Chapter 184: The Charm of Slime Cushion
「……I wish we also have a slime pillow in our house」
After finishing my lunch - and just like usual-, I lay down on the sofa in the living room and muttered.
「Ehh? Slime pillow? What’s that?」
Then Sylvio-niisan - who is also in the living room with me - asks.
「It’s a slime stuffed in a pillowcase and make it into a pillow」
「Eehh!? When you said slime, it’s that Slime monster, right? And you’re putting that inside a pillowcase and make it into a pillow?」
「Un, that’s right」
When I nodded as if it was natural, Sylvio-niisan look slightly disapproving of my views.
After that, he sighed and look at me as if he’s amazed at me.
What’s with that ‘what a naughty kid’-look of yours?
「……even if Al always does strange things, a monster is still dangerous so stop having any thoughts about them all right」
Strange things you say, I’m only seeking after convenience for my daily life and they’re not excessive, but I’m going to let it pass now since we’re going to digress if I were to retort to that.
「But, even Sylvio-niisan knows that slimes are mostly harmless, right? I mean, unless you’re a baby then even a small kid can defeat it after all」
「That may be true but monsters are essentially creatures that attack people. And it’s crazy for a person to put such thing under their head and sleep like that while being defenseless」
Sylvio-niisan flatly denied and strongly argued against my views.
In a world where there are dangerous monsters around, that kind of danger is taught to you early on so I guess people can’t accept my idea that easily. Sylvio-niisan values and the things he says are the majority in this world.
However, Aleutia and Ilya - who are adventurers and people who understand the danger of monsters - also didn’t show interest in the thought at first, but then they later became used to it and habitually used them.
That’s why, it doesn’t seem to be impossible to persuade Sylvio-niisan.
Incidentally, Tori is different. He’s a merchant, so if he sees something that is profitable then he can change his sense of values with no hesitation. The proof would be when he jumped at the chance of obtaining the reversi and table tennis.
Now that I think about it, Tori’s flexibility is amazing isn’t it.
「Despite absorbing their food, they won’t be crazy and attack you as long as you properly feed the slimes you know? And if you tightly sealed the pillowcase, it won’t be able to come out」
「Is, is that so? I don’t know that much about slimes so I can’t say anything about that……」
Oh well, people are normally desperate to remember the special characteristics and those monsters that are likely to be harmful rather than learning about the harmless monster after all. Especially slimes - a monster that doesn’t give people the feeling of being difficult to deal with - they are probably not considered that important in Sylvio-niisan’s mind.
「Basically, it’s the same as a knife. Even if it’s a dangerous tool, it will become handy if used properly. It will be the best if something like a kitchen knife is used to cook」
「Ah, hmmmーmm. What Al said, they’re strangely valid, but it’s shoddy, isn’t it」
What a harsh remark. Then, doesn’t that make me an evil scammer who is tempting Sylvio-niisan?
No, I guess just making Sylvio-niisan understand is still not enough.
No, in the end, I need Sylvio-niisan to understand, though I don’t need to have his help, I simply want him to know the charm of the slime pillow.
When Sylvio-niisan finds out about the charm of the slime pillow, then Sylvio-niisan will have to come up with a seemingly useful suggestion.
But since Sylvio-niisan doesn’t nap that often, he doesn’t need a pillow so maybe I should 'attack' him using a cushion?
「……you’re making an evil face again Al」
「I’m not」
「………I’m not going to use a slime pillow even if you use some clever words, okay?」
I feel that Sylvio-niisan has increased his vigilance, maybe it’s because my true thoughts are shown on my face.
Despite me not thinking about something bad at all, that’s an awful misunderstanding.
I cleared my throat to regain my mind, even while feeling his calm gaze at me.
「Even when you just lie down on a sofa like this, a human will always put their weight on the sofa, right?」
「U, un」
When I open my mouth and said that, Sylvio-niisan still agree with what I said and nodded even though he looked doubtful.
「And if you put too much weight on that part of your body, then it will hurt, yes? For example, your butt will feel an ache if you read a book while sitting on the chair for several hous」
「That’s right. Though I think that it’s unavoidable, it’s still a quiet bother when you’re being interrupted by the soreness in your butt when you’re in the middle of reading a book. Especially when you’ve arrived at the good part of the story and you can not concentrate due to the ache…… 」
If you bring up a topic about reading a book that connects with Sylvio-niisan, then he will completely get into it.
Because Sylvio-niisan has a high comprehensive ability unlike Eleonora-neesan, he will listen to me for now if I were to try to talk to him like this by mixing some logic, so it’s a very easy thing to do. To begin with, I can’t understand Eleonora-neesan, and she won’t listen if she’s not interested.
「And it’s because a slime pillow is useful to solve such a bother! So you use a slime pillow as a cushion!」
「As a cushion?」
「Put it under your elbow when you’re reading a book while lying down. And if you reading a book while sitting on a chair then you can place it on the chair so you will be able to comfortably read your book without feeling any soreness. Or if you want to read in a little more relaxed manner, then you can put it between the sofa and the backrest. How about that? You will be able to keep on reading your book without feeling any pain in your lower back or butt」
「……being able to keep on reading book」
Able 'to keep on reading books'. Perhaps Sylvio-niisan is imagining such a scene that he looked happy when he let out that small mutter.
As expected, this is probably the point where Sylvio-niisan is extremely pleased with it.
Perhaps he noticed it when I look at him with a warm gaze, Sylvio-niisan suddenly return to himself.
「cough……well, I guess it was a bad thing to dismiss others without first listening to them. Though I think it’s still dangerous to use it as a pillow for someone when sleeping, it seems that i’s going to be useful as a cushion, I guess I should also try it」
Fufufu, Sylvio-niisan has fallen.
I thought that if it’s Sylvio-niisan who is reading books habitually and prone to feel the pain in his lower back and butt, then he will understand. After that, there’s no doubt that he will carry them close everywhere after he actually tried to use the slime pillow as a cushion.
「Okay then, wait here alright, I’ll get a slime now」
「U, un」
I left the mansion after saying that to Sylvio-niisan.
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