The Slime led two women, one tall and one small, down the path, hopping along in front with a pensive expression. As for how a Slime could make such a complex expression, one could only say that Rimuru was not quite the same as an ordinary, common Slime.
The matter Rimuru was currently agonizing over was, naturally, his current situation. Although he had originally intended to find other Transmigrators, meeting Shiro and Tsukasa was completely outside his expectations.
Furthermore... the current situation was vastly different from what he had imagined. It didn't feel at all like he had found companions who had transmigrated from the same world; instead, he had found two big bosses he needed to please. He had even been reduced to their lackey, doing lackey work. He felt like something was very wrong here.
"The gap between this and what I imagined is just too big..." Rimuru sighed helplessly. However, for now, he hadn't thought about abandoning them and running away. No matter what, they were all Reincarnators. Besides, although Tsukasa seemed mercurial, she was actually quite easy to coax.
"Hiss-ha!"
A lizard with a face shaped like a fan suddenly jumped out. Rimuru jumped in fright, his body trembling. After landing, he looked at the monster that had suddenly run out to scare a Slime with a deadpan expression, though his eyes were very calm.
"Oh, it's just a Fire Lizard. What the heck, jumping out and scaring me like that. Are you planning to attack me?" Rimuru looked at the Fire Lizard.
Behind him, Tsukasa and Shiro stopped and watched these two small monsters, having no intention of interfering. A mere small Fire Lizard—if they had to deal with a monster of this level themselves, then what was the point of bringing this Slime along?
Moreover, this trouble was brought on by the Slime himself. Out of the three of them, only this Slime made no effort to hide his presence, walking down the road while emitting a massive magicule reaction, which had frightened the nearby Fire Lizard into coming out.
"Ha!"
The Fire Lizard spat a small flame.
Rimuru jumped, dashing along the edge of the flame. Then, his body opened up, transforming directly into a large mouth that swallowed the stunned Fire Lizard whole. The battle ended with Rimuru instantly killing his opponent.
"Speaking of which, is that skill your Unique Skill, Mr. Slime?" Tsukasa inquired. She also had a Unique Skill, but after learning about Shiro's, she was particularly dissatisfied with her own. Even though she was no longer human, it seemed the cheat she got wasn't that kind of incredibly powerful thing.
Rimuru turned back to look at Tsukasa. After thinking for a moment, he felt there was no need to hide it and replied, "Yeah, my Unique Skill [Predator] allows me to obtain the skills and forms of the monsters I eat. Miss Shiro seems to have a similar skill, right?"
Shiro nodded.
"My Unique Skill is [Feeder], which allows me to increase my stats by performing Feast."
When Little Tsukasa heard that both of their Unique Skills were cheating abilities like this, her expression immediately darkened, and she gloomily looked at her own Unique Skill.
"Little Tsukasa, what is your Skill?" Shiro noticed that Little Tsukasa seemed very concerned about this matter.
Rimuru also looked over curiously.
He was also very curious about what kind of Skill a reincarnated Angel would have; surely it would be more powerful than the Skills of Monsters like them!
Little Tsukasa crossed her arms, raised her head, and said dismissively, "For me, even if I don't need a Unique Skill, it's no problem at all."
Rimuru and Shiro understood immediately.
It was probably a Unique Skill that wasn't very powerful.
Seeing that the two were too embarrassed to press further, Little Tsukasa felt relieved but also slightly annoyed, saying, "I'm serious. Otherwise, if we encounter Monsters later, I'll let you witness my power. I also wanted to test the abilities of this new body anyway, so don't be scared when that happens!"
She needed to prove that what she said was true!
Shiro reached out and patted Little Tsukasa's head. For a moment, Little Tsukasa froze, staring at Shiro, who didn't seem to realize what she had done. In the past, no one had ever dared to pat her head, and even if she temporarily lacked memories, she remembered such things very clearly.
"Shiro."
"?
"Come closer."
After Shiro approached, looking confused, Little Tsukasa suddenly floated up, reached out her small hand, and patted Shiro's head, a smile appearing on her face.
"?
Shiro looked at her, confused.
Little Tsukasa said seriously, "I think patting heads should be my job. I should be the one doing the patting, not the one being patted."
"I don't know."
Shiro shook her head.
She really didn't understand these things.
"But Little Tsukasa, you are a child right now."
"...I only look like a child. Are you really going to treat me like a child?"
"You've lost your memory."
"I already told you I haven't lost my memory!"
Little Tsukasa was very displeased with Shiro's attitude.
Floating in the air, positioned higher than Shiro, she looked down and said, "I just temporarily don't want to think about too many things. I plan to take a good vacation in this world for a while. When the time comes, whether it's my memories or my physical form, everything will be restored, so please don't treat me like a child!"
Shiro nodded.
Rimuru watched Little Tsukasa seriously discussing this matter and really wanted to complain that only a child would care about such things! But remembering the child's strength, he decided it was best not to say anything so reckless. He even actively deactivated his Magic Perception Skill at that moment, just in case he accidentally spoke something inappropriate.
However.
In the end, he still didn't know what Little Tsukasa's Unique Skill was. Although Little Tsukasa seemed to think that Unique Skill wasn't great, it was hard to say whether it was truly useless, as Little Tsukasa appeared quite picky.
Maybe she just looked down on it, and it wasn't that the Skill's effect was weak.
Sure enough, he was still very curious.
The group continued on their way.
Little Tsukasa looked at her three Unique Skills and felt they were much worse than the Skills of the Slime and Shiro, because the effects of all three Skills were rather lackluster.
[Instruction: Allows the transfer of one's own knowledge, experience, and skills to others. No limitations on the effect. Cooldown is once every 24 hours.]
[Sanctity: Ignores all negative effects.]
[Judgment: Seals the opponent's spell-casting ability. Effect lasts for 10 seconds. Cooldown is 1 minute.]
Although the Skills weren't weak.
But compared to growth-type Skills like [Feeder] and [Predator], they couldn't compare at all. And why did she have a baffling Skill like [Instruction]? What use could a Skill like that possibly have?
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