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This is a heartwarming relaxing story. I generally like it a lot but the author is horrible at world-building, one of the main pillars of the whole story makes no sense at all. The MC feeds her slime with potions, potions are expensive and difficult to make yet she finds them by the dozen at the dump because people throw them away before they go bad. But why? Everyone there owns magic storage bags with time-stop... The MC herself actually uses such bags to preserve the potions.Everything in the world is depending on how many stars of a certain profession one is born with. Basically there is no free choice what someone can become. But, in some cases, it’s totally okay to do something different and be succesful at it, how? In other cases there isn’t and it’s impossible to work for example as a carpenter without the skill star, there is absolutely no logic behind all this. (You theoretically can work as a carpenter but everything you make will automatically be destroyed after two weeks).The story at least tries to explain why people throw stuff like swords away, because monsters drop them so it’s easier to just replace them instead of having them repaired. However that explanation must have been made up by the author on that spot because until then no monster ever dropped anything, there is also no clear distinction between monster and animal in the first place. I think at least such things should have been rewritten for the light novel version.Also, “everyone” (except the one’s who aren’t) is too nice to Ivy. Sure, she is a little kid so they might feel protective however they also don’t talk to her or treat her like a small child most of the time otherwise. The whole way people interact with her just doesn’t feel realistic to me. However I admit it’s still nice to read about people who are so nice and caring.People Ivy met suggested she gets a companion because they thought she travels alone and is defenseless. But Ivy has one of the strongest monsters in the world at her side. She does in fact get a human companion in vol. 3, since it’s a 30something guy I personally am not too happy about it, especially since he can’t fight well anymore, anyways.
