Katsumi grinned as she got a third serving of the knight spider meat, her first two having been devoured almost instantly. Someone had been smart enough to bring back two entire knight spiders considering that they now had at least fifteen more human mouths to feed, if not more.
"I'm not sure how you stay so thin when you eat about the same amount as me," Benimaru said to her as she returned to the table they were sitting at. He had just finished his fourth serving of the night.
"I'm growing," Katsumi simply refuted, wasting no time in digging into her food.
"Growing? You didn't grow at all in the last three years. In fact, you shrank, little Tetra," Benimaru quipped back, a slight bubble of laughter escaping.
She glared at him, gulping down her food before spinning to face him. Clamoring onto her knees on the bench, she reached over, pressing both her hands on his head and using her weight to push his upper body down.
"Who's short now, huh, you damn rhea?" Katsumi smirked as she let go of him to catch a glimpse of his glare. "I'm not as tall because I evolved into a Kijin. If you're counting that I could say that you shrunk too." Katsumi huffed.
"Alright, alright. I get it. You're sensitive about your shortness," Benimaru shrugged. He flinched and laughed as Katsumi screeched his name and hit him on the arm. It didn't hurt at all, though, so he decided to taunt her a bit more. "Did you even hit me just now?"
"I swear, Benimaru. Do you want it to hurt? I'll make the slap hurt," Katsumi threatened back jokingly. The amusement in her eyes told Benimaru that she wasn't serious about it at all.
"Alright, children," Shuna interrupted as she set down her filled plate. It was at the very least her second plate, and she surely wasn't done for the night. "I think we should just all eat our fill and -"
"You're just defending her because you're short too," Benimaru interrupted, sticking out his tongue. Shuna's expression darkened, though her smile remained.
"Brother, did you want to repeat that?" she asked threateningly. Benimaru flinched at her expression and quickly shook his head. Seeing that, Katsumi pouted, turning away with a small 'hmph' and a complaint about how he wasn't scared of her threats. Benimaru noticed it, laughing slightly as he pulled her back toward him and gave her a peck on the cheek in apology.
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"Rimuru-sama?" Katsumi called as she poked her head through the doorway. Benimaru was off in the hot springs with Souei after their feast, so there was no way the two of them would hear her conversation with Rimuru.
Rimuru turned around in his human form.
"Katsumi? Did you need something?" Katsumi shyly entered the room, her hands tightly gripped together in front of her as she took small steps toward Rimuru. When she got in front of him, she dropped to her knees and bowed.
"Katsumi?!" Rimuru screeched in surprise. She kept her position.
"I have a request for you, Rimuru-sama," she started. Rimuru forced himself to calm down and hear her out. Katsumi raised her head slightly to look at Rimuru, her heterochromatic eyes focusing on his. "Can you remove this curse from my bloodline? I don't want my children to go through the same things that I did..."
Rimuru pondered over it. He did want to help her, but could he really? This was a curse on her bloodline and he had no experience whatsoever with curses, much less removing one. Despite that, her eyes showed that she was absolutely pleading with him, and he couldn't ignore it. Rimuru sighed.
"First of all, get up, Katsumi. You don't need to bow that low." Katsumi followed his orders and rose, changing her position so that she was sitting with her legs tucked under her. "Second, aren't you only 16? Why're you concerned with children at such an early age?"
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Through Thick and Thin | Benimaru
Fanfiction(Benimaru x OC) Benimaru was born as the young master to the ogre village. Born with powerful abilities and the pressure of being the young master, he has to fight the heat and stress. Thankfully, he isn't alone. His best first since her birth, Kats...
