Previously on The Slime Princess...
After we've gone further inside the cave, i start to feel uneasy...
⟨⟨Notice: Several Unidentified Life Forms were detected inside the cave, but it is believed almost all of them to be humans⟩⟩
(Almost?)
⟨⟨Correct, it is still unknown what is this lifeform⟩⟩
(We must prepare for the worse then)
I quickly went into fighting stance, the others looked at me "What are you doing Lylas?" Tiss-sensei asked me.
"I can sense some danger ahead, and i know it wasn't part of the Training" i said quitely. The others then act the same as i am after i said that. We're ready for whatever comes ahead...
Back to the present
As we go deeper i can sense the presence of evil, right after that a group of bandits surrounds us.
"Who are you, and what are you all doing in here?" I said while getting into fighting position
"Why do you care anyway little kid?" ho... this guy pissed me right now. The other can notice my annoyed expression as soon as that guy called me little kid.
"Execuse me, are you one of Gesdar's Colleagues?" (Tiss)
(Great Sage)
⟨⟨Understood, this person is one of the bandits that has confronted the individual Rimuru Tempest back in the past when entering Dwargon for the first time⟩⟩
(So mom has met this people before... Great Sage, how high are the chances of winning againts these people?)
⟨⟨Fighting them all except the unknown life form will have higher chances of success⟩⟩
So fighting that unknown life form will be quite troublesome huh, should i tell mom or not? Should i...? Probably nah, but i'll tell her when the situation gets really dangerous.
After that more of them starts surrounding us. I can feel a sense of bloodlust coming from Souei whos been watching us from the dark. Then i sent a message to him trough {Thoughts Communications}
'Souei, do not interfere unless needed'
'Understood, Lylas-sama'
"Who are these dudes" Kenya said unseathing his sword
Then the fatty blond haired bandit walks forward "Hey Hey, you're here earlier than heard you would be!" He then grabbing the meat on the plate while saying "So what should we do with you?" After that he ate the meat.
"Who are you people? And what are you doing here?" (Tiss)
Then the guy in the Cloak laughed while saying " 'What are you doing' she said" he then looked at the blond fatty and said "Well, boss?"
The boss than said while laughing "What i'm doing in here is being in charge here!" He then cleaned his mouth "is it just these kids here?"
The other bandits just nodded. The guy in heavy armor said "so, should we kill them here boss?"
The boss then said "no, if we make a ruckus the plan will be ruined" he stopped for a sec and continued "Where's the other guy?" Wich the guy in cloak responded with "Dunno, he seems to went further inside"
The boss said "Go complain that his info was off and ask him what to do"
"On it!" Said the guy in cloak and then he ran inside the dark cave
Kenya then steps forwards and pulled his sword towards the bandit boss "Everyone, Protect Sensei!"
"Hey wait, this isn't part of the training!" Tiss-sensei said as she really worried for us. I responded to her with "Don't worry sensei, this the kind of attraction i've been looking for the past 4 days"
"Lylas, what are you saying!?" (Tiss)
"Don't underestimate us Sensei, we're strong!" (Alice)
"Yeah, lets beat this guys into a pulp!" (Kenya)
The boss smirked "Beat us to pulp, we got some cocky brats here" as soon as he said that, the other bandits readied their weapons.
"Tiss-sensei, leave this to us" (Kenya)
"Lets do this everyone" (Chloe)
"Beast Gnome, protect Tiss-sensei" as soon as Gale said that the spirit beast on his shoulder jump back and grew larger and put their hands in front of Tiss-sensei to protect her.
"A Spirit User!?" The bandit boss shocked "You'll die if you treat them like normal kids" he warned his Colleagues "Aim to kill, boys"
"YOU'RE ON!!" the bandit boss screamed, the other bandit then jumped to us
"Beast Gnome!" Gale commanded his beast to attack the one from behind
"Icicle Lance!" I shouted, after that few sharp ice flew from my hand shot to the one with heavy armor, he laughed because i didn't manage to land a hit on him "You won't be able to pierce trough this little kid!"
I smirked and said "That wasn't the one i was aiming for" he then looked around and didn't notice a big rock fall to his head, effectively knocking him out in his armor.
Ryota used his arrows on the guy with screw on his head. The guy evaded Ryota's attack by doing several backflips "You missed" then several Kunai flew past him and he panicked and one of the kunai just pierced his foot "AAAAAAA"
"Oooh, that must've hurt" I said as i cast few Icicle Shot around him and Alice then said "So have you had enough dancing here?" Wich the guy replied with "I think im good here"
"Its time to finish you" Ryota said, the guy then said "Wait Wait Wait, T-T-Time Out!" Ryota then sent his arrow towards the guy's head to fix the screw loose on his head while i put more Ice arround him making an Ice Prison.
Then we saw chloe getting attacked by a guy with bowl haircut. She then creates some water on the ground to make puddle of muds to trap them.
"What's this?" The guy struggling to break free from the mud "The ground is sucking me!" The beast gnome then steps forward and send him to sleep.
The guy in heavy armor then wokes up and looks around only to see me standing in front of him "H-Have Mercy" the beast gnome then stood behind me and i walked away from the guy.
*CRASH* the beast gnome put the heavy armor guy to sleep once again
"Nice, Great job Beast Gnome!" Gale praised the beast
Tiss-sensei who were watching us this whole time is speechless, meanwhile Kenya is still fighting the Boss
"Need a hand?" I said
"No way, this guy is mine!" He said as he keeps slashing his sword. Now that i think of it, i've been using my magic all this time. I haven't used my sword at all.
The bandit boss seemed struggling "You damn kid!" The boss said as he make a scar on Kenya's robe "Oh you're stronger than i thought" keny said
"Stop talking and focus on the bandit boss!" I said
"Kep your guard up Ken!" (Alice)
"Yeah, i got it!" He said looking back
The boss bandit seemed irritated "You're just a puny luttle Brat, i'm not the boss of bandit for no reason!" As he said that he swung his sword arounds and attacked kenya who's currently unguarded and effectively drew a scar on his stomach.
We ghasped
"KENYA!" (tiss)
I almost putting out a Healing Potion untill suddenly Chloe cast a "Healing!" to kenya. Severl bluish green glow surrounding his stomach and completely removed his wound.
"Thanks, Chloe!"
The bandit boss seemed shocked "You've got healing magic!" He then looked around only to see his Colleagues has been tied up by me. He sees me drawing their faces with ink "YOU'RE ALL PATHETIC!!"
Chloe then speaks up "We were taught by a Champion, Shizue Izawa" meanwhile i keep wondering who is this shizu person.
"We'll never loose to a bandit!"
"Well said Chloe" Kenya said and continued "You're the last one!" He lunged at the bandit boss and kept slashing his sword repeatedly towards the bandit's sword.
The bandit boss seemed to be overwhelmed by Kenya's sword and the bandit then loose its momentum "KENYA, NOW!!" I shouted at him.
He jumped and cut the Bandit's left arm "UGHAAAK, Y-you... Damn Kid"
"Fine, i'll admit defeat"
"Good Job!" Everyone praised kenya
"I even starts to thinking of lending you with my sword again" i said
"R-REALLY!?" He said enthusiasticly
"Nope" i said while holding my seathed sword
"Aww..." He said while tearing up
"Hey look!" (Chloe)
The bandit then kneeled down and tries to grab something from his pouch... Is that...
"A FULL POTION!?" I shouted
"Just kidding!" The bandit said then he sprayed the potion to his hand wich makes it grew back. Wait, Where's kenya?
He grabbed his sword again only to see Kenya is no longer standing in front of him
"Wait Where's that little br- Hieek" Kenya hit the bandit boss's head with his sword making him faint.
"Rimuru-sensei already thaught us adults play dirty" (Kenya)
"Unlike Shizu-sensei, Rimuru-sensei is quite underhanded" (Ryota)
"Not just a little!" (Alice)
"Mom always told me you always need to have at least a hidden trump card"
"True that, who knows the situation will get worse" (Gale)
"Hey, don't trigger a Flag" i said wich makes everyone laughed along. I walked towards the boss and tied him with the other bandits.
"Lets get out of here and report this to the City Guard" (Tiss)
"Damn it" (bandit boss)
Then the Beast Gnome on Gale shoulders starts growling "Whats wrong?" Gale asked. Then the guy in the Cloak that ran away earlier walked in with a Butler... Thats Gesdar san!? Count Gator's Butler!?
⟨⟨Report: The Individual Gesdar is likely to be possesed⟩⟩
(By what?)
⟨⟨Scanning process will takes sometime, please wait⟩⟩
"Well what happened here..." Gesdar who is possesed talks
"Gesdar, im so glad you'r-" Tiss-sensei talked before getting cut by Kenya "Wrong..." and by me "He's currently possesed"
"Huh, possesed?" (Tiss)
"Wait, Possesed!?" (Bandit boss)
"Yes" i said while calmly observing him to let great sage know what kind of creature he is.
⟨⟨Notice: The Individual Gesdar is possesed by a Spectre⟩⟩
At the same time, Kenya's spirit told him "Thats not a human, thats a Spectre in human form" he then steps forward "You're a Spectre aren't you" as soon as kenya said that, the bandit seemed to be frowned.
The spectre laughed "i never thought anyone would see trough me like this" he starts glowing purple and several part of his face starts shifting.
"Stand back Tiss-sensei" (Chloe)
I then steps forward unseathing my sword "It looks like you're raring to go, in that case..." He goes forward and reveals his claw "I'll come to you"
The bandits who's still tied next to the Spectre panicked "a Spectre!?"
"But how?" The guy with the screw head said
"So scary" the cloaked guy, he then went to his friends and boss "Boss, lets get outta here!" He untied his colleagues. The spectre then looked at them and they ran away immediately.
"Beast Gnome" Gale commanded his beast gnome to protect Tiss-sensei.
"Now, shall we begin?" (Spectre)
Kenya then moves forward first and attacked the Spectre wich he effortlessly avoid, he pushed kenya and swung his hand toward kenya's gut "Not on my watch!" Gale said as he put his shield wich made from Charybdis's scale.
The spectre then knocking Gale backwards "that's quite the sturdy shield" the spectre said. "It's made of rare stuff" gale answered.
I moved forward with Kenya and both of us used our swords to attack him. Alice used her Kunais, the spectre grabbed Alice's kunai and deflected the other 4 with his barrier.
Me and kenya keeps swinging our swords "You're so naive" the spectre said and he then continued while evading our attacks "No matter how much you struggle, there's an overwhelming gap between our powers"
*Shiing* i slashed his left hand, then he said "Well perhaps not all" he said as he starts regenerating his hand "Why are you here?" He asked me "You're not even human to begin with" he asked again.
"Not human?" Tiss-sensei confused by his word, the other seemed panicked that Me and Mom's secret will likely be revealed.
"You're not even human yourself so why bother..." I said while looking down. Not even seconds later he released his Aura wich making all of us stumbling backwards.
"Fools..." He said as he starts disappearing and reappear in front of kenya, punching him towards Gale and making them hit the ceiling "Kenya, Gale!!" I shouted. He then does the same to Alice "Alice!!"
"You see, among the phantoms, i'm a commander-class" he said as he began to transform more "go ahead and give up, you're simply outmatched.
"Chloe! Ryota! Lylas! Please, run!" (Tiss)
"It wouldn't work" (Ryota)
"This thing will never give up" i said
"He'll come for us eventually, no matter when, Rimuru-sensei will be there for us" chloe said before she stopped and leaned down holding her sword "so we just need to hold out untill then!"
Me, Chloe, and Ryota then lunged at the Spectre
*BOOM*
The spectre knocking us out. I guess i used up all of my power that i starts loosing my human form and turned into Slime. "Oh, so you're a slime huh? Interesting" the spectre said.
"A slime?" Tiss-sensei said while looking at me who turned into a harmless blue little slime.
The spectre than knocked the Beast Gnome and goes in front of Tiss-sensei. And then i lost my conciousness...
[3RD PERSON]
We can see Lylas has lost her human form and got turned into a slime after using all of her Magicules. Remember she's not as strong as Rimuru, Most of her powers are borrowed.
Souei wants to go help them but something Mysterious is interfering him from doing so.
[SOUEI'S POV]
This Spectre dares to hurt Lylas-sama, Rimuru-sama would be furious if he knew about this. I jumped from the shadows. Upon mid-air, my Movements were stopped.
"I can't move?" I was struggling yet i can't even move a muscle.
Then a mysterious voice talked to my ear "you have done well, i suggest you to leave now"
"Hey, who are you!?"
"Who am i doesn't concern you... Your job here is done anyway"
"I have to protect the Young Mistress!" This guy doesn't even listen to me.
"Of course, she won't be harmed, it would be a shame if i harmed the child of someone i want to serve soon... Now, you won't remember a thing after this"
He touched my head and then i suddenly got transported back in Ingrassia's outter Area. Wait what was i doing again? Ah right, wait here with Ranga.
I stepped into nearby tree shadow where we usually wait for Rimuru-sama everytime he walked away from Ingrassia.
"Where have you been?" (Ranga)
"Watching..."
Back in the cave
"Kufufufu, this is quite interesting..." said someone who you should obviously already knows just from how they laugh...
[TISS'S POV]
*Loud thud
Gale's Beast Gnome has been defeated, I'm the only person who was still conciouss. This Spectre has defeated the kids. And what am i doing here?
"And, You're all that's left" he said with short pause and continued "They called you Tiss-sensei right? I wonder what should i do with you..."
"I can't have the Western Holy Curch eyes on me, there are still few active members in the Spectre special forces" (Spectre)
"Whats that?"
"Oh sorry, that doesn't concern you" (Spectre)
"Now, let's have you choose one of them" (Spectre)
"What do you mean?"
"Exactly what i said" as soon as he said that, he grabbed a collar "I've got this Subordination Collar here, one of these kids will be spared, but firced to be servitude"
"Choosen by you" (Spectre)
M-me? I will never do... I can't even do anything to protect the kids... I should be the one who protects them, not the other way around...
"And then, you'll kill the others... With your own hands" (Spectre)
"B-but thats..."
"If you refuse, you all will die" he laughed after seeing my desperate reaction
"I'll expose the real you"
Real me? No, i will never give up
"In the end, you only care about yourself..."
No
"So, who are you saving? And who are you killing"
"This one? Or this one? Or that one? Or This unique slime who peaked my interest..."
I will never give all of you...
"I'm..."
"Im being nice here, i letting you live if you choose one. Now choose! Who will you save?" He said while swinging the collar on his hand "And who will you Kill"
Who am i?Really... Who am i?A teacher?I can't even protect my studentsBut...I can't give up just yet...Im a teacher...A teacher swore to protect her students...Even if it Costs my life in the end...
"I'm..."
"...A Teacher!"
"HA?" (Spectre)
"The person i admire put everything she had to protect these kids, she was so wonderful..." I grabbed nearby sword "even if its only a little, I want to be like her"
"Even if only last a second, i'll do what she'd have done!" I pointed the sword at him "I'll also protect this kids with all i've got!"
"I've already turned my back on them once, because nothing could be done. there was no way to save them. I avoid facing them"
"I'll never..."
"...turn my back on them again!"
"Hypcrite... I'm over this" The Spectre said as he threw the Collar "i'll grant you as much suffering as i can" His body then gets surrounded by purple aura "I'll make you cry, and beg for help!"
'somebody help!'
'i don't care what happens to me, but please save the childrens!'
"Summon!" Why did i said that?
Everything then stops and a mysterious person talked from my back "I'll grant that request, if you agree to my conditions"
"Who?"
"Who am i is unimportant, do you want to form a contract?"
I can't trust this person yet. But i'll try one thing "Will you save the children?"
"Certainly"
Is this a trick?
"I owe a debt to that "Shizu" woman"
This person know Shizu-sensei? I asked again just to confirm "To Shizu-sensei?"
"Yes, I'd like to repay that debt here"
"Then... I'll trust you, i don't care what the conditions are, just save the childrens!"
"Thanks for making this quick, that said, you would do well to be more cautious" i don't care anymore, as long as the kids safe...
"Especially when forming a contract with a Demon" Demon??
Then everything starts moving again and the Spectre seemed shocked "What happened?" He asked. Then a summoning circle was formed under us "Summoning? Fool, what could you hoped to..."
A Demon then summoned from the Circle and starts descending slowly
"You summoned a Demon?" The spectre is confused "This aura, you're not being controlled, you're autonomous?"
"Well spotted" the demon said and continued "Quite applaudable for a phantom"
"Don't underestimate me! if that woman could summon you, there's no way i'll lose!"
The demon suddenly got behind the spectre quickly and said "I'd love to know what makes you say that..."
"Ghk!" The Demon grabbed the Spectre's back and pulled out... Gesdar!
"Oh, look i've already gotten behind you, weren't you supposed to be so strong?" The Spectre then Panicked as he did the Demon Brutally Cutting his limbs.
W-What is this!?
"No! Stop!"
The Demon choked the Spectre effectively killing him and then threw him to the ground. The spectre then vanished...
"Now, then" the demon said looking at me, he'll kill me!?
"I don't have time to stay and chat"
"So as not to burden you, my summoner, i'm being quite considerate, beside i'd like to collect my payment"
"Is that acceptable?"
After all this i guess everything costs life... "I'm prepared"
"Then, i'll make my demands..."
Okay i'm ready...
"You'll never speak of me to anyone""If you break this agreement, i will claim your soul"
"Thats all?"
The demon nodded "That was a repayment to my debt towards that "Shizu" woman. I don't care about anything else here"
"Th-Thank you" i'm starting to think about how to explain all this to everyone "but, how do explain this?"
"Its easy, just say the light spirit in that child there defeated the spectre" he said pointing at Kenya.
"What spirit?" Then someone glowed from kenya's body, i guess that was the spirit.
"So you spotted me"
"Huh?" I'm generally confused...
"You're the spirit of..."
"Ah, hello there" the spirit waves at me.
The demon walked towards the collar that spectre threw earlier and picked it up "with that said" and taking a look at it "i'll be taking my leave here" he said while glancing at chloe and then disappearing.
"W-wait"
"He's gone soft" the spirit beside me said
"You know each other?"
"More like i know about him, well before that, we need to help everyone"
"T-thats right"
[TIME SKIP IN THE WAGON]
Ughhh my head... Wait i don't physically have a head... I remember turning into a slime after fighting a...
"THE SPECTRE!!" i said woking up in slime form. I noticed i was in Tiss-sensei's lap. Oh no! Did she found out.
"Hey there, you're finally awake" she said calmly while gently stroking my slime body
"T-T-Tiss-S-S-Sens-s-sei!"
"Its okay, everyone already explained everything"
"You're not afraid?"
"Why should i? You've never done anything to me"
"Sensei"
"Yes?"
"Can i stay like this much longer till we arrive at Count Gratol's mansion?"
"Of course"
After few hours of riding the wagon, we've finally arrive at the Mansion. After we arrived we planned to explain what happens recently to Count Gratol tomorrow, we need get some sleep after this tiring day.
The next day the other class has arrived and there i see Mom with a proud expression, and then i see the Class A students really admired her.
I hugged her "*muffled* i miss you so much" she pat my head wich feels nice "ehehehe..."
After that we explained about yesterday's tragedy to everyone and now we're inside the mansion.
"Such things really happened yesterday?" (Count Gratol)
"It was a real handful!" (Kenya)
"So the bandits were used by a type of demon? Called a Spectre?" (Rimuru)
"Its unheard of, no perhaps the Western Holy Curch would know something, but you defeated that demon?" (Jeff)
"Not exactly, i also got taken out" (Kenya)
"It was really painful" i said while taking a bite of some cookies that was served for us.
"But when, i came everything was all over" (Kenya)
"Ken defeated it while being unconciouss! Right, Tiss-sensei?" (Ryota)
"Uh? oh, yeah! something like that!"
"But, Rimuru-sensei, the bandits used the elixir what was it called again?" Chloe said looking at me
"Full Potion" i said while continuing my cookie eating session. Mom eyes widen to this, there's no way she won't be surprised.
"And the count went to all that trouble to get, that means he can't cure his wife" chloe continued
Oh yeah, i remembered Count Gratol's wife is Jeff-sensei's Sister.
"Oh, no! How is Ulamuth!? How is my sister!?" Mom chocked from her Tea. She didn't knew about it didn't she?
"How is she!?" (Jeff)
"Please calm yourself brother" (Count Gratol)
"Hey mom"
Mom then snapped from her thoughts "Y-yes?"
"You should have some of those potions right?"
"Ah, yes! Yes i do!" The Count and Jeff-sensei stared at Mom
"R-Rimuru-sensei, do you really have that Elixir right now!?"
"E-eh yes! I do have some, but full potions it only works on Injuries not illnesses"
"Rimuru-sensei, what foolishness are you speaking!? If a full potion can restore limbs, it should also cure diseases!" (Jeff)
"Eh, really?"
"We can't say for sure, there are those who died from taking it but... If you have some, please allow me to have it. I beg of you" Count Gratol said while bowing followed by Jeff-sensei "And i"
"Woah, you don't have to bow to me, please wait a moment" then mom grabbed inside her coat and picked skme full potions out of her storage.
Few minutes later i was walking around the mansion when i saw Mom just step out from Count Gratol's wife's room.
"Mom, are you okay?"
She just nodded and hummed, i shrugged my hands and kept walking.
Then few hours later i heard that Mom will proceed a Surgery to Count Gratol's wife. I ran as fast as i can and i saw Chloe tried to calm Jeff-sensei.
Then Mom came out of the room and said "The Operation is a Success!" While doing a V on her fingers.
"Thank you, thank you so much Rimuru-sensei" Jeff-sensei said while bowing at Mom repeatedly, the others who saw this just sweatdropped, But its really understandable, he almost lost someone he loved...
Huh...
How's my parent back on earth are feeling right after they saw me died...
I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye...
Mom who noticed my expression immediately hugged me and patted my head "shhh, i'm always here for you"
"Thanks, Mom..."
"You're welcome..."
[NEXT MORNING]
The next morning we saw Count Gratol's and his wife taking a stroll around the mansion. This does put a smile on my face...
After few days we decided to departs and head back to the Academy.
I was walking with the rest and Tiss-sensei and when we opened the Teacher's room to see Mom, we get yet another sight of Rivalry between Mom and Jeff-sensei.
"Well kids, don't ever try to be Childish grown up like them" Tiss-sensei said as we leave the place to let the Storm of Rivarly calming down.
The end...-Of...-This chapter...