Day 14
Well, I had had enough of this! Eating raw meat was disgusting. Way too disgusting even for me. It had almost been two weeks since my reincarnation and I still definitely wasn't used to any of these. Minerva on the other hand was eating it like it was nothing. Then again, a few years eating this would probably make you think nothing of it.
'Ne, ne, Minerva-san! Don't you have any spice for your food?'
"Spice? What is spice?"
'You know, that thing you add to meat to make it taste nice.'
"Nice? Add?"
'Uwaa! Agent! Help me out here!'
<<Notice: In the West of the Larm, there exist creatures called Caulala. They produce spices whenever they sing>>
'Eh? Seriously? That easy? Caulala, huh? Where are they found?'
My holographic map popped up and it was in the zones I hadn't explored yet, so I didn't have a detailed mapping of it, but at least I knew where I had to go.
'Minerva-san, can I go out today wh
"And so I punched the damned troll in the face, then with a boom and bam I just destroyed the entire cave of trolls. That's how the legend of Twilight spread so quickly. I wish they changed my title though. It's too embarrassing.""Don't you think you are too noisy?"Seiko whispered to the girl at his side."Eh? Too loud? Really? But that doesn't matter!"Seiko let out a tired sigh then pulled out a device. This device projected a map for the girl to see. The map was shaped like a dragon curling itself attached to something else, but the map didn't show beyond there."You see where we are right now? It's called Larm."The young man pointed at their current location on the map. Jasmine had her finger to her lips as she observed the map curiously."I've heard of Larm. They told me not to pass through this forest."She stated nonchalantly."Yes. That's because Larm is a very dangerous and uninhabitable place for humans."
Day 15 Today was unbelievably boring. I went out with Minerva today to search for my spawns, but we couldn't find them. Sure, we didn't search every nook and cranny, but she used her [Overlord] skill to search for them, but they technically weren't my spores anymore, so the skill wasn't really useful to us. On the bright side, I acquired the skill [Telepathy]. Apparently I had been building proficiency for the skill by constantly communicating my thoughts to Minerva. At least now I could talk to more people… even though that wasn't different from my regular conversations with Minerva now. I had been so bored I activated [Slime Body] just because and Minerva was having fun with my jiggly body. It was sort of ticklish, but not really. I had no idea what to use the day for. I should have probably used it to practice my skills, but I was feeling too lazy to do so. I mean, if there was any trouble, I had Minerva there to help me. Then there was the caulala
Day 16 I spent that night on a tree branch right over the corpses. After much thinking and self-revision, I came to the conclusion that I was simply frustrated and took out all my stress on Minerva. I didn't know why, but I simply couldn't care about the dead humans. It was probably because I didn't know them before. I wanted to eat their corpses, but what I hoped to be the human part of me wouldn't allow for it. There was no need to eat them. I wasn't hungry and considering they died so easily, they definitely weren't strong, so I doubted they had any useful skills. So in essence, I really didn't need to eat them. That would have simply been a waste of time. So, for now I would look for a new nest. Or at least that was the plan till I heard some weird sounds and screechy voices. When I looked down I saw green monsters. Goblins. They were scavenging through the dead bodies for goods. One of them picked out a dagger and looked at it, grinning gleefully
Various messengers of the Ogre king had been sent to the West to deliver a single message. "Denizens of the West! Your Tyrant has invaded my land, thus declaring war. As such, I am about to decimate your lands. If you wish to live, come serve under me before the next full moon. And if you wish to die, stay with your foolish Tyrant!" His plan was to strike fear in the denizens of the west so that they would flee to the east and thus, quicken his invasion plan. He wanted to weaken Minerva as much as possible. However, he had underestimated how much the denizens of the West feared Minerva. No living magical creature in the West would ever go against her. It was one common rule that had been engraved in the minds of even the youngest of the denizens. Still, this didn't mean that the denizens would sit and do nothing. They all knew what to do. They just needed to find Minerva and that was the end of the matter. They could leave it in her hands. There were 9 days left till the deadline.
Eventually I decided to follow the sprite. It was more like she threatened to follow her. Apparently this 'Oldest Tree' was a very well respected creature in this forest. If I didn't go, I may have met some grave situations.She also told Gorm that he had been invited. The guy ran like hell to get into his armor and look dignified once again. I was a bit creeped out by the complete change in mood with his armor on.On the way, since I was bored I tried to make light talk with the sprite, but I realized she maintained a 3 meter distance from me and she wasn't responding to my comments. I saw the [Anxious] status next to her and just decided to give up. It wasn't that she hated me, she was just too anxious to speak to me. Been there, done that, didn't end well.In the awkward silence, I hypothesized that the 'oldest tree' was just some dryad mama with big boobs."We're here."The sprite said, pointing to a huge tree. This tree was so massive that it
'Deep slumber?'"Why yes. The Sleeping Emperor is his nickname for two reasons. Emperor because he rules over the other Tyrants. Sleeping because he is always sleeping unless something important happens."The Sleeping Emperor sounded like some shut-in NEET that only went out when he remembers he had a job his parents gave to him. He was really lazy, wasn't he?'Isn't this important?'"It seems that he doesn't deem it worthy enough for him to wake up."Oi! Oi! Now she was just making excuses for him!'He doesn't think a war between his subordinates worthy enough for him to intervene? First of all he's asleep so how would he know!?'"He knows all that happens in the forest even in his slumber."I had given up after that sentence. A magical world was simply different.'Ok, moving on, isn't his subordinate disobeying him and selling resources to humans more than good enough reason for him to step in?'"If he doesn't w
After the meeting had concluded, the sprite, Gorm and I had set off towards the goblin village. I had decided on going out to talk to the wolves this night and luckily it had gotten so late I couldn't believe it. My only problem was running into Minerva while she was still hunting. I didn't know how that would end. So I decided to branch off and have the sprite direct me to the wolves' home. If we hurried up we might have been able to get to there before she went hunting.Unfortunately, we crossed paths on the way to the wolf hill."Oh, Tori-kun."She said and I could see a sort of weird smile on her face'Y-yes.'I responded, but then she eyed the dryad curiously and lost her smile."And who is that?"'Oh, um this is, well... a friend.'She then bowed to Minerva, then said."I am Hinotori's guide. We will be acting as envoys to the kings of the West.""Guide? Why is Tori-kun going to kings?"She was looking down on me. She thought I was too weak to even go to kings and talk to them.
'Y-you? Didn't Minerva kill you like some days ago?'All the wolves growled when I asked that question. The wolf claiming to be the king looked at me quizzically, then the wolf I had a fight with roared in anger.'Do not talk about our father like that! Do you wish to die!? Then again, you wouldn't have come here unless that was what you wanted. Come! Let me rip out your heart and lay bare your organs. I shan't even feast on your corpse as it is too-!''Enough!'The 'Timber Wolf King' cut him off as he threatened me. I felt like crying at the thought of my heart being ripped out. I shuddered thinking of what would happen to me if he killed me.'And you.'The white wolf focused its powerful gaze on me.'No. Your ally killed my father, the previous Wolf King. The night he died, I was made into the Wolf King.'Made into one? So the Timber wolves just replaced their Kings as soon as they died? Or was there some special reason to it?'Leave here immediately! I do not have any wish to prey