A Mid-level (Middle-aged) Office Worker’s Laid-Back Industrial Revolution in Another World

"... have you come to give an explanation?

Elder Moon Slime asks.

"Yes.

Sooner or later I had decided to build a square in this forest.

But I'm pretty sure I didn't recognize Slime as living in this forest.

"If you knew it existed, wouldn't you have made it?

"Let me explain in advance, and I think I could only move the place to make it somewhat.

You couldn't have done it on blank paper at all.

And I wonder if it's realistically impossible to regress to the previous state.

"Really?

"And this is an apology for forgetting to explain it in advance.

Takeo stood up, saying so, and opened the lid of a barrel of raw garbage.

When Elder Moon Slime puts his hand over the raw debris in the barrel, it absorbs it into his lukewarm body.

"... that's nutritious.

Two more barrels of this... can I have it every day if I can?

"Right...

Conditional and possible, isn't it?

"Conditional?

"Yes.

To be honest, this is raw garbage... which we humans cook with vegetables and meat to eat.

It's waste and discards, but on the other hand, we collect this raw garbage and fertilize it.

And sell and earn that fertilizer, or wait if you're making vegetables.

So if it's a couple of days or something, it would be nice if I bought it away, but it leaves me worried that if it's every day, I can keep buying it on my income.

"How can I get it every day?

"Is it true that there are five types of slime and when you take more nutrition than you need, you throw fluid out of your body?

"Mm, because I don't need the number of individuals to live.

There are 20 of them now.

"... can you sell me that fluid?

"Slime fluids?

"Yes.

We'll have barrels for each of the 5 types, so can you save them for a little bit?

"... what are you going to do?

"I want to use slime fluid to create a product.

Hopefully even half of this barrel will be filled in a week.

Of course I'm not going to make you do it.

Give me the amount you can.

"As we all do... I think if we had three barrels, we could fill half the barrels in a week.

"Yes, I understand.

That's fine.

So can we talk about the future?

"Yes."

"Right now, I'm in charge of... No, Lord Elder Moonslime's negotiations with us.

In my opinion, I would like to continue my efforts to establish a relationship with Lord Slime and the others that will allow me to sell my body fluids.

"Yes."

"As one of them explained earlier, you sold me the body fluids of Lord Slime and promised me here to buy three barrels of raw garbage that would instead be fertilizer.

But this alone still leaves me uneasy.

So there's a demon named Radicotica under my command.

That demon is scheduled to take control of the demons around this city.

I would ask you to incorporate it into this as well.

"... we have no power to attack.

"I'm not doing Lord Elder Moonslime a favor by craving for power.

Could you make a commitment not to invade our city and manage the forest on the north side of the city?

"Management?"

"Yes.

I hope to keep the forest in good health.

Plus an idea of the distribution of demons living in this forest, the north side of the city.

I'd like you to keep an eye on other demons when they break in from other areas.

"Is that human too (...)?

"It will be the same when humans break in.

You don't need to be attacked. You only need to do surveillance.

What we can provide you with is your habitat... not all of this forest, but we will use this exercise area as a starting point to set up hundreds of meters west and hundreds of meters north of you in a completely off-limits area (...) to prohibit future development and logging of trees and to prevent humans from entering.

Also, in the unlikely event that a human being enters a restricted area, can you just (...) strip him of his clothes without taking his life?

"It's forbidden to kill humans, is it?

"Yes.

This becomes the idea of a society called human beings, but it is really easy to argue that compatriots are killed (...) and their opponents are eradicated.

So just in case you get into battle, you can leave me naked.

Any subsequent correspondence will be picked up by the Radicotica or us humans contacted.

"Okay.

Elder Moon Slime nods.

"This will be the overview diagram of the training ground you are currently in.

This is where I am now.

Takeo expands and explains the schematic on the spot.

"From here... how much would you want in a restricted district..."

"... I don't know the human unit...

I want the same length as I went from here to the back.

Elder Moon Slime says as he looks at the shooting range.

"Is it 500m square?

Okay, let's explain a little bit to the others and get permission.

Rope or pile around... and make boundaries in some way, is that okay?

"Yes, I don't mind.

"Okay.

Then I will attach an acknowledgement to the others.

... Well, I'll be free.

Thank you, Lord Elder Moonslime, for today.

and Takeo bows his head deeply before rising.

"Um, thank you for your hard work.

Let me put out the fire. For now, go home to the mansion and sleep.

"Thank you, Lord Jen.

And Lord Elder Moonslime, could you not eat the barrel and keep it clean?

"Why not?

"Yes, I don't get new barrels every time, so I'll bring new barrels again tomorrow, but I'd like to replace them with that and collect the old ones and put raw garbage in them.

"Okay.

"And it's raw garbage, but would one barrel be good for a few more days for now?

Many people consult to prepare 3 barrels.

"Okay.

"Excuse me, but that's all for today, please.

We'll come back later, so we'll talk about it again then.

"Yes."

Elder Moon Slime nods.

Takeo followed the scene.