The Man Picked Up By the Gods

"Wait"

That's what the boy says when he gets to the cliff. From what I've seen, it doesn't look like there's anything around it, and it doesn't seem the same if you wonder if the prey will be carried again. The boy walked forward put his hands on the rock skin, and when he used "Break Rock," he collapsed so that some of his rock skin melted, and a cave appeared ahead of him.

"Inside, please..."

Is this cave what he calls a "house”? Certainly a sturdy looking cave not destroyed by beasts and warcraft. Besides, the boy who confirmed we were inside is starting to use junction magic at the entrance. This would be a good enough place to rest your body.

But junction magic should be useful but difficult to master magic. That's where you cared as much as I cared, Kamil watching the work talking to the boy.

"This, junction magic? You use unusual magic. Is the effect a cover-up?

"I can get away with it any time...... 5 people, peace of mind"

"Yes, thank you..."

Once he nodded and answered concisely, he slid through our sides with a small body and into the back of the cave.

"Apparently, you cared."

"Right, Master Reinhardt"

"Both of you, that kid's gonna get away with this."

"Oh, I'm coming."

When Zeph calls me to go into the cave, I reach a room where the ground and walls are beautifully evened and furniture made of stone and wood is placed. The surrounding walls are embedded with magic stones of lights and the interior is bright enough.

"This is"

"That's a much firmer house than I thought."

"Over here, injured man, put him to sleep"

"I'm sorry. Hughes, you can lie down, stay with me."

"Ooh... ooh"

"Potion...... Coming"

After seeing Hughes lay in bed, I drop him off as he walks into the aisle opposite the entrance.

"Huh, you're gonna get a breather for now"

"Yes. It's a firmer place than I expected. You can rest your fuses here."

"Thank you to him."

…………

Mm... Zeph with the fuse down is looking over the room with a rugged face. Zeph is a man with a wealth of knowledge of covert actions and traps among his escorts and entrusts him with a scouting role. That's the tough face...

"Zeph, you got something?

"Can't this room be weird? I don't mean like a trap, but if there's traces of people living for a long time, there can only be one piece of furniture, right?

... Things aren't at least weird when viewed as a camp, but if you look closely, don't have a map of the forest or a picture of an animal on some of the walls, or an instrument standing in the corner of the room.

Looking again, this room had a killing scenery but somehow a child-room-like atmosphere and a sense of life. There Zeph is right, furniture for only one person. Strange indeed.

"Does that boy live here alone?

"No way. I was surprised to be able to use obedient magic, junctional magic and earthly magic that year, but you still can't normally live alone in a forest like this. Isn't there someone in the back or something?

"Or maybe he's not as old as he looks. It didn't look like an elf..."

Talking to Kamil and Jill, he and his slime brought a ton of bottles of potion.

It's a potion.

"Thank you, I'll make sure this thank you someday"

"No... I can make it, because. as much."

Kamil raised her voice in surprise after everyone, including me, alternated between bottles of potion and the boy in those words.

"You made this potion!?

The boy's body trembles for a moment at the loudness of his voice, but the boy immediately shakes his head vertically to affirm. Camille exaggerated a little, but the potion earlier was less pale than what was sold in the town store. She's a stranger and stranger.

"Water."

Conceiving, the boy recommends to us water in a stone vessel. I can see that there's ice floating inside that would have been made of magic, and it's cold enough.

"Thanks"

"Helpful"

"There is."

"Thanks."

"... yes"

"Hmm? What's wrong?

"Name… it's Lyoma"

Yeah, we weren't even named yet.

"Is that your name Lyoma? I am late, I am Reinhardt Jamir, Lord of the Duke of Jamir. Thank you for helping my men with this crisis."

"Like this!? Excuse me!

I meant to try to have a soft voice not to scare the boy named Lyoma, but right after I named him, his expression, which was stiff, is so tense that he can then bow his head deeply. I was mildly surprised that the movement was oddly sophisticated against the word...

"No, no, don't be. Because you are a benefactor. You don't have to change your language."

You didn't seem to know I was from the Duke's house to see the reaction. Makes me look up for now, but I'm unable to put the next word in my mouth like I'm in trouble. I don't mean to be rude...

With that in mind, Kamil and the others who watched him open their mouths, just like me.

"Uh, I'm Kamil, the wizard with Master Reinhardt's escort. Nice to meet you. Then thank you so much for earlier. I ran out of magic and couldn't use healing magic, so what would have happened to Hughes if you weren't there... Ah, Hughes is the name of the person who sleeps with an injury.

And then you really don't have to worry about the language. Lady Reinhardt is no one to be angry at for trivial things. "

"It's like there, but I'm the one who puts it aside. All right, I'm Zeph. I'm a scout. Nice to meet you, kid. And then this one."

"Jill, sorry I pointed my sword at you earlier"

"No... vigilance, of course"

"It would help if you could say that.... I'm noble too, but I didn't offend your attitude when I was on alert. Well, what... Master Reinhardt is particularly forgiving. You just have to be normal."

"... thank you"

Kamil and Zeph, not to mention even Jill, unfamiliar with the child, told him in a soft voice not to scare him, and the boy opened his mouth with a slight glimpse of contemplation. It also looks slightly risky from the look on his face. Words are still hard and uncomfortable, but I don't need to bother mentioning them.

"I was offered a place to rest and medication. Thank you very much."

"It's no problem. But why?

Would you like to hear why the injured came out? Or is that why you came in to the back of the woods? Right...... let's try to explain it in order.

"We were attacked by bandits while we were horsing around the outer perimeter of this forest to return to our home town of Gaunago."

"Bandit hit you...?

"No, there were quite a few bandits, but not so much power. For the sake of haste, they were the only escorts, so you thought if you pushed them in numbers, you could win. It was the black bear that came out of the woods during the battle that directly injured Hughes."

"Hughes was unluckily attacked in the middle of a slash."

"I knocked him out, but the horse got away, and I wanted to get him to town as soon as possible because Hughes' wounds were worse than I thought. So I decided to stop taking detours and go through the woods."

He just nods that he was convinced that I, Jill and Camille would talk like that. Just fine, let me ask you a few questions in this flow.

"Why are you here? I heard about the hunt earlier, but for that I can see signs that I've lived here a lot longer. And I was surprised to be able to hunt that year, use multiple magic, and even make potions."

"From my grandparents, I learned... ex, adventurer"

Well, do you have a grandparent who's a former adventurer?

"Are those two out?

That makes him look slightly down when he asks.

"Dead."

"Right... sorry"

"Fine. Three years ago."

"" "" 3 years!?

"You, what time have you lived here?!?

"Village, out 3 years ago... I... stranger, so hated"

You were in an exclusive village? That happens more or less. Some places are terrible...

"Two, before they died, I said... go to another city"

He hated dating from it, wandered relying on the art of living he had learned from his grandparents, and told him that he had never been out of this forest since he was in this forest he had followed, and that if he hadn't been out of the forest for three years, there would be no dating in between.

He always cared about speech...... I have heard that rarely do some imprisoned criminals suffer from a life of limited involvement with others for long periods of time, which weakens their ability to operate their language. Maybe that's why he has a small mouth count.

"I see what's going on. However, it is not advisable to continue living in the woods like this. There are strong beasts and warcraft out in the woods. It's still dangerous to say you have the art of living."

"It's okay. I've lived three years"

"But"

"That's right! Wait a minute."

Suddenly Kamil whispers the story and takes out a small crystal ball that clasps her own luggage and rides her palm.

"There it is. Here it is."

"What? That's"

"This is a compact confirmation crystal! With this, you can see four skills from the highest level: simple identity assurance. If the person who touched this is a criminal, it glows red, and if he is not guilty, it glows blue. After that, they show names, races, ages, and 4 skills. If I had a high level of combat skills, I wouldn't disagree."

I see. A belly to convince shields of lack of strength? And if you use that...

"Okay,"

That's what he says and tries to touch the crystal, asking Camill as if he remembered something.

"Previously, bandits... I killed them because they attacked me... would that be a sin?

"If that's really the bandit, it's no problem."

When he touches the crystal the way he was convinced to hear it, there is a blue light on hand. Regardless of the story that he killed the bandit, he never killed the innocent.... The truth is that the crystal does not strictly discern criminals, but it has become a reassuring element for us.

Yes, when I thought about it and looked into Kamil's face, the look on Kamil's face as she watched the crystal went all blue at once.

"Hey, what's this?"

"What...!?

Jill, peering into the crystal from behind, also took a breath. Then me and Zeph peeked into the crystal, too, and the problem was his skills.

The skills shown

Housekeeping Lv10 Mental Pain Resistance Lv9 Physical Pain Resistance Lv8 Health Lv7

What's this level? Housekeeping LV10 has a lot of precedent so I can still put it away. But healthy for mental distress tolerance, physical distress tolerance, and all this is LV7 and above. What the hell kind of environment would I be in... Besides, being 11 means he's been living here since he was 8.

"What's up?

"Well, uh... unfortunately, you didn't get any combat skills."

Is that where we should talk!? I indulged in what I wanted to say, but my eyes looked at Kamil, and when I realized, the other two had the same reaction. We try the conversation with our eyes intact, but nobody tries to keep talking.

Because pain tolerance is a skill gained by getting used to suffering, he is expected to be in a level appropriate suffering environment. There are things you probably don't want to remember. Hearing bad things can make him suffer.

In view of the blue light and previous actions, there are suspicions but the danger seems low. Let's (once) stop talking about this.

"I'm sorry, can you lend me the bathroom?

"Let's go too"

"It's easy for me to go"

"The toilet is in the back... slime, lots of... I won't hit it"

"Um, this is still a former submissive magician. I will not lay a hand on your obedience."

Thus I follow him who leaves Kamil in the nursing of Hughes to lead the way. Then.

"This guy is awesome..."

"Oh...... I've never seen so many slimes at once"

In the corridors and rooms leading up to the back, a number of slimes were freely crawling on the floor. Lyoma, you're giving me directions and making me pave the way, otherwise I might trample on you by mistake.

There is a personal difference in the number of warcraft that can be contracted by submissive magic, and basically the stronger the warcraft, the more difficult the contract tends to be and can only be contracted with a few. Slime is the weakest warcraft in that regard... but you have a contract with all the slimes that would be bothersome enough to count just as far as I can see?

"Lyoma, is all this slime your obedience?

"Yes.... for research"

"What is research?

"Evolution, Slime's"

If you look closely, most slimes that are within sight are not just slimes. Sticky slime, poison slime, that's probably Acid slime. Plus, there are about two different types of slime, and that would be the top species.

A warcraft called Slime can be found anywhere. So it's not strange where the top species are found, but are there any reports of discoveries in this forest several times a year? Jill also said that this number of top species I will start and see as well.

"Research into the evolution of the Warcraft is very important to the submissive and summoning magicians, but it's a big deal to be doing research at that young age. It's a shame it's all slime..."

"Slime, can't you?

... I personally collect so many superior species on my own, and I can appreciate his enthusiasm and strength in being able to contract. But public appreciation for slime is low.

"I'm sorry to say this, but the slime is weak even as it evolves and is commonly used to safely learn the basics for subordinate magicians and summoners, but is assumed to be of no other value.

So most submissive magicians either throw away the slime when they learn the basics or they end up signing with the next Warcraft, more or less Horn Rabbit. Horn Rabbit will love you a lot, even for fun. "

"... intelligent"

Is that what you think of an 11-year-old?

"That's not what all submissive magicians think, just because that's the majority opinion. At least I don't insult poison slime poison or acids in acid slime. It's going to be more than a horn rabbit in battle."

"Slime............ Convenient...... Useful"

I thought you were discouraged to hear that you were underrated, but that was different. He doesn't care at all. That in itself cannot be said to be generally bad, but normally a child of this rank would be more likely to be recognized by others.

The identity is unknown, but I don't feel dangerous. Rather a good kid reaching out to us in trouble. But he's not even a normal kid. You're a kid who can't be left alone in many ways...