Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

"Um, Your Excellency, I have already told you all the information you wanted to know. Please spare me and all the villagers. I guarantee that I will never reveal any information about you to the Adventurers Guild."

Kenny looked at Lu Minghao, who was thinking at the table in front of him, took a few deep breaths, mustered his courage, and said cautiously in an almost pleading tone. For him and the villagers, who were weak, their survival depended on whether the slime in front of him could fulfill his promise.

As for revenge, this idea had never even crossed Kenny's mind. As a former adventurer, he knew that the intelligence of high-level magical beasts was no less than that of humans, and might even be stronger.

As a weakling, Kenny clearly knew what he should do to survive. This was the wisdom of the weak.

"......"

Silence, utter silence.

Lu Minghao turned around and looked at Kenny, who was bending over and begging him. In the silent atmosphere, beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from Kenny's forehead like raindrops, and the clothes on his back were already soaked with sweat at some point.

"I will abide by my previous promise, but you should understand what to do. Also, thank Sally!"

A few minutes later, Lu Minghao broke the silence with a hint of coldness in his voice. After obtaining the information he needed, he had indeed considered slaughtering the entire village, but he thought of the little girl who had cried and hugged him in the morning, and the energetic smile she gave him when he left.

Lu Minghao ultimately chose to give this village a chance... After all, this was once Sally's home, and her father and Grandma Oran lived here.

"Thank you, Your Excellency!"

Upon hearing Lu Minghao's words, Kenny, as if drained of all strength, sat on the ground, his face filled with the relief of escaping death, and thanked him repeatedly.

"Alright, I should leave."

The next second, Lu Minghao, carrying the books beside him, sank into the shadows and disappeared from the room, leaving only Kenny sitting blankly on the ground.

"Thank you, Sally..."

More than ten minutes later, Kenny, who finally felt a little strength returning, stood up and stared blankly at the distant woods outside the window, thinking of the little girl who had been driven out of the village with his tacit consent.

During this time, Kenny had also received reports from the villagers of the watchtower, all saying that Sally had saved the slime that had entered the village's territory.

However, the feeling of guilt in his heart towards Sally, Grandma Oran, and Sally's father had allowed Kenny to condone Sally's actions. After all, even the children in the village could easily kill a mere slime.

"I never thought that Sally would save us in the end."

After a few seconds of silence, Kenny bowed in the direction of the woods with a face full of guilt. His originally burly body also looked a little thinner. He silently tidied up the things in the room that Lu Minghao had messed up, and then sat in a chair, silently looking at the long sword that he had discarded earlier.

A scene flashed in his mind: a young boy under the scorching sun, holding a long sword and constantly waving it. Even though he was already covered in sweat and his body was beginning to falter, he still gritted his teeth and persisted... Eventually, this young boy left the village and became an adventurer, until many years later when he received news of him again.

The former boy had died, leaving behind a half-human, half-ghost child who was brought back by Grandma Oran, who had raised the boy.

.......

On the other side, inside the wooden house deep in the jungle.

Lu Minghao looked at Shadow Clone Number Three, which emerged from the shadows, and silently watched it spit out two pieces of cured meat and a book before turning around and disappearing into the shadows.

"I hope you don't let my hard-earned act of kindness go to waste..."

Looking at the disappearing Shadow Clone Number Three, Lu Minghao raised his head and looked in the direction of the village, muttering to himself. Although Lu Minghao spared those villagers because of Sally, he would never let his guard down against Village Chief Kenny just because of his guarantee.

Having been human, Lu Minghao clearly knew what kind of things humans would do to survive, and also knew how untrustworthy human oaths were.

"Speaking of which, Sally should be coming back soon, right?"

Looking at the village not far outside the window, Lu Minghao also noticed the rising sun. It was almost noon since Sally left in the morning, and it was almost time for Sally to come back.

On the other side, Sally, who Lu Minghao was thinking about, was currently lying on the top of a large tree, her small hand reaching out forcefully towards the front, where there was a yellow-green fruit, which was Sally's target.

Even though her small face was already covered with sweat, and the skin on her arms was scratched, Sally's small face still had a smile. She was already looking forward to the slime greeting her upon her return.

"Got it!"

The next second, Sally's small hand tugged hard, and the yellow-green fruit was successfully picked by her, but because she used too much force, her body lost its balance and she fell directly from the tree. But even so, Sally still hugged the fruit she had worked so hard to pick in her arms, protecting it carefully.

Crack!

Thud!

Accompanied by the sound of a heavy object landing, Sally climbed up from the broken branch that she had broken. Even though the wounds on her body were burning with pain, Sally couldn't care about them at this time and just quickly took out the fruit from her arms. After seeing that the fruit was intact, a happy smile appeared on Sally's small face.

"This should be enough food for two people."

Saying that, Sally stood up with a limp and walked towards the bottom of a large tree not far away. There, a tattered wooden basket was already filled with all kinds of wild fruits, and in the leaves on the wild fruits, there were also several plump worms, which was the food that Sally had worked hard to find all morning.

"Let's go home!"

Sally happily put the fruit in her hand into the basket and limped towards the wooden house, As for the wounds on her body, Sally was already used to them. Since she was a child, whether she was scavenging in the garbage dumps in the town, fighting with stray dogs for food, or picking wild fruits outside the city, Sally had suffered all kinds of injuries.

Sally's body was already used to being injured...

"I'm back!"

Just as she left the forest, Sally waved her arms happily and shouted when she saw the wooden house in the distance, even speeding up her originally limping pace.

"Welcome back, Sally."

Inside the wooden house, Lu Minghao looked at Sally, who opened the wooden door and walked in. When he noticed that even though her body was full of wounds and she was even limping when she walked, Sally still maintained her smile, he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

"Yes, Sally is back, Slime!"

At the door, Sally was stunned when she heard Lu Minghao's voice, and then the smile on her face became even brighter. She put down the wooden basket in her hand and gently hugged Lu Minghao, burying her face in Lu Minghao's body and said softly.