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Chapter 24 - Rimuru Tempest huh.

Velzard crossed her arms and observed Manaka. "Well then Salem...can I ask what exactly are you doing in the Cardinal world?."

Manaka awkwardly scratched the back of his head, the ice looking girl really didn't seem to like him. "We just arrived here because our universe is kinda at a fragile state at the moment, a lot of things are being cleansed their as we speak and it would probably take countless millennia before it returns to normal and a billion more years before it can support out weight class or just my weight class."

It was true, Manaka's presence could very much disort the paella madoka magical universe, as an infinite paradox, he would need to exist outside of a universe to ensure that it us not destroyed or find a universe strong enough to house him or simply send our an avatar of his will into the universe.

Guy Crimson had a friendly smile on his face. "Don't mind Velzard, she is just territorial as all true dragons are but i am more interested in you three, rarely otherworlders with this much strength appear in the Cardinal world, I just want to ask a question to you guys."

Manaka smiled but he did not really give in mich to it, naturally as he has a supremacy over names he can easily tell who they are, what they are and even attack their soul origin through their names and even strip them off their names if wanted to do so.

He knew that this person's name was Guy Crimson, the Primordial demon Rouge, a being that existed since the dawn of this world and also a being who has evolved into a demon lord.

Though he didn't exactly understand the specification of what a demon lord is, he still made a guess think they were more of a job change from one of those role play games than an actual race.

"What do you wish to ask us?." Manaka asked a bit curiously.

Guy was still smiling but his aura began to press down on the three. "Will you interfere on the balance of this world?."

Homura turned from Milim and gave Guy a strange look, she did not feel threatened by his aura at all, it even felt weaker than that of the witch of salvation so she was not affected by it.

Madoka inherently rejects all bad will directed at her so she was confused as to why Homura was looking at the strange man so she too turned to stare at him.

Manaka frowned at his show of power but did not do anything else. "It depends, if the inhabitants of the world foolishly try to attack us, is it not right that we should retaliate? Though I don't think my sister would want me to attack powerless creatures so we won't attack them per se but we will trap them in Homura's labyrinth."

Upon hearing the decision which she did not agree with, Homura turned towards Manaka and gave him an upset glare. Manaka looked away with a smile.

Rimuru who was observing the entire situation was confused, clearly those two girls were from the manag paella madoka magical and he didn't understand why they were here and why the main protagonist had a twin brother.

When he transmigrated he believes other universes existed...but he never thought universe where anime/manga or lighnovel characters from earth actually existed?!!.

Thinking about it, Rimuru began to question if he also had a manga version of himself in another universe.

"Uhh, Guy can we not intimidate them, these three are not weak..." Of course they weren't?!!. Rimuru was an otaku and also cultured man so he knew the abilities of those two girls and even their complicated love story.

Those two could literally one shot guy but that may not be the case since they are bo longer in their universe but that is still a valid choice.

Guy Crimson raised his brow and turned to look at Rimuru, he didn't notice it at first but he can feel the aura of a Noir on him, did the newly appointed demon slime somehow enslave that arrogant black hearted demon?.

"I am just making sure my message was heard clearly and speaking of messages it seems Octogram may need to hold another Walpurgist...Anyways i guess till then i will let you be."

Both Homura and Madoka turned to Guy wondering why he mentioned the name of a witch, Madoka had already defeated Walpurgistnacht so technically speaking she shouldn't be mentioned but they did not speak out, they were in a different world after all so these things may have different meanings.

Velzard lingered on Manaka then turned to her foolish brother who was hiding behind Rimuru.

When she first heard her brother was reborn again she had the immediate urge to go kill him and relieve him of the pain that usually made him go on a rampage...but seeing him looking normal at the moment made her feel relived.

She turned to Guy and the two immediately left.

Upon leaving, Millim who was observing Homura immediately turned towards Madoka.

Milim's eyes, usually sparkling with childlike mischief, were now narrowed with a predatory curiosity. She circled Madoka like a shark scenting something sweet yet impossibly vast.

​"Hey, pinky!" Milim pointed a finger directly at Madoka's nose. "You... you feel weird. You don't have a Drop of Eternity, and you aren't a Spiritual Lifeform like that red-haired guy, but you feel like the sky. No, like the whole world! Are you a god or something? Because I'm a Dragonoid, and even I think your aura is creepy-clean!"

​Madoka blinked, giving a small, hesitant smile. "I... I just want everyone to be happy. I don't think I'm a god anymore, not since Manaka and Homura-chan brought me back."

​Homura stepped between them, her gaze cold. The violet hue in her eyes flickered with the weight of the countless timelines she had traversed. To her, Milim Nava was just another unpredictable variable—a "monster" that reminded her too much of the world-destroying entities they had left behind.

​"Back off," Homura said, her voice like grinding ice. "We aren't here for a fight, but I won't let you poke at her."

​Rimuru stepped forward, waving his hands frantically to de-escalate. "Whoa, whoa! Milim, behave! They're guests... sort of." He turned to Manaka, his mind still reeling. If this was indeed a version of the Madoka Magica universe, he knew the "truth" those girls carried. In their world, magical girls and heroes weren't symbols of hope; they were tragedies waiting to happen—empty husks in a universe already destined for a slow, agonizing end.

​"Manaka, right?" Rimuru asked, trying to sound casual despite the sweat dropping down his head. "You mentioned your universe is 'fragile.' Is that because of the... Law of Cycles? Or is it something else?"

​Manaka looked at Rimuru, his black eyes seemingly peering through the slime's disguise and straight into Satoru Mikami's soul. 

"Not really, the universe has been dismantled and remained three times now and I also sort of made the concept of a witch trial embedded in it so all witches are being burned and purified so their souls will return back to earth and be reborn. We are only here for a vacation...though i don't think we will go back for a long time now." Manaka said with a sad expression on his face.

Rimuru was instantly terrified, isn't something like this currently beyond comprehension to him? Actually it would even be better for Raphael to not try and dicipher such a concept to him. "Ahahaha, well that sounds interesting...anyways enjoy your stay in this world and you can come visit my nation with your friends if you want to, my name is Rimuru Tempest by the way and the guy beside me is Veldora Tempest who is my sworn brother, the fairy on top of his head is Ramiris."

Madoka curiously looked at Ramiris, even though she was a literal incarnation of hope, she still does like cute things and is naturally still a young girl at heart, but she was also not naive...she wouldn't truly trust cute things.

Instead she smiled and waved her arms at Ramiris. "Hello, I've never seen a fairy before."

Upon hearing someone talking about her, Ramiris stood up from Veldoras head and puffed her chest. "Hah well you're lucky because you are looking at the Spir—Ahem the owner of the Spirit Labyrinth where spirite resides in, you can visit me anytime you want."

The two groups chatted with one another before they all dispersed to their various vacancies.

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