Arriving at the Giant Ent Kingdom. [Changed Bohak Forest Map]

Here are a few episodes that happened with Lime-sensei on the way to the Giant Ent Kingdom.

One day, while we were eating lunch, Lime-sensei took off her skirt and squatted down.

Melissa spread her arms to cover my and Winston’s eyes.

Lucy-nuna shouted at Lime-sensei in a flustered voice.

“W-What are you doing?!”

“Huh? I’m having a bowel movement?”

“You can’t do that!”

“It’s a natural physiological activity. What’s there to be ashamed of?”

“Still, you can’t! Come on, hurry!”

Lucy-nuna put Lime-sensei’s skirt back on and dragged her by the hand into the depths of the forest.

About 20 minutes later, Lime-sensei and Lucy-nuna returned.

Lime-sensei muttered in an annoyed voice.

“If it’s continental etiquette, I guess I have no choice… What a bother.”

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Another day, our group discovered four Orcs.

As soon as the Orcs saw us, they ran away without hesitation, but Lime-sensei shot them in the legs, and they all fell down and said.

The Orcs begged for their lives.

“We’re sorry, Forest Demon-nim! Please, spare us!”

“We don’t want to fight! Please, let us go!”

To our eyes, they were just delicious-looking food.

Lime-sensei ate one Orc, and we and the Slimes decided to share the rest.

Lime-sensei picked up an Orc and brought it to her stomach.

Incredibly, the Orc passed right through Lime-sensei’s stomach and disappeared.

Me, Lucy-nuna, Melissa, and Winston stared at the scene with wide eyes.

I asked out of curiosity.

“Lime-sensei, what did you do to the Orc?”

“Huh? I ate it?”

“How can you eat so fast? The other Slimes are putting them inside their bodies and slowly melting them, like you can see over there.”

“Ah, I’m a Space Slime, and I’ve lived a long time, so I have enormous spaces inside my body. I divided those spaces into rooms, and one of those rooms is full of my acidic digestive fluid. Right now, the Orc is submerged in the digestive fluid in that room.”

“Is the Orc dead?”

“Not yet. This digestive fluid doesn’t kill the target right away but slowly melts them alive. Wanna see?”

From Lime-sensei’s stomach, the upper body of the Orc, its skin completely melted away to reveal the muscle, popped out.

The Orc was groaning, its eyes and hair all melted away.

“S-Save… me… It… hurts…”

I asked.

“I see. Is it tasty to eat like that?”

“I like to melt my prey alive and eat them.”

“We should give Lime-sensei her food alive whenever possible, then.”

“Yeah. It’s better to eat them alive than dead.”

Me, Lucy-nuna, Melissa, and Winston all nodded at this.

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We continued walking through the forest.

In the distance, the plains of the Giant Ent Kingdom began to appear.

I shouted to the others, happy that I would soon see Zahara.

“That plain over there is the Giant Ent Kingdom! They’ll welcome us when we arrive.”

Lime-sensei said, reminiscing.

“A thousand years ago, this was all forest. It’s changed a lot.”

As we came out onto the plains, the 5th Legion Commander Hanipa happened to spot us and approached, leading soldiers.

Hanipa greeted us.

“Your Majesty. Welcome. I am truly honored to be on guard duty on the day of Your Majesty’s arrival.”

Lime-sensei asked back.

“Huh? Your Majesty?”

Hanipa pointed at Lime-sensei and asked me.

“Who might this be?”

I introduced Lime-sensei.

“She’s the former Queen of the Slime Kingdom, and now she’s my companion.”

Hanipa nodded and replied.

“I see. Your Majesty’s companion is an important guest of our kingdom. Your Majesty is the husband of our Queen Zahara-nim, so we have decided to call you Your Majesty.”

Lime-sensei exclaimed in admiration.

“Hee~ You’re an amazing person!”

Hanipa agreed with those words.

“Your Majesty is truly an amazing person. But Your Majesty’s aura has changed. It’s like seeing a divine being of a different level.”

I explained.

“I have become the Champion of the Dark Races. Leading and saving the Dark Races in this continent is the duty imposed on me.”

“Ooh! That’s amazing! I must quickly inform the Queen-nim of this joyful news. Please, follow me.”

Hanipa led us to the throne room.

We arrived at the throne room.

Zahara was waiting on the platform at the front.

Giant Ent executives were standing around her.

Zahara’s upper body showed her belly swollen with my daughter, Ctilla.

Next to Zahara was a golden chair that looked like my seat.

Zahara greeted me with a welcoming face.

“Husband! I’m glad you’ve returned safely. Did everything you were trying to do go well?”

“Yeah. I met the Slime Kingdom, and everything I was trying to do went well.”

“That’s a relief. Husband is the King of this kingdom, so please come to my side.”

I confidently walked forward and sat on the golden chair next to Zahara.

The others watched as if it were natural.

Zahara spoke to me.

“Husband’s aura has changed a lot. Husband looks like a divine being.”

I explained in a loud voice so that everyone in the throne room could hear.

“I experienced a lot on this journey and became stronger. I have become the Champion of the Dark Races, with the duty to lead and save the Dark Races in this continent.”

Zahara was moved.

“Amazing! My husband is the Champion of the Dark Races. This is a great blessing for the Giant Ent Kingdom!”

Zahara ordered the Giant Ents in the throne room.

“Listen! Announce to the entire kingdom the joyful news that the King of the Giant Ent Kingdom has become the Champion of the Dark Races!”

All the Giant Ents in the throne room bowed their heads and chanted in unison.

“We shall obey!!!”

Zahara looked at the Slime delegation and asked me.

“Husband. Please introduce these people to me.”

“My Tentacle Kingdom has become an allied nation of the Slime Kingdom. The blonde Elf here is Lime, the former Queen of the Slime Kingdom, and our companion.”

Lime-sensei waved her hand and greeted Zahara.

“Hello~”

Lime-sensei spoke informally, so I hurriedly added.

“And she’s been alive since 1000 years ago.”

Zahara nodded as if she understood.

“Nice to meet you. Why are you in the form of an Elf?”

Lime-sensei transformed her lower body into Slime and then back again, saying.

“I have the ability to transform into an Elf.”

“I see.”

I pointed at the Slimes and introduced them.

“And these people here are the Slime delegation. We’ve decided to build a Slime embassy in the Tentacle Kingdom.”

Chidi stepped forward as the representative and greeted her.

“Nice to meet you, Queen-nim of the Giant Ent Kingdom. I am Chidi, the representative of the Slime delegation. Our kingdom would also like to have friendly exchanges with the Giant Ent Kingdom. Slimes from the Slime Kingdom will be visiting you later.”

Zahara said.

“Welcome. My husband’s companions are the Giant Ent’s companions. The Giant Ent Kingdom will become an allied nation of the Slime Kingdom. Please, have a pleasant time during your stay here.”

“Thank you.”

Zahara called me.

“Husband.”

“Why?”

“But doesn’t the Giant Ent Kingdom need a delegation?”

Her voice was slightly disappointed.

I apologized to Zahara.

“Zahara. I’m really sorry. Next to the Tentacle Kingdom is a giant human kingdom. Humans consider Giant Ents more dangerous than Slimes. It could give them an excuse for subjugation.”

“Then there’s no helping it. It’s a shame.”

“If I get rid of the human kingdom, I’ll definitely send you a delegation. I’ll definitely build you an embassy.”

“It’s a promise.”

“And how’s the construction of the Giant Ent city around the Tentacle Kingdom going?”

Zahara replied.

“That’s quite a long story, so how about we talk about it over dinner? Wouldn’t the guests be tired too?”

“Yeah. Let’s do that.”

“I’ll guide you to your accommodations first, so you can unpack your luggage.”

We were guided to the guest accommodations by the Giant Ent maids.

I had two accommodations.

One was my room in the guest accommodations so that I could meet with other people, and the other was the Queen’s room.

Since I was the King, I could freely come and go from the Queen’s room.

Zahara held my hand tightly and asked me to come to her room.

I nodded.

I wanted to spend time with my lovely wife, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time.

After unpacking our luggage, we went to the dining hall, guided by the maids.

In the center of the dining hall was a huge rectangular table.

On one side of the table, the high-ranking Giant Ent executives, including Zahara, were sitting with rectangular cushions laid out on ant bellies.

High rectangular boxes were provided for the Slimes.

I sat in front of Zahara.

The others also took their seats.

As the maids carried the dishes, the meal began.

Giant mole T-bone steak, Matango pieces stir-fried with pepper and salt, and aphid drinks were served.

I asked Zahara about our daughter.

“How’s my daughter, Ctilla?”

“Hoh hoh hoh. She’s still moving in my belly. She seems even happier today to meet her father.”

“That’s good, as long as she’s healthy. Out of the total three months from pregnancy to childbirth, is there about six weeks left now?”

“How do you remember so well? There’s about five to six weeks left. I’m so happy that Husband is showing so much interest in our daughter.”

In fact, I had calculated the due date in advance to get praised by Zahara.

I asked about the new city being built.

“How’s the construction of the Giant Ent city around the Bradon Territory going?”

“I went to the area. When I went, a person named Edgar contacted me through the Tentacle communication network.”

“Yeah. Did Edgar do a good job?”

“When I revealed that I was Husband’s wife, he was very kind to me.”

“Of course.”

“After consulting with Edgar, we decided to build a new underground city in the forest about 15km south of the Bradon Territory. We will maintain the area above the underground city as a forest without logging.”

15km is half the north-south distance of Seoul, if I remember correctly.

“You’re maintaining it as a forest so that humans don’t find out, right?”

“That’s right. We plan to create a huge underground city that extends to below the Bradon Territory.”

“Good job. How’s the construction of the tunnel connecting here to the Bradon Territory going?”

“Right now, Giant Ent workers are working on digging a tunnel to the Bradon Territory. They’ve already dug a lot, and they’ll reach it in a few more weeks. Once the tunnel is completed, we’ll be able to quickly move supplies and manpower, which will speed up the city’s construction.”

“That’s good. But where will Zahara be? I want to see Zahara a lot….”

“Puhut. Husband is such a child. The newly built city will be a stepping stone for the Giant Ents to go out into the continent, so it’s important. Therefore, as the Queen, I must be there to develop the city. We have decided to call this place ‘Bagellia’ and the newly created city ‘Barain.’ I will go to Barain.”

“I’m glad I can see you a lot.”

“I feel the same way. Now, would you like to tell me your story?”

“What happened in the Slime Kingdom?”

“Yes. I want to hear about Husband’s valiant achievements.”

“Okay.”

I told her everything: how I witnessed the battle between the Slimes and the Killer Bees when I arrived in the Slime Kingdom and rescued the Slimes,

how the Slime Kingdom was isolated by the Killer Bees and the Slimes were eaten,

how we made an antidote for the Killer Bee venom,

and how we won the battle.

I deliberately didn’t talk about my relationship with the Killer Bee Queen.

The Slimes around me chimed in with my story.

Zahara and the high-ranking executives of the Giant Ent Kingdom exclaimed and admired.

Giant Ent General Muhuja looked at me with respectful eyes and praised me.

“Your Majesty has done a truly great thing. I feel sorry for the Killer Bees, but to bestow freedom upon an entire kingdom is an incredible achievement.”

Zahara also praised me.

“I said that I saw potential when I first saw Husband. Husband has shown grace to the Slime Kingdom, becoming their close friend, and has even become the Champion of the Dark Races. My eyes, which chose Husband, were not wrong. I’m so happy.”

I could only laugh awkwardly.

“Hahahaha.”

We finished dinner.

Zahara asked my party members for their understanding and decided to monopolize me tonight.

Zahara and I headed to the royal bathhouse exclusively for the Queen.

It was to relieve my fatigue and have a good time with Zahara there.

Since Zahara was pregnant and shouldn’t be in hot water for a long time, we decided to shower together in moderately lukewarm water.

The royal bathhouse was a building that connected a luxurious room and a bathhouse.

Zahara and I entered the luxurious room.

In the room, there were luxurious furniture and light stones that could be turned on and off on the ceiling.

On the wall of the room, there was a door leading to the bathroom.

I asked Zahara.

“Shall we take a bath together?”

“Yes. My beloved Husband.”

[Modified Bohawk Forest Map]