"Director, do we really want to use this for ag? To be ho, I always feel something's nht..."
Fag the giant slime, rger than himself, being unloaded from the carriage onto the grassnd, Zat couldn't help but voice his doubts. Oher side...
"What are you talking about?! Isn't this giant slime adorable?!"
"Yeah, if it weren't for causing trouble for Lord Durin, I'd want to take it bad raise it."
"It's quite cute."
Whether it was Aya, Winry, or Edward, they expressed opinions pletely different from Zat. The st two were due to the trastihetics between females and males, while Edward found the sparkling jelly-like creature adorable from a modern perspective.
Seeing their reas, Lawrence, who was helping transport monsters or film props, couldn't help but ugh, "Now that you mention it, I suddenly feel fident. Maybe through the movies Director Edward makes, everyone will fall in love with these cute creatures."
Apparently, Lawrence had learned from Edward what he was currently doing. Although he still couldn't fully imagine what a "film" would be like, he was quite enthusiastic about giving the monsters he raised a ce to perform.
So, after arranging the location, the filming for the se began again. This time, the plot involved Zat and Aqua's first advehout the help of other panions— a mission to subdue the giant slime occupying the grassnd!
And because slimes, especially giant slimes, had strong corrosiveness, Edward specifically reminded Aya. He informed her that he had already deleted the se where she was swallowed by the giant frog since post-produ couldn't fix it, sidering the actors' safety. Therefore, it was the most reasonable approach.
Thus, after dressing the two lead actors in their filming es, Edward had Zat sheath his knight's longsword at his waist. After each actor took their positions, the filming work began again.
...
"Help! Aqua!! Save me!! Wah!"
"Pfft~! This is so funny! Zat, you're really going all out, to think you cry out such word with tears and snot all over your face!"
Fag Zat, who was being chased by the giant slime, and couldn't st for help, Aqua couldn't help but show a teeth-baring expression, "Wait until it's over, then bury that thing!"
Not knowing what the other was thinking, Zat, who abandoned his dignity and shouted for help, let out a heartfelt, "Okay! Aqua, please help me!"
Abandoning his dignity aing out a loud cry for help, Zat hoped to survive the crisis by appeasing Aqua. Aqua, who was high above, enjoying the sery, ughed, "Haha, I 't help it, I'll help you! But as a price, starting from tomorrow, you must address me as 'Miss Aqua.' When you return to town, you have to join the Church of Akusis, pray to me three times a day!"
"Please, Miss Aqua!"
Dropping all pretense of dignity, Zat let out a desperate cry, but Aqua tinued, "Hahaha, I really 't do anything about you. I'll help you, but as a dition, you must worship me starting tomorrow. When you eat, if I say I want a particur dish, you 't resist. When you sleep, if you snore and I pinch your o wake you up, you 't se. And, um, ahh—"
"..."
Apanied by the deep-blue slime pletely swallowing a certain chatterbox goddess, Zat, whinally inteo watch how the goddess would perform, ran over first and said, "How e you got swallowed?!"
On the film set, during the intermission.
"Waaaaa–, didn't we agree not to shoot this se? Lies! Lord, you lied!! Uaaaa–!"
Watg the girl covered in slime rushing towards him, Edward immediately hid behind Zat while hastily responding, "I 't trol that slime, it doesn't uand the script. Even if I tell it not to be attracted to you, it doesn't know why it's crawling towards you. And, you smell really bad right now, you go take a bath first..."
"Sob... sob, sob—ahhh!"
"Who was it that said such a big slime is cute?"
As the dramatic se unfolded with Aya sobbing, covered in slime, Edward couldn't help but show a curious expression. After all, fag such a corrosive slime, Aya not only had her clothes intact but also showed no signs of injury.
After a moment of ption, Edward finally spoke, "Despite some ued is, it happens that we've pleted the first half of the film. From now on, we'll o gather new actors. Winry, did you receive any respoo the audition information I asked you to post at the Adventurer's Guild?"
"Well, I did receive responses, but the number is fewer than expected. It seems that the number of adventurers in the South is decreasing."
"Is that so? Anyway, I'll interview them wheime es."
Nodding to Edward's words, Winry suddenly said, "Oh, Lord Durin, there was a message from the guards at the castle earlier. They mentioned a strange beggar who cimed to be your cssmate. Although I thought of inf yht away, I fot because I was busy preparing the props for your shoot."
"You fot about su important thing?!"
Surprised that even Winry could make a mistake, Edward, with a helpless expression, quickly stood up and asked, "I uand. Anyway, how is she now?"
"Because it's unclear if she's really your friend, and to be cautious in case she's some kind of scammer, the guards decided to lock her up in the fi room. They pn to wait for your decision after you return."
"..."
Realizing that some poor soul was now experieng impriso py, Edward immediately activated teleportation magid, before Zat and the others could react, took Winry back to Edward Castle.
Upourning to the castle, Edward, who immediately called the guards over, quickly said after firming the situation as Winry described, "Anyway, let me see her first..."
Uedly, despite inviting her over, he ended up being fined after the person arrived. Edward, with a wry smile, hurriedly headed towards the fi room. After all, he was worried that if he didn't go, the person might cast a burst fireball spell out of anger and level his castle.