Elvani placed a hand on her soft, pale chin and tilted her head as her silky blonde hair fell over one shoulder.
"So… what's the update?"
Standing a step behind, Lisa instantly flipped open her large alchemist's notebook with a fwip, adjusted her oversized glasses, and tapped her pen against her lower lip with a thoughtful hum.
They were standing in the Royal Slime Farm—an open stretch of thick green known as the Slime Fields. Slimes of all shapes and sizes bounced lazily across the terrain like jiggly balloons full of life juice.
Lisa cleared her throat to mutter in her usual dull tone—
"Well… over three hundred slimes have D-grade mana cores. They'll be crushed into potion reagents before sunset. Two hundred fifty have B-grade cores—military-grade mana batteries. Eighty slimes show A-grade cores, which are going to the Royal Alchemy Labs and… well, me."
She gave a smug little smile.
Elvani's expression didn't change.
Her cold blue eyes narrowed ever so slightly as she folded her arms—gently pressing her plump melons upward without even meaning to.
"Hmph. That's decent for just one day's haul…"
She slowly sucked on her lower lip.
"But… didn't Father send an entire battalion to the edge of the Demon Continent last week?"
Lisa paused.
"… He did."
"Then I was expecting at least one Demon Slime. They come with S-grade cores, don't they?"
Elvani's tone was sharp.
She cut a subtle side-eye at Lisa.
Lisa yawned lightly, unbothered.
She adjusted her glasses and lazily pointed a pen toward the far side of the field.
"See that one over there?"
Elvani followed her finger.
"… Yeah? What of it?"
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『Are they pointing at me? (;￣Д￣)』
The young man jolted—well, not literally, because he still didn't really have a body the way he knew. But he definitely felt like a jolt of anxiety buzzed through his gooey form.
『They're… walking toward me??』
He tried to move, to brace himself or… look dignified somehow, but his movements were still sluggish and vague, like a lazy beanbag trying to flex.
『Maybe they'll explain something to me! Like where I am. Or why I can taste grass with my stomach!!』
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Elvani and Lisa approached the oddly colored slime behind the fence.
Lisa squinted and scribbled a few quick notes.
"Don't you think it's strange?"
Lisa mumbled as she eyed the deep-blue jelly.
"That color's weird. It's not quite aquatic blue… more like… mana sapphire?"
Her dull eyes suddenly flared with excitement.
She leaned forward.
Her lips curled ever so slightly, and a thick strand of drool slithered down the corner of her mouth.
Mmmm~
Her voice dropped.
"If I could use that slime in a mana-reactive biocircuit system… no, wait—if I could liquefy its core into a catalyst for a hexamatrix rune array, I could—"
"Lisa."
Elvani's single word was soft and cold enough to freeze the sudden excitement.
Lisa blinked once.
"Ah. Sorry. My bad habit was showing again…"
She slowly licked the drool from her cheek and bit her lip.
She was still very interested.
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[A mana spike was detected!]
That robotic voice again.
But this time, the slime wasn't just lost and panicking.
He was observing.
『Uh… what do you mean by mana spike? If it means her tits got bigger, then yes, I definitely noticed that… (;一_一) even if it makes no sense. Why though…』
The two red spheres on the woman—Lisa.
They pulsed with heat for some reason.
And for some reason, it made him hungry.
Not food-hungry. But something far worse.
『I want… to drink them?! What is wrong with me?!』
His instincts were going haywire.
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Elvani stared harder at the slime.
"… I don't think being slightly bluer than an Aquatic Slime qualifies as special, Lisa."
She sighed, closing her pretty eyes, folding her arms again beneath the gentle softness of her royal cleavage.
Her dress rose slightly as she shifted her hip weight.
"Still, I'll check it out."
She stepped closer to the fence, elegant yet curious.
The deep-blue slime—him—streamed toward her.
"Huh?"
She blinked twice.
"Usually they're scared."
Lisa cocked her head, confused.
"That slime's… not reacting like the others. The other slimes still avoid you, Your Highness. But for some reason this one's… interested?"
Elvani reached across the fence with a gloved hand.
Her fingers were dainty and elegant.
The slime pulsed with anticipation.
[Initiate physical contact with the unique specimen in order to trigger the Legendary Skill『Devour』and further your evolution process!]
Wait wait wait—evolution?! Legendary skill?! What is this, a gacha game?! Why is her hand glowing??
Then—contact.
Her fingers brushed the surface of his gelatinous body.
A surge of heat and mana ignited in both directions.
Elvani gasped and instinctively pulled her hand back.
Lisa blinked and stepped closer.
"Princess? Are you alright?"
But Elvani didn't answer.
She stood still. Her eyes wide.
Staring.
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[Congratulations! The host has evolved from a Basic Slime to a Mana Slime.]
[Legendary Skill 『Devour』 has been unlocked!]
[Support Skills acquired: 『Mana Sense』 and 『Body Manipulation』!]
What the hell?! Why am I evolving like a Pokémon?!
He could feel his body change—becoming more stable.
His mass was more reactive.
And his senses were sharper.
He grew stronger just from a single touch with her?
Elvani's eyes seemed to glimmer.
"You're a strange one…"
She whispered with a smirk.
Then, she reached forward again.
『Oh no. Not again. Wait, YES AGAIN. (;^ω^)』
This time, when her hand touched him, something clicked.
An explosion of pleasure sparked through her body.
[『Devour』 and 『Mana Sense』 activated!]
He didn't know why, but instinct took over.
The slime sprang forward—like a living bullet—and latched directly onto Elvani's soft, mana-rich chest.
It slimy body settled all over her breasts.
Like she'd been sprayed with melting honey.
Her mouth opened in a loud gasp.
"AAAHNNNN~ ❤️!"
She collapsed to the grass with her arms spread.
Her eyes fluttered and her body trembled.
Lisa's jaw dropped. "Your Highness!!"
She rushed forward, but the scene was… confusing.
Elvani was lying on the ground, back arched, her royal uniform slightly shifted, her chest—where the slime had suctioned itself—was glowing faintly with bright blue mana light.
The slime was squirming happily, digging in like it had found an oasis in the desert.
It rubbed itself against her sensitive breasts.
Elvani's breathing was ragged.
"M-, My mana… it's getting… drained…"
Her cheeks flushed deep crimson.
Her thighs slowly rubbed together.
Her gloved fingers twitched on the grass.
Lisa blinked once, then pushed her glasses up her nose.
"Lucky…"