Tensura: Rimuru Is a Girl (Translation)

Chapter 18: Tempest Country.

Damn, am I late? When I arrived at the entrance of Tempest, the nearby residential area was severely damaged. It seems Fallmut attacked before I got here.

"Rimuru-sama."

I turned to see someone calling me—it was Rigurd.

"Oh... It seems I'm not too late. Rigurd, how about the others?"

"There have been no casualties, just some minor injuries. Although there are also some citizens with serious injuries due to the enemy's attack, we were able to heal them thanks to the Full Potions sent by Gabiru-dono."

Thank goodness. We can renovate the damaged houses later. For now... "Rigurd, take me to the medical room."

He nodded and guided me. Yes... The citizens are fine, they are being well cared for, and there are no casualties.

"Are you alright?" I approached a goblin and healed him with my magic.

"Rimuru-sama!"

He was surprised by my sudden arrival. "Hmm... Your wounds are healed now."

"Thank you, Rimuru-sama."

"Rimuru-sama!"

I turned to see Shuna calling me. She embraced me with a happy face. "I'm glad you're alright."

I patted her back to calm her down. "Yes, sorry for making you all worry."

"Rigurd, could you gather all the Tempest executives?"

"With pleasure, Rimuru-sama." He then bowed and quickly walked away.

"Alright, Shuna. You can let me go now."

Slowly, her grip loosened, and she released me. She glanced down. "Um... What happened to Veldora-sama?"

Eh...

Oh no! I forgot he was unconscious and had unconsciously dragged his body here.

"H-Haha, nothing happened. He just fell asleep during the journey. Haha, haha, ha," I said with an awkward laugh, scratching the back of my head.

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"So that's how it is... You've repelled the Fallmut forces."

We were now in the meeting room. Veldora had woken up and was reading manga on a nearby sofa.

"Good job, Diablo. Thanks to you, I was able to get here quickly." I gave him a thumbs-up; his eyes sparkled, his face lit up, and he smiled happily.

"It was nothing, Rimuru-sama. I would do anything for you."

Hmm, hmm.

"Due to Rimuru-sama's order not to kill humans, we only drove them away and waited for further instructions after Rimuru-sama arrived."

I see... I feel quite guilty here... Because of my prohibition, they got entangled in rules I set myself.

"Do you want to know why I prohibited you from killing humans at that time?"

I looked at them one by one. They remained silent, waiting for the next words from me.

"Because I used to be human."

All eyes were on me in disbelief, their eyes wide with shock at my words.

Then I told them about my past life, reincarnation as a slime, meeting the Storm Dragon Veldora, Goblins, Ogres, and up to now.

"Honestly, even though I'm a monster now, I still have human thoughts. So I decided to live my days with my own ego... I truly apologize for deceiving all of you."