Chapter 98: Irvine’s Lant
「……Surarin? Oi, Surarin……」
It’s the early morning on the second day after we leave Koryatt village.
I was sleeping comfortably in the carriage using the sli pillow, I opened my eyes because of Irvine’s voice.
「What is it Irvine?」
I got up and asked Irvine while rubbing my eyes.
I’m not a particularly high-ranking noble nor am I a woman, so I slept together with the guys.
Sothing strange may also happen with the sli pillow, so it’s better to be together.
Well, a sli is weak enough that you won’t lose to it unless you’re a baby, but we still tied the pillow tightly just in case.
「Oi, you’re kidding, right? Answer Surarin! You were still moving so energetically just a while ago!」
He spoke to his pillow with a sad voice while slapping it *pechipechi*.
Surarin still has a certain elasticity until yesterday. However, now there are no more traces of its elasticity left, as it only made a watery sound when Irvine touched it *beshabesha*.
Maybe he’s recalling the lively figure of Surarin last night, Irvine closed his eyes and hugged the Surarin pillow.
「…………Irvine」
I realized the current situation.
「……you've beco this cold……」
「……Irvine」
「……even though you’ve been moving so energetically until a while ago.」
「You forgot to feed Surarin didn’t you?」
「…………」
Hearing what I said, Irvine suddenly stopped moving.
Sli will die if you don’t feed it for two days. When it dies, the sli will lose its elasticity and turn into a slippery liquid.
As a sli pillow, its elasticity is indispensable so if it’s turning into a liquid then that's not sothing that can be used.
Because of that, to maintain the elasticity, the sli needs to absorb grasses or sothing in its surroundings to keep living.
In this way, even though a sli frantically absorbs nutrition, it can also hinder its movent.
Just like killing two birds with one stone. Giving the feeling of trying not to waste every single thing by squeezing them dry, I think it’s really human-like.
「……you, didn’t you said that you want to be a Sli King?」
Irvine kept on talking as if I didn’t say anything.
The sli won’t talk.
「Don’t die until you beco a Sli King! You will have a lot of underlings to serve you soday, and made a place only for slis………!」
Irvine continues with his charade while sobbing. It’s an acting ability that is wasteful for him as an adventurer.
Just when Irvine raised his voice as if he was mourning the death of his companion, a yell can be heard along with a *don* sound from the wall.
「Shut it! People are sleeping, keep it down, will you!」
「「So, sorry!」」
It was a completely different voice from the usual Aleutia, so I also apologize involuntarily.
When I thought about it, it is currently early in the morning. So people are still sleeping. Even if you made so mistakes, it’s not the ti to raise your voice.
Irvine placed the sli pillow that had turned into a liquid down on the floor and then started to lie down as if nothing happened.
Shall I sleep again then…
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After that, we did so experints on the sli pillow while moving toward Kikka.
Selecting more materials to be used as a pillow, how to sew the pillow so the sli won’t be pushed out of the pillow. About how to better manage the sli and so on, I discussed it with Tori.
What we’re trying to find out right now is that, is it possible to make the sli gain a nice feeling of elasticity by magically cooling and warming it?
I tried to use Ice magic on it because I thought it would probably feel good if this lively sli was cooled and I laid my head on top of it.
So when the sli was cooled using Ice magic, its elasticity beca a bit stiff and it feels as if the sli’s plump body will stick to your skin.
If you want to compare it with sothing, then it would feel sothing like a mory foam pillow I guess…?
And when you apply pressure on it *guu*, it feels as if your hand sunk into the sli, rather than the sli wrapping your hand. It feels so enjoyable that it makes you want to poke the sli with your finger like this again and again.
I was just so happy at this new finding, I enjoyed the solid texture of the cool pillow and was able to sleep comfortably that day.
And then the next day, this ti I was wondering what would happen if I moderately heated the sli, so I tried heating the sli with Fire magic.
Then, the sli lost its elasticity before my eyes and went limp.
For a mont I thought that the sli died, it didn’t turn completely into a liquid, but it left behind a slight elasticity.
After checking its state, that day I was also delighted.
Allowing you to adjust the elasticity according to your preferences, this is such a wonderful sli pillow isn’t it? Without its minus point of being a monster, everyone would surely buy it.
As for , I wouldn’t mind that kind of small detail.
I've tried these but then I rembered, I heard that sli is weak against Fire and Ice magic.
Oh well, given that sli is fundantally a liquid-based monster, they’re probably just weak against heat and cold.
If you cooled the water down, it beca ice and felt like it solidified.
Tori was also surprised by this, but he can only lant about it because Ice magicians are so rare, and the fact that magic tools haven't yet spread to the general populace.
As for Fire magic, there are a lot of people who can use them in comparison, but it seems that it’s quite hard to adjust the magic.
As for people who use magic frequently like - and the adventurers like Aleutia, and Ilya - we have no problem doing that, but the general populace can’t control magic so precisely.
Except for those people who are called magicians, at most, they would only be able to make a fireball and lighting firewood. It would seem that it’s impossible to warm sothing or roast slowly using their skill.
In that case, it would be better to compensate for their lack of skill with magic tools, but the problem is whether the people are particular about their sleeping thod or not.
As for , even if I can’t use magic then I can just buy magic tools and use that, but at the end that was just my personal opinion.
But if it costs a lot of money, so people would say that an ordinary pillow will do just fine.
Therefore, Tori decided to target those wealthy nobles and rchants.
I was worried that those haughty people would buy a sli pillow - which is made of monster - but according to Tori, it seems that those nobles who love new or novel things will definitely co and buy it.
I guess I’m pretty much also one of those people, huh.
So just like that did the sli pillow experint again and again, and ti passed in the blink of an eye.
And then the afternoon on the third day. We finally arrived at the central city of Kikka.
――Kikka.
It was a city on the eastern part of Misfrit kingdom, going north from there will lead you to reach the kingdom of Aldonia. If you go west from there, then you will reach the royal capital, the city is like a relay point where various goods gather.
Of course, there are all sorts of people who gather in that place, and a lot of people live there.
As one would expect, the magnificence and gorgeousness can’t compare to the imperial castle and the castle walls at the royal capital, however, Kikka didn’t lose out in terms of liveliness.
While I was impressed that there is such a prosperous city other than the royal capital, I entered Kikka with Tori’s carriage.
At that ti when I saw the guard co running toward the carriage, I turned my neck over and over again to see if those guys were here.
And yet I don’t feel safe, so I reflexively ask Irvine and Mort.
「……hey, those guys are not here right?」
「Those guys, you an that royal capital’s gatekeeper, right?」
Irvine - who sohow had a pale face - asked again nervously, so I frantically shook my head, up and down.
Seeing their faces, they might have suffered under those guys’ hands several tis.
I don’t think that those guys are a simple gatekeeper.
「If they pop out all over the place like that, then I’m gonna stop becoming an adventurer. 」
「Those guys are in the royal capital’s area………they said that there are a lot of handso n in that place or sothing.」
Mort gives information that I don’t want to hear.
That’s right, there are a lot of iken nobles, and rchants in the royal capital. Many nobles have quite beautiful looks.
Or I should say, those guards like to do as they please using their position, claiming that it’s official business.
When I asked Tori won’t they would get sued, he said that they are experts in cracking down nurous illegal goods and smuggling, and there are also rumors that they are the right-hand n of powerful nobles-sama.
So basically when I go to the royal capital, I will use Teleport so that I can pass through the gatekeeper, but I’m afraid about what would happen when I have to go to the party in the royal capital just like the other day.
The next ti I go there by carriage, I pray that I will be able to avoid the south gate if it’s possible.
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