Volume 12 - CH 3

"Huh!

I woke up.

I feel like I just had a very scary dream.

I dreamed that I had become slime and was crawling around.

What's scary is that I lost my thoughts.

I think, therefore I am.

If I become a slime that doesn't think, then it's safe to say that I don't exist.

"It was an unpleasant dream. Hmm?"

I look at my body, but I'm naked.

I must have been lying on the stone floor.

What in the world――

I look around.

The other members of the group were lying naked on the stone floor, but ......Ah!

Finally, I remembered what had happened.

We had really been turned into slime by Letty's magic a while ago.

And we're still in the dungeon.

"Damn it, Watch out for the surrounding area! Everybody get up!"

I shouted at the sleeping members around me.

"Huh!"

"Huh? Brother? Fwahh, I've had a good night's sleep. ...... Hmmm, I'm feeling really good."

"Yeah, yeah, I feel like I've been reborn."

"That's right. ...... eh, kyaa! Why am I naked!? I'm a priest. ......"

"Everyone, get your clothes and weapons out of storage. Hurry up. We're in a dungeon."

I take out my own equipment and put it on too.

I look around, but fortunately, there are no enemies in the hall here.

If there were, I'd be completely out of luck.

"Kkuh, I remembered."

"Aah! Oh, right!"

"It's not funny that I turned into a slime."

Finally, the members seemed to remember what had happened and began to adjust their equipment.

"Clear!"

"We're clear too!"

"No sign of the enemy."

"All right, we're all here, right?"

I look around.

"Let's see, ......"

As expected, the number of people in the party has increased, so it takes time for everyone to check.

"Serina, count the number of people."

"Okay, I got it."

While Serina counts the number of people, I check the faces of the members.

Meena, a white-haired, dog-eared girl who is on a search for the enemy.

High school girl hero, Sparkling☆Glamour, Serina.

Lily, a former princess who is now just a cheeky loli thief.

Ione, the quiet daughter of a swordsmanship master, with fluffy blonde hair.

Nene, the brown-haired dog-eared tribe, hawawa loli.

Serious priest, light blue haired Fianna.

Luka, the tanned wild amazoness.

Kansai dialect high school student, Saki the Commercial Spirit Ranger.

Silent Archer, poker-faced loli, Mare.

Hannah, the blonde, iron-clad vampire with twin swords.

Jouga, a hot-blooded warrior who had one leg prosthetic but luckily grew back both legs after being turned into slime earlier.

"Twelve, we're still missing one person."

"Hmm? Who's missing?"

We look at each other.

"Serina, you're not counting yourself, are you?"

Jouga says, but she's not that stupid.

"No, I counted correctly. It's Alec, me,  Meena,  Lily,  Ione,  Nene, Jouga, Fianna, Luka, Saki, Mare, Hannah...... hmm, there should be 13 regular members of the first team now."

"Anyway, let's get out of here and check again there."

The door that was closed earlier has been restored, and the doorway is open.

"Don't step on the tiles there."

I pointed to the tile the idiot had stepped on and warned her.

That's when we all came up with the missing person.

""" Ah! It's Letty! """

"Where is she?"

"I don't know? I don't see her. But her HP is showing, so she's alive, and she's close."

"Letty!"

"Lettyyy!"

"Where are you, teacher?"

We searching the area, calling out her name.

"Master, I smell slime and Letty over there."

"All right, let's go."

Meena smelled them, so I headed that way.

Then I saw a large slime in the passage.

It's a slime, but it's wearing a purple pointy hat....

"It's the enemy, leave it to me!"

"Wait, Jouga!

I stopped Jouga when he tried to slash the slime with his broadsword.

"Yeah, this is Letty's hat."

Serina also noticed and said.

"Ehh? What do you mean? So this slime is Letty?"

Lily says.

The slime just shivered.

"I-I can't believe that only the teacher failed to transform and ended up looking......like this."

Nene said, and the slime shuddered as if in affirmation.

"Soudayo, dakara, minna, yurushite ...... kureru?" (TLN: That's right, so everyone will you forgive me?)

"Ueehhh, the slime talked!"

"Well, I can forgive you, but here's the thing."

As I said this, I pulled my sword from its sheath and stabbed the slime with it.

"Gah!"

"Aahh, teacher!"

"Uwahh, brother, that's outrageous!"

"I don't care how much you can't forgive her, she was your friend, it's terrible."

"Oh, God, bring this slime back to life!"

"Hmph, Letty, stop fooling around, because if you don't come out in five seconds, you're gonna get more punishment, two, one."

"Wait, why are you starting the count at two?"

Letty in the purple robe came out from behind the aisle. I knew it.

"Teacher!"

"Huh?"

"Hmm?"

"So, what's this slime?"

"It's probably just a substitute that she summoned. And she's been waiting to see how we'd react, you know."

When I said that, Letty took the hat back from the slime, put it on embarrassingly, and fidgeted with her arms and legs.

"Well, yes, but ......"

"Hey, stop it, don't be like that. I thought that Letty had really turned into slime, and that Alec had killed you."

Serina patted her chest and said.

"Me too. ......"

"I really thought it was Letty, too. I was so surprised."

"Teacher! Uwannn! I, I aym, *gusu*!"

Nene ran up to Letty and hugged her.

"Goddamn it, don't make Nene cry. Idiot!"

"I-I'm sorry, I'm fine, Nene-chan."

"Uwaahnnn!"

It took a lot of effort to calm Nene down, but it's good to know that everyone was okay.