Gulp… Zhong Chen stood in front of the Dimensional Gate, constantly hesitating. His right foot, which had just stepped out, thought for a moment and then retracted.
Perhaps Zhong Chen's hesitant behavior was too strange, even the System couldn't help but complain.
"Host, if you're really scared, then just forget about it."
"You're looking down on me! How could a dignified Grand Immortal be afraid!"
"Then Host, why don't you hurry and go in!"
"Wait a moment, let me think about it again."
Just then, Rimuru, who had been frowning behind Zhong Chen, finally couldn't stand it anymore. He raised his right foot and kicked Zhong Chen's backside.
With a thud, Zhong Chen's entire body tumbled towards the Dimensional Gate.
Leaving only a shout of, "Rimuru, you just wait for me," he vanished from everyone's sight.
"Is this New World very dangerous? Why does A Chen seem so scared?"
Milim licked the marshmallow in her right hand, her cute little face full of confusion.
"I don't know, but I kept hearing A Chen muttering about 'IQ' and 'blue' before."
Rimuru didn't know the reason either upon hearing this and could only shake his head helplessly.
"Oh, never mind, I won't bother with A Chen anymore. Rimuru, I've found a very interesting person!"
Milim, unable to figure it out, decided not to delve deeper. Instead, she excitedly asked Rimuru loudly.
"An interesting person?"
"Yeah, it's someone named Hanazono Yurine. Do you want to go meet her with me?"
"She also has a very strange snake-like demon at her house that gets cooked into dishes every day. It's really interesting!"
Hearing about such a peculiar demon, Rimuru also became interested and immediately nodded, indicating that going to see it was fine.
"Hehe, then let's go, but we have to go to Tamayo's place to buy some gifts first."
Perhaps due to spending too much time with Zhong Chen and the others, Milim now understood a little bit about social etiquette.
She even knew that when visiting, one should bring gifts. Of course, that's all she understood.
After all, for most things, she still preferred to solve them with her fists.
Ding-dong... Ding-dong... "Coming, please wait."
At the door of an apartment in a two-story rental complex, Milim was quietly standing outside with Rimuru.
With a click, the door opened, and Hanazono Yurine's eyes flashed with surprise as she saw Milim standing outside.
She hadn't expected Milim, whom she had met before, to actually bring a friend over.
"Milim, you actually came."
Upon hearing Hanazono Yurine's words, Milim energetically raised her hand, revealing a brilliant smile. The small fangs at the corners of her mouth made her especially cute.
"Hehe, I brought a friend to play."
As she spoke, she pointed to Rimuru beside her and introduced, "This is Rimuru!"
"Hello, I am Rimuru. Thank you for having me."
"Hello, I am Hanazono Yurine. Please come in quickly."
Hanazono Yurine stepped aside, looking at the two with a smile in her eyes.
"Excuse our intrusion!"
The two followed Hanazono Yurine into the living room, only to see four people already gathered around a table, grilling meat.
Upon seeing the grilled meat, Milim's eyes immediately lit up. She unceremoniously went over, grabbed a set of bowls and chopsticks, and was about to start eating.
"Hey, Milim, you can't be so rude. I'm sorry, Milim is just like that. Oh, by the way, this is a souvenir, please accept it."
"Thank you, it's alright. In fact, I'm happier with her like this."
Hanazono Yurine, due to her chuunibyou behavior, had no friends at all.
So, she was actually very happy with Milim's behavior of not treating her as an outsider.
"Is that so..."
Indeed, anyone who could earn Milim's approval was no ordinary person, although Rimuru didn't know how the two had met.
PS: The full story of how they met will be explained later.
Hanazono Yurine reached out and took the souvenir Rimuru handed over. At first, she wasn't very concerned.
But upon closer inspection, she immediately froze in place.
"This... this is... this is the limited edition Serafall Magical Girl figure personally crafted by Lady Tamayo!!!"
"Milim, how did you get it? I remember this figure was a non-sale item, right?"
Looking at the Magical Girl figure in the box, Hanazono Yurine's face was filled with pleasant surprise.
She had been to Tamayo's place before, but the other party said it was a non-sale item, and she had been quite disappointed at the time.
She hadn't expected Milim to give it to her as a gift today.
"Hehe, I just bought it with money at Tamayo's place."
Milim replied smugly while snatching grilled meat from under a certain Cai Hua She (Vegetable Flower Snake)'s chopsticks.
"Hey, you dare to steal my grilled meat!"
"Watch it, or I won't be polite to you! And Pecora, why are you here? This is a demon's dinner table."
"You are from Heaven, you shouldn't be eating with us."
Cai Hua She pointed at Milim with one hand and Pecora with the other, questioning loudly.
Just as Pecora was wondering how to answer, a gloomy voice came from behind Cai Hua She.
"Jya-shin-chan, be happy when you eat. Get along well when you eat, understand?"
"Eek!!!"
Cai Hua She heard the cold voice from behind, looked at the shadow on the ground, and her body began to tremble, cold sweat continuously flowing down her forehead.
That's a chainsaw, that must be a chainsaw.
Cai Hua She instantly turned around, a naive smile on her face. She tilted her head and, feigning cuteness, said, "Hehe, how could that be? Yurine's friends are my favorite."
"Is that so? That's great, I thought Jya-shin-chan would be displeased by this."
Hanazono Yurine, holding a chainsaw, looked at Cai Hua She with a smile, as if she believed her statement.
She then put down the chainsaw behind her, completely unguarded, and turned to look at Rimuru.
Seeing this, Cai Hua She's eyes flashed with cunning, and an extremely evil smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. Her body instantly shot into the air.
"Good opportunity! My ultimate technique for crushing spirits, Jya-shin-chan Flying Kick!!!"
Just as the snake tail, transformed into a sharp cone, was about to strike the other party, Hanazono Yurine, as if she had anticipated it, instantly turned around and raised the chainsaw towards the snake tail.
Slash... After an indescribable bloody scene, Rimuru looked at Cai Hua She, who was split in two and still wriggling, and looked at Milim, who was eating grilled meat, with surprise.
"Wow, there really is a snake-like demon that turns into a dish!"
"Hmph, Jya-shin-chan, you should reflect properly. Rimuru, don't mind her, hurry and take a seat."
"Okay."
The recovering Jya-shin-chan, watching Medusa and the others happily eating grilled meat around the dining table, shed tears of regret.
"I hate it so much!"
"I hate it so much!"
Zhong Chen looked at the two guys who had latched onto him and couldn't help but let out a wail, tears of regret also streaming down his eyes.
The two people from different worlds, although facing different scenarios, let out exactly the same wail.
"Zhong Chen, quickly tell us, where are we staying tonight?"
"That's right, from today on, you're my big brother. Big brother, where are we staying tonight?"
"Where to stay? Go stay in your stable!"