『Boss! I’ll gather my fellow chicks and present you with a Chick Legion!』

『Got it! I’ll prepare the position of Captain for you! Chick Captain! I expect you to build a legion worthy of the title!』

『Yessirrrrrr!!』

...Or something like that. Chick Captain set off on his journey many moons ago (lol).

Honestly, it hasn’t even been a full month yet, has it?

Right now, I’ve sent Logan and the others to explore deeper into the forest. Logan seemed like he wanted to stay behind as my personal guard, but for the sake of exploration efficiency and letting him directly command his subordinates, I sent him out anyway.

So here I am, alone by the spring, watering the plants.

Spending time by myself has actually started to feel a bit nostalgic.

That’s when the legion suddenly arrived.

「「「「「「「「Piyo piyo piyo~~~~~」」」」」」」」

Whoa whoa whoa! What the heck? This legion? There are so many...

An incredible number of chicks came flying in. Did Chick Captain bring his subordinates back?

「Piyo piyo!」

A particularly loud chirp rang out, and all the chicks instantly snapped into perfect formation.

「Piyo~~~~pi!」

With a single command, the chicks formed ranks in perfect unison.

『Boss! Chick Captain has returned! I’ve recruited 200 new chicks into the legion and wish to serve you!』

Ohh, he actually formed a real legion! Nice work, Chick Captain!

『Umu! This is splendid work befitting the name of Chick Captain!』

I praised him in an exaggerated, pompous tone. Look at me, what a capable superior I am.

『Yessirrrrrr! I’m truly honored!』

『With this, we’ve successfully formed a magnificent Chick Legion.』

That said, even though we’ve got a legion now, there’s not much for them to actually do.

『You must be tired from the long journey. Take it easy and rest here today.』

『Yessir! I’m truly honored!』

He’s so stiff and formal about everything, Chick Captain. Still, feeding 200 chicks is going to require a lot of food. I don’t need to eat, but they definitely do. Guess I’ll have to go hunt some monsters...

『I’ll go secure some food for everyone. You all rest up.』

I was about to head out when...

『Boss! That won’t be necessary!』

Chick Captain stopped me.

『Oi!』

At his call, some chicks came dragging a huge boar from behind.

『We encountered this Red Boar on our way here, so we took it down.』

Wow, that’s one impressive boar. So it’s called a Red Boar? A monster, I suppose? It’s a massive boar with red fur! That face looks pretty scary (sweat).

『With this, let’s have a party today!』

There was no reason to turn down Chick Captain’s enthusiastic suggestion.

『If possible, I’d like to skin it and grill the meat.』

Chick Captain reacted immediately to my mutter.

『Understood! Let’s go with whole roasted Red Boar!』

He gave instructions to his subordinates with a "Piyo piyo~".

In the blink of an eye, the Red Boar’s hide was pierced and stripped away by dozens of chicks, exposing the meat. They dragged over some thick branches and began setting up what was clearly a roasting spit.

『Hey hey, is this gonna be okay?』

They were already skewering the massive Red Boar and had gathered firewood — they were basically done preparing the fire. Terrifying chicks!

How did they even skewer it? And they’ve built a whole roasting setup with branches, just like in Mon*** Hunter?

If I brought these chicks to Caso’s village for the founding festival, the barbecue prep would be perfect.

「「「Piyo piyo piyo~」」」

Three of them chirped, and fireballs suddenly flew toward the firewood!

They perfectly ignited it.

(Ehhhhhhhh~~~~~~!!)

The chicks can use magic!? That was fire magic, right? They lit the firewood with it?

Terrifying chicks!

Man, I’m so jealous! I wanna use magic too!

Hey chicks, teach me!

And then a really delicious smell started wafting over. Wait, they’re just grilling it, right?

Huh? When did I start being able to smell things?

Well, the other day when I was welcomed in Caso’s village, after the well water they served me alcohol. With alcohol, just chugging it would be a waste, right? I wondered if I could somehow taste it or detect the aroma... and then I could!

There was a bit of that energy-swirling thing going on — or rather, it’s magic power now, right? The spirits said so too.

I felt something swirling, but I wasn’t desperately forcing it. I just thought "I wonder if I can..." and somehow it worked (wry smile).

Well, mindset really is important, huh?

...Huh? Where did Chick Captain go? He’s bigger than the other chicks, so he should be easy to spot.

...There he is, but...

「Piyo piyo piyo~」

「Piyo yo~」

「Piyo piyo~」

『Hahaha, no need to rush, everyone. I’ll take care of all of you.』

Twitch!

Umm... there are about seven chicks gathered around Chick Captain...

Yeah, no matter how you look at it, that’s a harem.

Meanwhile, I got isekai’d with zero explanation, realized I’d turned into a slime, got all excited thinking "Cheat harem incoming!" only to end up with no cheats and not a single heroine candidate in sight.

If this were a light novel, it would never sell!

A story with only a slime, a wolf, and chicks.

Who wants that?! No heroines, not even a single beautiful woman, and the chicks get a harem!?

I slithered over in front of Chick Captain.

『Ah, Boss. The barbecue prep is still...』

「Guilty.」

『W-Whyyyy!?』

I swung my tentacles around, chasing after Chick Captain.

Chick Captain ran away, shedding tears.

Screams came from the female chicks (his lovers or wives or whatever they were).

『Piyo piyo~ (The Captain and Boss get along so well~)』

『Piyo piyo (Indeed. So enviable.)』

『Piyo piyo yo (I wish the Boss would pay attention to us too.)』

For some reason, the subordinate chicks were watching with envy.

[A/N: Add the book to your library if you like it and don’t worry about story discontinuation, this is going for a long run :D! Invest as much time and interest as you want, it won’t be wasted!]