Slime Tamer's Chronicles

by Nathan Valerio

  By now she was standing and had a serious expression on. “Want to go to the tamer guild then? I bet dad could help. He isn't some stuck up asshole like some of these "Players" but he is still a major pain in the ass.”

  I shrug then nod. She picks me up again and does that teleportation thing again. We appear in front of a new building. It’s much larger and looks like a stadium, it’s huge.

  Inside was a reception and then many doors and stairs. The stairs lead up to where audience watch while the doors behind each reception desk lead into an elevator into the arena. It kind of reminds me of the arenas and contest halls from a popular but extremely old anime from my old life.

  Megumi approached on reception and the girl bowed deeply.

  “Greetings princess. What can I do for you today?” She asked extremely respectively.

  "I wish to speak with father.” She said serious but her face suddenly blushed and she clutched her hand, “And stop calling me princess!” She cried out.

  The girl giggled as did I, it brought out a cute reaction from her which I might make her do more often.

  After dialing a bit she talked on the phone and then nodded confirming something.

  “Mr. Delton said you can go up.” She said.

  Megumi nodded and with confirmation the reception desk opened a space for us and we passed before entering the elevator behind the girl.

  On the console of floors the biggest button was already lit. No it wasn't a button. It was simply a floor marker which lit up when it was the destination. Only that floor was like that the other 7 floors were actual buttons.

  “So your last name is Dalton?” I asked.

  “No, dad hates using our last name so when we hire people he introduces himself and asks to be called by his first name. My last name is Melody.” She said.

  “Hm~! So princess has such a last name huh~!” I said with a cat like smile.

  She frowns but she also blushes which makes a cute expression. She puts me down while pouting and after a bit we reach the top floor where the door opens. Inside is a huge room separated by glass walls so you could see what was going on everywhere on the floor. There wasn't a single place to hide if you ever infiltrated into this room.

  At the back leaning on the front side of the large wooden desk was a large man. He was quite muscular to the point that the muscles appear through his suit. His face looked like some great gang boss with two long claw scars on his left cheek. The intimidating aura was only ruined by the happy smile on his face.

  Unlike the smile of an evil man. He was making those a smile a protective dad would show his daughter.

  “How is my little princess today?!” His tone was caring and fatherly but the chill I felt coming from Megumi wasn't something normal.

  I took a step away from her out of instinctive fear and watched as she walked towards the man.

  He sticks out his arms for a hug but as soon as she gets into his arms she grabs his right arm and pulls it over her body using it as a lever and pulled the man over her body. Once his legs had left the ground she did a small hop and removed her leg from the ground and let the man’s and her own weight drop onto him.

  It was a perfect example of an O goshi judo toss.

  She got up looking at him as if he was a bug before walking over and sitting down on a sofa. She patted the spot next to her with a warm smile. I looked at the currently unconscious man and shrugged before going over and sitting down.

  With a wave of her hands, a small box of sweets appeared and she hold it to me.

  I gulped at the temptation she had present before me and there was even a bit of drool on the side of my mouth.

  Trying to change my attention I pointed to the downed yakuza.

  "I-is it ok to leave him like that?” I asked.

  She shrugged and waved her hand in a way to signal that it didn’t matter, “Yep, no problem at all. Grey storm, my wolf, is still gathering slime nucleus. I want to experiment a lot with them so I am having him gather tons. We have lots of time so no worry.” She said.

  With that she shook the sweets box in front of my face and I caved.

  I didn't know I had such a sweet tooth. No, maybe I did but the anger towards my dad kept me from noticing.

  “Sho...how did you make thish appear?” I askedwhile eating two grand chocolate bom boms with chocolate truffles inside.

  “Hm? Oh that. I pulled it from my inventory. Since you have amnesia you might not remember it. Just say or think the word "Inventory" and a window should appear. Unlike the status window those players have we have plates but the inventory is the same for everything considered sentient.” She explained.

  While I munch on the candy I think the word and it appears. On top was an image of me with my current clothes, around it were boxes that held info about each piece. Below it was 100 boxes laid out in a 25 x 25 sized square.

  In them was provisions for a day, five filled canteens, seven pairs of every piece of identical clothing I currently have on, that is including what I am wearing, a black pair with the same number, 5 silver coins and the most interesting, a magic wand.

  I touch the wand and a light shines from it as it gets equipped.

  The wand, is about 30 cm long, pure white with a small pink crystal at the top. I tilted my head when I saw this.

  “Was that in your inventory?” She asked.

  I nod since my mouth was full I couldn't talk. I pass it to her and she looks it over for a moment before her eyes bulge.

  “Did you pick this up somewhere?” She asked frantic.

  I look at her who had a startled look on her face. I swallow what I had in my mouth.

  "I just figured out how to open my inventory. I didn't even know about it. Why?” I asked.

  “Hold this and focus on it and say identify.” She said.

  I take the white wand and do as she said.

  Nature Princesses Wand (Form 1/5)

  A holy wand given to a child at birth. It's power differs depending on the owner. This weapon will grow with the owner and will change as she grows.

  The wand is made of a great holy oak which has been processed with divine water which left it perfectly white and smooth. The crystal on the top is a single crystallized drop of an unknown gods Mana.

  Current owner Kuroko Ginshiro

  Powers:

  Magic wand: Given the shape, it will act as the wand for its owner when she uses magic.

  Tamers Wand: Being the friend of the wild allows you to skillfully control animal and monster allies with this wand just as if you are a conductor in an orchestra.

  I tilted my head, “An ego weapon?” I asked.

  Megumi shook her head, “No, those are capable of speaking and are magic weapons. This is a newborn Holy weapon. Put simply it’s still a weapon that is growing and will gain an ego later.” Megumi explained.

  “Hee~!” I exclaim semi interested before I started eating again.

  Megumi frowned, “Don't just "Hee~!" This is serious! Holy weapons are things the churches hold. If someone learns of this, mayhem will happen!” She shouted.

  I open my inventory and deposit the wand there. “Then I just need to get strong enough to protect myself right?” I replied. She just blinked at my simple reply."I'll keep from using that for now since it would be troublesome and train for some years. I wonder, is there a class that is a mix of tamer and mage?” I asked.

  “Well there is summoner but I'm not so much of a fan of that!” Megumi said frowning.

  "Is there a problem with it?” I asked while taking another chocolate to my lips and chewing on it.

  “Well in my opinion yes. A summoner forcibly summons a monster or animal to do its bidding. It’s not there by its own will. I use a simple version to summon the monsters I tame myself.” She said.

  I nodded understanding her thoughts. I would hate to be suddenly summoned to do someone’s bidding. I wonder why so many fanfics have heroes that stupidly follow the orders of their summoners. If I was them
I would use them to train my body then abandon them when I get powerful enough to escape from them.

  “Yeah, I think I might train for that as well as for being a mage. I'm too weak to be some warrior but with magic and some monsters I can definitely survive.” I said.

  “Sometimes I feel like I talk to an adult when I'm speaking with you while other times I can't tell if the little girl is talking.” Megumi said perplexed

  “Hm? You’re weird, when I talked with the attendants I pretended to act like that.” I said bluntly and chomped into a bom bom. "I just wanted to see their reaction.”

  Her jaw dropped. “Since when can a five year old act like that.” Megumi muttered.

  “Well I don’t feel five. The ID plate says five but I feel at least ten years older.” I said with a chocolate stained grin on my face.

  She tilted her head sideways but before she could say anything she heard a groan and saw her father getting up while holding his back and head. His legs were shaking so for now he was just breathing.

  “That, ouch, that was mean sweetie. Ah~! Damn that hurt. You’re getting better.” Dalton said rubbing his back that was now sore.

  “Like I need you to tell me that.” Megumi coldly said.

  “Hey, what did you bring me to do here again? Besides eating these great candies and see you beat on the old man?” I asked.

  “Ah right. Dad register her as a tamer.” Megumi ordered the large man.

  “Hey hey! I can take my daughter calling me an old man but I won’t take it from a brat that isn’t even out of her diapers.” The large man shouted.

  “Pervert. You probably tried peeking when you were on the floor. Pervert, filth, trash.” I said with my eyes filled with disgust.

  Ah, it’s so nice to insult this guy especially when I'm getting hugged by Megumi for it. She keeps petting my head which feels nice.

  “YOU LITTLE BRAT! ALSO THOSE ARE MINE WHY ARE YOU EATING THEM!” In a flash the box was gone from my hand and I looked around only to find it in his hand.

  I jumped off the sofa and ran over and jumped to try and get them. I feel like I might have regressed to a kid again.

  “HEY GIVE THEM BACK!”

  “Ha! Yeah right. These are the sweets I gave Megumi . Like hell I would give them to a brat like you.” He laughed triumphantly as he saw me barely leave the ground.

  I was getting really pissed. After a minute I finally reached my limit.

  "I SAID GIVE THEM!!” I shouted the same as I did when the player killed the rabbit.

  In that moment my limit broke and my leg and right fist was coated in mana and it traveled in a nice clean uppercut my fist connected right in between his legs. The punch felt like a shockwave came from it but in moments the man who was upright took a step back before his knees lost their strength and he dropped the box which I caught. Just as I get out of his fall range he collapses foaming through the mouth and twitching a few times.

  I just sit on the sofa and happily finish off the candies that remained. Yep, chocolate candies are the true meaning of life.

  Chapter 3 Meeting a Living Devil

  At the moment, I was sitting with a satisfied look on my face. I had finished all the candies from the box, when a maid, that takes care of this floor, came. Melody asked for a towel and began wiping my hands and mouth.

  As for the Dalton, the headmaster, the maid lifted him with unexpected strength as if he was a rag doll and put him on the other sofa just in front of us.

  She looked over and Megumi told her what we did to him. Even with her professional poker face that comes with the job I noticed the glee in her eyes and the subtle twitches of the side of her lips.

  Still she went off to work and brought out a bag of ice and put it on his groin before pulling out a strange small stick. She put it near his face before pulling the top just a small bit and quickly shut it. Instantly the room was filled with a stink similar to a dirty barn covered in cow, pig or chicken shit.

  I understood now why she opened it carefully but quickly. This thing could be a repellant for monsters if you opened too much but you would probably puke as a result.

  The man's eyes instantly opened before closing in pain from the stink which was quickly subdued.

  The maid went and opened a window and after organizing the papers so they wouldn't fly from the air coming in she closed her eyes and began muttering something. Soon a soft breeze come into the office circulating the air and making the stink vanish.

  “Thank you, your services of taking care of us, like always, are well appreciated.” Megumi said towards the maid.

  “Thank you for the compliment miss.” She bows slightly before looking at me and makes a small smile and winks my way before leaving.

  It was then that I noticed the long pointy ears. As soon as she left my sparkling eyes fell intensely on Megumi .

  “Elf maid?!” I asked.

  “There is no one better in this city.” She said proudly.

  I then looked at the idiot on the other sofa as he grunts about the pain. Yep, I made sure it hurts for a long time but sadly he pulls out a strange pill and chews on it before downing it with water from a canteen.

  He sighs in relief and my eyes go to Megumi again.

  Megumi clicks her tongue, “Damn, he had healing pills.”

  I looked at her confused, “Pills? Not potions?” I asked.

  “Hm, I would have guessed you knew. Pills are general use items while potions are adventurer use items. Their nearly the same thing but pills you chew and drink water. It cuts down on space in your inventory. In a single inventory box you can hold 99 potions but at the same time the same box can hold 999 pills. Also Pills can simple be thrown in a potion vial and filled with water and you can make a potion again.” She explained.

  Wow I guess this is a very modernized fantasy world for sure. It’s a lot more interesting than regular medieval world that's for sure. I wonder if I can see steampunk dwarves as well.

  “So sweetie, why did you bring that infernal brat here?” Dalton asked while smiling at Megumi .

  Megumi stood up and glared at him while crossing her arms, “You will register her as a member of the guild.” She demanded.

  “Why should I.” Dalton frowned and complained like an irritated kid. “She could have made me inept.”

  Megumi sighed while putting her hand against her forehead, massaging it a bit, “Kuroko, do you mind showing him your full stats, traits and skills?” Megumi asked

  I look a bit but nod and remove the ID plate and call up the stats, traits and skills.

  She took it and held it in front of his face since he was still incapable of standing. His eyes grew wide as he read and he swallowed hard.

  “These skills seem best for mage, yet the trait scream tamer or summoner.” Megumi stated and pulled the plate away and handed it back to me before I closed the status and returned it to its small necklace form. Oh by the way, in that small form it just shows my name, age, class and guild I'm affiliated with.

  "I see no reason to deny anymore but she is level 1 and with rather pathetic physical stats beside her mana reserve. That fragile body also takes all her possibility of being a close range fighter.” He said.

  “Well, Megumi said something about an academy.” I stated.

  "I want our family to sponsor her in the academy, she doesn't have parents and she told me she woke up in the forest with her memories but all the names she knew were gone so it doesn't help.” Megumi said.

  Dalton sighed, “You know how tamers are seen right. I would prefer her waiting to reach 8 years old and focus on training her body so she can at least match a regular kids strength. Most kids at her age already have at least 15 strength already.” He said.

  I look at Megumi to confirm this and she nods with a sullen look. So besides the fact that I can manipulate mana and make the coat I am behind.

  “You're an adventurer Megumi ?” I asked.

  “No, for us natives, we need to be at least 16 to regis
ter at the adventurers guild. I'm 15 right now but since I'm registered with the tamers guild I can do small capture requests from here.” She explained.

  I make a strange expression while looking at her, “And the king’s slime capture request is small?”

  “Ah that’s right! How did it go? Did you get one?” Dalton asked when this came up.

  "I accidentally tamed the slime when it hid under my skirt.” I said abruptly.

  Megumi sighed when she said this but looked at her father, “She suggested a method for the conditions for them to appear. Anyway Kuroko come here.” she called.

  She waved me over to her father's desk. On it was a strange stone with a magic circle on it.

  Pointing to the strange stone she began to explain, “Put your ID plate here and pour mana in. You will register to our guild here. The ranking system starts at F and goes up. The full system is F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, X. X exists for those who explore and returns from the continent Mu, the magic continent of Demonic monsters.”

  “They are a unique rank only given to those who can survive an expedition to the continent. Don't think being a SSS means you survive. You need to be able to judge what you can and can't kill and be able to judge a monster's strength. All your survival abilities are tested and even an A rank can survive while a SSS rank can die. X rank are people experienced with that land and are regarded highly since they are more aware of the dangers.” Dalton said.

  After their explanation of the ranks, I put the ID plate on the stone and put my hand over it and pour mana in it and soon the circle shined a bit before going still. I took the plate and on the guild slot was "Tamers Guild" written there. Next to it inside parentheses was a letter F which was my rank for now.