Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

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An arrow landed crookedly in the grass a meter away from Lu Minghao, followed by a cry of annoyance and shame from the watchtower, clearly indicating that the young man's originally confident heart had taken a considerable blow.

"Damn it, I'll definitely hit it with the next arrow! That was just an accident!"

On the watchtower, the young man said, drawing his bow again and aiming at the slime below.

Just as the arrow tip was perfectly aligned with the slime's round body, a black shadow suddenly darted out from the nearby vegetable garden, blocking the slime.

"Damn it, why is it always this monster!"

The young man looked at the figure below, arms outstretched, a small face full of tension and determination as she looked at him.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he lowered his bow, while Auster, lying to the side, seemed unfazed, as if he had expected this outcome all along.

"Seriously, why did Grandma Oran have to take in this kind of monster, clearly..."

The young man said, handing the bow to Auster, then kicking the wooden fence in front of him hard, venting his frustration.

Not far from the village entrance, Lu Minghao was curiously observing the little fellow blocking his path.

She wore a nearly faded dress with various patches on her thin body, but even so, its owner had kept it clean, showing how much she cherished it.

"Are you okay, Slime?"

At that moment, a childish and innocent voice rang in Lu Minghao's ears.

A little girl, no older than ten, with long black hair and a slightly pale face, squatted down in front of Lu Qiming, her large purple eyes filled with concern as she looked at Lu Minghao.

Immediately afterward, Lu Minghao's vision began to rise continuously.

The little girl with black hair and purple pupils picked up Lu Minghao and walked towards the woods not far from the village, her little hands carefully checking Lu Minghao's body as she walked, as if to see if he was injured.

Soon, the little girl reached the woods and gently placed Lu Minghao on the ground, pointing towards the depths of the forest with a hint of reluctance and worry on her face.

"Slime, don't get close to the village anymore, it's very dangerous there."

After saying that, the little girl took a few steps back, wanting to watch the slime leave as she had done in the past, but after a minute, the little girl realized that the slime she had saved was not leaving like the slimes she had saved before, but was staying in place, staring at her without moving.

"Slime, aren't you leaving?"

The little girl looked at the slime that hadn't left, and a happy smile appeared on her slightly pale face.

She quickly ran forward, squatted down, and said softly.

"Slime, do you want to come with me?"

After a few seconds, the little girl nervously looked back towards the village, and when she realized that the two people on the watchtower weren't paying attention, she quickly picked up the slime in front of her and ran in the other direction.

From her bouncing movements and slightly cheerful voice, it was clear that she was very happy.

'Hey, hey! I haven't agreed yet!'

Lu Minghao looked at the little girl who had taken him into her arms without permission and couldn't help but complain in his heart, but even so, Lu Minghao didn't resist, just letting the little girl carry him away.

Lu Minghao did this for a simple reason: children's minds are purer than adults', making it easier to get the information Lu Qiming needed.

Moreover, Lu Minghao also noticed that the little girl holding him had a faint little horn on her head.

Soon, the little girl carrying Lu Minghao skillfully passed through the woods and arrived at the base of a stone wall not far from the village.

Next to the stone wall was a rickety little wooden house that looked like it could be blown away by a gust of wind, which was the little girl's home.

"I'm back!"

Pushing open the dilapidated wooden door, the little girl carried Lu Minghao into the house.

The drafty room contained only a small bed made of wooden planks with a thin quilt on top, and a few wild fruits were placed on a stone table next to the bed.

This was all the little girl's belongings, and it was her home.

"Slime, this will be your home from now on.

Oh, by the way, my name is Sally, it's the name that the deceased Grandma Oran gave me."

The little girl named Sally held Lu Minghao high, and her little face was filled with the innocent smile of a child as she began to introduce herself, but when she mentioned the deceased Grandma Oran, a trace of sadness appeared in her large purple eyes.

The next second, Sally shook her little head vigorously, forcing a smile.

She didn't want to cry, Grandma Oran had said that Sally's smile was the cutest.

"Oh, right, Slime, you don't have a name yet.

Grandma Oran said that everyone must have their own name, how about Sally gives you one?"

Saying that, Sally put Lu Minghao on her bed, her large purple eyes staring at Lu Minghao with great interest, her little face full of concentration as she thought about how to give her new friend a nice name.

"Ugh~ Sally can't think of one."

After a few seconds, Sally covered her little head and let out a cry of anguish.

Having never thought about naming someone before, she had no idea how to name the slime in front of her.

"Oh, right, I'll call you Slime, just Sally's Slime, okay!"

The next second, Sally's big eyes lit up, and she happily picked up Lu Minghao and spun around in place, deciding on the name of her first friend.

Then, Sally put Lu Minghao on her table, placed a few wild fruits in front of Lu Minghao, and picked up one for herself, happily eating it.

These were all wild fruits that she had picked this morning, each of which she had worked hard to get, and these wild fruits were undoubtedly Sally's only food for today and tomorrow, but she didn't hesitate to give half of them to Lu Minghao.

Because this was her first friend, Sally, although not even ten years old, wasn't a child who didn't understand anything.

The life she had experienced was even richer than that of many adults.

Her father was an adventurer who had left a village not far away, and he had met her mother, a ghostkin, on his adventure.

A few years after the two got together, they gave birth to Sally, but they died in an accident when Sally was five years old.

After her parents died, Sally's residence was taken away by her parents' companions, who claimed that Sally's parents had made mistakes during the mission, causing losses to the team, and they kicked Sally out.

And so, five-year-old Sally began a life of wandering and begging, and even because she possessed half of the ghostkin bloodline, she was regarded as a monster and a hybrid by everyone.

During the years she wandered in the town, Sally grew up listening to such words, during which Sally survived by relying on garbage and wild fruits outside the town.

It wasn't until Sally was almost eight years old that she was encountered by Grandma Oran, who had left the village and entered the town.

When Grandma Oran saw Sally looking for food in the garbage, she recognized her at a glance by her black hair and the little horn on her head, because Sally's father had taken her back to the village when she was little.