And the first day of the Slime Festival began.
The slime sumo takes place on the second day, so I don't have any particular business today.
So Iris relaxed when he woke up wearing a futon.
"Puppy!
But Punigami jumped on the futon, trying to wake Iris.
"…… what, Punigami. Nothing. You don't have to get up early. Instead you have to sleep with me and absorb sleep sweat."
"Puffy!"
"Don't you need to be asleep if you just absorb sweat? There, that's it. See. Uh... sleeping sweat can be more powerful than regular sweat, I'm sure."
"Puppy!
That won't delude you, Punigami said, impetuously Punigami.
"Iris, come on, wake up. The real thing is tomorrow, but I'm here because of it, so you need to look around at the slime festival. It's a loss. Because if someone you don't know talks to, we'll follow you. See?"
Marion was already dressed everyday from her pajamas and had puff-puff-puff-puff-puff-puff-pumped the futon with Punigami.
Now I can't even sleep on a boulder Iris.
"Ugh... I get it. Wake up. Wake up... Marion. Let me change."
"What are you sweetening......"
Marion, meanwhile, let me take off Iris' pyjamas and put my clothes on.
"Thanks, Marion. Shall we?"
"Puffy -"
Iris sits on the punigami as usual.
Punigami walked out to the door energetically.
And as I went down with Marion to the lobby upstairs, everyone else was waiting.
"Iris, sister, it's about time."
"No, it's early for Iris. It's just past eight."
"The boulders are Punigami-sama and Marion to wake Iris properly!
"You're brilliant with my daughter."
Everyone admires Punigami and Marion.
I just woke him up so much, why are you making such a fuss?
Iris was an uninterrupted thought.
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When I went outside the hotel, the number of slimes was even higher than yesterday.
One in two people on the road is so full of slime that it seems like they are walking with slime.
"Puppy."
Tension of punigami is also high.
You must be glad to be surrounded by your friends.
"There's a lot of people and slimes! Oh, look at that. The slimes are doing something over there!
Cheryl runs away from the crowd.
He's a rough kid.
And Iclipse, a real child, goes after him.
"Wow, it's a festival."
On their way, the slimes were building the tower.
There's a slime on top of the slime, and it's stretched empty-handed in a straight line.
"Come on, the slime tower has grown! It's currently sixteen towers! New record with one more! Come on, do you have a slime you want to ride on this!?"
Next to the slime tower, the MC's brother was calling around.
But no one gives you a name.
"Hmmm…… when the tower gets high like this, it won't arrive even if you jump that it's my slatarow…………"
"My slanob would have delivered it, but it's going to unbalance the tower..."
My slime may collapse through the tower stretched high.
With that in mind, I guess it's hard to step out.
But the slimes that make the slime tower are the limit.
In particular, the slime at the bottom has a bright red face and pulls.
If someone doesn't get to the seventeenth soon, it will collapse with the new record at present.
"Punch!"
"Punigami, do you do it? All right, go!
"Puppy!
Punigami jumps high in the sky.
And on the slime tower, land the pudding.
"Whoa! I did it! Seventeen slime towers! This is a new record achievement!
The MC's brother screams.
At the same time, the people around you cheer.
"Awesome, that slime! What a smooth landing."
"The moment I landed, I deformed my body to absorb the shock... brilliant puni!
"I wonder whose slime it is...... it must be a famous slime user"
Punigami caught my attention.
Iris makes a face that doesn't seem relevant so that it doesn't get noticed until he does.
"Um, no punigami."
"Here, Eclipse. You don't have to make a name for yourself!
"Something………………"
Iris rushes to block his mouth and shut him up as Eclipse innocently tried to step forward.
"What slime will be the eighteenth...? You don't seem to be here! Now, for the seventeen slimes who participated in the slime tower, we give you slime cookies. Give them a big round of applause, gentlemen!
That's what the MC's brother says, while the applause rolls.
Slime breaks down the tower, puffs down to the ground, and receives cookies from the stewardess's sister.
There was a picture of slime on the surface of the cookie.
"Puffy."
Punigami returned to Iris.
In that body, I was in the process of melting the cookies I had just received.
"Punigami is amazing. It's no longer super slime."
"Cookies are good. I wish I had been the eighteenth."
"Eclipse isn't slime, so let's not?
"Hmmm... if it sounds puffy, everyone could fool me."
"I can't do it with a boulder."
"Oh well. Zann."
Muriel and Eclipse talk as they stroke the punigami.
"Hey, both of you. We'll talk later and we'll get moving. What if they talk to you about Punigami?
The moment Iris said so.
"That blue slime, is it yours?
The man talked to me.
"Uh-huh! Awww!"
Iris, who was surprised, fled at first sight.
"Ah, here, Iris!
"Puppy!
Marion and Punigami come after me angrily.
But Iris is panicking, so he can't stop being called off.
When I found out, I came all the way out of town.
"……… Where are we?
"I want to hear it!
"Punch!"
"I'm sorry......... but look. If someone you don't know suddenly talks to, you'd be surprised who...?
"I wouldn't run out of town because I was surprised!
"I think so…… I think so… but it's different………………"
"You're beyond what's allowed by your personality! Hold my hand so you don't go anywhere on your own. And even if they talk to you, you can't run and go somewhere."
"Oh, yeah…… then I will………………"
As I was told, Iris holds Marion's hand. tangle fingers.
It was strangely hot. They're sweating at each other.
I wonder why.
"Pfft! Pfft!
Punigami is jumping as she looks in the right direction.
Iris and Marion also look back and turn their gaze to you.
"Dear Iris, are you safe?
It's Cheryl's voice.
I run over here, waving my hand in a boom.
Behind it, there was also Eclipse, Muriel and Jessica.
"Ha... ha... don't run out of the blue. Especially normal people like me who have a hard time catching up."
Cheryl says with a refreshing smile as she wipes the sweat off her forehead.
"I'm sorry...... by the way, why are you such a refreshing face?
"I'm in a good mood to exercise!
"Ah, that's right……………"
It's a lot of positive thinking. Cheryl enjoys it no matter what.
It's extreme coming this far, but Iris also wants to apprentice her a little - I think. but it doesn't work very well.
"Hey. Slime's doing something on that hill."
"Oh, you're rolling."
"We have to go see this!
Indeed, people and slimes gather to do something on a hill stretching out of town.
Seeing, there is a slime lined up in a row, rolling down in unison.
"Suma-san. What are you doing with this?
Going up the hill, Cheryl first questioned Odishan around there.
I'm really comfortable at times like this.
"Oh, my lady. Don't you know how to roll a slime? A popular competition next to slime sumo. The rules are simple. If the slimes roll together on the signal and we reach the goal first, we win. I rolled ten of them each today, and when they get the best, they're regulating to get slime chocolate. The goal is that flag."
As Odishan says, there was a red flag under the hill.
Signalling the loud drum sound, the slimes roll down with their flags raised simultaneously.
"Chocolate!? I ate chocolate - hey!
Eclipse jumps.
"Pfft, pfft!
"Punigami, you're going to compete in this, too. Are you okay? No fatigue left tomorrow?
"Puffy!"
Heck, says Punigami.
"If you want to compete, you're gonna get a ticket at that reception. Because when the order comes, they'll call you."
"I see. Thank you, uncle!
Odishan, called "Uncle" by Cheryl, laughs lightly.
Well.
They need to get a ticket from the receptionist to slime roll and get out.
But regardless, the receptionist is a stranger to Iris.
"…… Marion. Please."
"Yeah? You just get a ticket, right? Do it yourself. Think of it as practice. You can do it."
"No, there's nothing I can't do... because I'm going to run out of mental power for a day today..."
"Why not!? No weird excuses, see?"
"Wow, don't push it!
Iris pleaded earnestly, but Marion's hand pushed him to the reception.
"Do you want to compete in slime rolling?
"Ha, Yes! Oh, yes!
"Puppy!
Punigami speaks out fine next to Iris.
"Then it's a ticket. When the number is called, line up on the starting line."
I managed to receive the voucher I was offered, although I was often nervous.
"How about that! You did it right!
"Yes, yes, great"
Marion caressed my head while praising me with a throwing tone.
While I was doing that, I heard a voice calling me "Slime number fourteen, get together."
When I saw it, a woman with a bill that said fourteen on the starting line was calling the slimes.
The ticket Iris has is number fifteen, so this is the next one.
"Lots of slime and cute -"
Eclipse is right, there are ten colorful slimes in the starting line, lined up in a row.
The size is subtly different, but on average, it's about punigami.
Dawn, and the drum was slapped.
The slimes pop out in unison and roll away.
One of them deformed his body and kicked punyon and slope.
That makes it one step ahead of the slimes that just roll naturally.
But then another slime started spinning super fast.
Momentum breaks the grass a thousand times and dances.
The ultra-fast spinning slime jumps to the top at once and stays on goal.
"Puffy!
Punigami makes an excited voice.
"Right. That was an incandescent fight. Punigami works hard, too."
"To puffy!
I'm confident you'll be the best.
And finally number fifteen was called.
"Go, Punigami!
"Puppy!
Punigami lined up on the starting line.
If you use rainbow magic to accelerate, you will definitely win.
And Iris was relieved.
"Pu, pu!?"
Next to Punigami was a black slime.
That's right.
It is that punniqueen.
"That watery slime, is it yours?
And beside Iris, a blonde girl stood.
Master of Puniqueen.
For the third year in a row, champion Emily was there to win a slime sumo.
"Oh, yeah..."
Iris swallows Gokuri and Tuba, then answers that briefly.
Thanks to the intimidation emitted by Emily, I was able to speak without being nervous.
"Phew...... you grow a pretty good slime. Well, you can't beat my punny queen."
"Mm-hmm. You don't know that unless you try!
"Really? Well, take a good look at what happens."
At the same time that Emily said that, the drum went off.
Slimes, including Punigami and Puniqueen, begin rolling down the hill in unison.
"Punigami! Fly away from the beginning! Accelerate with rainbow magic!
Iris screams aloud.
I didn't even care that there were a lot of people around.
That seemed to be what he heard, and Punigami sprayed rainbow magic from his back, jumping out of a fierce momentum.
"Punnyo!"
The spectators who saw it raise their voices full of surprise.
Obviously, the dimensions are different from those of the other slimes.
Iris becomes as proud as he is of me and turns his gaze to Emily.
But I wasn't upset by Emily's expression.
At that moment, a cold sweat flows through Iris' spine.
I don't know what it is, but it sucks...
"Puniqueen. Do it."
Emily's little whine.
A voice that couldn't have reached anyone but Iris, who was next door.
Naturally, it doesn't sound like the rolling slimes.
But Puniqueen moved.
Did you have a particularly good hearing?
No, I'm sure not.
Emily and Puniqueen decided at the same time that it was best to set it up at that time.
In situations where communication of will is impossible, at the same time the same decision is made -.
Now I know how much time they've spent together.
"Punigami! Be careful!
Iris herself just screams, not knowing what to watch out for.
Puniqueen starts spinning.
Its axis of rotation is not horizontal with respect to the ground, but perpendicular.
I mean, it didn't accelerate the rolling down speed, it turned like a comma on the spot.
What's the point?
Iris' question is answered in an instant.
That's a tornado.
The spin of the Puniqueen caused a tornado, which caused the surrounding slime to wind up high in the sky.
"Puni no!?"
Punigami, who was alone in the lead, is sucked into the tornado.
but Punigami sprayed a rainbow magic power and rose.
As a result, we move on to the goal, albeit slightly.
But out of the tornado, a punniqueen popped up.
Puniqueen and I'm not supposed to be able to resist the power of the tornado I caused myself.
I caught up with Punigami without anything and pulled it out all at once.
"There's a battle."
Emily is proud to win.
That's not even nickel.
A face that I take for granted after winning.
Conversely, the face is finding no meaning in winning...
Oh, well.
Don't Cindy want Emily to look like this?
I want you to be more happy, more repentant, more.
Iris felt it, so he tried to cheer for Punigami a lot.
But at that time, the settlement was already in place.
Puniqueen passes through the flag of the goal.
Punigami is still in the rear for three slimes.
"Wow, I knew it was a Puniqueen victory!
And it begins, with a call honoring Puniqueen and the champion.
Emily shows no interest in it, doesn't give Iris a glimpse, and goes down the hill.
"Hmmm... you lost the punigami... I can't get chocolate..."
Eclipse is unfortunately turning his finger around.
"If it's chocolate, I'll have it. Here."
"Wow. Cheryl always has chocolate. Momogu…… yummy…"
Usually, I would be healed if I saw an Eclipse eating chocolate.
But all this time, I didn't feel swallowed.
"Puni no................................................................................................................................................."
Punigami climbed the hill and returned to Iris.
This may be the first time I've seen such a depressed punigami.
"Punigami... I'm sorry to hear that... but it's okay! You didn't lose as a slime because you lost to roll down the slope! Look, you said Cindy, too. The Slime Sumo is the basis of the Slime Battle! So win tomorrow's slime sumo!
"Pfft... Pfft!
Hearing Iris' encouragement, Punigami jumped well.
Maybe he was fine.
Still, it's much better than being depressed.
"That's right! Number one, aren't they cowardly? I can't believe we're having a tornado. Next time, Master Punigami should also have a tornado to offset it. Come on, have some chocolate and get better."
"Pupu."
Cheryl shoved chocolate into Punigami's body.
The chocolate melts quickly, and the punigami stains the chocolate color.
"Ugh…… something is very colorful…………………."
Marion makes such a face.
"Oh... it's the same color as chocolate... I don't know why. If you're nagging, it's a little hard to get close. Wow..."
I took a step back to Jessica.
"Pfft! Pfft!
Punigami is angry and approaching Marion and Jessica.
The dragon's parents and children scream and escape.
That's how I chased the slimes and dragons down the hill with Eclipse and Muriel saying "wow".
"You've become the usual swallowing air, Master Iris"
And Cheryl says with a laugh.
"...... Cheryl. You, did you aim to feed Punigami chocolate?
"No. Totally coincidental, though."
"Ah, that's right."
"... Ha! I would have been respected by Master Iris if I had done what I was aiming for! Actually, I was after you!
"It's too late."
"Hih..."