Gensokyo, I am a slime, everyone loves me

The monster's footsteps were getting closer.

Was the crying too loud?

That's fine too, this way I won't have to be afraid or struggle to live anymore.

The boy closed his eyes, letting himself sink into the depths of darkness.

[Notification. Acquired Unique Skill Great Sage]

[Notification. Acquired Unique Skill Predator]

[Due to Individual Bai Luo being in a dangerous state, Great Sage will temporarily take over actions.]

As the mechanical-sounding female voice rang out, his eyes uncontrollably opened slowly.

In front was a ferocious-looking spider.

Its back had two thick bone-like wings, and the dense eyes on its head were all staring at him, clearly having discovered him.

Suddenly, his body became uncontrollable. Before he could react, he had already stood up and charged towards the spider!

Was it because of the voice just now?

The boy didn't know, but he still thought he couldn't win.

A mere Slime.

How could he possibly defeat this kind of monster?

However, everything that happened next completely overturned his understanding.

The blue figure was like lightning.

It quickly darted through the narrow alley, constantly attacking the monster. Even though the monster brandished its sharp tentacles, it was useless.

Finally.

The spider let out a miserable cry and fell, its head crushed by it, which was a Slime.

[Using Skill Predator]

As its voice fell, the spider's corpse was swallowed by a giant net made of blue liquid, disappearing without a trace.

[Notification. Giant Lion Spider analysis successful]

[Acquired Skill Tough Spider Web]

[Acquired Skill Intimidation]

[Acquired significant increase in physical attributes]

Control of his body returned.

The boy asked blankly, "Who are you?"

[Notification. I am your Unique Skill Great Sage, and will exist together with you from now on.]

"Great Sage..."

He murmured the unfamiliar name again, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Great Sage, will you always stay with me?"

[Yes, Great Sage will always stay with Bai Luo.]

After receiving the affirmative reply.

Tears could no longer be held back and gushed out of his eyes.

The boy cried out loud, as if to vent all the sadness, grievances, and pain accumulated over the years.

As he cried, a pleasant melody rang out...

The world seemed to quiet down.

Only this pure, clean sound remained.

A lullaby?

He didn't know where it came from, but he heard it—

"Great Sage, from now on... no matter what happens from now on, you must stay with me, don't leave me alone!"

The boy issued the command choked with sobs.

[Understood]

...

His memory stopped at this moment.

The boy was him.

He was Bai Luo...

Then this crying sound, was it Great Sage's voice?

Why would Great Sage cry?

Fantasy Land, Yakumo Yukari, A-San...

Fragmented memories gradually pieced together, unfamiliar yet familiar faces emerged one by one, finally converging into a familiar yet strange scene.

He remembered.

But shouldn't he have already died?

Moreover, according to the agreement, shouldn't Great Sage live on in Fantasy Land as an independent entity through a clone?

Bai Luo didn't understand, and couldn't comprehend.

But none of that mattered anymore.

Great Sage was crying.

It shouldn't be like this, Great Sage shouldn't cry.

His consciousness became clearer, and his obsession urged him to wake up as soon as possible.

He tried hard to open his eyes.

His eyelids were heavy, as difficult as if pressed down by a thousand pounds of stone. Bai Luo exerted all his strength and finally managed to pry open a thin slit.

His vision slowly cleared.

A white ceiling.

His eyeballs turned to look beside him.

Great Sage sat at the foot of the bed, with crystal tears in the corners of its eyes, a red nose from crying, and its whole being exuded grievance and helplessness, making one's heart ache particularly.

It was crying, trembling.

Bai Luo was stunned, wanting to raise his hand to wipe away its tears, but found that he couldn't move at all.

He concentrated his control over his cells on his lips and softly hummed a song.

Great Sage stopped crying.

Joy.

Following the joy was trembling.

Then, Great Sage cried even harder, like a little beast, its voice whimpering, tears gushing out like a broken dam, unstoppable.

"...I know... I know... but you also gave a command before, that no matter what happens from now on, I must always stay with you, don't leave you alone."

2

Chapter 2: Was I Picked Up? Skill Evolution!

This was the first time Bai Luo had seen Great Sage cry.

He comforted it for a long, long time before finally getting it to stop crying.

Great Sage kept apologizing.

Apologizing for violating the command.

But Bai Luo knew that it had kept the promise.

After recovering some mobility, Bai Luo gently stroked its head, like comforting a child.

He hummed that song.

Just like Great Sage had comforted him back then.

...

He didn't know how long had passed.

Only then did Great Sage calm down again.

But before Bai Luo could speak, it canceled control over the clone, allowing the clone to merge back into the main body.

"Tsk."

Bai Luo tsked, then teased, "Great Sage, you're shy, aren't you? Definitely."

Great Sage didn't respond to him, but instead reported the current situation—

[Notification. Evolution value has reached 100%, Bai Luo has advanced 45%, it is recommended to complete the remaining 55% advancement.]

"Evolution value is 100%?"

Bai Luo was startled, then suddenly realized that he should be dead by now.

[Due to Slime magic crystal analysis being completed just now, the remaining evolution value has been supplemented.]

"Slime magic crystal?"

"Did I ever devour this thing?"

Bai Luo was even more confused. How could he not remember devouring this Slime magic crystal?

And there wasn't even a species like Slime in this world.

After thinking for a long time.

Bai Luo still had no clue.

Could it be that his memory hadn't fully recovered?

[Reminder. On the way back to Happy Hut after completing information registration at Hieda no Akyuu's registration office.]

Great Sage replayed the scene from that time in his mind.

A stone.

He remembered!

The stone that he thought looked like an ordinary stone no matter how he looked at it at the time, but Great Sage said was a treasure!

As if realizing something, Bai Luo couldn't help but gasp:

"...Slime magic crystal? Are there other Slimes in Fantasy Land? At that time, the evolution value was still short by nearly ten points, right? This thing added so much evolution value? Could it be that some senior also transmigrated as a Slime?"

Bai Luo guessed, then shook his head to deny it.

There were no records of Slimes in Fantasy Land at all, and even in the outside world, they only became known through games in recent years.

Just as Bai Luo was completely puzzled, Great Sage provided the answer—

[Upon analysis, the magic energy within this Slime magic crystal is almost identical to Individual Bai Luo.]

"The same as me?"

Bai Luo's eyes widened.

[Correct. Preliminary judgment is that it was left by the future Bai Luo.]

As Great Sage spoke, Bai Luo, however, laughed heartily with his hands on his hips.

"As expected of me, to play this trick. I knew I wouldn't die so easily."

Although he didn't understand how his future self did it, Bai Luo still boasted proudly about himself.