[DROPPED] That time an elite reincarnated with a slime

Volume 2 (dropped)

Veldora Tempest POV.

This is awkward.

I can't even read any of the sacred texts so I'm unable to quench my boredom. Rimuru is sitting on my lap in his slime mode. The reason for this is the 2 people sitting opposite each other in a tense staredown.

On my left is Daerius, in a purple kimono that he has been taking a liking to. His pale blonde hair is held up in a high ponytail, while his lavender eyes have a different shine in them than their usual calm gleam, his caramel skin still looked like it would taste nice to eat. Opposite him is a pretty woman.

A really pretty woman.

She's wearing a single-piece dress that makes her beauty more apparent. She has pale blonde hair scaringly similar to Daerius's. Her eyes were a darker lavender, looking more like an amethyst, again, scaringly similar to Daerius. Her skin was a healthy peach, making her a different type of beauty than what is shown in media. She just awkwardly met Daerius's uncharacteristically serious gaze.

"Why do you like that?" He asked, his monotone voice holding a hint of aggression in it.

"Excuse me?" She pretended not to hear him.

"I asked, why do you look like that?"

"Is it not polite to introduce oneself first?"

"I'm not polite."

""..."" Me, Rimuru, and me could only sit awkwardly at our brother's unusually provocative behavior.

"I see... So your question was...?"

"Why do you look like her?"

Her? Who's he talking about? Judging by his mannerism, could it be!? A past lover!?

"I was...made to look like this?" She tilted her head as she gave herself a one-over.

"Why do you sound like her?"

"... I was made to speak like this."

"Then why are you here?"

"To be your star-crossed lover."

What? Why does that sound so ominous? The use of the word lover is supposed to be romantic.

"How poetic." Daerius sarcastically remarked.

"Don't act so casual!" Rimuru exclaimed with a tiny appendage pointing out of his spherical body. Some of the tension that was in the room left at the childish outburst. Daerius opted to pat Rimuru's head as a way of appeasing him.

... This is how protagonists monologue, right?

"... Tch," All the tension that left came back at Daerius's irritation, "This could've been more ideal," everyone looked at Daerius as he said those ominous words, so it's not according to Keikaku I assume.

"You," He pointed at the increasingly suspicious individual, "What's your name?"

"Shouldn't you give yours first?"

"I remember telling you I'm not a polite person."

"Lilith. No family name as my current alias does not need it." She said in a thinking pose.

"You're not even trying to be subtle."

"Why would I be?"

"*Haah...* Valid point."

"May I get your name?"

"No, I don't really feel like letting you get anything."

"... Are you always like this?" Lilith could only ask.