123 -=Just a memory=-

"Rawr" The big evil monster roared as it cornered its enemies

"Big bro, I'm scared..." holding to her brother's arm, Kate was trembling in fear

gritting his teeth 'Rimuru' said as a look of conviction appeared on his face

"Kat, run. I will hold her back for as long as I can!" He said

"But brother, you can't!" Not listening to his sister's pleas, 'Rimuru' dashed at the monster, knowing it was going to be his last moments

"Muahaha, you think you can beat me? alone? you fool!

Rawr" The monster jumped in his direction, but as soon as it was about to hit him

"Ultimate attack!

Tickle rush!"

"Wai- *giggle* T-That's not fair nii san *Giggle* stoop hahahaha" Eri fell on her back as she tried to contain her laughter

"I won't let you get to Kat, Monster!" 'Rimuru' said, still in his role

"But- haha - I'm also your sister! haha, stop that already!" Eri said as she smacked 'Rimuru's' hands away

"What? plot twist, the monster was also my sister?

Oh no... what should I do to compensate for attacking her?" 'Rimuru' laughed a bit as he helped Eri up

"Buy me some food!" Eri's eyes shined as she heard that

"Humm... sure, what do you want? pizza? a burger?" He askes

"Temaki!" She said instead

"Uhm? got interested in Japanese food all of a sudden?" he asked back

"Yesh" she answered, and she saying it wrong only made it cuter

"Sure thing then, I'll get some" he confirmed

"Yay" Eri was jumping around in happiness, the only question now was... would she actually like Japanese food? spoiler... yes, she would

(A/N: Btw, I don't)

"Bro, that's not fair" Kate said pouting by the side, taking a book to read as well

"Don't be like that Kat, I'll buy your favorite dessert as well, what about it?" He asked with a smile, his sister loved to pretend to be angry to get something... it was as amusing as it could get honestly

"I don't know... what about two of them instead?" She tried negotiating

"you wouldn't want to eat two whole cakes, would you?" 'Rimuru' rebuked, and he was right

"Tch... okay... one then..." She grumbled as she buried her head into her book, albeit she was actually smiling

"You know... you should stop reading this kind of book out in the open" 'Rimuru' commented as he saw her book

"What? you don't even know what kind of book this is" She argued

"Garden of Lili-" He read the Japanese title out loud but was interrupted

"OY! don't say that out loud, for God's sake bro... Eri is just there!" With a bright red face, she exclaimed

"Humm... if you only knew the games she played... you wouldn't be so afraid of her knowing your books..." He commented

"Really? what games?" She asked, her curiosity picked

"Not telling you" He smiled as he answered, if she wanted to know, ask Eri herself, he has no right to tell her Eri's 'secrets'

"Mou..." She pouted as he didn't tell her

"But don't worry, we are family, we will always support you, ok?" He asked as he moved to go out

"Don't talk about that, it's embarrassing, ok?"

"Noted" He answered as he went out to go buy their dessert and temaki

Passing by the door he saw a letter on the floor

"Right, water bills huh? need to look into that tomorrow" He muttered as he put it on the desk before going out

"*Murmuring* And if I need to pay the same for water and electricity as last month... plus the monthly costs... let me see

1 plus 1 equals 2 I don't really want to make a good calculus of his bills

Then I'll have... 20? no 25 dollars remaining for me... rough stuff...

Next month is Eri's birthday... I should find something for her as well...

man, planning is so hard..." he grumbled as he walked on the streets

-=-

Rimuru cane back from his memory recall, and as he did he had a smile on his face

Why did this happen? simple, he was testing his [Shin'en no me] a bit, using it on himself by using a mirror

Most people had negative reactions to it, so he wanted to feel it, but surprisingly it made him remember a very happy day

'Am I immune to it?' He guessed

<Not really, your eyes make people remember something that is marked on their souls profusely and amplify the emotions involved in the memory, so for you it makes you remember those days> Ceres explained helpfully

'That's cool, so that's how the knight felt when he dream nailed himself, huh?' He thought

<Why the specific reference?> Ceres asked

'Cause, ABYSSAl Eyes, abyss... and stuff' Like always, explaining a bad joke made it worse

<...

Sure>

(A/N: Now that I think about it, instead of Holy eye Kaede should have gotten a Radiant eye... it would be a perfect duality with the abyssal one... what a lost opportunity...)

'Now I am curious, how would Kaede's eyes affect us? Worth a test' He immediately thought that

<...You know... I can tell you the effects it would happen, right?>

'What's the fun in that?'

<...Fair point>