Azulle woke to the light of day already slipping in her eyes. She knows this normally is a bad sign as she is to report to the kitchen for her morning duties. In a panic she quickly throws her clothes on and with it her p-phone falls out reminding her of the order she was given and she groans picking up the phone. When she leaves her brother is still strongly asleep giving her hope that he will sleep past the time for their impromptu quest. With sleep still in her eyes, she makes her way to the kitchen.

“Well someone is finally awake.” Reprimanded, Marril. “Just because you have a tablet now does not mean you can shirk your duties, surely the young lord is waiting for his morning breakfast.”

“He is asleep. I am sorry though Lady Marril.” Azulle groans out.

“You will when we start your morning training...”

“I am sorry, I can’t. Gil ordered me to do something else. I need to gather stuff for our journey.” Azulle yawning grabs a bag and starts to fill it with food but is halted when a broom stands between her and the counter.

“So he ordered you to go somewhere. Then leave the food prep to myself and the cook. But how far are you going.” Marril says pushing her young ward with a broom.

“He wants to go fight slimes.” Azulle states and Marril’s eyes widen.

“Very well then we will pack a lunch for you two. And I guess it would be fitting I planned to take you to that place anyway.”

“You know where slimes are?” Azulle querying Marril’s statement.

“The old bathing house? Your training is to clean that place and to get it working again. But as it’s been many years since surely slimes have moved in seeking the filth and trash that people have been dumping there for years. Plus the guards have had to save Kawa more than once from swarms of slimes there before. I will have a guard accompany you ...” Marril explains but is interrupted by Azulle.

“Gil wants it to be just myself and him to go.”

“Marril very well I will have them patrol while you two go in. But for a newly classed maid and the young lord you must make sure to defend him well. Here take this with you.” Marril hands Azulle the broom.

“A broom? I know I don’t know anything about slimes... but wouldn’t a sword or any weapon be better against them?” Azulle stands puzzled.

“You will see. Let Gil use his blade. But you are a maid and a broom is more than a fitting weapon for you. Plus you will need it to start cleaning afterward anyways. Now go take both of your breakfasts and prepare the young lord's armor and weapons.”

“Yes lady, Marril!” Replies Azulle.

The scenes move on to later that morning with Azulle and Gil before the decaying stone ruins of the old bathhouse. A large muscular-looking woman with pointed ears and a tail is wagging her tail happily as the two approaches.

“So this wreck of place is where we will find slimes!” Gil says with his face barely visible over his oversized armor.

“It darns sure is my young master.” Replies the wolf woman. “Now lady Marril told me to not worry bout you two little things in there but if you need my help all you gotta do is whistle and I will come running to you cute little adventures.”

“Mother allowed you to step away from your duties captain Jenni?” Gil asks surprised.

“Well my sweet little prisoners are all sleepy after the big breakfast I got them, and as I am the only one to hold the keys to this place Lady Marril wanted me to keep an eye on you precious little things. Wouldn’t cha know!” The wolf woman Jenni says rubbing her face on Azulle’s uncomfortably. She then moves towards Gil but he starts backing away so she returns to rubbing her head on Azulle. As the door creaks open. “Have fun slaying you two!”

Gil proudly pushes past Jenni and Azulle and moves on in the building only to suddenly scream how it stinks inside. Azulle walks in and cringes at the sight of mounds of garbage, decaying remains from the castle gardens maintenance, and several pieces of broken tools, weapons, and decorations. “Bathhouse this is more like the castle dump,” Gil says choking on the stench in the air.

“Marril wants me to clean all this!” Azulle thinks. She looks over the mound of refuge and doesn’t see anything that even looks like what she can think of as a slime.

“Where are all these slimes? You told me that Marril said there are slimes in here!” Gil shouts at his young servant.

“This is just the front area. Maybe they are further in!” Azulle snaps back.

“There better be.” Gil pouts but moves on into one of the semi-cleared doorways as Azulle looks up and reads.

“Women’s, Um Gil shouldn’t you ...”

“I am a lord there is nowhere I can’t enter in my domain!” Gil snakily replies giving Azulle a shiver down her spine at the thought of her in a bath and Gil forcing his way in.

The two slide about the uneven ground as they move what looks to be a large changing room. As they move glints of movement catch Azulle’s gaze but Gil’s steadfast push forward gets her to have to move on without investigating it.

The two push on to the actual baths part of the girl's side Gil laughing. “This is nothing more than a dump. At worse, there is nothing more here than...” his words are stopped as the pile of garbage shifts and moves. “What was that?”

“Be careful Gil!” Azulle shouts as a collection of multiple colors of slimes move out of the garbage. But one larger red one leaps out at Gil.

“Please these are weaklings and I am a hero!” Gil shouts swinging his sword almost loading his balance but still cutting deep in the slime... which in-turns blasts fire out the cut back at Gil.

“What just happened? He cut it but it looks like it gave back damage in full with ... Huh?” Azulle looks down and sees a few blue and green slimes latching on her eating away at her clothes. And she swears she sees some of them blushing as they do so. She slaps one away and it hits the wall and splats into a puddle. “It didn’t shoot fire?”

“A high count of monsters has been detected. Assessing information on the monsters in the surrounding area!” Calls out the voice from Azulle’s pocket.

“My p-phone?” Azulle is surprised. While Gil strikes another slashing a small yellow in half this time unleashing a burst of electricity upon him. “Gil!”

“Damn it why do these freaks keep striking back at me. Don’t they know they need to die!” Shouts Gil slicing another all be it smaller red that again bursts out in flames at Gil.

“Wait why do the ones that Gil cuts strike back but the ones I hit...” Azulle puzzles slapping three more off her.

“Monster identification complete! Slimes, weak level creatures with simple-minded goals of eating, and procreating. Each slime color relates to both the food source the slime devours and the elemental properties it possesses. The larger the slime the greater power it has consumed. Slimes will release their pent-up energy as a defense against slashing and piercing weapons.” The p-phone explains.

“That is it, Gil stop using your sword!” Shouts Azulle.

“Are you insane? These are monsters they must be defeated by a hero. And I am a hero!” Gil slashes a green slime and his armor begins to hiss and eat away! “Damn it do your job you worthless maid and protect me!”

Azulle grabs a stronghold on her broom and swipes half a dozen slimes at once into the wall where they all splat into puddles. “This broom, Marril must have known it would be a better weapon against these guys. Fine, then I will...” Azulle begins to run towards Gil thrusting her way with the broom but trips and rolls into her brother crashing the two of them into the large bath. The p-phone falls out and a slime touches it sparking.

“You stupid klutz! This is how you protect your master!” Shouts at Azulle.

“Unknown language detected, translating...” the phone states as the slime that touched it cries out.

“Pluu pluu!” A small white slime says.

“Ouch, that damn thing hurt! ...it says.” Denotes the phone.

A small black slime with angry eyes glares and states “pluu pluu pu pu pluu plu pu pluu!”

“These rotten creatures invaded our territory. We have to make them regret coming here anaki! ... it says.” The phone states in a monotone voice destroying the emotions behind the slimes words.

“Anaki?” Azulle questions.

Gil gets on his feet but kicks Azulle back down “Stupid girl focus on the battle and do your damn job.”

“Pluuuu pluu pu pluuu pluu pu pluu!” The black slime says.

“They can’t even work together unlike our family. See how that one treats the other! It says” Again Azulle tries to stand but is puzzled at the phone's words.

“Family. Anaki. A collection of miss-matched slimes protecting their territory... this isn’t a swarm...” Azulle shakily stands swatting more slimes that move in.

“Pu pluu puu pluuuu plu!” The white slime shouts.

“The red one is dangerous we should fall back and let the boss handle it. ... it says.” Denotes the phone.

“Boss so there is a dungeon boss here just like the book said. A boss of the slimes!” The ground suddenly bursts upward and both Gil and Azulle slide to the sides as a giant Blue slime with a scar across its eye the garbage hanging on him like a coat and a large broken pipe held in its face looking like the giant slime has a long smoking pipe.

“That look there is no doubt about it... this isn’t just a boss of monsters. But these slimes ... they are just like it... like how it was... they are a yakuza family, and that’s the mob boss!”