell father that!?”

“Ho ho ho”
“Don’t try to trick me by laughing!”
“By the way, why were you late? And why is the horse you’re using different from when you left?”
“Actually, we had to take a slight detour in the Forest of Gana and was attacked by bandits”
“Bandits!? Are you hurt!?”
“I’m fine Elia. We didn’t lose to the bandits. But while we were fighting, a black bear came out of nowhere… and although we managed to win, Hyuzu got severely injured and I don’t know if the horse is still around but it ran away.”
“Is Hyuzu safe?”
“He’s fine. I thought if we kept going at our pace, we wouldn’t be able to save him because of how badly he was bleeding. So I made a decision to go through the forest to reach the village as soon as possible. Then along the way we ended up meeting a strange boy. He gave us medicines and potions and stuff, and even offered to provide us a place to rest. Thanks to that we were able to walk, and even managed to recover to the point we could use horses.”
Rheinhart proceeded to talk to the three about Ryoma.

“To think a child could stay deep in the forest and live by himself for 3 years”
“I was also surprised but it’s the truth. It seems he was mistreated quite badly in the village he lived in before. He grew to dislike towns and villages and secluded himself deep in the forest. And besides…”
“And besides?”
“We checked his skills through the Small Identifying Crystal Camil brought. Within the five projected skills, four of them were Resist Skills”
“4 Resist skills? I see…”
“Actually, he might have more than that, though I can’t say for sure”
“4 Resist Skills are plenty, you know? Just with that, it’s a given that he’s been raised in a horrible environment… Why do you think so?”
“Because all the five skills projected were all greater than Lv 7”
“ !!? “
The three were shocked..
“What did you say!?”
“Is that true!?”

“Yeah, I also doubted my own eyes but it’s unmistakable. Jill, Zeff and Camil also confirmed it”
”Father, from what I can remember, a person that possess a skill more than Lv5 is very rare. Just obtaining one level is a painful and bitter experience. Because of this there are many people who give up trying to gain skills, but to actually gain so many Resist Skills…”

“I agree. But no matter how many times I looked at it, it stayed the same. Disease Resist Lv7, Cold Resist Lv7. Even more, Physical Pain Resist and Mental Pain Resist were lv8 and Lv9 respectively”
“Eigh–, Nine!?”

“Impossible… What kind of life does one have to live to actually end up like that…”
“I was wondering the same thing, father. It’s highly probable, that he has more Resist Skills at Lv7 and below that wasn’t shown by the small identifying crystal. And he should also be in possession of bow and short sword skills. Honestly speaking, I left that place at a lost on what to do. This time I gave meeting to show my gratitude as an excuse, but I really wanted to have a conversation on what should be done.”
“Can that kid fight properly?”
“I wasn’t able to ask how he did it but he had several Black Bear Pelts. That goes to show that he has some skill. Plus he was able to use Slave Magic, Barrier Magic, and Earth Magic.”

“Is that kid also a Slave Magic User?”
“Yeah, it seems he learned from his deceased grandmother. It doesn’t seem like he’s registered with the church. But he is contracted with a number of slimes, and seems to have been researching the requirements for evolution. As can be seen from the number of higher class slimes that shouldn’t exist in the Forest of Gana. There were large numbers of five different variations. I wasn’t able to ask but two of the variants were classes I’ve never seen before.”

“Slime, was it? Did he learn to use Slave Magic by watching?”
“Who knows? There’s a possibility he was only able to learn an incomplete Slave Magic, however, whether one can be an accomplished Slave Magic User or not is not something that can be decided by the strength of one’s beast alone”

“Indeed, though it may be a slime, to be able to ascertain the conditions for evolution, he is exceptional. Especially slime related research, save for a few, there shouldn’t be anyone researching slimes. As for whether it will be valued by the church can’t be said with certainty… but that boy can definitely be called a pioneer.”
“Pioneer…”
“Hmm… dear. That child, he doesn’t seem like a dangerous child, huh?”
“Yeah, he only doesn’t want to go to town. I think he’s a pretty good kid.”
”Then in that case, let’s all go together to give our thanks and meet him”
“Everyone?”

“Yup, besides there’s a lot of things I don’t understand. If we go on a trip alongside the next inspection of Gimuru we’ll also be able to take Elia along. At that time, wouldn’t be fine if we stopped by the Forest of Gana for a bit? And besides, it’s bad for Elia to just study on her desk all the time. She should also practice outside, right, stepdad?”
“Yes, that’s correct… Elia is already 12, it should be fine if she goes out to tame her own beast soon.”

“Is that true grandfather?”
“Of course. Provided that you take the responsibility of caring for your magical beaset”
“Yes! I understand!”
“Good. Well, what do you think, Rheinhart?”
“No objections”

Like this they ended up making a visit to Ryouma’s house.

In the two weeks that passed after the Duke’s party returned home, Ryouma was extremely busy. Why? Because the slime splitting began. The result of those splits are the present numbers.

Sticky Slime x364
Skills
•   Strong Cohesive Liquid Lv4
•   Sticky Hardening Liquid Lv2
•   Sticky String Shot Lv2
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digestion Lv3
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv3

Poison Slime x323
Skills
•   Generate Poison Liquid Lv4
•   Poison Resist Lv3
•   Generate Paralyzing Poison Liquid Lv3
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digestion Lv3
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv3

Acid Slime x211
Skills
•   Generate Strong Acid Lv4
•   Acid Resist Lv4
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digestion Lv4
•   Absorption Lv4
•   Split Lv2

Cleaner Slime x11
Skills
•   Cleaning Lv4
•   Deodorization Lv6
•   Deodorization Liquid Lv4
•   Disease Resist Lv5
•   Poison Resist Lv5
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digestion Lv3
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv1

Scavenger Slime x730
Skills
•   Disease Resist Lv5
•   Poison Resist lv5
•   Eating Bad Food Skill Lv5
•   Cleaning Lv6
•   Deodorization Lv6
•   Deodorization Liquid Lv4
•   Release Stench Lv4
•   Return Nutrients Lv3
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digestion Lv6
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv6

Heal Slime x2
Skills
•   Heal Lv1
•   Strengthen Vitality Lv1
•   Photosynthesis Lv3
•   Digestion Lv1
•   Absorption Lv1
•   Split Lv2

To put it bluntly, they increased too much. After coming here, Ryouma finally remembered that thing about restraining himself. If it continues on like this, an effect on the ecosystem will probably be seen. Ryouma worried about what to do regarding the overpopulating slimes.

Ryouma made the slimes stop splitting temporarily in order to keep the population in check, since if it’s just to keep living, the slimes wouldn’t need so much food. But if that was no good, then Ryouma also thought of taking responsibility and thinning out the population of slimes. Recently, though, there were some goblins that came from time to time to build a village, so Ryouma instead sent the slimes to annihilate those Goblins and have those serve as feeds.

The extermination of the goblins didn’t only bring food, but also brought unexpected fortune. When fighting the goblins, the ones that didn’t die received grave injuries. Ryouma found those slimes and hurriedly gathered them and used healing magic on them. There were slimes that couldn’t make it, but there were also those that did. Among those slimes that were healed, there were two that were only normal slimes. The next day, those slimes evolved to Heal Slimes and were able to use healing magic.

Heal slime, a new slime was born. At the occurrence of that new evolution, Ryouma’s gamer obsession was once again lit. When he looked at the current situation, he was somehow able to endure. However, after those 3 days, Ryouma’s gamer obsession was again relit.

“These slimes, I wonder if they could fuse? Like Do○kue…”

The instant when Ryouma, who was looking at the slimes that packed the house, muttered that. All of the slime’s began to shiver, and all of the slimes that were of the same variant began to gather to one place. And in the blink of an eye, slimes that were of the same variant fused and became one.

Big Sticky Slime x1
Skills
•   Strong Cohesive Liquid Lv5
•   Sticky Hardening Liquid Lv4
•   Sticky String Shot Lv3
•   Physical Attack Resist Lv1
•   Enlarge Lv2
•   Compress Lv4
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digest Lv3
•   Absorb Lv3

Big Poison Slime x1
Skills
•   Generate Poison Liquid Lv4
•   Poison Resist Lv4
•   Generate Paralyzing Poison Liquid Lv4
•   Physical Attack Resist Lv1
•   Enlarge Lv2
•   Compress Lv4
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digest Lv3
•   Absorb Lv3

Big Acid Slime x1
Skills
•   Generate Strong Acid Lv5
•   Acid Resist Lv4
•   Physical Attack Resist Lv1
•   Enlarge Lv2
•   Compress Lv4
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digest lv4
•   Absorb Lv3

Huge Scavenger Slime x1
Skills
•   Disease Resist Lv5
•   Poison Resist Lv5
•   Eat Bad Food Skill Lv6
•   Cleaning Lv6
•   Deodorization Lv6
•   Deodorization Liquid Lv4
•   Release Stench Lv5
•   Return Nutrients Lv4
•   Physical Attack resist Lv2
•   Enlarge Lv3
•   Compress Lv5
•   Jump Lv2
•   Digestion Lv6
•   Absorb Lv3

A panicked Ryouma told them to return, and immediately the slimes split, returning to their original numbers. The relieved Ryouma was excited, and repeated the experiment.

The results, one can fuse and split freely provided that the slimes numbers reach 100 for Big Slime, and 500 and up for huge slimes. Fusing below 100 slimes is not possible. When a hundred scavenger slimes fused its name became Big Slime, and at 500, Huge Slime.

As such by some stroke of luck, because of this fusion, it became possible to save on food and space.

It seems it’s possible to make as many big slime as one wants, as long as one is able to reach the 100 same variant slime condition. But one also needs to consider that the split ability disappears when they fuse. For slimes bigger than big slimes, each variety has their own respective assemblies.

Moreover, when needed the new skill, compress, allows the Slimes to shrink to a size just a little bit bigger than the size of the normal slimes. Although it’s a mystery where all that volume goes into, Ryouma didn’t mind.

In regards to food, if you think of it as one slime then the consumption increases several times. But when you consider that it is a lump of 100 slimes, then the fact that the consumption is able to be held down from 1/20 until 1/50 can be understood.

After having spent the days like that, all of the sudden 20 people from the nearby group of people came to visit Ryouma’s house.

“Hey~ Ryouma! Open up! It’s me! Hyuzu! I’m not an enemy!”

The one screaming in front of Ryouma’s house was the injured person from two weeks ago, Hyuzu. The entrance of the house was being blocked by a boulder, so in order to be heard he has been shouting in a loud voice, only, Ryouma was actually in the thicket behind him.

“Now, I will open!”
“Ah! Oh, you were outside”
“Hunt… went….”
“So that’s why. Then, today we came to give our thanks for before. Since we had plans to go around this area anyway. Relax, we won’t bring you harm.
“..Understood”

Ryouma and Rheinhart stepped up.

“Ryouma-kun, it’s been 2 weeks. Today, I once again give my gratitude. I brought with me some present.”
“Thank you very much”
“It’s just something to show my gratitude”
“Dear, won’t you also introduce us?”

Behind Rheinhart stood a beautiful woman and a beautiful girl. There was also a man, who despite putting on years, as he stood straight gave off a majestic aura.

“Of course, let me introduce, my wife, my father, and my daughter”
“I am Rheinbach Jamil, the previous head of the Ducal Family of Jamil. Sorry to suddenly intrude on you. Let’s get along.”
“I’m Elize Jamil, thank you for saving my husband and my subordinate”
“Elialia Jamil. Nice to meet you.”
“… A pleasure to make your acquaintance… I am… Ryouma Takebayashi… You have gone on a long journey… please make yourselves… comfortable… This is but my humble abode… but I will do my best to welcome you…”

Although the sentences were disconnected, hearing such formal speech, the 4 members of the Ducal Family, the guards, and the maids were all shocked. But Rheinbach quickly replied.

“That kind of formality is unnecessary, talk to us just as you did a while ago. Hospitality is also unnecessary, since the one who suddenly came were us”
“Thank you very much. Saying that is… a great help to me”

Having said that, Ryouma immediately used Earth Magic and opened the entrance to his house. At that moment he suddenly remembered.

“Now…slave monster… Slimes will gather… injury… won’t cause, so…”
“Were you hunting?”
“Yes… just came back… lots of people… so made to hide…”
“Sorry for unnecessarily scaring you”
“It’s ok…”
“I’ve also informed the guards so it’s ok now.”
“Thank you very much… Then…”

Giving his thanks, Ryouma gave the order to return through his mind. Immediately innumerable slimes came from the surrounding thickets and gathered.

The number was greater than 1000. As expected, I don’t think they expected these many. Although these slimes weren’t enemies, the maids’ and guards’ faces still stiffened. In contrast to that, the 4 people of the ducal family, looked at the gathering slimes, deeply interested.

“Hou! I heard you tamed a lot of slimes, but I didn’t think it was to this extent!”
“Even though they’re slimes, it’s amazing you’re able to control this much.”
“This number… making just one listen should have been difficult, but…”
“What an amazing number… haven’t they increased a bit?”
“… After everyone went back home… they split…”
“Will they fit in the room?”
“After… It will be, alright…”
“It will be alright? What do you mean?”

As Rheinhart asked that, Ryouma ordered his slimes and made the slimes fuse right in front of their eyes. As he did that, aside from Elialia the three people opened their eyes wide and shrieked.

“Big Slime!?”
“It couldn’t possibly!?”
“No, this is definitely… you!? You were able to tame a Big Slime?”
“… is it weird?”
“Big slime, you see… It’s a magical beast that no one has ever been able to tame, you know?”
“Eh?”

“The Slave Monster Contract that Slave Magic Users use to tame high level variation races on and above the level of the Big Slime doesn’t work. Although there were people that attempted to, not even one has succeeded.”
“…Slave contract… meaningless… obviously…”
“What do you mean?”
“…Big slimes and up… is the gathering of many slimes… the Slave Monster contract’s condition… can’t be… fulfilled… Slave Monster Contract… can only be used… on 1 monster… at a time… many at the same time… impossible… when making the contract… accurately catching… 1 inside a 100… is impossible. Because you can’t see more than one… so… Slave Monster Contract… has no effect… I made a contract with many slimes… after gathering… was able to tame…”

The Man Picked up by the Gods Table of Contents

Raws
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Author: Roy

Synopsis

Ryouma Takebayashi, 39 years old, found himself in a strange white room. The gods tell him that he has died and they are sending his soul to a different world, a world where magic exists.

Translation Schedule

Expect 1 Chapter a day (GMT+8). No chapters on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Volume 1 Chapter 2
Volume 1 Chapter 3
Volume 1 Chapter 4
Volume 1 Chapter 5
Volume 1 Chapter 6
Volume 1 Chapter 7
Volume 1 Chapter 8
Volume 1 Chapter 9
Volume 1 Chapter 10
Volume 1 Chapter 11
Volume 1 Chapter 12
Volume 1 Chapter 13
Volume 1 Chapter 14
Volume 1 Chapter 15
Volume 1 Chapter 16
Volume 1 Chapter 17
Volume 1 Chapter 18
Volume 1 Chapter 19
Volume 1 Chapter 20
Volume 1 Chapter 21
Volume 1 Chapter 22
Volume 1 Chapter 23

The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 1 Chapter 3

TL Note: In Japan when they check stuff, a ○ means a check. If they cross things out, it means it’s wrong. So when the slime makes a circle, it means yes, or affirmative… kinda like a thumbs up sign.

Volume 1 Chapter 3

After guiding Rheinhart and going back to the room where the other four where, Jill asked Ryouma a question.

“Ryouma, how do you usually hunt?”
“Trap… Bow… Slime”
“The slime aside… you’re basically a genuine hunter, huh?”

Having seen Ryouma’s skills, they did their best not to make a careless remark. So aside from the sleeping Hyuzu, the other four engaged in idle chatter.

“Uh…! Haa, Haa…”
“Hyuzu!”
“Get a hold of yourself!”
“We managed to stop the bleeding with the potion, but this time he’s gone down with a fever”
“Antipyretic… have… Water… Come…”

As Ryouma said that he ran into the deeper halls.

“Master, it seems meeting that boy was truly good luck.”
“Indeed, if we weren’t able to meet him, we wouldn’t be able to save Hyuzu”
“Although his condition is still unstable, even if we were able to use magic to stop the bleeding. The fever would still be able to claim his life, since magic can’t lower the fever.”
“Well, after losing all that blood, plus the fatigue. It’s not so surprising. “

“But that aside, what are you gonna do about the kid? It’s too dangerous out here in the forest”
“I know that. But he’s already lived here for 3 years, he should already be aware of the danger”
“Since he has actually survived…”

“Moreover that number of Resist Skills and level. The village he lived in must have been really cruel. To tell him to go to the town… I don’t even know if he understands that it’s a safe place. The only saving grace is that he’s at least not in a state where he will just come and kill a person on sight.”
“Aah… Yeah, something like that did happen in the past, huh? That level of Resist Skill is at the point where it’s not strange for someone’s heart to break or for them to die”
“Rheinhart-sama, as the father of one child, isn’t there something?”
“Ya know in this room outside of our boss here, there ain’t a single person who has a kid. How are we supposed ta decide?”

“But I’m also at a lost here. He’s a special case and besides, as a father, I haven’t done anything amazing!”
“Don’t throw out your chest over something so sad!”
“Well, jokes aside… When we get home, I’ll have to talk to father and Elize”

After a while, some slimes entered carrying jars of water, an oddly shaped jar, and some kind of pelt.

The slimes stretched their body and put the various jars and pelt in front of the 4 men. After which, the slimes went back, except for one.

“Umm… Thanks”

At Camil’s words the body of the slime shook. Was it trying to say, “Don’t Mind.”? As the four thought that, the slime stretched his body and alternately pointed between Hyuzu and the things that were brought.

“Ah… right. This stuff is for the fever, huh?”
“Right… Well, the water is obvious, but the pelt… I suppose that’s to replace the sheets?”

As Camil said that, the slime extended his body, creating two tentacle-like arms and made a huge a circle.

“Alright–! Wait, this! Isn’t this Black Bear Pelt!?”
“Now that you mention it, certainly. This is without a doubt Black Bear Pelt.”
“That kid managed to hunt a black bear?”
“Unbelievable, but right now Hyuzu’s treatment needs to be prioritized”

At Rheinhart’s words, Zeff and Jill put the pelt over Hyuzu’s body. After which, Camil tried to get water from the stone bowl but was stopped by the slime.

“Eh, what?”

The slime stretched its body and pointed to the oddly shaped small jar.

“You want me to use this?”

At Camil’s questions, the slime responded by making another big circle. Camil followed the instruction and drew water from the jar.

“I’m gonna draw the water now”

Right after, the slime extended its tentacles, and inclined the jar Camil was holding. The inclined jar had a long and narrow protrusion, and inside it lay an empty hole. From there the drawn water came out. Seeing that, the slime pointed at the hole, and then pointed at Hyuzu’s mouth.

“You want me to incline this towards Hyuzu’s mouth and make him drink it?”

The slime answered again by making a big circle. Camil did as he was told and made Hyuzu drink the water.

“… Looks like he was able to drink properly”

Hearing those words, the slime jumped and went to towards the direction the other slimes went back to and disappeared. Around the same time after the slime had left, Ryuuma came back.

“Antipyretic… make him drink”
“Thanks. You’re a great help.”

As Rheinhart said that, he made Hyuzu drink the medicine he got. As everyone heaved a sigh of relief, Camil asked about the jar.

“Hey, is this drinking jar specifically made for sick people?”

Ryouma deeply nodded.

“Oh, that’s really convenient”
“I have one more question, it’s about the slime that was here a while ago. That slime was quite handy. It’s the first time I’ve seen a slime that can respond to questions”
“At some point… it learned… if tamed for long, can learn…”
“I see… A Slave Magic User that has used a slime for a long time is really rare. And a slime like yours that has become able to understand is especially rare. So to say, there’s probably none outside of yours, huh?”

The 4 finally let their guard down as they came to understand that Ryouma truly wasn’t an enemy. Seeing as how effective the medicine was, and Hyuzu’s state stabilizing, the four breathed a sigh of relief. They passed the time by idly chatting about silly stories from outside the forest.

That day’s supper were the monsters caught by Ryouma and his slimes, plus the vegetables he personally cultivated inside the cave. The menu were Stir-fried Chicken and Vegetables (To make it smell good, fruits that resembled lemon and herb were added) and Rabbit Meat Soup. Ryouma chose these for supper because they were easy to make but the other four thanked him a great deal finding them to be very complex dishes.

That day the five men all slept at Ryouma’s place. They were planning to leave after the next day but Hyuzu’s recovery was faster than expected. In order to make sure he was clear headed they decided to leave tomorrow morning before lunch.

“I really thought I was a goner this time! Thanks for saving my ass, sonny!”
“Is… it… really… fine?”
“What, you’re worried about me? I thought you hated people because I heard you didn’t want to go to villages or towns but unexpectedly…”
“Town, village… hate. But… wounded… people… concerned”
“Gahaha! I See! I see! That guy was wrong! Ungh…”

The Hyuzu who was laughing suddenly staggered.

“Hyuzu, you ok?”
“Ah, ahhh… No prob, just got a little dizzy”
“Hyuzu-san, it’s cause you’re still recovering.”
“Drink”
“Hn? What is this bottle? Medicine?”
“”Blood… forming… medicine”
“Blood-forming medicine, huh? Then I’ll quickly–! Argh! It stinks of fish! What’s up with this smell!?”
“… Effect… only, guarantee”
“You heard what he said. He gave it to you out of good will. Drink it.”
“Wai–, this is”
“Besides it would be a problem if you lost consciousness while we were on the road”
“They’re also worried, you see”

Saying that, Jill and Zeff held Hyuzu’s arm and shoulder to keep him from running or resisting. And then…

“Umm… I’m sorry!”

Camil took the blood forming medicine and poured it in Hyuzu’s mouth.

“%`#%$!!!!”

Having swallowed the medicine, Hyuzu raised his voice spouting something that can’t be put into words. After convulsing for a few times, he appeared to be completely exhausted.

“Ahhh, you, guys”
“A good medicine is difficult to drink, Hyuzu”
“Don’t worry, this kid’s medicine is the real thing”
“Since the potion that healed Hyuzu’s wounds of good quality”
“Armor… need?”
“Ah? Aaah… Oh yeah, the armor done in by the bear can’t be used anymore, the weapon too”
“…weapon…armor.. have… will bring, no.. problem”
“Is that ok?”
“It’s… fine”

After having said that, Ryouma went inside. After a few minutes he came back with 10 slimes carrying five spears and 3 sets of armors.

“This… can be used”
“Equipment used by bandits, you gathered some pretty good some stuff”
“Everything is quite good. Is it really ok to give these to Hyuzu”
“Weapon… must use… I… have, more…”
“This kind of spear, would go for around 5 small gold coins, you know?”
“take it…”

“… Then, I’ll gratefully accept it. But, I just can’t agree with receiving something for free. Right now I can’t give you anything in return but if anything ever happens come to me, ok? I serve the household of the duke of Jamil after all. If anything happens come to the town of Gaunago, one of the towns under the Duchy of Jamil. It’s not that far from here and… if you ask around the guard’s room and ask to allow to meet up with the duke’s family’s guard Hyuzu, they will immediately come contact me. So don’t hold back”

Like this the five were able to put in order all of the preparations for their departure. They gave their thanks to Ryouma and then left. 3 years after coming to this world and living by himself, Ryouma was finally able to properly meet the people of this world.

The Man Picked up by the Gods Volume 1 Chapter 2

TL Note:
To avoid confusion, let’s make things clear. This novel follows western name ordering. So first name, then last name. Rheinhart is the first name, and Jamil is the last name.

Volume 1 Chapter 2

~Side Rheinhart Jamil~

That boy we met who gave us medicine for Hyuzu, brought us deep into the forest. I wondered to myself. Why is he in a place like this? And looking at him, I can see that he’s quite young.

“Is there really a place we can rest at if we keep going this way?”
“I don’t know. But the medicine he gave us didn’t have any poison and I can’t feel any hostility from the kid”
“It’s probably because he uses traps to hunt… that kind of hunter would make a safe zone inside the forest so he can hide easily. So it’s not too strange for there to be a camp deep here in the forest”

The other three that was with them also had their suspicions. After all no matter how you put it, even if there’s no hostility coming from the kid, a kid out here in the forest is definitely strange. Only, the clothes he’s wearing are too clean. So regardless of how cheap those clothes are, he shouldn’t be a bandit.

While thinking about various things, the kid suddenly stopped.

“Is there a problem?”
“Trap… Prey, caught… Will come… now”
“It’s good that you caught something but, what do you mean it will come–!”

All of the sudden, near the boy, a slime came out of the thicket. Immediately, I took my sword out and slashed at the slime.

But the kid went and stood between me and the slime. What are–! …Ku!?
Like flowing water, he took out a dagger from his waist, pointed it diagonally downwards and parried my attack. And then he tried to hit my wrist with his dagger’s pommel.

Right after, the boy jumped back taking some distance, but at the same time he took with him the slime I tried to cut… The slime I tried to cut… then, perhaps?

“You bastard! What do you think you’re doing!? Rheinhart-sama please step back!”
“Wait! Kid, is that slime your slave monster?”

Hearing that, the kid nodded deeply many times.

“Sheathe your sword Jill”
“But!”
“Stand down! In this situation, the one at fault is me. This kid didn’t do anything other than protecting his slave monster from my attack. Also he didn’t try to attack me after protecting the slime. Above all, he never had any intentions to hurt me.”

Otherwise that one attack wouldn’t make sense. He didn’t use the blade but instead used the pommel. Clearly, he never had any intentions of actually fighting. But still… what the hell is this kid? Even though I’m like this, I still have confidence in my sword, you know?

“My apologies, I didn’t know it was your slave monster. But a slime, huh? That’s really nostalgic, when I first started out I also started with a slime“
“…Slave Magic… Practitioner?”
“Well, former Slave Magic Practitioner. A few years ago when I got married, my slave monsters grew too old to fight. I’ve never really tried to tame a new one ever since. Since I’ve already settled down. But, let me tell you, in the past I took with me beasts like Red Horse and Blizzard Ape.”
“… Amazing person?”

“You see, my household have been Slave Monster Arts Practitioners for generations. From the moment we were born, we are taught all sorts of things. It’s not like I’m particularly gifted at magic. Although when it comes to my sword arm, I do have quite a bit of pride.”

The kid took the rabbit the slime brought to him, put it in the pouch on his waist, and then we started walking again. From time to time we would stop, and slimes would come to bring him small animals. After a while we were finally able to see a cliff.

“Wait”

After saying that, the kid held his hand out towards the surface of the rock and used Earth Magic. A part of the rock broke down as if it were dissolving and an entrance appeared.

“Inside, welcome…”
“Thank you”

From the looks of things, this is his so called home. I see, using Earth Magic he created a cave inside the cave. Certainly, if it’s like this, then it’s probably safe. While thinking that, as we entered the cave, the boy used magic on the entrance. When Camil saw that, he couldn’t help but ask.

“Is this Barrier Magic? That’s some pretty unusual magic you’re using there, huh? Is the effect concealment?”

The kid nodded once and then answered.

“…Can run… You five… don’t worry”
“R–Right. Thank you”

I wonder if he noticed that we were still being cautious until now. After this, I definitely need to apologize. After walking deeper into the cave, we saw walls and surfaces smoothed out cleanly. Furniture made out of stone and wood decorated the room and the surrounding walls had glowing magic stones. Although we were inside a cave, the room had plenty of light.

“This is”
“What a surprise, it’s actually more of a house than I had thought”
“Here… wounded, sleep”
“Sorry about this. Hyuzu, go lie down. Pull yourself together.”
“Y–yeah”
“Potion… will, come”

As the kid said that, he entered a hole in the opposite direction.

“Well… in any case, we made it in one piece”
“Yeah, our luck was good”
“I’m grateful to him”
“…”
“Something the matter, Zeff?”
“Don ‘cha think this room is a bit weird? Look, there are few traps, signs of living for a long time, and the furniture are enough only for 1 person.”

“Now that you mention it… is that boy living here all by himself?
“Finding out he could use Slave, Barrier, and Earth magic at that age had already shocked me. But living deep in the forest all by himself, he’s not normal.”
“He may be older than he looks… Only, he’s definitely not an elf.”

While talking about such things, the kid came back with his poison slime carrying a large number of potions.

“Potion… Came”
“Thank you, I’ll definitely repay you someday”
“.. Don’t mind… can make, as much… as I want”

At those words we couldn’t help but stare alternately at the boy and at the bottle. Camil, unable to hold, exclaimed.

“You made this potion!?”

Although at the strength of that voice he shook momentarily, but he quickly nodded his head. Now that he mentions it, the number of potions he has is definitely too many. Clearly not an amount he could afford.

“Water”

Said the kid. The slime behind him filled a vessel made of rock with water and then offered it to us.

“Thanks”
“I’m saved”
“Thanks boy”
“Thank you”
“… Ah…”
“Hmm? Something the matter?”
“Name… Ryouma”

And then, it hit. We got all the way here without giving our names.

“Ryouma? I suppose that should be your name, then. My apologies for the late introduction, I am Rheinhart Jamil, the feudal lord of the Jamil duchy. For lending me your hand to save my subordinate, I offer you my thanks.”

“!? Pardon… my behavior !”
“No no, please don’t be apprehensive. You are my benefactor. Please continue to speak as you always have”
“… Thank you”
“Good. And this here from the right is my subordinate Jill, a swordsman. Zeff, the scout. The magician, Camil. And the sleeping one over there is the spear user, Hyuzu.
“Name’s Jill. Because of you we were saved. Sorry about my behavior before”
“Vigilance… obvious”
“It’s Zeff, nice to meet you”
“And I’m Camil. A pleasure to meet you. But seriously… I ran out of mana and couldn’t use any healing spells. If you hadn’t come, we’d be knee deep into the trench by now. So thank you, really, thank you.”
“… It’s, fine”

“We took a detour on the edge of the forest by horseback. Over there we were attacked by some bandits.”
“Bandits alone ain’t a problem but… while we were going at it a black bear came biting out of nowhere. Hyuzu got taken by surprise and was done in”
“We managed to defeat the bear but Hyuzu’s wound was worse than we thought. Seeing how we probably wouldn’t make it to the village, we tried to go through the forest.”
Hearing that, the kid started nodding showing he understood.

“That aside… kid what are you doing here? I heard that thing about you hunting but it seems like you’ve been living here for quite some time. And hunting at your age and even using magic and making potions, I’m really shocked.”
“Grandmother, Grandfather… learned… Former, adventurer”

Oh, so you had former adventurers for your grandparents?

“And where are they? Did they go somewhere?”

Hearing those words, the kid cast his eyes downward, and said.

“… They’ve passed”
“I see, sorry.”
“It’s fine… 3 years, already”
“No–… 3years ago?”
“3 Years!?”
Exclaimed the 4 men in unison.
“J–Just wait a second, you mean they didn’t pass just a few days ago or something!?”
“You, since when did you start living here!?”
“3 years ago… village, left … 1 … because… outsider”

To think there was such an exclusive village… More or less there should be something like that, but really… to think there’s such a cruel place.

“You weren’t chased out on the village and left on your own?”
“Villagers, Opression… 95%… took”
“95%!?”
“Oh boy, that’s a helluva crazy village you got there, huh? Even for a cold village, that’s just pushing it.”
“You did pretty good, living until now.”
“Grandparents… Medicine and, Weapons… Good stuff… High… Living, Was able… but, they already… not here… can’t make… they, said…. Different village… go, so, village… left… here, live… because… can live”

I see… so he stopped trusting humans after being oppressed by the village.

“I understand your reasons but. I really can’t recommend it. In the forest, there are many powerful beasts. To a kid your age, this place is just too dangerous.”
“It’s ok… Lived… 3 years”
“But”
“Oh right! Wait a sec”

All of th4e sudden Camil started searching his bag.

“Ah, found it, found it. It’s this.”
“What this?”
“This is a Small Identifying Crystal! This is an easy to use item that can identify your status. It can show you your five highest skills. And if touched by a criminal the light will turn red, if the person is innocent then the light is blue. After that, your name, age, race, and 5 skills will also be shown. If with this, you have a high level fighting skill then I’ll stop pestering you about leaving the forest.”

“Unders–tood”

As the kid said that, he was about to touch the crystal until he remembered something.

“Before, bandits… attacked. Killed… them, is… that, sin?”
“If they were really bandits then there won’t be any problem”

Hearing that, he touches the crystal. The light is blue, whether he actually killed bandits is still up in the air, but… he is definitely not a criminal. But Camil, who was staring at the crystal, turned pale.

“Wh, what is this?”
“What’s th–“

Jill who took a peek at the crystal from behind, was suddenly breathless. Seeing that, I and Zeff also went to take a look. But after seeing the status, we were speechless.

Status Shown
Domestic Chores Lv10
Mental Pain Resist Lv9
Physical Pain Resist Lv8
Disease Resist Lv7
Cold Resist Lv7

Impossible! What is with this level and skills!!? Domestic Chores Lv10… is whatever, but… Mental Pain Resist, Physical Pain Resist, and even Disease and Cold Resist! Moreover everything is over Lv7!? Exactly what kind of environment was he in for him to end up like this? Moreover he is 11 years old, then that means he was living here since he was 8.

“Something the, matter?”
“Um… mmm… Unfortunately, a fighting skill didn’t come out~”

That’s it!? Is that what you should be talking about right now!? I said to myself as I kept staring at Camil. The other two were the same. Camil scowled back at us with a, “Then what SHOULD I talk about in this situation!?” expression.

Sorry, I’m so sorry Camil. This isn’t really something you can talk about.

“Sorry but, do you mind letting me use your toilet?”

While thinking of what to say, what came out of my mouth were those words. The other three glared at me fiercely. I’m sorry, but it can’t be helped… because I really want to run from this place as soon as possible.

“Inside, Will guide… Slime… Many… no worries”
“I won’t. I was a former Slave Magic Practitioner, you know? So I won’t do anything to your slave monsters”

I followed him to the deeper room. When we got there, what greeted me was a large number of slimes.

“This is amazing. I’ve never seen so many slimes before.”
“…For… Research…”
“Research?”
“Evolution, Slime’s”

Having been told, I noticed that when you look at the slimes, not all of them were just slimes. Sticky Slime, Poison Slime, and over there that’s an Acid Slime! And then after that… what are those? Those two slimes… I’ve never seen those types before. But that aside, these kind of high level variations should exist in this forest.

“You found the evolution conditions and made these evolve by yourself?”
“Yes”
“The research of magical beast evolution conditions is a very important thing to Slave Magic Users and Conjurers. Understanding even a single one of these conditions takes a long time. The fact that you were able to understand so many is something worthy of praise. Unfortunately though… they’re all just slimes…”
“Slime… Bad?”
“I’m sorry for saying this but slimes are weak magical beasts. Even if you make them evolve they’re still weak. Although Slave Magic Users and Conjurers often make use of them to study the basics, they don’t have much value outside of that. In general practitioners of both arts would pick a slime for studying, then after a while get rid of them and then tame a Horn Rabbit for their next beast. Because you see, a horn rabbit is at the very least, as a pet, loveable.
“… Tough world”

Tough world? Those are the thoughts of an 11 year old kid?

“Well that’s only the opinion of the majority, it’s not like all Slave Magic Users think that way. At the very least, the Poison Slime’s poison and the Acid Slime’s acid isn’t something that is made light of. After studying the basics, it’s a valid way to make use of the slimes already tamed. Because if it’s a poison slime or an acid slime then at the very least its power is greater than of a horn rabbit.”

“Slime… Convenient… Useful”
“Knowledge the magical beast, how to take advantage of its traits, and giving out orders to make decisions on the battlefield are the most important things to a Slave Magic User. It seems you know this well.”

“Arrived, toilet, here”
“Right, thank you”

Now that you mention it I did ask to borrow the lavatory. Well it’s not like I could tell him it was a lie after going all this way… so I just went ahead and took care of my business then went back to the room.

The Man Picked up by the Gods Volume 1 Chapter 1

~Side Ryouma~

Today was like any other day and I was out hunting to get some food for my slimes. Only, today, some visitors came. They didn’t seem to be bandits, so they were normal people. Within the three years I’ve been living isolated here in the forest, I haven’t met any other humans that weren’t bandits. This was the first time in a long while.

The number of people reflected in my eyes is 5. All of them except for one were wearing armor. That guy who wasn’t wearing an armor was covered in blood and wrapped with bandages. Looks like he’s hurt.

“Ugg… Uggh”

“Hyuzu! Pull yourself together!”

“Camil! Mana is!?”

“Sorry… It’s not ready yet”

“Leav… Me…”

“Don’t say stupid things!”

From the looks of things, they seem to be in a really bad state. I think I should take them with me to my house to let them rest and I could also help tend to their wounds.

In order to do that, I need to go to them and talk to them in a way without being threatening. Hmm… but then, what should I say? “Good day?” Yeah right… the circumstances don’t fit at all! How about, “Hey! you guys! You guys are definitely suspicious, right!? …. Actually I haven’t talked to anyone for the past 3 years so I have communication disorder…” Something like that?

While I was in the process of thinking up of a way to put down their guard, they spotted me.

“Tch! Who’s there!?”

“Wait!”

The man who walked in front pointed his sword immediately but the guy behind him made him stop.

“I apologize for that, just now. We were just being cautious. By the way, who are you? And why are you here? This is a bit too deep in the jungle for a kid so you must be lost, huh?”

Asked the man, but somehow Ryouma’s voice couldn’t come out.

“… Hunt”

“Hunt? Hunting? You?”

“Trap”

“Oh, you hunt by using traps?”

Somehow someway the guy understood what I nodded vigorously to indicate that he got it right.

“But this place is dangerous… ah, whatever. Rather than that, why are you blocking our way?”

I pointed at the wounded man.

“Wounded…”

“Exactly, my subordinate is wounded, which is why we are in a hurry.”

I hurriedly brought out the potion I made, but seeing that, the guy with a sword from a while ago went in front. I quickly jumped back and showed them the potion.

“Wait! … Is that a potion?”

I nod.

“Wound… dangerous… Medicine… Use”

“You would let us use that medicine”

“Hurry…”

Hearing those words, the men glanced at each other and carefully took the bottle.

After they confirmed that the contents weren’t poisonous they gave made the wounded man drink it. After a little while, the color of the man’s face became slightly better and they lowered their guard a little.

“I give you my thanks for giving us this medicine. Like this, Hyuzu may be able hold on for a bit longer.”

I wanted to tell the guy who was thanking me to go to my house to get some rest… but

“House… Rest…”

This is pathetic, the words just won’t come out at all. It’s not like he is a bear or something. I tried talking again and somehow someway I was able to get my thoughts across. Somehow…

We came across a bit of a problem along the way, but somehow we managed to reach the cliff. Whenever I leave I would normally use Earth Magic to shut the entrance tight, so I used Earth Magic to open the entrance and invite them in.

“Inside, welcome”

“Thank you”

When everyone managed to get in, I put up the Barrier of Hiding. Seeing that, one of the armor wearing men spoke up.

“This is… Barrier Magic? That’s a pretty unusual magic, huh? Is the barrier, hiding us?”

I nodded my head once and then replied.

“Can run… You five… don’t worry”

“R- Right. Thanks”

Nodding once, we went deep into the cave. As expected, if someone were to suddenly bring you to their place with nowhere to run, you’d be anxious. But rather than that, I wonder what I should do… More or less it’s gotten better but, I still can’t seem to talk properly…

The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 1 Start– Life in the Other World

In the other world, Seirofuru, within one of the countries, was a man named Takebayashi Ryouma. He was sent to the Forest of Gana in the kingdom of Rifo-ru. As soon as he woke up he took advantage of the lack of people and began his training in Martial Arts and Magic. Three years passed in the blink of an eye and not once has he thought of stepping out of the forest.

“Alright… I guess this is the day’s meal”

Ryouma spent his day to day life gathering fruits, hunting animals, and using magic he learned. It was a comfortable life full of freedom and free of chains.

He made his house by digging a cave out of a cliff with the use of Earth Magic and put up a barrier for the entrance. The earth and sand he got from digging, with a flick of earth magic, were used to create the furniture.

As for meals, there were plenty from the surrounding forest. And with the use of the Neutral Type Magic “Appraisal”, Ryouma could know whatever information he needs. Can it be eaten, can it not be eaten? Without question, Ryouma can distinguish these things. Moreover in his previous world Ryouma couldn’t use magic and because of this was completely immersed in his new found hobby, magic.

Especially the Slave Magic.

Actually, when Ryouma first used Slave Magic, he had only wanted to try it out and caught the slime near him. But somehow one way or another he ended up raising it as a pet and after half a year, something changed. The slime evolved.

When Ryouma woke up that day, he saw the slime and noticed that its color had changed. Somewhat startled, he quickly used his Beast Appraisal ability and found out that the slime had evolved from a slime to a sticky slime.

Sticky Slime
The sticky slime is composed of highly cohesive viscous liquid. It can spit out the viscous liquid, as well as use the viscous liquid hidden in its body to capture its prey and devour it.

Skills:
•   Strong Stricky Liquid Lv1
•   Digestion Lv3
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv1

Ryouma pondered on why the slime suddenly evolved and he figured that the culprit must be the Green Caterpillar.

For meals Ryouma generally fed the slime his leftovers and during hunting, he would continuously feed the slime the dead green caterpillars that kept appearing. He figured that was probably the reason. Wild slimes were at the bottom most of the ecosystem. Normally, without being able to catch their own preys to eat, they are only left with the choice of swarming over the corpses of the dead.

With that in mind, Ryouma had his meals every day and the left overs of that meal were given to his slime to eat. In other words, Ryouma’s slime is different from wild slimes and is able to eat every day. Moreover within the meal of the slime were some viscous body fluids. The green caterpillars that spit viscous threads were included in the day to day meal. Ryouma considered this to be a probable hypothesis for the evolution of the slime.

After that day Ryouma caught three slimes and everyday he would continue to feed it green caterpillar. And after two months the three slimes had all evolved into sticky slimes just as he suspected.

Because of this Ryouma’s interest in Slave Magic increased and he caught a large number of slimes and made them eat various things. Speaking of which, because of these the food consumption shot off through the roof… until he thought of a plan to combine his traps with the sticky slimes. Like this he was able to secure the feeds for his slimes.

The end result? Ryouma’s slimes’ current status as of this time are as follows:

Sticky Slime x 153
What started out as 4 slimes, somehow ended up this many after splitting. Also the abilities at the start were only Strong Cohesive Liquid, Digestion, Absorption, and digestion but after a while the slimes also learned Cohesive Hardening Liquid, Cohesive String Shot, and Jump. From the looks of things it seems even magical beasts can learn skills by training. Also it seems it is also possible to learn new skills by combining already learned skills.

After studying the properties of the cohesive class skills, Ryouma was pondering on whether or not the 2 kinds of liquid, Strong Cohesive Liquid and Sticky Hardening Liquid, from the slime will be able to create something. Doing that he noticed that he was able to make something threadlike. Wanting to see whether the slimes will be able to create the same thing in their body, he made them do it. It took some practice but after a while the slimes learned the skill.

Current Skills:
•   Strong Cohesive Liquid Lv4
•   Sticky Hardening Liquid Lv1
•   Sticky String Shot Lv1
•   Jump Lv1
•   Digestion Lv3
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv3

Poison Slime x 188
This slime evolution is a result of continuously being fed poisonous plants and animal feed. But because of the method of ingesting poison, a large number of slimes died in the process, and only a handful of slimes managed to evolve. After that, due to splitting the slimes ended up with this number.

Skills
•   Generate Poisonous Liquid Lv3
•   Poison Resistance Lv3
•   Generate Paralyzing Poison Liquid Lv3
•   Jump Lv1
•   Digestion Lv3
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv3

Acid Slime x 100
A slime born out of sheer coincidence. Apparently in order for the slimes to consume the hard bones of beasts, the slimes body responded by increasing their digestion ability. After splitting the numbers ended up like this.

Skills
•   Generate Strong Acid Lv3
•   Acid Resistance Lv3
•   Jump Lv1
•   Digestion Lv4
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv2

Cleaner Slimes x 11
Another slime born out of sheer luck. Slimes are omnivores, but they have a particular fondness for drinking water. When Ryouma washed his body, there were some among the slimes that wanted to drink the water Ryouma used. Well, it didn’t seem like it really mattered so he left them alone, and then they ended up like this.

Skills
•   Cleaning Lv4
•   Deodorization Lv6
•   Deodorization Liquid Lv4
•   Disease Resist Lv5
•   Poison Resist Lv5
•   Jump Lv1
•   Digestion Lv3
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv1

Scavenger Slim x 457
Ryouma was unhappy with the fumes coming from the toilet and the place he designated for trash. Remembering how the slimes liked to gather around the foul stench of dead bodies and the case of the cleaner slimes. He decided to catch 20 new slimes and threw them all there. The result was the Scavenger Slime. This evolution is able to turn its digested nutrients into fertilizer and throw it up. It also splits far more frequently compared to other slimes.

Skills
•   Disease Resist Lv5
•   Poison Resist Lv5
•   Eat Filth Lv5
•   Cleaning Lv6
•   Deodorization Lv6
•   Deodorization Liquid Lv4
•   Release Stench Lv4
•   Return Nutrients Lv3
•   Jump Lv1
•   Digestion Lv6
•   Absorption Lv3
•   Split Lv6

Like this, Ryouma’s pets numbered over 900. From the start Ryouma had always enjoyed setting additional milestones for himself whenever he played games, and never found any difficulties with doing mindless things repetitively like raising levels. After coming here, with no one to stop him, he had completely lost even the tiniest tinge of self-control.

Incidentally, because tamers normally ignored slimes, no one knew anything of the slime evolutions. And the cleaner slimes and scavenger slimes in particular are new species that have never existed before.

Ryouma’s days were spent like this, continuously indulged with the slimes and his magic. From time to time beasts and bandits would come around but they were all crushed by the number of slimes and traps. And as for the ones who did manage to do something, they were killed effortlessly by Ryouma’s own fighting strength.

The Man Picked up by the Gods – Prologue#3

Edit: 2016/03/07 added names, edited a few lines, and fixed some wrong names. Particularly Martial God = Teagle; Melia = Sage.
After the three main gods returned home, they called the souls of two elders.

“Oi!… what the?”[Man]

“Where is th–!! Teagle? Is it Teagle!?” [Woman]

“Melia!? How!?” [Teagle]

“Ah… looks like you’ve come to” [Gayn]

At that voice the 2 elders came to notice the three gods and turned around.

“Wh-who the heck are you?!” [Teagle]

“Wait Teagle! You people are, gods, right?” [Melia]

“Precisely, you did well figuring that out. It was us that brought the two of you here.” [Gayn]

“Because of my age, I was being nursed by my husband and should have already died. That I’m here, then does that mean Teagle also?” [Melia]

“Yeah… Of all things the last thing I saw was that piece of shit village chief… And? What did you bring us here for?” [Teagle]

“Well… you see, we want the two of you to lend us your names.” [Kufo]

After that the three main gods explained to the two the exhaustion of mana and the supplementation of it by taking mana from a different world. During that, they also talked about the situation of Ryouma Takebayashi.

“I think, I got the gist of it… in other words this guy you brought from another world is packing quite a bit of heat, so in order not to arouse suspicion you want us to make it so that he is our disciple.” [Melia]

“Exactly, not only did he come from another world and is talented at martial arts, but he is also talented at magic.” [Gayn]

“If you include even the gifts you’ve given him then, he’ll end up going past the realm of geniuses.” [Melia]

“While I didn’t add anything to his martial skills, I made it so he can use various magic. Depending on how he trains, he can grow really fast. Moreover, being able to use both martial and magic skills, he’ll end up reaching an absurd level. So I want to make it so that he was picked up by you guys and was taught various techniques. And besides…” [Kufo]

“This is his status” [Gayn]

When the two elders saw the status, their faces were filled with shock.

“Wh-what is this guy?” [Teagle]

“For Resist Class Skills to actually end up like this…” [Melia]

“Umu, the Resist Class Skills are especially abnormal.” [Gayn]

“From the looks of things, the god of the other world intentionally gave him bad luck and stole the happiness that he should have had. Thanks to that he kept living his life in suffering. These various skills were not given by us so we can’t exactly erase it. But the thing is, once he gets there he’ll definitely get asked how his Resist Class Skills ended up like that.” [Rurutia]

“That’s why you chose our village.” [Melia]

“Well that does make sense, the people around the village are quite problematic. Children and people who can’t fight get bullied a lot as useless trash… but, won’t they find out? All they need to do is ask where that kid’s family is and they’ll find out right there and then.” [Teagle]

“There’s no such worries. Since, a few months after you guys died, the village was destroyed. There’s no one left in that village anymore.” [Gayn]

“What!?” [Teagle]

“What happened?” [Melia]

“Well you see the people of that village were making killing out of the weapon and medicines you guys made, but when you guys died all that went down the drain. In the end they weren’t really able to find a way to make a living.” [Gayn]

“After you guys died, the village head couldn’t make as much money as you two and went mad. The useless people and the children who lost their relatives were then sold to slave traders. And eventually, even the villagers themselves started to get sold to the slave traders. When the villagers found out about that, it became a huge mess and the villagers killed the village head. The villagers then took all the money the village head saved and tried to run away to the village. Along the way though, they ended up falling out and most of them died, the few survivors were then caught by slave traders and were sold.” [Kufo]

“Tch! How helpless can someone be!?” [Teagle]

“They continued to abuse people with lower classes for over 150 years, you know? Considering that twisted tradition of theirs, it’s already plenty commendable that they lasted that long.” [Gayn]

“True… Then from the looks of it there’s no problem. Go ahead.” [Melia]

“I’m also ok with it. Besides we’re already dead. So it doesn’t matter anymore. I was called the Martial God (TL Note: Chufeng!) during my lifetime, but honestly it never really mattered.” [Teagle]

“Rather if possible I would like it if that kid could continue the research I couldn’t finish…” [Melia]

“No problem I’ll let him know. Although I don’t what he will do… is that ok?” [Rurutia]

“Of course, whatever happens is the kid’s choice. After all this is only my selfishness.” [Melia]

“Then in that case tell him where I hid Melia’s book and my weapons. There were quite a bit of stuff I didn’t want to give to the villagers so I hid them before I died. If it’s you guys, then you understand, right? If the boy is going to inherit Melia’s research, then those things will definitely be necessary. My weapons should prove to be helpful.” [Teagle]

“Consider it done. I thank the two of you for your cooperation.” [Kufo]

“As thanks I’ll arrange it so that the two of you meet in your next life as well.” [Rurutia]

“My… thank you.” [Melia]

“Why? Why would you do something like that just because we lent you our name after dying? Ah… whatever, I’ll just gratefully take it. To the brat from the other world too! Thanks kid!” [Teagle]

After that the three main gods saw the two elders off, and dealt with the preparations for the next life. And then after finishing the settings at the last moment, sent Ryouma a letter. The 3 gods ran some checks on the world that has been supplemented with mana, and then went back to their everyday lives.