The Man Picked up by the Gods Volume 1 Chapter 5

After answering their questions, the eyes of the four people in front of me have become frightening. I wonder if I did something bad.

Ha? Something wrong? What does she mean by wonderful?

What’s wrong with these people!? Their stare contains too much power! And they’re too overbearing! Scary!

“Let me explain the reason why these two are like this. The reason you gave about why a big slime can’t be tamed is a mystery that many Slave Magic Users have been trying to figure out for a long time. While it’s true that a big slime isn’t very strong, it’s, however, difficult to fight. So there were many people who tried to tame it in order to use it to detain people. Even until now there are those who try. But…”

Uwa… somehow this turned into something really amzing.

What should I do…?

Aaaa~ so it was something like that… but, seeing these people’s reactions if I publicize it’ll be an uproar, seems troublesome… Oh, but I wonder if this is a good opportunity to leave the forest?

When those words unintentionally left his mouth, the four people and the servants waiting behind them, all reacted.

Since there are also things like beasts outside, it’s dangerous to talk while standing out for too long. While I invited everyone to go in, in order to keep watch and look after the horses, most of the guards seemed to have stayed outside. The ones that went inside were the 4 members of the Household of Jamil, the ones that came before, Jill-san, Zeff-san, Camil-san, Hyuzu-san, and the old butler along with the two maids. In order not to be impolite to the members of the Household of Jamil I brought out some black tea.

First of all, some quality tea leaves, it doesn’t seem like there’s any problem with its expiry date so it should be fine.

There’s nothing else to substitute for sugar except for this, I wonder if it’ll be ok…

My previous life. Is not something I can actually say…

Reason: Grandparents = All Purpose. The three gods thought up a really good excuse. If I made a lie by myself, I wonder if it would have been found out immediately. In my previous life I was often told that I was stupidly honest… although I don’t think so. I don’t know why but if it’s just saying something that was decided ahead of time, then even if it’s a lie I could say it smoothly. Moreover, according to the letter of the gods, the grandparents’ souls were called and have already given their permission. I’m really indebted to them.

At that, Elialia, was it? When the young lady drank tea, she noticed something.

Geh!? Were Jija (Ginger) and Ramon (Lemon-like) bad?

The butler immediately went to check. Am I in danger?

Whew! They didn’t think it was poison! I should answer honestly here, besides it’s not like I actually put poison.

“What a wonderful thing to learn. The next time I return to the residence I will try to let the chef know. My thanks, Ryouma-sama.”

“You’re welcome”

“So Ryouma-san is not only an expert at Slime Research but also at cooking?”

This Ojousama. What is she saying all the sudden.

There’s no good or bad slime though…

Uwaa… I’m being attacked by a pure smile… well, it looks like she’s going to treasure it, so why don’t I help her a bit…

“Is it no good?”

“… If you’re ok with me… please let me help you… only, right now only 3 types… can be chosen”

“Oh come one, isn’t it fine? Slime conditions are something I haven’t heard about!”

“Sorry, mother is a first class Slave Magic User but, when the conversation turns to magical beasts, she becomes indiscriminate.”

“I understand, so that is the slime’s evolutionary condition.”

“The 3 variants Ryouma-san was recommending were which variations?”

“Cleaner Slime, Scavenger Slime, and Heal Slime…”

“I’ve never heard of those variations… Does mother know?”

“Well aside from the heal slimes, I haven’t heard of those at all” – Rheinbach-sama

“Me too” - Rheinhart-sama

“I’m unaware, what kind of abilities do cleaner slimes and scavenger slimes possess? And what skills?” – Elize

“The reason… I am recommending… is because those slimes possess… the skills… Cleaning and Deodorization”

“Cleaning and Deodorization? I’ve never heard of those skills”

“Deodorization, I can still somewhat understand but, Cleaning is?”

“…Seeing for yourself… is faster… please wait…”

“Thank you for waiting… this is a Cleaner Slime. Please look over here…”

“A bloodstained cloth? What are you going to do with that?”

“This”

And then after 10 seconds, the slime threw up the cloth, and then with its body stretched like tentacles took the cloth and passed it to me. I spread the cloth wide and showed it to them. When the four members of the Household of Jamil saw that, they gave off a reaction as if they saw something strange. The maids and the butler’s eyes, however, were sparkling.

At the wife of the duke’s words, the maid interjected. From the looks of things she seems to have the know what Aro-ne is thinking.

“That’s also true… but more specifically… it is a skill that removes only the dirt”

“Wh–!?”

“This is nothing…”

“Is there nothing wrong?”

“Nothing but the dirt was dissolved… It’s a slime that won’t eat… humans and even the meat of monsters naturally… unless you tell them to”

“There was such a slime?”

“That was bad for the heart, please don’t scare us”

“My sincerest apologies… it a normal thing to me… and I really didn’t want to touch… it, this cloth.”

“True, it’s definitely hard to say it’s a clean cloth”

“It used to be a goblin’s loin cloth”

It seems in this world “The hardest thing to clean in the whole world is a goblin’s laundry” is a popular saying.

At those words the ojousama looked at my face with amazing vigor. Scary! Her eyes! And some other things too! The madam along with two maids also seems to be staring.

… This is bad! Why did I just throw her a sales pitch like a bad guy!? Moreover the hardest person to talk to! At the very least I should have pushed the Scavenger Slime!

As they said this, they made a face that said they absolutely want to know…

Somehow in order to mediate the situation, Camil-san suggested something irresponsible. Taking that opportunity I stealthily took Camil-san, Jill-san, Zeff-san, and Hyuzu-san to a corner of the room and tried talking to them about the details of the selection method.

The one who nonchalantly asserted that was Hyuzu-san. As he said that he turned around.

Declared Hyuzu-san to the female battalion.

What is he saying!? That guy, can he say it properly?

He said––––!! That guy said it super straight!! Ah… He… He’s going to get endlessly beat up by that female battalion…

If you prepare and set up using just normal water and the water used to wash the body, a normal slime will come. But for some reason slimes that can become Cleaner Slimes gather around sweat and dirty water. In order to safely become a Cleaner Slime, the slime will need to change its life of eating normal food to, without holding back, eat nothing but sweat, dirt, and water.

“I won’t give up… Cleaner Slime is fine”

“Well then, we should ask some guards to…”

“That’s no good. Even if it’s just following another’s example, I will become a Slave Magic User from now on. I mustn’t rely on other people”

“…for everything… to be done… by one person… isn’t necessarily a good thing… you know?”

“Even so, I want to take my first step by myself”

“… the one who will decide… is ojousama”

 “I will… I…~ I will do it! May I have some water?”

In any case, I’d feel guilty if I just brought out some water, might as well try recommending the bath.

“I have, bathtub… please use”

“You have a bathtub? Thank you very much!”

The ojousama gleefully went to the bath, while the two maids went to act as look outs and attendants for the bath. I went and met up with the others.

Certainly that was lacking delicacy. Even I who was often called to be lacking delicacy in previous life, wasn’t that bad. Shouldn’t be, anyway.

… What did she just say?

Ha, hahaha… Why wasn’t I able to think of something so obvious!

Somehow, I’m tried…

After the ojousama got out of the bath, I drew the water. With me leading we got to a place that had relatively many slimes appearing. By some really good luck, a slime that chose the bath water immediately came out, we caught that one and went back home. And then in front of her parents’ eyes, she enacted her first contract.

We grilled the meat the slimes were able to gather while the ojousama was fighting to catch her slime, along with the jija (ginger) I scraped off.

After supper we drank tea while talking, then all the sudden the duke’s wife said this.

For starters, I've already finished the first stage of my research.  And then, seeing my rooms filled up with my slave monsters, makes my head wince. I'm also unsatisfied with the food here, and have started to crave for some more seasonings.

 … I guess should probably start going around the world now… but what should I say? 

"...Hey! You know this kid that has been isolated in the forest for a long time and doesn’t trust other people? Well he just decided that he wants to go out and see the world!"

That just seems too unnatural… Oh, I know! let’s go with the all purpose excuse and use my grandparents!

The atmosphere of the room became serious. Rheinbach closed his eyes, and he looked like he was mulling over something. After a while, he said this.

“Even if we’re like this, we‘re still a duke’s household, to provide for one person’s necessities is a simple matter to us. And also I think leaving an excellent Slave Magic User secluded deep in the forest is a waste. Although you hate the towns, won’t you try going out of the forest?

“Tomorrow, we are going to the town, Gimuru, and then go back home. Since you could also come back here, won’t you come with us on this trip?”

“Trip…”

“Right… I think I’ll end up causing you trouble but… may I come travel… together with you guys?”

“I see! So you’re coming!”

“I remembered grandma telling me… that it’s convenient. I heard there were… a lot of people, that can use it…”

“No, no, even if it’s a low level magic, it’s a high level attribute you know? While, it’s true that the number of people that can use item box, is high. But a person your age using it, is plenty amazing.”

“Ryouma-sama also seems to have talent for skills other than magic. I’ll be looking forward to your future”

“True, even things aside from Slave Magic, if you want to study just say it, ok? I’ll teach you”

“I look forward to studying with Ryouma-san”

“Thank you very much”

“Uwaa, what is this room”

“There are so many weapons and armor”

“Are those pelts deep inside?”

“The pelts are basically the easiest to sell, and the price will change depending on the material. The price is standard and will be decided by the variation of the monster, the size of the hide, and the quality. For example the black bear pelt Hyuzu used before to change his futon, if its quality was good then one sheet of it will go for around 1 small gold coin, because that’s a high class pelt, you see. Even if it’s quality was bad if sold, will allow commoners to live comfortably for 1 to 2 months.”

Silver coins are a bit different, five big copper coins make a small silver coin for 500 suits, and 2 small silver coins make up a medium silver coin for 1000 suits. And then after that until the big gold coin, is 5 pieces, 2 pieces, 5 pieces, and 2 pieces, and so on.”

Black Bear Pelt is unexpectedly expensive, I wonder how many sheets I have…

As I said that, Camil and the others looked at me speechless.

“Did I make a mistake? … A commoner would spend around 100 suits a day, so 30 days for a month would make that 3000 suits, in 2 months, 6000 suits. Even if it’s cheap, if it’s around that, then since one big silver coin is 5000 suits, then 8 pieces would go for 40000 suits… it matches, right?”

Eh!? That’s what you’re concerned about?

Ehh… and so they were surprised?

Like this, while hearing the market price of the pelts, the weapons and other things, I activated the item box and from the black hole that came out I kept tossing into it. While some of the weapons and armor couldn’t be sold, the pelts unexpectedly had high value.

They asked me why I didn’t check the belongings, but it’s because I never really needed money, and food that had gone bad were mixed in there and after having the slimes clean it, without checking I threw it into the storage room. After I honestly answered, they were astounded. Not checking the belongings of the bandit after bringing them down was like working for free, or so they said.

Like this we finished with the preparations in the storage room and then I went by myself, to the kitchen, the medicine room, and took the things I need into my item box.

After this… hmm… Right, I should take the slimes, huh? I can’t just leave them alone, as I thought that I went to talk to Rheinbach.

I see, that’s good.

As I said that, a smile met me and said “It’s fine”. Really, they’re such good people.

My gratitude to the duke's family just keeps on going… oh yeah, speaking of gratitude, there’s still the matter with the gods. Since I’m going to be out for a while, I might as well pay them a visit.

Since the religion of this world doesn’t seem to prohibit idolatry, creating a god’s statue by yourself isn’t a sin. There are also seems to be devout believers that pray at the statue of the church and at a small statue they bought from the church like role models and  little by little sculpt every day. There also seems to be an area in the region that recommends that.

I would train in front of the gods, and pray to them. Though I say I prayed, I was really just talking to them normally. Since I met them once already. Today, I also thought of going to talk to them normally but in the case someone were to come it might be bad so I blocked the entrance with earth magic.

“Today also seems to have ended peacefully. But since you're god, I’m sure you know, I’m going away for a while with the people who visited today. It seems we are going to the town of Gimuru. It’s the long awaited first journey since I’ve gone to this world. Like this I’ll finally be able to keep the promise of going to the church that I made. Only, I don’t know when I’ll be able to come back so I’m taking everything with me… in the case that I can’t come back I’ll make a new statue at a different place. Well then, I’ll see you guys later”

After that, I gave an order to the cleaner and scavenger slimes, and made them clean the storage room and the empty rooms.

After all the preparations were done, I also went to my room, and retired for the day.

Chapter end