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[RedHuntressLive]: I searched the CCT, there's nothing about this city, and the slime was very real. Can you tell me, are you a magician? Is this the realm of fairies? Do they have cookies in the fairy realm?
I continued walking in a direction close to the city while reading Red's comments.@@@@
[RedHuntressLive]: Seriously, why are there only slimes? There have been 8 of them, I'm counting. And why do they have random stuff inside them? A coin? A piece of copper? LOL!
I sighed, putting another slime core in my inventory. As Red said, this was the eighth slime I had killed. This one was red, there were some blue ones, and others green. The strongest and most dangerous must have been the purple one I encountered just after descending from the hill.
"I really don't know, I've told you, Red, I woke up here. There's just as much chance of this being the fairy realm as anything else." I shrugged. I wasn't used to using my arms for strikes; they were already hurting a bit.
"And I'm starting to get stressed out about it too. They even seem friendly until they see me and try to melt my face."
I found out the hard way that, contrary to my expectations, the slimes were indeed acidic, but only when they wanted to be. I scratched my still reddened left hand.
The biggest slime, the purple one, managed to grab my hand when I was distracted. It wasn't anything serious, like a strong acid; it just felt like I had put my hand in hot water. I quickly pulled it out, so nothing happened; it just turned a bit redder. But I guess with enough time, it could burn and melt the skin.
[RedHuntressLive]: Yep, they're cute. They'd make good pets if they weren't trying to kill us, but cats are like that, right? Slimes are soft cats? But cats are soft, slimes are cats?
And there was that too. Red was shy at first, but after talking to him for a bit, he opened up and started talking about various things, becoming more communicative.
[RedHuntressLive]: And you told me you weren't a hunter. You hunt slimes, unlike Grimm. Are you a SlimeHunter? Seems more fun than hunting Grimm, and less dangerous.
Another thing he told me, it seems like his world, yes, another world, my first viewer is from a different world than Earth. I thought he might be from Earth or even my current world, but no, he's from a world called Remnant, and from what he told me, I'm glad I don't live there.
My stomach rumbled. Damn, I'm hungry. I must have been walking for about two hours and haven't eaten anything since morning. I was going to make some coffee, maybe a burger to eat before getting kidnapped.
Anyway, Red's world, from what he told me, is a post-apocalyptic world where humanity survives in only four large kingdoms and small random villages and settlements. And the enemies that humanity faces? Grimm, soulless shadow beings that only seek to kill humans. They don't eat, don't kill animals, and, as Red said, there are few reports of Grimm sleeping. So, it's pretty bad for them.
"At least they have cat girls," I murmured softly. "I guess I prefer regular animals."
[RedHuntressLive]: What did you say? That was really quiet. Is it about SlimeHunters? I knew it, you really are one?
"No, Red, I'm not a SlimeHunter, I was just thinking out loud. But let me ask you something. You mentioned that the humanity in your world had another sister species? What were they called again?"
[RedHuntressLive]: Ohhh, yes, the faunus. They're similar to humans but have animal parts, some tails, others eyes, maybe ears! I wonder if there's a faunus slime? That would be COOL.
Faunus, another name from Greek mythology, the same with the floating kingdom, Atlas, a coincidence? At this point, I really don't know, but seriously, whose dumb idea was it to anchor one city on top of another city? Besides the fact that you lose the advantage of having a mobile floating city, if anything goes wrong with what makes it float, everything goes downhill.
Scratching my head at human stupidity, which seems to be a multiversal constant, I said, "A faunus slime would be weird, imagine just a squishy green person." I shuddered, already thinking about the darker possibilities of a certain number after 30. "I think I prefer regular animals."
[RedHuntressLive]: LOL, true, it would be weird. How would they walk? Would they wear clothes?
I spent the rest of the way to the city gates talking to Red, or at least reading his messages and talking to the air. As I approached the city, it became apparent that what seemed to be a main road connected to the gate.
As I walked along the road's edge, I could see carriages passing by, people talking and walking towards the gate. It was bustling like a big metropolis.
Red didn't respond, probably paying more attention to the weapons than to me. Shrugging, I went to the counter. Not seeing anyone, I noticed some sort of bell, something to ring and call the attendant, perhaps?
I rang the bell a few times, and a voice echoed from the back of the store.
"I'm coming, hold on!"
A woman, judging by the voice. After waiting a few seconds, a young girl ran out from the back of the store. She looked sweaty, with her light brown hair sticking to her face. When her eyes saw me, they seemed to scan me from head to toe, pausing a few moments longer on the short sword at my waist.
She walked up to the counter and leaned on it. "So, what will it be? Armor or a weapon?"
Before responding, I quickly examined her. She was young, as I had said, but I could see that her arms were muscular, probably from time in the forge, and even the leather apron she was wearing did little to hide the two assets she had on her chest.
I cleared my throat and looked away, hoping she hadn't noticed.
"In reality, I'd like to ask something first, if possible, or I'd appreciate a recommendation." I pointed to my clothes.
"I'd like to sell my clothes and buy new ones, but I'm new here, so I don't know the place very well."
She nodded without seeming surprised. "Yes, you have the look of people who come here for the first time, the look of a tourist."
She waved and began walking towards the back of the store. "Follow me; let's see what I can do for you." In the middle of the way, she turned and said, "By the way, my name is Emily, pleasure." Then she continued walking towards the back of the store.
I just followed behind her. "I'm Devas, pleasure, Emily." She just raised her hand in agreement and kept walking.
Passing through the back of the store, I could hear the sound of hammers hitting metal and what seemed to be a forge being used, so she didn't work alone here.
Passing by the forge, she took me to a room with some mannequins and clothes, both for women and men. Then she turned and looked at me.
"What?"
She shook her head. "Are you waiting for an invitation? Come on, take off your clothes so I can see what they're made of."
I raised an eyebrow at that, confident, wasn't she? I wasn't going to ask something like, with you in the room? Or could you leave, please? I'm not a generic Japanese protagonist.
First, I took off my shoes and socks; even though I didn't want to sell them, I might need to. Then my shirt and pants, leaving only my underwear. I had already put everything I had, except the sword, into my inventory, so I didn't have to worry about anything in the pockets.
I ignored her gaze on me; I wasn't ashamed of my body. I might not have the best physique, working and going to college didn't leave much time for the gym, but I still had a reasonably toned body with not too much fat.
"Here, all yours, see what you think." I handed her the clothes along with my shoes and socks. She took her eyes off my body and took the clothes. I sat in a chair and waited for her to finish.
She seemed to know what she was doing; she quickly examined the clothes, both the shirt and pants. The only interesting part was that she actually put on my sneakers to test them, the jumps she made did wonders for her assets, blessed be gravity.
Something seemed to shine in her eyes after she finished testing my shoes, and then she looked at me, or more specifically, my underwear.
"Take it off."
"Excuse?"