Last night, I slipped out from the carriage and cleaned up the insolent fools who tried to point their poisonous fangs towards my cute daughters.
After that I stealthily sipped into the blanket, and now morning has come.
「Hmー, today’s a fine morning, isn’t it?」
「Pyuー, Pyui」
I exited the carriage together with the elf Orphe, and while we breathed in the fresh morning air, we stretched our bodies.
The weather’s good today. The blue sky is extending endlessly.
「Orphe-nee, you’re early as usual」
While making a drowsy expression, the dwarf Nikola came out from the carriage.
Although she’s a peerlessly beautiful girl, she’s a tsurupeta with a short height. (TLN: Tsurutsuru – Smooth, Pettanko – flat-chested. Yup.)
「Nikola should wake up earlier. Early to sleep and early to rise is good for your body’s health, after all」
「……I’ll try. To us researchers, accomplishment is something we do everyday」
Both of them washed their faces with water Orphe made using magic, and did some light exercise.
I also did what I could with my slime body. The truth is that this is also special training for transformation.
If I go at it steadily from these trivial things, I will master this slime body.
「Amazing, Sla-chan. You can do the Enlight exercises」
「Pyui!」
These are the exercises I thought up, after all! These morning exercises are so that we can live healthy lives.
I’ve come to think that it was good that I’ve reincarnated into a slime, as I am hugged like this.
「Now then, let’s depart. Nikola, the golem carriage’s okay, right?」
「Of course, I’ve completed even its maintenance」
Nikola gave a thumbs-up.
There is a staff stuck into the floor within the carriage, and a crystal at its tip.
Nikola grasped it tightly.
As she did that, a driving sound was made, the golem engine started a driving force and rotation, and the gears meshed with each other. The carriage started moving.
Now then, we shall depart.
Thus, seeing my own invention playing an important part, I felt that there is nothing better than this, as its inventor.
After travelling for a while, we came out to the main road.
Thanks to the pavement, the shaking has lessened.
Thanks to that, I have room to ponder on things.
They seem to be heading towards the most prosperous port city, Ash Port.
「Nikola-chan, have you come to this area before?」
「Actually, I’m also the same. Sometimes my hunter’s blood gets excited, and I hunt in the nearby mountains, but I don’t really go to other towns or something」
Among the sisters, there are the indoor faction and the outdoor faction.
Orphe and Nikola of 【Magic Arts】 and 【Alchemy】 basically stay indoors and are immersed in research, since my mansion is an environment with complete equipment, but they sometimes leave for faraway places for academic conferences and such, and go trips with me in order to obtain materials which aren’t on the market.
The three people, Shimazu, Helen and Leona of 【Sword】, 【Medical Arts】 and 【King】, need experience above all else, so they wander around places like battlefields.
If I didn’t follow them. I put strength into my slime body which is trembling slightly.
「Sla-chan, if I remember correctly, Otou-san has maps or doc.u.ments from throughout the world, but does he have maps or doc.u.ments of this area?」
「Pyui!」
I took out the desired thing.
It’s my property, after all. I can properly make a mental image on whether something is or isn’t there.
Since I took out the imagined item using 【Storage】, I can’t choose what item to bring out with vague words like what Orphe said.
Thus, I could take it out after rendering it.
「Thanks, Sla-chan…… Ah, Nikola-chan, look. Look here」
「Wait a moment, I’m in the middle of driving, it’s scary to look away. I’ll change it to automatic driving」
You can do that!?
I didn’t install automatic driving on the golem carriage.
「Eh? Even when Otou-san was the one handling it, there wasn’t such a function」
「Naturally, it’s my own invention. However, I can only use it on the main road. It recognises the road from its shape, and only drives along the road while avoiding obstacles. It’ll stop once we arrive at a forked road」
It’s simple, but it’s a good idea. If that’s the case, it can probably be realised, one way or another.
I’m happy that I can see my daughter’s growth.
「And, Orphe-nee, what were you so surprised about?」
「Orphe-nee, you really love hot springs, don’t you」
「Un, I love it. It’s an absolute must-go」
Nikola pondered for a while.
「Orphe-nee, usually, we’ll have to pa.s.s through a big checking station if we try to cross the national border, but there’s a possibility it might be blocked by the fatty upstart who sent a carrier pigeon after noticing us bringing out the research results. That’s why I planned to escape to the Ashley Empire by going across the surrounding rugged mountain range with the golem carriage」
Nikola pointed to the tugged mountain range on the map.
It will be difficult for a normal carriage to travel on a path which isn’t well maintained. That’s why it will be a blind spot.
「The route Nikola-chan thought up, the hot spring village’s……」
After that, she nodded.
「The route to the hot springs village is almost the same as the one I thought which leads to the mountain range」
「We can make a stopover if it’s only a day. I also want to go wtih Orphe-nee to the hot springs」
This kid, in the end, she loves her elder sister, so she won’t reject her.
「Thanks. Nikola-chan」
She hugged Nikola tightly.
If she does that, Otou-san doesn’t have the confidence to keep his reasoning. I might exterminate the pest.
「Sla-chan’s also looking forward to the hot springs, right♪?」
「Pyui♪」
Actually, I also love hot springs.
However, no matter how much intelligence I muster, I cannot win against a natural hot spring.
「Nikola-chan, let’s speed up. I’ll supply magic power」
「Uuu, too bad. Well then, Sla-chan, let’s sing the hot spring song together」
「Pyui」
I don’t really know something like a hot spring song, but I agreed.
It isn’t an exaggeration to say that her singing is the melody of the heavens. There’s also the fact that the elves are a race who loves singing, and she also has talent at it.
Even with an unserious improvised song, it can stimulate the hearts of the people who hear it.
Orphe smiled.
Like that, our destination changed to the village of hot springs, Braun, which we will stop over for a while.
After camping for a day, it’s the second day. We finally arrived at Braun.
Its Skill seems to be the same as the Fat Rat’s. However, I feel like my luck has strangely become better. That is a rat which is said to bring good luck.
I’ve decided that tonight, I will slip out from the inn and hunt the monsters around this area.
For the sake of increasing my Skills, I want to 【Absorb】 as many types of monsters as I can.
「Orphe-nee, I’m unsure whether our travelling expenses can even pay for the inn, so I’ll go sell a suitable gem」
「Pyui」
Just as she said, I took out Orphe’s favourite feather hat.
Orphe went to a place with a lot of traffic, and put the feather hat opposite to her.
Orphe than started singing.
That was presented without even a musical instrument, and only her voice.
The singing which started all of a sudden.
However, Orphe’s singing is special. The pa.s.sing people stopped their feet, and people gathered from a distance, searching for the singing.
Orphe continued singing.
And then, the song ended.
Although it had only been a single song, people were moved, as if watching a play. The very song itself became a tale.
My daughter’s amazing.
Let’s lend her a hand.
「Pyui!」
I turned over the feather hat, then put it on my head and let out a cry.
Orphe pointed her hand towards the feather hat, and gracefully bowed.
Orphe expressed her grat.i.tude, and started singing another song.
「Here, Nikola-chan. Our travelling expenses. We can stay in a good inn, and even order a feast」
「Hmー, not really? If I’m seriously researching magic arts, it’ll take an unthinkable amount of money」
I agreed on that.
「It’s the same for alchemy. I want to quickly set up a base and make a killing. For the time being, let’s get a room with this money」
「Pyui!」
「……That wasteful habit of yours, Orphe-nee’s hopeless parts are exactly the same as Tou-san’s」
Nikola smiled wryly, and went to make a reservation at the inn.
Let’s take it slowly and have some fun today. (TLN: Literally extend wings)
「Sla-chan, why did you grow wings?」
「Pyui!」
For the sake of extending my wings, I tried growing wings.
Nikola came to call us. Orphe smiled, hugged me and we headed towards the inn.
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Level: 6
Skill: AbsorbStoragePresence SensingFamiliarFlight ⅠHorn ChargeLanguage Ⅰ
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