Being caught by the Slime Queen

Xingyue: ‘I should go help her.’

‘Bullying someone with numbers, even a villain can’t stand for that.’

‘Besides, she’s a cat girl. How can anyone bully a cat girl? (｀Δ´)’

And so, Xingyue took the first step.

At that very same moment—

[Note: Choosing A will lead to a CG with those three girls.]

Xingyue: ‘…Eh (°ー°〃)’

‘Oh no…’

Xingyue had forgotten that she was incredibly weak right now. If she went up there just like this, not only would she not be able to help.

She might even be targeted by those three girls, and then she’d be bullied too…

‘What do I do now…’

Xingyue: ‘I’m sorry…’

Xingyue apologized silently in her heart, then, forcing down her guilt, she pretended not to see the scene and quickened her pace towards the school gate, not daring to look back.

‘If you’re going to blame someone, blame the one who made me lose my powers…’

‘That’s right, that person is—’

“Little Xingyue, over here!”

Ruoxi was waiting for Xingyue at the gate, her long golden hair fluttering in the wind. She was holding a small, cute cake and waving at Xingyue with a smile.

“Sister Ruoxi.”

Xingyue forced a smile and took the cake, her mind still on the cat girl.

“What’s wrong? You look so pale. Did someone bully you?”

Ruoxi frowned.

“No… I’m just a little tired.”

Xingyue lowered her head, not daring to look Ruoxi in the eye.

****

The two walked home side by side. Ruoxi chattered excitedly about interesting things at school, but Xingyue didn’t hear a single word.

Her mind was filled with the image of the helpless cat girl, and Xisitina’s mysterious warning.

“Little Xingyue, are you even listening to me?”
Ruoxi stopped and waved a hand in front of Xingyue’s face.

“Ah… ah, I’m sorry.”
Xingyue quickly replied, her gaze still somewhat evasive.

“Why are you so distracted… If someone bullies you, you have to tell me.”

Ruoxi gently patted Xingyue’s head, a gentle smile gracing her lips.

“Mhm…”

****

After returning home, Xingyue shut herself in her room and sat on her bed in a daze.

She looked at the star badge on her chest, feeling a wave of irritation.

“I came here to hide my identity, but it feels like the trouble is just piling up.”

Xingyue sighed.

And then…

The next second…

Click.

A faint sound came from the floor.

“What’s that sound?”

Xingyue’s eyes snapped open.

Bloody incantations appeared on the wooden floor, vine-like patterns coiling upwards like living things, forming a hexagram at the head of the bed.

“W-Wha?!”

The next second, viscous Slime tentacles shot out from the magic circle, wrapping around Xingyue’s ankles with a jelly-like scent.

“What is this?!”

Xingyue couldn’t break free.

“Help, Ruoxi—Mmph!”

Before she could even call out, Xingyue was dragged into the magic circle.

****

Damp air, thick with the smell of jelly, enveloped her. Countless glowing Slimes writhed on the ceiling, forming a giant throne.

“Magical Girl Star, hmph, so it was you who killed my cute Slime babies?”

A saccharine voice, like melting candy dripping on skin, came from the beautiful woman lounging on the throne.

Rainbow-colored hair cascaded down like a waterfall, each strand entwined with glowing slime. Her fishtail skirt, pieced together from countless Slimes, shifted in magnificent colors with her movements.

“Urk… ah…”

Xingyue was hung upside down in mid-air, her body covered in sticky liquid.

She struggled to cast a spell, only to find that the light of her badge was being suppressed by the surrounding slime.

“Um, it wasn’t actually me who did it! It was Magical Girl Sunshine! Go find her!”

Xingyue shouted.

“Hmph, I know it was Magical Girl Sunshine, but you were her accomplice, weren’t you,” the Slime Queen said.

“Then why don’t you go after the main culprit…”

“Hehe…”
The Slime Queen let out two cold laughs.

Then she turned her head away…

“Nonsense… If this queen could beat her, I would have gone after her long ago…”

Xingyue: ‘…Ah Σ( ° △ °|||)︴’

‘Are you kidding me!’

‘Picking on the weak ones!’

“So, this queen only left a Slime Trap Seal on you. It triggers automatically at night, bringing you here.”

The Slime Queen stood up.

Xingyue: ‘Nooo—!’

‘I think I know what the so-called hidden crisis was…’

‘So that “evil aura” Xisitina mentioned was the trap magic left by the Slime!’

The Slime Queen walked barefoot across the floor. She lifted Xingyue’s chin with her fingertip, a drop of Slime nail polish landing on the girl’s collarbone.

“So, Magical Girl Star, will you pay with your life, or…”
She suddenly leaned in, her breath smelling of fermented wine. “Become one of my children, just like them?”

“Eh… I…”

Xingyue originally thought she had a choice.

However…

“Forget it. Seeing how cute you are, you can just be my new mount.”

Without waiting for an answer, an emerald-green magical mist enveloped Xingyue.

“Ahhhhhhhhh—”

Xingyue felt her body being changed.

In her last glimpse, she saw her body turning into a translucent, jelly-like substance, her snow-white hair dissolving into floating fluorescent particles.

Soon, a white, soft, jiggly little Slime with “intelligent” eyes was born.

“Oh my, how adorable~”

The queen held her in her palm, and the surrounding Slime subjects let out happy gurgles.

“Next, I just need to nurture you well, raise you to be a bit bigger, and you can become this queen’s new mount, hehehe~”

****

Before darkness consumed her consciousness, Xingyue heard herself making not human sounds, but the clicking of a Slime.

She had become the queen’s future mount, raised as a Slime, forever losing the possibility of escape in the gentle embrace of the Slime Kingdom.

“Give little Xingyue back to me! You demons!”

Before Xingyue completely lost consciousness…

She thought she saw something…

A blonde human roared and burst in, wielding a magic sword, and began to fight the Slimes.

In her blurry vision, she thought she saw her running towards her.

Unfortunately, Xingyue was already done for QAQ

[Game Over.]

[Ending Achieved: The Slime Queen’s Affection]

****

Little Xingyue, you really are an idiot. The young lady hinted at it so much, and you still didn’t understand what she meant…

Oh well, it’s fine. At least you didn’t get a permanent game over. You still have a chance to fix things.

Let me give you a hint. That cute cat girl loli can still save you.

Go raise her favorability, meow (=￣ω￣=)

****

“Waaah!”

Xingyue’s eyes snapped open.

What greeted her was the school hallway after school.

And in front of her was…

“How dare you bully my little sister? I’ll make sure you leave with a few scrapes today!”

“Smack!”

Three girls were bullying the cat girl loli in the corner.

Such a familiar scene…

Xingyue: ‘Did I… rewind again?’

[Time of Decision!]

[A. Step forward and help the cat girl (ﾉ｀⊿´)ﾉ]

[B. Pretend you didn’t see anything and just walk away…]

[C. Wait for the girls to leave, then pretend you were just passing by and help the cat girl.]

[Note: This is a far-reaching choice. Please choose carefully.]

Xingyue: ‘This option again…’

‘How should I choose this time…?’