After booking a room, Nellin and her group brought the sli inside.
The room they gathered in was a four-person room originally reserved for the Godrick party, so even with eight people, it felt spacious.
Rather than explaining what had happened so far to the sli first, Nellin flopped face-down onto the bed and spoke.
“Hey, give that massage or whatever it is too. I've always been curious about it.”
“Yes, Lady Nellin......”
"Nellin sis.......”
“Oh, co on. You guys have all had it already. What’s wrong with trying it too?”
‘Massage! Massage!’
Boing!
The sli imdiately jumped off Def’s head and landed on Nellin’s back.
Pop!
Then it extended its tentacles to Nellin’s shoulders and started the massage right away.
Brrrrrrrr!
“O-oh-oh-oh, ooooh~ ahhh~ this feels amazing~.”
Not just her back, but also the tentacle massage on her shoulders received rave reviews from Nellin.
“Wow, Tongtong actually pulled out tentacles!”
“Well, it is a sli, so it can pull out tentacles.”
“It really has grown since we last saw it.”
“Heh, by the way, Nellin sis’s voice sounds like an old man having a drink after work.”
“Hawane, you and I need to talk later.”
“Haha...... Hawane never changes.”
Familiar with the usual banter of the Godrick party, Paulen watched with a smile.
“Well then, I should get ready too.”
Paulen started taking off his top.
“P-Paladin!? Why are you taking off your clothes all of a sudden!?”
“Well, it’s because I want to get a massage from Jiggly too, Miss Gracie.”
“I-I see.”
Gracie couldn’t argue against such a confident answer.
Then Alia moved to stand behind Paulen, who was near the bed.
“Saintess?”
“I also want to get Jiggly’s massage after so long.....”
“I want it too!”
“Let’s see how much it has improved.”
When Skol and then Godrick also lined up, “Jiggly’s massages are good for focus too!”
Gracie also quietly joined the line.
***
“Phew! I feel so refreshed. No wonder everyone kept praising the massage.”
After the sli’s massage ended, Nellin praised his skills with a bright expression.
“Ah! You’ve improved so much, Jiggly! Your massage skills are even better than before!”
Of course, Nellin wasn’t the only one praising it.
Paulen, well-known for his muscles, also admired how much better his muscles felt than before.
And the rest of the group all wore relaxed expressions after receiving the sli’s massage.
“It really got so much better.......”
“Hehe, Tongtong’s gotten even better.”
“Is it really a sli, though?”
“Thanks to this, I feel like I can focus more on magic~”
anwhile, the viewers watching this scene were more interested in sothing other than the sli’s massage.
They were curious about the mbers who had gathered there.
▶ Wow, except for that big nest human, everyone’s here.
▶ How did they know that muscle human, orange human, and the one with all the accessories would show up too lol.
▶ No one expected even that Kanf to appear.
The viewers could understand why the Godrick party would look for the sli.
But no one imagined that the person nad Marin was actually the elf the sli had first t.
That’s because only Troll realized Marin was Nellin!
For the other viewers, this eting was nothing short of a surprise stream.
▶ So who’s doing the sparring content now?
▶ Ah~ I liked watching them fight clumsily though.
▶ Will they take turns?
▶ Now that the orange human showed up, is it ti for healing content again?
As the group grew larger, the monsters discussed among themselves what content might co next.
While the chat was getting rowdy, Nellin got up from the bed and looked at the sli.
“Well then, let’s test sothing.”
‘Test?’
“Nellin sis, what do you an by test?”
“Of course, it’s to see how smart Tongtong really is.”
“But don’t we already know Tongtong is smart?”
“You all thought it could only understand words so far. You didn’t know it could write until I told you. So let’s test it here. Honestly, even I’m still not fully convinced just hearing about it.”
“Ah...... it would be good to confirm it for sure.”
‘If this goes well, I might get even closer to Jiggly.’
“I-I definitely want to confirm it.”
‘If this gets fully proven, it’ll be an incredible discovery!’
Alia and Gracie both strongly agreed with Nellin’s proposed test.
“Hehe, I actually prepared all this for just this mont~.”
Nellin pulled out paper and a pen from her luggage.
Then she started writing nas on the paper.
Alexandros II.
Tongtong.
Jiggly.
These were all nas that the sli had been called.
Nellin placed the paper with the nas in front of the sli.
“Hey, Tongtong. Poke them in the order you were called. Since you can write, you should understand this much, right?”
‘It’s nas!’
What did she write?
▶ What’s this about the order they were called?
[Squishy Queen] ▶ Troll!!! Can’t you co out and tell us what it says imdiately!?
[Free Spirit] ▶ It says Alexandros II, Tongtong, Jiggly. Those are the nas Squishy was called so far.
▶ Eh, that’s it? Kinda boring.
Pop!
▶ Lol, was it just a reading test?
The sli pulled out its tentacles again and lightly poked the nas on the paper.
Of course, it poked them in the order it had been called.
Alexandros II, Tongtong, Jiggly.
“As expected, it can read.”
“Hmm, Lady Nellin. I think that was a bit too easy.”
“Easy? Then what do you suggest?”
“Let’s do this. Please lend it to for a mont.”
Paulen took the paper and pen and began writing the nas of everyone currently in the room on the paper.
“Jiggly, if you can really read letters.”
Paulen placed the paper with all the nas in front of the sli.
“Read the nas starting from here and point to the person they belong to with your tentacle. It’s a na-guessing ga.”
‘Na-guessing ga!’
Boing!
Delighted by the new ga, the sli imdiately started reading the paper.
‘Alia! Def! Gracie! Skol! Godrick! Nellin! Hawane! Paulen!’
The sli pointed to each person in the order their nas were written.
“Perfect.”
“Bro! Tongtong can really read all our nas!”
“Should we have asked it to choose from a nu when we ordered food instead?”
“Jiggly isn’t just kind but also really smart!”
“This... this is truly the discovery of the century!”
“Ventus would be interested in this. Oh, by the way. Hey, so which na do you actually like being called the most?”
‘Which na?’
Not understanding what Nellin ant, the sli tilted its body curiously.
“Look at this.”
Nellin pointed to the three nas written on the paper with her finger.
She pointed out the nas the sli had been called so far.
“Which one do you like the most? Alexandros II? Tongtong? Jiggly? Honestly, it’s a pain for us to call you by different nas. Choose the one you like the most.”
What Nellin was proposing was to unify how they called it.
“So you an we should decide on one na to call Jiggly by?”
“Yeah. It’s best if it gets called by the na it likes the most. Don’t you agree?”
“That makes sense.”
“Tongtong! Which na would you like?”
The sli looked at the paper and thought.
Which na did it want to be called the most?
The one Jessie gave it, Alexandros II?
The one Def gave it, Tongtong?
Or the one Alia gave it, Jiggly?
What did it want to be called by its human friends?
As it pondered, the sli suddenly rembered.
The very first na it chose for itself when it was born in this world.
Not from humans, but from those who always watched over it.
‘Squishy!’
If it was going to have an official na, and be called by its close friends, the sli thought that this na felt the best.
And so.
Sliiiide!
The sli reached out a tentacle and grabbed the pen Nellin was holding.
“Huh?”
Although she was surprised by the sudden grab, Nellin handed over the pen without resistance.
Then, using the pen, the sli wrote on the paper.
The na it wanted to be called.
‘This one!’
Tap tap!
After writing it, the sli tapped the paper with the pen for emphasis.
“What’s this? Squishy?”
‘Squishy!’
Boing!
“You want to be called this? Toton... no, Squishy?”
‘Yes!’
Boing!
“I never expected it would actually choose its own na.”
“Heh, Squishy... it really suits you. Though I personally prefer Alexandros II...”
“Well, it is squishy, so Squishy does fit.”
Skol poked the sli—no, Squishy—with his finger.
“Alright! Then let’s all call it Squishy from now on! Everyone’s fine with that, right?”
“Yes, if Squishy likes it, I’m fine with it too.”
“M- too!”
▶ Oh, so the humans are finally calling it by a proper na?
▶ Having multiple nas was fun too, though.
▶ But yeah, it’s easier to just stick to Squishy~.
[Squishy Queen] ▶ Hmph! Finally, my kin is being called by the right na!
[Thread-Lady] ▶ Squishy is cute no matter what na it has~.
[Noblesse Fire] ▶ Enough about the na, aren’t these guys going to do sothing else?
[Just Slam First] ▶ Spar! Hurry up and spar, Squishy! Show that muscle human your new strength!
***
After Nellin and her group took the sli to the room, Claire quietly spent ti at the inn’s first floor, sipping a drink.
While she was sitting there, an adventurer ca up and put a hand on her shoulder.
“Too bad. You’ll have to part with Tongtong now.”
“Huh?”
“The people who ca to retrieve Tongtong are here now. This village... it’ll feel lonely.”
The adventurer thought Claire was going to complete her quest and separate from the sli, so he was trying to comfort her.
“It’s okay. When there’s a goodbye, there’s also a new eting. Even if you part ways now, you’ll et again soday...”
“I’m not parting with it.”
“Huh?”
“I’m not parting with Tongtong.”
“W-what? But isn’t the quest to find the sli over now?”
“Yes, that’s true. But if Marin leaves this village, I’m going to follow. Marin promised to teach how to beco stronger after finding Tongtong. So I have to learn.”
“Ah, ahh~ is that so?”
“Yeah.”
The adventurer felt extrely awkward.
“Ahem! Looks like this village is the only one that’s going to get lonely~.”
The adventurer wasn’t shaless enough to keep standing there, so he quickly left the inn.
‘Thank goodness I didn’t talk to her first.’
‘I almost embarrassed myself.’
‘She’s going with them?’
Thanks to that one adventurer’s sacrifice, the other guests at the inn who had thought about comforting Claire were spared from embarrassnt.
Not long after, Nellin’s group ca downstairs with the sli.
Seeing Claire waiting on the first floor, Nellin spoke.
“Oh, by the way, you guys never properly thanked her.”
“Ah!”
“Oh, right! We were so happy to see... Squishy again that we completely forgot.”
“W-we need to thank her properly!”
“Heh, we can’t betray a favor.”
“How could I make such a mistake!”
“Let’s go, Saintess.”
The group approached Claire one by one to thank her, and Claire just replied with a quiet “Mm” and nodded several tis.
“Q-quite a reserved person.”
“She looks so cute, but she talks... s-so little.”
Her unwavering attitude left Alia and Gracie flustered.
anwhile, Paulen looked up at the sli sitting on Def’s head and spoke.
“Squishy! How about a workout after so long?”
‘Workout!’
Brrrrrr!
“Hehehe, it tickles, Squishy!”
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