In Another World with My Smartphone (異世界はスマートフォンとともに。)

Why are you all looking so upset?

It's our first mission since Kohaku joined us.

I'm excited.

I cannot get motivated for this mission.

I can't believe the magic beasts they want us to investigate are slimes!

And they want us to investigate a slime researcher's castle, no less.

I have a bad feeling about this.

Do you hate them that much? They're only slimes.

I just inherently dislike them.

Especially the green slimes that melt clothes.

You too, Yumina?

I know having your clothes melted is wonderf—I mean, humiliating, but...

They haven't been seen in over ten years, right?

I feel like it wouldn't be that big a deal to leave them be, then.

They're not harming the nearby villages...

You'd leave the villagers to spend their days in fear?!

Can we call ourselves proper adventurers with that attitude?

No, we can't!

That is true, but...

If slimes were to attack any of the neighboring villages,

we'd all regret it, wouldn't we?

Touya, you aren't thinking about anything improper, are you?

No way!

Jeez, Yumina, I'd never think about anything like that...

...much.

Chapter 5:

Slime Castle, and a New Function

It's a little creepy in here, but it's safe.

Come on, everyone else i—

Touya-dono?!

Ow...

It wasn't safe at all!

No, I'm fine. It just hurt a little.

Touya, the wash basin!

A slime?

But it's a slime I've never seen or heard of before.

Does that mean this is a newly created one?

What use would that be?

His research documents might be hidden somewhere in here, so let's look.

There's only the leather cover.

The contents must have been eaten by slimes.

Maybe it wound up food for a green slime?

This one wasn't eaten.

A notebook?

Looks like a record of research results.

The properties of many different slimes are written here.

Let's take that notebook with us.

It might prove useful somehow.

We've finished searching the first floor,

so let's return to the hall and head up to the second.

I want to go home already.

He's definitely plotting something.

Um, Touya...

What are those?!

Green slimes!

Come forth, Fire! Hail of Red Stones: Igni—

Linze, stop!

You might burn down the whole building!

Let's burn it down!

Kohaku!

Leave it to me.

And here we go!

Oh, no! They're coming closer!

Second floor! Evacuate to the second floor!

What's the meaning of this?

Maybe they've established a territory or something.

Anyway, we're safe.

Let's hurry up to the second floor.

I can't wait to leave those things behind—

Ow!

Hey, what is this?!

It's slimy!

Over there!

What kind of slime is that?

I'll look it up.

"Lotion slime.

When it senses danger, its body secretes a lubricating fluid.

Harmless to humans.

Failed creation."

That's a failed creation?

Are you sure he's not failing on purpose?

Sorry!

H-Hey!

You saved me.

Thanks, Kohaku.

It's nothing, though your wife and—

Jeez, what is this?!

T-Touya!

No... Help me!

Hold on, I'll save you!

Gate!

Those things really do have their individual territories.

Is everyone all... right?

And this was my favorite outfit...

How awful.

It melted more than half of my skirt!

M-My bindings got melted, too.

Th-This is a bit of a problem for me...

Thanks to this slimy stuff, you can see right through my underwear, too!

I've had enough!

Don't look at me!

Hey! I can't help it!

Good job!

Next time we see a green slime, we're making sure we crush it!

It seems like he was trying to create some kind of special slime,

and mass-produced failures in the process.

Right.

He wouldn't know the special trait of a slime until it was created.

We should just burn the whole castle down.

Purify it. We should purify it!

While I do agree with that,

should we really do such a thing on our own authority?

The fortress has already been abandoned.

I doubt my father would complain.

This is getting into risky territory.

What is all this?

Well, I wouldn't know...

What is it?

Well, it looked like their chests moved just now.

Huh?!

What are you saying? Honestly, men are so...

No, it's true!

It's soft...

"Bust slimes.

They attach to women's chests and mimic them.

Their preference is to attach to and accentuate smaller breasts.

A step closer, but a failed creation."

Closer to what?!

Shred, Wind! A Thousand Blades Born of the Gale:

Cyclone Edge!

I'm still growing...

Huh?

I'm still growing.

Y-Yeah, of course.

Okay, looks like we'll be safe here.

Was this the slime researcher living here?

Probably.

Let's see... "It's complete.

Now my... no, the dream of all men has come true.

I have nothing left to regret.

Ah, I can see Heaven."

What the heck?

Touya, there!

It's changing shape into something!

Huh?!

Hey, what are you looking at, Touya?!

No, no! Don't!

T-Touya-dono! Look away!

Don't look!

Purify.

Purify it.

Must purify.

Purify it for sure.

So the "men's dream" that researcher wrote of

was to enjoy the servitude of a harem

of beautiful, naked women.

How dumb.

Well, that was kind of awful.

Master.

Next, I'd like to observe a human town.

Why not?

But before that...

Slime researcher, thank you.

So cute!

It's quite lively.

This is the center of this town.

Master, isn't that Yae over there?

Huh?

Yae, who's the kid?

Touya-dono.

It seems she has gotten lost.

Mommy!

I've been asking for her name,

but I can get no answer out of her.

What is your name?

Lim.

I see. Lim, you say?

Search: Lim's family.

Any luck?

No. At least, they're not within Search's radius.

Enchant, Search.

Search: Lim's mother

Yes! It worked!

Ready to go see your mom?

Mommy!

Lim!

So, Touya-dono...

What did you use your smartphone to do this time?

You can use Search to look for various things, but its range is small, right?

This can find what you're looking for over a wide range,

but it can only search by building names and such.