I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 48

The following morning, I headed towards the village with two slimes to take on the role of village chief.

The slimes I’m taking with me are divided into groups led by the first four slimes. They rotate every two days in teams of 2 people, 2 people, 3 people, and 3 people. By the way, I count them as “people” because they think in a human-like way, and if they can become human, it feels more natural to count them as “people.” Sometimes, I even referred to them as “X people.”

By the way, the slimes leading the two-person groups are the eldest son and eldest daughter (with vertical curls). I felt they would be more capable than the second son and daughter with fluffy curls. Also, the eldest son has Very Long, and the second son has Long and Semi-long. In other words, every group has at least one female-shaped slime. I’m sure you don’t need me to explain why.

The remaining slimes are left in the dungeon, where they’ll level up through dungeon exploration and hunting.

For now, the three nurseries will stay in the dungeon. It’s not something I want to show the villagers. As for the rectal nutrition, I’ve entrusted that to the slimes in the dungeon.

With this, I don’t have to worry about the dungeon anymore, right? Well, if anything happens, the slimes will take care of it.

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After flying for about 15 minutes, I arrived at the village, covering a distance of 50 km.

As I landed in the village, a blacksmith with cat ears approached.

“Ah, Lord Cruz, we’ve been waiting for you! As for the three rights, everyone is on board because it’s you. Heroes like to enjoy themselves, right? And please take care of my daughter! Gahaha!”

The blacksmith laughed and slapped me on the back repeatedly.

It seems they’ve accepted the “First Night Right,” “Virgin Right,” and “First Pregnancy Right.” I’m relieved!

After talking with him, I headed toward the village chief’s house.

“Oh! Lord Cruz, good morning! Is it about the village chief matter?”

“Yes, but I have a few conditions. Would you be willing to listen?”

The conditions I have are as follows:

・The number of slimes stationed in the village should be kept to a minimum. I’d like to keep them in their habitat as much as possible for their growth.

・I, too, will occasionally return to my habitat for growth. However, unless there’s an issue, I won’t be away from the village for more than a day.

・The three rights must be accepted.

“I see, understood. Since you are also a slime, it can’t be helped that you need to go outside for growth.”

The village chief accepted all of my conditions.

“I’m glad. In that case, I’ll accept the position of village chief. Oh, let me introduce them. You two, transform into human form.”

“”Yes!””

The two slimes changed into human forms, each wearing fur clothes this time.

“What!? You two can also take human forms!?”

“Yes, I just recently found out myself. With this, we won’t have to hide when the traveling merchants arrive.”

“That’s true. It was an unexpected but good turn of events.”

The village chief was quite surprised, but accepted it fairly quickly. Maybe it’s because it’s the second time so they’ve developed a resistance.

“They have the resemblance of Rio’s parents, don’t they? Are they――――Rio’s?”

“Yes. As you guessed, that’s correct.”

“I see, so that’s why you wanted to take Rio, Leonor, Riora, and those three girls.”

“That’s right. Numbers directly translate into power.”

“I know this is after my appointment, but what exactly am I supposed to do as village chief?”

Since the current village chief is managing just fine, it’s clear he’s not totally incompetent, but I know it’s not an easy job.

“To protect and guide the village. Though, it’s rather vague, isn’t it? The task is to clarify and show what those vague parts mean.”

??? This is difficult…

“In other words, I’ll create the goals for this village. The villagers will work to achieve them. If it’s not for the village’s benefit, the villagers won’t follow, correct?”

“Yes. If you understand it like that, it should be fine.”

What do I want to do with this village… I asked the village chief about the current state of the village and his goals. If I change everything suddenly, they won’t be able to keep up.

The current goal of the village seems to be ‘to be able to survive winter without issues.’

Well, that makes sense. Apparently, there are famine deaths every year. Famine deaths are common in every village, especially when crops fail. In cities with dungeons, the percentage is lower, but people in the slums reportedly die from hunger or disease.

With that in mind, it ended up as follows:

・Build walls to protect the village.

・Stabilize the village’s agriculture and livestock.

・Earn foreign currency.

I thought farming would be the most important, but I decided that continuing my farming will solve the winter issues, so the village’s safety became the highest priority.

Well, it’s only natural after the damage caused by the bandits. The next priorities of farming and animal husbandry are reasonable.

Lastly, earning foreign currency. Since the village’s production can’t cover everything, money is needed to buy from traveling merchants. They’ve been getting foreign currency by selling animal skins and flax cloth. The climate here is colder than the plains, so flax grows well here.

By the way, any requests from the villagers will be handled by the village chief… or rather, I should call him Legos now since he’s no longer the village chief. He’ll manage it. Unless it requires my decision, he’ll report to me afterward. He’s also in charge of the accounting. I guess he doesn’t think I can handle the numbers. Well, if he’s doing it, I won’t complain.

Apparently, there’s not much paperwork. Paper is considered a luxury item. Actually, they told me there’s hardly any paperwork. They asked if I needed papyrus. Anyway, papyrus isn’t something that can be used in the village.

As a side note, it seems that parchment is common in this world. After paralyzing the sheep in some way, the skin is stripped off and healed with [Healing Magic]. Since the wool is also gone, it’s mostly produced between late spring and early summer, after the sheep are sheared. This village has a few sheep, so it can be done. It’s late spring, after all.

After this, there’s supposed to be a party to celebrate my appointment as village chief and the defeat of the bandits. As for the latter, since I wasn’t around, they postponed it to today. Thanks.

It seems the party preparations will take some time, so in the meantime, I walked around the village again, thinking about how to achieve the goals.

As long as there’s safety, food, shelter, and money, the villagers will do their best. I decided to stop overthinking and spent some time with a girl.

Oh, and I went to the bandit ruins to grab some iron swords. I had forgotten, but with 11 of them, I can try dissolving them with [Acid] and see if I can materialize them afterward.

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The party began with Legos’ greeting. Afterward, he passed on the position of village chief in front of everyone and announced the three goals for the future. The goals were happily accepted by all. It seemed that everyone had been worried about the village’s defense, but they were now relieved.

The village’s stockpile… I’ve used quite a bit since I arrived, but I wonder if it’s okay? No, I guess it’s not the time to worry about that. Thinking this, I made sure not to drink too much and enjoyed the party in moderation.

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As the day set, I was outside, trying to shake off the effects of the alcohol and cool down.

After some time spent cooling off, I noticed a figure approaching from behind――――it was Rio.

“Master, you were here.”

“Rio? Are you taking a break too?”

I turned my gaze to Rio, who sat beside me.

“That’s part of it, but I also wanted to see you, Master.”

“I see. Then, feel free to relax.”

As quiet time passed, I opened my mouth to speak.

“It’s been about a month since I met Rio.”

“Yes, there have been a lot of things that have happened.”

“I had children, defeated bandits, became the village chief… If it weren’t for Rio, I might still be alone.”

“If I hadn’t met you, master, I would have been captured by the bandits… I don’t want to think about what would have happened after that. It’s because I met you, Master, that I’ve come this far.”

“Thank you, Master. For meeting me.”

“The pleasure’s mine―― But there’s still a long way to go, right? Well, how about we relax today? Things will get busy starting tomorrow.”

“Yes, the village’s recovery is important, but there’s something even more important!”

“Hm? What’s that?”

“It’s to have you impregnate me a lot, Master.”

“Hehe, you’re right. That’s important. Ten children aren’t nearly enough. I’ll have you make a hundred, no, a thousand.”

“Yes, Master! I want you to impregnate me a lot!”

“That’s right. So――――I’ll be counting on you from now on.”

“Yes! Please take care of me for a long time, Master!”

○Just a Side Note

We returned to the party venue and I finished the party without getting completely drunk.

On my way back to my new room, I suddenly thought to myself.

There’s a mountain of things to do.

“This is just the beginning. My—no, our battle begins now!”

I slapped my cheek to get myself pumped up and began my journey down a new path.

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