Ryoma and the New Plan

***Ryoma and the New Plan*** is the thirteenth episode of the By the Grace of the Gods (anime).

## Summary

After a small incident in his store involving a couple of unruly customers, Ryoma decides to create reinforced glass in the mines. It's also there that Ryoma discovered the evolved form of a Poison Slime called the Medicine Slime. He would later also meet a new god that had taken a liking to him named Tekun.

## Plot

Ryoma returns to his laundry agency where he's greeted outside by Li Ling and Fei. Inside the place, Jane, Fina, and Maria were all busy attending to the customers' needs, while
in the kitchen, Chelma was preparing some food for later. In the laundry room, Cleaner and Sticky Slimes, along with Carla, and Callum, were hard at work preparing the laundry.

Carla would later ask Ryoma to work later each day to mitigate the extensive work Ryoma does at the store in hopes of training the newcomers. Understanding Carla's reasoning, Ryoma agrees to it. Before Carla could continue the conversation concerning the branch shop, some noise was heard from outside, and when Ryoma and Carla checked it out, they learned that Lilyn had dealt with a couple of unruly customers. The incident makes Ryoma consider tightening security around the store, and he gets an epiphany from looking at the store's glass window.

Wanting to experiment with something new, Ryoma heads to the local mine where he has his Sticky Slimes produce some hardening solution in a box tray. He then uses magic to remove the moisture from it, which is repeated several times until a pane of reinforced glass is created. Its purpose was to better protect the store's customers from any harm that may come their way in the future. For the remainder of the day, Ryoma and his Sticky Slimes create several more panes of reinforced glass, and at the end, Ryoma sees a new Slime called Medicine Slime. After using **Appraisal** on it, Ryoma learns that it's an evolved form of a Poison Slime. Ryoma deduces that the Poison Slime had evolved after it came into contact with some antidote the other day, and his theory was proven right after he fed some antidote to the Poison Slimes. Having his Medicine Slime showcase what types of medicines it could create, Ryoma learns they were: ointment, Hemostat, antidote, fast and slow poison, fast and slow paralysis, and antibacterial. Curious to learn more about the antibacterial medicine, Ryoma's **Appraisal** reveals that it's basically a disinfectant. Worried that his overworking habits would concern the Jamil Family, Ryoma decides to visit the Gods again at church. Unbeknownst to Ryoma, a new god had taken a liking to him.

The following day, Ryoma visits the church, and after praying, he's sent to the god realm, where he meets Tekun, the God of Technology and Craftsmanship. They introduce themselves and then discuss Tekun's impression of Ryoma's craft and the gods of that world. One, in particular, was Fernobelia, the God of Magic and Academics. Soon their time together runs out, but Ryoma promises to meet with him again before disappearing back to the mortal realm.

Back at the Laundry store, Ryoma holds a meeting with Fei, Li Ling, Carla, and Callum, concerning his new invention, the reinforced glass panes, for better security in the store. Fei and Li Ling try out the durability of the glass; Li Ling attacks it while Fei holds it up. Their test demonstration goes off without a hitch, but Li Ling mentions that it's a drawback if they'd be in a predicament if they needed to break the glass to escape. Hence, Fei suggests replacing some of the store's glass windows with reinforced glass.

Before heading off to his meeting with Serge, Carla asks Ryoma about opening a shop in another town now that they have more manpower in the place. Ryoma doesn't dismiss the idea, but considers it another time and heads off to see Serge. In his meeting with Serge, Ryoma asks him to purchase a large number of bottles to store medicines. However, Serge suggests that he join the Merchant Guild as a chemist as a way to purchase the bottles he needs in bulk at a discounted price.

Afterward, Ryoma meets with Glissela and shows her a bottle of antidote and disinfectant. Impressed with the potency of the medicines, Glissela also mentioned opening a second shop and, if he lacked the funding, starting selling his medicines to kickstart it.

Outside, Ryoma receives a letter from Eliaria who informs him of how everything is going on her side. Once he was finished reading the letter, Ryoma considered opening another shop a little more.

## Characters

* Ryoma Takebayashi
* Li Ling
* Fei
* Jane
* Fina
* Maria
* Chelma
* Carla Norad
* Callum Norad
* Caulkin
* Tony
* Lobelia
* Eliaria Jamil (Flashback)
* Elise Jamil (Flashback)
* Reinhart Jamil (Flashback)
* Reinbach Jamil (Flashback)
* Sebas (Flashback)
* Camil (Flashback)
* Tekun
* Lulutia (Flashback)
* Gain (Flashback)
* Kufo (Flashback)
* Willieris (Image)
* Kiriluel (Image)
* Fernobelia (Image)
* Serge Morgan
* Glissela

## Trivia

* Fei and Li Ling are now in local clothing. Suggesting a big enough time skip for them to have saved up money for new clothes.
* Medicine Slimes are the evolved form of Poison Slimes.
	+ They can produce medicine for fevers, blood issues and disinfectant.
* Tekun is also the god of alcohol, but this is omitted due to the more friendly take of the anime.
	+ Gain previously mentioned Tekun had given his blessing to Ryoma.
* The white realm has infinitely space. Each God has a location they call home. Gain, Lulutina and Kufo just bring Ryoma to an unclaimed space.