Ch 8: PEACE

---Rimuru POV---

While sleeping on the ground

Rimuru sensed a small drop of liquid on her face

followed by more liquid particles that made Rimuru feel uncomfortable and opened her eyes

Rimuru opened her sleeping eyes and found herself lying in the rain

" Ah~....it's raining... " Rimuru said while looking up at the rainy sky with sleepy eyes

Then Rimuru slowly sat up and looked into the distance with her eyes sleeping under the rain

" Hey Ciel…, how long have I been asleep… " Rimuru

... after a while of not seeing Ciel's answer Rimuru asked again

" Ciel? " Rimuru asked

<<...Is she mad at me>> Rimuru

Since Rimuru is currently in the middle of the forest, even though she is hiding her presence, since she was currently in a human body, it is not good to stand in the rain for too long.

Rimuru wants to create a makeshift roof with earth magic to shelter from the rain

But before that Rimuru used 'Universal Perception' to make sure the surroundings were safe

But while checking, Rimuru sensed an energy similar to Rimuru in the city

surprised by the presence of this energy Rimuru turned to ask Ciel

<<Hey Ciel, what's with that energy?>> Rimuru

... still no response from Ciel

After a while, Rimuru thought about linking events with the 'thought acceleration' Rimuru came to a conclusion that the source of the energy was Ciel.

Recalling Ciel's words earlier made Rimuru understand what Ciel was trying to do and now Rimuru had to act quickly.

Right now Rimuru wants to teleport there immediately but due to the absence of Ciel right now, Rimuru is unable to teleport.

So Rimuru had to rush there at a speed below the speed of sound to avoid attracting attention

This was a speed that was too slow for Rimuru so while flying, Rimuru mumbled a prayer " please arrive in time, please arrive in time "

Rimuru flew through the night in the rain since it was quite dark at this time, so no one could see her with the naked eye.

---Shido POV---

Right now Shidou was standing in front of a girl who looked exactly like Rimuru but had red eyes and an expressionless face sitting on the sofa looking at Shidou.

" To thank you I will give you 3 choices Soul, Memory or Life chose one and I'll free you from it " Ciel

Hearing the words that came from the girl in front of him, Shidou couldn't understand the situation at all

After saying that, Ciel muttered "Erabus", then a Katana sword appeared and Ciel held it and pointed it at Shidou's body.

Right now Shidou's heart was beating fast and sweat started pouring out from his body

Shido can sense from the other girl that there is a mysterious and terrifying power that causes Shido a great pressure.

While Shidou was still frozen in fear, Tohka and Yoshino came out and summoned their astral Dress and stood in front of Shido facing the other girl, tohka also called the angel Sandalphon in sword form and took a stance.

" Beware of Shido"

"Beware of Shido-san "

Tohka and Yoshino took a defensive stance and stood in front of Shido

Since he didn't want a fight to happen right here, Shidou decided to stop it

" W...wait " Shidou was in a panic when the strength and pressure disappeared

Suddenly the girl named Ciel softly said

" Looks like she woke up " Ciel said then retracted his hand and the sword disappeared

Did he wake up? Is she referring to Rimuru

After hearing that sentence of Ciel, the 4 people Shido, Kotori, Tohka and Yoshino didn't understand what was going on, so they continued to raise their vigilance.

Ciel slowly walked to the side of the room and looked in the middle of the room as if waiting for something

Everyone's attention was focused on the center of the room even though there was nothing there

a few seconds later

*BOOM!!!!*

A huge noise happened in the middle of the room

During the explosion, a blue-haired woman appeared in the mist

It seems that the woman entered through the roof at a very fast speed, so now there is a large hole in the ceiling, causing rainwater from outside to wet the floor.

Smoke and dust flew everywhere, causing everyone in the room except Ciel to cough.

When Shidou took a closer look, in the midst of the smoke, a pair of bright golden eyes gradually opened up and stood out from the mist.

Just looking at those eyes Shidou knew that it was Rimuru

Just as he was about to call out to Rimuru, Rimuru spoke first

" Hey Ciel, why did you come here on your own? " Rimuru said

By this time, the smoke had dissipated and Shidou could clearly see Rimuru's figure

Shido saw in front of him Rimuru holding Ciel's shoulders with both hands and FIRE Ciel's body

" You said we had to be careful not to show it!!! " Rimuru said while continuing to shake Ciel

Ciel still with an expressionless expression pushed Rimuru's hands off Ciel's shoulders

Without letting Rimuru do anything further Ciel moved closer and touched Rimuru's hair with his hand and said

" Your hair is all wet, why don't you activate the void barrier to block the rain " Ciel

Ciel didn't care about what Rimuru was talking about just now and kept rubbing Rimuru's hair, despite Rimuru's confused expression.

Shido, Kotori, Tohka and Yoshino all four stood frozen and watched this strange play continue.

After a while, Rimuru pushed Ciel away and said

" hey ! don't be so casual! " Rimuru

After a while while the play was still going on, Yoshino beside Shidou softly said

" If that's the case... will Shido-san... seal her off? " Yoshino asked

Everyone turned their eyes towards Yoshino

... 1 second

...2 sec

Suddenly Rimuru shouted

"NO! Definitely NOT! Ciel is mine" said Rimuru loudly and then put her arm around the neck of Ciel who Rimuru had pushed away just now was pulled closer to her.

CIel who heard Rimuru's words immediately blushed and looked down at the ground in shame

As for Shidou, because he was so embarrassed, he just smiled and watched in uneasiness

At this time, Kotori who had been watching the situation from the side, spoke up

" Ahem... Can we stop this play and start talking " Kotori

Time in the room seemed to stop and all eyes were on Kotori who was standing with her arms folded in her mouth while holding a candy.

" Okay okay " Rimuru let go of Ciel and his face gradually became serious

Ciel, after being let go by Rimuru, straightened her back and remained expressionless as usual

Both Tohka and Yoshino seemed to feel safer now, so they returned to their normal clothes

" but looks like we have to find another place... " Kotori said and looked up at the roof

Rimuru and the others also watched

The roof of the house now has a big hole because of Rimuru's grounding phase that doesn't care about the terrain

Then Rimuru said

" don't worry about this, i can take care of it " Rimuru

After saying that Rimuru snapped his fingers and then the space seemed to be reversed, matter began to appear out of nowhere and gradually returned to the original shape of the house.

While everyone was still amazed at how Rimuru repaired a house for a moment, Ciel beside Rimuru spoke up.

" You don't have to snap your fingers to manipulate space " Ciel

Rimuru beside him turned and said

" I don't know but that's the way to be COOL " Rimuru2

Right after that, Kotori interrupted their conversation and said

" Okay, okay, the house is done, time to talk " Kotori

" Okay " Rimuru

~Rimuru POV~

After everyone settled in their seats Kotori opened the meeting saying

" First of all, I want to ask who the other girl is and why is she calling Rimuru 'master'  " Kotori said and turned her gaze to Rimuru and Ciel who were sitting next to each other.

" Ah… well... " Rimuru

while confused because I don't know how to explain

Rimuru then used thought transmission and thought acceleration to talk to CIel

<<Hey Ciel why are you doing this! didn't you say you have to hide your identity?>> Rimuru

<<Yes I said so master, but don't worry everything is in my plan>> Ciel

<< Then thanks to you>> Rimuru

After talking with Ciel, Ciel turned to Kotori and said

" Let me re-introduce, my name is Ciel, I'm Rimuru-sama's loyal servant and a... um " Ciel didn't finish speaking, Rimuru quickly moved and covered Ciel's mouth.

Because he was so used to Ciel's introduction, Rimuru could already guess the next sentence by hearing the first sentence, after all, this was not the first time Rimuru had gone to another world.

After Rimuru finished covering Ciel's mouth Rimuru quickly used thought transmission to talk to Ciel

<<What are you doing,What is this plan called!!!>> Rimuru

<<This is completely the plan sir, if you say so, there won't be any trouble in the future>> Ciel

while Rimuru and Ciel were talking through thought transmission, Kotori spoke up

" Then what about the reason you  called Rimuru Master? " Kotori asked as if she didn't care about their actions just now.

Hearing that question, Rimuru also let go of Ciel to let Ciel explain, but did not forget to sit next to him to be ready for every word from Ciel.

" To put it simply, me and my Master are one, and he is the main body and I am just a part of him, " explained Ciel with a monotone voice and an emotionless face.

Rimuru, on the other side, was surprised when it was Ciel who told Rimuru to refrain from giving information to the other party, but now he said something that was almost the truth.

On the other side Kotori seemed satisfied with the answer so she continued to ask

" So that means both you and Rimuru possess the same power right ?" Kotori

" That's right, since me and my master are both one, just sealing the power of one is supposed to be both " Ciel

" Hmm...that would also explain why your appearance resembles Rimuru. fine then the next question will be for Rimuru " Kotori said and turned her attention to Rimuru

" huh? " Rimuru was surprised and started to concentrate on waiting to see what the question was 

" Firstly as far as we observed, her mood bar is only at 70 but the effect of 'Path' is better than other spirits it seems she can affect 1 degree someone on it" Kotori

Immediately faced with a difficult question that he did not know how to answer, Rimuru turned to seek help from Ciel

<<Ciel help me>> Rimuru

<<Don't worry, just repeat what I say>> Ciel

<<Thank you very much Ciel>> Rimuru

<<Nothing Master>> Ciel

Then what Rimuru did was simply repeat the words that Ciel said to Rimuru through thought transmission.

"  Yes, I can use some skills to increase the effectiveness of 'Path' " Rimuru

" Oh so what is that? " Kotori asked looking impressed

" It's a secret and I can't tell " Rimuru

" is that so... okay then the next question... " Kotori said looking disappointed

And Kotori and Rimuru had been talking for more than half an hour, Rimuru was just repeating Ciel's words but was also quite tense.

After a while it seemed that Kotori had no more to ask so her body relaxed and said

" Okay, we should stop here. Looks like someone needs a break " Kotori said and looked to the side.

Seeing that Rimuru and Ciel also watched

On the other side, Tohka and Yoshino were both dozing off and were looking at Shidou who seemed the most alert but equally tired.

" Okay then let's go " Rimuru said and stood up with Ciel

At this time Kotori hastily spoke up

" Wait, it looks like you still don't have a place to live, right ?" Kotori

Hearing Kotori's words, Rimuru realized the sad truth

Rimuru is someone who has overwhelming strength but sleeps on the street+

Rimuru then turned around and said to Kotori

" um... it's true that I don't have a place to live yet but... " Before Rimuru finished his sentence, Kotori spoke up

" Then please stay here with us, there are empty rooms here and since you are a spirit, it will also be more convenient for us to manage. " Kotori suggested.

hmm... free accommodation... that's fine

After thinking for a while, Rimuru agreed

" Okay then I'll stay here " Rimuru

 " Fine then let me show you to your room... but this is a single room.. " Kotori said awkwardly

beside Rimuru Ciel spoke up

" Don't worry about it " Ciel

after saying that, Ciel's body turned into a black smoke and flew back to Rimuru's body much to Kotori and Shidou's surprise.+

But Kotori quickly regained her composure and said to Shidou

" Okay Shido, please take the two of them to their room to sleep " Kotori

" I know " Shido

after saying that Shidou lightly shook Yoshino and Tohka up and led the two of them while still sleeping to their room

Then Kotori also led Rimuru to Rimuru's room and before saying goodbye, Kotori said

" Okay, tomorrow I'll take you aboard the Fraxinus to check, please cooperate " Kotori

" Okay see you tomorrow " RImuru said and then entered the room and closed the door

Rimuru waited for Kotori to leave in front of the room before falling onto the bed

" Ahhh~~ I'm so tired today " Rimuru said then turned to talk to Ciel about something that Rimuru had been wondering all along.+

<< by the way Ciel, when I used my omniscience just now and sensed your energy... it should be almost as powerful as the Phantom... with that power we should have can't beat that Phantom right>> Rimuru

<<...No... You misjudged it>> Ciel

<<Ciel I know all your tricks>> Rimuru

<<Xi...Sorry master>> Ciel sounded a bit sad

<<Why did you do that?>> Rimuru

<<Because master wouldn't listen to me, I used her as a lesson to teach you>> Ciel

At this point, Rimuru couldn't say anything more because Rimuru trusted Ciel so much that he always believed in Ciel's words.

But Ciel unleashed a trick, fooling both enemies and allies10

<<haiz... I can't tell you...>> Rimuru was lying on the bed lamenting

<<If that's the case, then let's just try to trick that guy with spiritual power for a while>> Rimuru

<<It's just that you don't want to kill that guy and come back and be forced to work, right>> Ciel

<< Where! Where there is>> Rimuru

While lying down thinking about what happened today, Rimuru realized a terrifying truth

Rimuru has gradually come to feel normal about being called with a girl name being forced to wear girl clothes

and if there's anything that could be worse, it's that Rimuru was kissed while still bewildered

<<~~ Suddenly I see the man in me slowly disappearing~~~>> Rimuru

<< what's wrong master>> Ciel

<< Ah NO! Nothing>> Rimuru

After lying for a while Rimuru spoke to Ciel again

<<There's no surveillance camera here but... that guy is really clingy>> Rimuru

--- Outside---

Phantom is floating in the sky and looks at the room Rimuru is in

Phantom has been following Rimuru since Rimuru's appearance and has been very wary of a human being able to cross worlds.

However, what interests Phantom even more is his powerful energy

Phantom tried to combine it with Reiryoku and form a Sephira, but there's a strange thing-----

Phantom hasn't infused any of his emotions into that Sephira yet

Normally, to create a new Sephira, the Phantom must separate and concentrate some of the Reiryoku. The Sephira Crystal is also infused with a portion of her emotions, and the color will be determined by the strongest sensation during its creation.

But---

This girl named Rimuru's Sephira is completely different-----

Phantom didn't transmit any emotions, but it still combined with the strange energy and formed a new Sephira.+

Phantom was surprised by this, a Sephira.. ... .. without emotions?

---Rimuru POV---

the next morning when Rimuru opened his eyes after a deep sleep Rimuru slowly went downstairs and saw

Tohka, Kotori and Yoshino are waiting at the dining table while Shidou is cooking

Rimuru tried to go down quietly but it seems he was spotted by yoshino

" H...Hello sister... " Yoshino

Hearing the word 'sister' made Rimuru feel like he was being attacked directly, but with his current body, Rimuru couldn't say anything, so he fell silent.

Tohka turned to see Rimuru and gave Rimuru a murderous look

Seeing that Rimuru casually spoke up

" We've already stopped fighting, but since we'll be here, we should look at each other with such scary eyes. " Rimuru

Shidou, who was cooking, saw that Tohka and Rimuru seemed to be having a grudge, so they made up.

" hey okay Tohka we're a family now so let's get along " Shidou said looking at Tohka with a smile on his face.

" But...Shido~~ " Tohka made a soft face

" It's okay, we'll get used to it " Shidou

" Fine...I'll accept her for now " Tohka

Rimuru smiled awkwardly Then went down the stairs and sat on the chair

now Yoshino spoke up

" Hi...Hi My name is Yoshino, I'm looking forward to your help "   Yoshino

" Hi, Ch... My name is RImuru " Rimuru had a hard time trying to address himself as 'sister' even though he didn't want to.

" Hi Rimuru-san, my name is Yoshinon, I'm looking forward to your help " the puppet in Yoshi no 's hand claims to be young  Yoshi .

Rimuru also froze for a moment and slowly understood the situation

Rimuru thought that since Yoshino was a child, it must have been like a friend so Rimuru also greeted back

" hmm  hello Yoshinon " Rimuru said while smiling

Yoshino and Yoshinon-ah the naming is not very creativeSeeing that both Yoshino and Yoshinon introduced themselves, Tohka also introduced herself

" Hello I'm Tohka looking forward to helping " Tohka said in a shy voice

" ah… um… hello " Rimuru also replied with an equally strange voice

At this point, Shidou finished cooking the food and brought it to the table

"hey... there's only 5 people cooking so much" Rimuru

Rimuru was waiting for an answer from Shidou but Tohka spoke instead

" Because I eat a lot " Tohka said sounding proud of it

" Yes Tohka loves to eat " Shidou

" oh... that's it " Rimuru didn't know what else to say

Rimuru and the others started eating

The food is nothing special, but it's pretty good

" um... it's also delicious " Rimuru

Hearing Shidou being praised for some reason Tohka felt happy and said

Seeing that both Yoshino and Yoshinon introduced themselves, Tohka also introduced herself

" Hello I'm Tohka looking forward to helping " Tohka said in a shy voice

" ah… um… hello " Rimuru also replied with an equally strange voice

At this point, Shidou finished cooking the food and brought it to the table

"hey... there's only 5 people cooking so much" Rimuru

Rimuru was waiting for an answer from Shidou but Tohka spoke instead

" Because I eat a lot " Tohka said sounding proud of it

" Yes Tohka loves to eat " Shidou+

" oh... that's it " Rimuru didn't know what else to say

Rimuru and the others started eating

The food is nothing special, but it's pretty good

" um... it's also delicious " Rimuru

Hearing Shidou being praised for some reason Tohka felt happy and said

" That's right, Shido's cooking is really good! " Tohka said like a child proud of herself and Shidou could only smile wryly.

but it seems that thanks to Rimuru's praise just now, the atmosphere is less tense

At this time, Shidou spoke up

" Hey Rimuru, doesn't Ciel need to eat " Shidou

" hmm... let me try asking her " Rimuru

Rimuru then turned to ask Ciel

<<Hey Ciel, do you want to come out and eat with everyone>> Rimuru

<<I will come out but I don't need to eat so I won't eat>> Ciel

<<okay then let's get out>> Rimuru

from behind Rimuru a black smoke came out and gradually formed a body and that was Ciel+

But this time Ciel is wearing a casual dress

 Seeing this scene All 5 people in the room were surprised

Tohka and Yoshino are surprised by Ciel appearing from Rimuru (Because they fell asleep last night, they didn't know about this)

As for Rimuru, Kotori, and Shido, they were surprised by the dress as well as the femininity that Ciel currently possesses.

Ciel now looks like a goddess who came down completely different from last night Ciel is like a god of death who came to take Shidou's life

Ignoring everyone's surprise Ciel gently sat down next to Rimuru

" I don't need to eat, so please continue to eat and you Shido since my master has spared you, I will also spare you " Ciel said with a scary look towards Shidou.

" Ah...umm...thank you " Shidou stammered

and Tohka who is supposed to react the most is mesmerized by the food

<<She really likes to eat>> thought Rimuru

Then when everyone finished eating, the meal was over

Kotori spoke up to Rimuru and Ciel and said

" Invite the two of you to come with me to Fraxinus to conduct an examination " Kotori

" umm ...okay " Rimuru

and so both Ciel and Rimuru boarded the Fraxinus to check

---END---