Rimuru and Iruma's Adventures in the Netherworld

Ciel in Control [Bonus Chapter]

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"Spoken dialogue"

'Quoting'

*Action*

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Internal thoughts/talking to Ciel

[[Ciel talking]]

{{Thought Communication}}

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**Earlier That Day**

Ciel POV

"You know what? I don't even care anymore... I'll see you later, Iruma." Master mutters dejectedly, leaving everyone else behind.

[[Master...]]

Master storms out of the room, deeply hurt that his sleepless nights spent on that investigation were made for naught by Iruma's friends.

Suddenly, his emotions boiled over, a wave of his aura pulsing outwards. In an instant, I suppressed any further release, but I could sense that the whole school had noticed, and those who had just seen Master knew very clearly he was the source of the terrifying feeling they had just felt.

[[Master, please stop! You are bringing far too much attention to your powers!]]

Ignoring my pleas, Master teleported outside the school, wanting to be away from anyone. Even if his emotions were no longer spilling out as aura, I could still feel them.

He felt bitter, angry, and useless. It had been a long time since my master had felt useless, and I knew for certain that he isn't, so I addressed that first.

[[Master, you are not useless.]]

{{Yes, I am... there's no way I could have gotten to the point I have without your help and you know that! Even you were saying I wasn't a capable leader...}}

I'm the reason he feels useless? It hurts to know that... But it's important that I do know it, to rectify my mistakes.

After some back and forth, I managed to put him at ease, and Master slumped to the ground.

{{I'm not really in the mood to go back in there... What do you think about taking control for a while?}}

I could tell he felt uncomfortable and awkward thinking about running into any of the people he just had an emotional outburst in front of, so I took control of his body as he offered it up to me.

[[If that is what you want, Master, I will oblige.]]

{{Thanks, I appreciate it.}}

Rimuru POV

I slipped into a dream-like state as I passed control over to Ciel, not making any effort to remain aware of the outside world. After countless times of passing control to Ciel over the years, I was able to effortlessly reimagine the emptiness I was floating in as a living room with a TV and comfortable couch, which I softly landed on as I was reintroduced to gravity.

Do you think you can dig up a movie for me to watch? You know, from my memories?

Ciel appeared near me with a DVD storage folder in her arms, joining me 'in person' in my own imagination, even as she controlled my real body.

[[Certainly. Any specific requests?]]

Nah, surprise me. Just don't pick something I hate, haha...

Ciel POV

I considered various activities that would minimize my interaction with other people and came across one idea I felt very enthusiastic about. Quickly teleporting to Sullivan's side to ask about it, I appeared mere inches away from him and spoke through my Master's body.