Inside the magnificent room, Clayman gently swirled the red wine in his hand, looking at Footman on the sofa with a hint of sinister smile. Although this plan had failed, it had shown him something interesting.
“That slime, the Majin of the Demon Lord seed, and that True Demon Lord... I didn't expect a brand new Demon Lord to be born at this time. What should I do?”
As he spoke, Clayman turned his head to look in the direction of the Jura Forest, his dark red pupils filled with inexplicable light. A brand new plan appeared in his mind.
“Work hard, if you need help, I'll give you a discount... Demon Lord Clayman-san.”
On the sofa, Footman looked at Clayman's evil smile and guessed that he already had a new plan. He stood up, bowed slightly to him, and disappeared from the room.
“Hmph!”
Watching Footman disappear, Clayman snorted, raised his glass, and took a sip. Through [Thought Communication], he began to contact another being who was also a Demon Lord, believing that she would be extremely interested in the newly emerged Demon Lord. It was a good opportunity to use her to see the strength of that new Demon Lord. If there was a chance, Clayman wouldn't mind turning those new Demon Lords into his pawns.
......
On the other side, inside the Jura Forest, the silver-white moonlight shone on the Goblin Village. In the center of the village square, a huge bonfire was burning brightly. All kinds of monsters gathered here for a grand banquet.
“Rimuru, this time, thanks to you and Shuna's participation in the war against the Orc Lord, we were able to resolve it so easily.”
Next to the table full of delicacies, Rimuru turned his head and looked at Lu Minghao with a grateful expression. In this war, apart from the Lizardmen and Goblin tribes, none of the monsters under Rimuru's command died, and even those who were seriously injured were few.
In Rimuru's opinion, all of this was thanks to the great strength of Lu Minghao and Shuna, who easily eliminated most of the Orc soldiers in the war and killed the Orc Lord.
“We are cherished friends, isn't this what we should do?”
Lu Minghao looked at Rimuru with a grateful expression, reached out his hand and hugged him, patting Rimuru's back like a good brother. However, Rimuru, who was suddenly hugged by Lu Minghao, was startled. Feeling Lu Minghao's firm and strong embrace and the faint fragrance coming from his nose, a blush appeared on Rimuru's fair face.
‘What... what's wrong with me?’
Feeling the shyness in his heart, Rimuru quietly raised his head to look at Lu Minghao, and a question couldn't help but appear in his mind. He always felt that something was wrong with him now, very wrong. He was a man before he was reincarnated, and Lu Minghao also had a male appearance.
However, now he actually felt shy because he was hugged by Lu Minghao, and even felt his heart beating faster.
“Hmm? Rimuru, what's wrong?”
At this time, Lu Minghao, who was hugging Rimuru, also noticed Rimuru's gaze towards him. Those big eyes with a hint of shyness, coupled with a cute face full of blush, looked delicate and shy no matter how you looked at it... But this was completely wrong!
“No... nothing!”
After hearing Lu Minghao's words, Rimuru quickly sat up from Lu Minghao's arms, waved his hand at Lu Minghao to indicate that he was fine, but his shy face and his tone of trying to hide something were completely opposite to what he said.
“Cough cough, it's good that you're okay, it's good that you're okay...”
At this moment, looking at Rimuru's appearance, Lu Minghao also chose to change the subject from the bottom of his heart, feeling that if he continued to ask, he would step into an untouchable realm, so ignoring this matter was the best choice!
After all, although he, Lu Minghao, is now a slime, asexual, and can even reproduce on his own, his orientation is still fine. Although he once thought about eating Rimuru, it was eating in the true sense, not sticking with Rimuru, the thirty-year-old great magician before reincarnation!
“By the way, Minghao, where are you going next? Are you leaving here?”
After successfully changing the subject, Rimuru also showed a relieved expression, then moved his body to the side without leaving a trace before looking at Lu Minghao and asking.
“That, I plan to stay here for a while for the time being, and the war with the Orc Lord has just ended, and you, Rimuru, have become the leader of the Jura Forest Alliance. News about you, Rimuru, must have been obtained by other kingdoms. The Jura Forest will become the center of the storm for a while. Now is not the time for me to leave.”
Lu Minghao looked at Rimuru with a serious expression and said slowly. Just like he said, if Rimuru had not participated in the Orc war before, and was just silently staying in the Goblin Village, he would have been just an unknown guy to the major forces and kingdoms on the entire continent.
But after Rimuru defeated the Orc Lord, won the war, and became the leader of the Jura Forest Alliance, the situation had become completely different. At this moment, the Jura Forest had become Rimuru's territory.
And Rimuru, who occupied the center of the only continent with incomparably rich resources and defeated the Orc Lord, had become the new center of the storm at this moment. He had attracted the attention of all the forces and kingdoms on the entire continent.
“However, the main reason is that I don't have a place to go for the time being, so I want to stay here with you, Rimuru.”
Opposite him, Rimuru looked at Lu Minghao with a moved expression. He didn't expect that Lu Minghao was unwilling to leave because he was worried about him. But before Rimuru could be moved for three seconds, Lu Minghao opposite him lazily lay down in Shuna's arms, waved his hand to indicate that he had no place to go, and planned to freeload here with him first.
“Minghao, you guy...”
Rimuru looked at Lu Minghao being fed by Shuna, and a smile appeared on his cute, androgynous face. In his opinion, Lu Minghao's appearance now was to prevent him from having any psychological pressure. He really was his destined best friend, no, his cherished friend!
Pa!
At this moment, a large pot emitting black gas, filled with 'food', was placed in front of Rimuru. The indescribable food in the pot was visibly bubbling, and the black gas emerging from each burst bubble formed the faces of demons in mid-air, and even the whispers of demons could be faintly heard.
“Lord Rimuru!”
In the next second, Shion's expectant smiling face appeared in front of Rimuru. Her sweet voice was like a wife sending delicious and loving food to her husband who had worked hard for a day, making it impossible to refuse.
“Shi... Shion...”
Looking at Shion close at hand, and the indescribable food on the table in front of him, the smile on Rimuru's face instantly became stiff, and he subconsciously looked around, seeking help from the others present.
Unfortunately, the moment Rimuru looked over, both Benimaru and Souei, who had sworn their undying loyalty to Rimuru, lowered their heads, pretending not to have seen anything. As for Lu Minghao, when Rimuru looked at him, Sally glared at him fiercely, as if to say, 'If you dare say anything, I'll kill you.'
Besides those few, the only one left was Loryna, who was looking at them with curiosity. But looking at Loryna's innocent face, Rimuru couldn't bring himself to do it. Of course, the main reason was that Rimuru was afraid that he would be ganged up on by everyone as soon as he opened his mouth, even Benimaru and the others would attack, after all, Loryna was everyone's darling.
"Rimuru-sama, ah~"
On the opposite side, Shion didn't notice Rimuru's small actions at all. She grabbed a large soup spoon from the table and filled it with her homemade dinner, stuffing it towards Rimuru's mouth. The metal spoon visibly melted quickly, a large skull grinning on it.
"Ah!"
Looking at Shion's expectant and loving gaze, Rimuru put on a look of resignation, slowly opening his mouth. The next second, Shion shoved the mostly melted spoon into Rimuru's mouth, and it completely dissolved the moment it entered.
The next second, Rimuru felt his sense of taste being tortured, and then everything went black and his consciousness disappeared completely.
"Rimuru-sama, as expected, you like the homemade dishes that Shion makes the most!"
Across from him, Shion watched as Rimuru, even after fainting from how delicious it was, still subconsciously opened his mouth waiting to be fed. A shy smile appeared on her mature face as she directly picked up the large pot on the table and poured it into Rimuru's mouth.
Her powerful body control allowed Shion's hands to be incredibly stable. Even though the large pot was three times the size of Rimuru's head, not a single drop of food spilled out. It was poured into Rimuru's mouth without leaving a trace. To be considerate, Shion even gently massaged Rimuru's throat with one hand to ensure that he swallowed everything smoothly.
"...Shion is so scary!"
On the side, Benimaru and Souei couldn't bear to turn their heads away, looking at Rimuru's body constantly twitching and his eyes rolling back. As for stopping Shion, sorry, they couldn't do it.
"Hang in there!"
Lying in Sally's arms, Lu Minghao watched Rimuru's body twitch rhythmically like a vibrator and raised his hand, giving him a gesture of encouragement. Originally, Lu Minghao had actually planned to taste Shion's cooking in order to enhance the power of his [Poison] skill.
But now, looking at Rimuru like this, Lu Minghao still chose the good habit of silence is golden.
A few minutes later, after Shion poured all of her homemade dishes into Rimuru's body, the constantly twitching Rimuru finally couldn't hold on and turned back into a slime, except that his originally sky-blue body had now turned blackish-purple, looking indescribably strange.
"Um, Shion, Rimuru-sama is already asleep, so please take him back to rest well."
On the side, after seeing that everything was over, Benimaru dared to raise his head and looked at Rimuru with sympathy and concern, afraid that Shion would still feel unsatisfied and make a few more homemade dishes for Rimuru to eat, after all, he didn't want to change the master he was loyal to.
"Leave it to me with peace of mind."
Saying that, Shion gently picked up Rimuru, who had transformed into a slime, and skillfully placed him under her huge 'Justice', walking towards Rimuru's room with a happy face.
The remaining people present silently watched Shion's back disappear before turning to look at each other, all showing tacit smiles on their faces, finally escaping a disaster. Besides, it's really great that Shion is always staring at Rimuru-sama.
"Cough, well, it's about time, this banquet is over."
The next second, Benimaru, realizing that his expression was not appropriate, stood up and coughed pretentiously, looking at everyone present to indicate that it was already too late, and this banquet was over. The others nodded in agreement after hearing Benimaru's words.
"By the way, Minghao-sama, please come with me, your and Sally's room is over here."
When everyone began to leave, Benimaru walked to Lu Minghao's side and said softly. Whether it was Lu Minghao's incomparably powerful strength, or the fact that he had helped them defeat the Orcs, as well as his identity as Rimuru's close friend, all made Benimaru full of respect for Lu Minghao and Sally.
"Okay, Sally, let's go."
Looking at Benimaru in front of him, Lu Minghao smiled softly and raised his head to say to Sally, whose cheeks were bulging like a hamster, and then his body directly turned into an ice-blue slime.
"Loryna, let's go."
After hearing Lu Minghao's words, Sally swallowed all the food in her mouth in one gulp and said to Loryna on the side, then skillfully picked up Lu Minghao in her arms in Benimaru's shocked gaze and stuck him on the oni horn on her head.
"Let's... let's go."
Benimaru twitched his mouth as he looked at Sally, who had Lu Minghao on her head and could even clearly see the pair of cute black oni horns through Lu Minghao's ice-blue body, following behind him step by step. He subconsciously quickened his pace, instinctively not wanting Shion and Shuna to see Sally's appearance at this time.
Before long, under Benimaru's lead, Sally arrived in front of a newly built two-story wooden house. This was a wooden house that the Kijin brothers had just built today, and it was next to Loryna's house, which was now used for Lu Minghao and Sally to live in.
Bang!
As the wooden door closed, Benimaru turned his head to look at the increasingly prosperous village in front of him and the many harmonious monsters in the square not far away. A gentle smile appeared on his handsome face, and then he turned and walked towards his room.
....
....
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, three months have passed.
During this period, the original Goblin Village, except for the central part that had been built, was all pushed down and rebuilt. The overall area had expanded from the original village size to the size of a town.
In addition, after many Orcs evolved into High Orcs, their strength and learning ability had been qualitatively improved. Under the guidance of the Kijin brothers, they quickly learned various technologies and became Rimuru's strongest labor force.
In addition, with Rimuru's engineering contracting and planning knowledge from before his reincarnation, in just three months, a brand new city full of vitality and incorporating some concepts from the modern world had been mostly built.
During this period, Lu Minghao silently played the role of Rimuru's close friend and kind slime, not only deepening his friendship with Rimuru, but also having good relationships with Rimuru's subordinates such as Benimaru.
At this time, on the top of a mountain not far outside the town, Lu Minghao and Rimuru were looking at the rapidly constructing town below, as well as the many monsters in the town. This place was gradually becoming Rimuru's home.
"Hmm? Rimuru, it seems like we have guests."
The next second, Lu Minghao, who was next to Rimuru, suddenly raised his head to look into the distance, where hundreds of small black dots were approaching. Just as Lu Minghao's voice fell, Souei appeared behind the two of them.
