Chapter 68

Chapter 68

Trap (1)

‘Yes! I wanted to hear that! Hurry up and tell me! Why did you become a magic tool doping mage!’

Kkanjuk, who had been watching the situation through the third-person relay window, was finally happy that the topic he wanted came out.

The concentration Gracie showed while observing the slime over the past 2 weeks.

Looking at that appearance, a warm smile formed at the thought that she was indeed his descendant, but at the same time, the curiosity about why she became a doping mage relying on magic tools couldn’t help but grow.

“The reason I collect magic tools?”

“Yes. Gracie seems to particularly like magic tools, so I was curious. If you don’t want to talk about it...”

“No! Why wouldn’t I want to talk! That’s not it!”

‘Rather, if I talk about myself a bit and get closer to the Saintess, that’d be good!’

Gracie, who unhesitatingly chose the new method of magic tools to receive support funds, was the type to seize opportunities when they came.

Originally, Gracie had no same-age friends with whom she could share stories about her family or past.

There was the heart of wanting to get closer to the Saintess, but separately from that, she was inwardly happy that she was getting someone to talk about such things to, while also being nervous at the same time.

‘Let’s be careful not to stutter.’

Gracie temporarily stopped the hand that had been diligently writing something while observing the slime and opened her mouth.

“I already told you that I’m a descendant of the proud Heavenly Law mage Ventus Frail, right?”

“Yes.”

“Actually, even though I’m a descendant of that proud person... besides him, there was no talented person in our family.”

“Yes?”

Smiling awkwardly, Gracie talked about her family and past.

Her grandmother’s cousin.

After the Heavenly Law mage Ventus Frail died in a magic accident, the mental shock her grandmother experienced.

The education toward the children that was passed down because of that.

And her own admiration toward the Heavenly Law mage and the Frail family’s support fund situation, etc.

“So I became interested in magic tools. As items to supplement that talent since I don’t have outstanding talent like the Heavenly Law mage.”

“I see. But other people don’t use magic tools well...”

Even from Amelia’s eyes, the amount of magic tools Gracie was using was really a lot.

“Yes. Well, so there are people who see it negatively. But! I suppressed that with my skill in utilizing magic tools! Even looking like this, there probably isn’t anyone better than me at handling magic tools in the Magic Tower? Besides... the Magic Tower Lord also cheered for me!”

“Oh my, is that so.”

‘What? That guy cheered for my descendant?’

Kkanjuk couldn’t help but be puzzled when the story of the current Magic Tower Lord who betrayed him, Brooks Besilja, suddenly came out.

“I still vividly recall it. I mustered the courage and told the Magic Tower Lord that I wanted to raise my skills by utilizing magic tools. Honestly, I thought I’d be laughed at or scolded.”

After a brief pause, chewing over the emotion of that time, Gracie said.

“The Magic Tower Lord, far from scolding, rather laughed greatly and said it was very good. Moreover, he even said that if there were magic tools I wanted, he would help me!”

“The Magic Tower Lord is a kind person.”

“Yes!”

‘He laughed? If there were magic tools I wanted, he would help...?’

Kkanjuk could tell.

Because he was the same natural-type mage, and because he knew the personality of the one who betrayed him, he could notice.

At that time, Brooks Besilja’s words were not cheering.

But to laugh at the sight of his natural-type mage descendant becoming a magic tool doping mage.

‘Brooks uuuuuu!!!’

Kkanjuk felt the desire to storm into the Magic Tower right now well up.

Setting aside scratching the heart as a natural-type mage, the actions of the traitor Brooks who was toying with his descendant were detestable.

However, if he did that, not only the slime but also his cousin sister and other relatives remaining at the Magic Tower would be in danger.

Because from Gracie’s story, he knew how much his cousin sister had suffered mentally.

He barely tried to suppress the anger, but,

“So, in order to repay the Magic Tower Lord’s support, I’ll become the best magic tool mage!”

-Kuaaaaaaah!

Kkanjuk’s scream echoed emptily inside the secret workshop.

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‘Fun! Good!’

The slime was spending the most enjoyable days recently.

The time of playing with various magic tools continuing every day.

The walk done under the reason of finding those who want a helping hand.

The various things seen every time an incident happens.

For the curious slime, it was stimulating days with no time to be bored.

‘Gracie! Good!’

How good it was that Gracie entered the slime’s good person list side by side with Nellin, Jessie, Godric’s party, Amelia, and Paulen.

And in the midst of spending such days, a new change occurred for the slime.

That was the utilization method of tentacles.

After a new tentacle sprouted on the tentacle, the slime’s actions became different from before.

For example, when eating snacks.

When Amelia made cookies, the usual slime’s intake method was to climb on top and absorb them.

But now it could pick up the cookies one by one using tentacles and eat them.

Usually it swallowed them all at once and absorbed them, but now it learned the method of savoring the taste one by one.

‘Delicious!’

Brrrr!

“Cu, cute!”

“Hahaha, already utilizing it well?”

When first seeing that appearance, Amelia and Paulen thought of the slime as praiseworthy like watching a baby toddling.

Just by taking out one more tentacle and becoming a different form, it gained new enjoyment.

Then if it could make other shapes, wouldn’t it be more enjoyable?

Not just taking out tentacles ordinarily, but if it made the tentacle itself into a different shape, wouldn’t it be able to play more fun?

Such a thought flashed by.

‘I want to make it differently!’

The moment a new desire bloomed, the slime tried as always.

The effort to make the tentacle it created into a different shape.

But.

Pop!

Pop!

Pop!

‘This isn’t it!’

Even if it tried to change the tentacle in the desired way, it was just a new tentacle growing on one tentacle.

Of course, such efforts of the slime, from the perspectives of Amelia, Paulen, and Gracie, looked like it was playing by making and putting away tentacles.

When it first made a tentacle from a tentacle, it was easy, so it tried to do it itself.

But even after spending several days it didn’t work, so the slime decided to try another method.

▷Tell me!

It was requesting help in the chat window right away.

[Free Spirit]▶? What are you saying?

▶My body weight?

▶Who’s curious about that kind of thing?

▶Is it a secret reverse scale collection?

[Noblesse Fire]▶Who’s the guy collecting that kind of insolent thing!

▶Look at the old fogey reacting right away lolol

[Soft Queen]▶Be quiet! My kin is speaking right now! My kin! So what is it that you want me to tell you? Speak!

The slime immediately typed what it wanted in the chat.

▷Tentacle! Want to change! Shape! Want to change!

‘Oho! So that’s what you desire!’

At the continuing chat, the slime queen inwardly cheered that her turn had finally come.

The part the slime mentioned was a field where other monsters couldn’t give advice or teach techniques.

Only herself, the same slime queen, could give the answer to the slime.

‘Finally! Finally the opportunity to help my kin has come!’

The slime queen who had been secretly concerned because there was nothing she could properly claim as having helped the slime with so far.

[Soft Queen]▶If it’s that, it’s my specialty! I shall help you, my kin!

▷Wow!

▶Oh~ finally Soft Queen is giving advice?

▶Since the sticking insect always informs, I thought the sticking insect was a slime.

[Just Stick It In and See]▶Who’s a slime! I’m strictly a Fenrir! A pro of hunting and able to do the best headbutt...

[Soft Queen]▶Be quiet! I must receive my kin’s question!

[Noblesse Fire]▶lolol Mallang is desperate.

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Finally an opportunity to give advice helpful as a slime, isn’t it. Tsk tsk, you didn’t even notice that?

‘Everyone be quiet!’

Anxious that if the chat got noisy for no reason and it didn’t ask, what would she do, the slime queen’s insides burned.

But the slime queen’s worry was an unnecessary worry.

Because the slime wasn’t the type to hesitate and not do it just because there was a lot of chat when it was curious about something!

▷Tentacle not changing! Only popping out! New one not coming out!

▶Not popping out lolol.

[Thread Lady]▶Even the expression is cute~.

While other viewers laughed and felt warm seeing the slime’s expression.

The slime queen rotated her head as much as possible, grasped the slime’s intention, and thought of a solution.

[Soft Queen]▶I know what the problem is!

▶Real?

▶What do you know with that?

[Soft Queen]▶In other words, what my kin wants to say is this! You want to make a new shaped tentacle come out but it’s not working, isn’t it!

▷Right! Not coming out! New shape not coming out!

Brrrr!

At the slime queen’s answer that immediately understood its words, the slime trembled happily.

‘Huhu, if it’s my kin’s hardship, I can know right away!’

Satisfied with the slime’s reaction, the slime queen immediately presented a solution.

[Soft Queen]▶My kin, first the method you’re doing now is wrong.

▷Wrong?

[Soft Queen]▶Yes, the attempt to make a new shaped tentacle is wrong.

[Soft Queen]▶You shouldn’t think of making a new shaped tentacle from the beginning, but think of changing the shape of the originally taken out tentacle!

Soft Queen then gave additional explanation.

Making a different form of tentacle from the beginning is impossible.

But after first taking out one tentacle, deforming the shape based on that tentacle is possible.

[Soft Queen]▶Of course, this is not easy. Unlike tentacle creation, you must obtain a new skill called tentacle deformation!

▷Tentacle deformation! How do I obtain it?

Tentacle deformation is originally a skill obtained in the evolutionary individual process before gaining intelligence.

‘But my kin already has intelligence and also has the desire for a new skill.’

Then it might be possible.

Even without going through evolution, without needing to wait for a new skill to be registered in the shop, the slime might be able to learn tentacle deformation.

Staking on that possibility, the slime queen advised the slime.

Don’t think of taking out a new tentacle, but concentrate mana and try to change the shape of the already taken out tentacle.

And at the slime queen’s advice, the slime newly tried and made effort.

The slime concentrating mana on the already existing tentacle and trying to change it to a different shape.

At first it couldn’t get the feel.

But as the number of times increased, the slime gradually began to understand what changing the tentacle meant.

Around the time 5 days had passed since trying.

When about 17 days had passed since arriving at the Magic Tower.

[Skill: Tentacle Deformation has been acquired.]

The confirmation stamp came down from the system.

The shape of the tentacle the slime deformed for the first time.

The familiar shape the slime had seen the most, and the shape it unconsciously thought was easy to make.

The shape that the system also acknowledged as having acquired the skill was precisely.

‘Done! Tray!’

It was a round tray.