...When I ca to, I was still in the middle of the forest.
（Nothing’s changed, dammit!）
Well, complaining about it myself isn’t going to help.
It seems that using too much of that swirling energy makes lose consciousness.
It’d be so much easier if I had a status screen with numbers like in gas...
Man, gas are so well-designed. Reality sucks.
Losing consciousness in this state would be deadly if an enemy showed up.
I should probably stop right before I pass out from exhaustion... But if that energy is mana, then the classic light novel rule says that pushing it to the limit and depleting it will increase my total capacity.
I’ll have to figure out the right balance sohow.
For now, I’ve confird three senses: touch, sight, and hearing.
I’ve also been able to move by dragging myself along the ground with a slither slither motion.
Judging from the overall image of my body, I look like I’m lting and collapsing. Basically a "grotesque sli" type.
That’s the kind that gets subjugated imdiately — straight to Ga Over.
I want to beco a "cute sli" like the teardrop-shaped ones in the legendary RPG Dragon Quest, then jump into the cleavage of a beautiful big-breasted elf while shouting "I’m Sli-mon! I’m not a bad sli!"
...Just ignore .
Anyway, dragging myself around feels gross, and more importantly, it’s too slow.
But if I can master the teardrop shape, I should be able to hop around and move much faster. Plus, it’d be way less disgusting!
While swirling that energy inside , I tried to gather my body into a round shape.
（Ggggh... ggggh...）
It gradually started to pull together into a round form, but...
（Gah... I’m exhausted!）
The mont I couldn’t keep the energy swirling anymore, I imdiately lted back into a puddle.
（Ugh～ This stretched-out form is so much easier～）
In this fully relaxed, lted state, I barely consu any energy.
It feels as comfortable as a salaryman who just finished overti, takes off his suit jacket, loosens his tie, and flops onto the living room sofa.
（But still...）
No matter how I look at it, this "lted puddle" form is dangerous. If anyone sees like this, it’s instant death. I’d just be free experience points.
I have no choice but to master the cute teardrop form if I want to survive.
（Let’s do this!）
And then, two months later (lol)
Well, that’s just my rough feeling. I’m just guessing.
It’s not like I can check my phone or look at a calendar.
The sun rises, then eventually sets, night cos, then morning arrives again.
For the first week or so, I was thinking things like "Wait, is today Sunday?" as a self-deprecating joke. After that, I stopped counting.
What I noticed during this ti:
I don’t get hungry.
I don’t need to excrete anything.
I don’t feel sleepy.
I don’t feel hot or cold unless I consciously think about it.
However, swirling that energy makes extrely tired (bitter smile).
Still, I’ve gotten much better at it. I can swirl it for longer periods without getting as exhausted. It also feels like the total amount of energy has increased.
I guess the light novels were right about this.
It’s mana, right? It’s definitely mana, right? Soone please say "mana"! I want to use magic（bitter smile）.
Anyway, moving on.
I’ve learned that my sli body is surprisingly tough.
Even when I was climbing a tree, a branch snapped, and I fell and splattered on the ground, I didn’t feel any pain and was able to reform myself.
When I enveloped wild grass and flowers, I could absorb them. I even tried catching and absorbing small animals (so rabbit-like creature? It didn’t have horns, so I’ll just call it rabbit-like).
Even when they bit in retaliation, it didn’t hurt at all, and my body didn’t seem to take any damage. Attacks probably don’t work well on this body.
...That said, I can’t let my guard down. In most gas, slis are still weak mobs. One hit from a warrior’s hamr could blow into tiny pieces.
...For now, I’ll set aside my worries as a weak mob character.
Thanks to my training, I’ve finally mastered the teardrop shape and can hop around!
I should savor this achievent and be proud of myself for a mont... even though there’s no one here to share it with.
But if I let my concentration slip even a little...
（Uwaaaaaah～）
I lt and collapse back into a puddle.
（I need to train until staying in teardrop form feels completely natural... Wait, am I a Super Saiyan or sothing!?）
While making snarky comnts to myself, I desperately tried to stay round.
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