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Translator: Nemui
Editor: Nemui
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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 54: Magical Creature Level 20
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"Alphys... You lost. But it is all right. You will still become much stronger."
"Oneechan..."
"Now I will hug you and pat your head! Chuuu!"
"Oneechan... Mm... Nn..."
Stop it, you trash. What are you doing by yourself?
Because things had not gone the way she wanted at all, she had run off into a fantasy world.
I had properly defeated Shining Golem.
The researchers were so put off that no one could approach Sister Mirei.
Sorry about my disgusting family member.
"Hey, Mirei. I am next, correct?"
"Nn... Mm... Huh? Vaid-oniichan, what?"
"Alphys's fight is over, so I will fight level twenty."
"No, Alphys will fight level twenty."
She said it with a sharp expression, but she did not look cool at all.
Sister Mirei had completely lost sight of her original objective.
Her goal had shifted from collecting combat data on magical creatures to making me lose and comforting me.
Even with his own sister acting insane, Brother Vaid was calm.
I could really tell he was only interested in battles and techniques.
"That is not what you said. I am starting to get bored."
"I have something properly prepared for Vaid-oniichan, so for now, watch Alphys lose... I mean, watch his fight."
"Even so..."
"You were not satisfied by Alphys's fight just now, were you? You want to see more techniques, right?"
Having been hit right where it hurt, Brother Vaid fell silent.
He had been staring at me with incredible eyes during the previous fight too.
When Brother Vaid truly acknowledged someone, he immediately entered battle mode.
In other words, he had acknowledged that person as a worthy rival.
Only at that stage did Brother Vaid first engage in a "fight."
The people in the fortress the other day had not even been fights.
"Then Alphys, can I ask for the next one after a short break?"
"I don't need a break."
"Even level eighteen is strong enough to wipe out a whole division... Alphys, you have become that strong... Oneechan is lonely."
"Just send out level twenty."
How did she manage to work as director like this?
When I entered the field again, the door opened once more.
What appeared was a little girl around seven years old.
Her waist and chest were covered in green liquid, and if you looked closely, even her hair was liquid.
No, all of her was liquid.
Yes, if I put it roughly, she was a slime human.
"Magical creature level twenty. Another name is Slime Girl. While incorporating slime traits, she also controls water magic."
"That is so damn literal. Was there nothing else?"
"Slimes are considered unimpressive monsters, but I think they are the strongest. Slimes are versatile in all sorts of ways, and among them, some slimes only dissolve clothing. Ufu, ufufufu."
"Do not suddenly expose your ulterior motive."
Why had she suddenly decided to have me fight level twenty?
Everyone understood without it needing to be said.
"Now, level twenty! Do it!"
"Umyuuu!"
Level twenty's arms stretched out radially.
Liquid spread across the entire floor as if it had been dumped there.
I jumped to dodge, but if I landed like this, I would be caught.
"Haaah!"
When I swung my magic sword at the floor with all my strength, the slime was scattered by the wind pressure.
In that opening, I sank with Shadow Entry and emerged from the shadow behind level twenty.
"I'll cut you down without holding back!"
I swung my magic sword horizontally, and level twenty was split in two.
But the next moment, the level twenty that had split into two splatted onto the floor.
Since she was slime, physical attacks barely meant anything.
"Umyuuu!"
"Whoa!"
The slime spread across the floor rose into a dome, trying to wrap around me so I could not escape.
Then more slime oozed out from gaps in the floor and crawled up from my feet.
"Crap...!"
"Umyu!"
My clothing dissolved, and soon, intense pain ran through me.
This thing was not just trying to dissolve my clothes. It was trying to dissolve me.
Sister Mirei had said all that, but this was unquestionably a combat slime.
I tried to swallow the slime with Dark Hole, but it slipped outside the range.
On top of that, it was troublesome how it could transform into anything, anywhere, using the freedom unique to liquid.
Level twenty grew only her head from the floor and looked up at me coldly.
Even if she looked cute, those were unquestionably the eyes of a predator.
There was no sympathy for prey.
She thought only of devouring me completely.
If this thing was released into the world, a single one might even manage to assassinate the king.
A murder slime that could enter through any crack. Sister Mirei had chosen a good target.
"Dark Sphere."
A sphere of darkness wrapped around my body.
Its radius was about three meters.
It was narrow, but inside it was complete darkness where nothing could be seen.
Except by me.
As expected, level twenty seemed confused.
No matter how freely she could move as liquid, if she did not know where her prey was, there was nothing she could do.
Besides, just the slime stuck to my foot could not inflict a fatal wound.
My mana-reinforced leg would not be dissolved easily even by slime's digestion.
"Unyuuu!"
"I'm over here."
"...!?"
It looked unimpressive at first glance, but I could move freely and see properly inside this sphere.
Furthermore, I deployed Black Hole inside Dark Sphere.
Black Hole began sucking in level twenty's body like a vacuum cleaner.
"Unyuuuu!"
"Your instincts are good, so if I do it normally, you won't enter Black Hole's range. But what about inside this?"
Level twenty hurriedly escaped from within Dark Sphere.
But even if she did that, it did not mean she had a way to win.
Even if she shot slime, it was not very fast, so I could dodge.
When she approached again, she had to be wary of Black Hole, whose position she could not tell inside the darkness.
When I swung my magic sword with full force, the liquid released by the slime was erased into the darkness.
Erasing the main body was impossible for me right now, but slime separated from the main body was easy.
For her, it was the same as having part of her body erased.
Perhaps sensing that, level twenty returned completely to human form and sat down weakly.
"Umyu..."
"Does this count as surrender? Hey, Sister Mirei."
"Umyu..."
The one who answered was Sister Mirei. Confusing.
Perhaps because she was too shocked, Sister Mirei had melted like slime and started sulking.
"Alphys has gotten that strong..."
"No, as expected of Sister Mirei."
"I couldn't dissolve Alphys's clothes..."
"I want to punch myself for trying to comfort you."
Leaving this hopeless sister aside, I exited the field.
At that moment, Brother Vaid was looking at me with an expression I had never seen before.
What? Did he want to fight me? Fine by me.
"Alphys... What do you intend to do with that?"
"Huh? With what? Wait, whoa!"
The thing Brother Vaid pointed out was stuck to my shoulder.
"Umyu."
"Why did you follow me?"
"Umyuuu."
Did she get attached to me?
Even in the game, there was no development like this.
Level twenty clung to me as if riding on my back and would not let go.
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