The Reincarnations of Veldanava

Use Your Heart and Not Your Eyes

The room was filled with tension as the Primordial girls bluffed each other with their auras.

Meanwhile, Rimuru just sat there. They were strong, but not enough to bother him. However, he still had to stop them before it devolved into a full-blown fight.

It would be stupid of him if he let the Primordials clash. After all, they were pretty destructive, especially Carrera who was an Awakened Demon Lord.

"Oi, you two, have some manners. Ramiris will be mad if the control room is messed up, and I don't want to listen to her complain."

"Yes, milord." Carrera was quite humble and cooperated; that was far from her true nature.

Her infamous reputation, Rimuru had heard about it from the Demon Lords, mostly from Leon who seemed to have a bone to pick with her.

But who cared about that guy, right? Rimuru, for instance, didn't care what that man had to say.

Let's return to Carrera, she was very obedient to Rimuru's order, just like other Primordials on his side.

There was something about having a delinquent-looking JK schoolgirl acting according to his whims that made his heart go doki-doki.

The contrast between her delinquent look and precious move made it endearing, so endearing.

A rude girl acted all cutesy was just too much for this poor man's heart. A gap moe was a wonderful thing, wasn't it?

"But I didn't do anything wrong. That rude woman threatened me first. You are on my side, right, Rimuru-sama?" Rain protested.

Realizing that she would be safe as long as she stayed close to Rimuru, Rain hugged his arm.

"Oi, didn't I tell you to not get too close? You are nothing but a bad omen!"

Rain let out an exaggerated squeal and hugged his arm tighter. "Kyaa! That wild beast is threatening this poor Rain again. Please protect me, Rimuru-sama."

"Who do you call a wild beast?!"

"You're an unsophisticated brute. It is you," Rain taunted and got even closer to Rimuru. He could feel every draw of her breath; they were that close now.

The maid he had praised just a few minutes ago was acting pretty childish. In fact, Rimuru thought he could even label her as a brat.

A proper maid acting like this was a gap moe as well, wasn't it? Let's be honest here, he didn't mind her at all.

The Primordials were roughly the same age, being born during the dawn of creation, but the way they look and carry themselves played a large role in how they were treated by Rimuru.

He expected a lot from Diablo and Testarossa as they looked like adults. So, he wouldn't mince his words when he had to criticize them. Guy and Mizari would also get the same treatment.

Meanwhile, Ultima could get away with a lot more shenanigans since she looked like a child. Rimuru, for an obvious reason, associated children with chaos.

When he caught her being the reason behind Raja's turmoil, Ultima got off basically with just a slab on a wrist.

Yes, he had ordered her to take care of the mess she made, but that was the equivalent of telling a child to clean up a broken vase. It was the right thing to do, but that was about it.

She didn't get scolded or punished afterward, whereas if it was Diablo or Testa who caused that problem, they would definitely be.

Realistically, Ultima shouldn't get any special treatment, but there was a part of him that thought a child wouldn't know better.