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"This is speaking"

'This is thinking'

#this is thought-communication and things similar#

Chapter 2 Thank you for the name!

Multiple days later, ?'s POV

It has been a while since I realized it, but I don't refer to myself or my brother by our old names, it's not like I don't remember, I remember who I was, but it's more like they're a different person,

I watched my brother speeding around and eating plants while I consumed the metals around here when I noticed he was about to fly off a cliff

#Watch out!# I yelled, but it was too late, and I followed him as he fell and floated next to him as he sank into the water,

'Come on, don't leave me,' |Do not worry, Slimes do not require oxygen| Sage lord said to me, so I was left to ponder how he would be able to get out of the water until he began to expand and water flooded towards his front, and he took off at a high speed

|Skill: "water pressure propulsion" acquired| Lord said to me as I blown away, I got to my feet fast, followed my brother's example and used my new skill to follow my brother as he shot out of the water, and slammed into something probably a rock

#Are you okay!# I asked to which I got a groan of confirmation

"Can you hear me, little ones?" I heard someone ask their voice was rough it was coming from the rock, well it wasn't a rock cause rocks don't talk,

#What are we supposed to say, wait, can we even talk,# I said

"Hello? answer me-" #We're trying asshole!# My brother snapped at the person

" "asshole"...? Ahhh… I suppose you have a death wish." the voice stated with venom dripping from his words 'we're so dead,'

#Sorry, we didn't know that you could hear us,# I said to the person

#This is a conversation of the mind,# The voice stated

#Ahh. well, we can't actually see, so… um. Who are you?# My brother stated

#Me? My name is… well, I suppose it doesn't matter if you cannot even see me. In that case, I shall help you to see, but only if you do not panic when you see me.# The voice offered

#I don't see anything wrong with it, I accept your terms,# I stated with my brother nodding

#there is a skill called "magic sense" it will allow you to detect magicules in your surroundings,# the voice stated

#You can gain this skill by sensing the movement of Magicules outside of your body, then you will be able to "see" and "hear" the outside world,# it continued 'so it's something similar to what I was doing already, but I wasn't sensing the stuff around me it was more like, they were just telling me where they were there,'

'So reach out to the magicules, and trace their location… '

|Extra skill: "magic sense" acquired,|

'That was easy, jeez that's gotta be like a lv. 1 skill,'

|In order to manage the great amount of information gained by this, it is recommended to sync the results with "Sage Lord"|

'Fine sync the results with Sage Lord,'

|Do you wish to activate "magic sense"?| Lord asked 'yes, do it,'

Immediately the foggy and murky details of the cave become clearer and now I could see the cave that I had been inhabiting for the first time, I could see the crystals protruding from the cave walls and the bright colors that floated near them, while before I could "sense" where things were, but it felt more like I was being told where everything was in a room,

As I looked around I saw my brother who was indeed a slime, go to a nearby stream that ran through this cave, I followed him, and looked into the stream and at my reflection,

I Looked like a futuristic robot, my head wasn't human in appearance, instead, it was like a helmet with two slits for eyes 'why couldn't I see?'

|Answer: your "eyes" Lacked a calibration preset,| Lord said to me 'so I couldn't see because my eyes had no idea what they were meant to pick up?'

|Correct.|

As I continued to analyze my form I noticed something behind me so I turned my head to look at it, and to my surprise, it was a pair of transparent wings that had a hexagonal pattern that seemed to flow across it,

they looked a lot like insect wings and the length of the wings was thicker than the rest and seemed to be where the hexagonal pattern came from,

#It seems that you were successful.#

#yes, thank you, so-,# Brother said as we turned to look at the man that helped us,

#Then I shall introduce myself now,#

"I am Veldora, the Storm dragon!" Veldora shouted "One of just four dragons in this world! Kwahahahahaha!"

"Hrm? I told you not to panic," the dragon stated as he looked at our shivering state and I could taste the snark in his tone

#That's not fair, we weren't expecting you to shout at us like that!# I shouted at him, you know normally yelling at someone who could easily kill you, would be stupid, but when someone teases me I just have to respond.

"Apologizes, I did not intend to make you angry," he stated 'guess I caught him off guard, this is awkward,'

#No, I'm sorry I shouldn't have snapped at you like that, you were just trying to have some fun… Well it is nice to meet you Veldora,# I said to him

"It is nice to meet you as well… have you by chance been named?" he asked 'named what does he mean?'

#Well no, not in this life, but in my previous life I did have a name, and so did my bond-brother,# I said to the dragon

"You are bond-brothers… truly, that could only mean… you are both not of this world, are you?" he said as he looked at us, 'I… how did he… '

#You are correct, I was stabbed and died in my world,# my brother said sensing my hesitation,

"That is an extraordinarily rare way to be born here. We do have the occasional rebirth or traveler from elsewhere, but never have I heard of a person or even two being reincarnated in this world." Veldora stated 'Jeez, way to make a robot android thing feel out of place,'

#So there are others who have come here?# brother asked

"Indeed, from what I hear, those who cross into this world gain powers according to their desires," Veldora explained 'wow, so this is basically an isekai anime world'

#Hey, maybe there's another Japanese person here, guess I could try to seek them out.#

#Or another Norwegian,# I said I didn't really care about finding other people from our old world, I just wanna be with my brother,

"I see… so you will be leaving me," Veldora said, he seemed very lonely

#Are you stuck here, Veldora?# brother asked

"I am, I have been trapped in this cave ever since a hero sealed me in here, 300 years ago. It's sooo boring." the dragon explained he went on and talked about how he was defeated, but one thing was clear

#Maybe you lost because you were taking with her looks…?# brother asked the dragon

"Wha…? How dare you suggest that!" Veldora shouted, but he still kept on describing the woman's looks 'he really isn't that scary when I look at him, he just seems lonely,'

#Okay! So...ya wanna be friends with us?# 'really, was that the best way to continue this conversation,'

"You! A Slime? Dare to be "friends" with the great storm dragon Veldora?" Veldora shouted I kinda zoned out cause I started imagining what it would be like if a cute girl said it,

#I do insist! So that settles it! And if you say no, We'll never come back!# the slime said as he turned away from the dragon making me look stupid as I just mimic my brother and turned from Veldora,

"You leave me no choice! I allow you to be my friend" the dragon said 'How the fuck did that even work, is Veldora so lonely, that just the threat of being left alone is enough to coerce him into agreeing,'

#We should probably find a way to free you, I wouldn't feel right about just abandoning you here,# I said, trying to ignore the mind-blowing situation

"Hmm?" Veldora just looked like he was confused

#What, did ya think I would just abandon a friend in need?# I said to the dragon as my brother approached the barrier caging our friend, and attempted to use predator on it, only for it to fail

#Great sage is there any way to break the barrier containing Veldora?# The slime asked their skill

#I would assume there's no practical way to free him that is known, other than to wait til Veldora is dead or to get the hero who trapped him in here to free him,#

|Correct, though there is one method of freeing him that, but it will require data from both the inside and outside of the barrier,| Lord said to me

#But how would we get data from the inside, we can get the data on the outside, but we can't get the data on the inside, or can we…# I murmured

"Hey, don't just talk to your skill!"

#Jeez, no reason to get jealous we're trying to free you,# I said to Veldora

"I, the great Storm dragon Veldora would never be jealous," the dragon pouted

#Are you sure? You seem to be jealous, or are you mad that we're still here maybe we should just leave?# I said to him 'he's so easy to tease'

#Enough! Jeez, I figured out how to get you out Veldora, if we analyze both the inside and outside of "Unlimited Imprisonment," we might be able to undo it,# Brother said 'so what I said is just gonna be ignored,'

"Ah, however, my skills, like my body, are sealed and imprisoned," Veldora stated

#All we need from you is information, My brother's Skill "Great Sage" and my skill "Sage lord" will do the analysis,# I said

"But that will take time, do you not wish to leave this place and reunite with your fellows from home?" Veldora said

#Exactly, so here's the plan, how about you squeeze into my stomach, Veldora?#

'What did he just say?' I was so shocked by my brother's suggestion that I didn't hear the beginning of Veldora's three-stage laugh, and got scared shitless when the dragon burst out laughing and fell on my ass, making the dragon laugh even hard

"Kahahaha! Very interesting! Do it! And I shall entrust myself to you!" Veldora said 'has he gone insane or something?'

#really? You're just gonna trust me like that?# my brother said he probably also thought he would need to talk the dragon into it

"Of course! Trying to break out of this "Unlimited Imprisonment" together, will bring much more enjoyment than waiting alone for your return!" Veldora said 'so he has gone mad,'

#Okay, first I'm gonna use "predator" to eat you…# the slime said to the dragon

"Oh, but before that, I shall name you both, and you must also think of a name we shall share, it will imprint our status as equals upon our souls," Veldora said as he began to think of a name for us while murmuring names under his breath,

'Storm, Stormcaller? No too simple, hurricane, tornado, Tempest-' my thoughts were interrupted when my brother said #what about tempest?#

"It is glorious! There has never been a better name! From this day forward, my name shall be Veldora Tempest!" the newly named Veldora said

"And you shall have… Rimuru, you may call yourself Rimuru Tempest," Veldora said to my brother and turned to me

"And your name shall be… Hotaru, you may call yourself Hotaru Tempest," the dragon said, once the words left his mouth, I felt power surge through me as my new name became imprinted upon me,

"Proceed, my friend," Veldora said

#All, right, Veldora, you ready to escape your unlimited imprisonment?# Rimuru asked our newest family member 'is he our younger or older brother?'

"I am ready! Don't keep me waiting. We shall become one, rimuru," Veldora said as Rimuru rapidly expanded almost like an explosion of Slime as he covered the barrier and Veldora, and slowly stored the massive dragon inside his stomach that acted like some sort of game inventory,

|Shall I analyze the unique skill "Unlimited Imprisonment"?| Lord asked me as Rimuru returned to normal size, 'yes! do it!'

#What will we do now?# I asked Rimuru as I floated down to him,

#I don't know, why don't we try to make our way out of this cave "Hotaru"... # Rimuru said as he began to move toward a random cave opening that seemed to go upwards

#Why did you say my name weirdly?# I asked as I followed after him

#Hotaru means firefly,# he said 'damn that is a super girly name, I guess I have something to do when we release Veldora,'

And this concludes chapter 2

I have a rule that I can only upload one chapter a month max so be happy I posted this one since someone pm'd me begging me to post a new chapter and I was pretty much done with this one,

But that still makes me happy since you all seem to really enjoy the first chapter, well anyway see ya all later when I upload chp 3