Traveling through time? You can reach another world as soon as you leave your house

So, Rimuru, whose curiosity and appetite were aroused, hurriedly took Lu Ren's hand and followed Shuna to a snack stand.

A large goblin wearing an apron, whose body shape and appearance were somewhat similar to those of a pigman, was holding two steel needles in his hands and constantly turning over the fish balls that were emitting an enticing aroma.

The technique seems surprisingly skillful, which must have taken a lot of hard work.

"Oh, it really is takoyaki dumplings!"

See this familiar specialty snack.

Casually tucking his hair behind his crystal-clear ears, Rimuru took a box of delicious-looking takoyaki from Shuna. He was so surprised that he couldn't help but quickly pick up a ball sprinkled with bonito flakes with a bamboo stick and put it into his mouth happily.

Then, she instantly revealed a happy and delicious expression.

"The hot and sticky batter, the crispy fried skin, the aroma of the sauce that whets your appetite, and the texture - oh my god, there's actually octopus in the batter!"

Rimuru was completely shocked.

Since this town is not on the coast, where do they get the ingredients from?

She was once again exposed to her blind spots in knowledge and expressed her incomprehension.

Lu Ren who was standing nearby was also shocked.

Because after taking a bite of the takoyaki and chewing the unusually chewy substance wrapped in the crispy outer layer, he analyzed the ingredients...

It's not an octopus at all.

Even the taste was not related to any creature he knew, which completely touched upon his blind spot in knowledge.

So what the hell is this?

Lu Ren was confused and had a lot of question marks on his face OAO.

Rimuru, who was also aware of the problem, curiously wanted to take a look behind the stall, but was blocked by Shuna, who was smiling nonchalantly, and refused to let him in.

Obviously, out of consideration for Lord Rimuru's physical and mental health, she was unwilling to reveal the appearance of the ingredients.

Lu Ren was not stopped from not giving it to him.

So after looking at the two girls who were "jumping left and right" on the spot in confusion, he easily walked around them.

But, ten seconds later...

Lu Ren instantly felt deeply regretful for his overly strong curiosity.

Because, at this moment.

In his eyes, those strange things that were placed in the iron mesh and kept squirming, let alone octopuses, were difficult to associate with seafood or even living things.

With colorful hair, tentacles covered with eyeballs, and pupils that are open-eyed and filled with deep resentment towards the world and the eaters, it truly looks like an indescribable thing in the style of Cthulhu.

But he had just eaten this thing as ordinary takoyaki.

"......hiss."

I looked down at the remaining portion in my hand and thought about the principle of not wasting food.

Lu Ren, who had completely lost his appetite, walked back with an expressionless face and patted Rimuru's shoulder with mixed feelings.

"Are you still eating? I can give you all of mine."

"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you so generous all of a sudden?"

"Nothing, I just suddenly felt that sometimes we really can't delve too deeply into the sources of ingredients, after all..."

Lu Ren touched his belly with a vicissitudes of life on his face: "I just learned a lot."

Rimuru: "OAO???"

Volume 63: Chapter : The Slime with Color, Flavor and Smell

"So, what do the ingredients for takoyaki look like? Why are you guys stopping me from seeing it?"

Rimuru, who was pushed from behind and left the food stall, couldn't help but turn around and complain.

Obviously, she was really curious about the unknown source of the ingredients. After all, the meat wrapped in batter was the chewiest "octopus tentacles" she had ever eaten in her life.

But unfortunately, Zhu Cai stopped her from watching.

You can't jump left or right.

“Ah… Rimuru, sometimes it’s okay to have your curiosity unsatisfied. After all, reality will always deviate from your imagination a little bit, and even cause irreparable mental damage.”

Press the other person's soft shoulders and walk forward, preventing him from turning back to find out what's going on.

Lu Ren sighed slightly helplessly.

"For example, I looked at the ingredients out of curiosity. I guess I won't be able to look at takoyaki balls directly for a long time in the future... Oh, what a sin."

"Is it really that exaggerated? Then tell me, don't exclude me, I just ate a lot!"

Curiosity killed the cat.

Rimuru, who had been kept in the dark, was so angry that he almost stamped his feet.

As for Shuna, she just said goodbye, saying that she would go find Lady Milim first, and then bring her back to the food stand to let the child taste the takoyaki balls she had developed.

Sounds kind, right?

But what is worth noting is that before leaving, the other party also said that it is best not to eat too much of this kind of thing in a day, otherwise it may cause indigestion and a certain degree of food poisoning...

Shit, this description sounds just like the aftereffects of eating Shion's dark cuisine.

So, what are these alternative ingredients for "sticky fish whiskers"? !

She looked distressed and puzzled.

At this moment, the crowd in front became obviously more crowded, and it even felt a bit blocked.

It was a group of curious monster residents, surrounding a snack stand that they had never seen before.

"Huh? What a coincidence! This is the store I planned!"

Seeing this, Rimuru was stunned for a moment, then he stepped forward a few steps in his straw sandals, turned around nimbly, and spread out his hands with a proud look on his face.

"Lu Ren, look, it's a shaved ice shop!"

“Shaved ice?”

Suddenly heard this word.

Lu Ren was indeed a little surprised.

Because he didn't expect to see this kind of food in another world, and it's summer now, how do the residents here get ice?

He touched his chin curiously, and at the same time, Rimuru pulled his hand and squeezed into the crowd together. Then he watched the other party stand on tiptoe in front of the stage and help him get a portion of shaved ice sprinkled with red syrup.

"Hey, come on, try it. I'm very confident about the taste~"

Rimuru raised his head and smiled adorably.

The bowl of shaved ice in his hand was so full that it looked like it would fall out at any moment.

After Lu Ren thanked him, took it and tasted it, he immediately raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Mm, it's so cool, so sweet, and tastes really good. And it tastes just like snow, so soft and fluffy."

He made some comments.

Rather, the texture of this shaved ice seemed a little different from what he had eaten before. How should I put it...

More charming?

Lu Ren thought uncertainly.

Rimuru said, with his hands on his waist, somewhat proudly.

"How is it? It's delicious, right? If it's delicious, eat more. Let me tell you, the teeth in the shaved ice machine are specially made by Kurobei, and the quality is guaranteed. No matter how much you want to eat, it can be made on the spot, and the teeth in the shaved ice machine will never break!"

"Oh, is that so... Um, break it?"

Lu Ren was stunned for a moment and looked suspicious.

Generally speaking, do the teeth in an ice shaver break? He thought that ice for eating shouldn't be that hard.

At this moment, an old man from the ghost tribe with horns on his head who was busy at the stall suddenly shouted.

“Rimuru-sama, please replenish the ice.”

"Hmm? Oh, here I come!"

He responded promptly.

Then, Rimuru smiled and immediately changed back into a chubby slime. After a few cute jumps, he came to a place that had been vacated at some point and was filled with wooden basins.

Then, she jumped high into the air, her magic surged, and under Lu Ren's silent gaze, she released the magic she had used in the battle against "Flame Elf Ifrit" towards the control basins.

"'Water Ice Demon Shot'!"

So, the next moment.

Amid the cheers of the surrounding monster residents, as a blue magic circle rose, dozens of huge ice cones three meters high appeared out of thin air in the wooden basin.

Moreover, each of them was emitting a biting cold air, which seemed to be enough to directly kill dangerous large wild monsters. They also appeared to be shining brightly under the afterglow of dusk.

It looks really clean and hygienic.

"..."

this moment.

Lu Ren looked expressionlessly at the magic ice cone that was cut off by a serrated knife and stuffed into the ice shaver.

I suddenly felt that the shaved ice I was eating no longer had any flavor.

Because, to be honest, he felt that if he took this kind of thing into his stomach, there was a certain possibility that it would freeze his fragile stomach...

No, don’t you have any normal source of food ingredients here?

The different world characteristics are too much!

Lu Ren couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Although other people around didn't seem to care about it.

"Hey, Lu Ren, look, this is the flavor I recommend most!"

At this time, Rimuru, who had turned back into a loli, was waving his hand to show a bowl of shaved ice sprinkled with blue syrup on the counter.

And her delicate and flawless face is full of a confident and cute expression.

"You know, given the current conditions in the town, it's extremely difficult to reproduce this bright blue color. It really took me a lot of effort. Oh, by the way, this is called Blue Hawaii..."

He swung his slender, white index finger and introduced it in a smug tone.

But his voice became smaller and smaller when he was halfway through his words.

Because, Rimuru, with a dazed look on his face, suddenly discovered that the eyes of the simple monster residents around him seemed to become a little strange when they looked at him?

It was as if I was looking at some rare delicacy in the world...

In fact, at some point, everyone started wearing slime masks that were modeled after themselves.

Moreover, everyone was whispering about some terrifying topics that were worth thinking about.

“Oh my god, this is Rimuru-sama’s color!”

“Oh, indeed, it looks as clear and majestic as the color of the sky. As expected of Lord Rimuru!”

“And I have to say, the cool ice and gentle sweetness are really refreshing. It’s just like Rimuru-sama’s taste… huh?”

“Shaved ice with Rimuru-sama’s flavor?”

I don't know who suddenly brought up this idea.

In short, the originally noisy crowd of onlookers suddenly became quiet, and at the same time, they all subconsciously turned their heads to look at the cute, harmless slime that they loved the most, and subconsciously swallowed their saliva -

The monster residents, with their eyes glowing with a faint light.

Seems to be full of appetite at the moment.

Rimuru: “…”

have to say.

Although she loved these most important companions of hers the most, sometimes, the way these guys looked at her was really terrifying.