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Chapter 20: Count Ludendion's Estate (3)
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A new home, delicious food, and kind hands reaching out to it.
Nothing about this environment was bad for the Slime, yet its curiosity about seeing more remained.
No, now that it spent all its time inside the estate, it wanted to see other places even more strongly.
The reason was...
“Alexander II! I’ll read you a book again today!”
Jessie’s nightly reading had a great influence on it.
The Slime was Jessie’s first pet.
It was soft and pleasant to hug, so she even held it while she slept.
The Slime liked the warmth of a person and the soft touch of Jessie’s pajamas, so it did not mind being held while she slept.
And every night before bed, Jessie read it a book.
‘It’s so smart, so it must like being read to!’
Even though it was a monster, Jessie had judged it by the behavior it had shown so far. She took books she had enjoyed as a child from the library and read them to the Slime.
They were legends, folktales, and biographies Count Ludendion had bought when Jessie was even younger, written so that even small children could read them easily.
The books had many illustrations, like picture books, to make them easy for children to understand. Some had even been made specifically for Jessie, with Count Ludendion personally hiring children’s book writers and artists.
Leaning against the headboard with the Slime on her lap, Jessie opened a book and read aloud.
A story about a hero who defended a city alone against hundreds of monsters.
A story about a knight who crossed to the Demon Continent, gathered Arachne venom, an ingredient for a cure, and returned to save a princess who had fallen ill because of an assassin.
A story about an adventurer who traveled across the continent in search of treasure.
And Jessie’s favorite story, about five heroes who stood against the Disaster Black Dragon.
Since those fairy tale-like stories were short, they did not take long to read.
And whenever Jessie recited dialogue in her usual theatrical tone, the Slime would tremble in reaction. That made reading even more fun for her.
Jessie was not the only one who enjoyed story time.
The Slime enjoyed it too.
Not only did it enjoy the stories in Jessie’s voice, but it could also imagine sights it had never seen through the pictures in the books.
At the same time, it found the heroes’ stories themselves entertaining.
They were stories about living things it did not know.
Meanwhile, story time was unintentionally becoming good content for the viewers too.
▶Why are human stories so damn fun? lol
▶People say watching weaklings fight is always entertaining.
▶I could wipe out a few hundred humans too. Would that make me a legend?
▶If you did it, you’d be a Disaster lol
▶Can’t understand it from a human perspective? lol
▶What a waste.
▶“What a waste,” my ass lol
Of course, there were viewers who simply enjoyed the story.
[Threadwork Madam]▶Oh my. So that human who came to visit me back then was doing this?
▶??What are you talking about?
[Threadwork Madam]▶The Arachne in this story. That’s me.
There were also viewers fascinated to discover that they themselves had been the basis for a book.
▶For real?
▶lol You were actually in it? lol
▶Is it the same as the book?
▶“The knight’s earnest plea moved even Arachne, who gave the venom willingly.” Is that true?
If they themselves had been involved, it was only natural to compare it with reality.
[Threadwork Madam]▶No. There was no pleading. They told me to hand over my venom.
▶So did you give it to them?
[Threadwork Madam]▶Would you even call that giving it? They didn’t look tasty either. I thought I’d deal with them using venom before they made trouble and hurt my babies.
▶Yeah.
[Threadwork Madam]▶I spat venom at them, and they dodged quickly. Then they bottled up the venom that had splattered on the floor and ran away. I was so startled when they suddenly fled with only the venom that I just stood there and watched.
▶lololololol
▶No lol Where was the pleading? lol
▶They just grabbed the venom and ran? lol
Hearing the truth directly from the person involved made the content even better.
▶No pleading, no moving Arachne, she didn’t give it, they just collected what she spat out.
▶Then what part of it is true? lol
▶Ah lol They did take the venom, though lol
It had only been three days, but with daily mukbang streams followed by reading streams, more and more viewers were tuning in to the Slime’s broadcasts.
A monster overflowing with a need for recognition might have been excited by the growing viewer count, but the Slime did not think enough about streaming itself to care about views.
Instead, it cared more about wanting to see a wider variety of sights.
It increasingly wanted to see for itself the many landscapes from the books Jessie read to it.
It was then.
On the fourth day after the Slime arrived at the estate, Jessie finished breakfast, hugged the Slime, and asked her maid Nina,
“Nina, can’t I take Alexander II outside?”
‘Outside!’
The Slime reacted immediately when Jessie brought up going outside.
Thanks to Jessie constantly reading to it, the Slime’s ability to understand language was improving rapidly.
“No.”
“Why? Alexander II is cute and safe!”
“It’s still a monster. We can’t openly let a monster roam around the count’s territory. The count feels the same way.”
“But Alexander II wants to go outside.”
“What do you mean? A Slime...”
“Alexander II!”
“Ahem. How do you know Alexander II wants to go outside, Miss?”
“Of course I know! Even when we’re in my room, Alexander II looks at the window whenever I’m not reading to it! It definitely wants to go outside! It likes being read to as well! It must be a very curious little one!”
Though it had only been a short time, Jessie’s open-mindedness had allowed her to accurately understand the Slime’s nature.
That did not mean others could easily accept it.
Nina admitted that the Slime was docile and did not recklessly attack people.
But Nina found it difficult to believe that a Slime could truly be that curious and intelligent.
No, she had even seen it follow orders and climb onto Pin’s head, but she still wondered whether a monster could really be like that.
“Miss, there’s no way a Slime could be that curious...”
“It’s true! Look!”
Jessie set the Slime on the floor.
“Alexander II! Do you want to go outside? If you do, jump three times!”
‘Outside! I want to go outside!’
Boing! Boing! Boing!
As though it understood Jessie’s words perfectly, the Slime jumped exactly three times.
“See?”
“...You didn’t train it to jump three times whenever you put it on the floor, did you?”
“No! Alexander II! I think Nina doesn’t believe us! Jump around Nina!”
Boing! Boing!
The moment Jessie finished speaking, the Slime immediately began jumping in a circle around Nina.
“Huh? Huh?”
“See! Alexander II is smart! Stop jumping and come here!”
Boing!
When Jessie held out her hand, the Slime jumped precisely onto her palm.
“Can’t we really take it outside? Our Alexander II is smart and listens so well! Hmm? Hmm? Can’t we?”
“A, ah, no. Without the count’s permission, no matter how much you ask...”
“Alexander II! It’s time for our trump card! A head massage!”
Boing!
“Eek! Wh, what is this?!”
When Jessie raised her hand, the Slime landed precisely on Nina’s head and began vibrating.
Along with its soft texture, the steady vibrations massaged Nina’s scalp.
“Mm!”
‘That feels amazingly good!’
Fine vibrations ran down from her head, easing the tension in her shoulders.
“Ah, ahh. W-wait. Could you try sitting on my shoulder instead of my head?”
‘Shoulder?’
Boing!
When Nina tilted her head slightly to the side, the Slime immediately moved from her head to her shoulder and began vibrating.
“Ah, ahh. This is just as good as I thought it would be...!”
With the Slime’s vibrations directly against her shoulder, it felt as though Nina’s stiff shoulders had loosened all at once.
“Alexander II! Come here! You don’t need to do any more when Nina still hasn’t granted our request!”
Boing!
The Slime returned to Jessie’s arms.
“Ah...”
Once the perfectly pleasant vibrations vanished, Jessie reflexively reached out in disappointment.
Then...
“Hehe.”
Nina saw Jessie’s broad grin and came to her senses. She quickly drew back her hand and cleared her throat.
“Ahem! I understand that Alexander II listens very well.”
“Then can we go outside?”
‘Outside!’
“That isn’t something I can decide. We still need the count’s permission. Sigh, I’ll go and ask him first.”
“Really? Thank you, Nina! Alexander II! Let’s thank Nina together!”
‘Thank you, Nina!’
As though expressing its feelings, the Slime bounced softly atop Jessie’s hand.
Without thinking, Nina found the sight cute.
“I, I’m only going to suggest it. We don’t know whether the count will allow it, so please don’t get your hopes up.”
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“That concludes my report on the Slime currently at the young lady’s side.”
“Good. You’ve done well, Albert.”
Count Rufus Ludendion was receiving a report about the Slime from Albert, his butler.
He wanted to know whether anything suspicious had happened over the past few days, or whether it had done anything that might harm his beloved angel, Jessie.
But according to the report, the Slime obediently followed Jessie around.
Whenever it ate, it trembled as though happy, making even the chef say that cooking for it was rewarding. Whenever it moved, Jessie deliberately placed it atop her head, making his angelic daughter appear even more adorable.
Count Ludendion found it unbearably regrettable that he could not see that adorable side of his daughter himself.
What was more, even when his daughter personally took books from the library and read them to the Slime before bed, it stayed quietly beside her.
In any case, he was glad that the Slime had not shown any aggression so far.
But there was one thing he found puzzling.
‘It seems remarkably intelligent.’
Not only from the reports, but from what Rufus had seen himself, the Slime appeared to possess considerable intelligence.
Like a pet that had lived alongside humans for years.
No, it obeyed Jessie’s words so well that he wondered whether it could communicate with her completely.
It listened so well that even the countess had remarked on what an obedient monster it was.
That fact went against Count Ludendion’s common sense.
A monster with that level of intelligence should normally be quite powerful, but the subject was a Slime. He could only tilt his head in confusion.
As Count Ludendion thought about the Slime...
“Father!”
His beloved angel entered his office with Nina, carrying the Slime.
“I want to go outside with Alexander II! I want to show Alexander II around our territory!”
“You mean outside?”
“Yes! Nina said it would be okay too!”
“Count! I only said it would be okay if you gave your permission!”
“Alexander II is really smart and gentle! So it’ll behave even if we go outside! Please, Father!”
“Hmm.”
His daughter’s bright, sparkling eyes, Nina’s judgment that it would be acceptable if he gave permission, and above all, his own wish to judge the Slime’s intelligence for himself made Count Ludendion speak.
“Very well. Then let us go inspect the territory together.”
“Really? I’m so happy, Father! I love you!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Count Ludendion laughed loudly at the love of his adorable angel.
‘We’re going out!’
Brrrrrr!
Understanding that it could go outside, the Slime vibrated happily in Jessie’s arms.
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