Chapter 52
"Is that so...huh???"
Momonga didn't react for a moment, and then suddenly turned his head to look at the opponent in surprise again.
What, go to school?
"when--"
"Ah, sorry."
The hard helmet hit Gafan's forehead again.
"Hiss - it belongs to Momonga, your uncle."
Gafan rubbed his slightly red forehead with a look on his face. Although his body seemed to be able to absorb kinetic energy, the pain of being suddenly hit would not be reduced.
"I'm still a high school student. Because I kept traveling uncontrollably, I missed countless classes. My aunt scolded me a lot for this."
"High, high school student?"
"Yeah, what do you think? Do you have any opinions?"
"It's okay, I'm just a little surprised."
Momonga shook his head, are all high school students so good these days? Speaking of which, it seems that he stopped studying after graduating from elementary school... Forget it, this is all in the past, it doesn't matter.
"Gafan, do you want anything besides dolls? I still have quite a lot of storage space."
"Giving me a doll is enough. Why do I need so many things?"
Gafan helplessly patted the opponent's shoulder armor, thinking that being carried by this guy was too uncomfortable in every sense of the word.
It's really uncomfortable.
"Momonga, are you sure Rimuru is there?" Gafan weakly pointed at the tall white building that resembled a council hall not far ahead and asked.
"I'm sure, when Rimuru left the hot spring, he ran in this direction, and I can roughly sense his specific location." Momonga nodded in affirmation.
"That's good...Okay, Momonga, let me down."
"Oh, don't you need me to carry it?"
"No need, it's very uncomfortable to be carried on your back while you are wearing armor, and I have recovered a bit after basking in the sun for a while."
Gafan got off the opponent's back with a tone full of disgust. As a result, his body stumbled and he fell directly behind him.
"Ah, be careful not to fall... Hiss, Gafan, what kind of crazy way are you moving?"
Momonga, who was about to reach out to help support the opponent, froze on the spot, and then looked at the opponent with a gasp, as if there was an invisible big hand supporting the lower back, and the limbs drooped like a corpse, and then the whole person remained like this Start moving forward while hanging in the air.
Oh, what a ghost.
"I want you to take care of it, and don't follow me."
Gafan, who had some difficulty recovering from that weird posture and straightened his body again, waved his hands angrily without looking back.
"At least don't grab slime hugs from me today. This is my only hobby."
Momonga, who was standing there, looked at Gavan's back with his feet off the ground and his body swaying in a daze as he drifted towards the building where Rimuru was in front. He also shook his head slightly with a dumb smile.
In fact, he just wanted to give him an "artifact" level prop as a thank you gift. After all, the "forced calmness" that had been bothering him for a long time was suppressed, even if it was only temporary, it was enough to make him feel extremely happy.
However, he didn't expect that Gafan would just ask him for a puppet prop in the end, and it seemed that he didn't want any thank you gifts at all.
He is really a person who is not greedy and has no desires.
Speaking of students...well, I don’t know what schools are like in other modern social worlds.
He and Rimuru had discussed their original worlds before they traveled through each other before, but that time they mostly talked about what they had experienced in society as adults, and it also made Momonga feel that his original world was really bad. Yes.
It’s okay not to go back, but I just can’t let go of those friends and companions I once had in the union.
After standing there for a while, Momonga turned around and headed to the busy commercial street connected to the central square. He still had no intention of changing out of the jet-black armor he was wearing.
After all, when Rimuru and I attended the meeting with President Fitz and the others, I attended with the help of Momo, the legendary adventurer in the human country and the dark swordsman.
So let’s continue to wear this armor for the time being. After all, the foreign humans are still in this town.
By the way, speaking of Gafan's ability, can it help him temporarily gain the sense of "taste"?
He still really wants to try the delicacies of this monster town, um, but let's forget it for now, after all, he has already troubled me once, let's do it next time.
With this thought in mind, Momonga disappeared into the crowd. He also made an appointment with Benimaru and Shirao to go to the shop owned by the tree fairy Miss Toreni.
But speaking of which, it seems that the store was originally called "Gobrina"... Forget it, let's not delve into this issue.
...
at the same time.
Gafan also staggered into the building. After wandering around the complicated passages for a while, he inquired with a kind-hearted Miss Gobrina who was passing by, and then came to the door of a room listlessly. forward.
"Rimuru, are you there?"
Gafan knocked weakly on the door and shouted.
"Hey, Gafan?"
A familiar and pleasant voice came from the door, with a bit of surprise, and then he smiled and said: "I'm here, the door is unlocked, just come in."
Huh, it's nice to be here. He's tired and still very tired.
Gafan, who breathed a sigh of relief, didn't think much, and then pushed the door directly and went in. However, his feet floating on the ground accidentally tripped on the door frame, and he stumbled forward uncontrollably, and then... .
Being hugged.
"Hey, be careful when you walk, Gafan. I just finished changing my clothes. Why did you come here?"
In desperation, a familiar voice with a hint of naughtiness rang in my ears, feeling the soft touch in my arms, and the pleasant and reassuring fragrance coming from the blue hair in front of my nose.
Gafan knew that he should have been hugged by Rimuru.
"Sorry, Rimuru, I'm a little tired now."
After thanking him helplessly, Gafan stood up straight and took two steps back. Then he lowered his head and looked at the other person, his plain eyes widening slightly.
Warm sunlight shines in from the window and falls on the lovely petite body in front of you. The breeze blows in, fluttering the white curtains and swaying the blue hair.
The long hair that was originally loose was tied up casually with a hair rope. The original blue windbreaker scarf was now replaced by a pure white sweater turtleneck, warm plush trousers, and she was also wearing something similar to a yukata. sky blue coat.
Rimuru blinked his beautiful golden amber eyes, took two steps back, and then raised his little hand casually.
Said with a cute smile.
"Hey, Gafan, what do you think of me?"
Chapter 65: Are we friends? (Part 2)
"Hey, Gafan."
Holding a bunch of takoyaki balls in his hand, Rimuru took a bite and looked up at the people next to him.
"What are you doing? We agreed first not to suddenly attack my waist like just now."
Holding a bunch of plump pieces of meat barbecue in his hand, Gafan and the other party took a bite in synchronicity. While chewing in their mouths, they looked down at each other helplessly.
"No, no, no."
Rimuru shook his head with a smirk, then took another bite of the takoyaki balls with a delicious look on his face, and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, in the room before, I asked you how I looked in this outfit. Why did you suddenly just reach out and touch my head without speaking? "
As he spoke, Rimuru also used his small hands to tuck a strand of hair that had drifted to the corner of his mouth behind Jingying's ear.
"My hair was all messed up at that time... Now, let's talk about it now, what do you think of my outfit?"
"It's very nice. It's very cute. It's almost as cute as your slime state."
Gafan turned away his eyes slightly, chewed the roast meat in his mouth, and said in a calm tone: "That's what I wanted to express when I touched your head."
Oh?
Rimuru looked at the other person's averted eyes and listened to the calm tone, and also showed a cute and evil smile.
"Hehe, you are really not candid, Ga Fan. If you want to praise me, praise me well. I will accept the sincere praise from others without rejection - I agree!"
"Hey - hey, I told you not to suddenly hit my waist with your elbow! How many times has this happened?"
"Sorry, sorry, because Gafan, your reaction when your waist was poked was really funny~ And who told you not to praise me well? Hehe, you are such an awkward guy."
After seeing Gafan looking at his waist with malicious intent, Rimuru's evil smile froze for a moment, and then he quickly winked playfully and said.
"Well, well, I'll treat you to my takoyaki as an apology, so don't worry about it."
He used a bamboo skewer to pick up a piece of the takoyaki in his hand, and Rimuru handed it over thoughtfully. The smile on his face was still so cute and healing.
"The hot and sticky batter, the crispy exterior, and the aroma of the sauce that arouses appetite. This is delicious. Come on, try it, ah——"
"Uh, what, Rimuru, you don't think you can bribe me like this, do you? This is too disrespectful!"
"So, is it delicious?"
"...It's delicious." Gafan looked away silently, chewing the steaming takoyaki balls in his mouth.
Wow, this guy is really easy to deal with.
With this thought in his mind, Rimuru looked at the other person, with a cute evil smile on his pretty fair face. At the same time, he was ready to try to hit the other person's waist with his elbow again.
"By the way, Rimuru, there are creatures like octopuses in this world."
After chewing the object wrapped in the crispy exterior, Gafan showed a somewhat surprised expression.
"Well, it seems there is, right?" Hearing this question, Rimuru also tilted his head, showing a somewhat troubled expression.
"When I was at Gobuichi who was selling takoyaki at a stall, I wanted to see the raw materials, but Zhu Lai stopped me with a smile and refused to let me see it. It was so strange... Well, whatever. , it’s not a big deal anyway.”
"That's it."
Gafan nodded indifferently, swallowed the takoyaki balls in his mouth, and then...
The energy stored in his body increased a bit.
"..."
Ah no, he thinks this is still a little bit problematic.
At this time, Gafan and Rimuru were walking on the prosperous commercial street, heading towards the more lively central square.
People walking around had happy smiles on their faces, and from time to time someone would say hello to their favorite Rimuru-sama.
The stall owners on both sides of the street enthusiastically provided unlimited amounts of their carefully prepared snacks to Rimuru and Gafan.
Occasionally, a few children would laugh very happily, running around together, and almost bumped into Rimuru who had another snack in his mouth.
Just like that.
"Be careful, you guys, don't fall, really."
This time, he put a piece of Rimuru with apple candy in his mouth, with some sugar stains on the corners of his mouth. He slightly puffed up his mouth pretending to be angry, waving to the children and shouting in warning.
"I understand, Rimuru-sama!"
The children responded happily and then disappeared into the crowd.
Gafan on the side looked down at Rimuru who had a helpless smile on his face, and silently stretched out his hand again.
"...Wow, Gafan, why do you suddenly like touching my head again?"
Rimuru glanced at the other party angrily, but did not resist. Instead, he continued to concentrate on the super sweet apple candy in his little hand.
"It's nothing... I just suddenly felt that if I have a daughter in the future, it would be great if I could be like you."
"Hey, are you complimenting me? But your statement makes me feel a little unhappy."
Rimuru rolled his eyes in disgrace, stuck out his pink tongue at the other party in disgust, and said: "You know, my real age is older than you, so I won't be your daughter."
"Yes, yes, older than me, older than me."
Gafan followed the other person's words without caring, and touched the other person's small head with his hand, which had soft hair and a good touch, for a while, and then reluctantly took it back.
He found that even if the other party remained in human form, he still had some advantages.
Of course the slime form is better.
"By the way, there are really a lot of people on the street. Everyone is enjoying the banquet."
After getting rid of the apple candy, he licked his lips with unsatisfied content. The petite Rimuru looked up at the residents walking around, smiling faintly, with a little distress in his eyes.
"But everyone is so tall, I can't even see the road ahead...Eh, eh, eh???"