Bear-san, Reading The Blank Notebook
“Then what about your village?” (Mia)
Ah, right, there was such a setting.
“…………”
“…………”
Fina and I turned to Kagali-san.
Kagali-san was the one who told a lie, so we’ll just leave the consequences of her actions later to Kagali-san alone.
“…Let’s put that aside. More importantly, let’s take a look at the notebook.” (Kagali)
Kagali-san thought for a while but gave up immediately and turned her eyes to the notebook to deceive Mia.
She escaped…
Well, certainly, there is a better time to clear Mia’s misunderstandings.
Mia didn’t seem convinced either, but since she mistakenly thought Kagali-san was a princess, she couldn’t question her.
Since it would be troublesome if it bounced at me, I turned my attention to the notebook and decided to read it, as Kagali-san said.
“I’m going to write down the events that took place in this town, just in case.”
“We were doing slime research.”
“Slime has the property of being able to live anywhere, and it changes its body into something that’s suitable for that environment.”
“Oh, just like what Kagali-san said earlier.” (Yuna)
Kagali-san raised her nose at my words.
“On the other hand, however, we found out that it can decompose whatever it takes into its body, clean it even, and spit it out.”
So does that mean it purifies impurities?
I imagine slime taking objects into that jelly-like body and dissolving everything.
“Is that what slime is?” (Yuna)
I asked Kagali-san, who is familiar with slimes.
“I’ve heard that a swamp that used to be poisonous became clean after the slimes appeared a long time ago.” (Kagali)
“Long time ago, just how old are you?” (Mia)
Mia whispered.
Since Kagali-san may be a princess, Mia can’t make strong tsukkomi.
Without minding it, I decided to continue reading the notebook.
“We started researching slime, wondering if we could use the power of that slime to clean sewage, dirty rivers, and poisoned areas.”
“I can’t believe someone would think of such a stupid thing.” (Kagali)
“I think so, too.” (Mia)
Kagali-san and Mia nodded.
But, having lived in Japan, I understand.
Rivers without proper sewage treatment are the worst. Many people have died after drinking from the water source and the spread of pathogens and plagues.
It’s the right thing to do to keep it clean.
That slime was apparently studied a long time ago, so it may have been contained in the sewage system, which the researchers did not properly maintain, but rather, they just routed the sewage to the river, and it got mixed with river water.
“Even though it was a slime, there was no way to study monsters near the castle, so it was decided to do it in a small town far away, and that town was Heschlag.”
“Now we know why there was a slime underneath that town.” (Yuna)
The notebook also mentions that they were making other magic tools to fund their research.
Mysteries such as why this town was called the town of magic tools, and the story about the slime have been solved.
When I turned to the next page, the process and results of the slime research were written.
“The slime has no brain and moves by instinct. So I thought of making a magic tool to replicate the brain.”
That’s why they’re researching magic tools as well.
I’ve fought against mages who control monsters before, but the methods seem different.
“First, we examine the slime’s properties. The slime splits up when it grows large. But we also found that they attract each other. It’s a contradiction, but it seems to vary between individuals.”
“We put the slime in the sewage. The slimes take in dirty water and spit out clean water. However, not all slimes were like that. Some turned into a poisonous slime.”
Poison slime, I mean sewage slime. It’s awful. I definitely don’t want to fight that thing.
It seems Mia and Fina were also trembling.
“I created a magic tool with an imperative formula to purify the slime’s body, but it doesn’t work as ordered.”
“There’s no way you can make such a magic tool.” (Kagali)