Ch 3| Emotional mess and Fluff.

A.N\ hello few people who have nothing better to do. I want to tell you that no, you have something better and more important thing to do. so stop procrastinating and get your lazy ass up and do the thing! be it studying or washing the dishes!

anyway, It's me. M. the Author of this disappointment. I just have a few things to say before you start reading this cringy embarrassment.

the characters, especially Luminous's personalities might be different from cannon which is due to 2 reason.

1. My incompetence

2. they, and especially Luminous are traumatized, and very much overwhelmed. but they will get back to their normal personality ones they get out. you most likely didn't notice due to my shit portray of that in chapter 1. if I remade chapter 1, a lot of things would have made sense and the story would be 10 times better.

now you might be asking 'then why don't you just rewrite it instead of just bitching about it all the time?' the reason for that is my skill. What skill? well... Ultimate Skill [Procrastination Lord: M] and as you might know, you need to be absolute at something for their to be an Ultimate Skill with your name.

and I will try to decrease the amount A.Ns. just put in mind that I might add some details that weren't in the chapter before. as they are things that just came to mind that would improve the imaginability of the scene.

anyway, here the Chapter.

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~Liminous~

after we left our safe space and walked a bit. we found an expansive chamber. it was filled with stalactites that were slightly glowing. the ground is covered with white flowers (hipokute grass) and in the center of the chamber was a giant hexagonal dark gray pillar holding the high ceiling. covered with vines and moss.

but it looks like Rimuru didn't notice most of that, but focused on a pond inserted inside of the cavern walls. "Luminous!, we might be able to deal with that snake over there if we fought it together!" he said to me as pointed an appendage towards the snake.

Seeing that it's comparably weak enough, I thought that we might be able to deal with it as well. so, I moved towards it, but before I reached it, I hid behind a big rock then got a better look at the snake..

while it wasn't that strong. it was many times stronger than both of us combined. so we might die if we weren't careful.

"hmm.. do you have a plan of how to kill it?" I asked him after pondering for a bit.

"yes. while you grip it and hinder it's movements from behind while deal with it from the front"

when he said that, I remembered when we last tried that plan and how it ended. I clinched my teeth and frowned a bit as I remembered. 'maybe if I held her down better, non of this would have happened'. I lamented for a moment.

"you know what happened when I tried to hold down an enemy from behind, right? and it's scales look smooth, so holding it would be hard" I asked concerned that I might not be able to hold it probably, just like last time.

"then am going to injure it with a surprise attack. then you would get a good grip by holding him from that injury. does that sound good to you?" his answer genuinely surprised and shocked me. Rimuru, who usually had a cute and pacifistic personality suggested something that would come out of the violet primordial's mouth.

"I... didn't think you would come up with something this cruel. I very surprised." I voiced out my thoughts as I was unable to contain them.

"Honestly I didn't know I could come up with something like this. but I guess feeling of desperation and responsibility would make anyone do things they didn't imagen they would do"

he said, but one word caught my attention.

A.N\ and that word should have been something else so it would make sense that it caught your attention but whatever.

"Responsibility? Responsibility of what exactly?" as I said that, his body started to wobble a bit.

'it's hard to decipher what's on his mind because of him being a slime, but if I have to take a lucky guess, then it would be panic'

"ah.. um, what do you me-mean? I di-didn't say that!" 'so he is hiding something' I thought to my self as I looked at him with suspicion. but before I could pressure him anymore he confidently said "It's just your imagination"

what he said, and more importantly, the confidence in which he said that. confused me. I wanted to ask what the hell did he mean by that, but as soon as I opened my mouth he changed the subject.

"I will start now, follow me and hold it the moment the attack reach it. got it?" he said as his body started cool down while jumped from my hands. 'looks like he doesn't want me to know, but that doesn't mater right now'

he hopped a bit closer to the snake and shot off a blade of water aimed at the snake's tail, close to it's end. the blade's structure was fragile and it's edge was brittle. as it connected with the snake, it barely left a dent.

but as Rimuru shot off another one right after the first one hit, but this one looked much stronger. it was faster, more stable, and looked to be more solid than liquid. when it reached it's target, it made a sizable injury.

"Now Luminous!" when he signaled for me, I quickly ran in and inserted my hands in it's wound and gripped it with all of my strength. but it resisted and wriggled around try to free it its self from me. but de despite being dragged, I held it down. barely.

"I can't hold it for long so be quick!" I urged him as my legs started to shake from pain, and my hands were going numb. but while Rimuru moved to it's front, it contracted it's body. 'what is it do-' my thoughts were interrupted by a thunderous sensation on my torso.

my hands, which were somehow still slinging to it's wound, were tattered. then, the part of it's body that I was gripping on suddenly sped up and moved backward at incredible speed. my hands slipped away from it's wound and I was flung at the wall.

I was slammed by my back, then slowly fell down to the ground. *cough* blood came out of my mouth with a burning sensation in my chest. every breath I took was accompanied by a feeling of my lungs getting clawed by monsters.

I somehow held to my consciousness. 'I don't want to die. there is a lot that I must do. a lot whom I should save and care for, I can't die now, I can't die!' that rang in my head as if a bell was being rung with a hammer in my brain.

'after everything I have done and everything I went through! all the pain that I survived and experienced! everything that I kept on silently within me! all my hopes, dreams are ruined!'

a tear fell my eyes, and another. I wasn't the type to cry, but even I wasn't able to contain that much within me. 'Hinata.. Chloe... I failed all of you.. Roy.. Louis.. Gunther.. I wasn't able to fulfil your expectations as your queen'

as all the negative emotions filled me to, my vision fell on the slime in front of me. still in the air.

at that moment, all of my flowing emotions found it's target. I found someone to blame, so that my pain would won't stack all on me.

'You.. it's all because of you!! everything happened because of you!! if not for your incompetence! if you didn't just fail to to put the mask on Chronoa we wouldn't be here! I would have been with my Chloe anjoying my time! but instead am here suffering to survive!'

my aura exploded, and all of my rage was directed at Rimuru. non of what I said was just words confused by rage, they were all true.

'and you didn't end it there!! here you are again failing! because of you.. am suffering, because of you... everything in my life was ruined!!'

all of those thoughts came in less than a second, and my rage filled aura, which was directed at Rimuru, got instantly overwhelmed by an even stronger, more intense rage. but this one was filled with both sorrow and regret.

Rimuru, whom I directed all of my hate too, unleashed a wave of emotion stronger than any that I have felt before. which made me snap back... no, made my focus change.

"I.. I failed. I failed again. haa-ha.. haaahhahaha! I FAILED AGAIN!! I couldn't protect her!! I failed her and made her suffer because of my incompetence again! I am a failure, I am such a huge failure!! haaahahahaha!!"

seeing me in such a state, and knowing that it was because of him, made him go insane. 'why does he care about me so much?' I had such a thought, which was foolish thing to think of at the time.

"haaahaha- you." as he was laughing like a mad man, he suddenly said, and with no emotion, 'you' towards the snake. "your death will be painful". I got chills throughout my body. 'wh- what is going on?' I was scared. I was horrified. the usually cheerful Rimuru is now only thinking about killing what's in front of it with no mercy.

A.N\ God! I hope by trying to explain how scared she is and how much of a menace Rimuru is right now, I won't accidentally make it sound edgy.

that scene, which horrified me to my very core, changed once again. the snake lunged it self with it's mouth open to Rmuru. and Rimuru just entered its mouth. a moment after that, something shot out from the top of it's skull. then it started puking and jumping around, which lasted for no longer than 10 seconds.

afterwards, its movement decreased a lot and it looked to be suffering some kind of torcher.

'w-what is going on?! what's Rimuru doing? is he alright?' I questioned, forgetting all the anger that I was directing at Rimuru not long ago.

around a minute later, the snake completely stopped. and then, Rimuru appeared out of a hole he dug in the snake's bake. afterward, he jumped into the pond, and started to absorb water at an astounding speed.

he propelled him self using the water he just absorbed, and he.. was coming to me.

I got scared for a second. 'is he going to kill me?' but, I felt no killing intent.

at that moment, I felt hope

'I don't want to die. Rimuru.. pleas save me!' was the only thought in my mind. which I screamed out loud when he reached me.

"I will save you. so just hold on longer...pleas." as he said that, his voice was breaking down, unable to contain what was in his mind.

"Ri-mu-ru... I.. don't *inhales* want to die yet...*sniff* I don't.. want to die.... I wa-nt to live.... please... sa..ve me.." I begged with my weak voice, barely able to say to make a sound come out of my mouth. my words were weak, and my eyes were barely open.

He jumped on my chest, which filled me with a sensation of comfort and warmth, despite his cold body.

"I won't let you die, I won't let you die..." he repeated quietly, and I fully believed in those words. I cried even more, but this time, I cried as I felt hope that I will survive.

"I will do everything to make you survive Luminous!, so please! don't die!!" he screamed in denial of everything, only focusing his thought on me. when I heard him, I felt something, my heart started rushing and pumping faster and faster.\

at that time, at that moment. I saw Rimuru in a new light, and in a different way than before. that made my body move despite the burning heat and pain coursing my very existence. but despite that, I move my body, and hugged Rimuru.

"I... I-I won't D-Die..." I was sure of it. Rimuru Will save me. there wasn't a part of me that thought otherwise.

he extended a part of his body out and disconnected it, throwing it to my mouth. I didn't know what that was supposed to be, but I didn't care. so I just swallowed it, it had a lot of tastes, but it was strangely sweet. then a ball of water magically appeared, and I just drank it.

I felt my body healing and changing, and I felt even more tired. but before I fell into unconsciousness, I laied my face on Rimuru and said "thank you... for saving me again." I wanted to say something more, but before I was able to, I fell into unconsciousness.

~Some time later~

I opened my eyes, to find out that am laying my head on Rimuru, while I was hugging him, almost squeezing. but I didn't find a problem with it, I liked it actually. which surprised me. because if that would have happened before we were sent back in time, I would have tried to kill Rimuru. but now, am doing it on my own will.

'I guess my time with him have changed they way I look at him...' I had a slight blush before I started rubbing my face against his squishy, warm body. 'ahhhhh. this is the best...'

then I suddenly remembered that before I went unconscious, Rimuru threw a blob of his own body at me, which I ate.... remembering that, and what happened after made me blush even more, but I brushed it aside. when I ate it, I tasted something sweet, so...

I looked at Rimuru who was still unconscious with a big smile and hungry yet curious eyes before I pinched him and ripped of a part of his body and ate it...

'ahhhh... this is heaven' I said with a content smile. the taste was sublime, it was so sweet and delicious that I couldn't stop my self from shoving my face into him and taking a bit. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

it somehow tasted even better this time! 'you're soo comfy, warm and tastes good? what's more? are you going to protect me and save my life?' then I remembered that this is Exactly what happened.

as I thought of that, I blushed so hard that my face turned completely red. and so, I shoved my face in again, and I had to fight the urge to take another bite really hard.

so, as I had nothing to do, just hugged Rimuru, shoved my face into his body, and starting rubbing it. while also caressing my hands on him. all of that with a big smile on my face.

'I have never in my life(s) thought that I would do this... but now, I can't stop it!! it just feels too good!'

A.N/ just so you know, she isn't in 'love' (but she kinda is) with him yet, but more likes him as ball of fluff, cuteness and wholesome.

I was doing all of that and enjoying my time being fluffy with Rimuru over the grassy ground (from now on 'hugging and rubbing my self aganst' will be shortened to 'being fluffy'), waiting for him to wake up, but I got too consumed in the moment to notice when Rimuru woke up.

"uhhhh, good morning? Luminous. and what're you doing?" he said while I was rubbing my face agents him and squeeze hugging him.

"umm... I felt very cold, so I hugged you to warm up" I said somewhat averting my eyes and slightly blushing in embarrassment. 'I have some dignity to keep up....'

"ah... well it's fine then.... I actually liked it..." he said the last part very quietly, but I heard it very clearly. 'he likes it? nononono... I have to keep my dignity! (and something else that refuses to come to my mind)'

"Ah, right. Luminous, you said before that you were hungry right? that's the reason we went to hunt that snake. so we should go and try to eat it before it completely spoils, right?" ah right! that was the whole reason we got here...

Rimuru jumped off my arms, which made me feel oddly dissatisfied and uncomfortble. but most importantly it got oddly cold. "hey... Rimuru.. it's very cold for some reason, so could you come back?" I said while shivering

"ah, that's probably because your cloths got ripped..." when I looked at my self, I noticed that yes, my cloths are torn apart. the important parts aren't reviled, but there was too little left for it to be called cloths.

so, Rimuru came back and jumped into my arms. then I went to the dead snake's body. there were some parts rotten, but thankfully, most of it was fine.

"Luminous, am going to remove the rote and organs, then cut it into pieces of meat. can you in the meanwhile make a fire?"

"N-No... I don't know how to start a fire without magic..."

"...." he was just silent. but I can feel his deadpan face.

"well... vampires need blood to survive correct? so it's not that bad" his tone was a bit slower and deeper than usual. he was disappointed.

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A.N/this was supposed to be a training chapter where they grind, but instead it turned into an emotional mess and a good amount of wholesome chapter, which is better? anyway, I don't think I did a good job at the emotional part as I didn't feel any emotional impact from it nor much wholesomeness. but then again, it's me. and am probably one of the worst people to test that kind of thing with.

sorry for the chapter being a 1000 words shorter as I was too lazy to continue and I barely found a point good enough to stop. but I will make the next chapter longer in return.

and the next one would be them grinding skills, especially Luminous as she doesn't have Rimuru's hacks. and their is going too a lot of new skills, so if you have any cool idea tell me about it. and I will somehow turn it into a skill.

just so you know, they are going to take different evolutionary lines form cannon. and Luminous being cold will stay for a long time. anyway, hope you enjoyed it and wait for chapter 4, which will come out soon... assuming my Ultimate skill doesn't activate.