The slime, who had been jumping around excitedly, now developed a new desire.
‘I want to see more!’
It wanted to see not just the cave it was in now, but other places as well.
It wanted to see a bigger, more diverse world.
The slime stopped bouncing and slowly started to move forward.
▶ Oh, it’s moving.
▶ Personal opinion. It’s cute, but the POV is seriously messed up.
▶ 😏
▶ Shouldn’t we switch to a third-person view? I want to keep seeing its cute behavior…………
The viewers, who were feeling all warm inside, watched closely to see what the slime would do next.
And among those viewers was Squishy Queen.
The Slime Queen felt something strange.
[Squishy Queen]▶ Wait, hold on. Why is it still moving? At this rate, it’s going to leave the cave.
▶ Maybe it just wants to get out?
▶ I will become free~!
▶ I’ll escape this lame cave!
[Squishy Queen]▶ What did you say!?
***
The Slime Queen was utterly flustered.
‘Why is it trying to leave the cave already!? This is such a good environment!’
The Slime Queen was a top-tier being.
But she hadn’t always been the Slime Queen from the beginning.
She, too, had started off as an ordinary slime and evolved into her current form.
Although not perfectly, the Slime Queen still remembered a rough outline of her past.
That’s why she knew how dangerous the slime’s current action was.
‘If it leaves the cave like this……!?’
This fellow slime, who could have become her future conversation partner, might lose its life in vain.
‘I can’t let that happen!’
The Slime Queen hurriedly typed in the chat.
[Squishy Queen]▶ Wait! Stop! I said stop!
[Noblesse Fire]▶ What’s with Queen acting all crazy?
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶ Ugh, does this old-dragon geezer have no manners? You should call her by her full nickname, Squishy Queen.
[Noblesse Fire]▶ Manners my ass.
▷ I want to see more! I want to see even more!
▶ Me too… I want to see! I’m gonna see more too!
As the slime continued to move forward, the Slime Queen became even more desperate.
[Squishy Queen]▶ No! Listen to me! I said listen!
▶ What’s wrong, Queenie?
▶ She’s hella desperate lolol
[Squishy Queen]▶ If it goes out like that, it’ll die!
▶ What?
▶ ???? What are you saying???
▶ Excuse me, what now?
[Thread Lady]▶ Oh my! What do you mean by that???
All eyes from the viewers turned toward Squishy Queen’s chat.
▶ Die? What do you mean?
[Noblesse Fire]▶ Is this like one of those “It’s dangerous outside the cave!” speeches? Kids need to go out and experience tough stuff to grow.
[Squishy Queen]▶ You idiot! Do you think that slime is like you, a dragon who jumps into lava every day!?
[Noblesse Fire]▶ The hell?
▶ The boomer grandpa’s kinda dumb fr
▶ If you watch how he always gets kicked and backseats in girl streamer chats, yeah he’s dumb lol
[Squishy Queen]▶ That slime was just born! It hasn’t even had a chance to grow properly yet!
[Squishy Queen]▶ Normally, it would need to eat more, grow, and at the very least learn to body slam if it wants even a chance at survival!
▷ I want to see more! I want to see even more!
[Squishy Queen]▶ Aaaaagh! It’s just typing and not even watching!
The Slime Queen’s desperation began to help the other viewers slowly understand the situation.
A newborn.
A slime that had just opened its eyes.
And that slime was going to walk right out of the cave?
It was obvious that even a regular animal, not a monster, could easily kill it.
Of course, slimes were originally extremely weak monsters.
They spawned in large numbers, and just as many died.
However, the slime currently being broadcast had already become a special slime in the eyes of the viewers.
The viewers who felt curiosity, warmth, or even healing from the slime didn’t want this unique, young slime to die so early.
▶ LOL so the slime’s gonna die like this? Hahaha
There were exceptions—some trolls who were just satisfied causing chaos.
[Noblesse Fire]▶ Then why is it trying to go out in the first place?
▶ Maybe the cave stinks too much lol
▶ A slime caring about smell, really?
▶ Pretty sure your body odor is worse, dude.
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶ Hm, it seems having intelligence from a young age is the root of this problem.
Normally, even if it had vision, it wouldn’t feel much and would just wander around looking for food like always.
But now that it’s gained sight, the emotions it felt made it move without considering its own safety.
‘Wait! Now that I think about it……?’
While searching for a way to grab the slime’s attention, the Slime Queen came up with one idea.
It was the method that Pesky one used.
Sending a donation message to catch the slime’s eye.
▶[Squishy Queen has donated 5 coins]
▶[Message: Stop! You must not go outside now!]
Freeze!
The slowly moving slime came to a stop.
▷No? Why?
‘Finally, it responded!’
[Squishy Queen]▶ It’s dangerous if you go outside the cave now!
[Squishy Queen]▶ You need to eat more and grow first!
▷I want to see more stuff!
[Squishy Queen]▶ Then grow up more if you want to see that badly!
▷I want to see it now!
▶ No backing down lolol
‘Ugh…! What a stubborn kin. This is bad.’
A pure slime that was just born.
It had intelligence, but no knowledge.
It didn’t know what was dangerous or how to distinguish its actions.
Right now, this slime didn’t know anything.
Because it didn’t have enough experience to understand those things.
That’s why, even though it had intelligence, this pure slime prioritized its desires since it didn’t know danger.
‘What do I even do about this……’
While the Slime Queen was racking her brain,
[Free Spirit]▶ Tsk tsk tsk, hey. Squishy Queen~ you think it’ll understand if you talk like that? You need to speak on its level~
Pesky one cut in and started showing the model answer.
▶[Free Spirit has donated 2 coins.]
▶[Message: Hey Squishy~ Wanna see more stuff?]
▷I wanna see!
Pesky one first caught the slime’s attention with a donation message.
[Free Spirit]▶ You really really want to see lots, right~? But if you go out now, you won’t see much.
▷Can’t see?
[Free Spirit]▶ Yup, you’ll see just a little and never again.
▷No way! I hate that!
[Free Spirit]▶ Yeah, that sucks, right? So if you wanna see a lot more, you gotta eat a lot and grow first.
[Free Spirit]▶ Then you’ll be able to see soooo much more, Squishy~!
Pesky one used the slime’s desire and made it easy to understand with comparisons, persuading it.
[Free Spirit]▶ So don’t you think you should eat a lot here first?
▷Yeah! I’ll eat!
▶ Persuaded instantly lolol
▶ Is Pesky one a dad? Why’s he so good at this?
Pesky one’s persuasion immediately changed the slime’s behavior.
Instead of moving forward, the slime approached the moss nearby and started absorbing it again.
Just as Pesky one had said, it was trying to eat more in order to see more.
And seeing that scene, the Slime Queen was utterly shocked.
‘N-no way! My kin… my kin listened to that Pesky one over me……!?’
Who was she?
She was the Slime Queen.
The highest-tier slime.
Unless it was the Slime King, an equal high-tier being, no other slime could go against her commands.
And yet—
That young slime didn’t yield to her warnings and clung to its own stubbornness.
That much she could understand.
‘If it’s going to be my future companion, it should at least have that kind of spirit.’
But the fact that it was persuaded by Pesky one was undeniably shocking.
It had resisted her words but listened to another monster’s.
That was not something she could easily accept.
From the start, the Slime Queen’s traits were unlikely to have any real effect through chat, but her pride as a queen had been hurt.
She couldn’t let this situation slide.
[Squishy Queen]▶ Why!? I warned it about the danger too! Why did it ignore me but listen to that one!?
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶ LOL wow, I can’t believe we’re seeing Squishy Queen get jealous.
[Squishy Queen]▶ This is not jealousy!
The Slime Queen furiously denied it in chat, but her reaction only made her more of a target for teasing.
[Noblesse Fire]▶ Got your kin stolen by Pesky one lolol LMAO
[Squishy Queen]▶ I was not stolen!
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶ A slime NTR? Now this is rare.
[Squishy Queen]▶ What nonsense are you spouting!?
▶ Slime NTR lololol
▶ That kin you were so obsessed with? Oh, you mean this one?
▶ SQUISHHHHHYSAMAAAAAA!
‘If they tease her any more, Squishy Queen’s gonna explode.’
Pesky one stepped in at the right moment to cool things down and spoke to her.
[Free Spirit]▶ Well, I mean, even if you said the same thing, the way you said it was different, so it couldn’t be helped~
[Squishy Queen]▶ What do you mean, different!? How is it different!?
[Free Spirit]▶ If you just say “it’s dangerous, don’t go,” how’s Squishy supposed to understand?
[Free Spirit]▶ In times like this, you have to highlight what Squishy wants and explain clearly that doing the dangerous thing will mean not getting that.
[Free Spirit]▶ If you’d said it like I did, Squishy Queen, Squishy would’ve understood too~~
▶ This is why teaching at their level is so important, folks!
▶Ugh, can’t believe it didn’t die.
▶Troll’s personality as usual.
- Uuuugh. Pesky one, you bastard……
The Slime Queen understood Pesky one’s point, but she was still upset.
- Next time… Next time for sure, my kin will listen to me.
While Squishy Queen was vowing that to herself, the slime, trusting Pesky one’s words that eating more would let it see more, was happily feeding.
‘Eat more… and I’ll see even more!’
While absorbing the moss, the slime looked forward to what the future held.
And then—
▶ [Thread Lady has donated 10 coins.]
▶ [Message: Squishy~ First-person is great, but I’d love to see third-person too~]
The slime, mid-meal, responded to the request that reached its soul.
‘Third-person?’
Third-person meant seeing oneself from a step back.
But the slime had a wish.
It wanted others to see what it saw.
To feel this same awe.
Sensing the slime’s desire, the system made an optimal suggestion.
[Would you like to begin simultaneous view broadcasting? The screen can be split to show both first-person and third-person views.]
‘...! Yes!’
▶ [Switched to simultaneous view broadcasting mode.]
[Thread Lady]▶ Kyaa! Squishy granted my wish right away—such great sense! That eating scene is too cute!
[Noblesse Fire]▶ Ugh, this simultaneous POV is messing me up.
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶ Trouble separating the two views in old age? Or did you come down with an eye infection?
[Noblesse Fire]▶ Ugh, dentures always got something to say huh?
[Squishy Queen]▶ Yes, keep eating just like that! Don’t even think about going outside until you gain a new skill!
[Free Spirit]▶ Squishy Queen, Squishy’s not even looking, it’s too busy eating lol
[Squishy Queen]▶ Silence! I’m saying it for my own satisfaction!
While the dual-screen broadcast played, the slime endlessly repeated eating and resting.
With almost no change in behavior, the broadcast began to lose viewers' interest.
▶ Ah, boring now.
People tired of the repetition began to leave.
▶ Off to other streams lol
Viewers switched to other channels.
▶Ah! Sh*t!
Some just popped in to say a few things and left right after.
The number of viewers in the slime’s stream began to gradually drop.
- Another fake rage bait stream!? How outrageous!
Tsk tsk tsk!
The ones still watching were either those with absolutely nothing to do, who just left the stream open while watching something else,
- Haha, today BlizzardTroll’s smashing ice as usual. Wait, it’s HoneyQueen’s sweet honey collection stream day? No way I’m missing that.
Or those used to watching multiple screens at once from the start.
[Thread Lady]▶ Kyaa! That little trembling is just too adorable~
Some simply admired how cute the slime looked.
- I can’t look away… it makes me nervous...
And a few were just worried about the slime’s safety.
The slime, without turning off the stream, continued absorbing the moss it saw in front of it.
As time passed, its body gradually began to grow.
Its once tiny frame now swelled to the size of a soccer ball.
And then, aside from vision, other functions started to activate.
Now, even without system messages or donation alerts, it could hear sounds.
And the sensations transmitted through its body became even clearer.
[Skill: Sense acquired.]
The slime had obtained its second skill.