Ch 12: Old Place and Hot Spring

----This Chapter is written by Void-King---

A new day dawned over the Land of the Rising Sun, and in a certain house, a group of individuals gathered in the same room, discussing their plans for the day.

"Like I said, why do we need to blend in with the public?" Rimuru asked Itami.

"Listen, Rimuru, my motto is hobby first and job in my spare time. I'm not going to miss this chance to buy some new manga! Besides, there's someone I need to meet, so we actually need to go somewhere to pass our time here," Itami replied.

"Well, it's your call. I'll just disguise myself to blend in," Rimuru said as he cast illusion magic on himself, changing the color of his hair from bluish-silver to black he also Change the color of his eyes to black. Benimaru and the others soon followed; they used magic to hide their horns and change the color of their hair and Eyes.

"Now that everyone is in agreement, where do you guys want to go?" Itami asked.

Risa invited the girls to go shopping in Shibuya. Chloe, Shuna, Tuka, and Lelei easily agreed, but Rory was a bit hesitant. The eagerness of Risa made her agree. Rimuru ordered Benimaru and Diablo to guard them on their shopping, while he was going to visit a place on his mind.

Piña and Bonze asked to be led to the "Library."

You might be wondering where is Testarossa and the others well they had already returned to Tempest to prepare for the delegation coming over from Japan.

Once the group decided on their plans for the day, they went their separate ways. Risa and the girls went shopping, Tomita with Bonze and Piña went to the National Arts and Library, Itami went to meet someone, and Rimuru went on his own.

***

It had been an hour since they all split up, and right now, Rimuru was walking on the sidewalk, his face reflecting a nostalgic feeling. In truth, Rimuru was feeling nostalgic since the place where he was now was where he died five years ago.

"This place hasn't changed at all... I wonder what those two are doing now," Rimuru thought, remembering his junior Tamura and his girlfriend Miho.

The memory of the past flooded Rimuru's mind as he kept walking to the familiar place. After an hour of walking, he reached a specific place: the cemetery. He stopped in front of one gravestone with the name Mikami Satoru.

"It's really been five years since Mikami Satoru departed from this world. Yet for me, it's been thousands of years since I've reincarnated as a slime," Rimuru said, looking at the gravestone of his past self. Thoughts about what could have happened if he didn't get reincarnated and what could have happened if he revived himself on this world filled his mind.

Such thoughts occupied his mind until he heard a voice not too far away. The voices were coming closer to his destination. Instinctively, Rimuru immediately went into hiding behind a nearby tree. He could hear the two voices stop in front of his past self's gravestone. Curious, Rimuru took a peek, and to his surprise, it was Tamura and Miho, familiar people from his past.

The two looked up at the said gravestone, and Miho placed the flowers on it. They took a praying position and spoke.

"Senpai, we came to visit again. I hope you have found peace in the afterlife. And if you ever get reincarnated, like the ones on TV said, I pray that you're having a good life in your next life," Tamura said.

"Satoru-san, once again, thank you for saving me. We also came to tell you that we are getting married. It took us five years to get this far, but we made our relationship work. Thanks to you for giving us this chance," Miho said.

Ever since Satoru died, the two had been coming to his graveyard every year to pay respects to Satoru, who gave Miho and Tamura a chance to be together.

Rimuru, listening to the two, had a look of appreciation. He felt that his sacrifice wasn't wasted and wished for a healthy relationship for the two. After that, he left and decided to have fun and buy some gifts for Chloe and the girls back in Tempest.

"All right, it's time to have fun. I'll worry about my problems and relationships later on," he said, sprinting towards a certain shop to buy food.

***

The night had passed, and everyone met up at the place they agreed upon. Rimuru arrived first, followed by Itami, Chloe, and the other girls, along with Tomita and the princess. They were heading towards Sankai Resort, where they would be staying for the night.

Upon arrival, Rimuru, along with the people from the Cardinal World, noticed multiple presences in the forest nearby. He looked at the forest direction and let out a sigh.

"Looks like this night will be a bloody one," Rimuru whispered to himself, loud enough for everyone in the group to hear.

After enjoying the hot springs, the men and women went their separate ways. Shuna and Chloe wanted to bring Rimuru to the girls' bath, but due to some circumstances, they decided to hold their urge. Rimuru went with Itami and the others to the men's bath.

***

In a forest nearby, a special force group was monitoring the movement of the group. One of them was spying on the girls changing in the changing room. His code name was Archer, a member of Japan's special force.

While using binoculars to see what was happening inside, Rory suddenly turned around and looked at the window, making eye contact with Archer. Not long after, Shuna and Chloe stepped into view, and Rory smiled at Archer, while Shuna and Chloe waved at him.

"Archer, what's wrong? Your heartbeat just skyrocketed!" the people commanding them asked.

"The three girls looked at me. No, not just looked; two of them even waved their hands at me," Archer reported.

"Copy that, Archer. Move out to Point Bravo; the main grail will begin soon."

With that, the SDF member moved to his new spot, but the fear in his heart still remained.

***

After getting undressed and covering themselves with towels, the girls went inside the bath. Rory could be heard screaming since she was surprised by the hot spring in front of her.

"I haven't seen anything like this," Rory commented.

"Me too. I haven't seen this much hot water before," Lelei added.

"I didn't think that our world has something like this."

"But, Princess, this is another world."

"Oh, right."

While the others were in shock, Chloe and Shuna, who were familiar with Japanese culture, decided to wash themselves up. Rory attempted to get into the hot springs without washing herself up, but it ultimately failed because of Kuribayashi.

Meanwhile, in the men's bath, Rimuru, Benimaru, Diablo, Tomita, and Itami were seen relaxing. Diablo refused to get into the bath until Rimuru threatened to send him back to Tempest immediately.

"A hot bath is bliss after a long day," Itami said.

"You're right."

"You're right."

Rimuru and Tomita said in unison, then Itami did something dumb.

"Screwed it, I'm going to the women's bath."

"Stop, Lieutenant," Tomita tried to stop him, but to no avail.

"Don't you dare," Rimuru said, stopping Itami using his aura, toned down to the maximum to avoid any unwanted injury, or more specifically, to avoid destroying the world.

Back with the girls, they are talking about the type of man they like. Piña had been teasing Bonze, and this continued until Kuribayashi asked why Risa married Itami. She explained her reason and why the two of them had broken up.

Risa didn't want to remember such memories, so she decided to change the topic.

"Ne, ne, Chloe-chan, Shuna-chan, what kind of man is Rimuru-san when it comes to love life?" Risa asked, catching the attention of the other girls, especially Rory, who looked at the two with anticipation.

"Well, Rimuru-san is a dense man," Chloe replied.

"Dense?" Rory asked.

"Well, you see, Rimuru-san had a hard time telling others about his feelings, especially if it's the emotion of love," Chloe replied.

"Yes, Chloe-san is right. If Rimuru-sama wasn't that dense, he would have had a wife today. Right now, many girls are fighting over who would be Rimuru-sama's future wife. Of course, I'm also included in that battle."

"Heeehhh, but I'm sure I will be his wife since he asked me on a date."

"What? When did Rimuru-sama do that?" Shuna asked Chloe, who had a smug look on her face.

"Well, you don't need to know, Shuna."

'Having a date with Rimuru-sama, I'm so jealous,' is what Shuna thought.

"Hmm, so he doesn't have a wife yet. Maybe I could also join in this battle," a certain black-haired girl whispered to herself.

After enjoying their bath, everyone decided to have a drinking party.

"Yosh, everyone, to all that has happened today, let's have a cheers," Rimuru said as he raised his glass of beer.

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

And with that, they drank until they passed out, well, only for the humans though.

Meanwhile, in the forest, a battle was happening between four different countries.

On this cold night, the earth would witness horror that it hadn't seen before this Night will mark in History Where the God of Space and Time has Grace This Land.

---To Be Continued---

A/N: HELLO EVERYONE! Here is a new chapter. Hope you guys like it. And thanks for the continuous support.

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