I muttered as I watched the slimes.
Still, I was ready to use magic—but I wasn’t confident I could protect them completely when they were this close.
But I couldn’t force them to stop either.
Really, the only thing I could do at this point was to pray for their safety.
‘Can you hear me?’
As I was praying for the slimes, one of them reached the top of the dragon’s head and started talking to it.
And then…the dragon’s eyes opened slightly.
‘…I am seeing things now…this must mean I am finally going to die…’
While the dragon had looked surprised for a second, it muttered in a dry voice and then closed its eyes again.
Apparently, it didn’t think that the slimes were real.
‘But, I am here!’
‘You’re not seeing things!’
The slimes shouted angrily.
As they had been ignored, they now wanted to prove that they existed. So they began to hop around on his face and back… But the dragon’s eyes remained shut.
And then…finally, one of the slimes lost patience and said to me,
‘Yuji! Water!’
Water…?
Did they want me to use water to force the dragon to wake up?
What the hell were they thinking…?
Still, I used Shared Senses to check the area surrounding the dragon.
While there were guards around the machine, there was no one close to the dragon.
They were probably staying away, because the dragon would kill them if it saw them.
Instead, they were using strong chains to keep it from escaping.
Given the situation…I could probably get away with using some water magic.
However, I wasn’t sure.
‘Hey, are you sure this is a good idea?’
‘It’s fine!’
‘Water! Hurry!’
The slimes shouted back.
Apparently, the word ‘caution’ was not in the dictionary of slimes.