SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon

“Kkyuu?”

Lime bounced and cried.

Let’s review the daily life of this red slime in our house.

It often plays with Mieum, but more often than that, it usually plays alone. When Mieum is watching a television drama while tapping on her belly, it bounces around on its own, bouncing its small body.

From inside of the store to the surroundings of the Yggdrasil and to the corners of the space, it roams freely, and it occasionally makes a kyuu sound as if it was talking to itself.

“Kkyuu, kkyuuuu.”

I’m curious. What does that kyuus mean?

In such a situation, while looking for a way to communicate with slimes, I came across a video by chance. It’s a famous video that has been on the main screen of YouTube for a while.

On the screen, a green slime bounces its smooth and soft body.

━ Kyuuu, pi! Kyuuuu!

A cheerful cry is heard. The videographer pointed a small machine with a black-and-white liquid crystal at the Green Slime.

Kyuu, kyuuu, pi!

The light flashes as the machine recognizes the sound. After a while, a string appeared on the screen.

‘I feel good. I like it.’

━ Kyuuuuuu!

Again, the machine recognized the slime’s cries without missing a beat.

‘I’m a slime. I like clean water.’

This is an introduction video of a slime language translator that has become a hot topic.

The high-performance interpreter artifact, which can also interprete the slime language, was too expensive to buy even if I sold the whole store, but maybe I can buy this language translator!

I thought so and searched, but I soon ran into a wall.

[GIFT] AI Portable Slime Language Translator SlimeTALK★

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They didn’t sell this slime language translator anywhere.

It turned out that they produced only a small amount for a pre-release and sold it for a limited time, but the company went bankrupt before starting the general sales. With the recent popularity of slime, many people are looking for it, but there are no items left for sale.

There was no choice but to hang a keyword notification on the Karrot market, which is a trending platform among Hunters, and wait.

It was difficult to obtain because only a few hundred were produced, but blessed are those who wait!

As time went by, the Karrot notification alarm finally rang. I made an appointment to meet and make the deal right away.

“Then, I’ll go buy the slime language translator.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea, waeooong.”

Unexpectedly, Mieum showed a negative reaction. Before, she said it’s better not to know what Lime said. What’s the secret of Lime’s kyuu sound?

“Why?”

“Sometimes it’s good not to know, waeoong!”

“Then Mieum can translate it for me.”

Mieum said that she does not exactly understand Lime’s words. Instead, by reading the wavelength of the slime’s cries, the vague meaning can be grasped. I told her that she can just tell me the meaning, but Mieum firmly did not translate it.

“Don’t go. It’s for your own good, kyaoooo!”

“I already made an appointment on Karrot. I’ll be back!”

And at the meeting place.

The other person appeared with a large bag, as if he had several Karrot appointments.

“Slime Language Translator SlimeTALK★, is this right?”

“Yes, that’s right…….”

“Wait a minute.”

He rummaged through his bag. There were only slime goods in the bag, such as large slime cushions, slime figures, slime glasses cleaner, and slime humidifiers.

You must really like slime…..

“Here you are. As the bonus, I’ll also give you a slime cushion, a slime can badge, and a slime random figure box.”

“Yes?”

The one I bought was a palm-sized machine, but the bonuses were bigger.

“No, you don’t have to give me this much….”

“It’s okay. We still have 20 more of the same ones, so feel free to take them.”

His shoulders droop with a deep sigh.

After listening to his story, I heard that there was no more space in the container because people around him bought dozens of the same goods. The warehouse was already full and things invaded the room. It only leaves a place to lie down, so when he tried to fall asleep, he’s forced to make eye-contact with the large slime figures.

If that’s the case, there’s nothing I can do….

Anyway, I returned to the store with the language translator and the large slime cushion that I received as a bonus.

“What’s this, waeoong!”

“Kyuu!”

I threw the cushion to Mieum, who liked the soft texture, and immediately turned on the language translator.

“Lime-ah, tell me something.”

“Kkyuu, kkyuuuuu!”

The light on the slime language translator flickered and the screen soon turned on.

My heart is pounding … what did it say?

━ The incarnation of ████ will soon awaken. The dark ether has reached its critical point.

Huh? It was a difficult text that could not be guessed from that cute appearance and the cute cries. It seemed like a warning that something big would happen in the future.

“Lime-ah, what did you just mean? Can you please say it again?”

“Kkyu …… kkyuu, kkyuuu, kkyuu!”

━ 3.14159265358979…….

Huh? Is it an error? Why does the circumference rate appear?

I rocked the machine up and down. Then, the letters on the screen disappeared again. Well, there must have been a brief error. Yeah, it’s Lime’s kyuu sound, why would a circumference rate comes up?

“Kkyuuuus! Kkyuuu, kkyu!”

━ Ac, Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu, Am, Cm, Bk, Cf, Es…….

Mom, it’s saying weird things…….

Lime, you’re a science slime.

“Do you now understand the pain I went through, human! Waeooong!”

I tried a few more times, but only the scientific knowledge without context was listed, and it didn’t tell me what I was curious about.

I gave up and decided to put the slime language translator in a safe drawer. As expected, communication with this slime was too difficult for me.

***

When darkness fell, in an abandoned house near the Dungeon Gate.

Jijon looked around with a nervous expression.

‘Why did this happen?’

‘Where did it go wrong….’

He lamented inside, but it was too late.

Around Jijon, there was a group of people waiting while smoking cigarettes. They have loud voices and rough attitudes, they were engaged in a job that was not good to look at, even the equipment worn over their bodies. They giggled while bragging about trivial things, but if you look closely, you can feel the tension that cannot be hidden from their faces. They’re just pretending to be calm and bluffing.

One of them approached Jijon and held out a pack of cigarettes.

“Have a smoke too, hyung.”

“I quit smoking.”

“Gosh, you’re a poison.”

Huk. He spit cigarette smoke at his face. He patted him on the shoulder and continued his words, ignoring the frown on Jijon’s face.

“Don’t be too nervous. It’s not like you’re doing this once or twice.”

It seemed that the man was trying to convince himself rather than encouraging Jijon. The words continued.

“We all heard who was behind us. It’s C&L! The C&L! I heard that a high-ranking person in C&L takes care of us directly. Hyung is already a member of our Neo-Crown, so please don’t worry.”

Throwing burnt cigarette butts on the floor, the man glanced back at him. The moment the large wooden box caught his eye, his fingertips trembled slightly.

The cause of this strange tension is that big box. A sealed box containing the long-tailed Phoenix, a rare monster that can only be found in a special environment.

The group around Jijon are the guild members of Neo-Crown Party. Their purpose today is to hand over this rare monster to a trading partner at a high price.

However, this box gave off a strange atmosphere.

Even though it was just a box, he can feel an indescribable sinister and unpleasant aura from the box. Is there really a long-tailed Phoenix in it? It looks like there’s something much scarier in it.

The sealing of the box is perfect. The monster must have fallen into a deep sleep.

Nevertheless, he was afraid.

Damn, he shouldn’t have accepted this either.

Jijon poured out a sigh inside. He should have turned down Lee Sein’s offer at that time. No, even if he was arrested for being framed of murder, he should have reported it then.

“If you just take care of this, I will take responsibility for the rest.”

Believing the secretary’s words, Jijon came to this place today.

Still, that must be a lie. If this goes wrong, they’ll put all the blame only on himself somehow.

It felt like an invisible rope was squeezing his throat.

“Kek….”

It’s already late.

“You’re late.”

Across the darkened Dungeon Gate, the trading partner appeared.

The partner was a foreigner. Even though it was night, he covered his eyes with sunglasses, and accompanied by an interpreter and a Hunter who appeared to be a bodyguard.

Although his nationality and identity were unknown, he offered a large sum of money. They don’t care about the other person’s identity. The Neo-Crown Party simply wanted to hand over this ominous box quickly.

The trading partner muttered something, and the interpreter next to him delivered his words.

“He wants to check the item. Please open the box.”

“…….”

“…….”

The wandering gazes were crossed. No one wanted to open that box.

“What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with the item?”

“Of course not, how can you doubt us like that!”

“Don’t you know that we don’t trade based on trust alone? We can’t trade until we check the item.”

“Ck, I understand.”

It was still an unwilling response. The leader of the Neo-Crown Party spoke, pointing to one person.

“Hey, you go open it.”

“I … you mean me?”

“Then, do you mean I should open it by myself!”

In the end, the best runner approached the box. It was the moment whenhe inserted the key into the lock and tried to turn it around.

Thud!

“Aa-aaahhh!”

“Why are you making a fuss?”

Even such a reproachful voice trembled slightly at the end.

“Hyung, there is a strange sound inside!”

Thump, Thump, Thump!

The dull vibration gradually grew stronger.

“I heard you guys are the notorious Neo-Crown Party, but you all are terrified of this thing.”

Pick, the interpreter who ridiculed them stepped forward and tried to open the unlocked box.

“Hey, why don’t you just stop…….”

“What’s wrong with you? It must have been sealed….”

Puck!

The interpreter could not even finish speaking.

The box split vertically, and a black hand popped out of it.

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Translator’s Corner:

MY HUNCH IN PREVIOUS CHAPTERS IS RIIIGHT. IT’S REALLY NEO-CROWN PARTY!!!

They used proper spacing in this chapter, and the world used is 파, means faction; party (or can also be mean as ‘clan’). Now I can sleep in peace.