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Volume 10 Chapter 272

On the Eve of the Promotion Exam

A certain sage was alone in the forest.
The receptionist at the Adventurers’ Guild had secretly informed him that tomorrow’s promotion exam would involve subjugating slimes.
The sage had earnestly fulfilled requests with his family with the hope that they would understand common sense among ordinary citizens. However, this had apparently left a favourable impression on the guild staff, who decided to make the promotion exam easier for them.
While it was good that the exam will be easier, he worried his family might become complacent and think, 『Is this all there is to being an adventurer?』.
So the sage pondered.
About the slimes they would face in tomorrow’s promotion exam.── What if they were to lose to them?
Wouldn’t this instil a lesson in his family, reminding them never to underestimate any enemy, no matter how trivial?
With that in mind, he came here.
With a wide magic search he scanned the area.
「Alright, Johann-san hasn’t arrived yet」
The receptionist had informed him that Johann, a B-rank adventurer, would supervise tomorrow’s exam.
Though Johann’s magical energy was heading towards the forest, he was still far away.
「Slimes, come on out!」
The sage searched for slimes.
「Oh, there you are」
Easily, he found five slimes.
And then, those slimes were confronted by──
「Tame!」
「「「Pii!?」」」
Without inflicting any damage or weakening them, he directly cast the taming spell on them.
This was Tame magic of the world’s strongest sage.
There was no way the weakest slime could resist.
「I wonder if it worked」
「Pii!」
「Pii-pii!」
「Pii-pii-pii!」
「Pii!」
「Piii-piii!」
The five slimes danced around the sage.
They seemed delighted to have found a master.
Their expressions were indiscernible, but somehow adorable.
Watching their behaviour, the sage felt warm inside.
「Oh, Johann-san is coming」
The magical energy of the B-rank adventurer was getting closer.
「You guys should let yourselves be captured by the coming adventurer」
「Pii!?」
「Pii-pii?」
「Pii, pii!」
The slimes made sounds that seemed quite sad.
「S-sorry. Of course, it’ll only be for a short while. We’ll meet again tomorrow」
The sage began to release his magic.
His magic formed pure white characters in his palm.
These were the characters used by the gods of this world──divine script.
With them, he drew some kind of magic circle above the slimes.
Once the magic circle was complete, beams of light extended from it to the slimes, causing their bodies to begin glowing.
「Haruto’s Blessing── just kidding」
The sage muttered quietly.
The sage was unaware, but at that moment, the slimes were indeed bestowed with something called『Haruto’s Blessing』.
Its effects were──

The sage’s wishes for『them to be this way』towards the slimes were all granted as skills.
A blessing cannot create an existence greater than the caster. Therefore, even slimes blessed with this protection could not defeat the sage who bestowed it.
However, because that sage was the strongest in this world, the slimes evolved into monsters comparable to the sage.
Thus, the strongest of the weakest slimes, which even the former Demon Lord could not defeat, was born.
「Well then, see you tomorrow」
「「「Pii-pii!」」」
As Johann was approaching, the sage used teleportation magic and left the scene.
Immediately afterward──
「Oh, found some slimes」
「Pii!」
Johann discovered the five slimes.
Those slimes seemed entirely defenceless, almost as if saying,『Hurry up and capture us』.