I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 139

After Alfred left, I let the livestock graze and planted the new seeds.

First, let’s deal with the village-related matters.

The pasture I created southwest of the village only needed fire magic stones to be buried at 1-meter intervals in the cultivated land.

It felt strange watching the grass grow so fast, like in a time-lapse video, but since the cows were eating it happily, I figured there was no issue.

Then, I planted the new seeds after focusing entirely on improving either the [Harvest Yield] or the [Germination Rate].

● Sweet Potato

┣Taste:

┣Nutritional Value:

┣Harvest Yield: ★■■

┣Germination Rate:

┣Disease Resistance:

┣Pest Resistance:

┣Cold Resistance:

┗Heat Resistance:

★: 10 Points

■: 1 Point

For this one, I’ll focus on improving the harvest yield multiplier and then expand the other aspects.

Since I’ve already requested bronze equipment from Alfred, there’s little advantage in having him spend time gathering seeds.

Moreover, I thought it would be better for the villagers to enjoy a large harvest first, and then focus on improving the quality.

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Now, onto the matters concerning the city.

Lately, there’s been an increase in requests for the Wind Wolf horns, which are used as ingredients for MP recovery potions.

The request came from the Magic Armor Guild. It might be due to the large amount of bronze and earth magic stones I supplied and the big order I placed with Alfred.

When I asked Natalie, she suggested it might be because some crafting skills require a lot of magic power.

Maybe they’re using recovery potions just to continue smithing…? I feel kind of guilty.

Furthermore, I’ve been taking on requests from floors 15 and beyond, but they’re not decreasing at all. The demand must be massive.

In fact, it feels like there’s been an increase compared to the beginning…

It feels like requests from various guilds and nobles have increased significantly. Well, if my usefulness is being recognized, I suppose that’s a good thing?

At the Spada Cathedral, I acquired a skill that grants bonuses to both strength and magical power.

To raise it to level 10, it costs 550 silver coins, and to level 15, it costs 1350 silver coins.

These improve strength: woodworking, stoneworking, metalworking, leatherworking, agriculture and animal Husbandry, mining, fishing.

These improve magical power: magical equipment, Alchemy, and goldsmithing.

If I were to level these skills for everyone, level 10 seems like a reasonable goal.

I earn about 10 gold coins a day from delivering materials, and I made another 10 gold coins through trade with Alfred, so I have around 110 gold coins.

If I were to level everything up to level 10, it would cost 4,870 silver coins.

Leveling the 3 unlearned skills to level 10 would cost 1,650 silver coins.

Leveling 3 skills from level 1 to level 10 will cost 1,620 silver coins.

Leveling 4 skills from level 5 to level 10 will cost 1,600 silver coins.

It’s quite expensive to level 10 skills, nearly costing 50 gold coins…

On top of that, leveling the skills of Rafa, Uri, Dice, and Kouga to level 5 cost me 60 gold coins, leaving me completely broke.

“Cruz-kun… if possible, it would really help if you could acquire the skills with silver or copper coins.

Silver can be mined to some extent from the mines, and copper can be mined even more. Plus, you’ll be able to bring back a Bronze Golem from the dungeon, right?

Gold is hard to come by, so I’d really appreciate it if you could leave some of it.”

Archbishop Libero helped me convert my gold coins into silver and copper coins, and I used them to acquire the skills.

This world uses a gold standard currency system, so the loss of gold is probably a serious blow.

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Then finally, it’s the birth situation of the baby slimes.

In the village, Rio, Riora, Leona, the village girls, and the seedbed girls each gave birth to 10 babies, while the disabled slaves each gave birth to 4.

The slaves I gave to Mika and the others haven’t had any children yet, as it seems my turn will come once they’re able to give birth to 10 at once.

In the city, Kurinde, Kristia, Natalie, Merta, Marcia, and Elina each gave birth to 6, while 19 bathhouse attendants gave birth to 4 each.

Thanks to successful uterine expansion, Marcia and Elina were able to have 6 babies right from their first delivery.

A total of 322 babies were born all at once, increasing from 582 to 904, a 1.5-fold increase.

Gabe appeared to be struggling with the allocation of training, but… I’m counting on you. You’re the one I rely on.

As for the cores, I was able to secure an enormous amount.

While nurturing the baby slimes in the uterus, the sperm colony automatically triggered ovulation and converted everything into cores, resulting in the generation of two sets of cores.

The a vast quantity of the 3,754 cores were used on the baby slimes.

This was to allow them to learn the ability boost from the 100-core bonus. The 1.2x buff is essential to withstand even a little bit of the Snow Woman’s attacks.

Mika and the others had already learned it, and since Mia and the others had 53 cores, I gave them 50 each, adding up to 300 cores.

Next, I gave 100 cores each to 34 people, bringing the total number of people to 44 who became [HO Hundred Over Core].

I kept the remaining 54 cores for myself.

–

Ah, there’s something I shouldn’t forget.

It’s that Christia and her daughter slimes have grown to the point where they can be a part of the fighting force.

Since she has become proficient in [Remote Control], I should be able to make Christia a prosthetic arm.

I brought with me the four female slimes out of the eight that the two of them first gave birth to.

All four of them have light blue hair, blue eyes, and the same skin color as Kurinde and her mother.

If someone said they were Kurinde’s sisters, no one would question it.

“Ah, welcome back, Cruz-san~”

“Welcome back… Crus-san… Are those people… ours?”

As I made my way into their house, Kurinde and Christia greeted me.

At this point, they think it’s natural for me to live there, without me having to use [Charm].

“Ah, that’s right. These are the children born from Kurinde and Christia.

By the way, there’s something important today. Christia, please come over here.”

“Yes~ What could it be~?”

Christia, not fully understanding the situation, walked over to me.

“CRT-0001. Is it possible for you to make Christia a prosthetic arm?”

CRT-0001, Christia’s children call themselves CRT-****. Kurinde’s children are KRD-****.

It seems to be like a serial number, but they apparently chose that name for simplicity’s sake.

Well, there’s no need to argue about personal preferences, so I decided to call them that.

“Yes. I’ll give it a try.”

They detach part of their slime body to create Christia’s arm.

“Christia, can you extend your arm?”

I attach the prosthetic arm to Christia’s limb. Since CRT-0001’s human form is made with the same pigment, the boundary between the prosthetic and the arm is indistinguishable.

“CRT-0001. How is it? Do you think the nerve connection will work?”

“Yes. ————How about this?”

It seems like it worked. I connected Christia’s nerves to the prosthetic and control was granted to Christia through [Remote Operation].

“…It’s moving… My hand… is moving!”

Christia, in an emotional outburst, hugged her right arm that she thought was lost and broke down crying.

“Mom… I’m so glad… so happy… Thank you so much, Cruz-san.”

Kurinde embraced Christia, and they both cried together.

–

After a while, Christia and Kurinde regained their composure.

“I’m sorry, Cruz-san. I got a bit emotional there.”

“No, I’m happy if you’re pleased. Christia’s daughters will take turns making prosthetic arms, so half of them will be living here from now on. Is that alright? With a 4-person party, they should be able to go to the dungeon too.”

This should be good news for Christia, who was originally an adventurer. She’ll surely accept it.

“Yes~ I’m looking forward to working with you~”

Now that I’ve got the homeowner’s approval, I need to register CRT-0001 and the others as adventurers.

If they reach the 5th floor, they can level up to 35 all at once.

I successfully completed the adventurer registration for all four.

I was surprised to learn that Christia’s highest reached floor was the 18th. She really went pretty deep.

I had Natalie handle the reception duties for both Dice and CRT-0001 and the others.

If she’s in charge, even if things go a bit overboard, she’ll manage to settle them smoothly.

Still, our strength is coming together. At this rate, against the Snow Woman we won’t suffer another humiliating defeat like before, right?

● Number of slime offspring

904（↑322）

● Those with over 100 cores

44 slimes

● Number of own cores

1120（↑54）

《Skills》

Lv**: Full Drain

Lv**: Transmutation (Transformation & Ecstasy)

Lv22: Bludgeon

LV22: Pierce

Lv22: Slash

Lv22: Blunt Resistance

Lv22: Piercing Resistance

Lv22: Slashing Resistance

Lv22: Fire magic

Lv22: Water Magic

Lv22: Wind Magic

Lv22: Earth Magic

Lv22: Healing Magic

Lv22: Fire Resistance

Lv22: Water resistance

Lv22: Wind Resistance

Lv22: Earth Resistance

LV22: Flight

Lv22: Swimming

Lv22: Remote Operation（↑2）

LV22: Soundwave Manipulation（↑7）

Lv22: Water Source Detection

Lv22: Heat Source Detection（↑2）

Lv22: Wind Pressure Detection（↑2）

Lv22: Vibration detection（↑2）

Lv22: Oil Generation（↑2）

Lv22: Bipedal Movement（↑2）

Lv22: Quadrupedal Movement（↑2）

Lv22: Herculean Strength

Lv22: Hardening

Lv22: Swift Wind

Lv22: Adhesion

Lv22: Paralysis

Lv22: Acid

Lv22: Poison

Lv22: Charm

Lv10: Woodworking（↑5）

Lv10: Stoneworking（↑5）

Lv10: Metalworking（↑5）

Lv10: Leatherworking（↑9）

Lv10: Magic Equipment（↑9）

Lv10: Alchemy（↑9）

Lv05: Cooking

Lv00: Brewing

Lv10: Agriculture and Animal Husbandry（↑5）

Lv10: Mining（↑10）

Lv10: Fishing（↑10）

Lv10: Goldsmithing（↑10）

Lv00: Art

Lv00: Music

Lv00: Theater

Chapter length 4096 characters.