He was sitting in the hall of the audience with his limbs thrown out in a slouching position.

　For two reasons.
　Two reasons: to play the role of the unmotivated, prodigal head of the family, and seriously, to be a bit lazy.

　The reason for the lassitude is the vassals in front of me.

　They're bringing all sorts of petitions and reports from the estate to me and demanding a decision.
　Well, it's a normal job for the head of the family.

　At first, I was listening to what was going on there, but I found out something along the way.

　As far as the day-to-day life is concerned, the head of the family doesn't have that much to do.
　All the head of the family has to do is to approve the decisions made by the officials and the people on the ground, and that's it.
　That's most of it.

　For example.

"This year's Senhime Festival, we have received the required amount of donations from the merchants, and we would like your permission to hold the festival and give out awards.
Okay.

　I get the report, I give the green light, and one of the vassals takes care of it.

　That's pretty much it.
　So at first I listened and understood what was going on reasonably well, but then I became sluggish and started to ignore it.

'Next, we are experiencing slime damage.
"Slime?

　I heard a phrase that sounded a bit interesting, so I asked Mimis back, who reported it with a bite.

'Is that slime?'
It's the slime.

　I nodded.

　Slimes are monsters that are famous for being weak, annoying, and sometimes eloquent.

　It's one of the weakest monsters, and unless there's something wrong with it, it won't cause human casualties.
　However, its regeneration ability is quite strong, and you need to defeat it all at once with well-equipped equipment to eliminate it.
　It's an omnivore, but sometimes it may be a vegetarian, or it will catch a human woman, melt her clothes, and eat her.

What about that slime?
There is a cluster of them, and they're causing a lot of damage, and we're here to take them out.
"Mmm-hmm.

　Defeating slime.
　Slime the weakest monster.

　Kah!　My eyes widened.

　This is it!　I thought.
　A small fry-only ichist who only bites weak slime.
　Yeah, he's good.

　He's just the right opponent for a bad master.

"The reason the slime is so numerous and varied is because...
I'm going in.
What?

　Mimis is surprised.
　I make an over-the-top smug face that's about as theatrical as it gets.

"I'm going to eradicate the slime.

　I declared.

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　A land called Aegean Meadow, half a day's ride south of Pindos.
　I came alone and was looking at it from my horse.

　Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a bunch of slime.
　It was a herd of about 20 of them, just as I'd heard.

　They were buzzing around in the grass.

　There was a pile of potatoes and animal fat in the middle of the slimes, and the slimes were swarming around it.

　To tell the truth, the digestibility of the slime is not so different from that of humans.
　That's why villages and small towns that don't have the strength to defeat them often leave indigestible food out in the open and leave them stranded.

　This is one of the reasons why we don't have many human casualties from slime.
　However, monsters are monsters.

　There's no hesitation at all when there's someone in front of you who can attack you.
　That's why they can attack you and make you suffer damage and instill trauma that won't go away for the rest of your life.

　If you can take them down, you should.

　I looked around from my horse.
　I told Mimis and the other officials near here not to follow me, but I made sure they weren't following me with proper good luck.

　Not within sight, no sign of them.
　Okay, that's it.

　I turned to the slime.
　Twenty slimes, killing them one by one would be troublesome.
　Their weak point is fire--then let's burn them all up at once.

'....aren't there?

　I took one last precaution to make sure no one was watching me, then closed my eyes and focused my mind.

I closed my eyes and concentrated on my spirit, "Dwell in ancient times, nourish time, everlasting and unchanging beings. Gather at my will and consume all impurities!　O Fire of the First World!

　Kah!

　His eyes widened, magic power was released out of his body at once.
　The magic power that increased with the chanting turned into a scorching fire and swallowed twenty slimes in one go.

　The slimes were burned and melted.
　Some of them resisted with regeneration, but in the end, they couldn't resist and disappeared as blackness.

　After the flames were extinguished, making sure that the slime was wiped out.

Okay.

　I mumbled.

　Carefully and cautiously, he checked his surroundings again.
　I was certain that no one had seen me.

'Good!'

　I gave a small gut punch.

　　　　　Stars

　Evening, Pindos' house.
　When I came back, I ran into Mimis, who was just leaving.

'My lord!　Are you back already?
Yeah.

　Mimis is surprised to see me back after defeating the slime.
　Just as well, I'll do what I was going to do tomorrow, now.

　Now I'm the guy who took down the slime.
　I'm the guy who kills zakos, and I'm the guy who multiplies them.

　I've got a good set up, and I've got my lines together.

"Well, that wasn't much.
What?
'What?　It's not much... what do you mean...?
Of course it's because you beat him.
Yeah?

　Mimis' eyes widen and she is astonished.

'Ho, you really have already defeated them?
Sure, go check it out. Well, I'm sure you'll have a report on the scene tomorrow.
No...no...no way...

　Mimis furrowed her brow and gave me a look that said, I can't believe it, I can't believe it.

　If you don't believe me, then I'll give you another push.
　If you're going to do it, painful young man who comes off knocking down a slime degree, do it thoroughly.

"There are 20 of them, but they are only a pinky toe to a pinky.
....

　Mimis is stunned.
　Okay Ikiri looks good.

　That's a nice touch, but I think you're too surprised.
　Did you really underestimate me that badly?

　Whoa?　This is good too.
　I'm sorry you underestimated me, but, yes, it could be used to create a tyrannical monarch.
　Let's just say--

"There's a slime lord in there that I couldn't get to, and you're really going to...?
Yeah?

　I heard a strange word.

"Slime lord?
Yes. The King of Slime, who appears every few decades. It's a slime lord that has been wandering around, following his instincts and looking for food.
...you said something like that.

　I remembered that Mimis had almost said something like that before we left.

'What kind of a guy is that slime lord?'
It doesn't look much different from the slime. However, its vitality, regenerative power and fertility are much higher than other slimes, and it can produce enough slime to cover an entire city in a month if left alone.
Well there's a stubborn one, isn't there?

　I remember when I burned it in the flames.
　Yeah, there was, one of the stubborn ones.

''Are you sure about that?　So you really have a slime lord?　One of them shows up every couple of decades, and if we don't deal with it soon enough, it could be a natural disaster.
... haha.

　Not good, I thought.

'And...with room to spare...?'
No, no, no, no, that was pretty strong, slime lord. I had a pretty hard time with it.
....

　I tried my best to explain myself to the stunned Mimis, but it didn't make much sense.
　It's like my ickle became a straight-up "wow" and went right into Mimis' head.

　Furthermore, it was as if I was going to follow up.

　The next day, a report from someone investigating the traces of the scene

It was a blow.

　And then came the.

　The master of the house actually became more and more suspicious.