Grudges on Reserve - StarTera: A Tensura Fanfic

Warning this chapter is written a bit more "Mature" than the usual, that said this isn't a lemon chapter so don't get your hopes up

Apologies in advance

Right at the eve of a battle's conclusion, stood 3 figures. The holy emperor Louis, Queen of Nightmares Luminous, and the self proclaimed King of the Monsters Kaijuno

Luminous: It's been awhile Kaijuno Tempest

Kaijuno: . . . *long sigh* hey luminous, nice to see you dropping by in my country... without calling ahead of time

Luminous: hmph! I merely came by since I noticed my subordinates were involved. Especially after you killed two of them

Kaijuno: dont blame me, they attacked me so it was self defense

Luminous: Nevermind, just open up this barrier already and let me in

Kaijuno:(Well a please would be nice, especially since this was your fault to begin with)

Kaijuno: Yeah yeah whatever

Hinata's pov

The moment I was impaled by the sword, I thought for sure my life was done for. Contrary to what I thought how death would, I sense some light in my vision. Even some warmth when my dead body should be cold. Actually it feels a bit too warm.

Finally, I was able to comprehend that I wasn't dead and healed from my former injuries. Opening my eyes to see what happened. My vision was still blurry from being knocked out along with the sun hitting my face.

The first what I can make up in the blur was someone with a hair style similar to my sensei. I instinctively called out

Hinata:S-sensei?

Kaijuno: Nope!

Upon getting a better look, it seemed like rimuru put back on the doodle face mask. Although, the mask had a horrifying expression that immediately gave me a sense of repulsion

Hinata: Ugh! What the!?

I almost instinctively launched my fist up into the air out of shock. But I realized that my whole body was restricted by the source of the overwhelming warmth. What was on top of me

A hill of towels

Hinata: Rimuru, why did you put that disguise back on? And why am I covered in towels

Kaijuno: I'm not rimuru

Rimuru: Glad to see you're awake Hinata

Hinata: . . . Wait!? Then is this!?

Rimuru: That's Kaijuno

Hinata: I thought you were just faking having a sibling

Kaijuno: Is that what you thought?

Hinata: (more like I was thinking he was tall but he's even shorter than rimuru)

Hinata: Well, yeah that was the impression I was getting. So you're actually Kaijuno?

Kaijuno: Yes! I am demon lord Kaijuno! I am the source of all evil! I am the bringer of terror! I am the devil! For I am, King of the Monsters!

Hinata: . . . A chunibyo?

Rimuru: welcome to my world! This is what I have to deal with everyday

Hinata: you have my condolences

Rimuru: So how are you feeling?

Hinata: I'm thankfully fine but again, why do I have a hill of towels on top of me?

Rimuru: Well before we knew it, Kaijuno was piling up a bunch of towels right after you were revived

Kaijuno: Cause I'm a gentlemen

Rimuru: Good move, with that hole through her chest, it looked like an underboob shirt ha ha!

Hearing that inappropriate comment, I immediately gave an expression of offense and disgust towards Rimuru

Kaijuno: . . . And you're not

Hinata: For a princess, you're quite vulgar

Kaijuno turned his head to the side and snickered at what I just said

Rimuru: What! No! No! That's not what I meant at all!

Hinata: Then what did you mean

Rimuru: I-I-I just meant, you looked beautiful is all

Hinata: Do you seriously have no tact. With a big mouth like that, I'm sure you weren't the popular type were you. You likely didn't gotten a boyfriend in your previous life did you

Kaijuno: DAAAAAAAAAAMN!

Rimuru: No! No! I was definitely someone who had friends and a boyfriend

Kaijuno: What!?

Rimuru: No wait, that came out wrong

Hinata: whatever, if you say so

Rimuru:(why did I feel like I just lost)

Kaijuno: pfft! I don't see you any different-pfft! Regardless of your orientation-pfffff-HAHAHAHA!

Rimuru: Shut it! You know that's not what I meant

Kaijuno: HAHAHAHAHAHA! oh oooooh, that's gold right there

Kaijuno's Pov

Having seen Rimuru getting rightfully humbled. I turned my attention back to luminous who was eyeing the fake Lilith

Luminous: reveal yourself luminary

Luminary #3: Hai! Luminous-Sama!

Garde: Wait he was luminary all this time!?

Frtiz: What happened to Lilith!?

Louis: Silence! You are in the precense of our God, Luminous-Sama!

Arnuad: That's Luminous!?

Luminous: what were you hoping to gain from this?

Luminary #3: Please, we were doing this all for you

Luminous: all you did was brought trouble. I see your arrogance only makes you a liability to keep around. For that, your fate shall be execution!

Luminary: I beg of you, for all the years of loyal-

Luminous: Death Blessing!

Without a moment's hesitation, Luminous pulled out a pair of ginormous hands made up of holy magic. The lone Luminary was caught in both hands and was grasp til he was nothing more than ashes in the wind

The mood was quickly altered by the sudden appearance of the Otaku dragon who dragged in this story's equivalent of Darkness

Lilith: Everyone!

Garde: Lilith!

Bacchus: We thought you were dead

Lilith: Now, after the Luminaries attack, I've been hiding here ever since

Veldora: Hey! I see everything has settled!

Rimuru: Veldora! I told you to stay in town!

Veldora: I know, but I didn't sense anyone else and noticed everything here had wrapped up. ...Also I didn't want to keep babysitting Lilith, she creeped me out

Luminous only silently starred at Veldora who finally seemed to have noticed her

Veldora:? Oh hey Demon Lord Luminous!

To say this casual statement shocked most of the saints would be belittling. Luminous immediately glared daggers at the air head dragon

Veldora: See! Queen of Nightmares, Demon Lord Luminous Valentine! I made sure to not forget your name this time!

Lennart: th-thats a demon lord

Hinata could only facepalm at this while Luminous finally responded

Luminous: . . .YOU SHITTY LIZARD!!!

Veldora: what!?

Luminous: Kaijuno!

Kaijuno only sighed when Luminous called out to him

Luminous: Hand over the shifty lizard to me

Kaijuno: (Don't tell me what to do!)

Rimuru: Oh sure thing, here's Veldora

Veldora: Wait! Rimuru! How could you have betrayed me like that!?

Kaijuno:(I'm with big bro on this one)

Luminous: Well much thanks Princess Rimuru, I'll make sure to repay your generosity. Embracing Drain!

Grabbing a hold of the big guy, Luminous held him in a wrapping of pain

Veldora: GAAAAAAA! THIS HURTS!!! UNCLE! UNCLE!

Luminous: TIME FOR REVENGE!!!

Veldora: AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Kaijuno: ( Gotta say, I see this more as a monkey's paw situation for Luminous than big bro trying to be a dense prick to her. He avoided what made her mad last time but that ended biting her in this situation? Well more like it ended up biting big bro instead cause Man! he's really feeling it! Aren't True Dragons supposed to be tough to. How is she doing that?)

Yagami:(Answer, individual Luminous is draining individual Veldora through the Unique Skill Lust as provided from the source material)

Kaijuno:(Dang! She's able to do that much with only a Unique Skill!? The sin series skills really are some the most powerful skills there are. Who do I got to kill just to get my hands on one?)

Yagami:(Answer, Unique Skill Greed from Individual Mariabelle, Unique skill Lust individual Luminous, Unique Skill Sloth from individual Dino-)

Kaijuno:(I didn't actually mean it Yagami, you know how much trouble to the timeliness path it could bring if I start collecting sin series skills like pokemon cards)

Yagami:(Answer, it's dependent on how you obtain the skills of the sin series)

Kaijuno: (Really . . . I mean having multiple does sound desirable. Nevermind, it sounds too much of a distant dream to be possible)

Rimuru: So have you forgiven him yet

Luminous: Absolutely not! But for the sake of a possible relationship between us, I'll spare him for another day. Also I'll overlook the kidnapping of ine of my subordinates since it ended up saving their life and I'm in a good mood

Kaijuno:(Wait! Hold on! She can flip that on me like that!? I was gonna use that as a bargaining chip too for whatever I could've gotten!)

Yagami:( Notice, You didn't even thought of what you wanted from individual Luminous)

Kaijuno:(Well she could've offered something cool like the holy demonic reversal! She gotta have more under her sleeve)

Veldora: Cmon! I was trying to be the bigger person and apologize!

Rimuru:(thank goodness. A diplomatic relationship with Luberious is possible afterall)

Luminous: (I can't give a too harsh first impression. I don't want to screw up developing an intimate relationship with princess rimuru. Not only will rimuru's inclusion after hinata will establish my harem. But my first target will join rimuru as a package deal! It's two for the price of one! A trio of a harem! FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU!)

With that situation dealt with, everyone was escorted straight to the bathhouse, welcomed but Tempest's most professional customer services

Rimuru: so this is our bathhouse

Hinata: you brought bathhouses into this world?

Rimuru: Yup! We even have yukatas or jinbeis to wear afterwards

Hinata: You really thought of everything

Rimuru: of course I would. Hanging out in the bathhouse after a long day is a bliss afterall

Hinata: I couldn't say it better myself

Rimuru: I'll show where the women's baths are if you follow me hehe

Hinata: why do I have a feeling your thinking of something degenerative?

Rimuru: ah-ah! It's just your imagination!

Raphael:(Notice, that's my line)

Rimuru: (someone say something? Probably nothing important. What's important is getting a good look at what hinata is packing! FUFUFU!!!)

Luminous: (They're have women's group bathhouse!? How did I not think of this sooner!? Note to self, get my own bathhouse back at Luberious, FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUF!)

Kaijuno: . . .cool! I'm gonna bath at home

Cameilla: are you not gonna join us?

Kaijuno: Nope!

Napoleon: Not even to the men's

Kaijuno: Nada! My social tolerance may have developed but not to this much. I'll come back for the banquet

Leonardo: I'm gonna skip the baths all together

Benjamin: you were fighting like the rest of us, you need to clean yourself

Leonardo: I'm not gonna get naked in the same room with Garde. You saw how he was looking at me earlier

Kaijuno: That's because you didn't learn the first time!

Leaving Leonardo to the mayhem that is the development of his bisexual harem, I saved myself the trouble and went home to take a bath

Kaijuno: First thing first! Shower before bathing! Soap! Shampoo! Towel too! Hmmm oh yeah, I need a small towel too. I almost keep forgetting that, I always used to only using one towel after a dull shower. Someone at the public bathhouse would always have to remind me.

Kaijuno:(It's a massive surprise that rimuru did ended up successfully getting in the women's bath. I thought for sure Hinata would give a glare and scare him off like in the manga. I guess the whole princess rimuru joke ended up benefiting them afterall. I say Rommel and me are owed a thanks HEHE!

I can't say I fault rimuru too much to take advantage of his feminine only cause it worked this time at least. I wasn't too impressed by Hinata's looks in the anime, but in my personal eyes, she is a looker. But it's canceled out with the way she looks at you. Even her resting eyes look like they're shooting daggers at you, it's even worst when she is really is a stone cold serious person 80% of the time

Plus the short tomboy like hair she has is actually quite gorgeous. But alas, the tomboy is also a girl that will beat you up too. Although the fact that rimuru is brave enough to pursue her is sort of commendable. From one cultural man to another!)

Yagami:(. . .Questions, so you admitted to be a masochist?)

Kaijuno:(N-NO!!! I meant we're both tomboy lovers!!!)

Yagami:(*stare*)

Kaijuno:( Are you actually staring?)

Yagami:(*stare*)

Kaijuno:(How can I even tell in the first place!?)

Yagami:(*STARE*)

Kaijuno:(. . . Ok, I might like a little bit of a fierce look. But I need some sense of gentleness to go along with it or else it becomes too much)

Yagami:(Tomboy, Fierce, Gentle Noted)

Kaijuno:( What are you taking notes for?)

Yagami:(what)

Kaijuno:( don't what me!)

Seeing as there was no point in arguing with a stubborn ultimate skill, I moved on to more important matters. My pride as a man, the one and only, my holy sword from down under, my "EXACALIBUR"

But for context, let's go back a bit

Having finished the situation with the demon lord council. There's first thing I did when I finally gotten a day off. One thing I had done was make a quick trip towards a big lake within the Great Forest of Jura via flight with my dragon wings

Kaijuno: Ah! Finally arrived! Been a hot minute since I was last here with everyone else to collect sarasa. No beach episode this time. Haha!

Now, where is the ginormous seashell?

Not keeping me waiting for long, a humongous splash erupted right in front of me. Luckily I was already in slime form so none of my clothes had gotten drenched. Also to avoid getting my clothes decayed by the individual I was visiting

After the eruption had settled, what had appeared was what looked like a seashell with multiple eyes and the total size comparable to a big hill

Kaijuno: It's been a while huh? Just like I said, I'll be giving a name!

Like Rimuru I pitied how lonely the fella was being the sole inhabitant of the lake. Instead of leaving it here to wait for visitors, I decided to give it a name in hope of giving it a more humanoid appearance so it could be around with everyone else without the gigantic form getting in the way. The reason I didn't give a name sooner was due to it's massive size, so I figured I'd rather wait for my magicule capacity grow for a bit before giving it a name without any drowsiness or any other risks

Kaijuno: (But shall I name you? Maybe sarasa? Nah, doesn't sound right naming you after some bead like product you made. Beads? Nah, sounds a bit suggestive

Sand? No. Grain? Nada. Powder? Nope. Maybe something that starts with M, the name of the episode was "The Tragedy of M". Maybe I should base the name more of their shell?

Yagami, is there any seashell that has a name that starts with the letter M?

Yagami:(Answer, an example would be the Murex shell)

Kaijuno: (Huh! Actually I guess they resemble a bit of a murex shell. Perfect!)

Kaijuno: For now on, your name shall be Murex!

Offically giving them a name, they were covered in magicules sourced from me. A rainbow hill stood before me for a couple of moments, but it gradually began to shrink far closer to the height of a person. Once the magicules went away. Instead of a muscular hunk of a guy or an hourglass figure of a woman, instead the form had resembled more like someone's dad, including the plump dad body included.

They were also cleanly bald. The shell that made up their previous form is now covering most of their humanoid body like armor which is fortunate since the evolution didn't come with clothing. If I were to give a comparison, I'd say they highly resemble the laughing Buddha statues I seen in those Chinese restaurants

Kaijuno: So, how are you feeling?

Murax: Ho! Ho! Ho! I feel fantastic! It means so much to be named, you have my gratitude Kaijuno-Sama

Kaijuno: (What are you are? Santa Claus? Also Yagami, what species did Murax evolve into?)

Yagami:(Answer, Individual Murax evolved into a Carcolh, a calamity class monster)

Kaijuno: (Sounds about right, that previous design already looked like a threat to a small nation)

Kaijuno: So how is your new form doing for you? Any particular changes that isn't obvious?

Murax: Ho! Ho! Well my shell feel way more tougher than it was previously. I feel like nothing can pierce me! Also thanks to magic sense I didn't lost my wide range of sight despite only having two eyes now. Thanks to my great name, my I gained and evolved skills too!

Kaijuno: Nice!

Kaijuno: (Hey Yagami, since I'm able to inherit my subordinate's skills via food chain, I'd like to see what I can get out from Murax)

Yagami: (Notice, analyzing skills of individual Murax . . . Successful, skill data has been acquired)

Kaijuno:(Cool! What did he had?)

Yagami: (Answer, prior to evolution, individual Murax had the skill, moving tentacles)

Kaijuno: (What)

Yagami: (after evolution, the skill moving tentacles had evolved into the extra skill hard tentacles)

Kaijuno: (Huh?)

Yagami: (Upon analysis, extra skill hard tentacles evolved into unique skill ultimate tentacles)

Kaijuno: (EH!? What type of skills are those!? What can I even do with that!?)

Yagami: (Notice, the Unqiue Skill ultimate tentacles consists of the following sub skills

Erupt Tentacles: sprouting out hard tentacles from the body that are highly durable

Debuff Touch: physical interaction gives an overwhelming sense of stimulation that weakens the target

Slippery Slope: produces a slimy coating that keeps the user slippery and prevents dryness

Decaying: Upon touch, the physical object decays and rips apart from contact. Effect is faster on clothing or wearable objects)

Kaijuno:(. . .What the. . .I can't even swear, just . . . of all the skills to gain in my life, it ended being something that fits too well in a 18+ manga. I think I actually saw this skill from somewhere else. . . How does this even look like from use?)

Summoning a tentacle out from my body, it was apparent how it resembled a certain body part that rimuru and I lost through reincarnation. The vei-DETAILS especially made me figuratively sweat

Kaijuno: (ooooooooh, oh my goodness uuuuuuh, huh. Wait, could I make more?)

Unfortunately it was a success, multiple were sprouted out throughout my body

Kaijuno: (What have I become!?)

Yagami didn't say anything but if they had eyes, they would be wide open as even the Ultimate Skill was taken aback from what happening

Kaijuno: (It certainly wouldn't feel the same if I touch- Holy crap it feels exactly the same!!!)

Kaijuno: Does your tentacles have a sense of touch different from the rest of your organic body besides your shell? As in does it feel any sort of weird or bothering sense?

Murax: No, my tentacles are basically my limbs like my arms and legs

Kaijuno: Even after evolution?

Murax: hm, yeah it still feels like any other arm

Kaijuno:(Was he lying?)

Yagami:(Negative, no lie was detected)

Kaijuno: (Is this seriously just me!?)

Kaijuno: Well with your new form, it'll be much easier for you to interact with everyone else in Tempest

Murax: Ho! Ho! Ho! That sounds delightful!

Kaijuno: But before we head out, I need to check on something, you mind I take a moment?

Murax: Not all Kaijuno-Sama

Kaijuno: Thanks!

I hastily walked behind a bush away from Murax's sight. This was something I needed some serious privacy on

Kaijuno: (Alright! If this works as it seems to be. Then I have one summoned down there then. . . OH MY GOODNESS! Is this what I think this is!? Slimes normally don't have either even Rimuru wasn't able to possess one, does this mean I truly did the impossible that even Rimuru wasn't able to achieve?)

Yagami:(Answer, . . . Possibly)

Making sure that Yagami wasn't capable of pulling a Ciel moment, I tested and grasp the summon of the tentacle

Kaijuno: In out in out in out in out in out YES! I got it back! It's been years but to think I was able to get it back!

Maybe I should give this to Rimuru. . . actually, I'll keep this as a bargaining chip in case if I'll need to hehehe

Having the matter settled I had introduced Murax to the rest of the residents of Tempest. For now at least our sarasa production became more efficient since now it was in house. Although in the future I'll consider having Murax as a Labyrinth boss, we'll have to see how that will turn out

Now back in the present, I formed it where it naturally should be. Since no one is around to witness (besides my Ultimate Skill) I figured it wouldn't be any trouble to finally test out how this personal blade fair against the one from my previous life. For starters it's definitely more impressive thanks to the assistant of Universal Shapeshift so it can take different forms like the rest of my body

But appearances aside, the most anticipated factor that I was looking to, the "Forward-Backward Action". Something that I had missed doing since starting my current life since a slime's body is naturally asexual so my blade did not came as a package deal from the start

With heavy breathing that is not needed, I enjoyed the relief I've been longing . . . or so I thought but things didn't went as expected. I was doing it, forward and backward as natural as it would . . . but nothing came from it. I wasn't numb but the sensation I was expecting to feel never happened. I even rushed just in hopes it was taking a moment to return after years of no action.

but the reality sunk in eventually, I was dry as a desert down there. I even have a pair along with the blade but its basically all for show. I thought I actually pulled a miracle but I'm not pulling out anything at all, its basically a third leg in a more literal sense with how functionless it is

In spite of me still being capable of becoming flustered, anything beyond that is basically void. I held a brief suspicion that if I didn't have my past life memories, I possibly wouldn't hold a sense of intimate interest given my the lack of relief that I could gain from my asexual body. Maybe becoming a demon lord only further solidify that reality since becoming immortal completely cuts out the need to reproduce

Having to swallow such a tough pill, I just walked over to the bath, hoping the relief from that would make up from missing the relief I was hoping to get earlier. I didn't pay much mind from where I was stepping which is especially not wise when you're in a bath with slippery puddles to trip. But the puddles weren't my grave mistake, cause when I reached the edge of the bath, by accident, I STUBBED MY TOE

After getting pain nullification, a complete slime body, physical attack nullification, and even evolving into a demon lord. I felt a great surge all over my body that made go completely limp for a moment. Stubbing my toe was only the lead up to what wad truly the worst of this. Due to where I was standing and on the direction I falling, the upper half of my body went over the corner that I was near. But the edge of my lower half didn't follow through. My Excalibur was dented

For when I violently fell down, I slammed against the corner of the bath. What specifically landed against it was what Yagami said "where the sun don't shine"

A brief silence came and went only for all that had just happened to rush in

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*At the women's bathhouse*

Rimuru: so you're able to to walk out in the daytime despite of being a vampire

Luminous: I'm not exactly a vampire at least what's traditionally seen as one but I am quite fine in the sunlight. Which helped a lot since I had close friends in that prefer outdoor outings in the daytime.

Rimuru: Outdoor outings?

Luminous: Yes, you could say I really enjoy pairing up with someone I'm fond of for a whole day. You know princess rimuru, I wouldn't mind pairing up with-

Before Luminous could elaborate, she and just about everyone was interupted

To say everyone weren't ready for a sudden impact of ear bleeding screeches would be an understatement

Albis: What the hell!!?

Lilith: this is not the type of pain I wanted!!!

Luminous: what's that treacherous sound!!?

At the men's bathhouse, it's somewhat chaotic as it seems Leonardo has gained another masochist saint, much to his dreadful horrors

Garde: cmon, at least let me wash your back Leonardo-Sama!

Leonardo: If you don't stop, I swear I'm gonna turn this into a crime scene

Benjamin: Seriously!!! What did you do to him while the rest of us weren't looking!?

Leonardo: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Veldora: Ha! Seems the youngsters are quite lively, huh Louis?

Louis only stared back at Veldora, not looking to be interested in responding. In spite of this, Veldora seemed to be ignorant of the tension

Veldora: So how's the broth-

Veldora: Holy crap!

Lennart: Is there a monster near by!?

Benjamin: Take formation men! Prepare for battle!

Everyone: Hai!

somewhere else in the Great Forest of Jura, two tribes are getting ready to fight against eachother, the Mezu tribe and the Gozu tribe

Gozu leader: The time has finally come for your end of days, foolish Mezus!

Mezu leader: As if, this will be the end of days for the pathetic Gozus

Gozu Leader: Oh yeah!

Menu leader: YEAH!

Gozu leader: BRING YOUR WORS-

Gozu/Mezus: AAAAH! IT'S THE END OF DAYS!

In the newly established Falmenace, the former king Edmaris is sitting down in a depressive state given he is a former king now in the foresight of the horrifying Diablo

Edmaris: *sigh* I had finally recieved the crown, only for it to be out of my clothes soon after, curse that demo-

Edmaris: I-Is that him!!!? Is it the demon!!!!? You already took my kingdom! What more could you want!!!?

In the eastern empire, the Scorch Dragon Velgrynd is sipping tea with emperor Rudra as it seemed both their schedules seemed to uneventful or at least it was expected to be until

Velgrynd: Is that my brother rampaging again?

Rudra: so nothing new

Velgrynd: But I swore it sounds a bit different from the usual

Somewhere in the West, Team Light-Speed is in the middle of their travels, trying to figure out which path they shall take next

Masayuki: Ok, so should we go here or there?

Jinrai: I think we should take the west road

Bernie: No no, we're close to the capital city. We're here on the map, so instead of the completely west road, we should take north west to reach-

Most members of Team Light-Speed aside from Masayuki tumbled backward

Jinrai: Woah! What is going on!?

Berine: Is there a monster nearby, given the volume. It's such a horrific battle cry too

Jiwu: Keep your composure, can't you see Masayuki-Sama is ready to take on this monster

Jinrai: You're right, even Masayuki-Sama wouldn't wuss out from this

Bernie: As expected from Masayuki-Sama, even this intimidating wouldn't work on him

They had the impression that Masayuki wasn't fazed by this as he didn't so much as flinch when the noise came out of nowhere. But the idea of a fearless hero wasn't the reality for this situation

Masayuki was frozen in shock, completely stiff in fear of what he wasn't even aware of but his party members interpreted it differently as they're prone to do

Down south at El Dorado, Leon was strolling through the hallways of his castle with a few of his knights until they were interupted

Leonardo: So Jaune is attacking again as usual

Knight: No Leon-Sama, the Jaune siren has not set off. This seems to be an outsider sourced sound

Leon: goodness, what is that sound truly?

Just then the Jaune siren went off, alerting that the presence of the yellow primordial was detected

Leon: speak of the yellow devil

Up north at the ice continent, Guy is sitting on his ice throne with Velzard standing right beside him silence, it was completely silent until

Even the white ice dragon and primordial demon were caught off guard by the sudden and intense noise

Velzard: Ara, well that came out of a sudden

Guy: No kidding, seems to be from the forest of jura, Kaijuno's territory

Velzard: must be a lively time they're having

Guy: sure if you can call it that

Guy internally hoped it wasn't anything important for him to step in for. He really didn't want to start thinking that the newbie that he had as a replacement for Clayman was ironically worst

Far up in the star palace, Primordial Angel Zalerio is making a report to his fellow Primordial Angel, Feldway

Zalerio: the summary of the the Walpurgis is the death of demon lord Clayman and replaced by the newbie, demon lord Kaijuno. Two of the other demons lord, Frey a Carrion have willfully left their seats on the council to serve under demon lord milim

Feldway: Seems to be, now what about in regards to "those" people?

Zalerio: Well as usual the pantheons are a pain to deal, especially the-

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Both Primordial Angels jumped from the sudden screaming. Considering this was the star Palace of all places, they would think such a suprise would reach them

Feldway: Is that Ivarage!? This is ahead of schedule!

In a special section of the demon realm, the young head of the Gremory Clan, Sirzech is conversing Fallen Angel Azazel like they were old friends

Azazel: So how is the family doing?

Sirzech: They're doing alright, my parents have been thinking of having another child and since I'm already the heir, they're hoping for a girl. But for the time being, they're holding off on-

A scream that can reach to other dimensions is definitely not one to ignore, even from the perspective from a high ranking demon and fallen angel

Azazel: What the hell is that!?

Sirzech: Did a horrific monster suddenly appeared!? Or are we being invaded by heaven!?

In the domain of the monarchs, Raken the Beast Monarch is notifying Dragon Monarch Antares about their current position against the rulers

Rakan: That has been our progress so far against the rulers

Antares: It's slower than what I was hoping for but never the less, victory is ever the most possi-

Even the high and mighty monarchs couldn't help but jolt from this. Leaving them completely unsure if it's origins

Rakan:wh-what the!?

Antares: Damn it! Is that Ashborn again. I can't stand that bastard....we're betraying him, my decision is final

Rakan: Then may I do the honors?

Antares: Take Baran with you just to be safe

All the way over in the world of Tortus, it's lone god Ehit was in the middle of planning their next course for Tortus to take

Ehit: This game has been dull for so long now. Maybe I should've let the liberators stick around for a bit more longer. Maybe I should pursue possessing a physical body like those demons do. Although none from this world is worthy enough for my power nor taste

Maybe I should do what a lot of the other gods are doing and summon heroes from another world. Applying to the higher ups might be a pain, but I'm sure it would be worth-

Even the crazy god couldn't help but be frightened by this intense and invasive scream

Ehit: !!? WH-WHAT IS THAT!? C-could it be.... The Devil!? I thought everyone agreed it was a myth!? ...maybe I should hold off on summon for a bit till it confirmed or not

This horrific accident would known throughout the entire Cardinal World as "The Day the World heard the King of the Monsters"

Humans believed Kaijuno was making a war cry, to show them terror as a demon lord should. To make them see exactly what a horrific beast the Monster King is

The monster believed this was a sign to show off their king's might and challenged any that dare think to cross with them

As for what really happened, only the higher ups were aware of the true story

As for Kaijuno? His entire body is curled on the ground, full of regrets

Kaijuno:(N-Never again)

Many of his was severly hurt that night. His dignity, confidence, and his now locked away semi-manhood. Truly someone to hold the Ultimate Skill of Humility

later at the banquet, the twin rulers met up with eachother after freshening up after a long day. both awkwardly stared at eachother knowing full well what just happened

Rimuru: sup

Kaijuno: sup

Rimuru: that was you wasn't it?

Kaijuno: yep

Rimuru: what happened?

Kaijuno: I... stubbed my toe

Rimuru: That badly?

Kaijuno: Y-yeah, it was that bad

Rimuru: Well hopefully it healed

Kaijuno: Unfortunately, there are various scars that simply don't go away, even with regeneration

In spite of Kaijuno's gloomy, the party began full of energy from it's attendees. snacks and games were going all around with fresh smiles on everyone's faces as if they were clashing against eachother earlier

Tempura was starting to be brought out seeing this as a chance to liven up Kaijuno, they offered some of the cuisine

Rimuru: you want some tempura Kaijuno?

Kaijuno: No thanks, I still haven't gotten over the whole seafood issue

Rimuru: alright

Now fidgeting, Kaijuno decied he was in the mood for something else

Kaijuno: Actually can you pass the liquor?

Rimuru: you want to try it?

Kaijuno: yeah, I'd like a taste

Rimuru: Sure, but with poison resistance, you won't get the best experience

Luminous: I can teach you to lower your resistance

Rimuru: Really!? You can do that for us!?

Luminous: Oh course! Anything for you Rimuru-chan fufufu

The pair Yagami and Raphael clicked their non existent tongues at Luminous's comment, holding a sense of belittlement and disgust towards the queen of nightmares

Shot glass in hand, I ready to finally try out Tempest's high quality luxury

Kaijuno: (If we really are including past life years, then by now I would be legally allowed to drink)

Finally in one good gulp, I tasted the refined alcohol that Tempest seemed to be so proud of. What were my own impressions of it? . . .

I gagged from disgust

Kaijuno: (Is this what piss taste like? I thought our alcohol was supposed to be delicious. The only other time I had alcohol was when my father from my past life let me have a tiny amount to show how it was too intense for children to have

It's just as bad as it was back then. Maybe alcohol just really isn't my thing afterall)

Feeling like I had a throat full of heavy air, I immediately asked for water while Rimuru only asked for more alcohol

Raphael:(Hmph)

Yagami: (heh)

So we all spent the night at a semi positive note. Eating, Drinking, and playing games

The next morning at Rimuru's house, the silver blue maiden had only now woken up from a night of partying, now feeling the consequences of the fun

Rimuru: Uuuuuuiugh! My head hurts!

Raphael: (Notice, this due to your excessive drinking last night)

Rimuru:(Raphael, can please stop this head splitting hangover please)

Raphael:(Answer, no)

Rimuru:(please!)

A knock was heard at the front door, still feeling a bit under the weather Rimuru begrudgingly walked over and open it. On the other side was Kaijuno with a clear smug expression while holding a drinking container of water along with an ice bag

Rimuru: . . . Don't say it

Kaijuno refrained from making any remarks, only silently handing over the water and oce to Rimuru while still holding a dumb smirk

Rimuru: thanks

Kaijuno: get yourself ready, we have a meeting with Luminous in a hour

Rimuru: please don't talk, I can't bear it right now

Kaijuno then handed over a bracelet to Rimuru who wasn't sure what the bracelet was for

Raphael:(Notice, the bracelet hold anti-magic properties similar to Shizue's Mask)

Rimuru:(why though?)

Raphael:(Answer, to conceal your aura during the meeting to cover your strength)

Rimuru:(does he think I would let out my aura in a meeting?)

Raphael:(Answer, yes)

Rimuru:(better safe than sorry I suppose)

Kaijuno's Pov

I mainly just sit in silence for most of the meeting, bored out of my mind. Only one thing was worth a highlight

Luminous: Are you saying the seven luminaries plotted freely behind my back?

Rimuru: Sorry that wa-

Kaijuno: then what did happen?

Luminous: what?

Kaijuno: You tell us then, what actually happened

Luminous was taken aback by this boldness. While this the fault of her followers even though she herself didn't made the call, she felt she need to keep up appearances as the god of Luberious

But before she could make a statement, Louis already beat her to it

Louis: No, there is a point. If what we went over is true. Then the blame is on us

Luminous: you can't be serious!?

Louis: Luminous-Sama, the seven luminaries highly desired the love energy that you provided to extend their life span. They've gotten more desperate for it since the last time you did the ritual was over a hundred years ago

Luminous: . . . I see, it seems my eternal youth gotten the better of me. They were formally human afterall, without the love energy, they'd be restricted by their withered bodies

With the conclusion of the meeting, we established a diplomatic relationship between Luberious and The Jura Tempest Federation set for 100 years.

Side note, Hinata decided to stay for a few days to try out all of our japanese foods. It was surely out of a mix of nostalgia and gluttony, but she definitely wouldn't admit to the later

Chapter 38 - Grudges on Reserve