"Ahm... ah am a... stoodent... of Common Language..."
Sunlight filtered through the window, spilling into the oak treehouse and warmly illuminating a Slime and the book before it.
Chen Yu was practicing his terrible pronunciation, studying the "Basic Grammar and Vocabulary" book Yano had brought back.
Although his pronunciation wasn't perfect, he could understand basic Common Language well enough to communicate without much trouble.
The only issue was that a Slime has no vocal organs. He could understand just fine, but actually speaking required the use of his Sound Transmission Skill.
Still, the Slime was more than satisfied with this.
As he practiced, his interface constantly displayed "+1 Proficiency" notifications, until he finally saw the message he'd been waiting for.
[Common Language Level 1 → Common Language Level 2]
'Phew, that wasn't easy... I finally leveled up.'
Chen Yu was touched by his own diligence.
