Chapter 72 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 73

Ch 73 — Don’t Raise Weird Flags

“We’re finished here, do you want something to eat?” I asked .

“Umuu, sounds good . I was just getting hungry . ” Fer agreed .

“Food-” Sui chimed in . Right then, time to cook but . . . the pools of blood on the grass remained even after the Bloody Horn Bulls had all been packed away . The iron smell of spilt blood filled the air .

“Ah, I don’t feel like eating here right now . ” I groused .

“Is the smell of blood too strong?” Fer inquired . “So much blood might attract more monsters . ”

“Eh? That’s bad . Let’s get out of here quick . ” Safety first, as I might have mentioned before .

“Ehh, hang on . Sui, Can you clean up the blood here?” Fer asked .

“Oh, can Sui eat all the red stuff here?”

“That’s right . Help yourself . ” Fer ordered .

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“Sui can do it . Wait a moment . ” Sui trembled and used her Growth skill . After Sui became a Big Slime she quickly divided into smaller Slimes .

“Everyone, suck up all that red stuff–” Following Sui’s order the small Slimes headed towards the pools and began to consume the Bloody Horn Bull blood . The pools disappeared in the blink of an eye leaving only trampled grassland and a lot of small red-coloured Slimes visible .

“Well done Sui . ” Fer said .

“Ufu, Sui was praised by Fer-ojichan-” Sui bounced happily .

“Slimes can eat pretty much anything so I figured the little Suis could mop up the blood easily . ” Fer explained .

. . . . . . Sui has so many things she can do .

“Hey Sui, are you okay with leaving those small Slimes behind?” I asked .

“Yeah, they’ll probably disappear when it gets dark . ” she said .

It seems the Slimes split off from her large body have a limited lifespan but do they actually disappear at night too?

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“Aruji-, Sui’s hungry-” Ah, right . I should get some food out .

“Yeah, hang on . Here’s some sandwiches that should do you . ” I put out a dish with pork and chicken cutlet sandwiches in front of Fer and Sui . I made them yesterday evening with the leftover fried pork cutlets and chicken cutlets I cooked for their dinner .

Spread butter on the bread, add some shredded cabbage and sprinkle a little mayonnaise then put a pork cutlet on top and finish it off with another slice of buttered bread . Cut it in half and it’s done . I did the same with some fried chicken cutlets and put them away in my Item Box for just such an occasion .

I figured Sui wouldn’t like really spicy food so these would do nicely for the time being .

“”Seconds”” they chorussed .

“Okay . ” I put more pork and chicken cutlet sandwiches in the dish in front of Fer and Sui . Huhuu, I can just keep pulling them out of my Item Box rather than making them one at a time . Until now I have not had time to build a big reserve of cooked food because I’ve been travelling but I plan to cook a lot of food to put in my Item Box while I stay in this town, especially since I’ve got plenty of meat available and I should have lots of free time .

I sank my teeth into a pork cutlet sandwich . Ah, that hits the spot . I settled back, making myself comfortable . I was enjoying the picnic after we had dealt with the Bloody Horn Bulls . The scenery looked wonderful as long as I suppressed my memory of the pools of blood and dead monsters that had been scattered around the grasslands just a few minutes ago . I bit into another sandwich . Delicious . Cabbage and mayo and tonkatsu sauce came together in my mouth, oh so tasty .

To tell the truth I added some mustard to my own sandwiches, a spicy sharp mustard . MMMmmm!

Eating under the blue sky is great . I started on a chicken cutlet sandwich . Ah, I want to drink beer .