Caulkins-san began to tear up again as he said that.
That’s certainly frustrating. If only he was able to continue researching a bit more, then he might have been able to uncover one of the slime’s mode of life… Come to think of it, when I met him for the first time, Jeff-san told me that he spent all his fortune in his research. So this is the reason, huh? When he’s in charge of a store, I’ll definitely have someone else who can manage money work with him.
“I-Isn’t it fine, Caulkins-san!? After all, we’re already working at this store!” [Robelia]
“That’s right! From now on we’ll be able to work under the boss, and make other people understand how useful slimes are!” [Tony]
“You’re right… you’re exactly right! I don’t have time to regret! I’ll use this to make myself work even harder!” [Caulkins]
Looks like Robelia-san and Tony-san were able to help Caulkins-san get back up. It’s good that he’s even more fired up than before… and more than anything, it’s good that he’s not the type to be sour. Only, I do know how to make the slime into a big slime. But if I tell him now, I’m sure he’ll be depressed again…
I don’t have the skills to tell him about it without causing him to be depressed, so I better just keep it to myself for now.
“Oh yeah, what were we talking about again?” [Caulkins]
“We were explaining to the boss about how the lab treated us poorly.” [Robelia]
“And then from there we got to the evolution conditions. Boss, do you still have any other questions?” [Tony]
Questions? In that case, the slime variations.
“What kind of slimes were there in the research lab?” [Ryouma]
“In my research lab, the type of slime I’ve seen is the same type as the boss is raising, a sticky slime. My lab’s hypothesis believes that slimes will evolve into a big slime when they become stronger, so we caught a bunch of slimes and made them fight other magical beasts. The slimes kept dying, so it was very rare for them to evolve.” [Tony]
Well yeah, they won’t evolve like that.
“As for me, the slimes we were raising evolved into a slime called, Tree Slime.” [Robelia]
Oh! A new slime!
“What kind of slime was that?” [Ryouma]
“It was the same as a normal slime at the start, but as time passed, a tree sprouted from its nucleus.” [Robelia]
A tree grew from its nucleus? Is the nucleus of a tree slime a seed?
“And then?” [Ryouma]
“That’s it.” [Robelia]
“Eh?” [Ryouma]
“The tree grew bigger and bigger, and eventually it rooted itself on the ground. At that point, it just became a normal tree. There’s a nucleus inside the tree, so it seems to be alive, but it’s become completely unable to move.” [Robelia]
“Isn’t there some sort of practical application for it?” [Ryouma]
“Nothing in parti… Well I guess you could say it’s quite strong, so as lumber, perhaps.” [Robelia]
Lumber, huh?