CH 263

“Oh? Is that scavenger slime?”

Scavenger slime is approaching me, packing tightly and almost filling the entire path.

“That amount of slime here is about the same that was in the special storeroom when I left the association, if those fluids were reactivated by magic elements.”

I whisper while remembering that and getting a rough estimate of how much there is.

“If this was real, I would suspect that someone neglected doing the regular deactivation process of scavenger slime fluid, but…”

The process itself is simple, any master ranked alchemist can do it. For it to become this neglected, the person responsible would have to be really lazy. There’s no way it would happen.

“But even if they neglected the deactivation process, it wouldn’t go around like this unless the door was left wide open and magic elements got in. You’d have to be clumsy on top of lazy.”

Well, this is like a dream, so I probably shouldn’t worry so much about the details. I should calm down and bring out scrolls.

Now that I think about it, I don’t have my backpack. But just like the knife before, all of a sudden I have scrolls in my hand.

“《Activate》, 《Activate》, 《Activate》.”

The scrolls unravel, and I do the same thing I would do if this happened in reality.

“《Purify》.”

Much like how I filter magic elements from the atmosphere when I make potions, I filter magic elements from the scavenger slime pushing its way towards me.

It just reactivated because the fluid absorbed magic elements, so I simply extract them. It’s just like how one would deal with them in real life.

“《Polish》, “《Release》.”

What’s left of the scavenger slime floats and gathers in the polish tornado. It starts emitting a pungent smell, but the winds of the tornado take it away.

Now I have to put this whirling slime in bottles especially used for storage.

“Hm… The bottle appeared out of nowhere too. Can I make a much bigger one appear… I guess not.”

Apparently I can’t just do whatever I want, even if this dream world is based on memories. I don’t know all the rules, but I’m guessing I can bring out things I’m used to using.

I keep storing scavenger slime fluid in bottles one after the other.

Strangely enough, they disappear when I close them.

“Are they being moved to the special storeroom on their own? If that’s the case, this area sort of behaves like a dungeon.”

I keep doing this, and soon after the scavenger slime blocking the path is completely gone.

“Done. Now, Actor Reese’s mind should be locked away somewhere. I guess I have to start looking.”

It’s quiet for now, so it’s time to really start looking. But then I take one step forward, and notice that now that the scavenger slime is gone, the hallway is back to how I remember it.

And the room next to the laboratory of the basic research department is right next to it. It’s the laboratory of the arms transmutation department.

That reminds me of a face I don’t like.

That’s right, Rihalzam would always complain about things like the periodical deactivation of scavenger slime, and I think he would sometimes skip it too. Ahh… This is all getting even more suspicious. But I guess I have no choice…

With this unpleasant hunch in my mind, I grab the doorknob of the arms transmutation department.