That time I got reincarnated as a slime,no, a DRAGON?

CH-31 Tempest Festival Day 5(Part 2)

Masayuki's POV

I thought I had survived but I am so dead. I had to fight that minotaur. There is no way I can win. I am lucky I survived with such little injury. I guess my skill did help a lot. If not for it, I would have been dead a long time ago. But I doubt even that luck can save me now. I am in a room where I am sitting alone. There is a seat on the other side of the table for the Demon Lord Rimuru. Suddenly the door opened. I jolted around to see who it was. It was Shuna.

"No need to be so tense, Hero-sama. Rimuru-sama will be here in a few moment."
"I-I see."

How can I not be tense? He is a demon lord. And my friends even antagonized him. What will he do to me? After some time the Demon  lord came in. I see. So this is my last day. This skill was bloody useless. I don't even have a girlfriend yet. I wanted a mature women to be my girlfriend but now I am going to die without even meeting one. Such a useless life.

"Nice to meet you Masayuki. Today's fight was underwhelming, to say the least."
"I know. You-"
"Let's eat first. Shuna."

Shuna then enters with a lot of Japanese cuisine. As soon as she set it down, demon lord Rimuru said something I couldn't believe.

"Itadakimasu"

"Wait. Rimuru-san, are you Japanese?"
"Hmmm. Yes I am. Did I not tell you? I guess I didn't huh? Anyway, that is why I invited you. Let's have a small talk, but before that, why don't we eat."
"Alright. Itadakimasu."

After that I started eating. It is so tasty. Is this heaven? Must be. It was so tasty that I didn't even talk about anything. After I finished eating, we finally talked.

"Rimuru-san,I have decided. I will be your subordinate."
"Huh?"
"Well, you see. Since I came to this world, I got this skill 《Chosen One》 due to which everyone believes that I am a hero or what not. In reality I am just a normal human, you know. I don't even know how to wield a sword. I have just been lucky till now, but i don't think that will continue. So I want to be your subordinate."
"I see. Having you would really help me. How about this. You can stay here and advertise the labyrinth. It will be like a game. You can even respawn and collect loot from the labyrinth. You can in return suggest things to make it better."
"That sounds like fun, but I don't know how to fight you know?"
"That's alright. For tomorrow, you just need to explore and fight some low level monster. Leave that to you teammates. But after the festival, there is a hellish training waiting for you. You atleast need to be strong enough to stand on your own." I suddenly felt shivers run down my spine. He is  a demon lord alright. Even if he was once Japanese, he is a demon lord. His sadistic smile said it all.

"Well, you should take a rest now. You have a labyrinth to venture into tomorrow."
"Ya. I will take my leave then."
"Also, no need to try and be formal in front of me. You are failing quite spectacularly though."
"Hahaha. Alright."

It was nerve wracking but he seems like a nice person. I went back to the inn I was staying in.

"Where were you guys?" I asked. They had told me that they were invited by one of his subordinates.
"H-huh? M-Masayuki, nothing. We were just invited by Demon lord Rimuru's subordinate for dinner and let Jinrai choose an equipment. Isn't it Jinrai?" Bernie said.
"Ah. Yes. Masayuki, it seems that the demon lord is not as bad as we thought."
"Yes, so we shouldn't try to kill him." Jiu said.

They are acting a bit weird.
"I see. Then rest for today, we have to go to the labyrinth tomorrow."

I say that and go to bed.

Some time ago.......

Jiu's PoV

We are on our way to a private restaurant where we are invited. Masayuki was invited for a personal dinner with the demon lord. If he dies now, then our plan will fail. But I don't think the demon lord would do so. It would hurt his reputation greatly if he did so.