The Abandoned Prince Heals an Enemy Soldier on the Frontlines, Only to Discover She’s the Seventh Imperial Princess - Chapter 40: The Abandoned Prince Gets Attacked at Night

Chapter 40: The Abandoned Prince Gets Attacked at Night

“Hmm… No clues about the culprit again today, huh.”

It had been a few days since I started living in the girls’ dorm.

So far, everything had been pretty peaceful—no major trouble to speak of.

…Well, okay. There was that one time Tenau and Kanade walked in on me doing stuff with Nayuta.

But thanks to Alcarion’s “rare condition where I suddenly grow male parts” cover story, I managed to explain it away.

…Well, maybe “explain” is a bit generous.

It was more like I blurted out something random like, “It gets painful if I don’t release once in a while!” and somehow got away with it.

Kanade, being the understanding type, just nodded and said, “If it’s a medical condition, I suppose it can’t be helped.”

And Tenau—who usually acted all hyper—turned bright red all the way to her ears and got super shy.

Seeing her flustered like that made me so excited that I ended up going at it even harder with Nayuta later… Not that I need to say that out loud.

“Still, we’ve got nothing on the vandal, huh?”

“Even though there are witnesses… Their testimonies are just kind of all over the place. Doesn’t help much.”

There had actually been a ton of reports about someone sneaking around and messing with students’ stuff.

But every single account was vague or made no sense.

One went something like—

“The culprit is a drop-dead gorgeous girl. When I called out to her, she vanished into thin air. She mostly targets girls’ personal items. The stuff she ruins tends to be textbooks, notebooks, pens and other school supplies.”

“Yeah… that’s way too vague. No real leads at all.”

“Right? Sorry for roping you into this on your day off, Nayuta.”

“It’s fine. Ms. Alcarion’s not around either, so it’s not like I had plans.”

Yeah, right now, it’s just Nayuta and me working together to find the one behind all the vandalism.

Why? Because Alcarion’s clone body—Maidrion—got caught fooling around a little too freely, and Rosemary found out.

The whole academy had been buzzing after Rosemary flew in on a wyvern and straight-up captured Maidrion.

Oh, and Violetta, being a co-conspirator, got taken in too.

As for me, Rosemary cornered me and demanded an explanation—so I ended up spilling everything.

Since I’d technically just been dragged into it all, she didn’t get too mad about me living in the girls’ dorm…

But she did pout a little and say:

“Hmph. Fine, build your little harem or whatever… But if you ever start neglecting me, I won’t forgive you.”

She looked so cute turning away like that—

So naturally, I dragged her into the restroom and had some incredibly naughty fun with her. Yep.

…Ahem. Anyway, back on topic.

“If only there was some super easy, obvious way to catch the culprit…”

“Haha, if there were, we wouldn’t be struggling this much—wait, huh?”

That’s when Nayuta spotted something in the hallway and picked it up.

“Reyshel, isn’t this your slime?”

“…Yup. That’s my Lime.”

“He escaped!? You can’t just leave him unsupervised like that!!”

I mean, I thought I was taking good care of him.

But lately, I’d find Lime missing from his cage in my dorm room more often than not.

That said, he always came back after two or three hours. And since he was a tamed monster, he had a magical marker that made it clear he belonged to someone, so there was no risk of anyone mistaking him for a wild threat and attacking him.

If he were a dangerous dragon, yeah, that’d be a huge issue.

But Lime was just a slime.

The most he ever did was wiggle his tentacles and… enhance the moment when playing with girls. He didn’t really cause any harm, so no one made a big fuss even when he wandered around the school.

In fact, people had started saying stuff like, “Little Lime is so cute~!” He was kind of becoming the school mascot.

Like that friendly dog that wanders into the schoolyard and everyone starts feeding.

Though yeah… I did panic that one time when he accidentally melted a girl’s clothes while she was trying to pet him.

“Hm? Wait a second—Lime, did you get a little bigger?”

“—♪”

“Really?”

“Yeah. He’s definitely bigger than before.”

Maybe someone had been secretly feeding him while he was out wandering?

Or maybe… he was sneaking out just to get food?

“Hmph. Some bold punk out there’s been feeding my Lime, huh? What if he ends up turning into some super-powered menace!?”

Slimes could completely change—not just their traits, but even their personalities—depending on what they ate.

If you fed them the flesh of gentle animals like cows or sheep, they’d turn out calm and docile. But if you gave them the meat of vicious monsters, they’d grow aggressive and violent.

Even the strength and type of acid they produced could change. In fact, Lime’s current form—one that only melted clothes and not skin—was basically a miracle.

If he changed and I couldn’t enjoy our usual “slime play” at night anymore, it’d be a huge problem.

And just as that very serious concern crossed my mind…

I noticed a group of people gathering near a classroom further down the hallway.

“Huh? Something’s going on over there.”

“Could it be the vandal again!?”

“!! Let’s check it out!”

Nayuta and I hurried toward the source of the commotion.

“Whoa… what a mess…?”

“This place is… if I remember right, isn’t it the room where they display monster specimens? It’s totally wrecked…”

The inside of the archive room was a disaster zone.

All the stuffed monsters and preserved samples—at least, that’s what they used to be—had been completely destroyed.

Or rather…

“They’ve been melted, haven’t they?”

“Looks like someone dumped acid or something all over them.”

The specimens were reduced to mush, melted into a goopy mess.

Some were destroyed so badly, not even a trace was left. Whoever did this used some kind of chemical to completely erase them.

Cleaning this up was going to be a nightmare.

“Do you think this could be the work of the vandal?”

“Hard to say… Though now that you mention it, some of the items that got trashed before did look like they were melted by chemicals too.”

“Then it has to be the same culprit! …But why would they suddenly start messing with school property too?”

“Don’t ask me…”

We tossed ideas back and forth, trying to make sense of it—but naturally, we didn’t get anywhere.

Eventually, a few teachers showed up, and the students who had gathered were told to head back to their dorms. Nayuta and I quietly returned to our room.

And that night… the real incident happened.

Something was rustling around in my bed, and it woke me up.

Could it be Nayuta, sneaking into my bed for a little late-night fun?

I opened my eyes, thinking that might be the case—

“Mmm… Nayuta—wait, you’re not her!?”

“…”

She was beautiful.

A stunning girl with long, silver hair that shimmered like moonlight and deep, ocean-blue eyes. Her figure was flawless—like something out of a dream.

And every tiny movement made her large chest jiggle wildly. The sensation pressing against me was unmistakable.

It was… slime.

She had slime boobs.

This perfect beauty was straddling me, smiling softly as if everything was completely normal.

I couldn’t help but shout out.

“W-Who are you!?”

“…We finally get to talk. Master, I love you.”

“!? “

“Master… let’s make a baby?”

As she whispered those words, the girl leaned in close—

And kissed me.

That’s when I noticed something strange.

Her body… didn’t have much warmth. In fact, she felt kind of cool to the touch.

It was… a familiar kind of cool. Just like Lime.

Wait.

Lime?

I glanced over to the corner of the room, where Lime’s cage was usually set up.

But it was empty.

At that exact moment, my brain—boasting an IQ of 530,000—arrived at an absolutely insane conclusion.

“…Don’t tell me… you’re Lime?”

“…As expected of Master. Truly divine. There is no one more worthy of becoming god of this world than you, Master.”

“Wait—hold on!?”

Lime pounced on me, and before I could react, things had already started.

I couldn’t even resist.

My arms and legs were completely restrained by her slime tentacles, and she thoroughly drained me right there on the bed.

As she gently held me in her soft, gooey embrace, Lime whispered sweetly into my ear—

“It’s okay, Master. You’re going to become the god of this world. Leave everything to Lime. First, we’ll start by getting every girl in this academy pregnant with your babies.”

“…Wait, WHAT?”

Yeah…

I think something really dangerous just got started.

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[Afterword]

A Random Tidbit

Author: “I want to hug a slime girl, get fully dissolved right down to the bone, and become one with her. Then we’ll live together… for eternity.”

R: “You okay, buddy? Want to talk about it?”

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