As we entered the town, we stopped by a slime research facility at the back of the training facility.
In front of me is a triangular building surrounded by 4m tall walls. It looked like a fortress. The building is about three stories high.
The walls being high is a requirement by the law for magical beast research facilities inside a town. It’s to ensure the safety of the citizens living nearby.
Moreover, this building is situated 30m away from the surrounding buildings. That empty space is covered by a park. The security is made to be lax as the park is also open to the public. Nothing can be done about the height of the walls, so at the very least, the security was lightened to allow the citizens visiting the park to be able to relax.
As I greeted the security of the facility, I entered into the research facility, and stopped by the receptionist’s desk where an old man was waiting for me.
“Good morning. Sorry for making you wait.” [Ryouma]
“Good morning, Chief.” [Old Man]
The man who is bowing deeply right in front of me is Paul Bilkins. He is the man responsible for managing the researchers of the slime research facility. He is able to immediately comprehend the things I teach him, allowing him to immediately distribute the work to his subordinates, gather the results, and report to me everything in detail.
Also, because I also have other stores to deal with, I’m more the investor and advisor of this research facility rather than a manager.
The first thing to be done after arriving here is the matter regarding the things that I’ve brought. The reception’s desk that we are at now is the lowest part of this triangular building. Going left from here leads to the laboratory that studies the practical applications of the slimes. Going right leads to the lab that studies unknown slimes.
I handed the paper and the goblin feeds to the person in charge of their storerooms.
There are few amongst the researchers who can contract a large number of slimes like me, so they can’t have the slimes fuse together and become a big version or a huge version to save on food costs. That’s why a majority of the goblins I’m breeding are being consumed by the research facility.
The reason I’m able to contract a large number of slimes is because Gayn and the others set my talent in slave magic to adapt to my interests. I’m extremely interested in slimes, so my talent in slave magic adapted itself for slime contracts. Thanks to that, I’m able to contract what is pretty much an infinite number of slimes.
But I can also contract with other beasts, and am often told that I’m better than the common man at it. Also, according to Gayn, I’m apparently compatible with magical beasts that have a tendency for crowding together. I’m also compatible with magical beasts that are weak individually.
When I asked Kufo why, he said, “Weren’t you always bad with people back in your previous life? Then isn’t your affinity something that came about because of your admiration for those that are able to form bonds with crowds?” His words hit right at the heart of the matter of how I thought back in my previous life, so I couldn’t deny it at all. I’ve always been envious of people who could get together happily with other people after all.
Being told the truth with no malice behind it is a lot more painful than some poorly made lie. It was also in the middle of the banquet when I was told that, so I ended up drinking more liquor than normal. I couldn’t get drunk at all though…
Going back to the topic…
My job isn’t only to transport the goods to the storeroom.
“Here are the documents since last week–––” [Researcher 1]
“Oil Slime, Wax Slime, Mold Slime, and Copy Slime. These four types of slimes all possess the ability to generate lubricant liquid. We compared the liquids they produced, and as expected, although they all possess the same Lubricant Liquid Generate skill, the characteristics of the liquid produced varies per type. Also, the abilities exhibited of two slimes of the same type apparently vary depending on the food they are fed before evolution. For example–––” [Researcher 2]
“The slime evolutions are really varied. We are currently in the process of drawing up a tree-chart for their evolution–––” [Researcher 3]
“We’ve discovered another new slime!” [Researcher 4]
I took the opportunity to go around the laboratories, receiving the reports of people as I did. The bureau director, Paul, has also written it down in the document he gave me, but I also wanted to see the actual results myself.
“Another one? There sure has been a lot of new slimes lately.” [Ryouma]
I looked at the slime that was presented before me. This slime had just evolved, so the research surrounding it has only just begun as well. From the outside, it looks no different from a normal slime, so I used my Monster Identify skill.