Tired… my body feels so loose, like I’m floating away… but I like it. I’m supposed to be in class though, what time is it?  I reach for my phone but I can’t feel my arm, wait… I can’t feel my legs either.

Confused I open my eyes to find myself on the floor of a shady broken down room, now in a state of panic I try to get up on my feet but I still can’t feel my limbs. Have I been sedated? I try and look around the room but even my neck is hard to move, only when I forcefully lug my entire body around do I shift my sights onto a skinny old man wearing a heavy purple robe staring down at me.

“De-Demon King…impossible…that couldn’t have…what happened”

The old man’s brows burrowed as he whispered to himself, his face looked just as confused as mine. Suddenly approaching me the old man holds out his hand to grab my face.

What’s happening, who is this guy. I struggle to move out the way however my body is refusing to listen and is sluggishly dragging across the floor. The old man takes a hold of my face, I feel some resistance on my skin pushing against his hand when suddenly his hand pierces me. I can feel his arm inside my head, as he moves his fingers around in my brain I feel an uncomfortable sensation across my body. I feel his hand touch my heart, he lightly pinches it causing my body instinctively jerk in pain. The old man let go and retracted his arm from my body, his face looked lost for words… Shouldn’t I be the one at a loss?! After a moment the old man quietly muttered.

“A slime… I summoned a slime.” The old man walked backwards and looked around the room.

A slime? Summon? I too scan the room, after a quick inspection I seem to be in the middle of a white circle detailed with strange characters and patterns. A magic circle? I’m in the middle of a magic circle? He said a slime, where’s the slime. I glance around the room again but there was no apparent sign of life other than the old man. There’s no way right? I look up at the old man again his eyes totally fixed on mine.

There’s no way right?... I still can’t feel my limbs and my body was just passed through like it was jelly, this can’t be happening. From what I remember I was sitting in class ignoring a lecture and dozed off, I’m a human the person next to me was a human my teacher was a human. I look up at the old man who is now pacing the room with a look of confusion on his face, wanting some answers I open my mouth to ask what is happening.

“--**-*--“ I can barely move my mouth, it feels like my lips are glued shut, the only sounds I can make are muffled bursts of inaudible air noises.

Hearing this the old man glances over at me and closes his eyes, suddenly I hear another voice coming from around me.

“Hello, can you hear me?”

 In a shock I sluggishly lug my body around to look behind me to find no one there, I scan the room for any other signs of life but again I can only see the old man facing me with his eyes shut. I try and speak again.

“*--*----*” more inaudible noise comes from my mouth.

“Speak with your mind” again I hear a voice that surrounds me.

“I am speaking to you through your mind, you can talk back if you think about what you want to say… if you can.”

 The voice is telling me he’s speaking to my mind? Is this some kind of telepathy shit? I look back at the old man behind me and concentrate on a question.

“Who are you?”               

“I’m right in front of you, my name is Regis I am a mage. May I ask for yours?”

 So is this old man’s name is Regis? He said he was a mage does that imply he is using magic to talk to me, wait magic doesn’t even exist is he conning me. If he was a con artist then how is he communicating with me? He responded to my question, was it a coincidence?

“…Flynn.”

“Flynn huh… I suppose you’d have some questions for me then”

My name, he responded to my name. Perhaps he already knew my name when he kidnapped me, I would’ve had a wallet and an ID on me if he sifted through my information prior.

“What’s 5 plus 10?”

“Huh? 5 plus 10? I gave you an opportunity to ask me some questions regarding the situation you’re in and the state of your body but you ask me a question about arithmetic?”

What the fuck! This guy really is speaking to my mind, I threw out a random question to test the con artist but he actually understood what I said. Although I was confused at first, the realism of the situation started sinking in causing me to feel fear on a level that I’ve never experienced in my 20 years of life.

“You really are speaking to my mind?”

“Well of course, how else could I communicate with your body as it is?”

 My body? That’s right I can’t feel my limbs at all, and just rotating my torso around takes up most of my energy.

“What the hell’s wrong with my body?”

“… Well, how do I say it…? You’re a slime” the old man Regis his eyes still shut and shifted his face away from me while covering it with his hand.

“I’m a human.”

“Yes… in a slimes body.”

“I’m a human.”

“I… maybe… might have had some role into causing this… change to your body… sorry.”

“Human.”

At this point Regis walked out the room and came back with a piece of glass and placed it in front of me. It wasn’t the face I was expecting to see but a wet and green liquid blob with 2 eyes staring back at me. Baffled by what was in front of me I move body around to see if it really was a mirror or a picture used to confuse me. The slime however matched with my movements of left and right and even matched my blinks.

Does this mean I turned into a slime? Regis said he was a mage didn’t he, he can communicate directly into my mind how else can this be explained. If somehow using magic he turned me into a slime…

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“Return me to my original body, you’re a mage right? Surely you can revert your own magic”

Again Regis looks away from my gaze… I think I’m starting to see a pattern here.

“I don’t know how to revert the ritual, I don’t think it’s even possible to revert it.”

Oi oi, don’t give me that bullshit.

“Isn’t just a shapeshift? I can’t stay like this forever.”

“To tell you the truth the ritual I was performing was to summon The Demon King. It’s the title we give to an evil being that has enough power to singlehandedly destroy humanity. In the past something did exist however it was defeated when the humans allied together to take it down. I had intended to summon such a being however as you know…”

What is Regis talking about, a Demon king? Did such a thing really happen in the past, maybe the government is hiding it as well as the fact that magic exists. Wait if that’s the case then why would I be summoned here, I’m not the type of person who would destroy humanity.

“I made a mistake during the ritual, I don’t know exactly what happened but instead of summoning the Demon King I summoned you instead. Well technically this ritual isn’t a summoning, it’s a creation technique, by searching the universe for a powerful evil soul and combining it with an equally powerful body could I create a synthetic Demon King.  I find it difficult however to believe the Demon King is a slime...”

Combining a body and a soul? Then that means my soul is in a slimes body, is my body still in the lecture hall sleeping? Hold on, Regis mentioned searching the universe, could that mean this isn’t Earth? Then that would explain the strange existence of magic. Did this slime’s body come from a different universe too?

“Can’t you just do the same ritual except use my body instead of the slime’s body?”

“Unfortunately no I can’t, the method I used isn’t something that I can manually control, it searches for a body and soul that resonates with evil the most. In hindsight perhaps it was my mistake for thinking these capsules would provide a sufficient amount of mana needed for the ritual. If that’s the case then I would need at least a mana reserve that’s large enough to fuel a kingdom…”

Behind Regis I spot several glass jars, are those the mana capsules he was talking about? He used the mana supply behind him to fuel the ritual then and created this mashup of me. If Regis doesn’t know how to revert the ritual then that would mean I’m stuck like this forever. What the hell kind of a joke is this, I was dragged into a new world with a body that can’t move nor talk, what did I do to deserve this.

“I feel kind of bad for turning you into a slime and all, believe it or not I have a conscience. Right now we’re in the middle of a forest, I’m living away from the authorities as a fugitive from the Aurest Empire, they occupy most of the east as three big countries. I did some things and they’ve been after me for as long as I can remember. Anyway I’m planning on infiltrating one of their countries to steal some mana for the ritual. I am responsible for your situation but mine takes precedent over yours, if you’d like you can tag along with me, I can’t do much but feed you otherwise you’re welcome to stay here in the forest. Though It’s probably not safe for you, any monster can easily kill you. By some stroke of luck if you do follow me there may be a chance of finding a way back to your human body.”

In the midst of his explanation Regis was already packing his things getting ready to leave, as he got to the door he turned around folding his arms, staring at me waiting for a response.

A way back? This is an entirely different universe from mine, I get Regis is making an empty promise but what for, pity? Is he trying to use me somehow? In any case what can I even do, if I don’t follow Regis I’m just an ordinary slime, I can’t communicate unless someone speaks to me telepathically.

I know nothing of the forest and its inhabitants, what can I do about food? I don’t even know whether or not slimes can get hungry nor what they eat, I won’t be able to guarantee my life. If I follow Regis my life would be in his hands, he mentioned infiltrating a country to steal… Perhaps he is using me as a means to accomplish his goals. Although I can’t rely on his words to return my body to normal nor his pity, there’s no other solutions. I want to live.

There’s still too much I don’t understand I need information and I can only get it if I live, even if I follow Regis there’s nothing tying me down to stay when I see the need to.

“This is happening too fast, I was just summoned from an entirely different world. I need some time to think about what to do next… for now I’ll take your pity and follow you.”

“That’s fine, I’m also curious about the results of the ritual, if I can learn something from your results it’ll help me after I summon the Demon King.”

Regis walked towards the center of the room and picked me up from the sides.

“You can stay on my hat for now, try not to melt it…we’ll be traveling on cart soon as we reach a town nearby.”

Melt? I suppose I am a slime after all, does this mean slimes have an acidic property. If I’m going to survive on my own I need to gather as much information about slimes as I can ASAP. As Regis opened the door leading outside the light from the sun blinded the both of us who had been in a dark candlelit room.

 When my eyes adjusted to the sun I saw trees that covered the sky with thick branches and heavy green leaves, its trunk was brightly lit with green algae, the grass looked tall and soft, rich with plants bearing vibrant colourful fruits and flowers. The whole forest softly swaying with the wind put me at a loss for words, living in a concrete city I was taken aback from this side of nature.

As I sat dumbfounded by the view of the forest Regis had already long left his shabby hut. As beautiful as it may be the forest gives off a strange feeling, although I could hear animals crying I couldn’t see any kind of life forms. Is this Regis’s handiwork? Perhaps he’s using some type of magic that lets him know how to avoid monsters, which would explain his strange movements.

Suddenly Regis pauses in the middle of his tracks causing my body to launch forward barely keeping a hold of his hat. Regis took off his hat and looked at me.

“I’m kind of curious but can you check a slimes stats?”

Stats… like status? Can I check it? I guess I’m doing fine, other than my body feeling kind of strange as a blob I think I’m fine, though I don’t think that’s what he’s asking me…

“I’m doing fine?”

“I’m talking about your stats, check your stats”

I don’t understand what Regis is saying about perhaps stats are something that is unique of this world.

“I really don’t know what a stat is or how to check it… I told you, in the world I knew magic did not exist”

“The world you’re from doesn’t have magic? Hmm… I suppose it is entirely possible that our worlds are completely different. In this world when we refer to stats we’re talking about an overview you which gives information about your body. Try saying check status.”

“Check status.” From those two words I feel a sudden rush of information displaying itself in front of me.

Lesser Slime: Level 1

Height: 30cm               Weight: 0.2kg

* HP: 1

* MP: 100

* Stamina: 100

* Attack: 0

* Defense: 0

* STR: 1

* Agility: 1

* Dexterity: 1

* Intelligence: 10

Abilities:

[Gelatinous Absorption]: Break downs the soul of an enemy to consume their stats.

Mana required: 10,000

[Free Form]: Change certain properties of the gelatin to an extent.

Mana required: 500 per second

[Spawn]: Creates slime offspring.

Mana required: 10

[Jump]: The upper half of the body condenses downwards and springs upwards to launch itself.

Stamina required: 10

[Core Displacement]: Able to freely move your core as long as it is surrounded by gelatin.

Stamina required: 1 per second

[Gelatin Move]: Able to freely control the gelatin surrounding your core.

Stamina required: 1 per second

[Acidity] (Passive): Gelatin is slightly acidic, any nutrients that are broken down are absorbed.

Titles: [Cute], [Pet]

This feels like a video game, looking at these stats all I can see are resemblances of an MMORPG, it even shows my size. These abilities though… what the hell is with “[Gelatinous Absorption] and [Free Form]” they don’t even match my mana leaving me with the only ability I can use, spawn. The abilities that use stamina look like they allow me to move. By the looks of it my acidity comes from a passive skill, it seems like this passive skill is what allows me to survive. With this I only need food to sit inside me in order to survive. My titles well… lets ignore that for now.