Published: August 2, 2025
Today, 10 chapters update simultaneously.
This story is chapter 6.
Two days later.
I parted ways with Mr. Serge, who said he still had some errands, and returned to Gimul ahead of him.
Since I arrived late at night, I went straight home. I thought I would just take care of my familiar and then sleep... but that wasn’t going to happen.
In the room inside the abandoned mine shaft, there was just me and one cleaner slime. One of the slimes I took from the shop the other day had begun evolving earlier than I expected. There was no way I could just sleep.
Watching the cleaner slime repeatedly release and absorb mana, its transparent body gradually darkening, I eagerly awaited the completion of its evolution. Time passed just like that...
“Oh! Is it done?”
The mana quieted down, and the slime started crawling around the room. Its body color was uniformly dull black, like a “carbon lump” made by kneading crushed charcoal into a ball. But upon closer inspection, it was still jelly-like like a slime. It would be more accurate to say it was a black viscous liquid without any gloss...
Well then, let’s check the species! Magical beast appraisal... oh.
Deodorant Slime
Skills:
Absorbing Odor level 8, Deodorization level 6, Odor Elimination level 8, Odor Prevention level 5, Malodorous Liquid Emission level 2, Stimulating Odor Emission level 2, Absorbing Odorous Liquid level 7
Deodorizing Liquid level 5, Odor Eliminating Liquid level 7, Odor Preventing Liquid level 4, Malodorous Liquid level 1, Stimulating Odor Liquid level 1, Disease Resistance level 5
Poison Resistance level 5, Physical Attack Resistance level 1, Cleanliness level 4, Cleaning Work level 1, Jump level 3, Split level 1
“A Deodorant Slime, huh. I was expecting carbon, but it went in this direction instead...”
This ability set. Deodorant slimes are specialized in odors. All skills contain the word “odor” which makes them easy to understand. For now, I should test everything I can. Since it smells, better to do it outside...
After moving locations and conducting tests, I confirmed the following:
Absorbing Odor is a skill that sucks in smells from the air.
Deodorization is a skill that absorbs odors from objects it touches.
These two are similar, but differ in their effective range.
Odor Elimination literally eliminates odor, while Odor Prevention suppresses the smell and prevents it from transferring to other things.
Malodorous Liquid Emission is an ability to emit a foul smell, similar to the scavenger that helped with experiments.
Stimulating Odor Emission is just a change from malodorous to stimulating odor. It’s not toxic.
However, even a slight sniff caused almost tear-inducing irritation, so caution is necessary.
If it grows further, Stimulating Odor Emission could reach the level of tear gas.
Skills with “liquid” mean it can spit out liquids that have the same effect as the skill in the name.
The liquids are black, just like its body, and quite viscous. Personally, I’d describe it more as mud.
The rest of the abilities were carried over from the cleaner slime, with no differences.
Finally, regarding its food... it seems it eats both charcoal and dirt, not just one or the other.
“That might be why it didn’t become carbon... I should investigate the liquids more.”
Excluding the malodorous and stimulating odor liquids, I collected the deodorizing liquids the slime could spit.
I also prepared the cleaner slime’s odor eliminating liquid for comparison, then analyzed both with appraisal and chemicals.
“...It’s a bit different from the cleaner’s.”
The cleaner slime’s odor eliminating liquid was tested with Mr. Kokin and others and adopted as a product in the shop. There are three levels: “Normal” with the lowest effect, “Super” stronger, and “Hyper (pure liquid)” the strongest. All are used by spraying or applying the liquid to the target.
But if you use the deodorant slime’s odor eliminating liquid the same way, it stains the target black. It would be hard to use as a deodorant for clothing. However, the deodorant slime’s odor eliminating liquid has a property where it can be diluted or mixed with other liquids by human hands.