After the whole tense argument between Kaijuno and Rimuru, both didn't want to be face eachother. Rimuru intended that conversation to actually clear things up and mend things only for them to become even further distant than ever
Rigurd was to first to be aware as Kaijuno immediately let him know he didn't wish to Rimuru for an indefinite amount of time. News began amoung the direct social circle but it was refrained from betting out to the general public. When asked about what happened, Rimuru just brushed it off with a casual tone as to paint it as something that isn't anything to worry about while Kaijuno just blatantly refused to answer at all
Veldora was the only one to really get an idea of the tension as he asked Gobta about why his two younger siblings are even fighting in the first place. Lavandra was also there to witness what happened but was less open and approachable in regards to the matter
The Storm Dragon scratched his head on the current trouble. He's used to siblings fighting eachother as Velgrynd and Velzard fought over how to raise him but his position here is reversed as the older sibling and this was different from the cat fights so he felt he needed to take part in trying to mend things
Unfortunately he isn't really sure how to fix this as he was at his two sister's mercy during their spats and the only individual that could be comparable for this was Veldanava but he was never around for this or wasn't really around at all. Infact he didn't really have much of a bond let alone a brotherly bond with Veldanava.
"This older brother stance is really more complicated than I was expecting it to be. How am I supposed to fix this?"
Veldora was slouching over on a couch in what he proclaims as his office in the Labyrinth while holding a struggling expression.
All of a sudden Ramiris barged in, swiftly moving around Veldora while wearing a tiny detective outfit
"Master! Master! Have you heard what's been going on with Kaijuno and Rimuru!?"
"Yes I have"
"Perfect! Cause I been asking around and still have no clue"
Veldora gave a brief rundown of what he knows about the situation while Ramiris casually nodded along
"So Kaijuno was trying to attack Yuuki? But why though?"
"I have no idea on that one. All of this feels so overwhelming"
Ramiris hummed and processed on this only to suddenly make a conclusion.
"Maybe . . . Yuuki is an evil mastermind!"
"What makes you think so?"
"That could be the reason why Kaijuno attacked Yuuki, because he is a secret evil mastermind. Think about it! No one is really that quirky"
This idea would be brushed off by your average person cause it sounds quite ridiculous but this is Veldora who isn't an average person
" That sounds . . . Perfect! It's just like that sacred text about the guy being obsessed over eating potato chips!"
"Obviously! Nothing can't get past the great detective Ramiris. That said, an investigation must be done in order to prove Yuuki is an evil mastermind"
"If we prove Yuuki is bad, then maybe that might show it was just a big misunderstanding. The tension between Kaijuno and Rimuru will be cleared"
Both stood proudly in their weightless conclusion as they laughed.
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Kaijuno's Pov
It's been a hot minute since the my trip to the demon realm to retrieve Blanc. And especially since Rimuru decided to back up a smug snake. Since then a few new developments in Tempest. Firstly the while demon situation ended up taking a bit longer than initially expected but it worked out in the end at least
Unlike with the dragons or orcs, I had a more comfortable pace of naming them. I'm gonna blunt here, I very much didn't really bother with any of them. Especially with Yagami still not willing to work with me, I just threw random nonsense like Chuckles and Bitsy, I really wasn't trying with this batch
I was so on the point of not caring about naming most of them that I actually just gave the direct servants of the demoness trio their canon names so Veyron is still Veyron and Moss is still Moss, that's how much I didn't care. I almost considered giving one of Jaune's subordinates a different name, the name Oogway for the one that was a reincarnation swordsman since I named his son Shifu but I wasn't even in the mood to be desperately comedic about it so he's still Agera
As for the demoness, I actually put some thought about it although it was more difficult to come up with names. Admittedly, I wasn't so comfortable naming someone after vehicles given how I was reincarnated in the first place. Which is highly ironic given I already named their subordinates after vehicles but at the time I wasn't concern about being creative for naming them and I wasn't familiar with those car models but it was too late to fix that mistake
As where to start, I guess it will be Blanc
The appealing face pallet of red eyes and white hair surely isn't exclusive to her. Got to be someone that also fits such description . . . but who?
. . . . . . . . . Do I really not know anyone!?
Not anyone I can instantly recall, I thought for sure it would come up at the drop of a hat. I doubt Yagami is gonna be much help, I'll just search through my memories myself. I thought it would be a more common design to recall but I guess I'm not as familiar with many other designs
It was then that I found one that would actually fit perfectly, Moka Akashiya. Although I was still on the fence for this, I actually a name with a demonic origin for all three of them. I'm not sure a name of a vampire character would count or not. Are vampire considered to be demonic? Or are they categorized as undead? Meh, I'll roll with it
But even then there was a bit of conflict even with a fitting name. I didn't actually dislike their original names but at the same time the urges from being the one to hold power in what their names get to be is still too tempting. Logically I maybe shouldn't be giving them different names for the sake of not screwing up the timeline by some sort possible butterfly effect, personally I just take a hoot of time giving them names that I like
So unlike the previous times, I decided to go for a middle ground option if I combined Testarossa with Moka, maybe even make it a bit of word play. Mokarossa? Nah too silly and sounds like a tropical drink. Testamoka . . . rossa . . . moka . . . Mokarossa . . . Moka moka moka
Now that realized it, I haven't had coffee in years. I should get cafes to be a trend in tempest.
I guess Testamoka will do, maybe I can have her serve me coffee while Benjamin serve me tea. Plus it rhymes with the original
Okay Violet now, what to do with her. She's a demon and does poison what could I work with here, Ultima and what else would be close hmmmmmm . . . maybe shuten-douji. I think she's from fate, I heard Rudra was similar to Gilgamesh so at least this one is more on brand
So what should I go for this one? . . . Ultima-doujin? . . . ok no, even that is a bit much for my taste
How about Ulti-dou . . . nah it doesn't click, Ultidou? Hardly better. Doujima? No that's sounds ridiculous. Ultimoujin . . . no the lack of of sn "a" just doesn't feel right. Ultima . . . Ultima-shujin . . . Yeah that works
Now to the third and final demoness, Jaune . . . Out of all of them, I really felt stumped. A demon that does explosions, it's a troubling combo to connect. I tried to go with something like Bakugo cause explosions but really wasn't clicking so I scratched that
I actually had a light bulb moment, Jaune is basically a flying blonde Megumin
Carremin, Megurrera, Carrmegu, Carrmemin
I was trying to see what mixture could work only another light bulb to light which was ironically unfortunate
Reze and immediately, Carreze popped up. It's simple and yet feels so oddly satisfying but it brought confliction.
Reze is fitting and satisfying to merge with Carrera but Megumin is so much more fun. But against my favorable view and wanting to get this naming convention over with, I settled with Carreze while having a dramatic an unnecessary tear roll down my face
There were was also one other matter I wanted to settle before all is done with the demons. I recalled Rimuru apparently changing their appearances. I think it was something about making them more beautiful but I had something else in mind
I didn't see the need to change much for the most part but I wanted to add in one detail among all three of them. I changed the design of their eyes, while I wanted to add some to make them appear more like demons but elements like horns or wings just wouldn't fit well
So instead I just resorted to simpler mean, taking a page from Diablo's book and gave them black eyes with pupils in their respective color. It's subtle but it will do.
Besides that I raised Carreze's height by 2 inches but the most drastic change was easily the most horrific and unforgivable thing an individual could ever do
I gave adjusted Ultima-shujin's height and figure to be more obviously an adult rather than being mistaken for a small girl
That's right I unloli'd the loli mwuahahah!
Anyways after that had been settled, the new recruits have officially became members of Tempest, which I refer to as . . . .
The Demonic Institute Order!
Or DIO for short! (Yes I'm a freaking nerd, thanks for noticing)
To say our military might had increased would be a huge understatement, I think we can take over the entire west with our demons alone aside from Luminous and Dagruel's domain of course
Finally setting up the situation regarding the demons I can move on to other matters
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Like school and given how it was under expansion and that I was out Tempest for a good while, my situation changed a bit
I'm unfortunately still in the younger age classes, maybe I should make it a routine to extend my height by a foot or two just to stop being mistaken for a kid but I'll leave that on the side for now. The biggest thing to note is that I was put into Hinata's class of all classes. Of all people to be my teacher, it was the one I view to be a character that would chop off your head if you looked at her funny. Honestly I'm suprised she's even teaching here at all, isn't Luberious on the other side of the continent? I guess we had some really good teleportation technology established in the background, it would also explain why the other saints are here too
But against my personal assumptions, Hinata is actually quite a friendly teacher to have. She didn't pull out a sword to threaten a kid, she hasn't shoot imaginary daggers with her glares, she's just been getting along with everyone. She's even friendly with me, ain't that ironic or actually all of this is ironic
As for the other students, the only ones to take note the five that used to be Shizu's students. There's Kenya who I'd describe as someone who would pick the red power ranger out of all the rangers for the reasoj that they're the leader and red is an awesome color. He also apparently admires Masayuki, saying he wants to be like him, the idea of Masayuki's reaction to this puts a smirk on my face
Next is Alice who I'd could best describe as the outgoing boss of the group. She and Kenya keep butting heads against eachother and everyone is framing it as Kenya having a crush on Alice. Young love ain't it?
Then there's Gale who would easily be the older brother figure of the group and quiet literally as he is the oldest and tallest amongst them. I recall him being the one with the earth spirit which in my opinion is the coolest one even more than Kenya's light spirit
There's Ryota who I would label as the introvert that was adopted by the group of extroverts. He is meek and keeps to himself more than the others, from one introvert to another, respect
And finally there's Chloe the secret super weapon from the future. She paints herself as a normal cheerful girl but I'm completely aware of what she's completely capable of and that she now knows about it too. She tends to give me weird looks now and then, which is definitely because she does know I'm not meant to be here, after all the timelines, Rimuru suddenly has a slime sibling that hadn't appeared before. It would be expected to be taken aback by a change you had no part in
It's also ironic, a demon lord and a hero taking a class together. Sounds like a low quality light novel story that somehow gets an anime adaptation, it would be something like " I am the demon lord but I go to the same academy as the hero" or something akin to that
Those memories really do her a big favor when we do class sparring practices. Everyone else is a walk in a park but she's more comparable to the term "hits like a truck" she's clearly way above an average kid level of sword skills. Although even I won't back down in order for my image as a demon lord. But it isn't like I make sure to use future attack prediction just to guarantee my victory and not lose to a kid. Such a stretch that the possibility of me resorting to that doesn't exist, Nope! No way at all
Also Vulprower comes to this class too, she fortunately gets along well with the other students although she sticks to me mostly, she ecen sits on the seat next to me. I usually tend to help her whenever she is stuck on assignments as she only is now learning to read and write. I would describe as almost a little sister figure but I feel it would be jumping too ahead but I'm at least glad she's settling great in Tempest
As for the newly renovated academy, IT'S HUGE. It's the size of multiple universities, students of any grade attend this academy. It's not just the city hall but Tempest as a whole has gotten a massive upgrade
That was more or less how my school situation was adjusted to be when I got back. Speaking of situations when I got back, something has been sticking in my mind for a while now. It's about about what Rimuru said previously back in our talk, when he said about harming the head master of the Freedom Association Guild could put a dent on Tempest's reputation and harm any future possibilities with other nations or at least something like that
I wouldn't necessarily say I regret trying to attack him nor did I think he didn't to get smacked around but as much I disagree with Rimuru's pacifist mindset in this, developing tension with someone who has influence within the west wouldn't be ideal, at least that much I understand especially since we're still new in national diplomacy
That concern had weighed on me a bit, so at to help ease things with him and especially myself I'd thought about apologizing to him to at least prevent any extra trouble even if I don't really mean it. Although, easing tension wasn't necessarily the only reason why I'm bothering to fake an apology, infact it's more so an opportunity to gain something from him
Since I already was in Ingraccia for brief time, I was able to teleport back there and head straight to the Headquarters. I decided to just adjust my body to a near liquid state and slip into one of the windows on his floor. I probably could've just went to the front desk to request to meet up with him but I'm not sure if the person at the desk would just deny me since I'm basically a stranger requesting to meet their boss like it's a casual norm, might as well just skip that and head straight to his office
I exited to the hall and spotted the door to his office. With my magic sense constantly on, I quickly noticed other figures were with him and Kagali, likely the other clowns that they work with. I had my mask on to ensure I wasn't detected back but that was only needed until I get to the door. I might as well mess with them all in the middle of their scheming that they took joy in
Once I floated to the front of the door, I knocked on it while taking off my mask. I could tell they weren't supposed to be expecting any visitors at this time so they were clearly caught off guard. Yuuki quickly gestured to the three clowns and they swiftly left through the window as Kagali reached out to the door. What both of them were met with was a half size demon lord who tried to kill them when they last shared a room
Yuuki and Kagali were visible taken aback that it was me who knocked but they both tried to keep their composure with Yuuki immediately taking charge
"Oh wow! This is quite sudden, I wasn't expecting you to drop by out of the blue. I didn't even hear anything from the front desk about your arrival"
"It's not like I phoned in for an appointment beforehand and I'd rather get this matter with today"
"I see, well I'm not busy by all means so help yourself to sit down, might I offer you any tea?"
"No no, I'm fine without the tea, I'd prefer to not take much of either of our times"
Yuuki kept his facade of a joyful and quirky person, acting as if I didn't previously tried to kill him, I'm sure Kagali is tensed about what I'm about to do given how much of a close call it was last time
"So what honor do I have for a demon lord to suddenly in my office?"
"Well it's about what happened back at the expedition not too long ago"
While Yuuki appeared to not even remember what happened but that doesn't mean he conveniently forgot about it, especially not now that I brought it up. Kagali herself almost flinched when I mentioned it but as tense as it was, I need to make sure to take the wheel
I abruptly placed both of my hands on the table making them both jump from shock and with the will to pull through albeit begrudgingly. With the resolve to achieve what I wish to claim, I slammed my head on the table to visibly show remorse, a sight unbecoming of a king
"I'm sorry for trying to attack you back at the cave! I hastily assumed Mariabelle's influence was permanent based on the terrible condition of her other victims! I figured killing you would've been a merciful act but my poor timing and action only put you in unnecessary danger. What I did was completely unjustified and inappropriate
I sincerely apologize for what I tried to do you and hope you're merciful enough to forgive my irrational self"
While I tried to sound whole hearted and sincere with an expression full of remorse, I was internally screaming in rage that I actually resorted to this but I kept a grip for the sake of what I'm after
Now the ball is in Yuuki's court with him having to make a response to my abrupt answer
" hey it's nothing to worry over. I guess I wouldn't blame you after seeing how terrible the rest were looking like. There's no hard feelings, let's just put this behind us"
He really seems intend to get this over quickly. Since he was already with the rest of the harlequin alliance, he probably wants to get me out and bring them back in as soon as possible. Unfortunately an apology wasn't my intent here at all
"Can you at least accept my apology gift to show how much I mean in my remorse!"
" you don't have to-"
"Please! Please! Please! This guilt has been weighing me so much I just gotta give you something to mean it"
I put Yuuki in a social corner. Even if it's just us, he still has to keep this humble good guy act which I'm gonna take great advantage of with my insistence
" Alright Alright if it helps clear things up, sure"
I suddenly chin up with a quick change to an expression of delight. I have to take charge and set what the gift is before Yuuki could suggest anything, fortunately his humble facade leaves him open to this verbal strategy
"Great! Fortunately I have the perfect gift already set up for you"
"Really? What is it?"
"A skill! Not just a common skill but a Unique skill infact"
"Unique Skill!? Are you sure?"
"Yep Yep! And I think this skill will be quite compatible with you. It's gonna be a bit of a operation so it'll take a bit. I'd suggest to lay down for this"
"But I don't really anything to lay down on"
I just devoured the furniture a placed a decent mattress in the middle of the room
"There! Now you do"
With no further room to protest, Yuuki willingly laid down on the mattress. Leaving me to finally get down to buisness
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YALL ARE THINKING OF SOMETHING NASTY AREN'T YA
moving on
I stretched my arms and hands to the extent that they appeared as giant blobs. I placed the blobs on Yuuki which covered his form. It would've felt more convenient if I did it the usual way instead of only using my arms but with Kagali keeping an eye on me, I have to at least refrain from doing something that would suggest something diabolical
But when I started to devour him, my arm blobs exploded and splattered all over the room much to all of our suprise. The slime bits just flow back to me and I reformed the arm blobs
"Looks like you got something that is getting in the way, mind toning it down?"
"Oh yeah, sure"
With that pesky anti-skill out of the way, now I can finally do what I set out for
I used my arm blobs to devour Yuuki and finally it's in arms reach
I know that they're still currently giving me cold feet but I'm sure they can't ignore this one
"Hey Yagami look what I just. A prime skill course meal all for your taking. Just make sure he gets a copy of greed without the contract sub-skill, just the bare minimum"
" . . . Initiating Skill Analysis . . . Analysis complete, data of Unique Skill Creator and Anti-Skill has been acquired. Leftover data of Unqiue Skill Photoshop has been merged with the copied data of Unique Skill Creator resulting in the Unique Skill Creativity. In addition, data of Unique Skill Greed has been copied and transferred to individual Yuuki. The result of this is Unique Skill Greed being renamed to Unique Skill Ambition"
When I heard, only one word came in mind
"SCOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!"
Now that I got what I actually wanted, I dropped Yuuki back on the mattress and made my way towards the door before turning towards the Yuuki
"Pleasure doing buisness with ya!"
I only left to a room further down the hall and listen in on them through my magic sense
The clowns immediately jumped back in to which they immediately noticed the change in the scenery
" Why is there only a mattress in here?"
Yuuki and Kagali only now realised the current state of the room
"Did he actually took all of my furniture?"
Yuuki then looked down on his hand, opening and closing it with a pleased expression
"Nevermind he can keep the furniture, I got something much better in return"
Hearing enough of this, I instantly teleported to the living of my house where I knew I was alone. A massive grin stretched to both ends of my cheeks and I began to maniacally laugh as I stepped back against the wall behind me, this went on of a ling 3 minutes
"HAHAHAHAHA! . . . . . SUCKER!
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In a northern coast of the main continent, a lone insectar stood at the edge of a cliff above the ocean water, looking into horizon as the sun sets. At first it would appear that the insectar is alone but that isn't quite the case and he is especially aware of the fact. Behind him is a cloaked figure with the only thing revealed is their head resembling a fox but with a few unnatural details like the scales in place of their fur
The insectar only slightly turned his head acknowledgment of the cloaked figure
"What are you here for?"
"For your last warning, before he decided to make you comeback personally Razul"
"I already cut my ties with you all centuries ago. I am not the same tool as I was back then"
The cloaked figure made light chuckles in response which only irritates Razul
"You dare look down on me"
"Not just me, but so many more believe so. It's true that you've grown to be formidable and powerful but it's almost over shadowed by your foolish belief that you are truly independent from us. Just like how he was when he switched over to Veldanava's side so long ago but even he eventually recognized his naivety and came crawling back just like you will be-"
Razul instantly grabbed the neck of the figure, putting them in a choke hold
"No, I won't be coming back to return as another soldier. I am Razul, defender of the western nations to oppose the demons, a hero!"
The figure only cackled in response to Razul's declaration, not at all intimidated by his grip
"Maybe that's why he was merciful to consider you still useful to remain alive. You let your name and achievements make you think you actually had a choice in the first place just like he did. But you and not even he ever had a choice to begin with, we all have no true say as it's not for only us, not only for this world, not even only for this entire universe or dimension but for all of existence and far beyon,d the only true choice that can be made is only by our great mother
All Hail Iva-"
The figure couldn't finish what they had to say as Razul decided to snap it's neck and thrown them over the cliff to sink below the water
Razul could now only twitch in worry as even after his outburst, he cannot deny that he is now standing on limited time
Author's Note: You know what, I'm aware I'm gonna get comments complaining about the name change once again
But I gonna with the IMMATURE Route on this one and claim my motivation for this chapter is out of pure spite for those comments. Yes I acknowledge the DOZENS of comments complaining about the name change and I'm doubling down on PURE SPITE
And to be clear Kaijuno now has Unique Skill Ambition, it was changed from Greed since I think it would go against how skill naming works in Tensura. Also Twilight is still stuck with Yagami, he didn't get transferred over
I think I'm gonna skip Rimuru's duel with the students and jump to when they're arriving at Luberious for the Granbelle events of the Rosso Arc especially I'm very much a slow uploader, might as well skip as much that don't need to change from the original
Hope you enjoyed reading :)