Taming Magic Training, with the Slimes

Taming Magic Training, with the Slimes is the eleventh episode of the By the Grace of the Gods (anime).

Summary
Ryoma and Elia learn more about taming magic, and Ryoma learns about Reinbach's, Reinhart's, and Elise's taming aptitudes. Later Ryoma and the Jamil's head to the swamp to attempt to tame some Limour Birds, though another tamer causes some trouble.

Plot
At an undisclosed location, Elize, Reinhart, and Reinbach teach Ryoma and Elia about Taming Magic. After Elia correctly answers what Taming Magic is all about, Elize details they'll be learning the Shared Sensation magic based on their links with their tamed monsters. Reinhart and Reinbach give further explanations about Shared Sensation magic, and Ryoma compares it to his previous life's VR games. It's also mentioned that their Shared Sensation magic practice won't be with their Slimes, but with a pair of Crew Birds. The reason behind it is the uncertainty of a Slime's senses. Elia and Ryoma tame their Crew Birds without wasting time and cast Shared Sensation on their respective birds. Ryoma manages to do it on his first try, but notes how nauseated it made him. Following Reinhart's advice to perform the spell with his eyes closed, Ryoma manages to have an easier time doing it.

Afterward, once the training was over, everyone took a tea break. During that time, Elize asks Ryoma if that's the first time he tames a monster that's not a Slime, and he confirms it. She then asks if anything feels strange from his connection with the bird, and Ryoma denies it; Elize then claims he also has an affinity with bird types. Reinbach explains a little more about monster compatibility with tamers. Reinhart chimes in and gives his on monster affinities with tamers and that his affinity is best with scaled monsters. Reinbach comments how his affinity is best with four-legged monsters. As for Elize, she shows her tamed monster a Little Fenrir called Lwarg. Ryoma recognizes Lwarg as a Fenir, but Elize corrects him noting Fenir are Divine Beasts, while Little Fenrir is a lesser sub-species. She also details that Lwarg is the pack leader and has twenty more Little Fenires tamed and a hundred more types of wolf species. To her confession, Eliza does best with wolf-type creatures, and Reinbach mentions that she's one of the most skilled tamers and used to suffer an inferiority complex from her. Astonished by the "incredible people", he's surrounded by, Eliza informs Ryoma that Reinhart outclasses them all as he's tamed twenty monsters, half of whom are Dragons. Despite this, Reinhart downplays this as being fortunate and informs Ryoma that his dragons live in the mountains that his family owns. The same dragons also prevent the dangerous monsters who live there from ever leaving the mountains, and Elize details that her wolves live in a separate mountain. Precious medical herbs are grown there in that mountain, and the wolves protect them from poachers.

A few days pass, and Ryoma and Elia continue practicing their Shared Magic while performing their personal work in the mines. Eventually, at the Laundry Agency Bamboo Forest, Ryom is informed about the reports of the Grell Frogs outbreak happening in three-four days. Ryoma's adventurer friends then ask him where he purchased the outfit he used during the sanitation of the sewers he did for the Adventurer Guild quests. Hence, Ryoma relays them to Serge Morgan's store, and the group is pleased by this and thanks Ryoma. Later, the Jamil family hears Ryoma's recommendation to his adventurer friends about getting special equipment to hunt Grell Frogs. As it so happens, Elia was planning on taming some Limour Birds at the same spot where the Grell Frogs will appear, and Elize mentions they plan on visiting the lake in a couple of days.

That night, Ryoma practices playing his guitar in his room in the company of his Slimes. Ryoma's goal was to play some music to attract some Limour Birds to be able to tame them. He also realizes that his days with Elia are coming to an end.

On the day when Ryoma and Elia were to try and tame some Limour Birds, they head there with Elia's family and bodyguards. Midway toward their destination, they run into Shin and his party, and Ryoma stays behind to talk with them. Thane then apologizes for his behavior from the last time they met and thanks him for purchasing the Bloody Slime and the tip he gave them about the Grell Frogs. Kai then claims they'll turn in the Grell Frogs they slayed to the Adventurers Guild and then head to the Bamboo Forest to have their clothes cleaned. With that, Ryoma regroups with Elia and witnesses a flock of Limour Birds flies from the lake area. Also, there were Ryoma's adventurer friends, and they then witnessed a tamer fail to tame some Limour Birds. The tamer then tries to attack them, but is overwhelmed by the birds' Wind Cutter attack, so Ryoma and Camil cast Earth Wall to protect the tamer from the wind magic. However, a screeching sound is emitted from one of the Birds, and because the sound was ineffective against him, Ryoma manages to locate the source. Ryoma then casts Silent on the bird that emitted the sound and allowed it to escape with its comrades.

Taking control of the situation, Reinbach has Camil tend to the tamer and has Jill, Zeph, Hughes take care of the other adventurers. Revealed that Ryoma was unaffected by the sound, Reinhart details that the noise was from a Nightmare Limour Bird, a monster that can use both dark and wind magic. Further explanation of the attack is disclosed, and Ryoma thinks he was immune to the attack mainly due to his high mental pain resistance. Despite no more Limour Birds around, Elia is adamant about staying and waiting for their return.

Characters

 * Ryoma Takebayashi
 * Elia Jamil
 * Elize Jamil
 * Reinhart Jamil
 * Reinbach Jamil
 * Araune
 * Serge Morgan
 * Jeff Grange
 * Asagi
 * Welanna
 * Mizelia
 * Cilia
 * Leipin
 * Hughes
 * Zeph
 * Camil
 * Thane
 * Shin
 * Kai
 * Miya Catt
 * Jill
 * Sebas