{Under Rewrite} The Goddess and The Demon King [Book 1]: The Goddess's Journey

Chapter 7: Skills And Ogres?!

A/N: Before we begin, as a few of you noticed, I changed part of the plot in the prologue chapter.

It's only a minuscule part of the plot(At least for right now), but I thought I should bring it up before I get farther into the story. I have quite a bit planned for later ;)

Anyways, with that now out of the way, enjoy!

It's been about a week since Shizu passed away, and a few things have changed. The town has gotten a little larger since then, especially in the week that I was caring for her, more buildings have sprouted here and there so now it's beginning to look like a small town. Rigur and Gobta have been leading the guard and lookout force going around the town and the forest to keep it safe from monsters and to find monsters to hunt for food.

I begin to open my eyes as I start to wake up. The bed in my hut isn't the best but it isn't the worst to sleep on. Today I was thinking of practicing my skills since I've gotten many from mimicking a tempest starwolf to gaining Shizu's skills, which I will need to practice and possibly combine a few to get new ones like I did with the water and fire skills before. I was about to get up when a big wolf's head was lying on my stomach. Luckily, it noticed that I was awake so it took its head off and looked at me.

"Good morning, Mistress!" Ranga exclaimed with his tail wagging.

"Morning, Ranga." I chuckled as I petted and scratched behind his ear, which made his tail wag even more. I got out of bed and went to change into my clothes, putting my fur coat on last. I grabbed my mask from its stand before beginning to stare at it. Thank you again, Shizu... I flipped the mask over and put it on the side of my head. "Come on, Ranga. Let's start the day."

I opened the door and let Ranga go out first before closing the door behind me and sitting on his back. As we walk through the town, I truly begin to notice how much it has grown already. It started with a small goblin village, and now it's starting to become a town. Most of the huts and houses are temporary though, with only a few permanent buildings here and there like the dwarves' workshops. For now, the main focus is the water and plumbing system so we can get water and waste to and from our town easily. However, this is not even a fraction yet of what I envision for the future of this place, my dream and one of the promises I made to Shizu, a place of unity and Epliptic Harmony, the same meaning behind my mask.

"Good morning, Lady Rimuru!" I heard a hobgoblin shout.

"Good morning!" I waved back.

"Lady Rimuru!" I look behind me and see Rigurd walking towards us. Half of what we accomplished wouldn't have been possible yet without his own organization and leadership capabilities when I would be busy with other tasks around the town. "Are you leaving?"

"I am for a little while, I have some business in the sealed cave." I nod. He has started to look more human since I gave him the new title of Goblin King a few days ago, too. "That reminds me, how are the Goblin Lords doing?"

"They are doing quite well!" Back when we received five hundred new goblins when we arrived back from Dwargon, I made the four elders and chieftains direct subordinates of Rigurd. Rugurd, the Minister of Justice, Regurd, the Minister of Legislation, Rogurd, the Minister of Administration, and finally the lone female, Ririna as the Minister of Production. After I made Rigurd the Goblin King, I made the four of them into goblin lords. As we are just a small town still, they haven't been capable of using their roles to the fullest yet, but thanks to me teaching them, they are more than prepared for their roles. "By the way, Lady Rimuru. What would you like to eat today?"

I ponder for a second. "Hmm... how about telling them to surprise me? The meals have been quite good recently, so why not try to surprise me with a new one?"