Chapter 64

Chapter 64

Paper (3)

At Gracie’s earnest request, Amelia conditionally allowed the research on the slime.

First and foremost, there must be no danger to the slime.

When researching, it must always be done in a place where Amelia and Paulen are watching.

And since Amelia had come to the Magic Tower to accumulate training, Gracie would also go around the streets together looking for those who needed a helping hand.

The last condition was one Paulen set in preparation for the situation where Amelia might avoid walks by saying she was helping Gracie’s research.

Gracie accepted all these conditions.

Going around the streets every day? Just think of it as a walk.

What Gracie had originally worried about was the flow being interrupted while she was concentrating.

But if the research topic was already decided and she could concentrate on the research afterward just by walking around briefly, it was rather good.

After reaching an agreement like that, the walk to find people who needed a helping hand began.

‘Magic tools...’

They had reached a smooth agreement, but when they actually went out for a walk, the slime was regretful.

Because it had thought it could see and play with lots of magic tools, but ended up going out for a walk.

[Noblesse Fire]▶Mallang looks dejected.

[Thread Lady]▶Even the dejected appearance is too cute~!

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Heh heh, it seems because it saw so many magic tools but couldn’t use them.

[Just Stick It In and See]▶Hmph, what’s fun about playing with just that, hunting is more fun.

▶Tsk tsk tsk old fogey thinking.

▶Hunting recklessly is no fun yy.

▶Honestly, I also thought it looked fun watching Mallang play with it.

[Just Stick It In and See]▶That’s because you guys don’t know the true taste of hunting!

▶-Old-

▶Is that why the kids ignore you?

[Just Stick It In and See]▶Shut up!!!!

▶lololol.

-Haa...

While scratching and teasing as usual in the chat window.

Kkanjuk barely recovered from the mental damage and looked at the screen.

‘Right, I can just think of it as having the will to dedicate one’s body for research.’

Having somehow packaged his descendant’s servile appearance and finished self-rationalization, Kkanjuk first decided to comfort the dejected slime.

[Free Spirit]▶Mallang-nim! Don’t worry. After the walk ends, you can play with lots of magic tools!

At Kkanjuk’s chat, the slime reacted immediately.

▷Really?

[Free Spirit]▶Yy. That’s what that human was saying. After finishing the walk, it will let you play with several magic tools.

‘Wow! Magic tools! Playing with several!’

Brrrr!

Hearing Kkanjuk’s words, the slime trembled and rejoiced again.

“Huh? Why are you suddenly trembling?”

When the slime suddenly trembled during the walk, Gracie was puzzled.

“Budul trembles like this or jumps in place when it’s happy.”

“Hahaha, it must be in a good mood from the walk.”

“I, is that so?”

‘Really amazing research material... no, slime.’

Gracie began observing the slime that would become her paper material while walking around.

And soon she could understand what Amelia and Paulen had said at first.

‘Is it really a slime?’

To the point where such doubts arose, the slime the Saintess brought showed appearances of understanding and reacting to people’s words.

At first she thought it was just words said with rose-colored glasses on a pet slime, but the Saintess’s words were all true.

The slime was on the Saintess’s hand and, even without moving directly, was expressing its intentions in various ways.

For example, if there was a store it wanted to enter, it took out a tentacle and pointed in that direction.

The slime that trembled as if completely understanding and responding to the Saintess or Paladin’s words.

They just didn’t use the same language, but they were definitely communicating.

It was truly an amazing sight, but Gracie was not very surprised.

‘Right. Since it’s a slime that does things even high-ranking mages can’t easily do, being smart is natural, isn’t it?’

The sight of the slime using magic tools had given Gracie that much of a shock.

Of course, Gracie was not just silently walking around during the walk either.

Amelia and Paulen, who had only arrived at the Magic Tower 3 days ago, had no way of knowing the Magic Tower streets well.

Therefore, while walking around as a walk, if there were buildings they didn’t know or items that looked amazing, they asked Gracie questions, and Gracie kindly answered the two’s questions.

“That’s a scroll specialty store. It’s a place often visited by adventurers with good pocket situations.”

“Ah, that’s a place famous as a hidden restaurant. The pasta there is really delicious. What? Why is it famous while being a hidden restaurant? It’s only famous to people who know. Rather, if it becomes too famous, there won’t be any for themselves to eat, so they control the information to some extent.”

“It’s better not to go that way. It’s mainly where people who have gone bad in taste or caused accidents and been kicked out of the Magic Tower are...”

“What kind of accident did they cause to...”

“An accident where while researching, they blew up not only their own lab but both sides. Of course, afterward, instead of reflecting, they argued with the Magic Tower Lord.”

“Ah...”

In addition to being allowed to take the slime as a research subject, and because it was a role appointed by the Magic Tower Lord, Gracie explained while attaching everything she thought was necessary first.

Thanks to that, even though it was only one walk, Amelia and Paulen were able to know the places they shouldn’t wander around in the Magic Tower and the places they must visit.

The walk accompanied by kind explanations became longer than expected, and before they knew it, it was lunchtime, so Amelia and Paulen decided to have lunch at the store Gracie recommended.

“Thank you for guiding us today, Gracie.”

“It was really easy to understand, Gracie.”

“Ah, no! This is originally my role! Rather, for allowing the research, I don’t know how to thank you...!”

While the three people were peacefully conversing.

‘Delicious!’

The slime had temporarily forgotten about magic tools and was happily eating the food ordered for its share.

Normally, impressions about the eating show would have come up, but now a slightly different topic was filling the chat room.

[Noblesse Fire]▶That dangling human’s talking is funny lol.

▶Why is she talking about the scroll she failed to use? lolol

▶Ah, it was funny, have a drink~

▶The story of her losing in bargaining was also funny yy.

Gracie’s experience stories that she inserted in the middle so that the two people who provided precious research material wouldn’t get bored.

Most of them felt like failure stories, so the reaction from the viewers was even better.

Because for viewers who wanted stimulating material, it was a good laughingstock!

For the viewers, it was the same as hearing a story of someone falling funnily.

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶The story about humans’ shamelessness was also fun. Blowing up the nest next to them together and not even apologizing.

[Noblesse Fire]▶I thought that guy’s guts looked good.

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶You empathize because you’re a shameless old fogey, heh heh.

[Noblesse Fire]▶This bastard is picking a fight again?

▶The old fogeys are fighting again lolol.

Of course, even if the topic was different from usual, the chat room was the chat room.

Once a talking topic passed, it eventually returned to the usual atmosphere.

However, even in such a situation.

‘Why are you telling that one by one and becoming a laughingstock aaaaah!’

The fact that his descendant was becoming chat room material was nothing but frustrating for Kkanjuk.

If it was another monster’s child or kin getting into a funny situation, Kkanjuk would have laughed too, but when he was in that position, the shock was considerable.

The mental shock Kkanjuk felt through Gracie could be said to be the greatest even throughout the years since becoming a lich.

After finishing the meal.

Finally, the time Gracie wanted arrived.

Researching the slime.

“Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!”

‘I can do it! Observe without taking my eyes off even for a moment! What should I start with? First, whether it can use other magic tools? Or should I experiment on how long it can maintain?’

Exhaling roughly, Gracie pondered what to research first.

Exhaling was to calm herself, but to others it looked very worrisome.

“Gracie, please calm down.”

“Paladin?”

“Since we’ll be here for a month, how about having the mindset of doing it one by one step by step? Rather than spending time worrying about whether to start from the upper body or lower body, and in what way to train the muscles, it’s better to firmly decide on one and think about the next, like that.”

“Uh...”

The example about muscles didn’t resonate with Gracie, who was far from exercise, but precisely because it didn’t resonate, she was able to calm her excitement.

“Thank you.”

‘Good, then let’s start with that!’

Gracie brought one of the magic tools from the display stand and held it out to the slime.

“This! Want to try using this?”

Gracie’s eyes sparkled as she held out the magic tool to the slime.

‘A magic tool!’

When the slime excitedly took out a tentacle and tried to extend it toward the new magic tool.

“Wait a moment.”

Amelia extended her hand and blocked in between.

‘Huh?’

“W, why is that, Saintess?”

‘Don’t tell me it’s already not allowed?’

Had she been toyed with?

Did the Saintess actually have a twisted personality?

In a situation like giving candy and taking it away, all sorts of suspicions tried to rise in Gracie’s head.

“Please explain what kind of magic tool it is.”

“Ah!”

‘I must be crazy! Why did I forget that!’

“I’m sorry! I got excited and forgot the most important thing! I’m really sorry! So please, don’t cancel the research please...!”

She had only said it with the meaning that since it was a magic tool seen for the first time, she should be told how to use it, but she couldn’t help but be flustered by Gracie’s intense reaction.

“I, I won’t cancel it. So please explain. Budul also needs to know the usage method to use it.”

“Yes! This is a magic tool that sprays wind. As you can see, it operates with a magic stone. If you turn this handle here...”

The magic tool Gracie brought was cylindrical in shape.

There was a hole on one side, and in the middle there was a space to insert a magic stone.

And on the opposite side of the hole, there was a handle in the shape of combining ㄱ and ㄴ.

When Gracie held that handle and turned it to the right.

Whoooosh!

Wind started coming out from the place with the hole.

“Wind comes out like this! If you turn the handle more, stronger wind comes out.”

‘Wow!’

At the magic tool of a type seen for the first time, the slime’s desire to play with it quickly welled up.

After finishing the explanation, Gracie returned the handle to its original position and held the magic tool out to the slime again while saying.

“First, try using this. When the magic stone’s mana runs out, will you try operating it with your mana like you showed today?”

‘Yes!’

Boing!

The slime answered in its heart and took out a tentacle to receive the magic tool.

And.

‘Uncomfortable!’

The slime faced a new problem.