[On Hold] I'm a what?! (That Time I got reincarnated as a slime x Male Reader)

Chapter 18: Onwards

You began to walk to the Lord's house, you could see it at the edge of town as it was a large mansion overlooking the people- a status symbol of wealthy surely made and improved by each of the Lord's that have taken over the city. You began to head up it's raised platform, walking into the courtyard as guards raised their spears at you but were given the news by a panicked looking message boy that the Lord was dead. The guards soon left the mansion, rushing home to their families with smiles as they thanked you whilst passing by- you enjoyed being thanked, you didn't like the attention of being a hero known around the world but being a local icon people thanked was good enough.

You were left alone now as maids and slaves were freed by guards and allowed to leave the town if they wanted, they agreed to take the slaves back home in the morning since it was only the Lord who wished to have them captive- it seemed the people of the town were good people ran by an evil lord. The mansion was empty but soft cries could be heard by only you, directly below where you stood, this could only mean one thing and it pissed you off. You rushed into the house after hearing the crying and attempted to look around, you couldn't see anything out of the ordinary apart from monsters stuffed like trophies- you began to use omnipresence to look around and soon found a staircase hidden behind a wall. You returned to your body after entering spiritual form and began to walk to the wall, finding the switch was for pussies so you simply punched a hole in it and stepped inside.

The staircase was long, people who ran the town seemed enthatuated with long things, probably compensating, but you still rushed down the many winding steps until you reached a hallway, there wasn't many lights but you could see fine anyway and walked through the hall- there were dead bodies in cages along the sides, they were old though so probably used as a prison atleast over a decade ago. You spotted a door at the end and rushed to it, hearing the crying from behind it as you gripped the handle and pulled it off the hinges towards you as not to hurt anyone inside.

Before you was a well decorated but dimly lit room, it seemed noble in design but lacked windows and sat on the bed with a chain linking her to the bedframe was a small frail girl- she had long blonde hair tied into pigtails and bound with black ribbons, she wore a noble's outfit that one would usually only adorn for a funeral and her beautiful blue eyes seemed cold and tired; she looked at you and sighed, turning away.

Girl: " are you another suitor my father sent down here... I'm suprised you came alone and that he's resorted to commoners... "

You were in your human form, you looked like a common-folk man and so it was understandable she acted that way- it seemed she had grown tired of constantly being visited by people that her father could sell her off to but you weren't here for that, for once she was going to hear good news; she looked at you slightly annoyed, wondering why you hadn't spoken or left yet before you reached into your pocket and pulled out a ring, she could tell what it was but not fully but she could still tell it was a ring.

Girl: " Planning to propose? how lame... tch "

You: " Can you catch? "

She looked confused before you gently tossed her the ring, having not stepped a foot in her room yet as she hadn't been able to tell the door was ripped off since she woke up after you placed it to the side like it was still attached. She looked at the ring closely in her hand as she recognised that it was the one her father wore.

Girl: " Did he give you this? Both of you are vile men, to use such an item; it's desp- "

You: " He's dead "

Girl: " Huh...? "

You: " Your father... the one who held that ring is dead "

Girl: " And what now, you're here to threaten me to tell you where he hides his treasure? I don't know since I've b- "