The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick up Trash - Volume 1 - Chapter 19

Chapter 19:

Sora Snacks

TO MY SURPRISE, Sora oozed its body over the potion before it—till then, I hadn’t thought it could do anything more than roll around. Soon enough, the potion was sucked inside of Sora, sizzling away. Beneath the translucent surface of the slime, the potion fizzed and bubbled out of the bottle until it disappeared, followed shortly by the container itself. It was incredible. I’d had a feeling, but it was a real shock to actually see it.

“Wow, Sora! You can process organic and inorganic material?”

As I watched the slime, it started to fidget jerkily. Asking for more, maybe? I headed back to the dump and hunted for a few more blue potions. Altogether, I found twenty-one of them, but they were all expiring or expired—some were so discolored that their hues weren’t even listed in my book. Was it really okay for Sora to eat this stuff?

I was worried, so I put the ten that weren’t outright revolting in front of Sora.

Gloop, gloop. One after another, Sora sucked the potions in. It was kind of funny to watch. After the ten potions were gone, Sora fidgeted again.

Mm…there are more, but I dunno about giving Sora those.

As I hesitated, worrying, Sora rolled over to the other potions. Did it not have any other way of moving? I watched as the slime bumped into a potion and stopped. Maybe it had a hard time stopping on its own once it got rolling. I’m sure it could stop, but I had no idea how.

After bonking into the potion, Sora enveloped it and started digesting. Each remaining potion disappeared into Sora, one by one. Huh. If Sora thought they were fine to snack on, then they probably were.

But, man, it sure was eating a lot, and fast! Was it hungry? Slimes could digest different amounts depending on the individual. How much could collapsed slimes digest?

After slurping up all twenty-one potions, Sora didn’t quiver so much. It seemed satisfied. Good. I wouldn’t have any more potions for you if you kept on spasming like before.

“Ah! My potions…”

Oops. Sora had eaten all the ones in my bag, but it was too late to do anything about that. Next time, I’d secure a set amount for myself and give the rest to the slime. Without blue potions, future wounds might fester. Any traveler really needed to have some on hand.

These collapsed slimes sure were mysterious. I guessed that was because nobody had ever been able to tame one.

“Sora…what other mysteries are you hiding?” I wondered.

Sora burbled peacefully in the wind. As I watched it, my eyes slowly drifted shut…and that’s when I fell asleep.

Whoops. Maybe I’m getting a little too relaxed these days.

Now I was a little worried about my future.