Published: August 2, 2025
The Next Day
"...I did it!!"
I was trembling with joy from the morning.
What a surprise! When I woke up, one of the sticky slimes had evolved!
The appraisal results were as follows:
Latex Slime
Skills: Slime Generation Lv6, Coagulation Lv1, Dissolution Lv1, Physical Attack Resistance Lv2, Jump Lv1, Digestion Lv4, Absorption Lv4, Splitting Lv3
What is this...
First, the type is "Latex Slime."
When I think of latex, the first thing that comes to mind is natural rubber’s raw material.
It’s a milky white, viscous liquid that oozes out when the rubber tree is wounded.
Indeed, its appearance matches that exactly — a milky white, viscous liquid.
The food I gave this slime was "Dante’s stem"... As I recall, latex as a rubber raw material is mainly harvested from rubber trees, but latex itself is secreted by other plants as well. Among them, dandelions are quite well-known, and Dante has some similarities to Earth’s dandelions. I can’t confirm without experimentation, but it’s highly likely this is the latex as imagined. If all goes well, rubber can be made from this slime’s bodily fluid.
However, unfortunately, the slime’s own abilities have significantly dropped.
“Compared to sticky slime, physical attack resistance, digestion, and absorption have each increased by one level. But jump decreased by two. The five skills—strong adhesive liquid, adhesive hardening liquid, sticky thread spit, staff techniques, and seed planting—have completely disappeared…”
This is the first time something like this has happened.
Until now, this was unusual, but is it normal for abilities to change upon evolution?
Or is this case rare?
No, this latex slime evolved from a jelly-like sticky slime.
Maybe because the body changed from jelly-like to liquid-like, with increased water content... I don't know.
So far, only this one slime has evolved into latex slime. Data is insufficient.
I need to see more evolutions and study them carefully!
In that case, I should increase the number of latex slimes... It’s been quite a while since I found that some sticky slimes prefer this part of the stem. Was that because there was little latex in the stem and thus only a small amount was ingested per meal...
“Good morning, Lord Takebayashi.”
Huh!? Oh, is it already time for visitors?
“Lord Takebayashi?”
“Ah, good morning! Please come in!”
When I called beyond the door, Ms. Luluneze quietly entered.
“Good morning. Breakfast is ready... but is something the matter?”
“No, it’s fine. I was watching the slimes evolve and lost track of time. I’ll be ready shortly.”
It’s very disappointing, but observing slimes will have to wait until after breakfast...
So, I got ready and went to the breakfast table.
“You seem in quite a good mood.”
“Did something good happen?”
“If it’s about Ryoma, it’s probably slime-related.”
“Did one of them evolve?”
Just by greeting them briefly, they guessed my mood and the reason…
Am I really that obvious?
“As you guessed, the sticky slime evolved into a latex slime.”
“Latex slime... is it a new species again?”
“At least it’s not a commonly seen higher-level species.”
“What can that slime do?”
“So far, it seems to only secrete mucus, but if this mucus is the same as the one I know, it should be a very useful material for making various things.”
...Speaking of which, does this world even have rubber?
Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen rubber products here.
There were things like grell frog leather armor with a rubber-like texture, but...
Curious, I asked Mr. Serge, who said maybe...
“Perhaps, Lord Ryoma is referring to 'gum'?”
According to Mr. Serge, if you go straight south from this country to the continent’s edge, there’s a port town. Beyond that lie many islands, and after a month or two of sea travel with stops for supplies, you reach another continent. That place is different from this country—always warm, humid, sudden downpours replacing clear skies, and vastly different culture.