Chapter 54
"...This, that's it, you're welcome."
Rimuru straightened up again silently, and then covered his fair and pretty face with his hands.
It's a little hot.
"Gafan, you guy, sometimes you will suddenly say very seductive words as if nothing happened. I almost got seduced by you."
"Um, what are you saying to someone who was born single?"
"Oh? It turns out Gafan hasn't had a girlfriend yet, haha, how old are you?"
"Why are you laughing? Rimuru, haven't you ever had a girlfriend? You've almost become a 'great sage'."
"...Let's just skip this topic."
Rimuru puffed out his mouth and patted Gafan's head angrily, and also helped clean up the food residue that had just fallen on it.
"I told you not to pat me on the head." Ga Fan said angrily.
But there was never even a hint of anger in his lazy tone.
"Hehe~"
Rimuru started to smile cutely again, and he didn't know what he was laughing at.
"Hey, Gafan."
"what?"
"It's okay, I just wanted to call you suddenly, hehe."
"baffling."
...
After a while.
Gafan sat on a bench by the roadside, holding the wooden bowl in his hand, taking a sip of the soup from the Fort Spear Kai Spider, and then took a bite of the shelled meat, which he could not tell what it was.
His eyes widened slightly.
"This is really delicious."
"Right? That's why I want you to try it."
Rimuru, who had already gotten off Gafan's shoulders and sat next to him, smiled with a wooden bowl in his little hand, and then drank the soup happily.
"Hmm - it sure is still so delicious. This soup really doesn't get tired of me no matter how many times I drink it."
"Would you like some fried rice to eat with it?"
"Oh oh oh, Gafan, you brought this with you on the commercial street before, I didn't even notice it, of course you want it!"
"When they gave it to me enthusiastically, I didn't have time to eat it, so I put it in the storage space first... And Rimuru, please eat slowly and be careful not to choke."
"I know, I know, and Gafan, when you say this, can you stop touching my head? This will make it easier for me to choke."
"Ahem, sorry, I did it subconsciously. Do you want me to help you fill a bowl of soup again?"
"Well, thank you... Oh, by the way, Gafan, there will be a grand fireworks display later. Do you want to find a place with a good view to watch it together?"
"Hey, do you have fireworks here? Okay, let's watch them together later."
Gafan replied casually, then left the bench and went to Gobu Yi, who had finished working at the stall and started ladling soup... Well, he walked back and forth several times.
During this period, we also met Shion who seemed a little drunk and Zhu Lai who pulled her in distress, Aileen's three-person adventure team who was competing in the Big Eater Competition, Youmu and others who were warmly entertained by the residents, as well as the smiling and... He greets Kobayashi and Milim.
In addition, the kind-hearted stall owners gave him a lot of snacks. He couldn't hold them in his hands and couldn't finish them, so he put them in the storage space, waiting to be brought to Rimuru later.
He always felt that Rimuru didn't have the concept of being full. After all, he was a slime now, and his "stomach bag" was quite big, even a storm dragon couldn't fill it.
Also, he doesn't have to pay for food here now, which makes him feel like he's being fed by Rimuru, who is in charge here.
"..."
These are all messed up metaphors, all influenced by the system guy.
Gafan thought helplessly, and then took out a white handkerchief that Zhu Lai had given him before, and wiped the mouth of Rimuru who looked satisfied.
Then as a matter of course, she lifted him up and sat on her neck, continuing to walk around and enjoy the lively banquet. From time to time, she took out the previous snacks from the storage space and handed them to the other person to continue eating.
The pressure that had accumulated in my heart from the previous two worlds was no longer felt at this time.
"I told you not to drop food scraps on my head."
"Hey, I know."
At this time, the sky had already darkened, the starry sky was shining overhead, and a bright moon hung quietly among the stars.
Unknowingly, Gafan and Rimuru left the central square and came to a more remote place.
This is a grassy slope.
Gafan, who was a little tired from drifting, stopped here when he heard that Rimuru's fireworks were about to start, and then lay here lazily side by side with him, waiting quietly.
"Ah, I'm full, I'm so satisfied."
Rimuru stretched greatly and moaned softly.
"Slimes don't have enough to eat, right?" Gafan put his hand on the back of his head and said lazily.
"It's up to you to take care of it. When I say you're full, you're full." Rimuru said angrily, "And I should have finished all the snacks you brought with you, right?"
"This, it seems so...eh?"
As he spoke, Gafan suddenly froze for a moment, as if he had thought of something. He turned his head to look at the other party and said, "Speaking of which, I happen to have a very suitable food for you to eat."
"Oh? Gafan, you actually have something secret to hide. What are they, takoyaki balls?"
Rimuru reached out and patted the other party unceremoniously, smiling.
However, what he didn't expect was that Gafan actually sat up, and then under his surprised eyes, he stretched out his hand and immediately...
An astonishing aura filled the air, causing Rimuru to sit up subconsciously and tense up, and then looked at a scene that stunned him.
It was a headless body lying on the lawn with a big hole in its chest.
At the same time, the "Great Sage" also sounded a reminder in his mind, with a hint of surprise.
【tell. It is recommended to devour the body left behind by a suspected disaster-level monster. 】
At this time, Gafan also spoke again.
"Rimuru, I remember that you can become stronger by swallowing the bodies of powerful monsters, right?"
Gafan yawned and said lazily: "Although it feels a bit weird to directly send a corpse, but, well, how should I put it? Just treat it as a treat for me after spending a whole day eating?"
Gafan said in an uncertain tone, and at the same time he had the tendency to lie back down, but Rimuru, who was sitting next to him, directly grabbed him.
"Gafan, can you just give it to me like this? This should be considered a very valuable thing. After all, we have only known each other for a day?"
Looking at Rimuru's little puzzled face, Gafan thought for a moment and didn't answer. Instead, he asked in a serious tone.
"Rimuru, let me ask you a question."
"Huh?" Rimuru tilted his head in confusion.
"Are we... considered friends?" Gafan's tone was a little uneasy.
Regarding this question, Rimuru nodded without hesitation, showed his usual cute smile, and replied affirmatively.
"Of course it is. Gafan, I have very good senses about you."
"That's it...that's good."
This time, Gafan lay back lazily again, his tone full of relaxation.
"So don't ask this kind of question, just treat it as if I'm happy."
Looking at Gavan's nonchalant look, Rimuru was stunned, and then he thought that he was indeed being pretentious, and couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, yes."
Then, Rimuru, who had transformed into a slime state, instantly wrapped the body, swallowed it into his stomach, became smaller, and then jumped back into human form and lay back beside Gafan.
"Hey, Gafan, I'm really full this time, thank you."
"That's good, don't say thank you to me." Gafan replied with an expressionless face.
"Wow, you're embarrassed again."
"Nonsense, no way!"
At this time, suddenly several firelights rose into the sky, and then exploded directly, turning into gorgeous and huge fireworks.
The dazzling light even surpassed the brilliance of the stars, and also illuminated the happy smiles of the residents below, the surprised expressions of the alien humans, and...
The beautiful smile of a petite figure on a lawn somewhere.
"How's it going, Gafan? The fireworks are beautiful, aren't they?"
"Well, it is indeed beautiful."
"Right? I said you will definitely like it, hehe."
"But talking about those slime-shaped fireworks in the sky, how were they released?"
"I don't know. It seems to have been developed by Kurobei and Kaijin. How is it? Does it look good?"
"Well, it's really beautiful."
"Hehe, that's good~"
On this undisturbed lawn slope, Rimuru watched the gorgeous fireworks display in the sky. He kept happily talking and chatting with Gafan beside him, and from time to time he extended his little hand without any taboo. Patting each other.
And suddenly, a soft whisper seemed to reach his ears.
"Rimuru, your future favor... I helped."
The sound was so soft that it was almost inaudible.
"Hey, Gafan, did you say something just now?"
Rimuru looked sideways in surprise, and found that the other party had fallen asleep at some point, with a peaceful expression and a slight snore.
Slept soundly.
"..."
This made Rimuru immediately lower his voice, sit up, look down at the other party's defenseless sleeping posture, and showed a helpless smile.
"You really trust me..."
Then, the human form was released, and Rimuru returned to the slime state. After bouncing on the lawn with inertia, he gently moved into the arms of Gafan, who was already sleeping, and allowed the other party to unconsciously Hold yourself.
Then he created another slime clone, and just like today at noon, he carefully placed his pillow under the back of the other person's head to avoid being pricked by blades of grass on the side of his face.
After a while, he will help take the other party back to the prepared guest room. As for now?
Rimuru said softly with a smile.
"Gafan, I wish you a good dream."
Chapter 67: Helpless troubles, three problems
It's midnight.
The bright full moon hangs high in the starry sky, casting a little light on the town located in the forest below.
In a dark and quiet room somewhere, on a big soft bed, a figure is lying here quietly, sleeping...
His eyes suddenly opened.
"...System, how long have I been sleeping?"
"Fuck, you scared me, host, why did you wake up suddenly?"
A speechless familiar voice sounded in his mind, and the system replied with disgust: "About four hours, it's still a long time before dawn. Host, why don't you continue to sleep?"
"Not for the time being."
Gafan sat up slowly, rubbed his forehead, and then noticed the warm quilt that had been covered with help, and the soft slime-shaped pillow that had just been placed under the back of his head.
"Did Rimuru send me back to the guest room? Really, why did I fall asleep without realizing it?"
Gafan scratched the back of his head helplessly, then looked down at the slime-shaped pillow.