A slime came out of the pillar

The night gradually passed, the sun rose, and a new day came. The children of GraceField were woken up by their mother's gentle ringing bells. After breakfast, they basked in the bright sunshine and happily started a game of hide-and-seek.

As usual, Norman, the smartest, was a ghost to catch people, and the younger children, together with Emma, ​​hid in the forest and could not be caught by Norman.

Phil, who had just passed his fourth birthday a few days ago, walked quietly through the woods, found the big tree marked yesterday, took advantage of his body size, got into the tree hole, and blocked it with a few large leaves After entering the hole, he nodded in satisfaction. Norman would never find him today.

"Eh? What's this?" Just as he took a step back, he stepped on something soft and stumbled.

Looking at the light white jelly-like object that suddenly appeared in the tree hole, Phil blinked, stretched out his fingers curiously, poked, poked again, and then sighed innocently: "It's so good."

He devoted himself to studying the objects he had never seen before, and did not notice that someone was quietly approaching behind him.

When he reacted, the leaves covering the hole had been pulled away, and he was hugged with both hands, and lifted out of the hole.

"Find Phil."

The white-haired boy's tone was gentle, with a smile in his eyes. He put Phil on the ground and gently rubbed his head: "Next time, don't pile so many leaves at the entrance of the cave, it's too unnatural."

The strange thing is that today's Phil didn't cheer himself up like he did when he was caught in the past, shouting that he must surpass Norman next time.

"Phil? What happened?" Sensitively aware of Phil's anomaly, Norman squatted down as usual.

"Norman," Phil blinked his round eyes, grabbed the corner of Norman's clothes with his small hand, and pointed to the slime in the tree hole: "What is that?"

……

Chloe remained conscious and spent the night in the tree hole.

Before the magic essence in his body fully recovered, he was stepped on by this chocolate-colored kid who suddenly broke in.

Damn, even though he doesn't feel pain, he will still get angry if he is stepped on for no reason!

After he recovers his magic essence and can speak, he must teach this little brat a lesson.

The chocolate-colored kid seemed to be called Phil. After he found himself, he called a teenager named Norman, and then Chloe was taken out of the tree hole.

When he came back to his senses, what was in front of him was one after another immature face.

Did he accidentally run into some kind of kindergarten?

"Wow, what is this? It's so soft!"

Wait, don't pinch me, and don't talk!

"It looks like snot, isn't it some giant secretion from a tree?"

You are like snot, and your whole family is like snot!

"Hmm... It's a creature that hasn't been recorded in the book. By the way, is he alive?"

Yes, even though it's just a slime, he still has the characteristics of life!

A kid with orange hair and a long hair on top of his head poked him, then smiled: "It's so interesting! Did it come from the outside world?"

...he's had enough, these brats are so rude.

"Do you want to tell mom?" One of the girls with round glasses suggested aloud.

"No!" The orange-haired kid suddenly changed his expression, and his tone of voice also changed.

"Emma." The white-haired boy named Norman walked up to her, reached out and patted her on the shoulder, signaling her to calm down.

Reminded by Norman on the side, Emma noticed the gaffe just now, and the children around her cast worried glances at her, she quickly scratched her head and laughed: "No, I mean, if I tell my mother, she will What if it is confiscated..."

"It's better not to tell mom until we figure out what kind of creature it is, so that mom won't worry." Norman also added carefully. He turned his head to look at Phil aside, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Since this is If Phil finds out, then give it to Phil."

"Okay!" Phil agreed with sparkling eyes and clenched his fists.

And Chloe was still silently analyzing what they said.

Mother?Are they all a mother?Judging from the skin color and appearance, it should not be possible.

So many human imps coming together... and so on.

A bad guess suddenly popped up in Chloe's heart.

He remembered that the two monsters from last night said that there seemed to be other products to be shipped, and the products were human children.

If these little ghosts in front of him are 'commodities' to be eaten by those monsters... Isn't he just running to the farm, which is full of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Although I tried my best to deny this speculation, no matter how I thought about it, with so many children of different ages gathered together and wearing uniform clothes, it seemed that this answer was the most reasonable.

When she saw the 'mother' in their mouths, Chloe dared to be completely sure of the conjecture in her heart.

"Phil, go get everyone to dinner." The black-haired woman with her hair tied came in with a smile. It was the woman Chloe saw standing with the two monsters last night.

...It is really just escaped from the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den, Chloe sighed silently in her heart.

"Yes, I got it, Mom." Phil responded obediently, walked out of the room and closed the door.

The room fell silent for an instant, but from time to time, the sound of frolicking not far away could still be heard.

After the kid named Phil complied with Norman's words, he took him all the way through the woods, ran back to the orphanage where they lived, and hid him under the bed.

It's really a child.

Can't you hide him in a slightly cleaner place like a closet? There's a lot of dust under the bed.

Forget it, seeing how pitiful the current situation of these brats is, he is magnanimous and doesn't care about it.

It has to be said that after knowing the background of these children, Chloe liked them a lot.

Because Rimuru-sama was originally a human being, there is a rule that must be followed in the Demon Federation, that is, you cannot attack humans. All demons live in harmony with humans, and it is absolutely impossible to treat humans as food. of.

If it was Rimuru-sama, he would definitely save these children, right?

The mind was very quiet, and no familiar voice sounded.

Ah, I almost forgot, now he is in a dormant stage, unable to use skills, and "Great Sage" can't answer his questions.

You can only rely on your own judgment.

Chloe hid under the bed, watching the light spots on the floor through the window go by little by little, and finally made up her mind.

He couldn't sit idly by on this matter.

……

"Norman! Emma!"

Early in the morning, Phil rushed into the dining room before he even got dressed, and found the two oldest children who were setting the tableware, with expressions as if they were about to cry: "What to do! That white things are gone!"

"It's gone?" Emma frowned first, then bent down and touched his head gently, and asked reassuringly, "Are you sure you have hidden it? Have you been seen by others? "It may be that young children are too curious to take it away.

"No, I checked it before I went to bed last night. I don't know why it disappeared in the morning."

Norman, who was standing next to him, set up the tableware, walked over, and said calmly, "Phil, don't worry, let everyone help you find it after breakfast. The orphanage is so big, it shouldn't be missing. Come on, get dressed first."

"Yeah." With Norman's comfort, Phil slowly calmed down.

Just after coaxing Phil, Isabella, who was pushing the dining car, walked in, and almost immediately noticed Phil's abnormality, and she asked with concern: "Phil, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine!" Before Emma and Norman could explain, Phil on the side responded with a smile. He rushed up to hug Isabella's calf full of energy and said good morning, and then Joyfully ran outside: "I'm going to wake the others up!"

"Well, be careful." Looking at the bouncing little back, Isabella smiled and said nothing.

"Mom, Lani and Thomas are fighting again." Ray, also one of the oldest children, entered the restaurant.

Emma ran over to take the dining car in her hand, raised her head and gave her a sunny smile: "Go and have a look, Mom, there are just me, Norman, and Ray here."

Isabella turned her head, fixed her eyes on the three of them in turn, and finally nodded with her usual expression: "Then I will trouble you."

After watching Isabella leave, the three people who stayed in the dining room looked at each other in unison, and distributed breakfast obediently.

"Ray, how's it going? Do you have any clues?" Unable to hold back, Emma lowered her volume and spoke first.

Lei looked up at the door vigilantly, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, he replied: "No, I checked all the materials in the library, and there is no record about that white creature."

"Although there are no records in books, it is certain that the creature is definitely unique to the world outside the wall, and it should have come here for some special reason." Norman quietly added, "Otherwise, we must have found out."

"Phil said he was gone, could it be that his mother took it away?"

"Probably not." Lei analyzed calmly: "Mom doesn't seem like someone who will act secretly. If she doesn't want us to touch that creature, she should confiscate him directly and aboveboard."

"Then what should we do?" Emma couldn't help feeling a little distressed, "That white creature should be a key clue for us to understand the outside world."

"Don't worry too much, Emma." Norman next to her comforted her softly: "It's just one night, even if the creature has autonomous consciousness and can move, with that body shape, it will definitely not run too far , let’s go find it together after dinner.”

……

In the woods around the orphanage, a child with long white hair squatted in front of a stream, staring intently at the face reflected on the water, and sighed after a long time.

If the trio who were distributing food in the restaurant saw this person's face at this time, they would definitely be stunned on the spot, because apart from the hair color, the other person's appearance was exactly the same as that of Coney who had just left the day before yesterday.

"Oh, what should I do..." the child said in a helpless voice.

【answer.Whether to cancel the skill "Mimicry", YES/NO]

In the next second, the child who was still standing in front of the creek turned into a pale white slime.

That's right, that kid was Chloe.

As for why he can become like Ko Ni, we have to start talking about it from last night.