The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life Chapter 46

I have incredibly good news.

After finishing my reply to Ichinose, I carefully inspected the Mail skill again, inch by inch.

And while I did not find a Block Function, I did find sothing like a Silent Mode.

It would an that I wouldnt hear the voice in my head every ti I received a new ssage.

Not only that, but I was able to use it at LV1. Wonderful.

I felt incredibly lucky as I quickly set the Skill to Silent Mode.

Now things would be a lot quieter in my head, and I would be able to relax a little more.

Ahh, that was good.

Its important, isnt it? Silent mode.

I an, its pretty much a rule of society, to put your phone on silent mode when you are at a eting or visiting important people.

It would be incredibly bad manners if you were negotiating with soone, and your phone rang, and you started talking on it right then and there.

Well, in any case, now I would be able to feel calr when I travel.

Yes!

Uhh, Ill pretend that I didnt hear that.

My Mail skill is still LV1.

Yes, that is the truth.

Wordlessly, I select No.

And then I check the Mail features.

Hmm, yeah, it was there alright, this chat feature.

Damn it all!

Why did I have to gain a level right now!

Its not right!

Why couldnt I gain a level with sothing like Swordsmanship or Vitals Strike!

Im using them as much as I can!

Ill just look through the chat feature.

Oh, I can turn it on and off. Lucky .

I turn it off without hesitation.

I see that there is already another Unread ssage.

That can wait.

Yes.

I dont even want to look.

Now, I should return to exploring.

I pretended that I hadnt seen a thing, and started walking again with Momo.

There are a lot more rice paddies here

As we walked on for a while, we started seeing rice paddies.

This was on the outskirts of town, the corners really. So it wasnt an unusual sight.

Its already May, the season to start planting.

The rice paddies were full of water, and green rice plants were inside of it.

That being said, this rice would not grow any further than this.

There was no one left to take care of them.

But it was a nice view.

It healed my heart, which had been ravaged by Mail.

And the Unread ssage was scary to . There were probably more stacking up even now

Hmm?

As I pondered this and gazed at the rice paddies, sothing caught my eye.

It was a sli.

There was a sli floating languidly on the water.

There were a lot of them, actually.

I didnt think theyd appear in a place like this as well.

Well, they didnt even seem to be up to anything. They were just floating there.

They allowed the water to take them from one corner to the next. Occasionally, they would nibble on so of the plants.

How relaxing.

Bark?

What are you going to do? Momo asks .

What can I do

Its too much trouble to fight them. I think Ill just leave them be?

(shaking)

As I thought this, Aka started to shake.

He turned back into his normal form and approached Momo.

What happened?

(shaking, shaking)

Aka shook.

And then Momo nodded understandingly.

Huh? Were they having a conversation?

Bark!

Momo barked and then unleashed her shadow into the rice paddies.

And then she caught one of the slis.

The sli didnt even bother to resist as it was dragged back to where Momo was.

It was like fishing jellyfish

Momo, Aka. What are you going to do with that sli?

I ask with curiosity. Then Aka moved closer to the sli.

And then Aka did the most surprising thing.

It started to absorb the sli into its body.

What!?

I couldnt help but say out loud.

Akas body covered the other slis like a blanket, gradually incorporating it into its body.

The sli that was being ingested did not resist. It allowed it to happen. Its body was becoming smaller and smaller now.

It took about one minute.

Aka finished ingesting the sli completely, then it shivered with satisfaction.

I feel like Akas body was just a little bigger now than before.

It was a pretty shocking sight, though.

I hadnt known Slis can eat other slis.

No, maybe it wasnt so much eating as, fusing?

And then Aka ca over to and started to shake again.

What is it now?

I looked with strong interest, and this ti, Akas body split into two.

Wh-what the!?

(shaking, shaking)

(shaking, shaking)

The two Akas shivered.

It seed like they were smaller now.

Maybe two-thirds of the original Akas size.

I continue to stare at them.

Hmm? What?

(shaking)

(shaking)

It seed like they wanted to praise them.

See? Look what I can do! They seed to boastI think so, anyway.

What if it had only fused with that sli so I would praise it?

Ohuh, thats amazing Aka. I didnt know you could do that! Yeah, wow!

I say. The two Akas looked happy, and they started to bounce up and down.

Though, they couldnt actually jump if they wanted to.

I thought that they wanted to be petted, so I did.

While they were cool to the touch, it was still a nice feeling.

Aka shuddered with pleasure.

Brrrr

Momo started to rub against .

I guess she wanted so attention too.

Haha, what a cutey.

Ahh, you did well too, Momo. Thank you for helping Aka.

I say as I pet her. Momo smiled happily.

I enjoy the softness of her fur for a while.

It was a happy ti.

Should I fuse with more slis?

After petting them for so ti, Aka asked this question.

Apparently, Aka was able to raise its abilities through fusing with other slis.

It would be very convenient for , but was Aka really okay with it?

They were the sa ti of species, maybe there would be an aversion to doing it?

I asked, but Aka said there was not.

Slis seed to not have any sense of solidarity amongst each other.

Well then, I had no complaints about it.

Momo and I started to catch slis and give them to Aka.

Not only were there slis in the rice paddies, but also in the drainage basins.

As they allowed the water to take them anywhere, they must have ended up collecting here.

And so we were able to give Aka a lot of slis.

Alright then. We should move along now.

I didnt want to stay in any one place for too long.

Just as we started to move away from the rice paddies, Scout detected sothing.

It wasnt a humanit was a monster.

And it seed much stronger than anything I had sensed before.

I imdiately had Momo use her shadow, and Aka its disguise.

I too hid and used Conceal in order to see what it was.

Then I used Telescope to look in the direction where the presence was detected.

That

My eyes widened when I saw the monster.

It was obese and massive, with the head of a pig.

An orc.

Its nose twitched as it scanned at its surroundings, then it started to co closer to use.

Was it searching for sothing?

What to do?

It was only one orc.

Should I run, or should I fight