I'm Not a Bad Slime, Slurp

Charybdis

After a few more weeks of training, Youm and his followers are ready to leave and spread the word about the orc lord being defeated by them and them receiving aid from a friendly monster nation. "Their forms have finally taken shape. Although only for a short period, these are the results of earnest training," Hakuro chuckles to himself as Kori agrees with him. What was once a group of ruffians a few weeks ago was carefully molded by Hakuro's swordsmanship training and Kori's various skill acquiring training into a party worthy of the title of heroes. I must say that they look very convincing.

"Rommel headed back to Falmuth shortly before us," Youm explains, "He was ecstatic about reporting the Orc Lord's defeat. ...Well, not that we were the ones who defeated it." I tell him that it's fine since it's a win-win situation for all of us. Anyway, after this, Youm will make his name as a hero. They will gather fame and tell the story involving a helping hand from a city of monsters. Just then, Milim notices that Youm and his group are leaving and she pats him on the back. Ever since she punched his forehead, Youm made sure to never cross her again.

I then comment, "Good for you, Youm. It isn't every day that you get praise from a demon lord." That confused Youm as I explained, "Oh, yeah. Right, we've never properly introduced her. This here is Demon Lord Milim." Youm just looks at us perplexed. And thus, Youm embarked on his journey a little bit tipsy.

*~*~*

"-But that was a shock. The name did sound familiar, but to think she's the Milim Nava." Fuze tells us.

"Well," Rimuru explains, "we were also caught off guard when she first came here, and then out of nowhere, she began living here..."

Fuze: "Now, I know how she feels. This place is quite homely."

Me: "I'm glad you like it."

Rimiuru: "So... How long are you staying?"

Fuze: "Well, this and that, you know?"

Me: "Looks like someone's enjoying their absence. So what happened to your help with the hero plan?"

Fuze replies, "Ah, no worries. I've already given my share of orders. I've already determined that we can trust you, so..." I'm glad our hot springs make us trustworthy. He then says while we get out of the hot springs, "I'm so glad...that such a relaxing place was built so close to the Blumund Kingdom. If only the trip was so risky..."

I'm just getting miffed that he thinks that we're just a public bathhouse as Rimuru suggests, "Maybe we should build roads. We were thinking about building roads to Blumund." Fuze tells us that doing that is a national-level project. Rimuru then explains, "We want this city to grow. And for that to happen, we need visitors from all over. We will provide materials for the highway. And in exchange, we want you to spread the word that we're harmless."

Fuze looks at us before doing a sitting bow to us and says, "...Alright. If you would go that far, then I will do everything in my power to spread the word about this city." We thank him and offer more sake or whatever alcohol we had, I forget. Then I got to thinking, and I believe Rimuru had the same thought process. Maybe we can squeeze a bit more out of this guy. If monsters acted with civility, they might look incredibly favorable in the eyes of humans. Like if a delinquent saves let's say a kitten, he would look virtuous in comparison.

We look at the now drunk, out-cold guild master thinking about him being so lax, unlike our very lively Milim. Just then, we hear footsteps rushing to the door as Milim bursts through it, exclaiming, "Wahahahaha! I have returned!" before tackling us. Eren tells us how helpful Milim was, making hunting for food a breeze. Milim tells us, "It was a big catch today!" We tell her that we'll take a look.