"A-Ah . . . Uhm-m . . . S-So, you, . . . Yes!! Who are You, stranger?! What do you want from me?!!"
(. . . Seriously?)
"Do you still want to play this way, Rimuru-san? Why not talk to me normally? What do you want?"
". . . Haah. I don't want anything, Shizu-san"
"Really? I think your dragon form said something else"
". . . Please stop teasing me"
'Kuahahaha'
'Shut it!!! You are the main reason for this awkward situation!!!'
'Kuahahaha, I think she deserves some truth. And that was too Low, Rimuru'
'Fine Fine'
"Actually, I am an Otherworlder too"
"Ah? Is that true?! . . . Ok"
"That's it?"
"What would you like me to say? I have met a lot of Otherworlders in my life"
"Ah! I forgot that you are over 70 years old!"
". . . Did you say something?"
"Nothing!!"
". . . Why?"
"I've said it multiple times. . ."
"Is that so? I see . . ."
". . ."
". . ."
'This is your chance, Rimuru! Now, Propose!!'
'. . . Wtf? Why would I? We just met!'
'. . Didn't you want a Waifu?'
'Yes but not this way!'
'Who was the one trying to trick an innocent woman into his bed and-?'
'Time out! TIME OUT!!! When did I do all of that?!!'
'Well, what you did was pretty much the same'
'It's not! IT'S NOT!! They are totally different!!'
'Fine Fine. But say something. This atmosphere is killing me!!'
"Uhm~, So-"
"Since everything is clear, what do you want to do?"
"W-Well, I am going to explore the world."
"Because you want to be the king of the demons?"
"W-Well, I need to. It's kind of important"
"Is there any problem?"
"Well, When I reincarnated, I only have a partial soul left. Although I found a way to heal it, I need to become a Demon Lord to that."
". . ."
". . ."
". . . Let's go, then."
"You're coming with me?"
"Didn't you want me to be your 'Partner'?"
". . . You know what I meant by that, don't you? But do you still want to come with me?"
". . . I don't mind having another family member, although this one is a bit different."
". . . Please take care of me in the future"
"Ahahaha~ You're blushing? For someone who blatantly spoke of that, you're actually blushing? But you look cute too."
". . ."
'Kuahahaha~'
'Nice way to ruin the mood, Veldora'
'You can always depend on me partner'
'. . . That wasn't a compliment'
'I know'
"So, where are we going?"
"There are a lot of places to go. Although, I want to leave right now, I want to do one more thing before we begin"
"What is it?"
"Do you want to be my subordinate?"
". . . You are really weird, aren't you, Slime-san? At one moment you wanted me to be your partner, and now you want me to be your subordinate. And you are asking this to me after all that I have said just a few moments ago?"
"No, NO! I don't mean to embarrass you. Well, how about this?You could be both at the same time."
Tick~Tick~
"Is this something that is on trend right now? You really are Weird, SLIME SAN!"
'Whoa! I can even hear her muscles twitch'
'I know, right?'
'You Fool!! Explain to her right now!!!'
"Wait! Listen to me first!!"
". . . You have one minute"
"When I undergo my harvest festival, my subordinates also receive a bonus of sorts, even an evolution. I just think it would be better if you also bet this bonus"
"I have no desire to grow stronger"
"But it will be helpful to me."
"Fine. If that's what you want"
"Well, I have high hopes for your future. Keep up the good work."
"I regret it already. Whoever taught you must have suffered very much"
'She's a kind girl, Rimuru!!!'
"Shall we go then? Let's go to Blumund Kingdom them"
"Can't we start preparations yet? You can undergo the festival early and get cured"
"Although I want to, It's better to hold that thought. Harvest Festival is an important event. I am uncertain about the probability of success. The only case of success I completely know had help in undergoing it. Although there are others who succeeded in it, I don't know the procedure
It's better to confirm that first. Not only that, I also need to get used to myself. I need a Demon Lord Seed and enough strength."
"You are a newborn?"
"About 3-4 months old, why?"
"You just know a lot for someone who came recently into this world"
"Well, Veldora helped me judge it"
". . . The Storm Dragon?"
"Yeah, you don't know? Didn't you see me transform into him?"
"But that was you though. Ah! I see, you were with Veldora before his disappearance. Do you know how he disappeared?"
"Oh, him! I ate him."
". . . Excuse me?"
"I mean, I used a skill to keep him inside me and bring him outside"
"So YOU were the culprit of the chaos that is about to happen?"
"Ah-Ahaha~, let's go. Didn't you say you were supposed to meet someone?"
"Ah! I forgot!!!"
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"So you were escorting someone?"
"Well it's a group of three adventurers. One female and two male. Although one of the males was the party leader, they always listened to the girl. She might be a noble."
'It's them, huh. At Least that fact didn't change'
'H-Hey, Rimuru? I think we messed up'
'. . . What happened?'
'W-Well, you see, do you remember that I stopped you for a moment while Shizu was leaving?'
'Yeah! I do. Did you sense Them?'
'Yes!!'
'Okay'
'What do you mean, Okay?! This is a big incident!!!'
'What's the big deal? It's the same as in the original, isn't it?'
'No No No. You don't get it. The report then was that I was missing, and it was this way for the next two years or so when I 'destroyed' the army of Falmuth before being pacified by you.'
'I mean, they would think you just got out in advance, that's it'
'No, Goddamn it!! The report now would be that I just got out of my seal and aggressively fought against the Conqueror of Flames. This means I am no longer considered as 'Pacified''
'Oh No! That's a big deal!!! . . . Why is that a big deal, again?'
'It means Rudra's and Guy's game might begin soon'
'Shit!!! Why would that happen?! There is no reason for them to fight so soon'
'Did you forget that I am the winning card? Now that it has been decided that I am free and 'rampaging' instead of free and 'living in peace protecting a considerably powerful nation', they will try their best to win me over'
'I see, you better not make your presence known Veldora'
'Yeah~, About that-'
"I think they left already, Rimuru san. Shall we leave too?"
'Now shush for a minute. I need to talk with my 'most probably going to be' wife'
'. . . It was good knowing you, Rimuru'
'Yeah, me too, pal. Now, shush!'
"Let's leave too, Shizu san!"
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*You know, with the amount of dialogues I am writing, I haven't decided whether this is going to be a first person story or a third person story. I think third person works better, so I'll go with that for a description of the scene, the rest works the same. If you think I should use FP, tell me*
Rimuru and Shizu slowly walked towards the exit of the forest. While traveling, they talked with each other about a lot of things that they experienced.
Shizu talked about her time with the Hero, her solo adventures, teaching students especially Yuuki and Hinata, And about her current students.
Rimuru didn't talk much, or rather he can't talk much. His memories were too fuzzy. The only things that he remembered are his training moments with Veldora, his brave journey to discover himself as a slime, and his glorious adventure slaying monsters heroically to reach the exit, or at least that's what he feels it was.
Their uninterrupted journey brought them closer together. They no longer feel awkward towards each other's company. However, these happy moments were short lived, because someone couldn't bear the sweet atmosphere, but he wouldn't say that out loud.
'Rimuru, that's enough. I think you need to focus on the issue on hand'
'Yeah, Shizu-san is so good, I can't bring myself to tell her I want more'
'Wait, you want a harem?'
'Who doesn't?'
'But you are a monster, Rimuru! You become weaker when you have kids'
'Then I simply wouldn't have them until I am sure'
'In the first place, you don't even have a gender'
'I can transform into one'
'But you can only transform into other beings whose details you have right?'
'And nobody in their right mind would give me their Data, so i won't even become them, at most a disguise'
'Then how?'
'It's because I already have the Data of three men, and it's also their perfect Data, the Data of their Existence itself'
'When did you get them?!! I have been looking at you since you came into this world'
'No, you have been looking at me since I was born, not since I came into this world'
'Hmm? I see, I see. Concurrent Reincarnation. There were three souls at that time, but how did you use your skill to analyze them if you weren't even born?'
'It's because I didn't. After I came into this world and before I got my skill, the skill holder was The Voice Of The World. It scanned the three of us, or at least that is my only solution. It could also be that after I got my skill and before I got my body, I was somehow able to scan the process of creation itself.'
'Why didn't I know about this? I know your entire memory'
'Only that which existed when you read them. Don't forget that my soul is still recovering'
'Haa~, it just feels so unreal that you solved a problem that even Satoru couldn't even do with the help of Ciel'
'That's because he didn't want to. He has many subordinates and they have many skills. Some related to transformation. He could have done it with Shub-Niggurath. He just accepted himself.'
'You got cleverer'
'. . . I just healed'
'Good for you- Wait!!! We got off-topic. We need to leave here, Now!!!'
'What's wrong?'
'No time to Explain!! Just hurry- No, they are here!!'
Rimuru cut off his connection to Veldora, stopped walking and carefully looked around. He didn't find anyone, but it is to be expected. Although the report, which by now, would have reached the surrounding countries, mentions of Veldora's release and rampage, what does it have to do with him, the cute and adorable slime?
Telling Shizu that there was no problem, he continued walking forward. Soon, both of them reached the end of the forest. Walking a few more meters, they would leave the forest and enter the Kingdom of Blumund.
However, at the end of the forest, he saw a few soldiers blocking the adventures from entering the forest. The adventurers were furious at first, but calmed down when they learned of the reason.
Rimuru and Shizu walked out of the forest, causing a commotion. But it was a small one. Nobody knows the appearance of Conqueror of Flames, and because of Ifrit's rampage, Shizu's clothes were slightly damaged, which did not fit the descriptions given by Elyun's squad.
The soldiers stopped them to ask a few questions, just about the current situation of the Jura Forest, the location of the Storm Dragon and if they have seen The Conqueror of Flames.
After Shizu answered their questions, they let her go with Rimuru in her hands, since she told them it was her familiar and honestly, who would be vary of the destruction caused by a slime?
After they reached the Border Town, Shizu and Rimuru went into a cloth shop to buy some clothes, and then to a remote corner where he transformed into a young man, looks about 24 years old, tall, black straight hair reaching his shoulder, sea green eyes, slightly muscular frame, and most importantly, nude.
"Kya!!"
"I warned you! And please don't shout so loud. I don't want to be called a pervert on my first day in a town. Now Give me those clothes!!"
"You know you could have just taken them into your stomach and let them appear over you while transforming, right?"
". . . I just wanted to show you what you will be handling"
"That's too indecent, Slime-san. You shouldn't tell such things to someone you met just for a day"
"We've only known each other for a few hours huh? It feels like years"
". . . That was too cheesy, but I'll take it. Shall we book rooms for tonight ?"
"So Eager, huh. Let's wait for night time."
"I said ROOMS"
"Hahaha~, Let's separate first. I want to look around the city first, alone."
"Abandoning your girlfriend on your first day of relationship, huh?"
"Well, yeah"
". . ."
". . ."
"Town square, 3 hours later"
"Yes!"
Rimuru and Shizu went on their own paths. Despite their flirting, they are not in a relationship. Rimuru went around the town and enjoyed everything it can offer, but only for an hour. He needs the other two for Booze.
He didn't go there alone, though. He found two very beautiful girls to go with him. They were interested in him, and he was interested in their body. They went to a bar and sat down together before chatting.
Rimuru slowly got drunk. He looked at the two girls in front of him. They could be considered divine, to say the least. The red haired girl is outgoing and flirty, while the white haired one gives the feeling of being distant and noble.
"Hey, why did you guys come here?"
"We are looking for someone, her brother to be exact. Someone else is also looking for him, and we don't want to stand out and meet them, since we promised not to meet each other." answered the red haired one, the white haired one didn't even talk with him.
"That must be difficult. I hope you find him soon, and If you want, I can help you"
"Oh, I'm sure. You might be only person capable of doing so"
Rimuru felt weird, but he didn't care. He had a throbbing feeling and checked what it was. He found out that Veldora was trying to contact him.
'Rimuru, they-!'
'Shush, I am trying to score here!!'
'. . . I'll remember you forever, my friend'
Rimuru cut the connection again and started to flirt. The red haired girl responded to his flirts, and was even proactive. The white haired one however got colder and colder, probably angry because they are wasting their time here instead of searching for her brother.
He got more and more drunk, and then started to focus on the red haired one, wanting to score a goal. He got up, walked to the other side of the table, sat beside the red haired girl and put his arm around her neck. Surprisingly, she did not resist him, and let him do what he wanted.
He slowly went near her ear and said "You're Pretty". He heard her reply "Is that so". He spoke again, "Do you know which came first, Hen or Egg?". She replied "I do, but what's your answer?" "Look into my eyes and I'll tell you"
When she turned towards him, he sneaked a kiss on her lips and then- . . . Well, there is no more. He didn't know what happened next.