White continued to retreat with minimal movement in order to avoid triggering any suspicion.

It was clear the woman held a strong interest in him from the start since he'd been saved beneath the village mines.

...But why?

"Friend. Friend. Friend. Friend. Friend. Friend.Friend. Fwrien. Fwe. Fu. F-"

The woman continued to mutter quickly under her breath. But the voice was coming from the back of her head strangely.

Her fingers were creaking and cracking as she fidgeted incessantly.

A viscous liquid was leaking out of the entirety of her body as she did so, her body deforming to an extreme degree. Her skin turned glossier and looser with each passing second, melding with the rest of her disfiguring body as if turning into a slag of alloy; The color of her flesh began to turn translucent and sticky as it began to droop down. The metallic white armor and the sheathed sword around her waist were also beginning to fall down to the floor as if being dragged down by her rapidly decreasing height, stretching the skin and crumpling the flesh slowly.

Her breastplate didn't fall off the body and instead collapsed on top of her new form, as the woman had successfully turned into something else entirely.

Her cuisse covering her thighs, poleyn on her kneecaps, greaves and sabatons all dropped onto the ground as well, with the liquid matter leaking out of them. Essentally, all of her equipment had fallen off her slime form.

"...FR...IEND...?"

The woman who transformed into a ball of slime, spoke out with a threatening tone. The distortion in the voice created a creepy disposition around it.

Or rather, the voice still didn't come from the slime. Now that it did not have a mouth nor an opague body to hide its way of speaking, White could finally see why he felt an inconsistency with the direction of its voice.

It had the head of an elf protruding out the back of its body who spoke on its behalf.

But White wasn't deterred or afraid in the slightest. He continued backing off slowly, as he asked.

"You're... a slime...?"

But the slime did not answer him and just repeated her own question aggressively, as it hardened a part of its protruding body to form a sharp sickle. A strong surge of bloodlust burst forth from its small and seemingly harmless body.

"Friend?! Friend?!"

"-! Yes, friend. Friend."

This time White replied quickly as he realized that he might have been treading on dangerous grounds if he did not do so obediently. He noticed that the slime-turned woman might have a very strong controlling nature.

Since his objective was to buy as much as time as he could before Soma returned with enough mana to fight her, White did not resist in the slightest bit.

He knew how sharp those were, as it had used it to break his chains earlier when he was held captive. Hearing his affirmation of his allegiance, the slime loosened its aura of bloodlust slightly.

"...Friend."

"...Yeah that's right, friend."

"...Friend... Friend... Friend... Friend... Friend... Friend... Friend... Friend... Friend... Friend..."

White looked at the slime silently in an attempt to find out about its intent, while the slime continued to repeat itself slowly; He didn't have a reason to interrupt it as he continued to inch away slowly. He began to ponder the reason it had a head to speak in its stead.

...The time when she saved me as well. Perhaps... slimes do not have any vocal organs organically? Did it sever off the heads of elves to use their throats to channel her voice...? ...

It reminded White of mimics in dungeons, where it could replicate the appearance and voices of people to lure their prey closer.

...It is truly a monster. And totally different from a normal slime in those novels... What is up with that misinformation... The books you read are so useless... tch.

During the time when White was trying to understand more about the unusual slime before him, he had taken the opportunity to widen the gap between them when the slime had lower movement speed while in that gooey form.

...Alright. I think this distance is enough. It shouldn't be able to get close easily... I'll run in a zig-zag pattern too if it helps. The terrain in this forest doesn't seem good for either of us to maneuver in, but I should be able to ditch it if I run with a steady pace.

As White began to solidify the direction for his escape route, he turned to look at his back to ensure he would not trip over some random object on the ground that would ruin his escape plans.

But the slime spoke again, as if displeased by the lack of attention given to it.

"Friend. Why look. Away."

"-!"

Following those disjointed words, it lashed out tentacles from its body and constricted White's body immediately.

He was rendered immobile in an instant.

Shit! I shouldn't have done that-! I'd been too caught up in the assumption that she had already turned passive...!

He had no way out now, as his life was now in the hands of this monster.

"...Ugh..."

"Why. Look away. Friend. ...Friend... ...No?"

"Nngh!!!... C-can't...b-brea... Friend! Friend! We're...nnnghhh... friends!"

The tentacles loosened their grip when White articulated the word that the slime wanted to hear.

"*cough cough*"

...I'm saved again... Her irrational behavior when she's like this is too volatile... I need to remember this...

"...Okay. Friend. Question."

...Huh? She wants to ask something again?

Wiping the drool on his mouth, White answered back.

"...Yes...? Friend?"

"Friend. Human?"

What is she asking? Isn't that obvious...? ...Is this the reason why she's interested in me...? She didn't like elves, but humans...? In any case, I should give a reply quickly...

"Yes. Human. You don't like elves?"

But White's conjecture was wrong.

"Not. That. Friend. Human. ...Why, monster smell?"

...Monster smell?

"...What do you mean?"

The slime tightened the constriction around White again impatiently, much to White's dismay.

This fucking tongue-tied slime-!!! Is it thinking that I'm disobeying its orders just because I didn't understand it?! Fuck!

Then it asked again.

"Human. Why, monster smell?"

"Aarghhh, s-stop! What are you e...even asking?!"

"Human. Why, monster smell?"

"I-! ...I don't..."

White was beginning to lose consciousness from the lack of oxygen intake.

Sensing that it might have gone too far, the slime released White from its tentacles quickly. It seemed like it had not intended to kill him just yet.

White choked on air with some difficulties in breathing for a while, which the slime made use of to come closer to him.

The armor and all of its equipment on the floor was being dragged along with its flexible body, as if it was done so for the slime to return to human form fully equipped without a hitch.

The distance that White had created was now futile.

As if returning to its senses, the slime slowly returned to the appearance of the woman he had seen the slime in before.

When she was done, she seemed like a normal human person once more. A voice came out from the back of her head again, which was likely still where she had fixed the head for conversing.

"...That was harsh of me, oh dear... It's really something out of my control, these impulses are getting more and more frequent since then... Well, out of my previous curiousity, I'm going to allow you to speak~

...Why do you, a human, have the characteristics of a monster...? ...Wait, did I phrase that right? Mindset? Eh... uhhh..."

"...Why do I think like a monster... is that what you're as-"

"-Yes! That's right~! Hehhh, I like smart guys like you... You're interesting in a different way this time... I wonder how many more faces you're going to show me~?

...So what is then? What is your secret?"

"Ah, I see. You find my cold-blooded nature interesting, correct?"

"Aha~ You catch on quick! Or should I say, as expected? Heehee~ Maybe I should let you speak more often? You're a very interesting person, for a human~ But you're not answering~ The question~"

"... I can't really answer that, until Soma returns."

White attempted to lie without batting an eyelid.

"...Soma...?"

She narrowed her eyes, and smirked with an amused look.

"That obsessive woman...? Hehhh..."

...You're one to speak...

...?!

The slime woman pushed White's throat down with both of her hands, making him lose his balance and fall down onto the ground with his back against the grass.

Her hands that were strangling his neck were extremely cold, as if devoid of any semblance of body temperature. Pushing him down like this, the slime woman eventually straddled on top of his body. 4 tentacles were formed from the back of her body as they quickly locked down all of White's limbs in place.

She opened her mouth lasciviously with saliva strands sticking to the ends and used her tongue to wetten her lips with an indecent movement, revealing the sharp ends of her perfect set of pearly-white teeth. Then she closed in to White's left ear, where she slowly moved her tongue around its tip in a circular fashion.

More than feeling arousal, White was experiencing a tinge of fear from it.

"...Did you know~? *nom* No matter how hard you try to lie with a straight face, the pulse of humans rises slightly when they do so~ *slurp*"

"Ghhh..."

She moved on to the other ear.

"...So you knowww~? *nom* I dislike liarsss~ I've already made you an exception as a human... *slurp*"

"Ughhh..."

Then to his neck while White was still immobilized, as the slime woman raunchily worked her way down to his chest.

"*slurp* You're *slurp* intriguing, ...smart even~ *slurp* But that's all there is to it."

She stopped for a moment, and held eye contact with White who was attempting to resist the tingly sensations driven by her dangerous and lusty tongue movement.

"If... If, I ever feel like you're trying to trick me again, I will devour you immediately."

The slime woman narrowed her eyes, as she gave out a very stern warning.

"I hope~ You remember~ That~"

"-!!!"

"Aha~ you moaned a little didn't you~ Do you perhaps, have a fetish of wanting to be dominated~? Hehe, what a surprising weakness~ How cute~"

"...! I... I do n-"

The slime woman returned to his left ear and blew into it crudely.

"!!! Y-you...!"

"Hee hee~ What did I even want to ask about, I don't even care anymore~ ...That's it~! I think I know what I want you to be, now that I've actually put my heart into it~

How about it, want to become my servant...? I'll even keep you alive if you give me your consent~ Isn't that a good deal~?"

"...! N-no, definitely not! Nngh... No... I want to live freely... to be bound like this..."

She was circling her finger around his chest teasingly, her fingernails gliding along them smoothly.

"Oops, I forgot to tell you I'm a terrible, terrible hypocrite~ Too bad, you don't have a choice~ I gave you the illusion of choice, just to see that expression~

Aahhh~ It's so satisfying~ That pained look on your face, aahhh~ It's too muchhh~"

"...Ghhh... This humiliation... you're no better than that woma-"

"-Don't."

A tinge of cold sensation was felt on his neck again. Except that he felt a slight cut on its skin.

A sickle was formed around his neck.

"Were you about to mention another woman...? In front of your master...?"

"... ..."

"That's no good. Yep, that's no good at all indeed~, it seems like I have to-"

"-To what? What are you doing to Master..., you slut?"

An annoyed voice interrupted the slime woman midway.

"...Speak of the devil..."

Amidst his hopes for salvation, White immediately recognized that voice.

He couldn't see the person while tied to the ground, but he knew help has arrived.

?! That woman is back already?!

That's quick, did she finish recovering her mana already? ...The timing is perfect!

"You're back? Help m-"

"Shut up and stay there please, Master. I need to teach this thieving cat a lesson! It seems like I can't even take my eyes off you for a second."

"...Huh?"

"Lay down there obediently please~ She called you a master didn't she~?

...Hehhh~ You're not really a 'Master' in my eyes~ It seems like this conflict is necessary to show you that you do not need anyone else except me in your life from this point on~"

"...Master is too attractive for his own good. You've even attracted cockroaches... women this displeasing to look at... The outside might seem nice, but the insides are definitely rotten!

KILL... ...Must... Kill... I will kill her for Master's own sake okay~? I've rushed to your side for this very reason after all! When I thoroughly melt her arms with acid, gouge out her eyeballs and cut open her intestines, I should have enough ingredients~ Got to procure a fresh taste for Master after all~ Ahnnn, Soma you're so thoughtful... Master will definitely fall more in love with me like thisss!!! Then I'll boil them, and cook them. And cook them. And cook them. And cook eeeeeeverything together with love...!!! Aaahhh~ You'll eat them, right Master?! You will accept my love right? You will accept it of course right?! Hehe~ hehehehehe~"

... ...

...It didn't seem like help has arrived after all. Both of them were mentally incapable of handling their twisted love correctly.

"...Im appalled... Words are wasted on such an unintelligent human, let us begin without further delay!!!"

The slime woman lost her composure and held a dangerous glint in her eyes. She drew her ceremonial sword from the sheath on her waist.

At once, the 6 skeletons on the ground nearby were reanimated again.

"What do you know about our love?! Slut, I could say the same to you. You will regret, ever touching Master again...!"

On Soma's side, the patterns on her sword glowed red ominously as if charged fully with blood. Taking a stance, she roared out expletives to express her pent-up anger; Her expression filled with murderous intent.

Looking helplessly at the confrontation of the two women which was evidently imminent, White uncharacteristically thought to himself...

...White...

Why do you have such bad luck with women...