Chapter 07 I'm the main character?!

Jake sat on the floor watching the pink slime resting beside him, it seemed tired after the unexpected emotional outburst, why was he so grumpy? Jake thought his little slime inmate would be more cute and adorable but it turned out it had quite a tough personality.

Staring blankly at the darkness in front of him, Jake decided to break the ice "Are you okay?"

"Call me by my name, young man" Arlain turned his eyes toward Jake, his voice still sounding a little angry.

"I see, so Arlain-"

"Tah!! My name is Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great!! Are you stupid?!!"

Lost his patience, Jake replied in annoyance, "Your name is too freaking long! What do you want from me?! And who are you calling stupid?!"

"What?!!" Arlain once again looked shocked by Jake who dared to shout at him, what a shameless commoner!! Feeling very insulted, Arlain was about to beat Jake up again before Jake held him back with one hand.

"You have no manners!! I'm a Nobleman! You should worship me! Call the fleet! Burn everything to ashes!!"

What the hell is wrong with this little guy...

Staring at the slime whose complete name was too long to remember that was struggling in his hand like a dancing toy, Jake put on a tired face, this conversation was going nowhere, even though this was his chance to learn about the situation he was facing, whether it was true or not but Jake felt that this Slime knew some important things, and if the slime named Arlain etc etc knew anything, Jake wanted to know by all means, maybe there was a way for him to escape, thinking for a moment, Jake decided.

"Alright! Alright! Looks like there's a mistake here!" Jake said to Arlain with dramatic gestures.

"Huh! What? Are you going to back down now you coward?!" Arlain raised his slime head defiantly.

"No! Oh great Noble, believe me there is a great mistake here, I did not know that you were of Noble birth!" Jake stood and bowed on one knee to the glowing pink slime in a dark prison cell providing an unusual sight. "If you would please take a little kindness from your ocean-deep heart to forgive me!"

"Ohhh!!" Arlain looked surprised by Jake's sudden change but he clearly sounded happy, shaking his body in delight, Arlain spoke "Finally you understand!"

"That's right, YOURRR!!! HIGHNESSS!" Jake flexed his abdominal muscles into his voice.

"Hmph! Alright, that's good then! But since you've insulted me so much, kill yourself, that's your punishment! Count yourself lucky for my kindness!" Arlain declared proudly.

"......"

Silence filled the room, looking at Jake in confusion, Arlain tilted his slime head "Why hasn't it been done? Is there a problem?"

Holding back his twitching smile, Jake who was still kneeling on one knee replied "Oh! Your honorable majesty! Can you forgive this fool of me just once in my life! Indeed my ignorance as a commoner is a mistake!"

"ehhh, aren't you asking too much" Arlain spoke as if it was a bother.

Holding on to the last thread of his patience, Jake put on his best pleading face and hit the floor dramatically "Please my lord! Forgive me! Just once! Just once! I was kidnapped and have no direction! And in this darkness I'm having trouble seeing your glowing nobility!"

"Hmm, is that so?" Arlain looked at Jake who was begging very nicely, shook his body while looking at the ceiling to think, Arlain fell into his thoughts.

Seeing Arlain who was still thinking after seeing his amazing acting, Jake thought about rolling the slime like a donut dough if he was still stubborn, hiding his thoughts, Jake waited for Arlain who seemed still confused to forgive him.

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Well, not that he would really hurt me, Jake thought to himself, because if the slime wanted to it had a month to do so, although the slime did say something about being able to use magic which made Jake wonder, whether the circle that held him that night and the one he saw holding the winged girl was magic, which was hard to believe, but after a month of being in this place with many things like a slime-like existence in front of him that clearly going against his common sense, making him wonder if he had stepped into a world of fantasy.

I still don't really understand, but if there is magic then this is like in web novels right? Does that mean I'm the main character?! Will I get superpowers?! or a status board like Litrpg...

Daydreaming, Jake filled his mind with imagination, what if the spaceship was an interdimensional ship and he had been transported to a completely different world, with monsters, dungeons and magic, then maybe it was all worth it, imagining himself gaining cheat abilities and exterminating monsters in Dungeon while accidentally saving a beautiful girl and adventuring around the world to defeat the demon king! If that was the case, they could imprison him for another month, Jake smiled in his mind, that's why! The slime in front of him might be his way of gaining his cheat powers, warming his heart with enthusiasm, however Arlain's voice suddenly cut Jake off from his imagination.

"Eh, I don't feel like saving lives today" Arlain said in a flat tone.

"....what?" Jake stared in disbelief at the glowing slime in front of him that looked like a forbidden breed of stress toy and lava lamp, just when Jake was about to squeeze it to relieve his stress, Arlain looked up as if remembering something "Oh yes, I just remembered, they call you Terra humanis don't they?"

"Yes?" Jake answered reflexively, indeed the guards called him Terra humanis.

"Ohohoho, Yes, I understand now, I see" Arlain laughed and nodded to himself as if connecting the puzzle "Of course you don't know who I am! You are not from the Empire!"

"The Empire?" Jake uttered the words he had heard several times over the past month.

"Right! Then I forgive you Terra Humanis! remember my kindness and cry every night for it!" Arlain moved around and spoke happily.

"hold on, can I ask about this Empire? Is that where you came from?" Jake asked the question he had so itch to know.

"Ahem! Then let me introduce myself Terra Humanis! My name is Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great! I am a great noble of the Deluce Abrak Empire, Grand Archduke of the Great Duraim Herseim family!" Arlain shouted grandly while spreading his body as if raising his nonexistent hands.

"Archduke?! Is this a fantasy world?!" Jake asked with excitement and anticipation.

Hearing another strange question from Jake, Arlain tilted his head "Fantasy? Is it like in literature?"

In the Empire there are indeed stories that can be categorized as fantasy literature, but Arlain did not know what the young man in front of him meant by this world being a fantasy world.

Realizing his mistake, Jake changed his question "No, that's not it, is there magic in this world?!"

"Of course there is, are you stupid?" Arlain replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"YESSSS!!!!" Jake shouted while raising his hands in victory.

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(Arlain)

Seeing the young man in front of him suddenly screaming in happiness, makes Arlain startled a bit and wonder, why is he so happy with his answer, there must be a reason why he is so interested in magic, the magic level and knowledge of commoners is indeed pitiful except for a few talents like a needle in a ocean of haystack, but the young man in front of him looks like he has never seen magic in his life, Is it possible...

Arlain thought of a new possibility, a possibility that had never been he considered before, but a possibility nonetheless, a possibility that spurred his thoughts and raced his heart.

"tell me something young man-" Arlain asked without looking at the young man because he was busy with his thoughts however Arlain's words were unexpectedly cut short.

"My name is Jake"

"What?" Arlain turned at the young man with a frown, it seemed that this young man still had not learned about manners "Didn't I tell you-"

"it's not polite to speak without mentioning your name, yeah, I understand, my name is Jake Carrack, you can call me Jake"

"Hmm" Arlain raised his head to see the face of the young man named Jake, with an innocent face, the young man smiled widely at Arlain, his face looked very happy, but Arlain didn't understand it, after a month of being locked up in this terrible place, shouldn't he be crying over his situation, but inevitably, that face reminded him of someone.

"Your Highness?" Jake called him in confusion.

Snapped back, Arlain shook his head "No, you're right, then I'll call you Jack Carrack.... You can call Arlain the Great..." Arlain spoke in a small voice at the end of his sentence.

"I understand" Jake replied with a smile and sat back down folding his legs ready to ask more as he was about to open his mouth before Arlain spoke first "Wait a handful....Jake Carrack, before you ask anything else, let me ask you one thing"

"yes?" Jake nodded quickly even though he didn't seem to understand what Arlain was going to ask.

"Terra Humanis Jake Carrack, is there no magic on your planet, on Terra?" Arlain asked in a serious tone that he had never used since he talked to Jake, Tentatively waiting for an answer, if his guess was correct then this would be the first in the Empire, no, the first in the galaxy, Arlain could feel his non-existent heart start to beat faster.

"no, there is nothing like that on Earth, I mean Terra"

"......"

Hearing Jake's answer, Arlain almost fainted.