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Let's just wait until Sol's done eating."

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Yeah."

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With caution, he collects potions for Sola and the others to eat.

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Still, there is a lot of garbage.

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'Mr. Druid, is there any reason why adventurers would gather near here?

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Wait a minute."

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Mr. Druid unfolds a map and checks the surroundings.

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'Huh?　I think that rocky hill is ....... Perhaps there is a cave nearby. A famous cave."

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What?　Did you know about this place?"

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Yeah, I think so. I'm pretty sure it's the rocky hill I know and the one I see over there look alike."

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In the direction Mr. Druid pointed, there was a large rocky hill.

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How big the boulder is, it juts out from the top of the trees.

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A famous cave," he said. What kind of cave?"

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It's a cave with many demons that drop rare items. Some of them are easy to defeat, while others are quite strong.

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Rare items, huh?

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That's going to attract a lot of adventurers.

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Huh?

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But I don't see any sign of people around here.

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Is this still a popular cave?　There doesn't seem to be anyone around here."

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They are demons that move around from summer to winter. This time of year they are still sleeping, so there are probably no adventurers here."

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Is it a seasonal demon?

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Only at that time of the year, the cave seems to be overflowing with adventurers.

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But then again, the last time I was here was about four years ago, I believe, and we didn't have a dumping ground like this then.

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I see."

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Look around the dump.

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If we leave it like this, it's going to cause a lot of problems.

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But there's nothing I can do about it.

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The only thing I can do is report this dump in the next village.

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Thud.

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What?

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What is it?

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I heard something fall.

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I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a demon I had never seen before lying in the dumping ground.

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Nearby, Sol?

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Um, it's Sol, right?"

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Phew."

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Sol at his original size.

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That was good.

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But for some reason, a pattern has emerged all over his body.

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'Mr. Druid, have you seen those patterns?

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No, Sol was the first black slime in the first place.

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Then you wouldn't understand.

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More importantly, what is the demon lying near Sol?

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It seems to be dead, though, judging from the fact that it is not moving.

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Where did it come from?

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I look up at the sky and see a beautiful blue sky.

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Have there ever been demons that fly in the sky?

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Never heard of it.

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I look at Sol and see him jumping around on a rolled-up demon.

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Sol, do you know anything about that demon?"

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Phew."

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He seems to know.

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"Maybe."

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The druid notices something and moves closer to the demon.

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I knew it. Remember what I told you before about not building dumps without permission?"

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As I recall, that's what you told me when we found the dump on the way to Hatau village.

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Yes, that's right. It was because there are demons that absorb magic power, wasn't it? You told me that it was dangerous for them to go berserk under the influence of magic power.

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Oh, you're right. This is the demon that can absorb magic.

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That demon?

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Huh?

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A demon that absorbs magic?

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...... sol also eats magic at the dump, right?

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This is the same as absorption, right?

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Does that mean that Sol can go berserk too?

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I didn't connect Sol with the demons that absorb magic because Sola and the others had decided that they were okay.

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'Mr. Druid, I just realized something.

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What?"

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Does Sol go berserk too?"

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What, now?"

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Mr. Druid looks surprised.

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That's right.

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It's a problem I would have noticed sooner.

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'Yes, now. Never thought about it at all before.'

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I see. Oh, I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive."

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I know, right?

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I had no idea, though.

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You're traveling through the woods and you're too out of touch with danger.

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I have to be careful.

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If Sol continues to feed on his magic, I wonder if one day he'll go berserk or mutate."

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I knew it.

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I just saw him eating, and he lost his strength. What a ......"

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Uh, yeah.

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You know what I mean.

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The sly, relaxed smile that Sol shows when he eats magic power.

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When I see that, I lose my strength.

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And Sola and the others' reactions were normal, too. Also, the slime was not among the demons that can absorb magic power.

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Maybe they looked into it after they got Sol to join them?

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If so, I'm sorry you had to go through all that trouble.

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I'll have to be more careful about adding more friends.

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Yeah, next time I'll get confirmation from the druid before making them my friends.

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Besides, it's speculation whether they are really absorbing magic power from the garbage at the dump.

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Is that so?"

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I've heard that it's been studied for quite some time, but there's still a lot that is unknown. What we do know for sure is that there are demons that increase their magical power at the dump. Under the influence of magical power, they can go berserk or mutate. That's all we know."

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Isn't that enough to know?

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We don't know how to gather the most important magic.

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What?　The way to collect them is absorption, right?"

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No, we don't know how yet. It's just that a lot of researchers advocate the 'absorption theory,' so it's used when talking about the dangers of dumping grounds."

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I didn't realize that.

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But there's no way to increase magical power other than absorption, right?

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Isn't that the right answer?

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Phew."

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Hmm?

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When I look at the squeal, I see a rolling demon.

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'So, where did this demon come from?'

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I haven't received that answer yet.

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I think it was the demon Sol was eating."

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What?　Really?　That demon that attacked me?"

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Phew."

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If Sol sounds like that, does that mean it's really that demon?

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I approach the druid and look at the demon's face.

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It's not ......, okay?

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'They don't look quite the same, but then they seem smaller.

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The overflow of magic must have changed his appearance and caused him to run amok."

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The demon lying in front of me looks rather weak.

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The demon that attacked me that time was fanged and hostile and terrifying.

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That this demon and that one are the same is a frightening change caused by magic power, isn't it?

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Hmm?"　Does that mean that the magic in my body is gone and I've reverted to my original form?"

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That's what it means, right?

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The magic that had been stored in his body had changed his appearance, but now that it was gone, he regained his original form.

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He is dead, though.

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'Oh, probably so. Why?

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I mean, Sol only ate the magic, right?"

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When Sol was wrapping up this demon, it looked like it had eaten its body as well, but there is no deficiency anywhere.

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If that's the case, that means I was looking at it wrong.

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Perhaps it looked that way because the magic power had left and the body had returned to its original size.

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I guess it's just the ...... magic power."

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Mr. Druid replies ruefully.

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'That's right.'

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Was it a slimy guess to think that Sol could eat more than just magic?

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Too bad.

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Phew."

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Sol looks mystified by my and Mr. Druid's reaction.

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I stare at Sol, who looks uncomfortable.

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Mr. Druid.

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What is it?"

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The pattern on Sol is gone.

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What?"

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Mr. Druid puts Sol in his palm and checks it.

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Phew~, phew~."

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Sol looks fine even though the pattern is gone.

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Sol, is there anything wrong with your body?"

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Stop going berserk or something!

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Phew."

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You look okay."

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I am relieved to hear the druid's words.

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