"Ah, how tedious."

A woman with soft, pale-pink skin sat in a cave, her head propped on one hand. Though her figure resembled a human's, there was no mistaking her for one. She had merely copied the shape; her entire body was pale pink.

Several slimes surrounded her. They merely wobbled in place rather than moving off to find food, because the woman had ordered them not to move.

This woman was the highest form of slime: a slime queen. Her streaming nickname was Squishy Queen.

A translucent chat window floated in Squishy Queen's field of vision.

▶Show us that thing! The slime tower!

▶How many levels are you trying today?

▶O Queen, reveal thy soft, supple body to us!

▶[Profound Explorer has been kicked.]

▶Should've known when to stop lmao

▶Slime fuckers are never normal. Facts.

▶[Anonymous 321 has been kicked.]

The slime queen commanded the slimes waiting around her.

"Stack yourselves."

With a slight gesture accompanying her command, the slimes moved in unison. Each leaped onto the slime beside it.

▶Oh! An eight-level slime tower, all in one go!

▶Man, it's art every time. Art.

▶Now thaaat's what I'm talking about~

'Art, indeed. What sort of slime queen would I be if I could not even control slimes?'

Slimes had no means of attack beyond ramming their bodies into things. Watching someone command them to perform tricks was a wondrous, rare spectacle for the viewers, no matter how often they saw it. Yet even their amazed reactions bored the slime queen.

Slimes were monsters that found it exceedingly difficult to develop intelligence. Thus, when the slime queen became intelligent enough to stream, there was not a single member of her kind nearby with whom she could converse. All she had were little slimes that obeyed her as their highest form. Kin or not, they simply followed orders rather than communicating. They could hardly relieve her boredom.

The slime queen could annihilate an entire kingdom in a single day if she chose. But unless someone attacked her first, she had no interest in causing mayhem through slaughter.

So she had started streaming. At first, it was interesting and provided ample entertainment. Beginning with simple conversations, she moved on to everyday stories, complaints, arguments with malicious trolls, and learning how to kick those trolls quickly. Eventually, her stream's theme changed to commanding slimes to perform tricks.

But now even streaming itself was beginning to bore her. She had grown too accustomed to it. Having people who responded to her kept her going, albeit aimlessly, but without some new stimulation, she was liable to disappear without a word.

It was just then.

▶[Free Spirit has donated 100 coins]

[Free Spirit]▶Squishy Queen, can I ask a question?

A viewer appeared with a donation and a question.

'Hm?'

"The wisecracker, I see."

The wisecracker. The user called Free Spirit enjoyed wandering from stream to stream, playfully chatting people up. Cheeky, but never unpleasant enough to cross the line, this viewer was considered a nuisance everywhere, yet never quite got kicked.

'No doubt here to ask another pointless question.'

Deciding to humor the wisecracker briefly and then ignore the visitor, the slime queen spoke.

"What is it you wish to know?"

[Free Spirit]▶Do slimes have eyes?

"What?"

The slime queen tilted her head at the bizarre question.

"What sort of question is that? Do we have eyes?"

[Free Spirit]▶I mean, can you actually see things? You don't have eyes or anything, but can you see what's in front of you?

"Of course we can. What nonsense is this? Can you not see this tower?"

The slime queen pointed at the slimes that had formed a tower at her command.

"Orders or no orders, how could they possibly do this if they could not see?"

[Free Spirit]▶???? Then are there slimes that can't see?

"Slimes that cannot see? There are no such slimes. Any that do exist would only be newly born ones."

[Free Spirit]▶Oh. So a teeny baby slime really wouldn't be able to see?

'What is a “teeny baby slime” supposed to be?'

"A newborn slime would not, yes. Why do you ask? No, do not bother answering. You are merely playing around, as usual. Ah."

Once, even questions like these had felt fresh. Now they were merely tiresome. Ignoring the wisecracker, the slime queen prepared to end her stream.

"That is all for today. I shall stream again when the mood strikes me."

▶Done already?

▶One more! One more!

▶Slacking off on stream, am I right?

▶Squishy Queen, could you step on a slime and give it a look of utter disdain in third person?

▶[Aspiring Slave Gentleman has been kicked]

▶Perverted bastard's out lmao

[Free Spirit]▶Ah, waitwaitwait! Hold on, Squishy Queen! I've got seriously interesting news!

'Interesting news?'

Afraid that the slime queen might end the stream without even taking an interest, the wisecracker hurriedly typed the next message.

[Free Spirit]▶There's a teeny baby slime streaming right now!!!

"What?"

Taking the slime queen's reaction as an opening, the wisecracker typed rapidly.

[Free Spirit]▶A slime that can't even see the chat is streaming in third person right now! Yep!

[Free Spirit]▶That's why I came to ask you!

▶A slime streaming?

▶Cut the bullshit

▶Yeah, this one does talk nonsense sometimes

The viewers of the slime queen's stream were skeptical of the wisecracker's claim. After all, going by what the slime queen had said, it meant a newborn monster possessed enough intelligence to stream.

'Impossible. But could it be... really?'

If the wisecracker was telling the truth...

'At last, another of my kind who can hold a proper conversation?'

The slime queen immediately asked,

"Where is this stream?!"

[Free Spirit]▶Go to the full listing! It's called “I Want to See”!

Upon reading the message, the slime queen immediately opened the stream listing and entered the slime's stream.

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Unaware of the attention it was receiving from various monsters, the slime kept repeating the same actions.

'It's dark.'

Having gained some knowledge from the system, the slime wanted to escape the darkness it experienced. Instinctively, it sensed that the way to free itself was to eat more.

Eat, eat, eat. When it could fit no more inside, rest, then eat again. For a newborn slime, that was the best way to grow. Fortunately, the cave where it had been born had plenty of moss to feed on.

How many hours had it spent doing that?

'Huh...?'

The slime felt a change in its body. A soaring sensation swept through it, as though its whole body were trembling, and the pitch-black darkness slowly began to lift. The interior of a dim cave, with droplets of water dripping down, came into view.

But to the slime, which had known nothing but utter darkness, the dim cave was bright enough.

'Woooow...'

Seeing the world through its own vision for the first time, the slime was overcome with wonder. Its body shook violently, as though something were pounding inside it.

[Noblesse Fire]▶Why's it shaking all of a sudden?

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Ho ho, even its trembling is adorable.

▶Blech

▶Those luscious curves, oh damn

▶Ugh, slime fuckers are so fucking gross.

▶Pant, pant, pant! Slimey! lmao

[Squishy Queen]▶That... that is the slime?

Amid its wonder, the slime could now see a chat window enclosed in a translucent panel. Right beside it was a screen showing the slime in third person.

'What's this?'

The system answered its question.

[This is the chat window for the stream you are currently broadcasting. Beside it is your appearance as shown from a third-person perspective.]

'Chat window. Me.'

With a certain amount of knowledge already instilled in it, the slime could understand the system's words. The messages scrolling through chat were interesting, but its own appearance fascinated it even more. A round, soft, pale-green slime. Realizing that this was what it looked like filled it with an entirely different kind of wonder from seeing the world for the first time.

'My body...!'

It could not contain its emotion. Merely trembling was not enough. Following its feelings, the slime moved—and sprang into the air on the spot with a little bounce.

[Skill: Jumping acquired.]

For the first time in its life, the slime had acquired a skill.

After jumping several times to its heart's content, the slime turned its gaze to the chat window. Messages were flying up it. Rather than those messages, however, it focused on the field at the bottom where it could write its own words. Right now, its desire to share what it was feeling far outweighed its interest in reading what others had to say.

[Instilling the necessary knowledge in the target entity.]

In addition to the concept of streaming, the system now instilled knowledge of how to use chat. As soon as it understood, the slime put its feelings into a message.

▷I can see! I can see!

The slime's first use of chat drew the viewers' attention.

[Free Spirit]▶What??? It's using chat now?

[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Greetings, Squishy. It is a pleasure to meet you like this.

[Noblesse Fire]▶Why were you jumping earlier?

[Madam Cat's Cradle]▶Eeee! It's so cuuute when it jumps, too~

▷I can see! I can see!

▶Why does the streamer keep repeating itself;;;

Still paying no attention to the other messages, the slime simply expressed its feelings outright. Chat scrolled rapidly. There were numerous questions addressed to the slime, but all it kept writing was that it could see.

One viewer quietly watched the chat, trying to understand the situation. The so-called wisecracker analyzed the slime's condition.

'If this really is a newborn baby slime...'

Could it be overwhelmed by seeing the world for the first time?

If emotion had caused its sudden violent trembling and jumping on the spot, that more or less fit. Then there was the stream title, “I Want to See,” and the words it kept typing now: “I can see.” A moment's thought made it all very simple and easy to understand.

'If it's so happy that it isn't noticing anyone else's messages...'

Then the answer was to draw its attention through something other than sight.

▶[Free Spirit has donated 2 coins.]

▶[Message: What can you see?]

The wisecracker used the public message feature available with donations. Messages sent with coin donations conveyed their meaning directly to the soul, even if the recipient had no hearing yet, and so this one caught the slime's attention.

Preoccupied with expressing its wonder, the slime only then realized that someone was responding to its feelings. As its desire to share more of those feelings grew, the system detected its strong will and made a suggestion.

[Would you like to change the stream perspective to first-person mode?]

'Yes!'

The third-person stream switched to the slime's own field of vision. The moment the perspective changed, the slime rapidly typed into chat.

▷I can see! I can see this!

▷It was dark!

▷I wanted to see!

▷Now I can see!

The first-person view shook wildly as it bounced up and down on the spot. Short messages followed one another in chat. Those alone were enough for the viewers who had been watching the slime all along to understand. This truly was a newly born slime—a slime that had only just begun to see the world.

The joy displayed by this innocent, untainted, intelligent slime stirred a feeling the monsters had never truly experienced before, accustomed as they were to chaotic, filthy, sordid streams overflowing with desire. It warmed their hearts.

▶What is this little thing... It's so cute~!

▶Holy fuck. I feel purified.

▶Wanna reach enlightenment and drop dead?

▶Is it seriously a baby slime?

▶lol A teeny baby slime really has intelligence? Awesome!

▶Waaah! Waaah! Mommy! Feed me!

▶Yes, yes, that's right, it really was a baby slime~

▶Wait, it was actually true? lmao

▷I can see! I can see!

With the excited slime joining in, the chat grew livelier still.