"Of course Jiggly isn't an ordinary slime!"
Amelia snapped slightly at Paulen's remark.
How could a slime that understands human speech be considered normal?
Paulen had just flung the slime high into the air, and Amelia momentarily lost her composure.
“No, Amelia. Look here. See this crack?”
“A crack? Huh? When did that happen?”
“Haha, that’s this little guy’s doing.”
Still finding it absurd, Paulen chuckled and pointed his thumb at the slime.
“Jiggly did that?”
“Yep. Its tackle packed quite a punch. A regular animal would’ve been knocked out in one hit.”
“Jiggly?”
Amelia eyed both the slime and Paulen with skepticism.
Boing! Boing!
‘More! Let’s do it again!’
While the two talked, the slime bounced excitedly, wanting to be thrown again after enjoying the experience.
“Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have had to disperse the shock when I deflected it. Let me show you again.”
Paulen walked to the rack and switched to a fresh wooden shield, then stood in front of the slime.
“Alright, Jiggly! Do it again!”
‘Again!’
Boioing!
The slime immediately launched another bounce tackle.
And unlike before—
Thwack!
Paulen took the tackle head-on.
This time, he wasn’t caught off guard and distributed the force of the impact properly, so the wooden shield held firm.
“Did you see that?”
Even though he asked, Amelia couldn’t tell the difference.
No matter how much Paulen tried to distribute the force or use advanced techniques, to her it just looked like he blocked it.
But Paulen had no reason to lie to her either, so Amelia responded honestly.
“I’m not really sure.”
“Yeah, I guess it all looks the same on the outside.”
Meanwhile—
Boing! Boing!
‘Different! That one was different! Higher! Throw me higher!’
The slime began bouncing in circles around Paulen.
“Huh? What’s up?”
Once Paulen focused on it—
Boing~!
The slime leapt higher than Paulen’s head to express its desire.
‘Higher! Higher!’
“Hmm, you want me to launch you higher?”
‘Yes!’
Brrrr!
The slime quivered on the spot, as if to say he got it right.
“So you had fun with that, huh? Alright then.”
Paulen figured there were other ways to prove how strong the slime was, so he decided to keep playing for now.
After all, the reason they came to the training ground was because the slime was bored.
“Come again! I’ll launch you upward this time.”
‘Upward!’
Boioing!
The slime once more tackled Paulen.
Each time it hit the wooden shield, Paulen would absorb the impact and launch it upward—
Boing! Boing!
‘So fun!’
Each time, the slime soared joyfully through the air and landed safely.
‘Should I try something else now?’
As Paulen continued taking bounce tackles, he also observed.
Just like a normal tackle, the bounce tackle had a consistent power output.
This led Paulen to conclude the slime likely had even stronger attacks.
He was becoming increasingly convinced that the slime really had defeated the lesser troll.
And now that they tested attack power, it was time to test agility.
“Jiggly! Let’s play something different now.”
‘Something different?’
“This time, I’ll swing my sword. Try dodging it, okay?”
‘Dodge!’
Boing!
The slime bounced in place, signaling it understood.
As soon as Paulen saw that signal, he approached and swung his sword.
“Paulen! Wait a second!”
Amelia grew worried that the slime might get seriously hurt.
But within 10 seconds, she realized her concerns were unfounded.
Boing! Boing! Boing!
‘It’s dodging well?’
While Paulen wasn’t swinging with full force or aggression, he wasn’t being careless either—he was precisely aiming at the slime.
And the slime dodged each strike with nimble bounces.
“I’m going faster now, Jiggly!”
To test the slime’s limits, Paulen gradually increased his speed.
▶ Wow lol it's speeding up!
▶ Cheer up, squishy!
[Just Slam First]▶ Hah! You think squishy can’t dodge that weak speed?
▶ First-person view's intense lol
The slime enjoyed the dodging game, and viewers were also entertained by the sword-dodging stream shown in both third-person and first-person views.
The speed kept climbing.
Even Amelia, watching from the sidelines, started to worry it was getting too fast.
‘At this rate, it's quicker than most C-rank monsters. But it looks like it’s never faced someone faster than itself.’
Paulen grinned and changed his approach.
After swinging once and the slime dodged by jumping—
He increased the speed and struck mid-air while the slime was still airborne.
He used the flat of his blade to knock the slime away like a push.
The slime flew backward—
Boing! Boing!
Only after bouncing twice did it finally stop.
‘Got hit!’
▶ What was that just now?
▶ Squishy got smacked midair, huh 👀
▶ Sudden burst of speed, whoa.
[Just Slam First] ▶ Tsk tsk, you should’ve twisted your body to dodge!
▶ Can a slime even twist its body?
▶ Dunno lol
“Hahaha! Surprised, weren’t you?”
‘Yup! Let’s do it again!’
Boing! Boing! Boing!
The slime quickly returned to Paulen’s side, bouncing in circles.
Paulen could tell from the slime’s reaction that it posed no threat to humans.
‘It knew my strike wasn’t meant to harm it… It actually thought it was a game and wants to do it again. What a find, this slime!’
“Jiggly, you okay?”
While the slime was clearly having fun and Paulen was reassured, Amelia approached with worry.
“It didn’t get hurt, right?”
“Don’t worry, Amelia. I adjusted the force properly when I launched it.”
“You say that, but you hit it with a sword.”
Paulen’s strike had been so fast that even the sword’s flat side hadn’t been visible to Amelia.
“I pushed it with the flat of the blade. No need to worry. More importantly, see? I was right—Jiggly isn’t a normal slime. Look how fast it moves.”
“Yes, I get it now. But it doesn’t change the fact that you hit Jiggly.”
“That was clearly play.”
To Amelia, it didn’t quite look like play, but since the slime was bouncing around happily, she let it go.
Still...
“It might still be hurt... Let me heal you. Come here, Jiggly.”
‘Heal?’
As Amelia reached out, the slime jumped onto her hand.
With her other hand, she gently petted it and began a holy healing spell.
“Oh divine, grant thy healing touch upon this one.”
A soft yellow light radiated from her hand and enveloped the slime.
The warm energy spread as healing power.
‘So warm!’
The slime’s stamina, drained from all the activity, began to recover.
Brrrrrr!
‘Wowww!’
Energized again and enjoying the comforting feeling, the slime quivered happily in Amelia’s hand.
“Holy magic works on monsters too, huh.”
“The hand of the divine shows no discrimination. It’s done, Jiggly.”
Boing!
After the healing ended, the slime hopped off Amelia’s hand.
“Now play safely, alright?”
“Yes, ma’am. What about me though, Amelia? Don’t I get healing?”
“Do you really look like someone who’d get tired from this?”
“Hahaha! True! This is nothing! I’ve got these muscles, after all! Look at this flex!”
Paulen struck a proud pose, but inwardly he clicked his tongue.
‘I’d love to test the slime’s full abilities, but if I go all out now, Amelia will glare daggers at me.’
With a regretful sigh, he decided to keep playing at the current level.
***
That night.
Amelia couldn’t fall asleep.
She kept thinking about the events with Paulen and the slime.
‘It happened because I lacked confidence.’
She hadn’t trusted herself enough to take the slime outside, and so Paulen had brought it to the training ground.
And then proceeded to launch it repeatedly using his sword and shield, all under the pretense of “playing.”
Paulen claimed the slime enjoyed it…
But to Amelia, it looked more like a rowdy uncle playing dangerously with his niece.
‘If I keep doing nothing, who knows what risky thing Paulen will do to Jiggly next.’
—Hahaha! Let’s see how many times Jiggly can bounce!
Boingboingboingboingboing!
She pictured Paulen dribbling the slime like a basketball.
‘That’s NOT okay!’
Pop!
Her eyes snapped open.
Her grim imagination had completely chased sleep away.
“Sigh...”
Amelia sat up.
She lit a lantern powered by a mana stone, casting a soft glow.
She retrieved her sacred text from the bookshelf—
A book containing divine teachings and clerical blessings, also known as holy magic formulas.
Whenever she couldn’t sleep, she had a habit of reading scripture until drowsiness returned.
Leaning back in bed, she began flipping through the pages quietly.
‘Huh?’
Boing.
Hearing the soft sound of pages and seeing the light, the slime woke up and moved next to her.
“Oh, sorry. Did I wake you?”
Brrrrr!
The slime quivered, as if to say, “No big deal.”
Amelia smiled warmly and stroked the slime with one hand while continuing to read.
The lantern’s glow gently illuminated her orange hair—until it began to dim.
“Huh? Out of power already?”
She panicked a bit.
Other attendants usually replaced the mana stones at the right time, so she hadn’t kept a spare.
The room darkened completely.
No moonlight came through the windows either.
She had hoped to read for just 10 more minutes before sleep.
‘Guess I have no choice.’
She was about to close the scripture and lie down—
Wooooong...
The slime began to glow, softly illuminating the space around them.
“J-Jiggly!? Y-you’re glowing!?”
Amelia sat up in shock.
The slime was emitting light!
“Jiggly, how are you glowing? Are you okay?”
‘Glow! Read scripture!’
The slime pressed itself closer to Amelia, nuzzling the hand still resting on the open book.
“Are you glowing so I can keep reading?”
‘Yes!’
Brrrrrr!
“Haha...”
Amelia chuckled, unsure how to process the situation.
But knowing the slime was doing this for her filled her heart with warmth.
“Thank you, Jiggly.”
Amelia read for another 20 minutes before drowsiness finally returned.
She hugged the glowing slime tightly and drifted off to a peaceful sleep.
‘I’ll definitely take you outside next time… I promise.’