Volume 3 Chapter 3 Part 1
The Great Adventure in the Other World
After my shift at my part-time job finished, I bought some takoyaki and hurried back to the apartment.
「Welcome back, Master.」A golden haired beauty welcomed me home.
Except it wasn’t Ria. It was Shizuku.
The reason was that Ria and Deet were absent, having both headed off into the dungeon earlier this morning.
Apparently, Ria had met up with Dan, the adventurer with a cross-shaped scar on his face, on the first floor, and they’d travelled to the fourth floor to acquire flowers from the ancient tree.
Meanwhile, it seemed that Deet was exploring the sixth and seventh floors, searching for a room connected to my apartment.
In other words, only Shizuku was here.
「Hi Shizuku. You don’t have to change into Ria’s body, you know.」
「Eh? Would Master rather I be Deet then? Or perhaps, Miri?」
「That’s not the point. Ria is her own person with her own personality. And the same goes for Deet and Miri. You can’t just replace them.」
「M-my apologies. The white slimes always told me that humans only desire surface appearances.」
Hmm. I couldn’t imagine the abuses that the white slimes had endured for them to think that. But I will never commit such abuses!
「Master, I think it’s wonderful.」
「What?」
「That Master cares about Ria and the others as individuals. I love Master!」
…Reminded of Ria and her easy-going ways, Deet and her great personality, and Miri with her lady-like grace, I felt a twinge of longing, wanting to see their faces again… Let’s just keep that feeling a secret. But honestly, how could I not care about them as individuals?
「In that case, what about Kokorone Miru?」[1. TL Note: Mentioned in earlier chapters; refers to Hatsune Miku, the popular vocaloid software.]
「The singing princess software?]
「Yes. Since she’s not a human, and thus doesn’t have a pre-determined personality, can I transform into her?」
「But Kokorone Miru is just an illustration. And a doll, I guess.」
Previously, when Shizuku had become Kokorone Miru, she’d taken the form of a doll.
If she made herself fully human-sized in that form, it’d probably look like something straight out of a horror game, so I wasn’t too keen on the idea.
「I will make Kokorone Miru into a human!」
「Eh?」
「Using the illustrations and doll, I can reimagine her into a natural looking human.」
「T-then, please do!」
「Yes Master!」
I-I’m not abusing while slimes. I swear.
Shizuku temporarily returned back to her usual white slime form. Then, her body morphed once again into a more humanoid shape.
For a second, Shizuku’s body transformed into what resembled a white, featureless mannequin, then the shape of a girl. Distinctive side-tails began to grow from her head, reaching all the way down to her ankles, and finally filled with color.
「W-wow…」
「How does it look?」
「It looks just like Kokorone Miru!」
「Ehehe.」
Not even famous cosplayers could hold a candle to the Kokorone Miru in front of me.
It was amazing beyond words. But for some reason, I suddenly felt incredibly nervous. It was like something straight out of my fantasies- a real life Kokorone Miru in my very apartment. What do I do now? Ah, I know.
「S-Shizuku, I bought some takoyaki for you.」
「Takoyaki?」
「Y-yeah. It’s really yummy.」
I sat Kokorone Miru, or rather, Shizuku, at the table and opened the takoyaki.
Even though I knew it was Shizuku, every move of Kokorone Miru caused my heart to flutter.
「W~ahh. It smells so good. Thank you!」
「Y-yeah.」
「How should I eat it?」
It was pretty customary that I would always demonstrate to them the proper way to eat various Japanese foods.
I’m not sure whether it was because of my anxiety, or because I wasn’t thinking, but I skewered a takoyaki with a toothpick and stuffed it whole inside my mouth.
「Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow.」
「A-are you okay?」
The scalding hot takoyaki burned me the instant I bit down, and I instinctively spit it out in the sink, wasting a perfectly good piece of food.
「I’m fine… I wasn’t paying attention is all… I burned myself slightly though.」
「Burned!? Are you sure you’re okay?」
「It’s not a big deal. I’m fine.」
I sipped water, swishing it around my mouth to alleviate the burning sensation.
「It appears this ‘takoyaki’ is extremely hot. Very dangerous.」
「Not really… Just don’t eat it in one bite like I did.」I said.
Just as those words left my mouth, Shizuku moved from across the table, and sat in the seat right next to me.
「E-eh? What is it?」
「Shizuku will blow on your takoyaki and cool it down for Master!」
W-what the hell? Shizuku in Kokorone Miru’s appearance was going to blow on my takoyaki for me.
Her delicate, wet lips, far too beautiful to belong to a 2D girl, blew gently on the hot takoyaki, cooling it.
「I wonder if this is cool enough?」
「P-probably.」
「But we don’t know for sure! We must take precautions, Master.」
「How are you planning to check the temperature though? It’s not like you have a thermometer.」
「Please excuse me…」Saying that, Kokorone Miru’s lips suddenly bit the takoyaki in half. 「Mm. This is fine. And it’s so~ yummy. I apologize for consuming half of it however…」
「Ehhhhhhhhh!?」
I was presented with the half-eaten takoyaki.
「I just… couldn’t bear the thought of Master burning himself again. But, there’s no way you’d want half-eaten food, right?」
Shizuku, wearing Kokorone Miru’s face, glanced at the takoyaki with a miserable expression.
「No, no, it’s totally fine! I’ll eat it, I’ll eat it. Thanks for cooling it down.」
Despite the fact that I was about to sink my teeth into Kokorone Miru’s half-eaten takoyaki, I was feeling increasingly nervous.
「Alright! Say ‘ahhh’!」
「You’re going to feed me too?」
「Yes!」
This would definitely be considered abuse.
「Say ‘ahhh,’ Master…」
Mrgh. Chew. Chew. Chew.
「Delicious. Though it might be a tad on the cold side.」
「My apologies. I will blow on this one next.」
「Okay.」
「Then, here I go!」
Like before, Shizuku blew on the takoyaki, then tasted it. She hummed in approval. 「It’s perfect this time. Say ‘ahhh’!」
Mrgh. Chew. Chew. Chew. The delicious flavor of the takoyaki and sauce spread throughout my mouth.
「Mmm~. It’s tasty. Feed me another one, Shizuku.」
「Ah, before that, Master. There’s some sauce stuck on your face.」
Shizuku extended a long, white finger of Kokorone Miru towards my lips. Wiping off the sauce with a delicate motion, she pulled it back and licked the sauce off.
「Alright. You’re clean now, Master. Ufufu.」
I got the impression that Shizuku’s instinct to please humans had become amplified now that Ria and the others weren’t here.
「I-I appreciate it.」
She promptly blew on another piece of takoyaki. 「Mm, this is perfect. Say ‘ahhh,’ Master…」
One by one, I ate the half-eaten takoyakis until none were left. And thus concluded my bliss-filled takoyaki escapade.
By that point, it was already dinner time, but I was still stuffed from the takoyaki.
Instead, I decided continue with my daily routine of grinding experience with the levelling-up click game.
Shizuku sat next to me, watching with a delighted expression. The only difference today was that instead of her white slime form, Shizuku was Kokorone Miru.
「Hmm. I’m not levelling up at all. I remember Deet also saying something about her levelling speed being extremely slow with this method.」
Besides, the last thing I needed was to lose myself in grinding and forget to sleep. I wanted to avoid having dark bags under my eyes at all costs.
「Guess I’ll take a bath then.」
Shizuku always cleaned the bathtub for me, so all I normally had to do was turn on the hot water.
Before moving here, I’d just get by with showers most of the time. However, because of how much Shizuku loved baths, I’d stopped being so stingy and bathed almost daily.
We had plenty of funds with the Gadeus coins, and besides, I enjoyed bathing with Shizuku quite a bit.
「Master, may I bath with you today as well?」
「Sure.」
「Yay!」
As I replied lightheartedly, I turned off the computer and turned towards Shizuku’s direction…
「You’re still Kokorone Miru!」
「Eh? Uh, yes?」
「Wait wait wait- isn’t this kinda bad?」
「What is?」
This is most definitely a grave case of abuse… white slimes…
「Well, Kokorone Miru’s clothes are part of your transformation, right? But you can’t have your clothes on when you bathe.」
「That’s true. Master wouldn’t be pleased if I bathed with clothes on, even if they’re part of my transformation. That’s why I was thinking of transforming into a naked version.」
I desperately wished that I could maintain my composure with Shizuku.
Her fear of my thing getting large likely derived from the white slimes’ memories of getting abused by humans, and I didn’t want to further provoke that fear. However…
My mental fortitude simply wasn’t strong enough.
「Wait, wait, you can’t do that.」No would could I withstand a nude Kokorone Miru bathing with me.
I was just about to suggest that Shizuku return to her white slime form, when Shizuku suddenly spoke up. 「Ah, I know! I’ve come up with a really good idea!」
「A-a really good idea?」
「Yes! Please enter the bath ahead of me, Master.」A beaming Kokorone Miru said.
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