I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 143

[Snow Woman’s POV]

After Cruz and the others withdrew, I pondered while waiting for my wounds to heal.

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My time had stopped.

The dungeon was created, we were brought into existence, and we waited for intruders to arrive.

Decades? Centuries? Millennia?

It was so long that it was almost beyond comprehension.

I grew tired of waiting, and my heart froze like ice, stopping time itself.

I lived as if I were already dead.

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How long has it been since then?

At last, the intruder had come.

My heart leapt. Finally, I could see the meaning of my existence.

However… the first meeting was rather boring.

When I showed a bit of power, he quickly tucked his tail and ran.

Is this what an intruder is like? Is this why I exist, to drive such creatures away?

Yes, I was disheartened.

However, he didn’t give up.

The following day, he came to challenge me with his subordinates.

Even though he was a monster, he employed tactics with great skill.

My heart danced, as though yesterday’s disappointment was nothing but a lie.

Why would a monster devise such a strategy?

Why does a monster take attributes into account in battle?

Why do you challenge me despite the overwhelming disparity in strength?

The one who first awakened my heart continues to awaken new firsts within me, one after the other.

Then after several hours of battle, they succeeded in making me use Ice Storm.

Yesterday, I couldn’t land even a single blow.

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The excitement of that day didn’t die down.

And day by day, I found myself thinking more and more about him, about Cruz.

What will you show me next?

How far will you go to surprise me next?

How much further will you drive me?

When I think about it, my time had already begun to move long ago.

He melted the time that had frozen within me.

I fight risking my life, and it is through this that I experience the feeling of being alive.

By being with him, I feel that I am truly alive.

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As I thought about him and waited eagerly―――― he appeared again, for the third time.

I was filled with an uncontrollable joy.

At that moment, I realized that I was attracted to him.

He had become stronger and more resilient, and I wanted to believe he had done it for me.

Thinking that way, my chest warmed, and I felt a mixture of pain and joy.

Though there was nothing new in his tactics, he withstood my Ice Storm and pushed me to my limits.

In just three encounters, how could he have become so strong, to push me this far?

And then I was forced to use my trump card, Frozen Realm: Diamond Dust.

His body froze, and as I thought this was the end, a flood of sadness, gratitude, and affection washed over me.

Before I knew it, I had kissed him.

As my fingers touched my lips―――― the feeling from that moment returned, and my heart grew warm.

Then, I bid him farewell and killed him.

Yes, I was sure I had killed him. But he didn’t die. He retreated a third time.

(Next time, it might be my end…)

I have a feeling that he will do it. He gives me hope, he makes me believe in him.

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“Cruz. You will hurry and come kill me, right?”

In the frozen room, only my voice echoed.

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