As a Metal Slime that had been granted Dragon Soar and thus evolved, Steel Egg had always believed itself to be just a tiny bit smarter than those still muddleheaded primitive kin.
As for why it was called Steel Egg—
That probably had to start with the time it had been ordered by Queen Remlu to help that silver poop-producing official with a scouting mission, only to be unfortunately abducted by a villain.
At first, it had no idea what that human meant by repeatedly saying the word with that disgusting look on his face. It had thought the other party was going to boil it like a lizard egg.
But a steadfast Slime never feared death!
Even if it was already far from Queen Remlu and would be unable to upload the memories of this time after dying, it would not hesitate!
Thus, it decided to endure humiliation and bear the burden until it found a chance to spit in that human's face and avenge the humiliation of its capture.
But that human seemed to have taken it very, very far away. It waited and waited, then waited itself to sleep.
When it awoke again, it had no idea where it had been brought. The glass container on its body had already been removed, and it had been placed in a damp culture dish filled with seaweed and scattered fish fry.
Mm, it was quite comfortable.
But as a Metal Slime that had charged through Dragon Soar Mountain and back, how could it possibly think much of this mere seaweed and fish fry?!
This was all stuff Grandpa Slime had left behind after eating!
"Rawr! Mumu mumumu, emmmmm... so delicious!"
Just then, that human's huge face appeared before it again, and with a lewd grin, he called out once