Chapter 47: Naming and Bringing to INN

[Meanwhile, in Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken]

There were adventurers preparing to investigate the Great Jura Forest.

They were B-rank adventurers: Cabal, Ellen, and Gido.

With monster activity worsening, even merchants had been avoiding entering.

With the increase in protection fees, the journey would no longer be profitable.

Thus, to cross the forest, it would be necessary to proceed on foot.

And in the first place, since no carriage could approach the "Sealed Cave," any journey would inevitably have to continue on foot.

When they finished some preparations and were about to depart, a single person called out to them.

"Excuse me. If you are heading toward the forest, could I accompany you halfway?"

Was the voice female? Male? Young? Old? They couldn't tell.

Nor could they see the person's expression.

Because that person was wearing a mask.

An expressionless but beautiful mask.

The stranger gave off a suspicious aura. But...

"It should be fine…?" Ellen responded.

"Hey! You! Before the leader – me! – gave permission… seriously, what the hell!" Cabal, the 'leader,' wasn't very pleased.

"Seriously… well, now that Nee-san gave the OK, there's no point arguing, right?" Gido shrugged.

Hearing this, Cabal felt defeated and accepted it.

"I am grateful!"

After saying those words, the suspicious stranger silently followed the trio.

Thus, the group of three gained a new companion and set off on their investigation.

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This time, Zaydas reversed time so that this dimension would flow slower than his own.

After excusing himself to go to the bathroom, Zaydas spoke mentally: 'Great Sage, I want to unlock the ninth gate.'

[Processing...]

[-256 Thousand AP!]

[Done!]

As soon as the Great Sage's voice said 'Done,' Zaydas felt a new gate opening, while his mind became slightly overwhelmed with information.

Force Field Generation, Transformation, and Size Alteration...

Three abilities were unlocked at the same time with the opening of the ninth gate.

Two abilities that complemented each other and another one he also desired.

It took some time for him to process so much information.

After that was done, he smiled as he had a brilliant idea.

After some tests, he managed to change his form, transforming into a Blue Slime. This was only possible thanks to the two new abilities, Transformation and Size Alteration.

Transformation allowed him to change his appearance, but he couldn't alter his size drastically, whereas Size Alteration enabled him to modify both his internal body and specific parts, such as making his arm enormous, etc.

Maintaining this form, he commanded mentally: 'Great Sage, I want to go to TSSDK. Mark the coordinate.'

[One moment, please... Done!]

As soon as he heard this, Zaydas used Dimensional Jump.

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Rimuru looks up at the sky and sighs.

Following what Zaydas had told him earlier, he went to the city later without using his human form and... Well, several things happened, and now, he somehow managed to bring some talented Dwarves with him.

'How did Zaydas-san know about these things?'

"Rimuru-sama?" Ranga stopped running, almost making Rimuru fall off him.

"What happened, Ranga?" Rimuru steadied himself and 'saw' what was not too far away: "A Slime?"

In front of him, Rimuru saw a Slime identical to himself.

'Thinking about it now, isn't this my first time seeing another Slime besides myself?' Rimuru thought.

However, what happened next left him speechless, unable to understand what was going on.

"Nice to meet you all. I am the Slime Rimuru. Not an Evil Slime~"

"What? Ah? What?" Rimuru was so confused that he started thinking: 'Where am I? Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?'

"Ku kuku, Kuha ha, Ku ha hahaha!"

Letting out a classic villain laugh, worthy of three digits, the 'Slime Rimuru' began to change shape.

"Zaydas-kun?!" Rimuru exclaimed. "I swear, only someone like you would pull a prank like this!"

"Hahaha." Zaydas said, wiping away a trace of tears. "Rimuru-you, should've seen your face when you saw me. Especially when I said, 'I am the Slime Rimuru. Not an Evil Slime.' Haha, that was fun~"

"Zaydas-kun, you... Damn it, you... Sigh..." Rimuru didn't even know what to say to scold him. "Man, you really caught me off guard."

"And I don't know it? Damn, I only regret not recording this..." He sighed in regret.

"Master?" Ranga, who was carrying Rimuru, was both confused and surprised.

It was understandable; this was Ranga's first time seeing Zaydas.

"Ranga, this is my friend, Zaydas-san." Rimuru introduced them. "And, Zaydas-san, this is my loyal subordinate who joined the village, Ranga."

"I am Ranga. Nice to meet you, Master's friend!" Ranga began wagging his tail very quickly.

"Mm, likewise." Zaydas smiled a little. Then, he said, "Now that I've had my fun, I'll take my leave—I have something I need to do... Ah yes, this is a gift."

A magic circle appeared beside each of Zaydas's hands, and from one of them, he pulled out a glass bottle. The bottle then floated toward Rimuru, who created a blue slime hand to grab it.

"What is this?"

Then, he saw Zaydas take out two golden fruits.

"Wine, and these golden fruits were what I used to create this wine," Zaydas replied. "I didn't make much this time, so I'll give you one bottle. Drink in moderation, as it's a special wine, and its effect might even get you drunk. There's a special note about this—read it later. And these golden fruits are a type of spiritual fruit, or at least that's what I like to think. They have a good effect on enhancing the body and restoring power."

When Zaydas finished speaking, he made the two golden fruits float toward Rimuru and Ranga.

"Thank you, Master's friend!" Ranga thanked him before taking the golden fruit with his mouth.

"Thanks for the gift, Zaydas-san," Rimuru also expressed his gratitude.

After storing the wine, Rimuru jumped into the air, shifted into his human form, and landed on the ground beside Ranga.

"Don't worry about it," Zaydas joked dismissively before simply vanishing before their eyes.

Seeing Zaydas leave just like that, Rimuru shook his head.

Noticing that Ranga wasn't eating the golden fruit—knowing he wouldn't eat without permission—Rimuru said, "Go ahead and eat, Ranga. It was a gift from my friend to you."

Then, Rimuru himself took a bite of the golden fruit in his hand.

*Mogu mogu*

*Gokuri*

"Delicious~!" Rimuru's eyes sparkled.

'As expected of Zaydas, he's always full of surprises...' Then, he mentally commanded: 'Great Sage, analyze this golden fruit!'

[Analyzing...]

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What can be said... In the Great Jura Forest, the existence of things like chickens, pigs, etc., has so far been nonexistent.

Zaydas wandered through the forest, and the weakest creatures he saw were Goblins and small birds.

Zaydas' thoughts were interrupted when he stopped flying after spotting a massive lake.

'Well, I'll start testing with fish, then try heading to a city. Maybe I'll find someone who raises chickens or something...'

With that thought, he quickly descended.

Slowing down as he reached the lake, Zaydas hovered, then extended his hands. From his ten fingers, silk threads emerged, forming a fishing net that sank into the lake and, at his command, closed.

'I caught something...'

Pulling back, the white silk threads retracted toward him.

"Splash!"

The moment the central part of the fishing net emerged from the water, a relatively loud sound echoed, and then Zaydas saw several fish that had been caught—medium, small, and large ones, even a one-meter-long octopus.

Taking flight with them, Zaydas carried them to dry land, a bit away from the water, and let the silk net settle on the ground.

Landing beside it, he watched as the fish flopped on the ground while the octopus struggled to return to the lake.

After thinking for a moment, Zaydas created an ice arrow and shot it at the octopus's head.

"Beng!"

The shot was precise, and soon, the octopus, pierced by the ice arrow, began freezing entirely.

Shifting his attention from the octopus, Zaydas looked at the fish still writhing on the ground.

Thinking for a moment, he created a magic circle beneath the fish, and a 100-liter water tank appeared, causing most of the fish to fall inside it.

Using Telekinesis, he picked up the remaining fish and also used Hydrokinesis to take water from the lake and fill the tank.

Now seeing the fish swimming in circles inside the water tank, Zaydas analyzed them until he found a pair of the same species, measuring 50 cm and 55 cm. They looked very similar to carp.

'Let's test these two first.'

The rest were a bonus for him to take back and eat, just like the octopus.

He made the female float toward him and said, "Your name will be Burida."

The moment he did this, the fish glowed slightly.

'Well, the effect isn't exactly instant.'

The simple fact that it glowed a little gave him hope, and when he tried to 'replicate' the ability of the fish he had made float with Telekinesis, a smile formed on his lips as he saw the ability: Extra: Fertile.

He didn't know if it was the will of the world answering his sincere prayer, but whatever it was, this ability was self-explanatory.

After placing her in the water, he made the other fish float and brought it to him: "Your name will be Hiyokuna."

He made a pun with the female's name, 'Burida,' which could mean 'Breeder' in Japanese, and for the male, 'Hiyokana,' which could mean 'Fertile' in Japanese.

Just like Burida, Hiyokana began to glow briefly while Zaydas felt a 10% drain on his demonic power.

With that done, he analyzed the ability that Hiyokana gained: Extra: Stallion.

Curiously, when he opened the ability details, it was somewhat similar to Burida's. While Burida could ovulate with any fish species, Hiyokana had the same capability, but his ability was more arrogant—to the point where he could reproduce even with aquatic species such as whales, sharks, starfish, etc.

'This can't be a coincidence... Is it because of the name?'

No matter how he looked at it, it was too much of a coincidence that both fish had highly useful abilities that met his needs.

However, he needed to be careful with Hiyokana. His ability could lead to ovulation with various different aquatic species, and if Zaydas created a pond with other aquatic species, it could become a problem.

'Well, I can separate them by species...'

He didn't feel the need to create hybrid mutations.

At the same time, it could be very significant if Hiyokana and Burida mixed with different fish, creating multiple new subspecies.

Regarding that, he had no objections.

For now, though, he didn't want to take risks. He created two additional 50-liter water tanks and placed each of them separately from the others, filling the tanks with water.

Until he was sure there was no risk of them being killed by larger fish or fighting among themselves, Zaydas played it safe.

With everything done, Zaydas made the three water tanks float with Telekinesis, then created a magic circle beneath the frozen octopus, storing it.

After that, he closed his eyes while he could clearly sense the mark of his dimension and, just as clearly, the one from INN. This time, he noticed that the mark was not following Hiraku but instead remained at the last point he had exited, meaning his bathroom.

Changing the mark's location to a spot near the golden fruit orchard, Zaydas used Dimensional Jump.

His vision darkened for a moment, and he felt the flow of time-space, but it lasted only a mere millisecond before he found himself in INN, at the marked location.

'It worked.' He smiled slightly.

However, when he looked at the water tanks, he saw that two smaller fish, about 10 cm in size, had died.

'Mhm... This confirms that it's not entirely safe to use Dimensional Jump, I guess?' Until now, he hadn't noticed any issues, but that might be because he had considerable strength from the very beginning.

Still, this was a minor setback. Having most of the fish survive, especially Burida and Hiyokana, was already a great victory.

Before anything else, he restored the time flow to how it was before.

Then, taking a distance of 200 meters, Zaydas placed the water tanks with the fish on the ground for now and began to float.

In the air, he created a huge red magic circle and used Modeling through it, affecting a total of one hectare of land. He opened a massive hole in the ground, placing the excavated soil in a corner, which soon began forming a small mountain of earth.

The entire process took an hour. Just to be safe, he solidified the soil of all the excavated land using Modeling.

When he finished, making it 100 meters deep, Zaydas reflected for a moment before using Modeling to create an underground tunnel from the newly dug pond to the river in the west.

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Looking at the entire hectare of land being filled with water, Zaydas smiled slightly, then thought of something and began using part of the removed soil to create four separate divisions in total.

For now, he would leave Burida in one section, Hiyokana in another, and the rest of the fish in the third. Later, he planned to introduce another species in the remaining space.

'Everything is going according to plan... Or almost.' Zaydas nodded with a smile. 'Very well, very well.'

Making the fish float, he first placed the 'normal' ones in Section 1. In Section 2, he placed Burida, and in Section 3, Hiyokana.

With that done, he dismembered the two dead fish and tossed them into Burida's water.

Then, he took 10 kilos of wild animal meat from the Forest of Death, cut it into small pieces, and distributed it among each section.

'For now, I'll use meat to feed the fish. Later, I'll research what fish normally eat.'

Satisfied with his work, he seemed to remember something and adjusted the time flow once more.

'Great Sage, mark the coordinates of TSSDK.'

[Done!]

Without a second thought, he used Dimensional Jump.

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