Chapter 29: Confession.

When I revealed my face, Mom gasped and covered her mouth.

“What’s wrong with your skin!”

Dad was startled and rushed over to me.

“It looks strange, right?”

“Is this the time to be laughing?”

“There’s nothing wrong with my health, so you don’t have to worry so much.”

“Why on earth did you become like that?”

“It’s a side effect of the alchemy potion.”

“Alchemy potion?”

“We can’t talk like this, so I’ll cover it up again.”

I didn’t show them the Slime form.

Using the [Control] and [Transform] skills, I recreated my human form as much as possible.

I could immediately tell it was strange because the Slime’s unique sheen and texture remained on my skin.

It wasn’t the translucent Slime form, but a state where only the skin was strange.

That alone was enough to terrify my parents.

“Did you go to the hospital?”

“No.”

“Let’s go right now.”

“That’s difficult.”

“Is this the time to be saying that?”

“Going to the hospital won’t solve anything. Hospitals are for when you’re sick or injured. This isn’t being sick or injured.”

Dad seemed to have no response to this and his momentum died down. Just by looking, it didn’t seem like something going to the hospital would fix.

At best, I could get a health checkup.

“You…. did you become like that while broadcasting and taking the alchemy potion?”

I shook my head at Mom’s question.

“I don’t take the potion when I broadcast. This happened before that. I’ll explain, so please calm down and sit.”

I motioned for my parents to sit.

Thanks to the brief pause, my parents calmed down a little.

“Sending me <Insole Slime> and <Pack Slime>, and making the mask for my broadcast. Isn’t it strange that Alchemy Slime, who earns hundreds of millions of won every day, cares so much about a guy like me?”

“What’s wrong with you? Property and income aren’t important between friends.”

“Not important? We used to live similarly, but the money in our bank accounts slowly started to show a difference, and now there’s a 3 or 4 digit difference? Many people abandon even their first wives, let alone friends. Even if the one who became rich doesn’t do that, the poor one often can’t bear the inferiority complex or jealousy and the relationship falls apart. Don’t you have friends like that, Dad? I seem to remember hearing about it?”

“Ahem–.”

Our family is quite well-off.

We’re a family that can afford to get me a place to live on my own, even though I could commute to school by bus.

There must have been quite a few relationships that changed due to the wealth my parents accumulated throughout their lives.

“Alchemy Slime is treating me well because they feel sorry for me. I became like this while helping them make <Insole Slime> and <Pack Slime>. In other words, my contribution to the success of <Insole Slime> and <Pack Slime> is not small. Ahem!”

I tried to make a light joke, but the worry didn’t leave my parents’ expressions.

“Are you really okay?”

“I’m okay. There’s nothing wrong with my health. This happened around the start of vacation, and I’ve been fine until now. I’ve been eating well lately, so maybe I’m even healthier than before? Mom. You noticed I was avoiding you when you came to our house last time, right?”

Mom didn’t deny it.

“I was afraid you’d tell me to go to the hospital. I didn’t want to worry you, and going to the hospital would make Alchemy Slime uncomfortable. That’s why I avoided Mom and couldn’t contact you. I’m sorry.”

I bowed my head and apologized.

After a long time, Mom finally got up and hugged me tightly.

“As long as you’re healthy, that’s enough.”

“Right. As long as you’re healthy, that’s enough.”

“Yes. I’m perfectly fine, so don’t worry.”

After giving me enough warmth, Mom released her arms.

“Please keep this a secret. If it becomes known that someone experienced this side effect, it will severely damage the image. Alchemy Slime might stay quiet out of guilt towards me, but the Alchemy Center would probably file a damages lawsuit if sales drop.”

“Surely not.”

“No, they do. Alchemy Slime told me about the Alchemy Center’s atrocities; they’re truly obsessed with money. Stock, stock, stock, stock, stock. They send sold-out emails non-stop, call demanding stock, and tell us to build up stock because demand will increase in the future. Ugh. They’re nothing but money-grubbers, I tell you? Alchemy Slime said their daily sales are roughly 400 million won, so if their monthly sales are halved, a 6 billion won lawsuit will fly in.”

“You, you earn that much?”

“Yes. Alchemy Slime is rich. 1 million! I, a W-tuber, also 1 million! As a 1 million W-tuber, I do earn quite a bit, but I’m no match for Alchemy Slime.”

“Ri, right. You hit 1 million.”

“Yes! 1 million! W-tuber.”

“Congratulations.”

“Our son is amazing.”

“Hehehe. Money is pouring in, so I’m planning to move to a house with good security this time. How about this house? Doesn’t it look really sturdy?”

“Looks like it doesn’t ventilate well?”

“Mom. What’s important is privacy and sturdiness.”

“It’ll be hard to clean too.”

“There’s an all-purpose solution in the world called lots of money.”

“How much is this house?”

“A price I can deal with using a loan. Or there are houses like this too.”

“Ahem. Son.”

“Yes?”

“When buying a house, you have to check the water pressure in the bathroom first.”

“If it’s a private house and the water pressure is weak, I can just tear it down and fix it?”

“If you have money to waste on that, you should buy a house with strong water pressure from the start.”

“I have a lot of money.”

“You shouldn’t waste it like that.”

“I’ll just claim a share of <Insole Slime> and <Pack Slime> from Alchemy Slime, I guess. Even if I only demand 10% of Alchemy Slime’s share, that’s 20 million a day. In 5 years, I could buy a building.”

As we exchanged words, I pushed for one specific house.

I’m going to move into this house! Wahhh!

“This house is good, right?”

“Okay…. If you really want to live in that house, you should do that.”

“Yes! I’ll take this one.”

The house was decided.

“What will you do about school?”

“I’ll have to take a leave of absence.”

As if expected, my parents nodded understandingly.

“Oh, and this.”

I pushed the suitcase towards my parents and unlocked it.

The bag opened, and the wads of cash inside…. No,

The <Insole Slime>, <Pack Slime>, and <Mosquito> series that filled it up appeared.

“I’ve arranged for unlimited supply from Alchemy Slime, so use as much as you want.”

“That’s a relief. Dad can use as much as he wants without worrying about Mom’s reaction.”

“Dad uses it too?”

“Ahem!”

“At this age, a younger sibling is a bit….”

“He’s talking about using it on his face! On his face! It’s not good if he looks too much older than Mom.”

“That’s true.”

“But…. that…. it really has no effect between the legs, right?”

“At this age, a younger sibling is a bit….”

“I said no!”

“Officially, they say there’s no effect. But <Pack Slime> helps cells that are injured and weakened. So, they say it might help old ‘eggs’ regain their former vitality.”

Actually, there is a very slight effect. After finishing animal testing and finding test subjects to experiment on, it was confirmed that sperm production and sperm activity increased.

However, this is a level of change that can be achieved just by keeping the groin cool and managing your diet well. And it hasn’t been confirmed what kind of side effects there might be.

But I said there’s no plan for a younger sibling.

What is this exchange of glances now?

“Ah, and I’m not going to meet relatives this Chuseok. You know it’s a secret that I look like this, right?”

“Will you keep it a secret from Grandma and Grandpa too?”

“The fewer people who know the secret, the better. Instead, take this.”

I held out an envelope. Inside was just one sheet.

“Sweep through the department store.”

It was a single card.

Filial piety is done with money.

“If relatives ask what I’m doing, say you don’t know exactly, but that I’m holed up at home and don’t go out much, but I make good money. Then they’ll probably think I make money from stocks or coins and won’t ask in depth.”

If I earned it honestly, they’d belittle me for earning money by luck.

And after they belittle me like that, an awkward atmosphere will form, making it hard to ask how I made money.

“That’s roughly what I wanted to talk about.”

Mom hugged me tightly again.

“Don’t overdo it. Health is more important than money.”

“Okay.”

“Don’t do anything too dangerous.”

“Huh?”

“My son. Did you put a question mark on your answer just now?”

“Yes!”

Mom sighed as if dumbfounded and let go of me.

“But can you really use <Pack Slime> to your heart’s content?”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

“Mom, I wanted to fill the bathtub with <Pack Slime> and get in.”

“Fill the bathtub? That’s a luxury the world’s richest person can’t afford.”

“Having a good son is like this. What else could it be?”

I talked with my parents after a long time.

I spent time happily and came out of the room.

Mom and Dad didn’t follow, perhaps having something to talk about with each other.

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“Dear. Our son is talking about himself, right?” “Yes. Since he Awakened and had an accident, it seems he’s lying because he’s afraid we’ll worry and object.”

“Of course we’re worried. He’s an Alchemist, so he won’t fight directly, but they say accidents happen often while making alchemy potions. His skin actually became strange like that. And he’ll probably do various experiments to cure himself. Is it really okay to just leave him?”

“You know how stubborn that child is when he sets his mind to something. He seems determined to solve it himself, would he listen if we tried to stop him?”

“…Right?”

“Someday he’ll tell us the truth. If he needs help, he’ll ask. Let’s trust and wait until then.”

I retracted the tentacles I had extended far out.

The truth you really want to hide can be hidden along with a plausible fact within a lie.

Because a person who finds a jewel secretly hidden inside a fake work of art believes it’s real. Distracted by the valuable item they found, they don’t even look at the code written inside the artwork.

My parents, who discovered the plausible fact that ‘he Awakened as an Alchemist and is trying to hide doing dangerous things,’ didn’t even guess the truth that I had turned into a Slime.

I should tell my younger sibling too.

I opened the door abruptly without knocking.

“Hey. Younger sibling.”

“Ah, knock! Ah, what’s with the eye blinding! Are you crazy?”

“My skin got ruined because I used alchemy potions incorrectly, so don’t go picking up strange things to eat either. And don’t pick up <Pack Slime> just because others try it.”

“What the heck is this sudden fuss?”

I revealed my face.

“You…! What’s wrong with your skin!”

“I told you. My skin got ruined because I used alchemy potions incorrectly.”

“Is that ruined? You coated it with gel!”

“That or that.”

“Are you really okay?”

“Why, are you jealous?”

“Why would I be jealous?”

“What kind of skin is this? It’s invincible skin that doesn’t get a single pimple even if I eat five chickens before bed. Aren’t you jealous?”

“Ah, damn it.”

“Don’t worry about pimples, just diligently apply Pack Slime. I’ll send you plenty from now on. But don’t go bragging about it at school. It’s a secret that Alchemy Slime once made medicine that causes these side effects, so don’t go blabbing about it anywhere. If Alchemy Slime sues for damages, I won’t cover you.”

“I won’t spread it.”

“Okay, as long as you understand.”

As I turned to leave.

“Hey. Aren’t you Alchemy Slime?”

“Why? Do you think you’ll get some crumbs if I’m Alchemy Slime? Wake up.”

“Even when I try to worry about you, you act crazy.”

“Whether I’m Alchemy Slime or not, your life won’t change and shouldn’t change, so mind your own business.”

“Yeah, you’re full of yourself.”

“I recently did something that the curse response team would rush over for.”

“Ah, damn it, that’s gross. Stop messing around and get out.”

“Ah, and.”

“What now.”

Whoosh. Splat.

“Hey, you crazy…!”

I threw a <Pack Slime> at my younger sibling’s face and ran away.

Since I threw the allowance envelope on the floor, he won’t chase me. Thanks to that, my cash on hand completely ran out. Sob sob.

Approaching an ATM in this state was certainly burdensome.

Sadly, I’m still lacking COOL~ness!

Now, if I just clear the high-difficulty mission of eating while maintaining the [Transform] and [Control] skills, Operation name <<Treasure Hunt>> is cleared!

Nom nom nom nom nom nom

“Hey! Stop eating so much! You’re just increasing the size of your mouth and stomach from filming Mukbang!”

“I didn’t know Mom’s cooking skills were this good.”

“Don’t be cheap and drag Mom into this!”

Nom!

“Hey! What are you doing eating all of that!”

“Those who are distracted in front of a W-tuber cannot survive, umhahaha!”

I ate well!

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1 Million Subscribers Commemorative Event!

Thank you for loving SLimelove so far.

Thanks to all of you, I could come this far.

To express gratitude, we will hold a prize event.

We apologize to overseas fans, but please understand that overseas shipping is not possible.

The first prize is this.

One person who gave the idea for this product.

We will randomly select 100 people from those who left comments praising the sound in the video.

We will send this <Singing Slime>.

Depending on which Slime you press

‘Crunch’ ‘Munch’ ‘Crisp’

It’s a Slime that makes various sounds like this.

If it sings a lot, it becomes disheartened like this, but it recovers energy when exposed to sunlight, so please give it lots of love.

The second prize is this.

One person who gave the idea for this product.

We will randomly select 100 people from those who left comments praising SLimelove’s appearance.

We will send this <Penguin Slime>.

It’s a Slime that absorbs the surrounding heat and gives you the coolness of a glacier.

It’s a good item to hug and carry around during hot times like these.

After this video is uploaded, we will receive additional comments for 24 hours, then determine the winners and post the list.

Winners should send a screenshot of logging in to the email that will be announced later, along with their house address, and we will send the products.

See you next time.

-This video was produced with the sponsorship of Alchemy Slime.

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BeautyLime fainted.