[Genshin Impact] The Epic Love Story of a Hilichurl and a Slime

Shan Ming was a male college student who never imagined that playing a game would actually take him to the land of Teyvat, where he would be reborn as a Slime, and a pitch-black one at that.

And so, perhaps the only Slime in Teyvat with a truly human mind was born.

If that were only a small part of the strangeness life had in store, then next he was picked up by an adventurous Hilichurl King and became the chieftain's exclusive pet.

He wanted so badly to escape, but he couldn't. Slimes had no legs and could only bounce along, so trying to run away in front of Hilichurls, who were good runners, was pure fantasy. And the Hilichurl King who had found him seemed to adore him, watching him all day and keeping him in a big barrel he couldn't bounce out of, no matter how hard he tried.

This was when being a black Slime came in handy: none of the other Hilichurls dared mess with him. Some Hilichurls liked Hydro Slimes, others liked Dendro Slimes. A few even liked Pyro Slimes, but everyone felt a strange reverence toward this black Slime.

Only Ahan was strange. He simply gazed at him with tender devotion, making Shan Ming feel thoroughly uncomfortable.

At last, one day when no one was around, the wooden barrel holding Shan Ming accidentally tipped over. He decided to run away and never look back.

Just as he bounced his way to the entrance of the Hilichurl camp, Ahan caught up with him.

"Oh no, I might get squashed." Shan Ming mourned for three seconds, but after those three seconds, he was still perfectly intact.

"Don't leave me. I like you so much, I really do. Will you be my wife?" Ahan carefully picked up the Slime and shyly, timidly gave it a kiss.

Shan Ming: Aaaaaah! I don't want a nonhuman romance!

Ahan's devotion was not without reason. The black Slime was the child of an ancient god of the Abyss, formed from the power of the Void. Ahan was a sacrifice prepared for an ancient god by Khaenri'ah, but before the offering could be made, Celestia launched its attack.

Though the ritual was never completed, his soul had already been offered, and the boy became the ancient god's possession.

As Shan Ming continued to grow and gained ever-greater divine power from the ancient god, Ahan's consciousness gradually recovered under the influence of that Abyssal power. Though the Slime could now take human form, he still liked to stretch out his strong, inky-black, gelatinous tentacles and wrap them around the blushing, flustered sacrifice.

"Sorry, the sacrifice is still going. Turns out I quite like nonhuman romance."

"Mm, me too. I like you."

The early chapters focus on settlement-building; later, the Slime and the Hilichurl King travel all over Teyvat.

This is a story whose title made the author laugh and dream up all sorts of possibilities. Really, you're not going to add it to your collection? You might miss out on a story this wonderful!

Theme: Keep going through adversity, and you'll become an awesome Slime.