I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 61

Having produced as many as 180 cores from the nurseries girls, and I started thinking about how to distribute them.

Maybe it’s best to give 20 cores each to the first four, 10 each to the next six, and keep the remaining 40 for myself?

If the number of cores makes us stronger even a little, it’s better to have more than the 7 cores Rio produced last time.

Since the first four are leaders of each group, they should get more than the six others.

If anyone gets more than me, the slimes will hesitate, so I’ll take 40 cores and give the baby slimes double that to keep them happy.

“All right, I’m going to give you cores, so go and call the first four.”

I told Very Long to go and bring the four.

All 24 slimes are currently back in the dungeon for training, so I can summon all four here.

While waiting for the four, I absorbed the other 40 cores.

Suddenly, I felt power welling up inside me. Taking in such an extraordinary number, I truly felt myself grow stronger.

In appearance, the main core fused with the satellite cores that circled it, transforming from a matte core to one with a semi-gloss finish.

Similarly, the satellite cores clustered in groups of ten acquired a subtle semi-gloss and revolved around the main core.

The remaining seven cores became smaller than before and started orbiting the satellites.

In other words, if the main core is seen as the sun, the grouped ten satellite cores act like planets such as Mercury, while the ungrouped cores orbit them like moons.

And by exceeding ten cores, I gained a new “Trait”.

Storage: Can store objects inside the body ignoring their weight (not applicable to living beings). Capacity depends on strength.

Until now, I recreated what I had consumed and dissolved, but this trait lets me transport things without breaking them down and ignoring their weight. In other words, I can airlift objects regardless of their weight. However, the amount I can store is vaguely defined by “strength.” Whether it depends on the number of cores, my own power, or both is unclear.

Until now, when transporting cows or things to the village, I had to suspend them while flying, so this will be a big improvement.

People might think it’s fine to just recreate what was consumed, but after trying it once, I realized having my own flesh cooked is pretty unpleasant.

Because nutrient injection feels like part of the play, it doesn’t really bother me.

–

While I was confirming this new power, four slimes arrived.

“Father, my little sister told me to come because you want to talk…”

The slimes looked confused, not knowing why they were summoned.

They were really just called here for a talk…

“Yeah, since I managed to produce a large number of slime cores from the nursery girls, I thought I’d give some to you all. You wouldn’t want your younger siblings to have more cores than you, right?”

“Oh my! You produced cores with our well-being in mind!! I can’t express my gratitude enough!”

The eldest slime daughter leaned forward eagerly.

Well, she’s a slime, so it’s more of an impression than an actual movement.

“Alright, come and receive yours one by one.”

I sent 20 cores into the first slime to approach, my eldest slime son.

“Father!? Is it really alright to receive so many cores!? Just how many did you get from the nurseries…?”

Even the usually calm eldest slime son was flustered, receiving over six times the number of cores he normally carried.

“Amazing, right? We managed to produce 180 cores from just three of them. Even after giving you each 20, we’ll still have 100 left.”

“To receive 20 of them!? I’ll work myself to the bone to live up to your expectations, Father-sama!!”

The eldest slime daughter’s core trembled violently with excitement.

“To think it’s possible to generate cores without impregnating them… I never even considered it.”

“Same here. It was actually the third daughter, Very Long, who suggested it. I thought about giving her a bonus of 20 cores, but… I figured that might cause trouble later.”

“You’re right. It’s only natural we work for you, Father. There’s no need to favor one sister specially. If siblings born at the same time have different numbers of cores, it might cause some jealousy.”

Is there some kind of socialism? Or communism? Among the slimes? I guess either system could be good—so long as everyone pulls their weight. That’s the catch, though.

I’ll try to distribute what I give out as fairly as possible, based on when they were born. ―――Though if I end up with dozens or even hundreds more, won’t tracking birth dates get impossible? Eh, I’ll cross that bridge when I get there.

Figuring the eldest slimes would sort it out eventually, I postponed the issue and gave each of the four their 20 cores.

The child slimes experienced improved abilities and also gained the “Storage” trait.

–

“Alright, go fetch the six younger siblings. I want to give them 10 cores each too.”

“Understood. One moment, please.”

I saw the four of them off, noticing they seemed just a bit more agile than before.

In the meantime, I cleaned the nursery girls’ bodies, filled their ovaries with nutrient-rich slime, and coated them with development fluid.

Considering how large their ovaries are, 30 seems like a small number. Rio managed 7 without any induction, so these girls with much larger ovaries should be capable of ovulating around 100.

I think the reason is probably that development focused too much on the erogenous zones, making the ovulation ability weak relative to the size. So, to improve ovulation ability, it was covered with a developing mucus.

While doing that, I also gave 10 cores each to the six slimes who came to the nursery room.

Number of slime offspring: 34

Number of own cores: 47

《Name》

Cruz

《Species》

Multi-Core ・ Tentacle slime

《Traits》

Overcore: Possesses over 10 cores

Progenitor: Has command abilities over its kin +α

Storage: Can store objects inside the body ignoring their weight (not possible for living beings). Capacity depends on strength.

《Skills》

Lv**: Full Drain

Lv**: Transmutation (Transformation & Ecstasy)

Lv05: Bludgeon

LV05: Pierce

Lv05: Slash

Lv05: Blunt Resistance

Lv05: Piercing Resistance

Lv05: Slashing Resistance

Lv05: Fire magic

Lv05: Water Magic

Lv05: Wind Magic (↑LvUp)

Lv05: Earth Magic (New)

Lv05: Healing Magic

Lv05: Fire Resistance

Lv05: Water resistance (New)

Lv05: Wind Resistance

Lv05: Earth Resistance (↑LvUp)

LV05: Flight

Lv05: Swimming

Lv02: Remote Operation

LV05: Soundwave Manipulation

Lv05: Water Source Detection

Lv05: Heat Source Detection

Lv05: Oil Generation

Lv05: Bipedal Movement

Lv05: Quadrupedal Movement

Lv05: Hardening

Lv05: Swift Wind

Lv05: Adhesion

Lv05: Paralysis

Lv05: Acid

Lv05: Poison

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