Episode 23 — Surarin Hard
～ Part 2 ～
“Utsurogi-kun, what should I do…”
The huge water in front of him said so.
The name of this huge water manjuu was Himemizu Rin. Formerly a proud idol of Jindai high-school 2nd year class 4. Body was somewhat small but overflowing with energy, Ace Sprinter that ran the 100 meters fastest in the prefecture. Healthy legs reminiscent of , she was once a dazzling girl like the sun, but now just a huge water manjuu.
It is reminiscent of of Koshu Confectionery. I want to have it deliciously with brown sugar syrup and roasted soy flour.
“Even if you say «what should I do»…. What should I do?”
“I will be disqualified from the track-and-field club if I get so fat…. Even though I wanted to drop a little more body fat before this year’s summer tournament…”
“It is that kind of problem?”
Is it not literally water blisters rather than fat in the first place? This.
Apparently, Rin who was standing watch received the rainwater and absorbed it in her body which had been gradually becoming huge as a result. As her volume increased, the part that caught water also increased, so the expansion rate was just accelerating.
Watching Rin seriously miserably murmuring, he would like to do something somehow, but the only thing Kyousuke could do for the time being was poking the surface.
“She has become quite a .”
Was he awake, Akira said so in the lantern.
“What, what on earth … ! Huge!!”
“Mu—, is it already time for changing shift … uwaa~! Huge!!”
Hakuba and Selena also woke up one after another.
“Oh, Selena-chan! It was just right! Ne~e, what is this!? This is what!? What is this!?”
“Umm, I don’t really understand.”
“Uwaa! My last hope is cut off!”
Even now, while continuing to expand, Himemizu Rin screamed. Selena kept rubbing her sleepy eyes and continued talking.
“Water slime certainly has the ability to take in liquid from outside, their mode of life was to grow by discarding old waste matters. It is something like molting of crustaceans. However, It isn’t supposed to become endless like this…”
“It’s not strange for Himemizu to frequently eat until her stomach is full, I guess it’s because of that.”
“I see.”
“It’s not «I see».”
As usual, Rin ∗tappon tappon∗ shook and protested, but with this size it had extraordinary destructive power.
“What do I do! I have grown splendidly like this now! My girl power is in a crisis!”
“Or rather, if Selena-san’s words are correct, you can excrete the absorbed part, can’t you?”
“Wa, excretion! Please put it in a different way!”
“Well then separation.”
“Possibly I, may have to do a grand now.”
Certainly, Rin was considerably resistant against exposing the sight of her spitting the absorbed water from her body to the public eyes (Even though it was only 4 people). However, once she had gotten this big, it might not be possible to do something like hiding from the public eyes.
While Rin was murmuring what to do, what to do, Akira said this kind of thing.
“Himemizu, if you can control the density of your body, can you compress your body while keeping the mass?”
“Mu~…”
Rin was bouncing ∗ponto∗ and said.
“Certainly, it may be possible. I feel like I can retract my stomach…”
“You’re doing it with that image…”
Rin went 『Smallee~r!』 with spirit and her body seemed to have shrunk a bit. She ∗gun gun∗ and as it was, shrank her body with all her might. Rin’s body which had swollen to the size of a small lake, slowly and gradually shrank back to its normal size.
When Rin returned to her original size, she evacuated to the bottom of the canopy so as not to take in any more water. Everyone applauded 『Ohhh—』.
“Iya~a, I was worried…”
“Well, since that state is compressing water at high-density, I think it would be better for you to withdraw the excess water later…”
Saying so, Akira further told Kyousuke.
“Kyousuke, there should be an empty water bottle in the wagon. Would you kindly try thrusting it into Himemizu?”
“Thrust in!?”
“Ahh, I understand. Akira.”
“I don’t understand!? Think about the story!?”
Kyousuke took out the empty water bottle from the wagon and approached Rin. While cold sweat was heavily dripping from her whole body, Rin slightly retreated.
For some reason, Selena was covering her face with both hands.
“Sorry Himemizu, it won’t hurt.”
“Kigya—!”
Thus the empty water bottle was thrust into Rin’s body, but immediately afterward the bottle was crushed ∗kusha~∗.
“Waa…”
Indeed Kyousuke who was surprised withdrew his hand.
“As expected.”
Akira nodded.
“Himemizu’s body is currently in a state where water is compressed in high-density. The water pressure is very high, so to speak, it is like the deep sea. If it is a metal water bottle, it could be flattened by the water pressure. If you combine with Kyousuke in this state, Kyousuke will be burdened as well.”
“Is that the only thing you have to say about thrusting a water bottle into a girl’s body?”
Spitting out the flattened water bottle, Rin gave a sulking voice.
“If you could shoot compressed water, you could use it like a water cutter. Depending on how you use it, it may be a fairly powerful ability.”
“, well, that’s because I wiped the image of «excretion» from my mind…”
When Himemizu Rin’s new ability was discovered, the passing shower had been weakening gradually. The sun had already set, peeking through the clouds was a starry sky, then it became a story where they advanced a little more further east from the rock.
In this wasteland there was little means to secure water. At the time, they had secured the necessary amount of drinking water, but they were still saving up water in Rin’s body and Rin had to go through the journey in the compressed state in case of emergencies.
“To let others drink water stored in my body, what kind of play is it now…”
Rin’s muttering, everyone at the place wonderfully pretended not to have heard.
Then, after about 5 days.
The treatment of continued. According to Selena, water slime’s mode of life was 『to take in liquid from outside and drain out waste product collectively』. If they were to believe those words, it was possible to remove impurities from liquid and filter water to a clean state.
And so, it was actually possible.
Rainwater accumulated in Rin’s body, with her life activities (wouldn’t dare to describe as physiological phenomenon) fine dust and micro-organisms were removed, and it was decided to serve to the party members as «Surarin’s delicious water». It was a terrible story.
“I already have a life as a water supply tank…”
Rin who was in the state of high-density compressed water (which was named Compression Form by Akira), said so with an open depressed look.
“W–well well, Himemizu. Don’t be so depressed.”
“No, I feel depressed…”
“Isn’t it good if it’s useful.”
When Kyousuke said so and tried to soothe her, Rin suddenly turned around and bit him (metaphorically).
“It’s not good! I don’t think it’s good at all! Imagine a little Utsurogi-kun! Utsurogi-kun’s daughter! Your little sister, girlfriend or wife! Ah, but I hope it’s girlfriend if possible!”
“O–ou. Girlfriend?”
“Ah, no. As expected it’s safe to imagine me as your daughter or younger sister please. That, your daughter or younger sister give their body fluid to others! Seem unpleasant? Is it unpleasant! It is unpleasant, isn’t it! I may not be able to become a bride anymore…!”
“Th–that, sorry…”
“Do not apologize!”
It had been a long time since she was called a , and now she had to carry the nickname of water supply tank as well, it seemed quite serious. If anything, the water supply tank rather than the triangular corner seemed to be a fine artifact, but certainly it was unpleasant to use her own body fluid as drinking water for others.
According to Selena, the liquid that the slime temporarily absorbed into the body was only water stored and not the body fluid of the slime itself, but since it was similar to how one spitted out water contained in their mouth, it was still unpleasant after all.
“Uu, I hate it…. This treatment is too sloppy…”
At last it became a tearful voice.
Rin and Kyousuke also, how many time had it been, were watching the baggage nearing the shadow of a rocky place. Five days to the East. It was about time that Selena’s country could be seen soon. The three people, Selena, Akira and Hakuba, were going to explore a little bit quickly.
“I, even though I am a girl…”
“Ahh, that’s right. Himemizu is a girl after all.”
“Utsurogi-kun…. You are not listening to the story properly?”
“Eh?”
Although Rin’s body didn’t have eyes at all, he could still feel some cold gaze.
“Which part of me you say is still a girl!? Ah, sorry, this question is troublesome!?”
“W–well, soft spots, is it…”
“Hou! Well that would be fine! Thank you!”
Still seemed to be unconvinced somewhere, Rin said so and her mood improved just a little.
“Iya~a, well, that’s fine, but…. Having lived as a slime for a month now, I will normally lose my confidence.”
“As a girl?”
“Well, originally, I wasn’t such a girlish character.”
Himemizu Rin. Contrary to her name, she wasn’t like a princess and not dignified in particular. Although she was the one who seized the top of the class cast from her adorable appearance and sociable character, it certainly was not a character emphasizing «girls’ quality». And when talking like this, she had a range of hobbies that could match boys perfectly with the topics of manga and games, and she could also respond frankly to jokes that were not explicit.
So well, the girls who didn’t think well about such a girl had also made up cruel rumors about her.
However, to say Rin was not like a girl, there was no feeling like that.
“Well, I think you’re properly a girl to be worrying about that.”
“Ha~a. Is that so~…”
“I think I will decide not to drink Himemizu’s water if it’s seriously unpleasant. Are you dissatisfied?”
“Hmm. What shall I do. For the time being the current dissatisfaction is somewhat refreshed by talking to Utsurogi-kun.”
“Really…”
The conversation broke off there. Once the conversation stopped, it was a little awkward.
“Well, if it becomes a new strength of Utsurogi-kun, that is also good.”
“Mine?”
“Yup. Because, we have to thank the red winged devil without fail?”
Was it because Rin was stunned by that devil’s hand once, her tone was somewhat strong.
Rin seemed to be seeking power these past few days. There was times it could be felt even before the battle with the red winged devil. However, the tendency had become even stronger since that defeat. Perhaps, she was still thinking that Full Cross’s defeat was her fault.
“But how do you use that power?”
“Yea—h, for example…”
“For example?”
“Make your opponents drink delicious water.”
“Yup.”
“Reform them.”
“……”
“Yes, I’m sorry!”
Rin had regained her original condition. It was no good to push yourself too hard, Kyousuke himself knew this well.
“Utsurogi-saaan! Rin-saaan!”
Just around that time, Selena straddling Hakuba came back while waving her hand. Kyousuke also stood up and raised one hand.
“O~oh, how did it go?”
“Ah, a little ahead of this rocky place, a long wall could be seen at the edge of the horizon.”
“It was something like the Great Wall of China.”
Hakuba and Akira were explaining. Finally? We seem to have arrived.
It was almost as scheduled since it was the 5th day since they left the base. By the time of returning, the heavy cruiser’s renovation should have been almost completed. However, he was still worried about whether the red winged devil would attack the base during that time. As fast as possible, he wanted to obtained cooperation and went back to the place.
For the foreseeable future, they would approach the wall and try to talk to the humans. Let’s have a meal before that, saying so, he spread out the preserved food in the wagon.
“You cannot fight with an empty stomach!”
“Even though fighting is bad…”
While exchanging such words, Kyousuke watched Selena.
“(She herself said she could be a diplomatic material)”
A part of her body was brought into contact with Kyousuke, and Rin talked only with her mind. Kyousuke nodded.
In other words, she meant that she had a noble status as it was. If Selena skillfully used her position and stood on this side, the prospect of negotiation can be settled. At least for now, their chances of success wasn’t high.
Probably after several hours, they would come in contact with the humans. Kyousuke swallowed his smoked meat.
The smoked meat that fell down from his throat was caught and eaten secretly by Rin.
What is Selena’s true identity! Will the negotiations with the humans surely succeed?
Next Episode: Earth Splitting Knight General
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