The Slime's Secret and the Frozen Gate
I had to change into my combat suit first, so I set the now-docile slime that had been busy eating down beside my bag and opened it. “Let’s see… I’m pretty sure I packed the combat suit in here somewhere.”
After pulling out a wristwatch-like dimensional gate observation device, a raincoat-like plastic garment, a survival knife, fire-starting tools, and various other items from the three-folded spear, I finally found the combat suit sealed in plastic. The backpack was packed so efficiently that I had to remove everything else before I could reach the suit at the very bottom.
The white combat suit, made of thick material, was a full-body suit that covered everything from the legs to the neck and clung tightly to the skin. Small metal parts were attached to the insteps, the backs of the hands, the groin, the chest, and the neck. I laid the suit on the ground and stripped off my clothes, folding them neatly to keep them clean before tucking them into the backpack. Then I picked up the suit.
Naked, I stepped into it feet first, worked my arms through the sleeves, and struggled to pull the zipper up my back to the neck before locking it. The moment the lock engaged, the metal pieces on each part unfolded, forming boots, gloves, and metal armor that protected the vital areas. A mask even extended to cover the front of my face, shielding my head as well.
“Ugh, it’s a bit tight.” The highly elastic material pressed against my entire body, creating an uncomfortable sensation, but movement itself remained easy. I tested it by swinging the axe blade against my arm, but it didn’t cut at all. The artificial skin was strong against impacts but weak against blades, and this suit seemed designed to compensate for that weakness.
After equipping the dimensional gate observation device on my left wrist, I packed everything except the three-folded spear back into the backpack. Once I finished organizing the bag, I looked down to see the slime, having finished the fruit, now crawling across the floor.
“What am I supposed to do with this thing?” While I was wondering where to store it, the slime that had been sniffing around began climbing up my leg. It was so small and moving across the surface of the combat suit that I could barely feel it. I wished I had some kind of container in the backpack, but there was nothing suitable. Left with no choice, I left the slime clinging to my calf as it slowly crawled upward and descended the tree.
The slime stuck so firmly that it didn’t fall off. It occurred to me that if it stayed attached to my body like this, I probably wouldn’t lose it even during combat. Shrugging off my concern about the slime, I activated the dimensional gate observation device on my wrist. The device detected nearby space and indicated locations where a dimensional gate was likely to open. A small green dot marked my position, with an arrow pointing in the most probable direction.
“So I need to go right from here.” I turned to face forward and started walking. After pushing through the undergrowth for a while, I felt an odd sensation between my legs. The unfamiliar feeling against bare skin made me check my crotch, but the metal parts covering it made visual inspection impossible. When I slipped my fingers under the metal, I discovered that the crotch area of the suit wasn’t sealed—it was open. The slime must have slipped inside through the gap.
The slime that had been wriggling at the entrance of my vagina for a while began pushing inward. “Ah, wait—” I tried to grab it with my fingers, but the gap was too narrow to move them properly. While I struggled, the slime that had entered my vagina pushed even deeper. Because my body was already somewhat aroused from the influence of the estrus state on my mind, the unfamiliar stimulation on my now-sensitive vagina sent waves of pleasure rising through me. As the slime moved, my trembling legs gave out and I dropped to my knees. It slid easily into my now-wet vagina and advanced all the way to the deepest part.
The slime that had attached itself to the cervical opening at the very back began slowly pushing its amorphous body inside. The invasion of my uterus, felt so vividly because of my heightened sensitivity, made my waist tremble. The slime’s movements against my sensitized reproductive organs produced an intensely powerful pleasure. “Hngh!” The sensation of it passing through the narrow opening of the cervix and the cold feeling of it filling my uterus came with overwhelming sexual ecstasy. The moment the slime that had completely entered inside stuck to the uterine wall, the pleasure that washed over my entire body made me climax. “Haaang!”
Unable to control the tremors running through my body, I collapsed to the floor, convulsing. The relentless waves of pleasure kept crashing over me, and I continued orgasming mindlessly until I lost consciousness.
When I came to, I was on Kyubey’s bed in the mental space. Kyubey, who had noticed I was awake, looked at me with a mix of concern and mischief. “You’re up? You came pretty spectacularly there.”
“Ugh… what happened?”
“While Uriel and I were in the middle of having fun, the mental space became unstable. I checked what was going on and saw you having continuous orgasms before passing out. So I brought you here, and Uriel went out to wait by the dimensional gate.”
“I see… haa.” It seemed I hadn’t been unconscious for very long after all. I sighed, still feeling the lingering arousal in my body despite having climaxed hard enough to faint.
Kyubey, watching me, asked curiously, “So what made you come like that? At your level, even ovarian modification shouldn’t cause such strong arousal.”
“It’s because of you, sis.”
“Me? Does ovarian modification make arousal that intense?”
“No, that part’s fine. It’s the black slime. It came in through my vagina and went all the way into my uterus. I don’t know what kind of trick it pulled, but the pleasure was so strong that I blacked out.”
“Hehe, so ovarian modification is okay? Anyway, you’re saying the slime is inside your uterus? Uriel didn’t seem to know anything about it.”
“She left right after I fainted, didn’t she?”
“It took a while to monitor your condition. She left about thirty minutes later. You woke up roughly two hours after that.”
“Then it must have calmed down in the meantime.”
Looking through Uriel’s perspective on the TV screen, I saw her glancing around warily. Fortunately, the dimensional gate still hadn’t opened. Meanwhile, Kyubey kept rubbing my lower abdomen with her hand and chuckling.
Wondering why, I asked, “Why are you laughing so much?”
“I’m glad both you and Uriel accepted the ovarian modification. If we keep getting used to pleasure like this, won’t we all be able to enjoy a fun sex life together? Once we find the demon core later, I’ll even engrave a Yin Brand for you.”
“Ugh, spare me that.” If she engraved a Yin Brand too, my sexual desire would be completely under Kyubey’s control. Falling into the hands of Kyubey, who was beyond just being bright and was outright sex-obsessed, would make daily life unbearable. Anyway, I needed to check the state of my uterus first. Focusing my mind, I shifted my consciousness to my uterus. As the sole ability I could properly use as the Abaddon Queen, moving my consciousness was easy. Instead of pink uterine walls, I saw my uterus covered in black mucus. The uterus coated in glossy black slime felt like a latex pouch. Even when I extended an Abaddon tentacle, it too was coated in the black mucus.
Was this the work of that small black slime? I groped around inside the uterus with the tentacle, but everywhere was covered in the black mucus. Annoyed by my constant touching, the uterine wall twitched in response. A mini slime formed from mucus that peeled off the wall tapped and pushed my tentacle away. As if telling me not to touch, it kept pushing until I stopped moving the tentacle and stayed still. Then it calmed down, glancing around cautiously.
Leaving the now-docile slime alone, I focused on the uterus itself. Its condition was better than expected. The slime had eroded the uterine wall, forming something like a placenta that connected to blood vessels to absorb nutrients. The fallopian tubes up to the ovaries were also covered in mucus, but it was just covering them without doing anything else. Based on the current state, it seemed the slime that had entered through the vagina following the love juices it considered food had made its way to the uterus, parasitized there, and was now feeding through the blood. I wasn’t sure if this was the slime’s original ecology, but aside from consuming nutrients, it didn’t seem to cause significant harm to the host’s uterus.
After tentatively reaching that conclusion, I released my focus and returned my consciousness to the mental space, where Kyubey was still watching. “Back already? So how’s the situation?”
“The slime is parasitizing my uterus. It’s covered the uterus in black mucus, formed something like a placenta, and is obtaining nutrients through the blood.”
“That’s all?”
“Yes. It covered up to the ovaries too, but it’s just sitting there without any other effects.”
“I guess that’s a relief, at least. I was surprised to find out that cute little thing was a parasitic slime.”
“Monster ecology really is diverse.” I realized that no matter how harmless a monster appeared, I had to stay wary, since I never knew what might show up.
“It’ll be hard to find a solution here, so I’ll need to get a thorough examination once we return.”
“Right. The dimensional gate is the priority right now.”
“I should switch with her soon.”
I emerged to switch with Uriel, who was keeping watch. Good work. I’ll take over again.
“You’ve regained consciousness. I’ll ask Kyubey if I have questions.”
With that, Uriel entered the mental space, and I regained control of my body. I touched my lower abdomen where my uterus containing the slime was, but to my surprise, I felt nothing unusual. If I hadn’t been able to manipulate my uterus with the Abaddon Queen’s ability, the parasitism would have been so stealthy that I might not have noticed it at all. Anyway, what mattered now was the dimensional gate, so I pushed the slime out of my mind and focused on guarding the surroundings.
How much time had passed? An unusual phenomenon appeared in my field of view. A certain space nearby was rippling violently and rapidly. I realized a dimensional gate was about to open. Feeling slightly tense, I gripped the transformed spear and axe in both hands and stared at the center of the rippling.
The rippling grew larger until it finally formed a massive circular shape three meters in diameter. The circular space began showing a scene completely different from the forest behind it. Beyond the dimensional gate was a snow-covered plain.
Whoa, is that a dimensional gate?
Yes. It’s a spatial overlap phenomenon connecting to another dimension.
So other dimensions really do exist.
“But nothing’s coming out?”
The dimensional gate had opened, but only silence remained. The snowy landscape beyond showed no change either.
Does this happen sometimes?
It’s rare, but it has happened. In cases where monsters don’t leave their territory, we have to go in and deal with them directly.
“This is troublesome. Should we wait for God and enter together?”
Occasionally the gate closes on its own, so waiting is also a valid option.
“Then let’s wait for now. By the way, cold air is coming from the dimensional gate. It’s a bit chilly.”
Because it was a snowy region, a considerable amount of cold air was flowing in. Even wearing the combat suit, I decided to start a fire against the chill seeping through the outer layer. I gathered firewood from the surrounding forest, piled it up, and lit a campfire. The fire in front of the dimensional gate blocked some of the cold.
So it’s waiting time again.
Dealing with dimensional gates often involves unexpected situations.
“Want me to sing something?”
I prefer the wet sounds of sex over singing.
“Sigh.”
Time passed as we waited endlessly. Then Kyubey was the first to notice something strange. Hey, aren’t they fighting over there?
“Where?”
Look at that spot where the snow is swirling hard. Something’s moving, right?
As Kyubey said, in the area where snow was whipping around particularly violently, several shadows were moving chaotically.
Use the zoom function.
“Zoom? Ah, you mean the eye?”
Yes. Fix your viewpoint and focus on enlarging it.
“Hmm.”
When I concentrated as instructed, my vision zoomed in and enlarged. Whoa, that’s amazing. The resolution dropped slightly, but it was much easier to distinguish things now that they were larger.
Ah, a yeti? That’s the yeti from fairy tales, right?
“Aren’t those people fighting the yeti?”
Yetis and humans are fighting.
Giants covered in white fur and people in thick clothing were engaged in combat. Blood spilled by both sides stained the white snow red.
“But people are coming out of the dimensional gate too?”
At least not in any of the memories I’ve received.
Wait, didn’t that person just create a fireball in midair?
“I saw it too.”
Amid the busy fighting, someone relatively far back created a fireball and hurled it at a yeti. The fireball that struck the yeti exploded with great force and was powerful enough to spread embers to nearby yetis. One yeti burned to death from the flames, but the humans were still at a disadvantage due to the difference in numbers.
Wouldn’t dealing with the yetis, who are obviously the monsters, close the dimensional gate?
“How about attacking from behind while they’re fighting the people?”
Wouldn’t it be better to wait for God like this?
Uriel seemed reluctant to get involved in a battle with humans whose identities were unknown. But leaving the humans to die fighting monsters didn’t sit right with me either.
“I can’t just stand by and watch those people die. I’m going to join the fight.”
I agree.
Understood.
Outvoted, Uriel eventually agreed. I immediately leaped into the dimensional gate. The moment I passed through the gate’s boundary, the cold air that had been flowing out intensified dramatically and engulfed my entire body.