I’ve been reborn as a villainous lord, so I’m going to defeat the mastermind with a group of characters who are good at just one skill

A bit earlier

Hearing that the heroes and Saints who had been sent out with all their strength had been crushed by a single blow, the head priest was filled with a sense of crisis.

　Then, as if out of the blue, the Grand Duke of Kasteen appeared.

"Oh, dear, are you sure you want to make the heroes your personal possessions?

"What kind of a question is that? I was only trying to punish an evil person who had gone against humanity."

"But there was a counterattack. 　We, the nobility, pay a large amount of money to the church, but if the result is little fry heroes, we will have no choice but to cut back on the budget".

Wait, wait!　That's true, this time the heroes and the saint were of no use at all, but there are many other people who can be of help,......."

　If the donations from the nobles were cut short, it would be impossible to live a luxurious life as before. The head priest was trying to avoid that.

　Then, the Grand Duke Kasteen, sensing this, lifted the corners of his mouth.

"I can't trust you because you are moving things that are beneath you. After all, you yourself, who are trustworthy, must be the one to make the move here."

　The head priest immediately realized that there was more to Grand Duke Castaing's words than they seemed to imply.

　The only problem is that even after realizing this, he still couldn't do anything about it, which was very bad.

"I understand. I will investigate the matter myself. May I ask you to take care of the church while I am gone?"

"Of course. Leave everything to me."

　Thus, leaving the church in the hands of the Grand Duke Kasteen, the chief priest reluctantly set out for the Antoner territory.

　However, the moment he entered the territory, he was suddenly attacked by a mysterious explosion and suffered a serious injury that would take a month to heal.

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At Yuna's suggestion, I checked around to see if anything had been caught in the explosion.

　However, there was no one knocked down or anything like that.

"I guess it was all just your imagination, huh?"

'I guess so. ...... It's just my imagination. ......"

　As expected, Yuna was convinced despite her dissatisfaction, as she couldn't not trust what she had investigated directly.

'Well, we'll just have to keep this up for a while."

　This time it was the weakest slime.

　　The goal was to raise the level up, and although many troubles occurred, it was not enough for her to return to the mansion.

"Why don't we just go home?　I want to take this interesting slime asunder as soon as possible."

　The slime was once again hiding behind me as Irma kept a close eye on it.

Apparently, this slime still wants to make the round.

"It's inevitable, I'll prove that my medicine is working this time!"

　Irma walked ahead in high spirits.

　A short time later, multiple explosions were heard in the territory.

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Hey, why doesn't it work?"

　After all, Irma's medicine didn't explode the first time, but all the rest were spectacular.

"I guess we should rather find out why it worked."

　The drug was originally supposed to change persona's ppearance in the first place.

　The fact that the slime didn't change in any way suggests that it was just an unexploded explosive.

"I'll make sure I'll succeed next time!"

　Irma returned to her room with a frustrated look on her face.

'Hey, what are we going to do about this slime?"

He's so attached to Kurt, leave him be."

　Leaving the others behind.

"I don't like being left in charge. ......"

　Even if there is no danger of an attack, some of the people in the territory may not be comfortable with the presence of monsters.

　The only difference is that Irma's medicine would transform it into a human being.

　But Irma is not likely to do well with alchemy, so there is nothing to be done about it.

Excuse me, Kurt-sama?　That slime is kind of glowing, huh?"

　Yuna says to me fearfully.

　Could it be that it will burst in time?

　Kurt panicked and threw the slime toward the sky.

　But the slime didn't explode, but instead glowed even more brightly. And then...

"Two protuberances grew out of the slime."

"It looks like a hand."

　Indeed, the two protrusions were placed symmetrically in the center of the body, or rather, in the center of the sphere.

"Let's see if it works".

　Kurt took Yuna's wooden stick and handed it to the slime.

Can it hold this?"

"Oh, my weapon. ......"

　The slime seemed to understand Kurt's words and took the wooden stick and shook it.

"This is ......."

　Maybe he picked up something that could be very helpful.

'Um, ......, I think it's time to bring my weapon back --'

Oh, right. I'm sorry. Can I have it back?"

　The slime made a full-body nodding pose, then slowly approached Yuna and handed her back the wooden stick.

"Oh, thank you."

"Maybe he's smarter than I thought."

　Perhaps Kurt has the piece he needs to deal some damage to the Grand Duke Kasteen.

'Once that's decided, I'll have to come up with a plan as soon as possible."