I was careless about my standing in this world, and then this happened. Plus, as an ex-human, I put too much priority on my own thoughts.
I was chilling out, I let my guard down, and that’s what led to this. They all insisted it was their fault, refusing to budge. It sounded like both Rigur and the rest of them felt an intense responsibility for this. “If you put it that way, then I am responsible for the town’s security. “Wait a moment, Benimaru,” Rigur replied. We were forced to realize that this state of affairs was brought about by our…well, really, my dropping the ball.”
It made us all feel helpless, deep in our hearts. When we lost our Thought Communication with you, that feeling of invincibility we had crumbled. This has been an excruciating lesson for all of us, Sir Rimuru. “It pains me,” Benimaru added, “to have my sister say it before I could. That’s what led to this tragedy,” said Shuna, her beautiful eyes fixed on me. We were too dependent upon you, Sir Rimuru, assuming you would always be there to protect us. I felt like anything I could say would just sound like a trite excuse. Then, out of nowhere, I ran out of words. If only I could have saved those children and come back here sooner…” I wanted to interact with them, and I wound up spending a really long time in human towns and settlements. I’m a monster, but I thought that my heart was still human. And let me assure you, it was not my hope that my rule would cause any of you injury. I said I liked humans because I used to be one. “I created that rule not to attack humans for that reason. Everyone was intently listening to me, nobody expressing any doubts. It’s possible that all of you became closer to human with your evolutions because of my own hopes, for all I know.” It was pretty lonely at first and desolate, but even someone like me managed to make friends here. I died over there, and then I was reborn here as a slime. “I lived as a human in the same world that the so-called otherworlders come from. Judging by the looks of surprise on many of my audience’s faces, though, word must not have gotten around. I didn’t take great pains to hide it, and I think I might’ve even mentioned it offhand to them at some point. Shuna, Ranga, and probably Shion already knew, I believed. This caused a little commotion, but nobody spoke up. I waited for everyone to settle back down before I continued. I never really loved anyone before, so putting it that way sounds kind of fakey to me still, but… These monsters considered very seriously the idea of living alongside mankind. All this anger, fear, and hatred threatened to drive us away from the goal we needed to seek.Įven after all of this, they still faithfully adhered to the advice I had for them. Some of them, however, also said not to treat all humans the same, that there were a lot of good ones out there as well. They were right to feel that way, no doubt about it. The majority of them were in agreement with me on one key point: There would be no forgiveness for the humans who had played that cowardly trick on us. I received a great deal of feedback very quickly. “Now, before I give you my own ideas, I would like to hear your opinions about the Kingdom of Farmus and about humans in general.” Shion and Gobzo were coming back, and it was time to move. Not one of them expressed a single doubt.
It kindled a flame in each of their eyes. They were happy to see me back to my old charismatic self, and now they had hope that there was something to be done. We’re here to convene a meeting over resurrecting Shion, Gobzo, and everybody else!” “Sorry I left you guys in the lurch for so long. Gabil and Soei were still on standby in the cave, but Soei was connected to me via the Sticky Steel Thread trick, and I figured he was monitoring the audio. I headed for the meeting hall, Yohm in tow, once I heard that all my people had quickly gathered there.Īs I stepped inside, the entire Tempest government currently in town was waiting for me, strained looks on their faces. Your browser does not support JavaScript!