Slime Reincarnation Chapter 29: Let’s Wrap Up the Village Opening Festival

It’s roasted nicely~ The wild boar.

Chick Corps, you did a great job~

"Alright everyone~ The wild boar is ready~ I’m going to start carving it now, so if you want so, line up~"

I waved my tentacles to get everyone’s attention.

""""Waaaah~!""""

The children ca running over.

"Co on, line up, line up~"

I sliced the wild boar at cleanly.

How did I cut it, you ask?

Of course, with my all-purpose sli tentacles!

By hardening and thinning the sli cells at the tips of my tentacles with swirling energy, I turned them into sothing like blades. I also kept the energy inside them, so I think I’m boosting the sharpness with magic power? Sothing like that. I was slicing through the wild boar at with ease.

Just the at would be fine, but I also cut slits into freshly baked bread (baked in the village) and stuffed them with shredded cucucumber (looks exactly like cucumber but much bigger) and slices of tomatom (which looked just like tomatoes). Kind of like a kebab? Yeah.

"So good~!"

"Yummy yummy!"

It was extrely popular with the kids. Which ant the adults ca over too.

"Ooh! This is exquisite!"

"It’s delicious!"

And after receiving rave reviews from the villagers, naturally those people showed up next.

"Ooooh! The juicy wild boar at, the crisp texture of shredded cabbabbage, and the freshness of the tomatom!"

"This is fantastic!"

"This would sell in the royal capital!"

"Please give us permission to sell it!"

The rchants sward in. The village chief looked at .

Nah, do whatever you want. I didn’t co up with this.

The village chief gathered the rchants and seed to be discussing various things with them.

"By the way, what is this dish called?"

Eh!? Na...? Is "kebab" fine? Or since it’s ingredients stuffed inside bread... a sandwich...?

"This is the ultimate way to combine delicious things, stuff them together, and eat it all in one go! Sli-style dining technique: 『Sli Style』!"

"Hohou! So it’s called Sli Style."

"Combining all sorts of delicious things and eating them at once..."

"That’s Sli Style!"

Oh crap! I got carried away and nad it sothing cool like Sli Style! Sorry, Mr. Sandwich Earl!

"Let’s make it popular in the royal capital right away!"

"No no, it’ll catch on first in Solnarini town!"

The rchants were getting hyped up. What am I going to do if Sli Style actually becos a trend...?

Well, whatever. More importantly, next up is the long-awaited main event: my show.

"Village History Quiz~!"

I jumped onto the stage and shouted. Behind was a large wooden tub containing part of my body with a boing.

Loga and the others pulled on ropes to lift the wooden tub. By the way, the chicks made this contraption too — those chicks are seriously talented.

This was an event inspired by those occasional Japanese variety shows where if you get the quiz question wrong, a big blob of sli (my body) gets dumped on your head!

...It took so courage to tear off part of my body, you know~ Of course, in the light novels I love, like "Sli Reincarnation: The Great Sage is Being Hugged by the Beautiful Elf Girl" by the great author Tsuki● Namida-sensei, the separated sli bodies are "clones" that have their own will and can be super active. But if a no-cheat guy like creates a clone with its own will, there’s a real possibility that the main body () gets beaten up, absorbed, and erased instead. If my clones could do amazing things like "Sli Four," that would be incredibly reliable. But that probably only works if the main body has the power of a great sage. I have no idea what would happen if a no-cheat sli like tried it, and that’s the scary part... Jiggle jiggle jiggle! Oops, I got so scared I started doing the Sli Poor Man’s Shake (high-speed anxious jiggling by a sli). Damn it! I want to try doing "Sli Four" too! I resent my own lack of talent!

That said, when I tore off the tips of my sli tentacles to heal injuries and stuck them on others, there was no problem. After repeatedly tearing off pieces and reabsorbing them, I learned that I could safely separate up to about one-third of my body. The separated part doesn’t move at all. Even when I ordered it to move after separation, it didn’t respond at all, so it seems I don’t have the ability to control clones... I already knew that, but it really drove ho the fact that I’m just a no-cheat sli guy... Damn you, God!

Anyway, let’s get the quiz show going.

First, I let the children participate. Questions like "What is the na of this village?", "What is the na of this country?", "What is the na of the village chief?" — super easy questions that anyone could answer correctly. I made them happy. The prize for correct answers was handmade sweets prepared with help from the mothers in town.

Next was the elderly. I asked questions based on past village incidents and celebrations that I had interviewed them about beforehand. Most of the seniors got them right and received sweets. Occasionally an old man would get one wrong and the younger folks would heckle him, which kept the atmosphere lively.

Now, ti for my real target.

"Finally, Uza-kun, co on up."

"Huh... ...?"

"Yes, you. Uza-kun."

I swiftly extended a tentacle, wrapped it around Uza, and pulled him onto the stage.

"Wahhh..."

I half-forcibly dragged him out and positioned him under the wooden tub.

Loga and his subordinates secured the ropes holding the tub. On the Chick Captain’s signal, Loga and the others would pull the rope, tilting the tub and dumping my sli body right onto his head!

"U-um... what exactly is this...?"

"Final Quiz! To Uza-kun, who complained to Kanta and Chico-chan — I, Yabe, am... Angry! True or False!"

"Ehhhhhh!! No, that was, um..."

"If you think I’m angry, it’s True! If you think I’m not angry, it’s False!"

"Eh!? U-um..."

A flustered Uza-kun. Heh heh heh, let’s hear your answer properly.

"Your answer please!"

While the villagers watched with bated breath (well, most of them were drinking and laughing), Uza-kun’s answer was...

"Um... I think... you are angry..."

"Uza-kun’s answer is True! Now for the correct answer... Drrrrrrrrrrruuuuuum roll"

It’s hard to do a drum roll with my mouth.

"Right now... I’m not angry! Therefore— Buzzzzz!! Incorrect! So here cos the sli from above~~~~~!"

"Waaaah!?"

"Piyo piyo!"

Pull! The rope was yanked, the wooden tub tilted dramatically, and my sli body ca crashing down. Splosh!

"Gyobagyoba!"

Uza was now completely covered in sli, screaming.

Good, good. Punishnt complete. By the way, even if he had said "not angry," I would have said "I was angry back then" and called it wrong anyway. Either way, Uza was destined to get slid. Heh!

The Chick Corps brought buckets and dumped water over Uza’s head. While they did that, I extended a tentacle and reabsorbed the separated sli body.

"There, now everything’s washed away cleanly. All’s well that ends well, Uza-kun."

"Hahaha..."

Uza gave a bitter smile. Well, I hope he reflects on his actions. Yep.

The soaking wet Uza left the stage, and the village chief took his place.

"Everyone! The Village Opening Festival was a great success. This was thanks to the cooperation of all the villagers, the support of our valued rchant partners, and above all, the efforts of Spirit Yabe-sama, who provided such entertaining performances and delicious food. I would like to express my gratitude once again. Yabe-sama, could you please say a few final words?"

Hey hey! What a sudden request! You should’ve given a heads-up!

Speaking in front of a big crowd — this is the first ti since my research presentation in grad school. I never had the chance during my corporate days because it was such a black company.

I moved to the center of the stage and took a deep breath... Wait, I don’t actually breathe.

"Everyone~ Did you have fun~!?"

I shouted loudly.

"""Waaaah~!"""

They got excited for .

"Let’s make it even better next year!"

I raised my tentacles and yelled.

"""Uooooooohhh!!"""

It turned into a very lively village festival. I’m very satisfied.