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Rimuru bounced around the corridors with his slime body. In his mind, he hummed a song he used to listen to a lot in his past life, something about skipping around.
He turned left, leading to the exclusive hot springs for special guests.
"Nothing beats a little hot water for relieving stress." Rimuru thought, the song still in his mind. At that moment he knew that there was no one at the hot springs, neither in the men's nor the women's section.
There was no reason to question it; he continued jumping until he passed through the passage leading to the men's area.
Rimuro glanced briefly at the hot spring, then something caught his attention. A figure amidst the thin steam rising from the hot water. The figure had long hair.
It was slowly becoming more visible. Long, red hair with neatly spaced ends, a hairstyle that belonged only to one person.
"Guy?" Rimuru tilted his head to the side, drawing the attention of the other demon lord.
"Ah, Rimuru, good to see you." The voice sounded strange. Guy turned around, leaning on the edge of the water as he faced Rimuri. Her hands supported her head as he... She stared at Rimuri.
The slime froze for a few seconds, still processing that Guy was in front of it in female form, completely without appropriate clothing.
He jumped back in fright, stepping back a few inches.
"Don't be scared, haha! This is just a female body." Guy waved her hand while laughing at the situation, not at all worried.
"But... But why out of nowhere?! And you're in the men's section of the hot springs!" Rimurou spoke incoherently, avoiding looking at Guy.
"Oh, I came here when I was in my male body! But then I felt like using my feminine side." Guy shrugged, finally submerging his torso in the water again.
"What?...." Rimuru seemed more confused, but finally approached the water.
"Ah, you know, that little urge to switch bodies." Guy stared at Rimuru for a few seconds, then raised an eyebrow. "I thought you'd understand, especially since Slimes theoretically don't have defined genders, just like demons"
"Well... I don't have it, but..."
"Don't tell me you're ashamed to try having this?" Guy clutched her own chest as she laughed; she didn't seem to have the slightest bit of shame about the subject. "Come on, give it a try!"
Rimuru seemed somewhat contradictory about it, but he knew Guy was quite persistent when he had a mind set on something. He transformed into his human form, the one he always used and which had no defined gender.
Gradually, a more feminine form began to emerge, her breasts growing slightly.
Completely in a female body.
Guy clapped lightly, laughing amusedly.
"What do you think?"
"I don't know... It's strange." This is strange, especially since in his past life Rimuru was a man.
"It might be, but think about it. If you have a body that you can shape however you like, why not explore it?"
"You have a unique way of thinking." Rimuru sank into the water in shame.
"After millennia of existence, exploring this sort of thing is fun." Guy stopped, a silence for a few seconds. A smile of amusement grew even wider on his lips. "The best part is being able to see other people's reactions, like a funny joke."
Rimuru raised his head slightly, looking at Guy.
"Jokes?
"Yes!" Guy nodded, quite excitedly. "Beings that are confined to existing within only one gender always have funny reactions!" Guy laughed as he recalled various experiences he had.
"Well... I can imagine"
"Why don't you join me on one of these adventures? Huh?"
Rimuru thought, reflecting for a few seconds. What harm could it do?
"I accept"
Guy really seemed to be having a lot of fun with it, and to have experience doing this sort of thing.
Playing with the hearts of some unsuspecting men was the main thing that made Guy laugh. Rimuru would forget that she was a Demon, but in those moments he would remember.
The way the delicate fingers of the feminine form clung to the unsuspecting, or how she used her breasts to make them fall like flies.
Rimuru laughed, but ended up not participating in the practical part of the game, mainly because he felt uncomfortable with it.
"Oh, there was this one time I transformed into a very curvy elf, and I ended up unintentionally triggering a war." Guy laughed as he stretched.
"WHAT?!" Rimuru stared wide-eyed at the girl beside him.
"Oh yes, it's been many years, it's truly amazing what they do for a woman."
"What did you do after you started the war?"
"Oh, I left after it lost its appeal, and I wanted to go back to my male body too."
"You change your body quite a bit when going from male to female." Rimuru chuckled; he understood part of it, but not completely.
"How can I explain it to you?..." Guy remained silent, then snapped his fingers, looking at Rimuru. "When you change from slime to human, it's something natural for you, something that makes you comfortable, right?"
"Ah, yes, well"
"For me it's almost like that. I don't like being limited to just one thing; if I don't change, it's strange."
Rimuru begins to understand Guy's thoughts better. Perhaps changing its form is much more than just something to play around with.