On the border between the land of contracts, Liyue and the land of freedom, Mondstat, was the ever frozen mountain of Dragonspine. Many legends surround the treacherous mountain, some even dating back to before the Archon War. Halfway up the mountain’s slope was a small encampment with many research materials and texts. There, two people were making use of the camp and its resources. Albedo, the Knight of Favonius’ chief alchemist and regarded as a genius in the field, along with his most trusted assistant, Sucrose, a bespectacled female alchemist with a boundless appetite for knowledge. The two were preparing to do experiments with elemental slimes in the brutal climate of Dragonspine.
 
 
Albedo was standing at the edge of the encampment as he sketched the formation of frost within the body of a hydro slime. Sucrose, however, was researching if pyro slimes can be alchemically recreated as heat sources for dangerous expeditions in the mountain. Progress was smooth until she was beginning to get hungry. She had skipped breakfast to join Mr. Albedo’s early morning trek up the mountain. A cold snap also was starting to blow into the camp making the temperature drop significantly. Albedo seemed unfazed as he was too engrossed in his sketch to notice. Now starving and cold, Sucrose looked at the pyro slime she was studying a moment ago. A simple life form born from the abundant elemental energy in nature.
 
 
Sucrose kneeled down and picked it up and she was surprised by how warm it was despite it’s pyro energy being diluted with hydro. It stared back at her with its innocent beady eyes, making her question her next move. Would she even be able to eat a living creature? What would it even taste like? Are slimes even edible? Sucrose then thought about the young chef from Liyue, Xiangling, who has done numerous experimental dishes with slime condensate with most being...edible. So who’s to say a live slime wouldn’t be edible either? Thinking about it only made her strangely hungrier. In alchemy, there are just some things you would never know unless you plunge into unknown territory.
 
 
She sank her teeth into the slime to tear off a chewable piece, but no matter how she pulled, the slime wouldn’t come apart. To think that a low level slime that could be cut with a sword was so resistant to bites. How else was she supposed to eat it? As she thought about it, she nibbled on it some more until the slime suddenly pushed itself deeper into Sucrose’s mouth. She reflexively gagged and swallowed. She felt the slime in her throat as it oozed it’s way down further. As she was about to pull it out, she realized this was the solution. She continued to slurp down the slime as she felt it smoothly descend down her gullet. It was warm all the way through as more of the slime entered her stomach. The slime had no distinct flavor, but it was warm and went down easy like drinking hot tea. Sucrose swallowed the last of the slime and let out a relaxed sigh. She actually did it. She swallowed an entire slime alive and whole. Her belly was protruded and round, also warm and soft to the touch. She slime continued to wriggle around inside her, giving her a ticklish butterfly sensation on the inside.
 
 
“That’s an interesting phenomenon.” Albedo said as he stared curiously at Sucrose’s stomach. She shrieked in surprise as her ears, which she shyly hid in her hair, spiked up. Having been too distracted by her own writhing stomach to notice him, she blushed in embarrassment. To think she’d look so shameful in front of Mr. Albedo. He must be so disgusted, she thought. A moment later she heard some rustling. She looked up to see Albedo pulling out another diluted pyro slime out of a large bag. He brought it back to her and asked if she would eat that one too. She felt pretty full already, but she knew when something piques Albedo’s interest, it’s hard to reason with him. Admittedly, Sucrose was also curious if her belly could potentially handle another one. Hesitantly, she opened her mouth as wide as she could as Albedo gently pushed the slime into her mouth. It went down as easily as the first one as it slowly stretched her stomach out further. It wasn’t painful but was actually far more pleasant than she anticipated. A shame she couldn’t do anything about the lack of flavor though.
 
 
Sucrose swallowed the last of the second slime, feeling it settle in her stomach. Her belly had swollen to almost twice its previous size and her dress was starting to feel tight. The gelatinous form of the two slimes made her belly incredibly soft and malleable. The slimes writhed and rippled against one another, causing a constant motion inside her. It felt incredible. At the same time, something felt off. Sucrose felt a rising heat in her stomach. Her body heat was allowing the pyro slimes to regain their heat. She began to sweat even with the cold air blowing into the encampment. Albedo assessed the situation immediately and rushed over to his box of materials and pulled out one of the hydro slimes he brought up to the mountain. He brought it back over and pushed it into Sucrose’s mouth.
 
 
The hydro slime’s flavor was almost as indescribably bizarre as the pyro slime’s, but had a very watery texture and felt very cool as she swallowed it. It was like eating a cool gelatinous treat. The hydro slime definitely cooled her off, however when she felt it fully enter her stomach, there was a sudden buildup of intense pressure. When pyro meets hydro, it causes a vaporize reaction which dissipates the heat from pyro as steam. That steam built up in her gut for a bit until her outfit burst and-
 
 
“BWOOOORRRPP!!!!” A loud belch forced its way through Sucrose’s lips and blasts a cloud of fresh steam directly into Albedo’s face. She profusely apologizes, however Albedo didn’t seem phased, but rather intrigued by the events that transpired. With Sucrose’s bare stomach now fully exposed, the bulbous shapes of the now 3 slimes inside her were very prominent as they were moving a lot more than before. Her stomach felt tight. Never before has her belly been so big or felt this full. Now with her hunger sated and body completely warmed up, it would be a good time to resume her research...or not. Both of the pyro slimes she brought for experimentation were currently wriggling inside her stomach. She didn’t know how to get them out, but they felt so good inside her she wouldn’t want to let them out. The next question is would she even be able to digest three live slimes. Perhaps Mr. Albedo could help her, she thought. When she looked up to ask, he had already wandered off somewhere. Sucrose tried to stand, but her belly was too heavy. The slimes didn’t weigh a lot individually, however she was unable to keep herself balanced with 3 of them constantly moving around inside her.
 
 
A moment later, Albedo returns hauling a rather large sack. Curious, Sucrose asks about its contents when he opens the bag and various types of slime roll out the bag. He asks if she has room for more as he holds a dendro slime in his hands.
 
 
The dendro slime had a much more bitter taste than the other slimes; it was like drinking black herbal tea. It oozed down her throat just as easily as the others too. Her belly swelled again, but for some reason she still felt like she could eat more. The slime’s aftertaste was immensely strong so Sucrose requested some water to wash it out. Albedo then prepared another hydro slime. She sighed and slurped it down, which surprisingly washed the bitter flavor out of her mouth.
 
 
The next one was a cryo slime. When it entered Sucrose’s mouth, a cold chill ran down her spine. It was like eating the snow off Dragonspine’s peak. It was a bit harder to swallow than the others since the ice crystals formed along the surface of the slime made it more rigid and not as malleable. After a bit of work, she swallowed the entire slime but was feeling a bit cold. Albedo made sure to follow up with another pyro slime.
 
 
With now seven slimes inside her, Sucrose’s writhing belly was protruded out well past her knees. Her tight stomach groaned loudly as it was beginning to digest her slimy meal. She felt incredibly full, unsure if she’ll even be able to eat another bite. However, Albedo was not yet finished with this experiment. He brought out an anemo slime from the bag. Sucrose tried to refuse, fearing any more could cause harm to her already overburdened stomach. While his expression hardly changed, she could clearly hear the disappointment in his voice. When she sees Mr. Albedo like that, she couldn’t help but feel guilty. Reluctantly, she picked up the anemo slime and shoved it into her mouth. The slime was light and fluffy, like the pancakes Noelle makes, but swallowing it was like eating a balloon. Once it was fully in her stomach, she felt extremely bloated. She rubbed her belly which was tight yet still squishable because of the gelatinous nature of the slime’s bodies.
 
 
Albedo returned with yet another slime, this time a purple electro slime. Sucrose was adamant this time. Her stomach really couldn’t handle another one. However Albedo assures her this was the very last slime he had. Sucrose wanted to say no again, however this was the only slime she hadn’t tried yet. Her curiosity won over as she opened her mouth as Albedo fed her the last slime. The electro slime had an electrifyingly sour taste that sent a jolt through her tongue. It tingles every inch of her body as she swallowed it down. After swallowing it completely, Sucrose felt like she could burst. Nine slimes in total now all wriggling against one another inside her stomach. Suddenly, her stomach rumbled ominously. She could feel a ton of pressure quickly building up inside her causing her belly to swell even further. It was getting painful. Albedo cautiously touched her belly out of concern and then-
 
 
“BWOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRPPP!!” An earth-shattering belch erupted from the girl’s mouth and it wasn’t just air. The belched air sparked and crackled like colorful fireworks. What Albedo suspected to have happened with that the electro slime triggered a swirl reaction with the anemo slime that caused a mini elemental explosion within Sucrose’s stomach. With pressure relieved, Sucrose leaned back against the wall and just looked at her massive squirming gut. Just how many days would it take for her to digest it all, she thought. Albedo, meanwhile, was already sketching Sucrose’s bloated stomach seeing it as a fascinating result of slime research. As embarrassing as it was, she was too full and too tired to try and stop him. Sucrose soon fell asleep to let her body focus wholly on digesting her meal. She had one hell of a thesis to write once she woke up.
 
 
The End