While Nellin, Paulen, Alia, and Gracie were eting with Troll and Presia, Godrick’s group was having a fun ti with Squishy.
The location was the four-person room they had been assigned to stay in.
“Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Haaaah! Ack!”
“Skol lost.”
“Ha! Losing to Squishy? Pathetic!”
“Nice job, Squishy!”
“Ughhhh! Why are you so good at this?!”
Since it seed like it would take so ti for the others to return, Godrick’s group decided to take this chance to play with Squishy for the first ti in a while.
The first ga Skol suggested was clap clap ga (also known as “sesese”), basically a hand-clapping ga.
Originally, it’s a ga where you sing a song while repeating certain movents.
But since Squishy couldn’t sing, they taught him only the motions first and explained that the winner would be the one who could keep up the longest.
At first, Squishy was confused by the sequence and was slower than the group, losing a few tis.
But he quickly got the hang of it and was now winning repeatedly even against Skol, who was the best at the ga.
‘This is fun!’
Squishy really liked this ga.
Rather than competing for speed, he enjoyed the constant physical contact with others.
“Wow, I never thought I’d play a ga from my childhood village with Squishy like this.”
“Hehe, back then Squishy didn’t even have tentacles.”
“Alright, then how about we try arm wrestling next?”
“But there’s no table here, boss.”
“Hawane! Go borrow one from downstairs real quick. If it’s for playing with Squishy, I’m sure they’ll lend it to us.”
“Why should I listen to the boss’s orders?”
“Stop ssing around and go already.”
“Heh, I’ll be quick.”
A mont later, Hawane ca back into the room carrying a table.
“Squishy. Let’s see how strong your tentacle has gotten in an arm wrestling match.”
Godrick put Squishy on the table and placed his own elbow down.
And that scene...
▶ What’s that human doing? LOL
▶ Wow, acting like he’s stronger than Squishy.
▶ Looks like he thinks he’s tougher than Squishy.
▶ Don’t talk too big, he looks weak anyway.
To viewers who had been watching Squishy’s strength all along, it was basically cody.
The result was obvious.
But they didn’t mind it.
Viewers loved it when a cocky opponent got humiliated.
‘Arm wrestling!’
Squishy extended his tentacle.
But it didn’t stop there.
‘......~!’
Squishy focused and infused mana into the tentacle.
As he evolved, Squishy’s basic abilities had improved.
This included not just pure strength, but also his skill in manipulating mana and shaping his tentacles.
In the past, he couldn’t form complex shapes with his tentacles.
But now, he could.
‘A hand!’
“Huh, huh?”
“Ma-Squishy? Your tentacle...”
While channeling mana, Squishy shaped it as he wished.
Thus, the tentacle transford into a hand shape.
It didn’t perfectly imitate a human hand, but at least it looked like a rounded, hand-like tentacle.
▶ WTF, what is that?
▶ Wow! Tentacle human hand!
▶ Is this even a sli anymore?
[Squishy Queen]▶ Once you get used to transforming tentacles, stuff like this is easy! You guys get surprised over anything.
▶ Ah! TransformX!
[Just Slam First]▶ He’s not going to stop using body slams and start using that hand instead, right, Squishy?!
▶ LOL, the hype is real.
“Now you’re making a hand too?”
“Amazing, Squishy!”
“Hmmm.”
Squish squish.
Hawane poked Squishy’s new tentacle hand with his fingers.
“So squishy!”
“But you only made the hand part. Shouldn’t there be a forearm too?”
‘Forearm!’
Boing!
Expanding the volu was easy, so Squishy quickly elongated the tentacle and thickened it to form the forearm.
“Oh.”
“Alright, let’s do this!”
Godrick sat on the bed and clasped Squishy’s new hand.
‘Ah, so squishy.’
“Here we go, Squishy!”
‘Okay!’
They began arm wrestling.
And then...
“Grrrrrrrrgh!”
“Boss! You can do it!”
“Heh, the boss’s struggling look is pretty cool.”
“You... I-I know you’re mocking !”
“Squishy, go for it!”
Of course, Squishy was overwhelming Godrick.
Godrick’s face turned bright red, and the veins in his forearm bulged from straining so hard.
But he couldn’t budge Squishy’s sli arm at all, and Squishy’s tentacle slowly pushed Godrick’s arm down until finally...
Thunk.
“Gahhh!”
Godrick’s hand hit the table.
“Squishy wins!”
“Wow!”
Clap clap clap!
‘I won!’
Boing! Boing!
Thrilled at winning the ga, Squishy jumped excitedly on the table.
▶ Totally expected outco.
[Noblesse Fire] That pathetic human, what was he thinking challenging Squishy?
▶ Ah~ but it’s fun. Cheers~.
[Squishy Queen]▶ Now you understand the difference in power with my kin!
▶ They didn’t really underestimate Squishy, did they?
▶ What’s the next ga? Hurry up!
“Huff, huff.”
Godrick had pushed himself to his limit but ultimately couldn’t stand up to Squishy.
‘I can’t be the only one who suffers.’
He wanted to share this experience with his dear comrades.
“Hey, next up is Skol. You try it.”
“? But I’m weaker than the boss.”
“Co on, everyone has to take a turn!”
“Hmph, how pathetic, Boss.”
“Pathetic or not! Co on! Everyone, hurry up and take your turn!”
Following Godrick’s command, the remaining three also arm-wrestled with Squishy.
“What?! Why won’t it even budge?!”
“It’s ti to show my true strength! Hrrrnnngh!”
“S-Squishy is really strong! Grrrrr!”
Just like with Godrick, the result was Squishy’s overwhelming victory.
Even though they were forced to participate by Godrick, once they started arm wrestling, their pride as n kicked in and they gave it their all — but it was useless.
All they gained from it was the realization that Squishy’s tentacle arm was extrely squishy.
“Hey, Hawane. Return the table.”
“Boss, I’ve used up all my hidden strength and now I can’t move a muscle.”
Hawane lay flat on the bed as if to show his absolute refusal to return the table.
“That bastard…!”
“Hey, Squishy! Can you use that arm to give a massage? My arm is sore from arm wrestling. Co on, knead it a bit!”
‘Knead?’
When Skol stuck out his arm, Squishy tilted his body in confusion.
Skol made a kneading motion on his own forearm with his other hand.
“Ah! Like this! Try kneading it like this. You’re good at massages, so I bet you’ll be good at this too, right?”
‘Knead!’
Realizing what Skol wanted, Squishy imdiately grabbed Skol’s forearm with his tentacle arm.
Squeeze! Squeeze!
Even though it had changed shape, the massage techniques Squishy had learned through vibration massages stayed the sa.
“Ohhh! That’s great. That’s exactly it!”
‘Skol likes it! Vibration too! I’ll do it!’
Brrrrrrrrrr!
Happy that Skol was enjoying it, Squishy added vibrations.
“Oh, ooooooh~!”
Skol’s muscles, which had stiffened from exerting too much force during arm wrestling, loosened up rapidly.
“S-Squishy! next, please!”
“ too!”
“I want one too!”
Instantly, three massage requests were lined up.
***
After finishing their long conversation with Troll and Presia, Nellin’s group returned to the inn.
“Excuse . Could you please tell the folks upstairs to return the table soon?”
As soon as they ca back, the innkeeper asked them to return the table Godrick’s group had borrowed temporarily.
“Jeez, leave them alone for one mont and they cause trouble.”
“Hahaha! Maybe they got bored waiting and decided to arm wrestle to kill ti?”
“They could’ve done that downstairs. Why did they have to take the table up?”
“Hmph, probably because they were arm wrestling with Squishy. If they did it downstairs, they would have drawn too much attention.”
“How does that make any sense?”
Nellin swung open the door to the four-person room and shouted.
“Hey! Return the table!”
“Rock-paper-scissors! Ack! I lost!”
“Skol, how many tis have you lost now?”
“Hmph, pathetic Skol.”
“Who are you calling pathetic?!”
“Hehe, good job, Squishy!”
Godrick’s party was in the middle of playing rock-paper-scissors with the sli.
And then...
“Ahhh! What the hell?!”
Seeing Squishy’s tentacle arm during rock-paper-scissors, Nellin scread in surprise.
“Oh, Nellin! You’re back.”
“Welco back, everyone!”
“S-Squishy has an arm?!”
“Last ti he couldn’t make it this well… Has he gotten that much better at using his tentacles since then?”
Alia was flustered, while Gracie, true to her mage nature, started analyzing it.
And then...
“S-Squishy!”
“Paulen?!”
Paulen shouted as he rushed over and lifted Squishy up.
“Ahhh! Finally! You can finally make an arm! With this! With this, we can train more efficiently! Your muscles! Your tentacle muscles can beco even stronger!”
Overco with emotion at Squishy forming an arm shape, Paulen began crying tears of joy.
“Wow… he’s a real muscle freak.”
▶ That human is the real deal, the real deal.
▶ What does “real deal” an?
▶ Wait! In this context, “real deal” refers to soone who is so obsessed and devoted to sothing that they seem like a pervert about it! Even after the explanation, I still don’t get it.
▶ It’s weird to try to understand real deal freaks anyway.
▶ Wolf dude = Body Slam maniac. LOL I get it now!
▶ Great taphor, seriously~.
[Just Slam First] ▶ Why are these guys arguing out of nowhere!
“Squishy! Now dumbbells! Yeah, try lifting dumbbells! I’ll teach you the proper form and timing!”
“Paulen! It’s night right now! You’ll disturb everyone; let’s do it tomorrow.”
“But Saintess! Look at Squishy’s wonderful arm! It’s definitely made for lifting dumbbells…”
“Co on! Let’s go, Paulen! I’m sleepy too.”
“Ahhh! S-Squishy!”
Unable to defy Alia, Paulen reluctantly left the room with deep regret.
“That guy… a Paladin?”
No one disagreed with Skol’s comnt.
***
The next morning.
“Alright, Squishy! Try lifting with that tentacle arm! Show your amazing tentacle muscles!”
Just like at the Grand Church, Squishy exercised early in the morning with Paulen.
As Paulen requested, Squishy ford an arm with his tentacle and lifted a dumbbell.
The shape had changed, but his strength remained the sa, so he easily lifted the dumbbells Paulen had prepared.
The only difference was...
‘It’s easier to hold!’
Rather than simply wrapping his tentacles around it, now he could lift the dumbbell much more easily.
“Yes! That’s it, Squishy!”
The way Squishy moved his fingers when gripping and the motion of lifting and lowering the dumbbell exactly copied Paulen’s movents during his own training.
Seeing Squishy execute a perfect form from the start moved Paulen deeply.
After finishing the morning workout, Squishy had more free ti than usual compared to his days at Chilture.
Because...
“Should I ask Lord Ventus this? No, maybe I should ask this first...”
Gracie had shut herself in her room, pondering what questions to ask Ventus rather than observing Squishy more.
“Oh my, Saintess. Thank you so much for coming directly to the village. Thank you, truly.”
“I’m the one who’s happy to et all of you like this.”
Normally, village visitors who ca to see the sli would flock to Alia.
And then...
“Alright, co at . Let’s check your current skills.”
“Okay.”
“Show your strength, Frost Fist!”
“Why are you talking like you’re the one fighting?”
“Hehe, Squishy, let’s watch together!”
‘Okay!’
“Nellin, don’t beat her up too badly the first ti!”
“I know what I’m doing! Besides, this isn’t a beating — it’s education!”
Thus, Nellin’s training of Claire began.
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