Chapter 17: Into the Deep

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(A/N: And I'm back.  officially.  With this chapter hopefully I can keep things moving along smoothly after this point.  guess we'll just have to see.  note that I'm going to be going back and editing the chapters so I may still not upload for a time.  that's it.  later.)

(Rimuru POV)

An endless darkness encompassed me. A fuzzy feeling blocked my thoughts. It was as if sludge had been inserted directly into my head. I could see nothing, hear nothing, feel nothing.

Just a boundless darkness with me in its epicenter. My mind grew numb with boredom.

How long had it been?

Hours? Days?

Maybe a few minutes?

<<Apporxametly 3 days, 8 hours 4 minutes and 34 seconds>>

...

Great sage...I appreciate the answer...but you're kind of ruining the mood I had going. I complain internally.

<<...>>

Sheesh, it's a joke no need to pout. I laugh.

<<...>>

Alright, I'm sorry I'm sorry.

<<...hmph>>

...anyway, moving on from that, yeah I entered sleep mode about 3 days ago. I thought I could hear great sage saying something to me when I first fell asleep, but according to them, they had said nothing.

So yeah I've just been here... alone with great sage.

Not exactly the best conversation partner. But I will take what I could get.

I mostly just sat around though, waiting for myself to finally wake up.

Haaaaa just what is happening on the outside? I think to myself internally.

It was pretty worrying, I was unsure whether Sophia would even recognize me in this form, and even if she did what about everything going on within the city? Loki familia was probably trying to figure things out about me and Sophia ever since we escaped Finn.

Perhaps he told the guild about me? That would be a massive problem if he did end up doing that.

And what was Hermes doing in all of this? He had to be my biggest concern since I fell into this state.

What about Bell? I know I fell into this state a fair bit before the incident had fully resolved itself but I still wanted to know what they were up to. Had I alleviated their concerns a little with my actions? Had I made their fear of me worse by demonstrating my strength?

HHAAAAAAAAAAAAA so many questions with so few answers. It was really exhausting having all these thoughts without any way to confirm or deny them. And this wasn't the end.

Every now and then memories from the past would pop into my head, which put a damper on my mood.

Luckily for me though it would seem my prison sentence was finally ending.

<<Report. Sleep mode has concluded.>>

Great sage informed me. Finally.

Oh? Really? That's great! As these thoughts came to me I could slowly feel my body again. It was in slime form.

<<Activating magic sense.>>

As Great sage said that all wave information entered my mind instantly and a scene I could never predict came to the forefront of my mind.

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