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Chapter 4: Skill (2)

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The moment a monster gained a skill, it naturally understood what that skill was.

The slime immediately understood its newly acquired skill as well.

Perception was an ability that heightened its senses to the limit, allowing it to grasp the presences and terrain around it.

Normally, it was too early for a young slime to acquire such a skill.

But because it had grown while wishing to see and feel the world, it had acquired it faster than other slimes.

The slime used Perception right away.

‘Woooow...!’

The instant it used the skill, the slime was moved once more.

It was a different sensation from seeing with its eyes.

Every sense throughout its body came together to tell it about the world around it.

The locations of countless patches of moss, the structure of the cave it was in, the speed of the falling water droplets.

It was the ability the slime needed most, since it wanted to know more about the world.

Overjoyed to learn about the world it had wanted to know, the slime bounced around in place.

[Threadwork Madam]▶Oh my, did something good happen again?

▶It bouncing around is really kawaii. (Actually super kawaii.)

▶Could it have acquired a new skill?

▶Oh, you can't pass up a new skill, yeah.

▶I got a new skill today too.

▶What is it?

▶Actually, I didn't. Hehe;;;;

▶Agh.[1]

▶Aka.

▶Murasaki.

[Jiggly Queen]▶A new skill... Then did you acquire Body Slam? But even if you have learned a skill, you must not leave the cave until you are accustomed to using it!

Two viewers who had been continuously watching the slime, along with one watching several streams at once, noticed its actions.

At first, the slime had barely looked at chat while expressing its joy and only voiced its own thoughts.

Unless it was a donation message, it had not been able to focus properly on chat.

But this time, it watched the chat from the beginning.

▷Skill! I learned it!

▶It was for real.

[Threadwork Madam]▶Oh my! It really did acquire a skill!

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶This time, you are reading chat properly even without a message, Malangi.

▶Malangi seems to grow every single day, yeah.

Amid the heartwarming chat, another viewer appeared.

Someone who had left the stream running the entire time entered the chat.

[Noblesse Fire]▶Fuck, is there no way to stop people from kicking me just for saying what's right?

▶Welcome, boomer grandpa.

▶This old fossil got kicked from the reverse-scale stream again for backseating lol.

▶Is that your never-give-up spirit?

▶Actually, they enjoy getting kicked, yeah.

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Tsk, tsk, tsk. You are going around telling everyone you were kicked as though it were an achievement.

[Noblesse Fire]▶Can't I even complain? Fuck, this hole-ridden pile of bones is raising hell again.

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶My bone density is exceptionally high.

[Noblesse Fire]▶Bone density my ass, hahahaha.

[Jiggly Queen]▶If you are merely going to chatter, both of you begone! Yes! You acquired a skill? Was it Body Slam?

At the Slime Queen's question, the slime answered energetically.

▷No!

[Jiggly Queen]▶No?

▷Perception! I got it!

[Jiggly Queen]▶Perception?

‘It acquired that already? Is that possible because it has intelligence as well?’

The skills young slimes usually acquired first were Jumping or Body Slam.

Perception was a skill that more experienced slimes acquired when they needed additional information to survive.

‘It truly is different from other slimes.’

It was different from the slimes who only listened to her words and had no will of their own.

The Slime Queen imagined the slime growing up and becoming a companion she could speak with, someone who could ease their mutual boredom.

Hehe.

It would still be far in the future, but the Slime Queen could not help looking forward to it.

‘For that to happen...’

She needed to guide this young slime onto the right path.

Of course, that did not mean forcing it to act as she wished.

Then it would be no different from other slimes.

She would respect the slime's will as much as possible.

‘But it must survive before it can do any of that, must it not?’

When it came to survival, she intended to offer advice and state her opinions without hesitation.

That was when it happened.

[Threadwork Madam]▶Huh? Malangi? Are you all right?

▶?????

[Noblesse Fire]▶What is wrong with it?

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶This does not look good.

The Slime Queen noticed the ominous mood in chat.

“W-What is it?! What happened already?!”

She immediately looked at the screen.

The slime was trembling.

It was not happily bouncing around. Something about it looked wrong.

The Slime Queen knew what that tremble was.

It was the tremble slimes showed on the extremely rare occasions when they felt pain.

[Jiggly Queen]▶What is wrong? Why are you in pain? Speak!

[Noblesse Fire]▶What, it is in pain? What did it even do to get hurt?

▷It hurts...

Just as the Slime Queen had expected, the slime was in pain.

[Jiggly Queen]▶Where? Why does it hurt?

▷Inside hurts...

[Jiggly Queen]▶Inside hurts?

[Threadwork Madam]▶Could its core be hurting?

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Young Malangi should not be in pain already.

▶Babies should not hurt...

▶What do we dooo~

▶But why does it suddenly hurt? I really do not know.

The Slime Queen began considering why the slime was hurting so badly.

Its insides hurt.

As one viewer had suggested, slimes felt pain when their core was damaged or something was wrong with their souls.

But there was no one in the cave besides the slime.

That meant the slime had felt pain because of something it had done itself.

‘Could it be!?’

[Jiggly Queen]▶Could you still be using Perception? If so, stop using Perception immediately! That will make it stop hurting! Quickly!

[Noblesse Fire]▶What? It hurts because of Perception?

▶For real????

[Threadwork Madam]▶Can Perception hurt you?

▷It hurts...

There was no time to answer the others' questions.

Thinking the slime might not be able to focus on chat due to the pain, the Slime Queen immediately used a donation message.

▶[Jiggly Queen has donated 10 coins.]

▶[Message: Stop using Perception immediately! You will not hurt anymore!]

A moment after the Slime Queen's message was sent,

▷Doesn't hurt! It doesn't hurt when I don't use Perception!

The slime happily bounced around after its pain vanished.

[Noblesse Fire]▶What? It really hurt from using Perception?

[Threadwork Madam]▶Even that weak little side is cutie-cute~.

▶Ma'am, do you not feel embarrassed using words like that?

[Threadwork Madam]▶If I catch you, you are dead.

▶Ma'am got triggered lol.

As everyone warmly watched the slime bounce around, some viewers found the situation strange.

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Hmm, it is certainly curious that Perception would cause pain.

[Jiggly Queen]▶It is because the Perception used by slimes differs from the Perception used by other monsters!

[Noblesse Fire]▶Perception is Perception. What is different about it?

[Jiggly Queen]▶Other creatures have separate organs for each of their senses.

[Jiggly Queen]▶But slimes feel every sensation through one body.

[Jiggly Queen]▶That is why they can feel more things, more sensitively, when using Perception.

Some viewers pounced on the word “sensitively” in the Slime Queen's explanation like hyenas.

▶Ooh~

▶How sensitive are they???

▶Slimes are sensitive... Slime Queen is even more sensitive... Noted....

[Jiggly Queen]▶What are you writing down!? If this were my stream, I would have kicked you out at once!

▶You cannot do anything, can you? You cannot kick us because it is not your stream, can you? Hahahaha.

▶Mmm, Big Sis Jiggly's sensitive body...

[Noblesse Fire]▶Still, even if it feels a lot, why would it hurt?

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶That is what I am wondering as well.

▶At that point, is it not a sunfish[2] rather than a slime?

The Slime Queen was frustrated by those who did not understand and only hurried to tease her.

[Jiggly Queen]▶Think! The range of Perception increases when you focus! Yet no one expands that range beyond what is necessary! Why do you think that is!?

[Noblesse Fire]▶Because there is no need to expand it further.

[Threadwork Madam]▶You only need to confirm whether the surroundings are safe.

[Jiggly Queen]▶Exactly! But this fellow slime is a lump of curiosity!

[Jiggly Queen]▶This is the one that tried to leave the cave without understanding the danger because it wanted to know more about the world! Now that it can learn more about the world through Perception, what do you think it did!?

As the Slime Queen began explaining in detail, the people in chat finally began to understand.

There was no information the slime considered unnecessary.

If it could focus and expand its range, it could learn more about the world without seeing it directly.

Rather than limiting its range, the slime had expanded it to the limit.

Unlike other species, it did not focus information into a particular organ. It received that information through its entire body.

The more it expanded Perception, the more information flooded in. The little slime's body could not process it all, and it had caused pain.

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Malangi, how much did you learn by using Perception?

The Bone Dragon asked the slime, which was happily bouncing around now that the pain was gone.

▷Cave! I learned about cave! Happy!

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶I see. Then when did it begin to hurt?

▷I was happy to learn cave! Wanted to know more! Wanted to know outside cave too! Still cannot go out!

▷Tried to learn outside cave too! Then it hurt!

In other words,

because it could not go outside itself, it had tried to expand the range of Perception beyond the cave and caused this whole mess.

▶It really did hurt because it used Perception.

[Noblesse Fire]▶Good grief. Even if it does not know anything, would it not normally stop when it hurts?

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶It probably did not know Perception was the cause.

▶Waaah, I am baby slime! I do not know even when it hurts! I will not turn off Perception!

That was when Kkanjuki appeared in chat.

▶What? Did Malangi almost die?

▶Yeah, it nearly died from using Perception too much.

[Free Spirit]▶Hahahaha, Malangi is unexpectedly entertaining in many ways.

▶Unexpectedly entertaining means it dies when you let your guard down, yeah.

▶Kkanjuki is such an asshole lol.

[Jiggly Queen]▶What are you finding entertaining!?

‘I was worried sick!’

As the Slime Queen let out a deep sigh, the slime wrote in chat.

▷Curious! Curious! Curious about Jiggly Queen!

‘Hm?’

She had not expected it, but it really was calling out her nickname and asking a question.

‘It is curious about me?’

At the thought that the slime was curious about her, the Slime Queen's lips curved upward.

It had chosen her, not anyone else, to ask a question.

‘Yes, it seems you think I am someone worth relying on too!’

The Slime Queen had been bothered that the slime had responded to Kkanjuki's words rather than hers.

But that dissatisfaction vanished completely when the slime called her out.

[Jiggly Queen]▶Yes! What are you curious about? Ask me anything!

▶My measurements are a secret♡

▶It is a tiny newbie stream, so trolls are everywhere.

▶This is fresh. I like it.

▷When can I go out? Want to go out! Want to know more! Need grow more? How much more?

The slime's question made the Slime Queen even happier.

After all, it had asked her rather than Kkanjuki.

‘Hmph! Look, Kkanjuki! You merely spoke at a fellow slime's level! The one this fellow slime will ultimately rely on is me!’

The slime had only asked the nickname that appeared closest to the end of the chat, but the Slime Queen had no way of knowing that.

In any case, she smiled as she answered its question.

[Jiggly Queen]▶You want to leave quickly, do you not? But you must not be impatient. You learned the Perception skill, correct?

▷Yeah! Learned it! But it hurts when I use it...

[Jiggly Queen]▶That was because you used it across too wide a range. If you use it only across the range you used at first, it will not hurt.

▷Really?

[Jiggly Queen]▶Truly. And before leaving the cave, you should at least become proficient with Body Slam.

Body Slam was the greatest weapon an ordinary slime could use.

A slime's chances of survival differed greatly depending on whether it could use that skill.

‘If only I could let it use the Coin Shop immediately...’

The Coin Shop was one of the system's functions.

Coins could be acquired when a monster experienced major growth, defeated an “enemy,” or defeated another monster carrying coins.

Once a certain number of coins had accumulated, the system unlocked the shop function.

The shop sold food, healing that could be used only once a day, and skills that the species in question could learn.

If the Slime Queen donated enough coins to unlock the shop, the slime could immediately learn several skills.

But the Slime Queen did not think she should do that.

‘Did this not happen with Perception alone?’

The slime still could not distinguish what was dangerous and what it should not do.

The Slime Queen thought she should not let it unlock the shop function until it had gained a proper awareness of safety.

▷Body Slam! How do I use it?

Just as the Slime Queen was about to advise the slime to slam its body into the cave wall,

▶[Just Slam Into It has donated 10 coins.]

▶[Message: It is time for this headbutting master to step in.]

Like Kkanjuki, a viewer who had left and returned midway through confidently joined the conversation.

The user named Just Slam Into It proudly declared,

▶Who are you?

[Just Slam Into It]▶I am the grandmaster, an expert in headbutting.

▶It is the one who uploads headbutting videos every day, yeah.

▶What, a wolf with nothing better to do lol.

▶Shouldn't a wolf bastard be better at biting?

▶For real lol.

▶Happy! Bite!

[Just Slam Into It]▶Tsk, tsk, tsk. You people know nothing about wolves!

[Just Slam Into It]▶Body Slam is a wolf's true specialty!

[Just Slam Into It]▶I blew apart every Sword Master bastard who stormed into my home to skin me.

▶Good. Crush those disgusting human bastards.

[Just Slam Into It]▶Malangi! If you want to learn the essence of Body Slam, I will teach you!

▶Now even a backseating asshole has joined. Ugh, look at the state of this chat.

It was a sudden offer, but the slime wanted to see the world outside as soon as possible.

Its answer was already decided.

▷I want to learn!

Footnotes:

[1] “Agh” is an exasperated Korean groan that sets up the following Japanese color and technique reference from Jujutsu Kaisen.

[2] Sunfish: Korean internet slang for someone or something comically fragile.

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