Slime World · Central Plaza
"Is this the New World? The air is so fresh!"
Tendo Kisara and the others, who had just stepped through the Dimensional Gate, took a deep breath, feeling the distinctly fresh air, unlike their original world, and couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
"Yes, not only is the air good, but look how well-developed it is here. It's like a fantasy world town right out of a manga!"
Sima Weizhi, who often secretly read manga, said excitedly as she looked at the clearly fairytale-like town before her.
Incidentally, Sima Weizhi's family barely survived because they had always been merchants and had never actually harmed any Cursed Children.
"Hey, you over there, don't just stand there blocking the way. Come over here and register!"
Rigurd, seeing the few people standing still, hurriedly shouted at them.
"Oh, oh, oh! Coming, coming!"
The people who were called quickly picked up their luggage and came to the registration desk.
Rigurd and Kagaya Ubuyashiki, to facilitate registration, had set up thousands of registration points directly in the plaza, so the women easily found a place to register.
"Name? Age? Race?"
"Tendo Kisara, 18 years old, human!"
"Sima Weizhi, 18 years old, also human!"
"Muroto Sumire, 26 years old, human!"
"Saint Tenko, 18 years old, human!"
Hearing Saint Tenko's name, the Goblin girl who was registering couldn't help but ask:
"Are you sure that's the name?"
"Yes, Saint is my surname, and Tenko is my given name!"
The Goblin girl nodded and continued registering without saying anything more.
"Alright, take this and go find the community staff, the ones holding the small red flags. They will lead you to your residences!"
Following the direction the Goblin girl pointed, the women indeed saw a group of people holding small red flags.
The women took their identification documents and saw a very cute blue Slime drawn on them, and this Slime was also holding a small sign.
The small sign clearly read, "Multiple Worlds, One Dream."
Is the leader of this place really reliable? ... The women approached the group of people holding small red flags and asked a very cute girl with long blue hair and a doll-like face:
"Hello, excuse me, this is our identification. They said you would arrange our accommodation here?"
The blue-haired girl took the identification document, glanced at it, and said:
"Yes, that's right. Come with me! I'll also introduce you to our place!"
"Thank you so much!"
"Hehe! No need to be so formal, let's go!"
With that, the blue-haired girl led the women towards the newly built residential area, introducing the town's situation as they walked.
"Recently, to welcome the Cursed Children, we've opened a new residential area, which is very close to the school."
"If any of you want to be teachers, you'll be in luck!"
"Currently, the original population of the entire town is about 250,000, but the population is about to surge, and the town will expand into a city!"
"Among them, the number of humans is relatively small, only tens of thousands, and most of the rest are monsters!"
"But you don't need to worry, everyone is very easy to get along with!"
"And..."
The women looked at the endlessly talking blue-haired girl and gained a general understanding of the entire town.
After walking for about twenty minutes, they arrived at an area filled with continuous tall buildings.
Looking at the familiar roads and high-rises, the women felt as if they had returned to their original world and couldn't help but ask the blue-haired girl:
"Um... does your world really have skyscrapers too?"
"Hmm... originally, no, but since so many Cursed Children are coming, only high-rises can accommodate so many people. It's unavoidable."
"But A Chen seemed to have told me before that he can move the entire residential area into a different dimension, which would save a lot of land!"
Muroto Sumire's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing the blue-haired girl's words, and she quickly asked:
"Different dimension? You can actually open a different dimension?"
"Uh... I can't, but A Chen can! What's wrong?"
The blue-haired girl was startled by the purple-haired older woman's sudden excitement, then spoke.
"Um... if I may ask, who is this A Chen you're referring to?"
Saint Tenko couldn't help but think of that terrifying young man when she heard the blue-haired girl mention A Chen, and then she couldn't help but ask.
"A Chen, his name is Zhong Chen. I don't know if you've heard of him!"
"What!!! Zhong Chen!!!"
The women were all startled by the blue-haired girl's words. They knew Zhong Chen all too well; he was one of the leaders of this faction.
Sima Weizhi suddenly seemed to remember something, her pupils constricted instantly, and she asked the blue-haired girl cautiously:
"Um... if I may ask, you call Zhong Chen... A Chen, so who are you?"
Hearing Sima Weizhi's question, the blue-haired girl spoke directly:
"Ah, I kept forgetting to introduce myself. My name is..."
Just as the blue-haired girl was about to say her name, a silver-haired girl in a maid outfit with a serious expression suddenly appeared before everyone.
The silver-haired girl immediately spotted the blue-haired girl leading the others. She walked up to the blue-haired girl, bowed slightly, and said:
"Rimuru-sama, Kagaya Ubuyashiki-san needs to discuss something with you. Please go immediately!"
"I know, Sakuya. I'll go after I've taken them to their place!"
"Yes! Then I will relay that to Kagaya Ubuyashiki-san. Excuse me, everyone!"
The silver-haired maid instantly vanished from everyone's sight, while the women looked at the blue-haired girl in shock.
"You... you are the legendary leader of the Jura Forest Alliance, Rimuru-sama!"
Hearing Sima Weizhi's words, Rimuru scratched her small head and said with a smile:
"Yes, I am Rimuru, but 'legendary' is a bit exaggerated!"
Rimuru, who always saw herself as a mascot, had never really cared about her position.
If Zhong Chen hadn't stubbornly refused to be the leader, she would have long since given up the position.
"Uh... I didn't expect you to be a bit different from what I imagined!"
"Oh! What did you imagine I would be like! [・ヘ・?]"
Rimuru was very curious about her image in the women's eyes.
"Green-faced, fanged, with terrifying muscles! Eating several humans for a meal, and so on. After all, she's the Lord of Monsters who commands many monsters... but I didn't expect..."
"Uh... I really don't eat humans! And who started those rumors anyway!"
Rimuru angrily declared that she had been slandered.
"Um... no one spread rumors, we just didn't know the details and misunderstood you! Please forgive us!"
"I see! Alright, then I won't hold a grudge! Hehe!"
The women looked at Rimuru, who smiled and said she wouldn't hold a grudge, and all developed a good impression of their future boss.
It seems like the days ahead should be quite interesting... "Alright, we're here. This is your residence!"
The women looked in the direction Rimuru pointed and saw a building several tens of meters high appear before their eyes...