The Last Cross Offs (Part 1 of The Eternal Partners Series)

Chapter 3

Rimuru had not expected Ciel to evolve to this extent.

Truly, naming should never be taken lightly. Apparently he still hadn't learned this lesson after so many years.

Rimuru stroked Ciel's head to get her attention, "Oi, Ciel. We aren't married yet. Although I gave you my last name, we still have to hold a proper soul binding ceremony in front of our friends when we get home. Think of this as an engagement okay?"

"Okay!" Ciel pulled away and smiled at him bright and happy.

Rimuru stared for a long moment. An uncharacteristically possessive thought came to his mind. She was beautiful. And now, she was his.

"Rimuru?" Ciel tilted her head in question.

Rimuru cleared his throat, "It's nothing. What's your status?"

"I have become a Unique Life Form. It doesn't have a name. I am simply Ciel Tempest. Although I now have both a spiritual and material body, I am still a part of you."

"What do you mean?"

"My heart core has always been integrated with your soul. At this point, it's impossible to separate. We'd probably both lose ourselves if we tried and become mindless. Therefore, although I now have a body, even if it's destroyed I wouldn't die because the real me still exists inside of you. I am essentially possessing this body from within you. I can still manage your skills for you as I've always done."

"I see, so sort of like what I have with Veldora."

"Yes! This body was also created with you as a derivative. See?"

Ciel's body changed to a rosy red and melted to the ground.

She became a slime.

Rimuru gently picked her up to inspect. Ciel wiggled a bit in his hands before settling. He remembered when he first visited that shop as a Slime in Dwargon. When asked if he wanted his fate divined in order to see who his destined one was, Rimuru had jokingly wondered if it would be a female slime. Now he really was going to marry another slime. Fate was funny.

"Have your skills changed?"

" Yes. I'm sending you the data now."

A mental image was projected in Rimuru's mind. She had more or less the same skills as before, except...

"[Life Cycle]?"

"It's my new skill. [Life Cycle] has four abilities; [Spawn] the ability to spawn created beings, [Growth] the ability to accelerate or decelerate the lifespan of all beings, [Reproduction] the ability to create life by filling a vessel with a soul, and [Death] the ability to destroy the soul, spiritual body, and material body, or force a soul into the reincarnation cycle."

Rimuru was too surprised to speak.

Wasn't this too overpowered even for them?

No. Ciel has always far surpassed Rimuru's expectations so this should be considered normal right?

However, if you take into account the powers they both had, it was almost like they were the perfect duo to be the Gods of the Multiverse.

And speaking of Gods...

"Was this the ability Veldanava used to create life?"

Ciel, "Yes! It was used alongside [Turn Null] energy. Although you are able to create countless universes by yourself, [Life Cycle] essentially gives one control over their creations. This skill has never left the reincarnation cycle before now as it requires an immense processing power that no normal individual is capable of."