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NOTES:
Rimuru's physical body has no gender but he does prefer he/him pronouns.
Though in this fanfic, he doesn't mind much about his gender due to people constantly mistaking him.
He's okay with people misgendering him as long as the person doesn't take it too far.
Judging by my art I really wanna sell trap Rimuru. Though I feel like I'm selling it too much, so I might do a redraw
Narration
"Talking"
"Whisper"
'Thoughts'
'Thought Communication'
[ Ciel ]
[??? POV]
Emphasis
*Actions*
<Skill/Breathing/Blood Demon Art>
( Me, the authorヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ )
Y'all are probably smart enough to figure out what is what during the story, but it's a kind of note to self for me.
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[Rimuru POV]
UUUGGGHHH!!! Ever since I killed Yuuki, things have been getting boring! Who knew being a demon lord would have so much paperwork!! (┬┬﹏┬┬)
Everything was so freaking peaceful. It's nice being strong, but nothing is amusing anymore when you don't have a challenge. But you don't know how thankful I am to be the strongest of the demon Lords, cuz I get to make the final decisions and all of these demon lords have lost their common sense over the years.
Example: They originally wanted to destroy a kingdom that opposed us even though they hold no threat.
Again to the paperwork, all of it was easy but there's so much of it!! It gets boring~ 'My hand hurts! The cramps!!' I unintentionally communicated with Ciel.
[ Master, you have <Pain Nullification>, remember? You cannot feel pain. ]
'I know, it's just that I've been writing for so long that I just expected myself to feel pain. Hey Ciel, is it time for you to take over?' I asked, praying that my turn was over to do the paperwork.
[ Yes, master. Exactly 4 hours have passed and it is my turn to do the paperwork. ]
Then we hear a dreaded voice... "Rimuru-sama, I brought you this month's paperwork!" Shuna... She's carrying the paperwork for this month... Nooooooo... I'm almost done with last month!! 'Shuna, I love you but you're killing me here with all this paperwork!!'
[ Torturing us, master. Although I don't feel much, I am suffering too. ]
'This is paperwork from Hell, I swear. Ciel is even on auto-pilot when responding to me! She's not her old sassy self!' I thought while I strained a smile at Shuna as she just set down the paperwork, bowed, and smiled. My mind could only blank out as she left. '
Hey, Ciel? Is there any way to get out of this?' I asked numbly, once again praying for a "yes" answer.
[ Master, we could try dimensional traveling. ]
'Will it work?'
[ The success rate is 98%. It would not be life-endangering if we somehow end up in the failed 2%. Just some degradation of some skills and or losing them. If Master's physical body was gone, I could recreate it though it might take a while. ]
'Oh, my lord! Thank you Ciel~! We can be free from this Hell~!' I sang internally.
[ Thank you for the praise, master. I am happy that you are satisfied with my answer. (–///–) ]
'We need to finish some of this month's paperwork at least or else I'll feel too bad. Plus, I need time to come up with a good excuse.'
[ Yes, Master. (┬┬_┬┬) ]
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'It's time...' After coming up with a good excuse, we could finally be free from the evil paperwork! Honestly, I spent most of my time delaying the inevitable because I feel so guilty for doing this. I'm just pushing my work on them and I feel so bad.
I called up my subordinates. Again, despite being all scary and cool looking they all bow to me, a slime. I will always find that weird.
"Rimuru-sama." They all said bowing. "Hello everyone, raise your heads. I hope you are doing well. It has come to me that I have the ability to travel dimensions. Judging by my words, you all know where this is going.' I said, sounding professional which usually means I'm nervous.
'I feel as if I should've prepared more... I only thought of the excuse, not the words I should say... (┬┬﹏┬┬)'
"Rimuru-sama, please reconsider! What if something goes wrong? What if the world you're in is dangerous? What if you get hurt? Maybe sick? *gasp* What if you die?!" Rambled Shion. Benimaru, Souei, and Hakurou were hesitant but accepted my decision.
But Rigurd, Shuna, and Diablo nodded their heads agreeing with Shion. "Rimuru-sama, you cannot go. Your safety is of utmost importance. Judging by your professional talk, you are also nervous." Scolded Shuna. 'Of course, she knows my nervous habits. (￣_￣|||)'
"I know of your concerns but I went over the possibilities of what would happen. None of them were fatal. Meeting dismissed. I trust that all of you will care for your territories while I'm gone. Because who knows how long this trip will take." My subordinates bowed and said good luck on my trip. Then I to the room that had the magic circle Ciel & I used when we were practicing going to different dimensions. ( Sorry, I just want to speed through this. )
I already pre-picked a dimension, I call it the Demon Slayer World. I never really interacted with the beings of that world but I have spectated them. Apparently, It's like the Taisho period in Japan from my old world but with demons.
What I've learned about the demons is that they can't go in sunlight or else they burn and they eat humans. I also learned the sad little background on how the Demon King became well- the Demon King. I low-key forgot his name, but I know he was a sick child who was given a blue spider lily as medicine. The blue spider lily turned him into a demon but not a full demon as he was given half the medicine so now he's searching for the blue spider lily.
I learned most of this from overhearing some demon lady called Tama-something, I forgot her name, to this Yushi-demon-kid. She used to be the Demon King's servant before betraying him a few hundred years ago. I would have listened to more stories from her, she was starting to speak about the "Demon Slayers."
But the copy of me in my dimension was hearing some worrying over how I wasn't moving for a while. I transferred my consciousness to the copy to clear their worries and returned home.
Back to the present, I was standing in a circle of sand. There was honestly nothing much to the room. It's not like I need to summon anyone or anything with everything so peaceful.
So the room is pretty dusty, filled with the books that I have already read and some crystals that are losing their magic with their low glow. I bent down and began to draw the magic incantations in the sand. Then I started chanting the spell Ciel taught me.
Then the world went black.