Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

“…Of course.”

I only heard the mass of things laugh heartily:

"I pay a lot of attention to maintenance."

The girl tilted her head and pinched the round blood clot, leaving a handprint. She opened her mouth and sighed, "Oh~," and said, "It looks like a cloud."

"The sunset clouds? They do look a bit like them. ...Hey, even though it doesn't hurt, you can't pinch me like that."

The blood clot suddenly twisted, escaped from the silver-haired girl's hands, which were rising higher and higher, and lay back on the floor.

The girl squatted down again and tilted her head towards the blood clot, "No?"

"No." The blood clot stretched out two pseudopodia and made a cross in front of its body.

"Boring man."

"Please call me a boring slime."

Just watching and listening——

"...Heh, heh heh."

Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help laughing out loud.

Lenai and the Blood Star Slime paused at the same time, tilting their heads (if the pseudopodia sticking out of the slime could be called a head) to look at the girl not far away who was trying hard to cover her mouth and almost couldn't hide her laughter.

"Su Shi?"

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself--"

It's a little bit ridiculous. ...Myself.

The girl slowly lowered her hands and raised her head.

There seemed to be twinkling stars in those blue eyes.

With a sweet smile and beautiful eyes, she took brisk steps with her hands behind her back, squatted down beside Lenai, and imitated the girl's previous behavior, reaching out to touch the small red thing: at first glance, it looked liquid, but it felt surprisingly tough, as if a bag of red ink was placed in a transparent membrane, and one could clearly feel the warmth through the smooth surface.

"Hey. Zheli. Zheli is really called Zheli, right?"

The slime extended a pseudopod and gently stroked the back of the girl's hand. "Yeah. The name is real."

"You didn't lie to me."

"If you put it that way... apart from the jokes, it does seem to be true."

She grinned brightly, "Then—"

monster?

Reign at the top of the food chain?

so what.

It was such a monster that broke into her world that night and became her light.

——Even though you have become like this, the hand you extend to me is still as warm as ever.

I care about each of her more than anyone else.

and so.

Nagasaki Suyo pounced on the bloody ball of mud, hugging it tightly, tightly, as if wanting to melt into the flaming blood.

"No matter what you become, I still love you."

So, I will also like each of you.

"..."

The deliberately harsh noise finally stopped at this moment.

Bao Deng Zheli said in his usual calm voice, as if somewhat distressed, "Is it really okay?"

"Hmph. Are you saying those things to deliberately throw me off?" Su Shi buried her face in his body, rubbing against him a few times like a spoiled kitten, and muttered vaguely, "I won't let you escape."

“…Oh my.”

Zhe Li smiled with a complicated tone.

You all made the decision so easily, doesn't it seem that my resolution was meaningless?

"Okay. In that case, shall we continue our walk?"

"Yeah!" Su Shi nodded vigorously and let go of Zhe Li.

Then she suddenly paused and whispered, "Um... can Zheli transform into other forms?"

"Eh?"

She looked down at Zheli, who was expressing his confusion by extending his pseudopods in the shape of a question mark.

Su Shi thought for a moment before speaking cautiously, "For example, just now he transformed into someone wearing armor. And then there's his original form... So, can he transform into something else?"

"That's fine, for now. 'Mimicry' is one of my abilities... What do you want me to become?"

"Zheli from my school days."

"…………ah?"

"No, around middle school, maybe high school."

Su Shi pinched his chin, his eyes were a little dazed, and he seemed to be lost in deep thought.

"The age gap is within five years...but it's a rare opportunity, better than junior high or high school—"

I always feel that this child has suddenly become very strange.

Zhe Li couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about?"

Su Shi blinked and said crisply:

"If Zheli also becomes a high school student, we'll be a middle school couple."

"...?"

Seeing that the slime at her feet didn't seem to understand, she kindly added:

“That makes it legal.”

"...???"

●

Good news: Sushi isn't scared at all.

The bad news: She's even bolder.

Chapter 10 of the Box: Autumn frost and falling maple leaves, snow and clearing, meeting the cypress: Chapter : Essential early characters

Baodeng Zheli certainly did not follow Su Shi's proposal.

But he didn't turn back into a human.

In the afternoon sunshine and cool sea breeze, two girls, a cat, and a group of jumping slimes were walking in the vast fields.

After walking for a while, we saw a scattered village in the distance.

Kaname looked at the guard at the village gate, reached out and tugged at Nagasaki Sushi's clothes, indicating that she should go there. Sushi followed her gaze and was reminded of the three knife-wielding bandits.

Although Zheli solved the problem easily, she still didn't want to cause trouble for Zheli.

So she decided not to approach anyone without permission, but to walk a little further away from the village and find a place to rest under the shade of a tree.

The blood-red slime circled around the tree roots, driving the insects away.

The kitten stuck out her paw and touched the depression in the grass where the slime had passed. The warm temperature made her meow excitedly at the slime, but the slime couldn't understand her and could only stretch out its tentacles to touch her little head.

"Well."

Su Shi sat down in the spot Zhe Li had cleared. The soft, warm grass soothed the pain in her legs.

In modern society, even in sparsely populated countries, the highway itself is a symbol of civilization: whether it is street lights, road signs, or emergency communication machines that can be seen from time to time, from a distance you can deeply feel that you are still in a civilized society.

In this country called Inazuma, once you are away from the bustling port, even if you are on a man-made road and can see inhabited villages when you look up, the surroundings are still full of wildness.

The girl waved to the passing bird, but it flew away without even looking back.

Su Shi followed its shadow, squinting her eyes at the faint seascape visible on the other side of the horizon. "What a comfortable breeze."

"It's indeed a great place for a picnic." Zhe Li said with a smile, "If only the security was better."

"That's right." Su Shi paused and shook his head helplessly.

Zhe Li easily dealt with the three robbers who came to cause trouble, but Su Shi was not so stupid as to not see their threat: tall bodies, strong muscles, and a sharp long knife... Even if they only knew how to swing the knife around, it was already scary enough for an ordinary girl like Su Shi.

Thinking of this, she bent down and hugged the slime again.

"Zheli saved my life again."

"It's nothing. I was the one who had to go through that door, so of course I have an obligation to keep you safe."

Since this world can give birth to a cat monster with intelligence like the one next to us, there may be something even more dangerous.

The Blood Stars were a fighting race, their ultimate physical abilities allowing them to survive and fight in all sorts of extreme situations, but that was ultimately just self-preservation. If he needed to protect others... Dealing with ordinary people wouldn't be a problem, but he worried about something beyond common sense.

For example, a seal? Or a mental attack?

The former prevents him from moving freely, which will naturally expose the girl around him to the threat of the enemy.

As for the latter... the Blood Star people are almost invincible in the universe relying solely on instinct, so they are not unable to fight if their spirit is defeated.

What Zheli was really worried about was that by that time the person driving this body might no longer be "Bao Deng Zheli".

...Thinking so far ahead now may be a bit too much of a worry.

But since he can't control that "door", the above are things that need to be considered.

Fortunately, the Blood Star Slime had no expression, and his thoughtful look did not let Su Shi notice anything unusual.

"The wind has gotten weaker." Zhe Li shook his body, broke away from Su Shi's arms, stretched his body slightly and looked towards the sea.

Due to the difference in specific heat between the sea and land, cold high pressure is generated over the sea during the day, while hot low pressure is generated over the land, causing the wind to blow from the sea to the land. This is the sea breeze. His keen perception discovered that the sea breeze was gradually weakening.

No. Is there a land breeze blowing from behind?!

"锵————!!"

Before he could even shout a warning, Zhe Li suddenly leaped backwards, spread his body and turned into a large net. The next moment, a blade shot out from the wind, and sparks flew on the bloody net!

"Be careful... huh?" A doubtful voice came from the wind.

His perception, which usually operated at the lowest frequency, was immediately stimulated to the upper limit. Zhe Li discovered that there was a figure lurking in the chaotic wind: the figure retracted his long sword and took a fighting stance, but did not pursue. Instead, he cautiously retreated a few steps.

The strong wind died down, and the weeds and fallen leaves that had been swept up by the wind fell back to the ground.

A young man in red clothes and white hair cast a confused look at him among the scattered grass leaves.

"Zheli!?"

Only then did Su Shi finally react. He hurriedly stood up and shouted nervously at the blood star slime that had broken into pieces.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

The larger part in the middle of the slime shook, and the other scattered parts crawled towards the center by themselves, and in less than two seconds they gathered together into a large ball again.

He raised his "head" and looked at the young man not far away who was holding a knife but whose movements were completely frozen. He hummed a few times and said:

"You're just stabbing me right off the bat. Kid, aren't you being a bit rude?"

"Eh, slimes can talk? ...No. Regarding this matter——"

The white-haired boy blinked, looked at the red thing in surprise, and then looked at Nagasaki Suyo who was glaring at him.

"So you two know each other?"

"What does this have to do with you?" Su Shi squatted down and hugged Zhe Li, then raised his head and said coldly to the young man, "Suddenly attacking others while they are chatting is even worse than robbery and banditry!"

Although there is no comparison between murder and robbery, at least the three knife-wielding ronin warriors blocked their way first and gave them time to prepare in a "nice" manner before launching the attack.

At first glance, the young man in front of me seems gentle and elegant, but unfortunately his actions are even more shameless than those vagrants!

"Instead of having a fancy dress, why not just become a bandit? That would be more in line with your moral standards."

The white-haired boy was a little embarrassed for a moment, "No. Uh... Well. You are right."