Meeting with Rimuru and the Destined Waifu

Following Souei, we left the cave and traveled through a small portion of the forest, where we then entered the town of Tempest. Although, at this point in the story, it would be more appropriate to say city. With the Orcs and Lizardmen joining, most of the forest's monster races now live in this city, some humans too.

As we've been walking, I've noticed a major change in my surroundings. 'Some of the landscape has come out of greyscale; was it because I merged with Z2?'

[Host is correct.] 'Oh, it's Raphael with her on-point explanation.' [I resent that, but anyways. The merging of the Host's soul and the template of ZeroTwo has had lasting effects upon the Host's personality and mentality. Based on the knowledge host has of ZeroTwo, you should balance the naivety, bestial nature, and mental issues that prevent your viewing of the world in greater detail.}

'Oh, that's actually pretty nice. Maybe I'll actually be able to enjoy my life now instead of faking it.' [One note, Host. This change has granted you a Unique Skill, Aura Reader. This allows the user to view the auras of people around you, representing hostility, friendship, love, amorousness, etc.] 'Now that is what I'd call useful, can it show anything else?'

[The skill can also present marks upon the soul as well as the Host's destined one.]

'Destined one?'

[This is represented in various ways; they could be your killer or your soul mate. In this world, it would be soul mate, as there isn't an entity capable of destroying you other than entity Rimuru.]

Nodding my head in understanding, I follow Souei through Tempest, where I see all of the races and even an unexpected Dryad. Finally, we reach what I think is a town hall. 'I think this is the town hall. It may be more of a governor's office, though. Not really certain.'

Entering a meeting room, I find the whole gang, Millim, Shuna, Shion, Rigurd, Rigur, Benimaru, Hakurou, Geld, Gard, Kaijin, Vesta, Kurobe, and our friendly neighborhood slime, Rimuru. Doing a quick scan of their auras, I only have one thing to say, 'HOLY SHIT, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS SLIME!!] After I let that slip, everybody looked at me very strangely, Milim however, seemed concerned.

While looking over their auras and just how colored they are, I noticed one outlier within the group, 'Yo, Raphael. Why does Shuna have a different color, and what's that mark in her aura?'

[The color would probably be because, as you've thought in the past, she is your 'Waifu' and in regards to the mark, that is the mark of a destined one. Only the other in the pair can see this mark.]

'Is that why she's looking at me with a curious gaze?'

[I believe so.]

'Gotcha, I guess I should probably start talking to them, though.' [Hello, sorry about that. I just got a bit shocked, is all.]

Rimuru stands up from the table, their eyes turn to him. Then, smiling, he says [Don't worry about it. My name is Rimuru, leader of the Jura-Tempest Federation. I received a report from Souei there,] he points towards Souei, [that you were about to attack some of our citizens, but that was after requesting to meet me. Would this be correct?] At the question, he raised an eyebrow while sitting back down.

I couldn't exactly lie and say no, so I smile, with a bit of a smirk as well, back towards him and say, [Don't worry, I'm not a bad Demon Lord, and I know you aren't a bad slime.]

{Recieved one C voucher for the reference and cringe} 'Wow, unexpected.'

Both Milim and Rimuru are now showing shock at the two-parter statement. My smirk grew wider as I glanced at them and Shuna. She looks like she's thinking about something; I'm not really sure what, though. The future demon-duo glance at each other before nodding and looking back to me, Milim releasing a bit of her Demon Lord aura. 'Actually weaker than expected for the strongest Demon Lord.' she then asks, [I've never heard of you, so how are you a demon lord?]

'For some reason, my gaze keeps landing back on Shuna. I'm guessing my interest is peaked, and my subconscious is screaming at me. I can't say that I'm not a Yandere. I'm not dense. I know my personality towards the people I care about and would definitely describe myself as a psychopathic Yandere. So with all this considered, I've probably already beginning to form a bit of possessiveness over her. Sigh~'

With Milim's statement, everybody refocuses on me, with Shuna showing some interest and Rimuru focusing hard. 'I never understood why people with power hide that they've reincarnated. Of course, I'll hide that this world is fiction, but me being power incarnate, yeah, no.' [Simple reasoning, I just arrived in this world about a week ago. I've been wandering around that cave, trying to find the exit. My name's ZeroTwo, Queen of the Klaxosapiens.] Ending my introduction, all faces show shock, without fail. 'Most likely based on my Queen status, but I can see where Rimuru's; it came from, it was when I said I just came to this world. Although, why did Rimuru flinch when I said Klaxosapien?'

[It's a bit of a shame that my clan appears to have already gone extinct in this realm. Sigh~] 'Yeah, that wasn't even a lie. I think most planets with magma running through them may have had Klaxosapiens roam them at one point. I can literally feel a connection running throughout this world.' Shuna showed some sorrow, others still hadn't recovered from their shock, Rimuru seems to be considering something, and Milim seems to want to say something. [Milim Nava, miss Demon Lord, please speak your mind.] She needed a second to recover as she clearly didn't expect me to know her name or title.

After a small moment, she asked a question that I didn't expect. [I heard legends about your race throughout the ages, does this mean that the Klaxosapiens were, indeed, real? Monsters that could become the size of countries and all that?] Again, shock descended. I have a feeling these people need some help controlling their emotions. Even Rimuru showed it this time around.

[Sigh~ Yes, those would be them. I was actually a clone of the Klaxosapien princess in my world, created by the humans to fight and kill them. In other words, a weapon of mass destruction. Finally, I killed off my creators, freed the Klaxosapiens and humans from tyranny, and came here. Yes, Klaxosapiens males could certainly become the size of a small country, we are also ageless, so I'm a little concerned over how they all died in this world. Rimuru, if you would be so kind, I'd like to chat with you alone later.] He nods in response, and we chat for a while longer. Everybody finally recovered and introduced themselves, Shuna showing a bit of respect as well.

'Considering her feelings for Rimuru, I didn't expect the bond to be already showing, but thinking about it, shouldn't her feelings towards him be almost entirely admiration? Most likely, all of these actions are subconscious, so I need to get her to be able to feel them consciously. Maybe I should make her jealous and possessive?' [Please note, this is possible. A feeling of possessiveness that would appear higher than normal is shown between entities with this mark.]