Ahhhh… this feels great! I was catching some morning sun on the roof of the Free Guild Inn. I'd hidden myself with Formhide so that nobody would question seeing a random slime on the roof, and I wouldn't have to answer awkward questions from my friends later.
The Free Guild Inn was located close to the center of the city, which was situated on a large hill. This meant that I could see all of Lond, Blumund's capital, from this roof.
But I wasn't as high as the castle. I was kind of tempted to fly up to its tallest spire and see what the view looked like, but I had no idea if Shizu's mask would protect me from whatever magic wards would surely be up there–and the sun was too nice to bother trying.
I hummed in pleasure, switching from slime form to human and stretching out the wings I'd gotten from the cave bat as I rolled onto my stomach. I noted with pleasure that I'd managed to transform perfectly–I'd been doing this so much since leaving Jura that I didn't even need [Great Sage] to help me anymore!
Sunbathing as a slime was great, but these wings were so dark that they absorbed heat even better than my natural form. Enjoying the feeling of the warm tiles on my cheek, I closed my eyes and listened to the bustle of the city.
"Rimuru!" I heard Gido call from the window of our room. With a sigh I got up. Jumping off the roof and using my wings to maneuver, I dropped into the shadows of the alleyway our window looked out on, and reappeared from Gido's shadow in the room. [Shadow Step] was a skill I'd picked up in Jura that I never paid much attention to before, but when I remembered I had it, I knew I had to master it! It's just so cool!
"What's up?" I asked, dropping Formhide. Gido jumped in fright, letting out a "woah!" as he turned toward me, putting a hand on his chest.
"How many times have I asked you not to do that?" He sighed, calming down.
"Hehe, sorry," I giggled. "It's just too fun."
"Well, whatever." Gido walked over to the door and grabbed his vest, which had been hanging nearby. "Put those things away so we can get some breakfast," he said, pointing at my wings.
"Ooh, okay!" I retracted my wings, which thankfully slipped right into the clothes the ogre princess had made for me without issue.
"Where were you, anyway?" Gido asked as we walked down the stairs to the inn's first floor.
"I was just on the roof," I answered nonchalantly.
Gido's response was to turn to me with an eyebrow raised, concern evident in his voice. "No one saw you, right?"
"Of course not," I scoffed.
"Heyyy! Rimuru! Gido!" Eren waved us over to a table where she and Kaval were already eating. "Come sit down! We already got your food."
"Ooh," I slid into my chair and immediately stabbed my fork into a sausage with delight. "Thanks, Eren!"
"No problem!" She beamed, looking happy with my reaction.
We didn't say anything for a bit, tucking into our food. I was always the first one to finish, but surprisingly, it was Kaval who started the conversation this time.
"So, Rimuru," he said. "Since you wrapped everything up yesterday, what are you gonna do?"
"Well," I shoved the last bite of food in my mouth, "I have my ID, and Fuze gave me a letter of recommendation. He said his boss knew Shizu, so hopefully that guy will be able to help… there's really nothing left to get done here, so today I'll probably start heading to Englesia."
"Aww, really?" Eren said sadly. "You can always stay a bit longer."
"D'you think we can come, Rimuru?" Gido asked.
"What?" I stared, dumbfounded. "Of course you guys are coming! Why did you think you weren't?"
"Yay!" Eren squealed, grabbing me in a hug. I barely managed to put my cutlery down so she wouldn't get it dirty. "We were worried that, now that you've got money and everything, you didn't need us anymore!"
"Are you kidding?" I replied, unwrapping her arms from around me. "I barely know where I'm going! Besides," I tipped my cup up to drink for a moment, "I have… uh… faster ways of traveling than carriage. And cheaper. But I wanna spend time with you guys."
"Glad to hear it, buddy," Gido smiled as he took a bite of a gravy-covered roll.
"I knew he couldn't leave us," Kaval boasted. "We're too important to him!"
"As if!" Eren had left her staff in the room, so she made a fist and reached over to bonk Kaval on the head the old-fashioned way. "You were the most worried out of all of us!"
"Was not!" Kaval protested, rubbing his head.
"Was too!"
That was all it took for them to devolve into a full-blown argument. Gido and I just exchanged silent glances and waited for them to calm down.
Really, I was super lucky to have those three. In just a few hours we had rented a carriage, and a team of horses, bought a few weeks' worth of rations, and then were off. That would have probably taken me days alone, trying to figure out how the market worked and where to go, and who to trust.
We left just as the sun had peaked and rode through the evening and into the night. As the sun approached afternoon the next day, I realized how glad I was that I met these guys.
Not that they weren't idiots sometimes…
"How did you manage to do that!?" I shouted at Kaval, who was driving the carriage at full speed. "We're in human lands!"
I said this while standing atop the carriage, shooting [Water Blade]s at a pack of dinosaur-like monsters. They were all pretty small and weak, but they were fast, and there were tons of them!
Honestly, flicking [Water Blade] after [Water Blade] at these little dinos was pretty fun. They were small, and tough targets to hit, so I was actually having a challenge aiming perfectly, which made it all the more fun. I also liked the way they sliced cleanly in half when hit…wait, what am I saying!?
Um…moving on…
It was Kaval's fault, as usual. He stepped off into the woods to do nature's business and came back screaming with the pack on his heels. Made me grateful I didn't have the need to do that myself anymore.
"Human country isn't as safe as you think, Rimuru!" Kaval shouted back at me, "just keep shooting!"
We lost them after an hour, and once I had killed about half their numbers.
"Alright," I swung myself into the open carriage window, resuming slime form once I was inside. "I think we're safe."
"Whew," Eren sighed in relief. "Thanks, Rimuru. It's nice having you around."
"Sure," I 'shrugged' in slime form, which just looked like a little ripple on my body. "Hey Kaval!" I hopped up to the window and retook human form half-hanging out of it, "we're good! Slow down!"
I accidentally toppled over as my center of gravity shifted from the form change, and let out a shout as I started to tip out the window.
"Woah, there," Gido said, catching me by the back of my cloak and propping me back up.
"Thanks," I chuckled, regaining my footing.
"No problem… but what's with that smile?" Gido asked, catching sight of my expression. "You look like you had a little too much fun up there."
"What do you mean!?" I looked away out of embarrassment. "I was just defending us… it's nothing!"
I did get a little carried away out there, didn't I…
But it didn't bother me too much, so I just brushed the feeling off.
"Alright," Kaval slid open the driver's window at the front of the box, turning to us now that the horses were at a speed he didn't need as much focus for. "There's a campsite up ahead. I wanted to make more progress today, but the horses need rest, so let's turn in early."
After we stopped and got out to stretch our legs, Eren suddenly perked up. "Hey, Rimuru!" She shouted excitedly, "I've got an idea! Go into that wolf form!"
"Uh," I did as she asked even though I had no idea why. "Okay, why?" But Eren was already running up to Kaval to help unharness the horses. Then she came running back and tried to slip the bridle over my nose.
"What!? No! What are you doing?!" I quickly returned to slime form to avoid being harnessed, giving her my best slimy stare.
"Well, since the horses are tired, I figured you could pull the carriage!" She smiled innocently, holding up the harness. "We still have plenty of daylight left!"
"What? No! Absolutely not!" I refused, turning my 'slime eyes' away to make it clear this was not going to happen.
"Aw, c'mon," Eren pouted and crouched next to me. "I know you're strong enough, Rimuru! And you'd look dashing! Imagine, a carriage being pulled by an awesome monster wolf! You'd be so cool!"
"No," I said flatly, not even giving her the satisfaction of a reaction.
"Hmm… I'll give you a cookie?" Eren pulled out a freshly baked, warm cookie from her bigger-on-the-inside bag. "They're your favorite!" She waved the treat above me tantalizingly.
…I did want that cookie, but I wasn't going to give in to such a petty bribe.
"No, Eren," I said, taking human form. "Come on, we need to help the guys set up camp."
"Aww…" I walked over to help Gido take out the sleeping gear, leaving Eren to stew over her loss.
The next day was overcast, and the adventurer trio were all yawning as they packed up camp and hitched up the horses. We took to the road at a steady pace, trotting along while most of us dozed in the carriage.
"Hey," Gido leaned out the window to shout at Kaval, "there's a stream over there!" Right now the road was leading us along the crest of a hill, and we could see a brook tumbling down one side. "Let's stop and fill up."
"Good idea," Kaval agreed, pulling the horses to a stop. "You guys go ahead, I'll stay with our things."
So Eren, Gido, and I trotted down the hill to the stream with waterskins and a small barrel.
"Uh, why don't you just use magic to get water from the air?" I asked as we made our way down, "that would be easier, and you won't need to boil it."
"Yeah, but that doesn't taste as good!" Eren pouted, and I stared at her in exasperation. "It's so much better if you purify stream water. You'll see!"
"...whatever," I rolled my eyes and handed her a waterskin.
Just as we were finishing up, I sensed the air pressure change slightly. In a flash, I changed to slime form and stored the stuff I was carrying in my [Stomach], just in time for a massive downpour to break on us.
"Ack!" Eren covered her head, looking at me woundedly. "Why did you warn us, Rimuru!?" She whined.
"I'm sorry!" I waved some slime arms, "I only felt it a second ago!"
"Well, that's nice for you!" Gido groused, picking up the things still left lying around. "Now start running!"
"Wahhh, I don't wanna be wet and cold all day!" Eren was already soaked through, so I didn't know what she was getting at. "Rimuru, help me!" Shoving the waterskins and stuff into her infinity-bag, she grabbed my slime form and held me over her head.
"What!?" I shouted, "don't use me as an umbrella!" I didn't try to resist her, but she lost her grip anyway and I popped out of her hands.
"Eeeehh, Rimuru!" Eren grabbed me again, "cooperate!"
"I'm not doing it on purpose!" I answered as she dropped me again and I went flying off a little way into the grass.
"Then why are you so slippery!" Eren complained, picking me up again and trying to run–but I just slid right back out of her grip.
"Maybe slimes get slippery when wet! I don't know!" I whined back, hopping ahead to the carriage instead of letting Eren try again.
"You are a slime! How would you not know!?" Eren ran after me, picking up her robes and trying to cover her hair with one sleeve.
"Nobody's tried to pick me up in the rain before!" I answered as we both flew into the carriage, landing in a heap as Gido closed the door for us.
"Ugh…" Eren grimaced in disgust while she tried to wring out her hair. "Thanks for nothing Rimuru," she pouted, glaring at me.
"I'm telling you, it's not my fault!" I waved my slime arms again.
"What are you guys shouting about?" Gido crossed his arms, looking down at the two of us as he sat down.
"Rimuru's slippery!" Eren complained, trying to pick me up again so she could show Gido. It worked for a second, then I went flying out of her hands and onto Gido's face.
"Ugh!" Gido shouted as I plopped into his lap. "Rimuru," he grimaced at me, "you're soaking wet."
"Well so are you!" I retorted in annoyance, changing to human form on the seat next to him.
Gido and Eren both stared at me, looking me up and down. "What?" I asked grumpily.
"That is so unfair," Gido answered, looking disgusted by my clean, completely dry self.
"Yeah, Rimuru!" Eren jumped in, "why do you get to be dry while we're all cold and wet?"
"Stop acting like children," I grumble. Feeling a bit bad though (definitely not because I just didn't want to hear them whine the entire trip,) I used [Water Manipulation] to dry them off. With [Great Sage]'s help, of course–I didn't want to accidentally hurt them.
Now they were staring at me for a different reason.
"Rimuru," Eren said seriously, "since when have you been able to do that?"
"Uh," I tilted my head, "since before I met you?"
"Of course," Gido rubbed his eyes. "Not like you could've used that earlier, huh?"
"Oh." I cringed a bit sheepishly. "Uh, sorry. I didn't think about that."
Some time into our trip Eren had started using me as a stuffed animal, much to my chagrin; but our tent could only fit three comfortably, so I let her.
I wasn't in the mood for sleeping, though it would certainly help pass the time… but I could always ask [Great Sage] to put me into sleep mode, so I was just sitting and thinking, with Eren's arms wrapped around me.
Being in this sort of position did make me a bit uncomfortable. I wasn't sure why–I trusted Eren and the others, and I had never been claustrophobic in my previous life. In my new life, I actually liked this sort of thing–being secured tightly in somewhere dark and quiet. But tonight I just felt… weird.
Maybe it was the conversation we'd had a few days ago.
"Rimuru," Eren had asked me, trying to pass the time while we rode, "what do slimes taste like?"
"What!?" I cringed, appalled. "How should I know!? And why are you asking!?"
"Well, I heard that a lot of monsters in Jura eat slimes," she put a finger to her chin thoughtfully. "I just figured I'd ask, you know?"
"And what would you think if I asked you what humans taste like?" I snapped, "really, Eren!"
"Hey, I'm sorry!" Eren raised her hands in surrender, "it was just a thought!"
…first the ogres, now Eren… I sighed inwardly while sitting cuddled up to her in the tent. Why does everyone want to eat slimes!? We have feelings too, y'know!
"Mmmmh…" Eren stirred in her sleep, squeezing me a bit.
"Uh… Eren?" I said quietly, "you awake?" I tapped her lightly on the cheek with a slime arm.
"Mmh… why yes… I would love…" She hugged me tighter, and I realized what was going on.
"Hey, Eren," I tapped again, "stop squeezing so hard. You're dreaming… wait, stop! What are you doing!?"
Eren suddenly pulled me up and sunk her teeth into my slime flesh! With a shriek, I struggled out of her grip and fled to a corner of the tent, taking human form just to be a little less vulnerable.
"Eh?" Eren woke with a start, propping herself up.
"Whuzzit!?" My shriek woke up Kaval, who grabbed his sword and jumped up, "who's there!?"
"Eh? What's going on?" Gido was awake too now, struggling out of his sleeping bag.
"Rimuru," Eren was the first to catch sight of me after casting a light spell, "what's wrong?"
I was huddled up in the corner, hugging my knees in human form while I stared at her, shivering.
"Rimuru?" Kaval asked, leaning down. "What's wrong, little buddy? Did you have a nightmare?"
"She's the nightmare!" I accused, pointing a finger at Eren. "She tried to eat me!"
"What?" Eren was horrified. "No I didn't!" She insisted, "I would never do something like that! Rimuru, you know that!"
"But you bit me while you were asleep!" I glared at her, "I barely escaped with my life!"
"Woah, okay, okay," Gido put his weapon down and approached me. "You're not thinking straight, Rimuru," he said.
"Yes I am!" I argued, "I'm pretty sure I would be able to tell when someone tries to eat me!"
"I believe you," Gido said, "I just meant you're too scared." He gently grabbed me under my arms and pulled me in a hug. Glancing over at Eren, he said, "Eren, apologize."
"...okay," she sighed in defeat. "I'm sorry, Rimuru. I didn't mean to, I was just having a dream about these really sweet cream puffs my cousin sometimes gets me…"
"...it's okay." I sighed, hugging Gido back. "I'm sorry for freaking out. I don't know what came over me."
"Well, now that we're all friends again, why don't we get some sleep?" Kaval said cheerfully, already climbing back in his sleeping bag.
"Yeah, sounds good to me." Gido agreed, letting me go so he could go back to sleep as well.
"Are you still okay to be with me, Rimuru?" Eren asked, "you can switch if you want."
"No, I'm fine," I waved her off. "I'm over it." Mostly. I crawled back over and settled down next to her in human form as Eren turned out the light spell.
As we were falling asleep again, I heard Kaval and Gido whispering to each other.
"Poor Rimuru, I'm surprised how scared he was," Kaval said in hushed tones to Gido.
"You think it's a slime thing?" Gido asked in response.
"Well, they are prey animals…"
Uh, rude. I scowled to myself but tuned them out and snuggled closer to Eren.
Sitting in slime form on Eren's lap, I was chatting with the three adventurers. Kaval had opened up the driver's window to hear us, and we also had a door of the carriage open to let in some fresh air. Today was hot for traveling, and I felt kind of bad for the horses.
Eren tried to talk me into pulling the carriage again, but I refused.
"Hey, Rimuru," Gido suddenly said, "so you can mimic things you've eaten, right? Can you change your shape without doing that?"
"Totally!" I bragged, "I mean, how often have you seen me do this?" I waved two slime arms in example, "that's all this is really. Slimes don't normally have arms, you know."
"Yeah, but can you make any interesting shapes?" Gido asked, looking intrigued. "Could you turn yourself into a cube?"
"Even better! I can turn myself into a cup!" I said, hopping to the floor and demonstrating.
"Oooh!" Eren clapped in delight, "what else can you do?"
So I spent a while demonstrating different forms to amuse my friends, like giving my slime form wolf ears and a tail, turning into a spiral, and more. During this time the road began sloping downwards as we crested a large hill.
"Hey, Kaval?" Gido turned toward the window, "isn't this a little fast?"
"Working on it!" Kaval shouted, pulling the reins of the horses as he tried to slow our descent. The carriage wasn't moving dangerously fast, but the hill was pretty steep.
The horses reached level ground at a canter, and as the carriage followed after them it hit a rut and bounced significantly.
"Woah!" I let out a shout as I was bounced right out of the door, falling under the carriage as it zoomed over me.
"Wow," I said, shaking my slime form a bit as I started hopping after them. "That was scary!"
"Rimuru!" Kaval had stopped the carriage a ways ahead, and Eren leaped out and ran toward me. "Are you okay?" She asked me frantically.
"Yeah, I'm fine!" I said, hopping up into her arms. "It just startled me, is all."
"Umm…" Eren looked down at me doubtfully.
"What?" I asked.
"You sure you're okay, buddy?" Gido answered for her, having come up behind us.
"I think I'm fine…" I said, using a slime nub to emote rubbing my head in confusion–then I realized.
Quickly refocusing with my [Magic Sense], I saw the problem: a big, wheel-shaped dent in my 'head.'
"Ohhh…" I said in realization. Hopping out of Eren's arms, I wiggled a bit until my squished slime popped back into place. "There!" I waved my arms happily, "fixed it!"
"...sure. Glad you're okay," Gido said with relief, though he looked a little off-put as we climbed back in the carriage.
"Off we go!" Eren cheered, now holding me firmly in her lap again as Gido closed the door.
We finally reached Englesia, or at least the outskirts of it outside of the large, imposing walls surrounding the city. I could already tell it completely dwarfed Blumund, even though there was no way for me to see exactly how large it was from my current vantage point.
Yeah, if I took to the skies and got a bird's eye view of it I might be able to get a better idea, but I was currently ground-bound to hide my identity as a slime.
I could see a slight shimmer in the air above and around the wall too, which probably covered the entire city. It was some sort of barrier, one much stronger than the one back in Blumund. I didn't think I'd be able to just slip past it like the other, so I needed to make sure I was using my mask. It made me a bit nervous, seeing something like that.
That thing is literally made to keep people like me out. I knew deep in my gut.
But, I couldn't let that deter me; I still needed to help Shizu's kids. Letting some silly barrier stop me from accomplishing that wasn't going to happen.
"Pretty big place, huh, Rimuru?" Kaval asked in a teasing tone. I guess I'd gotten caught gawking at the high walls, which was a little embarrassing.
"Did they have big cities like this in your previous world, Rimuru?" Eren asked.
"Haha, yeah. Even bigger, in fact. That doesn't mean I don't find this place impressive already, though."
If anything, I was excited to see what lay inside those walls. Yeah, there was still some lingering apprehension too, but I was definitely still thrilled to be there.
"Really!?" Eren looked completely amazed by this.
"Yeah, really. My old world has buildings that are way taller than those walls. People call them 'skyscrapers' because they're so tall that they 'scrape the sky'; not literally, of course. I even helped build a few since I worked in construction."
"But didn't you say that world doesn't have any magic? How'd the people there even build crazy stuff like that?" Kaval asked, letting out a disbelieving laugh.
"We managed to do a lot of things without magic. Just pure science and ingenuity." I explained simply.
But, thinking about it…it did make me wonder why this world seemed less advanced tech-wise than my old one.
Has human society just had less time to progress? It's hard to know. Or, maybe it's just because people have the convenience of magic? That would remove the motivation to invent certain things.
Need fuels innovation, so that could explain it.
Still, I can't help but think there might be another reason for it.
"Hey, we should get movin'. We might have to wait a bit to get inside the city." Gido urged, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah, but you should tell us more about your previous world, Rimuru. You're always so vague every time I ask!" complained Eren.
"Well, my life wasn't exactly exciting before I reincarnated, so I don't have a lot to say."
"Guys! Let's go!" Kaval urged.
After some time waiting our turn, we finally reached the actual gate. I was assured by my friends that we should be fine, even though security seemed pretty strict. Our IDs are the reason for this, essentially giving us the fast-track through the process.
Wanting to get a feel for how this all worked first, I let my three party members go in front of me as I watched, already holding my guild ID in one hand.
It was surprisingly similar to my old world, although not requiring nearly as much information. I didn't even need to fill out the age portion when I was giving them my info to make it!
Name: Rimuru Tempest
Age:
Gender: M
Country of Residence:
Talent: Swordsmanship
Division: Combat
Rank: B
I'd just given my name and talent, meaning what weapon or skill I use the most, while they filled in my rank and specialization for me. Race wasn't on there either, so I didn't need to lie. I guess it's just assumed you're human? Hard to say.
They also had taken my picture with some sort of complicated magical device that I was sure was expensive. It was overly large, though, not compact like any camera I'd seen before. Not something you could carry around in your pocket, but more of a permanent fixture in the building.
But, anyway, having this thing with me should be convenient, for now and later on.
Eren, Kaval, and Gido passed through security just fine, with the guard warmly welcoming them. I knew already that B-ranked adventurers had a good reputation in a place like Blumund, but I wasn't sure if that carried over here too.
"Your apprentice also needs to show her ID," The guard said to Eren before she fully went on through the gate right before me.
"Apprentice? Oh, you mean Rimuru! He's not an apprentice, he's our party member!"
"And I do have my ID, see?"
What, did he think I wouldn't have one?
I handed it to him, trying not to be bothered that he took me for some sort of tag-along to my group. If anything, they are tagging along with me, not the other way around!
His eyes widen a bit as he scrutinizes it before validating it with some sort of device.
"Well, I'll be darned…Sorry about that, Mr. Tempest. Welcome to Englesia."
After shaking off his shock, the man gave me the same respect he gave the other three.
"Thank you," I replied as I took back my ID.
As we walked away, I thought I heard him grumble something like "How's that little kid a B rank!?", but I decided not to pay that any mind.
Once we were inside, the sight was nothing but stunning. It made Blumund seem like a pathetic hole-in-the-wall in comparison.
The streets were neat and tidy despite bustling with activity, the shops lining them were fancy, having massive show-windows to advertise their goods. I could also see a large castle in the distance, likely in the center of all of this, towering above everything around it. I was starstruck by it all.
A small-town slime like me wasn't used to this sort of thing.
Without thinking, I started wandering off to get a better look at something that had caught my eye, just to get grabbed by the arm.
"Hey, don't go runnin' off the moment we get here. With how small you are, we'd lose you immediately!" Kaval scolded while still firmly gripping me.
"Oh…um, sorry."
I was so focused on looking around that I almost forgot about my escorts.
"Gosh, Rimuru, what are we gonna do with you?" Eren teasingly asked with a shake of her head and her hands planted on her hips.
"Hey! I just wanted to get a closer look!"
"We can look at anything you want," Kaval laughed, "just stick close to us while we do it, alright?"
I couldn't help it, I dragged my friends all over town. Eren was the only one who could really keep up with me, running close behind as I dashed from restaurant to library to armor shop, taking time to peer in all the windows.
"Wait, Rimuru!" Eren grabbed my shoulder as I tried to investigate a big castle-looking building, all white on the outside.
"What?" I asked, a little upset that I was being stopped so abruptly.
Pointing ahead to the elaborately decorated building, Eren said, "that's the church of Luminous." Dropping her voice so only I could hear, she said, "they're very hostile to monsters. You should avoid it as much as possible–people say they're experts at finding monsters in disguise."
"Oh…" I looked at the building with new anxiety, feeling a little disturbed. Turning away, I whispered, "thanks, Eren."
"So," Kaval and Gido caught up to us, looking out of breath. "Why… don't we… go shopping?" Kaval asked between gasps.
I was pretty sure he was just trying to put me and Eren in a contained space so we'd be less work to watch, and I wasn't done seeing the city yet.
"Ooh!" Eren was hooked already. "Yes! I need to get you some clothes, Rimuru!"
"Oh, you don't need to spend your money on me!" I waved her off.
"But you'll need something nicer than your adventuring gear to see the Grandmaster!" Eren argued, lifting my cloak in emphasis.
"No, I know that!" I reassured her, "but I got a skill with the other guys that'll let me just make clothes!"
Great Sage, can you make me something nice-looking with [Material Creation]?
[[Answer: affirmative.]]
Suddenly a neat-looking, dark blue fedora materialized in my hands, and I put it on with a spin. "See?" I grinned proudly.
"Hmm…" Eren squinted, looking a bit pouty. "Doesn't count!" She finally declared, grabbing my hand and dragging me off. "You need some real clothes, pronto!"
I'm pretty sure she just wants to go shopping… I sighed. But, if Eren wanted to, I guessed there wasn't any harm in it.