Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 46

The city has gotten rather pretty.

"Behold the results of my hard work!" Isn't something I can say, however.

But that aside,

I fussed over a few things: toilets, plumbing, insect repellents, and baths!

The first three we made in Japanese style. I also built window screens using spider thread.

At first, we had built the toilet seats out of wood, but that was no good.

Though that's how the Japanese did it, its unbearable to maintain. It rots, you know.

So I turned to the dwarfs.

They've never failed at their task, so perhaps they could do something about the toilet problem.

ŽThought Manipulationwas very useful this time around. It is the evolved form ofŽThought Transmissionbut its use stayed pretty much the same.

So using it, I could easily transmit an image to them.

Drawing and explaining it would be have difficult, but sending them a mental image was not.

Even then however, when I showed them flush toilet system saying, "When you push the lever water flows down!", reproducing it was impossible.

It could be made with high level water magic stones, which absorb water from the air, but they are very expensive.

Also, since they need to be frequently replaced, they are rarely used even for military objectives.

Honestly, only the very rich could afford to create this.

Since we don't have the needed capital, we would do with what we have.

In any case, we can leave complex plumbing systems for later.

So for now, we supplied water to tubs in every household from which one can then draw water.

And, after filling the toilet bowl with water, you can then flush it down.

So Kaijin lived up to his reputation yet again.

Thus, I had strictly commanded the monsters to watch personal hygiene and dental care.

I don't know whether monsters can develop dental problems, but there's no harm in making sure they don't.

According to Kaijin, adventurers tend to either befriend people who know ˆCleaning Magic‰, or learn it themselves.

That way, they can avoid staying dirty during long trips.

Though mostly the high ranking ones concerned themselves with these things.

Now, about the insect repellent.

As you'd expect, the forest has a lot of bugs. Since you can't protect yourself against them, there's a chance of catching diseases they carry.

While that's not a problem for me, the Hobgoblins do get sick.

So, I tried to fix this problem.

I asked the dwarfs to create it, but they couldn't do it.

I guess we'd have to go and buy it in the human cities. Though we have no money.

I asked the three idiots to go get it, but this is what they said,

ŒDon't ask the impossible! It's super expensive!

ŒBesides, we wouldn't know how much we'd need to buy to cover a whole city with!

You'd find that quantity only in the Royal Capital!

ŒRimuru-danna, can you imagine how hard it would be to transport?

Is what they said.

I don't mind them coming over to hang out, but they should at least be of some use sometimes.

Moreover, they are getting too friendly with Shuna.

Often cooking together, buying her wares"trying to get closer to her.

And we even built them a house to stay in during their visits.

The monsters' birth rate dropped to to that of humans.

Thus, I'll need to figure out what to do about marriage soon.

I want Orc, Goblins, and Lizardmen to have the right to choose whomever they love.

It would be good if they produce stronger offspring.

But there is a problem: should I allow polygamy?

This might be especially helpful to women who have lost their husband. The oni, for example, can reproduce with any race, but choose not to.

All their magical energy gets absorbed in the process, and some have not been able to recover it.

As Benimaru said,

ŒBut that isn't something Rimuru-sama should be concerned about, right?

Many people have lost all their magical energy after naming monsters, and even Demon Lords generally avoid it, after all.

Way to drop the bomb.

Hey, hey!!! How many do you think I've named by now! And you mention it now!

Thank goodness it has been replenishing till now.

I'll have to be more careful about naming monsters from now on. Well... replenishing energy just seems to natural to me; call it an adult's intuition or something.

Anyways, it seems there are also two types of children produced by oni.

The first are created with but seed, the second is truly labored over.

The former is made by combining some of one's magical power, and while they do inherit some abilities, they tend to be weaker. The latter you pour all your strength into.

But your life span shortens as a result.

ŒI'm fine alone! I'm not interested!

It's personal.

By the way, it's different for women.

They can reject a seed they believe too weak. So if they were forced, that would mean that the partner was stronger; but if deception was involved, then they wouldn't bear a child.

They aren't allowed to bear children with just anyone.

And this is common among high ranking monsters and devils, it seems.

Goblins and other Demi-Humans, since they don't possess superb strength, are not much different than humans.

So far, we've had about 5~10 children born, and not more than 2 at a time.

In any case, in order to ensure that they leave offspring, I will allow polygamy. However, only limited to widows!

And that's the rule I passed. I'll change it when needed.

Every new moon, we decided to hold a confession festival, and new couples would be given a home.

Singles would continue living in tenement housing.

Well, if they occupy some important post, they are free to live on their own.

That much doesn't bother me personally.

In the end, I won't be able to make sure everyone's satisfied, but there is a custom to accept my wishes in this city.

When interests clash, residents bicker, they come seeking my decision.

Well, the Elder Bunch also handles many of these, so my involvement can be said to be limited... to some degree.

Everyone is trying to be very considerate of me so they try to avoid causing trouble.

I was surprised at how cooperative the monsters really are.

When it comes to government, whether socialism or capitalism, both will eventually rot and fall apart.

A Land ruled by a truly just King. Where everyone is equal.

˜Tis but a pipe dream. However...

I decided to aim for that dream.

I pray I will never fall into vice. Should I become truly depraved, I hope someone will end me.

That's what I thought while observing the Confession Festival.

Now that we've stabilized the life here and passed all (seemingly) necessary rules, I want to go and see how humans live.

Besides, I can now transform into a human; it's about time I go and learn from them.

Normally, those who have reincarnated into a different world make a big deal about meeting humans; I, however, have met very few so far.

The group outside of the Dwarfs' city, Shizu-san, the three idiots... and that's all?

Nor have I forgotten my original objective of meeting fellow World Travelers.

From Shizu-san's memories"her two students: Kagurazaka Yuuki and Sakaguchi Hinata.

I do want to meet the two of them, but Sakaguchi Hinata sounds like bad news.

There was also something that bothered me. Why did the kind Shizu-san allow Hinata to go on her own?

As her senpai, as a fellow Japanese, shouldn't she have seen her off? I must meet Hinata and confirm.

I have acquired some of the memories from targets I've consumed with ŽPredator, but certainly not all. Lingering memories are easier to acquire, I guess.

When I meet her, I should confirm what I know.

The three idiots have passed along my message to their Guild Master, and also looked after the letter I wrote.

That letter simply expresses my desire to meet him.

Though he's but a chief of a small country's Freedom Association branch, he is a Guild Master. He should have connections.

Hopefully I can get some benefits from meeting him.

If it goes over well, maybe he could even try to introduce me to the Grand Master Kagurazaka Yuuki.

Since things have calmed down around here, I can probably leave for a bit.

However, to do that there is something I lack.

Right! Money.

The three idiots were pretty poor, and didn't have much money on them. Not that I expected better of them.

I want to buy vegetable seeds, magic stones, handicraft, and whatever seems impressive.

I initially planned to sell some "Demon Steel", but decided against it.

The reason is simple. "Demon Steel" is too precious of a resource.

Since we use it in our weapons and armor, selling it would be almost sacrilegious.

It is also invaluable for production of mounted soldiers' weapons. Since it can change shape at will, it's useful for receiving and dealing various attacks, to say nothing of carrying it.

And while I do have a lot of it, it's not like it's an infinite amount. So let's hold off selling it until we can replenish our stock.

As for iron ore and such, we discovered some in the mountain's district, and are buying it off the high orcs.

So Kurobee and Kaijin are using it as a base to create weapons.

We also need a lot of magic stones for research. Those are created by the human Ghost Researchers and does not appear naturally.

They manufacture it from crystallized magic stones they extract from monsters.

It also seems to require large factories, so is only done at the Freedom Association's headquarters.

Monsters sometimes drop crystallized magic stones; those are then collected at each individual branch and sent to the headquarters.

That's the system that they use. So when adventurers hunt monsters, they don't only do it to protect against damages but also to become rich.

A pretty good system, if you ask me.

Which means that if I want to acquire some magic stones, I have to buy them...

So I ran into the money wall again.

Thus, how should I earn some money?

By myself I couldn't possibly make enough quick enough.

The same with selling"our fields don't produce nearly enough, and we probably couldn't sell them at a high enough price.

Weapons and armors are for our personal use, and those will not be sold.

So, do we have nothing to sell?

The thing is, we do! I had left a certain something to Gabil, after all.

Right! Hipokte grass!

So I called Gabil over,

ŒGabil-kun, how is cultivation going?

ŒFufufu. I'm glad you asked! It's going well! Literally the fruits of our labour!

He said, showing me their produce.

It's weed...

Silently, I aimed ŽBlack Lightningat him.

Well, he won't die from it. I've gotten good at adjusting the output.

ŒGuoo! What are you doing! Have I angered you somehow?!

ŒIdiot! This is common weed! What the hell have you been cultivating!!!

ŒWh-what! I beg your pardon! I've been hurrying so I seem to have mixed things up!

Œ"I've been hurrying" won't cut it! Seriously.

Watch what you are doing! Besides, it should be nearly impossible to grow weed in a cave with such high magic density!