Chapter 1: A Slime, a Goblin, and an Egg

I then awoken it what appeared to be a forest huh aw a branch hit my head, that odd the tree is quite small compared to normal tree.

I look around me to find a hint of where I could be, but it appears there no landmark that I could recognise even thought I always walk to the forest with my family, panic I hurriedly stand-up end notice there a glowing seed in my hand.

“ehh what is this Mr tree are you still around Mr tree.” I shout loudly

I faintly hear a voice “don’t worry Risette I will be around all you need to do is plant me somewhere end take care of me so I can grow back to tree now time to rest im getting sleepy.”

“Wait what that even mean Mr tree comeback uhh.” I then put the seed in my skirt pocket

I started to look around looking for any sign of life all I see is just bioluminescence from what appear to look like a butterfly weird, butterfly shouldn’t be able to emit light as I continue to walk, I find so many weird things like big mushroom tree with other smaller mushroom around it.

I then check my phone weird my phone cannot turn on end try to keep pushing the power button but to no avail.

As I walk for, I don’t know how many minutes as my phone dead, I find a cave I consider going into the cave to check but then it started to rain ah forcing to me to take shelter in the cave.

The colour of the rain was odd it isn’t white, but purple is this even rain anymore but before I can think more, I go into the cave.

The cave was really dark I barely can see anything as I continue to explore I hear squish sound like a walking pudding wait a walking pudding? but before I can react my head is hit by the cobweb making me fall end covered in dirt ah no then I hear the squish sound getting nearer oh no am I going to be eaten by a walking pudding I close my eyes end.

As I close my eyes, I can feel a certain stickiness in my face end I feel like the cobweb is gone from my face when I open my eyes, I see a small slime I immediately throw the slime “ah wait sorry I didn’t mean to it just reflex.”

I see the slime jumping then standing still I guess started to think if I am hostile or not.

Eh I then find another cobweb end feed it to the slime “ohh ehh here.” I feed the slime a cobweb I feel like when I used to have a dog name toto.

After feeding it cobweb the slime started jumping happily end started to glow lighten up the cave end then the slime moves deeper into the cave end beckon me to follow.

As I follow the slime I can see this is not just a cave but a ancient ruin we then encounter a big door

I open the door to find bone like animal bone a burnt cave wall end a light source as I look further, I see a big egg wait this isn’t a carnivorous animal like a crocodile or is the slime a bait, so I got eaten by something bigger oh no

I check on the slime end found it continue to illuminate light end growing slightly bigger by eating all the bone

I then check on the egg, when I take a closer look, the egg is bigger than the animal that produce egg, as I touch the egg, I can feel the ground shacking earthquake oh no if I stay here longer, I’m going to.

“Hey slime let’s run before we ahh” then a rock almost hit me ahh I fall over end as I stand, I see the egg is going to fall before I could think I immediately catch the egg end run out of the cave with the slime following me.

As I go outside look like the rain have stopped it was quite a short rain it quite weirds end, I look behind to find the cave to be block by rock

Great well should I go next hmm i then start to walk around with the slime end the big egg I carry.

As we walk, I can hear a faint noise of snarkling, I start to get nervous to check the surrounding area to find what the noise from.

I then found what look like to be the source of the noise it’s from a chest.

“Help, help open the chest please I can’t breathe.” In a high pitch voice.

I open the chest to find a “hyaaa ahh what are you small green thing.” As a small green creature jump from the opened chest

“Hehe thank you human, but you are pretty foolish now I’m going to attack you, here me go Hehe.”

Th small creature charged at my foot I try to dodge but it’s too late he punches my foot end.

“hehe take that human hyaaa.” The small creature keeps attacking my feet it honestly doesn’t hurt it just tickle making me burst out laughing.

“hehe what the matter human you must be scared that you started to laugh crazly.”

Before I can respond the slime absorb the small green creature to its body.

“uhh what no fair you got help, get me out of here you ogre.”

“Wait what did you say ogre how rude you imp slime eat that goblin.” I cannot believe I still being called ugly ogre even in this place.

“Wait wait don’t get too hasty ok, me though you going to eat me first that why me attacked because eh you look like an ugly ogre.”

“Say ugly ogre one more time end you might never get out of that slime.”

“ok ok me got it you are a beautiful ogre right hehe.”

“Slime look like you find yourself a dinner.”

“ok ok eh you are a beautiful thing please let me out me wouldn’t hurt you please.”

“ok slime let the small creature out.” I command the slime.

But the slime just looks confused? End keep jumping around like usual.

“Slime you can let the small creature go right?” I smile nervously no way the slime going to I don’t even want to think about.

“eh anyway for the meantime what can I called you a small green creature.”

“Me a goblin from a small goblin village up west my name is mimic well that what my other people call me because eh I am a coward end I often hide in chest.”

“oh, you poor thing my name is rin set- I mean risette nice to meet you.”

The goblin look shock “ehh yeah nice to meet you too.”

“Eh anyway mimic do you know a place we can take shelter it is getting late.”

“Yeah, mimic know there an abandoned village near here, we can take shelter there.”

“oh, really you better not try to trick us mimic or you know what going to happen.”

As the slime burp

“Eh yeah yeah I get it, it’s not right I can go home.” As mimic tap the slime body

“Ok lest go everyone into the wood.” As I carry the egg that we found on the cave

as we go deeper into the wood, we eventually find the abandoned village mimic told me.

“Is this the place mimic?” I point to a random house

“Eh yeah mimic think so.” As he looks from the slime belly

The abandoned village was full of house end some many shops I guess before it was abandoned it must be a prosper village

“Huh wonder where the people are.”

“The villager seems to leave the village in a hurry.” said mimic

“Yeah but because of what.” As I start to think but before I got interrupted by

The slime stomach or eh body grumble, it probably hungry.

“Ok now let’s find at least liveable house.”

As we check each house is filled with dust cobweb end a platform that not too stable until we find the house slightly further from other village.

“Oh, what about this house it has a stable platform end no cobweb end not too much dust.”

“Yeah, mimic think so too now let try to help mimic out of the slime” mimic tap the slime body.

“Eh ok let’s try by telling it to let you slime please let mimic out.”

“Slime let mimic out.” I command the slime.

End nothing happen I start to get worried that mimic might eh I then push the slime to let mimic out, but it was in vain as the thick slime body prevent me from getting mimic out.

Then I hear the swift current of the river nearby the house then I got an idea

“Slime follow me ok.” The slime obediently follows me.

“Wait what are we doing in the water do you going to drown mimic please no.”

“Relax mimic we going to try to get you out, ok slime now drinks the river water.”

As the slime drink the water it got the slime bigger because of the air that it gets from the water then when the slime gets smaller you can hear the sound of the gas being released due to the build-up gas in the slime intestine in the slime.

“Ah finally mimic out end what is this smell eww.” As mimic close it noise

“Now mimic hungry let mimic eat the egg.” As mimic lunge at the egg

But I am quicker end carry the egg “ahh no the egg isn’t for you or me to eat.”

“Ah why but egg delicious please let me eat it.” As mimic mouth salivate due to imagining he going to eat the egg.

“Alright since I’m also hungry let’s look for food ok.”

“Eh yeah how can mimic help rissete.” He gets closer to me to hear better because of the small ear goblin have.

“Eh help me collect a dry branch stick, dry leave, end a rock for it base”

“Ok then what would rissete do then?”

“I’m going to go forage for some vegetable that look edible end maybe a mushroom to make a soup.”

“End meet me outside the house ok.”

“Eh ok” as mimic run to look for the material to start a fire

Before I go to forage, I put the egg inside the house end covered it with some leave.

Alright time to forage for some vegetable I notice some vegetable when we look for a house to take shelter I carry something that look like a carrot end potato? It doesn’t have the colour of potato, but it looks like a potato, so I carry it with me end I found some cauldron near the place I forage.

Not too long after I see mimic run up to the house, I think he’s done with it work

Meanwhile I’m still struggling what to look for the seasoning I then found a mushroom that not too colourful well as far as I know the thing about mushroom as long it not to colourful it’s safe I picked the mushroom end return to the house

“Here rissete the material you asked me to find.” Mimic put all the material he brings near me

“Uhm ok now” as I put the vegetable end mushroom near the material

“Ok let’s start by making a fire.” First, I gather all the wood end stick into a circle then I start to spin the branch stick on the rock as base to start the fire when I see a flicker of fire, I immediately throw the stick into the gathered wood end stick end fire start to spread making us warm.

Alright now time to cook as I use a cauldron that i found near the abandoned house.

I put all the vegetable end mushroom end start to stir it with the stick that weren’t used to start the fire. I hymn peacefully making the slime jump around

“So, mimic tell me more about yourself” I continue to stir the soup

“Me not much to tell you rissete other than my village is now gone because of a monster probably the same thing that happen to this village.”

“Monster like what?”

“Like the human from the north that love to raid our peaceful village end also there the occasional attack from the demon.

“Eh evil human end demon you say.” Make me wonder do I am still in my word or have I been transported to another place.

“Well since you have no place to go how about we make this house into home for the runaway.”

“hehe ok mimic agrees.” Mimic jump around with happiness

I then yawn it’s getting late let’s go to sleep you can sleep on top of the slime I think, since it quite squishy don’t worry i think the slime would eat you but well you know we have precaution right hehe.”

“uhh yeah good night rissete.” As mimic climb the slime body to sleep on top of the slime.

I then go to sleep in the makeshift bed I make with the dry leave not comfy but better than the ground.

I close my eyes.

I start to dream about my job in the kindergarten

“Hey ugly ogre come here hehe.” As Kokoro shout to me

Yeah, come here ugly ogre.” as Hitomi follows along

Eh why is everyone call me an ugly ogre even in dream really

“Ok little one you better make sure that small leg could run rarrrr.”

As I chase around the kids, I notice the weather start to change to heavy rain

“Eh everyone gets out of here get inside the.” But before I could finish, I got pulled by the tornado then

I then awake

I start to look around me mimic still sleeping on top of the slime then I check the seed that I put on my pocket it doesn’t glow until the egg start shaking wait is it gonna hatch?

I then get closer to see the egg slowly hatch to reveal a reptilian creature that look like huh wait is this a

“Dragon?!”

To be continue

See you next Monday