02x02 - We Searched for an Undead

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Adventurers' Guild

Main - Top,Natalie: That's , gold for the magic stones you brought in today.

Azusa: Thanks for always helping me out, Natalie.

Natalie: The Snack Slimes you came up with sold out again.

Natalie: Maybe you'd make more money selling sweets than k*lling slimes.

Azusa: Nah, I'm not trying to get rich or anything.

Natalie: Oh, right.

Nah: This letter came for you.

Azusa: I wonder who it's from...

Falfa: Ooh, I didn't know this was a thing!

Shalsha: Never heard of it.

Azusa: What does it say?

Falfa/Shalsha: It's a notice about the World Spirit Summit!

Title: I've Been k*lling Slimes for Yearsand Maxed Out My Level Season

Laika/Halkara/Flatorte/Rosalie: World Spirit Summit?

Main - Top,Shalsha: Spirits from all over the world gather on the bank of Nanterre Lake, apparently.

We Searched for an Undead

Shalsha: Big Sister and I were invited.

Laika: You two are slime spirits, after all.

Flatorte: Just hearing the word "summit" makes me tired.

Halkara: Will they have an all-you-can-drink party after it's over?!

Azusa: Uh, first of all, you're not a spirit.

Falfa: I wanna go!

Shalsha: Me, too.

Azusa: As your mother, I'd be worried to send you two kids alone.

Falfa: Then you can come with us!

Shalsha: It says accompaniment by a guardian is permitted.

Azusa: Oh?

Azusa: Well, the three of us can make a relaxing trip of it, then.

Falfa: Yay! A trip! A trip!

Falfa: A trip with Mama!

Azusa: Shalsha, are you sleepy?

Shalsha: I was so excited about today that I couldn't sleep.

Azusa INT: Just like a kid the night before a field trip...

Azusa: You both packed your bags pretty full, huh?

Falfa: Well, we'll be meeting all kinds of different spirits!

Shalsha: We prepared as necessary.

Azusa: Oh, yeah? I wonder what's in them...

Falfa: That's a secret!

Azusa: Ta-da!

Azusa: Mama's special egg sandwiches!

Falfa/Shalsha: Let's eat!

Falfa: Yummy!

Shalsha: Eggs from chickens raised in the highlands of Flatta

Shalsha: have a rich flavor and a fluffy, pulpy texture.

Azusa: I'm glad you both seem to like them.

Azusa: There.

Falfa: Thanks, Mama!

Shalsha: Thank you.

Nanterre Lake

Falfa: Ooh, it's so pretty!

Shalsha: They say Nanterre Lake was formed a few millennia ago,

Shalsha: when rainwater filled up a hole created by Blue Dragon siblings fighting.

Azusa: What a nice view!

Azusa: Wait... This is where the summit is, right?

Shalsha: This says it'll be held at night.

Azusa: Then I guess we can relax until the sun goes down.

Azusa: Honestly...

Azusa: These adorable daughters of mine...

Azusa: Falfa! Shalsha!

Falfa: Oh, wow!

Shalsha: Those are spirits?

Azusa: That many of them show up for this?

Falfa: Good evening! My name's Falfa!

Azusa: She's quick!

Azusa: That daughter of mine has some communication skills...

Azusa: Would you like me to go with you?

Misami: Oh, my! That's the rumor you heard? Is it really true?

Shalsha: U-Um... Good evening.

Azusa INT: You got this, Shalsha!

Forahn: Oh, how cute! Who might you be?

Shalsha: I'm Shalsha the slime spirit. This is my first time here.

Azusa INT: A kid with business cards?!

Shalsha: These are sweets called "Snack Slimes."

Shalsha: Please accept them as a token of friendship.

Azusa INT: She brought them gifts, too?!

Azusa INT: So that's what was in her bag!

Forahn: Oh, how lovely. Welcome to the spirit gathering.

Forahn: I am a waterfall spirit.

Jasva: I'm a volcanic ash spirit.

Misami: I'm a cumulonimbus cloud spirit.

Azusa: I'm Shalsha's mother.

Azusa: I'm Azusa, the Witch of the Highlands.

Azusa: Nice to mee—

Three: Witch of the Highlands?!

Misami: The rumor was true?! The Witch of the Highlands really exists?!

Jasva: The one they say annihilated the Blue Dragons and the demons?!

Forahn: I heard she's practically a god!

Azusa: Wait, that's super embellished!

Azusa: I didn't annihilate anyone!

Azusa: In fact, I'm very good friends with all of them!

Misami: So the rumors are almost true...

Misami: Speaking of rumors, is that one about the settlement to the south true?

Jasva: The one that says they never age?

Forahn: I heard they're not dead, but also not alive.

Misami: Yes, that's right!

Misami: I also heard they smell so horrible that they need perfumes to cover it up!

Azusa: Okay, you like rumors a little too much.

Azusa: That's odd. The summit still hasn't started.

Forahn: Well, let's chat again sometime.

Jasva: We'll have some new topics to talk about by then.

Misami: Until next time!

Azusa: Huh?

Forahn: Farewell!

Azusa: It's over already?

Yufufu: What did you think of the World Spirit Summit?

Azusa: Was there a summit?

Yufufu: Yes, of course.

Azusa: But everyone just stood around chatting.

Yufufu: The World Spirit Summit is when spirits come together just to talk.

Azusa: Oh...

Falfa: I got to talk to lots of different spirits! It was so much fun!

Shalsha: I was hoping it would be more like an actual summit.

Yufufu: Ah, yes...

Yufufu: It was a proper summit a long time ago,

Yufufu: but spirits who weren't interested in that stopped coming,

Yufufu: so we gave up on the summit.

Azusa: That's a novel way to solve that problem.

Azusa: And... you are?

Yufufu: Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.

Yufufu: I'm Yufufu, a droplet spirit.

Yufufu: I'm the one who sent the invitations.

Azusa: Droplet spirit?

Yufufu: Yes.

Yufufu: I heard there'd be cute slime spirits here,

Yufufu: and I just had to meet them.

Yufufu: It's getting late now.

Yufufu: Would you like to come to my house?

Azusa: Huh? But we couldn't...

Yufufu: There's no need to hold back.

Yufufu: Here. Hot honey water.

Azusa: Oh, thank you.

Yufufu: No need to speak so formally.

Yufufu: You've lived for a long time yourself, haven't you?

Azusa: Uh, yeah. Thanks.

Azusa INT: It feels like being back home.

Yufufu: The truth is...

Yufufu: I sent those invitations because I'm interested in you, as well.

Azusa: Huh?

Yufufu: You live a pleasant life in the highlands

Yufufu: with lots of girls you've taken in as family, right?

Yufufu: You are the central figure in your family, the one all others rely on.

Yufufu: But there's no one that you can fully lean on yourself, is there?

Azusa: I mean, yeah, it is kind of rough sometimes...

Yufufu: Yes. You have always put your family first.

Yufufu: So you also need a mom that you can lean on.

Yufufu: Azusa, you've done a wonderful job caring for your family.

Azusa: Mom...

Azusa: Yufufu... Mom?

Falfa: Morning, Mama!

Shalsha: Morning, Mother.

Azusa: Morning.

Shalsha: Mother, your...

Falfa: What happened?

Azusa: Huh?

Azusa: Wait, what?! What's going on?!

Azusa: Er, this is... I...

Yufufu: Oh, dear, I'm sorry.

Yufufu: It's my fault.

Azusa: Huh?!

Yufufu: Well, I'm a droplet spirit, after all.

Yufufu: When you're close to me, you'll always feel as if water's dripping on you.

Azusa: Oh, that's all it was?!

Shalsha: Well, now we know why...

Falfa: But why have you been so close to Yufufu?

Azusa: Well, b-because...

Yufufu: You'll understand when you're older.

Falfa: Huh...

Shalsha: Grown-ups are so mysterious.

Azusa: Okay, you two! It's time to head home!

Falfa: Bye-bye! See you again!

Shalsha: Goodbye.

Yufufu: Yes, please come again anytime.

Azusa: Sure... Mom.

Azusa INT: After living in this world for years,

Azusa INT: I now have a mother for the first time.

Text: I've Been k*lling Slimes for Yearsand Maxed Out My Level Season

Pecora: Good morning, Dear Sister!

Beelzebub: Have you all been well?

Azusa: What are all of you doing here?

Azusa: I mean, I can understand Vania, Fatla, and Beelzebub,

Azusa: but why you, Pecora?

Pecora: Dear Sister, I've heard about the popularity of Slime Snacks.

Pecora: I hear they're absolutely delicious!

Azusa: What? Word's spread all the way to Vanzeld?

Pecora: You've done it again, Dear Sister!

Pecora: But I will not be outdone!

Pecora: I baked some cookies!

Azusa: These are good! This can't be just a hobby!

Azusa: You're a pro!

Pecora: I did it!

Pecora: I got Dear Sister's seal of approval!

Vania: The Demon King's cookies could contend for the best in the world.

Pecora: I'll keep working hard on them!

Pecora: Well, I'll be going now.

Azusa: Wait, this was all you came here for?

Pecora: Yes!

Azusa: Do demons have that much time on their hands?

Beelzebub: Now, hold on. We only stopped by because we were nearby on business.

Azusa: Business?

Rosalie: What? It has to do with me?

Beelzebub: It's something somewhat similar to a ghost.

Beelzebub: We're searching for undead.

Vania: Yes, whether they're demons or not is a gray zone,

Vania: but they are not overseen by the human world,

Vania: so the demons look after them.

Beelzebub: If an undead is exposed as such to the humans,

Beelzebub: they would be disgusted or, at worst, burn the undead at the stake.

Beelzebub: It's a struggle.

Azusa: Huh...

Pecora: I know! Why don't we have Dear Sister help us?

Azusa: Why do I have to help?!

Beelzebub: If the undead is found by a human first, they might be k*lled.

Pecora: It'd be so sad, even if they're already dead!

Azusa: This is so confusing!

Rosalie: Sister!

Rosalie: You don't care if they're k*lled, even if they're already dead?!

Falfa/Shalsha: How sad...

Azusa: Not you guys, too!

Azusa: Okay, fine. You want me to help? I'll help.

Azusa: So how do we search for undead?

Beelzebub: Fatla should be arriving soon.

Azusa: "Please contact us if you meet any undead.

Azusa: You will be rewarded."

Azusa: Weren't you trying to find them before humans do?

Beelzebub: We couldn't come up with any other good ideas.

Azusa: Fightie?

Fightie: M-Master! I ran all over the land handing out flyers!

Beelzebub: Good work.

Azusa: I think you're relying too much on her strength...

Fightie: No... If I get stronger, I can make even more money...

Azusa: Still obsessed with money, I see.

Beelzebub: Anyway, after all this, it's just a matter of time before we find the undead.

Fatla: Nobody has contacted us yet.

Beelzebub: What can we do?

Azusa: How do you identify an undead, anyway?

Azusa: They never age,

Azusa: they appear both alive and dead...

Azusa: Wait, that sounds familiar...

Flashback,Misami: Speaking of rumors, is that one about the settlement to the south true?

Flashback,Jasva: The one that says they never age?

Flashback,Forahn: I heard they're not dead, but also not alive.

Azusa: You guys! I know where the undead are!

Beelzebub: Are you sure this is where they are?

Azusa: Yeah, but I don't know a specific location.

Beelzebub: I do know that they like rotten fruit,

Beelzebub: but they won't be so simple to...

Old Woman: Pondeli, I've brought you some rotting fruit.

Pondeli: Sorry. My schedule's flipped from too much gaming.

Fightie: She has animal ears.

Vania: She's cat-type beastfolk.

Old Woman: You live such an irregular lifestyle, don't you?

Pondeli: I'm all right.

Pondeli: I eat when I'm hungry and sleep when I'm tired.

Pondeli: I'm very true to what's natural!

Azusa: I feel like I heard that line in my past life...

Old Woman: Well, until next time.

Pondeli: Sure!

Beelzebub: She won't answer.

Azusa: Leave this to me.

Azusa: For types like these...

Azusa: Delivery! Signature, please!

Pondeli: Coming!

Pondeli: Books are delivered so quickly these days...

Pondeli: Wait! What do you want?!

Beelzebub: I've been searching for you.

Beelzebub: You're the undead, aren't you?

Pondeli: N-No, I'm not!

Pondeli: I'm just a grave security guard!

Azusa: Grave security guard?

Beelzebub: Then let's have someone from the temple cast a purifying spell on you.

Beelzebub: Then we'll know the truth right away.

Pondeli: I'm sorry. Anything but that, please.

Pondeli: I'll do anything... except work.

Azusa INT: Yep. She's definitely security for her own home.

Pondeli: My name is Pondeli.

Pondeli: I've been undead for about forty years.

Beelzebub: What did you do before you became undead?

Pondeli: I lived alone in the royal capital.

Pondeli: I hated working, so I stayed cooped up at home lazing around.

Pondeli: Eventually, even eating became a chore,

Pondeli: and then I starved to death.

Pondeli: After I died, I was lying in the moonlight for a while,

Pondeli: and then I became an undead.

Pondeli: But it all worked out!

Pondeli: I now truly have a life where I won't die even if I don't work!

Pondeli: And I really do watch over the graves from that window.

Pondeli: During that last storm, I made sure no gravestones fell over!

Vania: So in other words, you do nothing.

Pondeli: I'm quite pleased with the life I have.

Pondeli: There's just one thing I find lonely about it...

Pondeli: I don't have anyone to play with anymore.

Pondeli: Everyone else always grows up, you know?

Azusa: I guess it's only people like you who can stay kids forever.

Fightie: Oh, really? That's all?

Fightie: All you gotta do is train your body, and you won't be lonely!

Fightie: Muscles are your friends, and money is your lover!

Azusa: You are despicable!

Beelzebub: What Fightie says may be despicable,

Beelzebub: but her "that's all?" comment was accurate.

Azusa: Huh?

Beelzebub: But you need not worry any longer.

Beelzebub: We will be your neighbors from now on.

Pondeli: Huh?

Beelzebub: You will move to the Fortress City Vanzeld in the Demon Realm.

Beelzebub: Undead must live in the custody of the demons.

Beelzebub: You will be able to make some demon friends there.

Beelzebub: And you can game all you want on days off.

Pondeli: Days off?!

Pondeli: The existence of days off implies that I'll have to work!

Pondeli: I absolutely refuse to work!

Beelzebub: We're getting nowhere here...

Beelzebub: Then let us have a gaming showdown!

Pondeli: Ooh, I get to game?!

Beelzebub: But if I win, you must do as I say.

Pondeli: Of course! I'm not gonna lose!

Beelzebub: On my pride as a demon, I will not lose to an undead!

Pondeli: Yay! I win!

Beelzebub: Urgh... I lost...

Azusa: You suck at this.

Beelzebub: I will take you back to the Demon Realm, whatever it takes!

Pondeli: Not a chance! I absolutely refuse to work!

Azusa: Um, how about this?

Fatla: What?

Azusa: Pondeli moves to the Demon Realm

Azusa: and opens a shop where she games with people.

Pondeli: A shop for gaming with people?

Azusa: You want to play games with others, right?

Azusa: I'm sure there are demons who want to game with someone else, too.

Pondeli: I see!

Pondeli: And if lots of people come to play, I can make money playing,

Pondeli: but if nobody comes, I don't have to work!

Azusa: What do you say to that, Beelzebub?

Beelzebub: The demons have always been on the undead's side.

Beelzebub: If it will convince Pondeli to come to the Demon Realm,

Beelzebub: of course I will accept that.

Azusa: Sounds good, right, Pondeli?

Pondeli: Yes! Thank you so much!

Beelzebub: Now that that's settled, we must set a date for your move.

Pondeli: Uh, but...

Pondeli: Moving is a ton of work, isn't it?

Azusa: At least do that much by yourself!

Pondeli: Right...

Days in the Highlands

Azusa/Falfa/Shalsha: Days in the Highlands!

Beelzebub: Undead! I know you're in there!

Beelzebub: Come out quietly!

Azusa: There are this many of them?!

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Falfa/Shalsha: Part !

Beelzebub: I've been searching for you! You're the undead!

Pondeli: No! I'm not undead!

Fightie: Undead wanted!

Main - Top,Azusa: What's her deal?