A wise man was in the forest alone.

　It was because the receptionist of the Adventurer's Guild had secretly told him that tomorrow's promotion exam would be to defeat the slime.

　As a wise man, he had only fulfilled the request diligently, hoping that his family would know the common sense of the average citizen, but it seemed to have made a good impression on the guild staff and made the promotion exam easier for him.

　It would be nice to make the exam easier, but that might make the family proud, 'Is this what being an adventurer is like?

　So the wise man thought about it.

　The slime that will fight in tomorrow's promotion exam.

　─ What if I lose to this?

　It would instill a lesson in everyone in the family that no matter what the enemy is, you can't let your guard down.

　With that thought in mind, he came here.


　Detecting a wide range of magic.

''Alright, Johan-san hasn't arrived yet.

　The receptionist had told him that tomorrow's exam would be supervised by Johan, a B-ranked adventurer.

　That Johan's magic power was still far away, although he was heading towards this forest.

''Slime mmm, come on out!''

　A wise man searches for slime.

'Oh, there it is.'

　It's not hard to spot five slimes.
　The slime...

Tame!
""Kyupi!"

　He doesn't do any damage and weaken them or anything like that, but he directly casts a tame spell.

　It's the tame of the strongest sage in this world.
　There's no way a slime (the weakest demon) can resist.

''Did I make it?''

"Kupi.
"Kippy!
"Squeaky clean.
Cupi!
"Kewpie.

　Five slimes began to dance around the wise man.

　They are happy to have a master.
　I don't know what their expressions were, but they were kind of cute.

　The wise man was relieved to see them.

'Oops, Johan-san's coming.

　The magic of the B-class adventurers was approaching.

''You guys will now be deliberately captured by other adventurers.

"Yup.
"Squeaky?
"Squeak. Squeak.

　The slimes make a very sad sound.

'I'm sorry. Of course, it's just for a little while. I'll see you tomorrow.

　The sage began to release his magic power.
　That magic power formed a pure white letter in his palm.

　The letters used by the gods of this world - the divine letters.

　With that, he drew some kind of magic circle above the slimes' heads.

　When the magic circle was completed, a ray of light extended to the slimes from there and their bodies that were hit by the light began to shine.


"Halt's Blessing──what?

　A blurting sage muttered.

　The sage still had no way of knowing, but at this time, something called 'Halt's Blessing' had really been granted to the slimes.

　The effect of this is...

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　The wise man's wish for the slime and others to "be like this" - all of this was given as a skill.

　Blessing is not something that can create an existence that is greater than oneself. Therefore, even the slime that received blessings could not defeat the wise man who gave it to them.

　However, because that sage was the strongest in this world, the slimes evolved into demons that were equivalent to the sage.

　Thus, the strongest slime (the weakest), which even the previous demon king could not defeat, was born.

''Well then, I'll see you tomorrow.

""Kippy!"

　As Johan was close by, the sage used his transference magic and left the place.



　Immediately after that──.

Oh, slime.
"Kupi!

　Johan found five slimes.

　The slimes were irresistible, as if to say 'capture them quickly'.