Published: July 31, 2025
Posting three chapters today simultaneously.
This story is the second chapter.
The next day
Today, the young lady seemed to have learned from yesterday’s mistakes and planned to train in the abandoned mine shaft again.
As for me, Lord Reinbach asked me to accept a magical beast subjugation request from the Adventurers’ Guild for the abandoned mine that would be issued today. The young lady said I should go together with her, but both Lord Reinbach and madam opposed the idea.
I realized again yesterday that the combat experience between the young lady and me is worlds apart. Our actual combat abilities differ greatly as well. From the standpoint of subjugation, it would be inefficient, and she might end up relying on me too much.
Indeed, if she relied on me, I probably wouldn’t refuse…
So, when I went to the Guild, I was called into the Guild Master’s room.
“You’re here, Ryoma.”
“You called for me? Is there something you need?”
“Nothing major. The butler of the Duke’s household just came and issued a magical beast subjugation request starting tomorrow. I want to confirm a few things. Did you go to the abandoned mine yesterday?”
“I did.”
“Tell me which magical beasts appeared there. Also, how disturbed the place was. I heard some details from the butler, but we want to gather as much information as possible.”
“Understood. I fought cave mantises, cave bats, and small rats, and the young lady also defeated some slime. Also, there was a metal slime inside the abandoned mine shaft.
The place seemed untouched by humans for a long time, overgrown with weeds. But the structure I was in was solid, and I haven’t heard of other areas having unstable ground or collapses.”
“Then it should be fine to accept subjugation requests from G-rank upwards. But there was a metal slime too?”
“Yes. We were separated at that time, but she captured it as a gift and contracted with it.”
“By the way, you collect slime, don’t you? I heard you have over a thousand.”
“That’s right. Currently, I have 728 sticky slimes, 323 poison slimes, 211 acid slimes, 11 cleaner slimes, 3,033 scavenger slimes, 2 heal slimes, 1 metal slime, and 1 ordinary slime, totaling 4,310.”
“That’s way too many.”
The Guild Master gave a slight wry smile, surprised by the sheer number.
“The large number of scavenger slimes is due to the recent incident. Because of that, they split multiple times in a short period, exceeding 3,000.
Since slimes can survive on almost just water, it’s easy, but if these were other magical beasts, I’d have to work desperately to afford their feeding costs.”
“I see... Oh, right, there’s another request to clean cesspools. If possible, please accept it.”
I didn’t decide on today’s work yet, so that was fine, but isn’t it a bit soon?
“Only a few days have passed since the last one?”
“Yeah, it hadn’t been cleaned for a long time before. Nobody knew when the next cleaning would be, so lots of people thought to submit requests early! And they threatened with complaints if it took too long.
The government couldn’t persuade the slum residents. Some staff ended up doing the work, but those people had been arrogant until now. They’re on a different level from you.”
“I understand... How many cesspools this time?”
“All 30. Can you manage?”
“After the last time, slime processing speed improved, so if I spend a whole day, I should manage... The volume is probably less.”
“All right, I’ll leave all of them to you. The townsfolk are noisy about it.”
“Understood. Ah, what about the subjugation request procedures for the abandoned mine?”
“It’s fine. You can handle the procedures after you return from the request today. There’s no limit on the number of participants, and I’ve already cleared it with them.”
“Got it. Then...”
After that, I thought if we could buy the magical beasts subjugated from tomorrow as slime feed, and happily got permission with no hesitation. Leaving the Guild Master’s room, I went to the reception desk where the same receptionist as before was stationed to complete the procedures.