Red Primordial Rimuru

19: Return

Velzard and Veldora were walking to Guy's castle quite leisurely. They were chatting about some common interests and events quite freely. It was something that never would have happened under normal circumstances. However, Velzard's matured, and in the process, helped mature Veldora. However, he's still got his quirks here and there.

Velzard: "You idiot! You know that I didn't want you rampaging everywhere, and you still did it anyways!"

Veldora: "... I didn't know. But you didn't have to kill me instantly!"

Velzard: *sigh*

Velzard was like Veldora in a sense. The main difference being that Velzard was better at finding excuses, which was "it's for your betterment!". To Veldora, this still remained unconvincing.

Veldora: "I think nee-san needs better excuses."

Velzard: "What more could be said besides 'Don't rampage because you'll destroy everything'?"

Veldora: "... I don't know."

It's normally a dead end when trying to reason with him, but Velzard decided to try something she learnt: bribery. The two are currently flying in their dragon forms to the Northern Continent. Velzard managed to convince him to visit without threatening him. It was quite a tiresome challenge to stabilize his troublesome personality.

Veldora: "Woah. This is where you live?"

Velzard: "Hm! That's right! Quite the impressive place, isn't it?"

Velzard bragged about the castle as it came into view. She glared towards Veldora as she said this, warning him not to make the careless mistake of destroying it.

Veldora: "I got it! I got it! I won't destroy the castle!"

The two landed on the castle's large balcony and met up with Misery, who was awaiting them.

Misery: "Welcome back Velzard-sama, and greetings to Veldora-sama."

Velzard transformed back to her humanoid form, but Veldora still struggled to transform into his humanoid form.

Velzard: "Take it easy! Try to compress and bottle up your magicules. Use it to form a body for yourself, just as we practiced."

Veldora grunted and looked like he was taking a dump. Velzard walked forward and touched him, helping Veldora manage his immense magicules until he eventually transformed into a pale skinned male of moderate build with long dark blue hair.

Velzard: "You forgot to manifest your clothes."

Veldora: "Ah right! Sorry nee-san!"

Veldora manifested a loose dark blue shirt with light blue sleeves that reached his knees. It was always an odd sight for Velzard, who kept mistaking Veldora's human appearance with the late Veldanava's appearance. But, more than that.

Velzard: "Why do you always come up with feminine clothes. Actually, why do they always look similar to mine?"

Veldora: "Well, I don't know what clothes I could choose from!"

This is one of Velzard's unresolved issues. She was stubborn, and reasonably secretive. She could've gave Veldora some inspiration, but the only source she could give was Guy, who she was infatuated with. If she showed Veldora her memories of Guy, he might, no he probably will ask something dumb like "why did you think about him?" or "do you like him?" and continually probe about the matter and even mutter to Guy himself about her feelings, which she couldn't bring herself to do. It was an unlikely possibility, but Veldora might even transform himself to look like Guy, which would be the worst thing that could ever happen.