Chapter 17 - Fireworks

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Shiori POV

I run around the area near the Tempest building to do my daily exercise and there are only a handful of people that I could find on my way, most of them already recognize me because I stay in Tempest sometimes when I need to be alone.

The past few days have been eventful, the night when we're living together is not so bad even though Shion decides to cook for dinner, and Shinji is practically running away from her cooking because he gets home just before dinner. Luckily, she uses [Cook] that time so I don't feel like having seizures, but I still force Shinji to eat Shion's cooking the day after, and wouldn't you know it? Shion didn't use [Cook] for Shinji, so he's having seizures while I'm healing him.

Stupid guys sometimes try to flirt with the girls in my group and they got punched hard enough to not kill them. I'm grateful that they seem to have some restrain, wouldn't want to push my True Demon Lord evolution too quick now, would I?

Shuna is researching clothes and accessories in the stores around the area, Ayame is going around trying to find anything related to technology, Rem and Ram doing housework while also reading their mangas, and Shion is glued to me and Rimuru.

I decided to stop at a convenience store around the corner, and as I look around when I enter the door, I could recognize a girl with long white hair inspecting a magazine rack on my left.

It's Rimuru, so I choose to sneak on him and tap his shoulder.

Shiori- "What are you doing?!"

Rimuru- "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"

That was a long scream.

Rimuru- "I swear that she's a legal loli officer!

.

.

.

Oh... it's just you..."

He heaves a sigh of relief after realizing it's me.

Shiori- "Are you reading something controversial that you would need to clarify?"

Rimuru- "No... but I am trying to read an adult magazine. 

Though, it's not as great as the one in the doujinshi aisle in the bookstore"

Shiori- "Why did you say legal loli?"

Rimuru- "Uh... a force of habit?"

Shiori- "Right..." I squint my eyes and look intensely into his.

Rimuru- "Anyway... I think that's enough magazine for a day, maybe we need to do some time skip so that the reader won't have to wait for the new year celebration"

Shiori- "I'm sure that will happen later, but I'll have to pay for these chips first, wait for me"

I quickly pay for my snacks and got out of there with Rimuru. It's already morning and some people got out early from their house to buy groceries or something for tonight, some people are opening their shops, the pedestrian street begins to load with the crowd of people and we might lose each other at this rate.

Shiori- "Rimuru, hold my hand.

Tempest is nearby but I don't want to lose you in this crowd of people"

Rimuru- "Right... yes, we wouldn't want that to happen... hahaha"

We hold our hands together and I give Rimuru an unimpressed stare when I spot him blushing like a high school girl that is going to roll on her bed just because their crush is giving her some kind of minor skinship.

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