Hurricane Milim
Devil Grucius and Myulan were walking in the forest disguised as humans.
They expected to soon chance upon the human squad.
As any wolfman, Grucius’s appearance differed little from a human when not transformed.
That was during a turbulent event where new demon lords replaced the old. Called the World War, this event would occur once every 500 years. And that’s when it happened.
Considered the youngest, with least experience in the war, are Demon Lord Karion, and the last to be born, Demon Lord Leon Cromwell.
The old generation, on the other hand, has survived over two such wars; their strength far surpassing the rest.
Karion being one of these, it is natural for him to seek strong individuals.
The life span of lycanthropes is not much different than that of humans. The only difference being their longer youth–lasting from 30~50 years.
The King of the Beast Country Yuurazania Karion possessed great power from the day he was born.
Grucius did not possess enough power to evolve on his own; however, he did excel at stealth and combat.
Through drinking the blood of the king.
Grucius endured this trial, like squeezing through the eye of a needle.
Even now, a hundred years since his rebirth, his abilities have yet to wane.
Compared to Grucius, Myulan’s circumstances are far more complicated.
That is, she gained eternal youth.
Around 400 years ago, Clayman succeeded the previous demon lord.
Making them swear loyalty to him, he inscribed a curse onto their hearts, making them his eternal servants.
Even though she gained the power of a devil after evolving, she was far weaker than Demon Lord Clayman; and so, after being defeated, she had the curse of servitude engraved on her heart.
And since then, she became one of Clayman’s marionettes.
Myulan was waiting for an opportunity. To dispel the curse and strike at Clayman.
The difference in their abilities was too great.
And so, until present day.
She would use whatever she could–whether it be Grucius or the human squad!
She had no choice but to abide Clayman’s wishes.
Since she was originally a human, turning into one was hardly any effort.
A man and a woman walked in front of Youmu’s group.
Siblings, they said; an older sister and her brother. But extraordinary no matter how you looked at them.
They were dressed in Empire’s clothing; with an appearance pleasing to the eye.
Jura Forest’s monsters are not particularly strong individually. That is, that statement would be true if the monsters had not become active some time ago.
“They are indeed suspicious… can’t let my guard down around them.”
There was nothing strange about their tale, and they opened themselves quickly to the rest of the garrison. At first glance, no problem, right?
“Well, they do seem capable, so let’s put them to use!”
There were simply too few people in the garrison, and only a few of them were particularly skillful.
So welcoming two strong individuals into their group would only benefit them.
The suspicious ones are the three captured adventurers.
They don’t seem keen on escaping, so he had them untied.
Seems like they really are adventurers.
They are capable veterans, nonetheless.
「Oh, so there’s a city ahead of here? One made by monsters?」
「At that time we were pursued by by a stampede of giant ants. My life was flashing before my eyes!」
「Who would Rimuru-danna be?」
And the one who rules them all is the slime Rimuru-danna!」
「Yeah! Rimuru is a very cute slime!」
「…, considering we are bringing them there, I don’t see a reason to hide it.
「Yeah… “Don’t come back again!” If they say that, I’ll cry…」
「We haven’t even entered the baths yet…」
Whether due to carelessness or some ploy, they are answering any question you ask.
But the city was such a bizarre concept; how could it possibly exist?
For a delusion, however, it was far too detailed.
「Ah! We’ve reached it!」
The Thief Class Gido exclaimed.
it was true. Yet that thought only increased his tension.
Would he be greeted by snakes or demons…?
Youmu flashed a fearless smile and proceeded towards the city.
Showing Milim around the city,
If you’ve ever brought a small kid to an amusement park you know how I feel.
If you look away for a second, she’s gone. That’s exactly what it’s like.
「Oii! Didn’t I tell you not take off running!」
「Listen! Just listen to what I’m saying!」
「Wahahahaha! What’s wrong? I’m listening?」
No you aren’t.
When she met Gabil a moment ago,
「Ooooh!!! A Dragonewt!
「Yeah! I am the Dragonewt Gabil!
Who would you be? Shorty!」
*Buchi!*
「Huh? Did you say something? Would you like to try dying once?」
She lightly kicked Gabil in the knee, and, after he lost his balance and fell, she drove her fist into his stomach.
H-hey, wait a second… didn’t she promise not to rampage…?
「Listen, fool! I’m in a very good mood right now, so I’ll let you off with this.
Don’t ever look down on me again! Seriously, who’s a shorty, who…」
She said. Any more and death, huh?
To Gabil’s good luck, he was carrying a test product restoration pill. Probably heading to Kurobee for a request.
Truly a fist that can one-shot anyone. She probably held herself back, too.
But now that it has come to this, I’m pretty sure the promise not to rampage no longer applies.
Gabil limped away.
And as if nothing had happened,
「That guys is really sturdy! How about I strengthen him a bit more?」
Please don’t ask me that. I thought.
「Nope, never! It’s bad to bully the weak!」
「O-oh. If you knew that, then from now on…」
I could only ask that much.
With her explosive temper, I can only pray that Gabil would be the only victim.
And like this I continued to show her around.
She observed the sewing of clothing, and became Goblinas’ dress up doll.
And thus the day passed.
By the time the night came, everyone in the city has heard of the small despot.
Assembling the leaders in the dining hall, she introduced herself.
「I’m Milim Nava! It’s a pleasure!」
That’s what she said.
「Hmm? Isn’t Milim a name of a demon lord?」
Having spent the day practicing with Benimaru, Souei, and Hakurou, Shion muttered that question.
「Haha, what they hell are you saying? There’s no way a demon lord could be here!」
Benimaru laughed rejecting her question.
I wanted to salvage the situation, but
「What kind of relationship do you have with Rimuru-sama? Have you become friends?」
Souei asked.
With her face bright red,
「Um, well… rather than friends… we’re close friends!」
「Is that how it was, forgive my rudeness. I am Souei. I am Rimuru-sama’s faithful servant. Please take care of me!」
As expected of Souei. Good looks and an eloquent tongue to match.
Actually, Milim-kun. Since when did we become close friends?
「Umm, since when are we close friends?」
I asked timidly,
「Eh? We aren’t!?」
A tear began to form in her eyes. Faster than the tear, however, energy began gathering in her fist!!!
「Just kidding! We’re really close friends! Best friends for ever!」
I quickly added, evading danger.
Almost hit a landmine myself. Not letting a gabil happen again.
「I see! You’re good at surprising people!」
She grinned broadly.
Carelessness is forbidden from now on. I thought, reaching a new step of enlightenment.
Unlike Souei, he doesn’t understand a woman’s heart at all. He’s even worse at it than I am.
Stupid people always end up suffering.
The conversation ended thus as food was brought out.
I, too, changed into my human form and removed the mask.
When Milim saw that,
「Ah! So you’re the one who killed Gelmudo! I see!」
She said.
The other people present reacted differently. They looked at me, pressing for an explanation.
I won’t be able to fool them, it seems.
When dinner ended, Milim looked ready to fall asleep.
Saying something like: “Not a bed, I want tatami mat with a futon!”
Then, I explained today’s events to everyone.
「I see… That was truly a powerful hit I took.
「What? Seems like you’re still out of it. Your father is still alive!」
「Ah! Right. How rude of me!」
Gabil’s response aside, everyone else was surprised.
Well, duh. A demon lord had showed up.
「But, just as a note, I had her promise not to rampage, so we should be fine, right?」
When I asked,
「Actually, it’s not like all monsters can’t break promises, you know?
While the Dwarf King did say a part of the truth, that isn’t the whole of it.」
Kaijin replied.
Hakurou and the other oni nodded to this.
「Rimuru-sama, for example, I have no problem telling lies.」
「Me too. Actually, I’m pretty good at it!」
Souei and Benimaru added.
That means?
「In other words…」
According to their explanation, only monsters of spontaneous birth have trouble lying.
I shouldn’t have ignored to inquire about it from the『Great Sage』.
Which is why…
「Milim can go lying all she want?」
「That’s what it would mean…」
Hakurou nodded.
In that case, what should we do?
「However, she doesn’t seem to intend to cause trouble, and, even if she did, we couldn’t stop her, can we?」
I agreed with that analysis. Even with all of us working together, we’d fail.
「Right. Let’s let her do what she wants, and if worst comes to worst, we’ll have Rimuru-sama stop her. They are close friends, after all!」
「「「No objections!!!」」」
WHAT!!! Benimaru you bastard!
Can’t be helped, I thought and let out a sigh.
And thus, everyone came to believe that I was in charge of supervising Demon Lord Milim.
So ended the first day of Hurricane Milim.