[ Note - this is an crossover between re: zero and that time I got reincarnated as a slime ]

[Info about the time - it starts after clayman's defeat with being an official demon lord and it starts from the beginning from episode one of re:zero.

If you haven't watched re:zero then this book will have alot of spoilers for you and you might even get confused and bored out reading this.

It will start re:zero's s1 to S2 and possibly S3 in future , thanks for taking your time reading this note]

Prologue

Rimuru's pov

"Well , that sorts out this one too" I massaged my forehead lightly , staring into nothingness. My mind went to all the possibilities and calculations of the consequences of this and that, It took long but at least we were on a safe path for now ..

BEZZSH !

I flinched in a slight shock as a gentle and light current of electricity hit me , as if it were to intend to notify me about it's arrival. I stood from my chair with my eyes searching around the office.

' What was that? It was too gentle if it was trying to hurt me, Raphael? Can you locate the traces on where the energy came from?'

It appeared for a split second but I'm sure of it , it is coming from near the woods and it doesn't seems to have malicious intent but caution is important

With that , Ranga jumped gracefully from my shadows and waged it's tail beside me , giving me a worried look.

" Master , should I check it out ? "

"No need for it , Ranga. I appreciate your worry but I think I can easily handle it and even if things goes south, I believe in myself" I rubbed Ranga's head with a soft eye-smile on my face , I turned around and cracked my fingers as Ranga descended into my shadows.

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RUSTLE

RUSTLE

RUSTLE

I walked through the long grasses of the forest , Picking up faint traces of the enigmatic energy. Based on the observation of the split second traces, it possesses a different of magicules, I walked thoughtfully trying to think what it could be.

" Huh , I don't sense that energy anymore , it disappeared in thin air " Rimuru muttered , rubbing in chin in confusion.

Suddenly a hand , dark as night and it's edges sharp as blade, penetrated through the world, with the intend to pulling Someone.

However it failed to do so as Rimuru sensed it already, He somersaulted the claw but was pulled by another one from his behind. Unable to escape from his grasp , the claw consumed Rimuru into the portal.

Chapter 1. Reboot

Rimuru's P.O.V (point of view)

I groaned as my vision was hit by a bright flash , nothing like the nighty atmosphere that was once a second ago , I rubbed my eyes and slowing blinked them open, my hands ready for possible combat or ambush.

But all I heard was a faint voice saying

" don't blame yourself, Love yourself more.."

I totally expected at least one enemy.

However when I opened my eyes , It was nothing like I expected , far from what I've assumed. It gave me a feeling of deja vu in a certain way that I don't want to experience, the feeling of starting all over..

In between of various passing humans , Humans with features of monster or animals. I was standing in front of a foundation in a sunny noon.

I stood still , confused and trying to figure out my situation. Various peoples passing by were giving me a strange look as I basically appeared out of nowhere.

Wasn't I just in Jura forest like a second ago?.. now I'm in an unfamiliar place with the sun shining brightly when it was the a cloudy and silence night not so long go... Was the shadowy hand and female voice responsible for this? How're they connected to each other and where did they dropped me at? I furrowed my brows in confusion, Whenever I've been transported to the opposite side of the world or maybe... In a new universe itself?..

Just as I was to call Raphael , I was rudely interrupted as someone shouted at me. He was sitting in a shiny carriages with golden outlines , and it was being pulled by two unfamiliar brown creatures which gives a feeling of a velociraptors from Jurassic park

The person looked like a noble , his appearance gave it off since he was wearing a lustrous outfit made from a fine quality of silk. The collar of his shirt was so lustrous that one may assume it was made of purely diamond and gold. He was wearing a hat and had various rings in his fingers with different gemstones fit on the ring. He had a well shaped grey moustache and few wrinkles on his face.

"Move aside! I don't have the damn day to wait for you to finish getting a tan, Brat!" He rudely remarked at me.

I moved aside from the road. I clicked my tongue in annoyance, I wanted to lash at him for him rude behaviour but it is better to not get in trouble in a unfamiliar place where I don't have any connections.

' Well that was rude , Raphael, I take it we're far away from tempest?'

Saying we're far away would be a heavy understatement, I scanned almost everything everywhere, This place or world.. is completely new and erotic to us , it's safe to say we are no longer in the same world

' well.. that is not that surprising to be honest , the circumstances were screaming that this was the case… '

I grimaced at this , I don't know how does the time works in this world , It could be an year in my universe while only being 12 days here.. Not to mention it was night in tempest while it's sunny noon here.. It is foolish to waste time needlessly... I've to find a way back. There is no guarantee how much panic will spread out if I'm gone missing for too long , and my enemies will take advantage of my absence. My gaze darkened at that thought.

Perhaps.. the one who brought me here would be the answers for that.

' What about that voice? And that Shadowy hand.. What did it meant by such a phrase?.. what's next, I get an ability like I got in the previous world?'

…

Raphael didn't replied for a few seconds.

I'm afraid I don't know the interpretation of such phrase concerning you but I believe it is something related… to the strange ability you have granted when you entered this world

' I was just joking around! I didn't expected to actually gain another ability! What type of ability is it anyways?'

That's the problem, I have never seen any power like this. Not like it's stronger than any other but it is Enigmatic enough that we'll only know how it'll work when it's activated. It is an outer world ability gained from that thing, and the only way to understand it is to use it

' I see , well then.. I suppose we need to move on quickly'

I made up my mind on where to begin , A determined look crossed my face as I observed my surroundings. I'm in luck that I have been dropped off on such an open place in such a lively time and city. It could have been worse, where I would be in woods or a cave and no villages around.

I tried summoning ranga and looked at my shadow , upon no response, I let out a sigh. It was expected but worth a try at least.

I followed the main road in the direction of west , I glanced at the passing Creatures that look like a hybrid of monster and human , I listened from the whispers that those are called demi humans here, and apparently are ex-rebels.. I would not be surprised if the court and king here would be biased towards them. I took many glances at tens of chariots on the road being run by the creatures called ground dragons.

"I guess this is your typical medieval fantasy world" I said to myself with my hands behind my head.

"Ahhhhhhh!!"

I heard a terrified scream of a child , I quickly turned around to find the source of the scream. It was a child , lying on the main road crying and trying to reach forward while a chariot was coming towards him.

My eyes narrowed, Calculating how fast I need to be to evade the carriage and also pull the child without injuring him. I ran towards him and jumped gracefully across the road, I grabbed his shirt and pulled him into my arms and landed on the other side of the road gracefully on my two legs. With him being laid in bridal position in my arms.

I looked back to see that the chariot was already far away , not even bothering to the fact they almost killed an innocent child. I frowned looking at the dust trail it left, clenching my fist in anger at the sheer audacity of him. But upon hearing silent hiccups , My expressions softened as while I turned to check on the child in my arms.

"Are you alright?" I asked with a worried expression to the bawling kid I had in my arms , through his hiccups he manages to utter a silent yes.

I heard clapping noises built up from behind , I looked behind to see everyone clapping with their faces in awe.

"that was awesome!"

"Wow!"

"is she a knight or something?"

"She moved like wind!"

Various people expressed their amazement. I rubbed the back of my head and my smile twitched at response to being called a 'she'.

I carefully placed down the kid , and bended down to his height and examine for any possible injuries.

"well , Looks like you're all fine. But don't play in the middle of a road again? Okay?"

"Uh-uh! Thank you so much , beautiful miss!" The corner of my mouth twitched at his response.

CLINK

CLINK

CLINK

I turned around to see a person wearing full plate armour and an helmet approaching me. I stood up , eyeing the advancer while the kid ran to the other side of the road.

"Miss, I applaud for your bravery, such manoeuvre are not present in everyone" He complimented me, I grinned at it.

"I appreciate your applause, I couldn't stand there and let such a mishap occur knowing I did nothing"

"Those are words of a selfless and wise person , miss….?"

" Rimuru , Rimuru tempest.. and Mister actually…"

"O-oh I see! I apologise for my misconception" He explained , rubbing the back of his helmet. Clearly flustered.

" it's alright! It's not the first time I have been referred as miss.. Who may you be , Sir..?" I asked giving it's okay gestures with my hands.

"Bartholomew, Bartholomew Edith at your service, Rimuru-san, You don't look like a knight nor noble and I haven't seen before. Are you perhaps a foreigner?"

"Well, You could say that I come from very far away to visit this dragon land. So far away that I don't even know how will I get back"

I said with a nervous laugh.

"I see , Who I'm to judge you on such circumstances, are you perhaps a noble from kararagi? "

"such a dignified title isn't for me, I'm merely of common birth, I don't hail from kararagi, thou.. I'm from really far away." more like slime birth

"is that so? I find it hard to believe if I say , Your attire certainly boasts of a calibre above of nobles , Even from this distance, it's impossible to ignore the opulent silk and the embellishments which are certainly spectacular"

I could sense him getting his guard up. He moved his hand closer to his sword. It's natural after all, I'm a foreigner who is neither a noble nor knight but possesses a great amount of skills and my prestigious attire pushes the theory of being a spy or assassin even more.

I really should change my clothes and make a story on my background which isn't total truth nor lie, Lying about my origins could come to bite me in my ass later on.

"You flatter me , sir Bartholomew, Even thought I wasn't exactly a knight , My friends and family were really skilled peoples, They made me this attire." Technically it wasn't a lie , just not the entire truth.

"Ah that explains it" with that an lingering awkward silence permeated between them, the only thing that was cancelling it was the constant running chariots and chatters of people. I wanted to ask about the currency of this country and possibly duplicate it.

But a doubt formed at the back of my brain when I remember that he is suspicious of me and showing any abilities can escalate his suspicious , And I definitely don't want to be stuck in an unknown country with knights pursuing me day and night. Even thou I can just one shot them , I certain don't want my reputation to be something like merciless slime- or Sinful loli- no.. just no

"err.. Can you please tell me about this country's currency?" I slyly asked him, carefully placing my words to appear normal as possible.

"a-ah sure , why not? Cough cough The first and the lowest denomination of coin is the copper coin ,it has the figure of royal castle on it , thou it doesn't make the royal appear low!" he explained hastily , knowing why I raised my eyebrow .

"But compared to the ascending figures , they can be settled at the lowest! The second and the least used denomination is the silver coin , it has the figure of the Sage on it. It is worth a hundred cobber coins"

' Sage huh? I wonder if that guy has any connection to Raphael or is an parallel version of great sage in this universe'

Please refrain from comparing myself to someone imprinted on a merely silver coin

'oh! Is that pride what I am seeing?' I teased Raphael at the rare opportunity.

It's just your imagination Master

'oh really? That's all you have to say on that?' I deadpanned.

I'd say master is better and more stronger that any figures on the denominations

' Don't try to distract me from the fact that bungee gum have both the prope- wait no!'

I was broken out of my thinking by a coughing noise made by none other than Bartholomew. I didn't needed to see his face to know he realised I wasn't listening at all.

"umm did you listen to what I explained about the holy coin?"

"Ummm no.." I answered with a nervous smile.

He sighed, looking a bit dejected but quickly asked another thing.

"But hey! You listened about the Gold coin? Right?!"

"I'm afraid no…." His head and arms dropped into the air as he stared at the ground, a purple aura surrounding him.

"Sorry!"

"Well then , I'll explain it again- Gold coin is the most commonly used form of denomination and have the figure of sword saint in it, It is worth a hundred silver coins"

"you're listening right?"

"No actually…."

"Wait what?-"

"Just kidding , please continue"

"Argh you and your jokes.. Okay the last and the coin with the most economical value is the Holy coin , It is the least used form of denomination as few are able to get even a single piece of it because it is so precious. It has the figure of the great mighty dragon on it and is worth a thousand gold coins!"

He exclaimed the last sentence at a burst of amazement , he seems a big fan of those holy coins , I suppose.

"Well then , I suppose we should part our ways now , sir Bartholomew. Thanks for all your help"

"Nay , it's my duty and pleasure as a knight to help the fellow countrymen and even non countrymen" He replied chuckling.

"Well then , Take care. Rimuru-kun" We both shook hands and departed to opposite directions .

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Seeing that I was getting nowhere trying to find any local shops , I decided to use [universal sense]

Sensing where largest spread out crowd was present in with a pattern recognisable as vendors , merchants and traders aligned. I headed towards the plaza of the city.

'Raphael, what time is it?'

3:20 pm

I frowned at that , it was around 12 pm when I arrived here. I lost the grasp of the time and spended too much time exploring and wandering. It's about time I buy some information from a merchant.

I scanned the merchants and vendors aligned in front of the road. Merchants are a good source of information, so I went up to one of them.

"Excuse me , sir" I asked an apple merchant , He was a muscular and firm built man with a twig in his mouth.

" yess? You here to buy somethin'?" He said noticing me, his hand holding an apple.

"I'm actually new in this country, So I would really appreciate if you could help me with it. And of course , I'll even pay with money!"

" No need for money , lady. Ask whatever ya want, just be sure to buy some appas when you come back" He said grinning. He had a greedy tone in his voice when he spoke it, I assume it's because of my prestigious looking clothes which made him assume I'm some kind of foreign noble.

"Thanks you! Do you know a place where I could trade currency?"

" Yeap , but the best one is in da slum. There is a trading center near by ,but they play foul, especially to a foreigner, I wouldn't advise going there.." He warned with a frown.

" I see" I said rubbing my chin, looks like the citizens aren't fond of the nobles, It's better to visit the one the slums since the nobles got connection and could false accuse me , use their connections to blackmail or worse… get me imprisoned.

Thou, I can break out of it whenever I want , I would rather stay on good terms if I want to return to tempest as soon as possible.

"Where can I find the one in the slums?" I said looking at him , He grinned at that.

"You made the right choice , The nearest route to the slums goes from the alleyway down the fancy bridge in the northeast area" He said , pointing his hand towards the route.

" But beware ,The alleyway is infested with hoodlums and thugs" He gave me a warning.

" I see , I shall keep it in mind. And also make sure to buy some apples when I return here again"

"Apples? You mean appa , right? are they called apples in your country?"

"You could say that, Oh! How silly of me, I forgot to ask your name"

"Kadomon risch , The best appa seller in the entire country!" He said grinning widely.

" Rimuru Tempest , A boy" Kadomon blinked as his brain processed the words. He burst out laughing a second later.

"No way! Hahah You totally had me fooled!" He said , holding his stomach with his hands. I gave an embarrassed chuckle at that.

"I must depart now , I would come back to buy from you again, Mister risch" if I don't go to my original world

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After taking mental notes of locations of the slums. I headed towards the alleyway, shadowed by the tall buildings beside it , blocking any much passageway for lights to permeate through.

"Well well.. look what we got here" I looked closely to see three figures emerging from the shadows like they were waiting for someone to pass through, They had pretty unique looks as far as I could tell. One was a big man who lowered over the other two, and the 2nd one was perhaps the most noticeable.

He had greyish blue hair with cuffs at his wrist and another one on his throat , He was pretty pale as his bones popped out of his skin. I guess they were the hoodlums that Kadomon was warning about.

It gave me a pitiful feeling , seeing him in such conditions, Looks like the slums is definitely not a pleasant amble in the sun.

And at last but not least was a kid or midget.. with a bowl cut hairstyle resembling a mushroom. Thou they don't possesses even the slightest of threat to me, They were just some alley hoodlums.

"New to the capital, huh?" The middle one said eyeing me lustfully head to toe, in a unpleased and disgusting gaze that I wished to gouge his eyes out from the sockets.

"If ya don't wanna be killed , Then strip n spit out everything! And don't try to fool us! Even if ya don't even 've any money , yar dress should sell fine" The big one threatened , cracking his knuckles and a crazed grin at his face. Seeing that , my hand bawled into a fist and my eyes narrowed, I gave him a dead glare, And responded.

" Oh is that so? Well then, why don't you try doing it ?... Because I'm afraid I might kill you if you get too close.." They seems to intimated by it since the mushroom midget backed down. He gestured his hand to the middle one to come down to his level.

"Oi oi, she looks like a royal knight, that might explain her attire! Let's quickly get out of here" He fearfully whispered to , His eye fixed on me.

"huh?! Don't be afraid of a mere bluff , kan! Her dresses aren't something that a mere royal knight could afford, She is probably of those arrogant noble bitches who sucks on their daddy's son and act all might"

He replied back furiously. Seems like I do have to resort to violence. But my focus on them was disturbed as I sensed someone else enter the scene.

"Stop the bluff , bitch! If ya doesn't get on the ground this instant, I'm gonna fucking shove my fist down ya throat!" The big yelled, And that was the final straw.

Just as those words left his mouth, My fist was in front of his face, merely centimetres away from brutally smashing his skull into bits , I stopped before I could actually hit him and the pressure and force of my fist generated in the air was enough to send him flying, His entire body smashed to the wall behind him with a loud boom and his body was like a … Bloody tomato.

The wall was severely smashed by his large body and He was oozing blood from his nose and mouth , his pupils nowhere to be seen in his eyes anymore. The blood splattered down the entire alley.

His brain matter can be seen through the shattered skull , it was dripping along with blood and hanging off the skull with a few nerves as support. It was a horrific sight to look at , but for a normal person. Not a Demon Lord..

I didn't need to see him back to know his spine have been completely disintegrated , His lung fell out from his crushed sides.

Foam followed down the pathway along with blood , dripping from his mouth. A puddle worth of blood splattered on the wall he crashed along with few white particles floating in the blood which I assumed were his bones shattered into bits. Trails of blood running down around the walls to the surface as it grew into a small puddle of blood.

I was hit by a wave of guilt as I realised I've had done.

He didn't deserved such a brutal death , It was my own temper and power that caused his death, He was probably just another person Who was doing dirty stuffs to get money because he had no other choices , and I murdered him in hot… blood. I turned around my emotionless face to look at the horrified faces of his two friends..

" don't blame yourself, Love yourself more"

"G-g-g-gaston.. GASTON!!!" The midget now know as Kan wailed out to the nearly unrecognisable corpse , He collapsed on his knees , His entire body trembling with various emotions.. ranging from sadness , grief , anger, horror and regret …

His very own soul have been shaken to it's core , When he and his frien- no.. brothers lurked in the shade , They expected it to go like how it normally does.. someone passes by, they beat them and rob 'em blind. Sold the stuff to old man rom and try to negotiate the prices.. buy some booze or appas to have some food at the table.

And then sleep somewhere in the alleyway where they can't be found by the Guards. And then wake up the next day , repeat the process , sleep , repeat, sleep , repeat sleep repeat and boom! One day, their friend met his end in such an agonizing and Brutal death.

"Gaston! Gaston! Gaston! Gaston! GASTON!!!"

He wailed with hot tears flowing like waterfall from his sockets. He reached his arms towards the wall where Gaston died , but his legs refused to move an inch forward as he tripped himself and fell head-on to the bloody surface. He loosely punched the floor loosely with his fist , whimpering and crying.

"Huh?" The man known as chin Muttered out , His pupil shrunken down to a dot and his eye socket wide open. A tear slipped down his large socket from his cheek and fell to the rough surface of the ground. His mind unable to process what happened in a mere minute. Gaston was dead? Was he? Or was his supposed corpse just an illusion made by this noble lady? Or maybe he would have been alive if Rachin listened to Camberley and left her alone. His Eyes started trembling furiously.

"ah..ah ah.. AHHHHHHHH!" He cried out loudly , his expression twisted in agony with tears streaming down this face as his trembling body ran to the corpse of Gaston.

His trembling hand wandering through Gaston's corpse , and stopped at his face.

"H-hey g-gaston! Wake up! I-its just a scratch for y-ya! Ya are t-toughest of u-u-us all! Ya just joking with us?! R-right? " He shakenly question , his hand holding Gaston's chin as if wanting to see the shine in his eyes.

"Y-Y-YOU MONSTER!!!" Chin let out of all his emotions , glaring at me with his wrath filled eye. But he did nothing, because he knows they were outmatched.

I didn't moved an inch nor any emotions appeared on my face. I was brought out of this state by someone hitting the wall.

"Ack!"

I turned my gaze towards the intruder who was trying to sneak her way without being noticed by us. She had an unique combination of blonde hair and blood crimson eyes , She looked like another one of the residents of the slums, There was a cloth wrapped around the chest and a jacket to cover her upper body, Other than that she was wearing a torn up and tight old clothe as her pants , the clothe looked like she have been wearing it ever since she was born. But the most noticeable thing was the glowing red insignia sort of.

"Ack!"

She let out a yelp and I saw shivers going up and down in her body the moment I turned my head towards her. This is expected after all, death is far more terrifying when witnessing it by your own eyes.

"Please , Don't hurt me!"

She yelled as she ran like wind , Jumped on the wall to use the force generated to jump on the roof of the building in front of it.

" STOP RIGHT THERE , YOU FIEND!"

I heard a voice yell out , I turned around to see a horrified look on the intruder , She was a silver haired ,fair skinned with far too white dressing on her. She had Purple amethyst eyes and usually sharp pointed ears , An elf I guess.

"W-what's going on here?"

She spoke in a frightened voice , Then she turned too glare at me.

"it's your doing, isn't it?! First you steal my insignia and then brutally murdered someone like th-" She wasn't slow to judge , it reminded of how my demon subordinates met me.

"oh , Excuse me? I didn't steal your insignia or what so, If it was anyone. Then it was the yellow-haired girl with an insignia , she jumped across those roofs and they were trying to mug me and even threatened to rape me"

I defended back even thou I didn't want to , I just simply wanted to get over this incident but I've my pride to defend.

" B-but still , that doesn't give you the permission to murder then like a s-squashed Tomato!"

"I get it right! I didn't mean too! Stop acting like you can control yourself any better!" Those words seems to affect her since she paused for a few second , then clicking her tongue and clenching her head with her hands.

" Even thou I sense no malice from you, It takes such skills to kill someone like this"

An unfamiliar voice spoke , It was a cat floating in the air. It's hand crossed and his eyes glaring at me , or at least trying to glare as it's looking more like pouting. I narrowed my eyes at him , His appearance may suggest that of a innocent cat but I sensed that he was holding back a great deal of power and magicules. Perhaps his cat looks are only a façade to his true strength, pretty much like me.

He seems to be in a same conclusion towards me , I knew it because we were giving each other a same kind of look.

The Elf stretched out her arm, then fired a single big Ice shard towards me. But to her disbelief, I just casually flicks at the ice shard before it could hit me , Destroying it into bits.

"W-what?!" She said with an unusually frightened tone in her voice.

"Nyow nyow you sure know how to break a girl's shard!"

The cat calmly said with it's eye closed, as soon as his voice rose and his eyes shot open, It fired numerous ice spheres at me.

"Then how about eating a cat's balls?!"

But to his surprise, I destroys every single of them with my fingers , before they could even hit me.

"You're quite strong , It's been a while since I fought someone like you"

I sighed and just decided to apologise my mistakes for now. It was getting me nowhere with this conflict and an apology won't hurt since it doesn't even compare to what I had done to Gaston.

"Look, I don't want to fight with you. His- Gaston's death was an accident due to my fault, I admit that but needlessly fighting here will get nowhere, I admit that an apology- is not compared to a soul But this fighting unnecessary is just going to waste your time searching for your stolen property"

"She is right on that , lia. We can't spend trying to beat her when we have a thief to chase."

"Y-you're right on that , puck.. But she have to help search for the thief to atone for her sin-"

"First of all, I'm a BOY!"

"WHAT?!"

They both exclaimed In unison.

" You looks like a girl even more than felix! What it is called? Umm T-trap-"

" Anyways , The girl must've gotten real fast with her speed , We can't afford to lose more time. My name is Rimuru , What about you?"

I interrupted her , trying to not get embarrassed more.

"I-its Emilia! Just Emilia!" She clasped her both cheeks ( the cheeks on the face , not down , you perverts!) With her hand.

" Okay just Emilia! Let's get searching, shall we?" I playfully said , becoming a little cheerful that before

END OF CHAPTER 01

thanks for reading it till the end , this fanfic is actually crossposted from Wattpad so That's why I dunno how much I should say or write in the notes for ya guys but I guess I'll do some explaining.

1. EVERYTHING IS INTENDED: I purposely put ' erotic' instead of 'exotic' , I know what I'm doing with words XD

2. Tips are accepted.

3. Fun fact : This fanfic was on hiatus for 1 year and it was written so bad that you could get stroke by reading it even after death.

that's all I've to say I guess.

Ziyaan~kun will come back in the next chapter with more facts !