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Ch 2 Sibling Fight?
The morning sun rises on the Monster Nation of Tempest, in the Tempest household, Harry slept peacefully in his room. The heir of Tempest turns in his sleep, not noticing that his door is open or that someone has entered his room.
A pink Slime hops her way inside the room, "Onii-san, it's morning." Shinsha informed her brother, receiving no response from him.
"Onii-san, wake up. It's morning, Diablo is making breakfast!" Shinsha reverts to her human form, placing her hand on his shoulders.
Harry groans, he opens his yellow eyes at the annoying sound of his new sister trying to wake him up. "It's too early to wake up," He grabs his futon covers and pulls them over his head, "Wake me up…in an…hour…" He closes his eyes, falling back to sleep.
Shinsha pouts, seeing her brother being a lazy person for not getting up. "Onii-san! Come on," She continues to shake her brother's shoulder into getting out of his futon. "It'll be the afternoon when you're already up!" She urges him.
Harry just slept through Shinsha's attempts to wake him up, making her angrier and more annoyed with him. "Mmmmm! Onii-san, it's time to wake up!" She raised her hand in the air, aiming at the black-haired Arch Mage.
"If you're not going to wake up by yourself then I will force you to!" A blue ball of energy appeared on her palms, building up energy and ready to fire.
Downstairs in the dining room, Rimuru was in his Slime form peacefully drinking his morning tea. "What a lovely summer morning," He sips his tea.
Diablo entered the room with the Tempest's household servants. He smiles, hearing what his lord and master said. "Indeed, Rimuru-sama, this morning is quite peaceful."
"I do wonder where my daughter and son are…" Rimuru ponders.
{Notice: Magicule Surge detected.} Ceil informed the Demon Slime of the surge of Magic.
Rimuru nodded as a loud explosion just above them caused the dining room to shake. Alice, Alexis, and Darius took out their weapons, feeling the tremor.
"Is the house under attack?" The Elf asked his fellow servants.
"I believe so, but where is it com-"
"SHINSHA!? WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL-GAH! MY ROOM IS FLOODED!" On cue, a waterfall appeared just outside above where Harry's room was. "MY WALL!"
"I TOLD YOU TO GET UP!" Shinsha yelled back, defending herself from her actions. "IT'S NO GOOD TO BE SLEEPING THROUGH THE MORNING!"
"WELL, SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE IT!" Harry screamed back at his sister. "YOU BUSTED A HOLE IN MY WALL, SHINSHA!"
"MY MANGA SHELF COLLECTION!" Veldora cried from the room next door window. "WWWWWHHHHHYYYYY!?"
Rimuru sips his tea, tuning out his children's bickering. "Ah, a lovely morning." He smiles.
"Eh?" The servants stared at their Lord, confused by his manner despite the house literally flooding from the second floor.
"DAD!" Both Harry and Shinsha called out to their father,
Rimuru and Diablo smile, trying to be oblivious to the young ones' cries. "Indeed, Rimuru-sama. Shall I fetch Geld-dono and Aragog-dono?" Diablo asked his master.
Rimuru nodded, "Yes, and please clean the…leaking upstairs."
"As you wish," Diablo snaps his fingers causing the servants to freeze. "Rima, your water abilities are in use now."
The Sub Naga jumps nodding to the Head Butler's request. "H-Hai, Diablo-sama." Rima walks over to the yard, her shoes stepping in the large puddle of water. She held out her hands causing the water to float above the ground.
Soon footsteps running down the stairs reach the halls and then in the front of the dining room's door. The door slides open, revealing a soaking wet black-haired Arch Mage. From his hair to his pajamas, everything was wet.
"DAD! SHINSHA FLOODED MY ROOM!" Harry complains.
Soon another set of footsteps ran down the stairs, Shinsha appeared on the other side of the doorway. "Papa! I'm only trying to wake Onii-san." She explains her reason. "It's mid-morning and he hasn't gotten up yet!"
"And you decided to wake me up by flooding my room?" Harry raised his eyebrow at his sister. He turns to their father, wanting him to do something.
"Well, Ah you're a hard person to wake up, Onii-san." Shinsha huffs, turning away from her brother. "I'm sure Papa will agree with me that I'm in the right."
"Dad!" Harry shouted, frustrated with this problem. "Can you correct this one's way of thinking? Our house has a freaking hole! And did I tell you, there's a HOLE in my ROOM!" He exclaims.
Diablo just smiles, seeing the two new siblings were getting along just fine. "I believe this is what you call, Sibling fighting?" He inquires his lord and master while the two continue to bicker.
Rimuru nodded, "Yeah, this is what I was expecting to happen eventually." The Demon Lord looks at his children, still bickering like little children. "Alright you two, it's too early for a fight-"
Rimuru's words didn't make it through their ears causing them to continue bickering. Sighing, Rimuru was getting a bit impatient and annoyed with the bickering that is going on in his house. "Now, now, enough bickering-"
Just when things couldn't get worst, things have gotten worst, things have gotten worst. "I NEED MY SLEEP SHINSHA!" Harry shot a fireball at his Sister.
"WHY ARE ATTACKING ME JUST WAKING YOU UP!?" Shinsha dodges the fireball, "I'M ONLY DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU, ONII-SAN!" She retaliated with a jet of water,
Harry dodges and retaliates with another fire attack.
The exchange of fire and water went on within the Household causing a commotion for the neighbors near the house.
Diablo sighs, standing beside Rimuru while the other servants stayed hidden behind the walls. "And it got physical," The Demon said, seeing the young master and lady attacking each other. "Shall I stop them before they ruin the neighborhood, Rimuru-sama?" He asked.
Rimuru reverts to his Human form, stepping forward. "ALRIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH!" He held his hands out, releasing strings at the two of them.
Harry landed on the wooden floor, "I will teach you a think or-GAH! WHAT THE-!?" He was wrapped up in Sticky Steel thread, preventing him from doing anything.
Shinasha jumps in the air only to have the same thing happen to her as well. "W-WHA-STICKY STEEL THREAD!?" She looks over to their father, holding his hands out. "Papa!"
"Dad!" Harry looks at the Head of the Household,
"Why did you do that to me!?" Both children of Rimuru exclaimed, seeing their father stopping their quarrel.
Rimuru brought his Son and Daughter to the floor in front of him, side by side.
Soon Veldora came rushing in with a pile of wet Manga in his arms. "RIMURU! LOOK WHAT THOSE TWO HAVE DONE TO MY COLLECTION!" The Storm Dragon cried at his pride and joy. "GAAAHHH! I WAS AT A GOOD CHAPTER!" He cried entering the kitchen to feed off his sadness.
"Veldora, I can always make you new copies!" Rimuru called out to his brother, hearing his sobs in the kitchen. He sighs, looking down at the two kids. "See what your fighting led to? You ruined your Uncle's collection,"
Harry looks up at his father. "But Dad, Shinsha's water attacks ruined it!" He stated.
"But I was trying to wake you up for an hour, Onii-san!" Shinsha looks at her father, wanting him to understand her motives. "I've been doing that for a few minu-"
"Both of you, enough!" Both Harry and Shinsha flinched at their father's voice. Rimuru sighs seeing the two needs more time to really bond with each other. 'I swear, I never had siblings, so understanding them is tricky.' He thought.
Rimuru took a closer look at them, wondering something. 'Benimaru and Shuna are completely different. Maybe I should ask them for help-' He thought before Ceil interrupts.
{Suggestion: Going to the individuals, Benimaru and Shuna is not a wise decision.} Ceil suggested to her master.
'Eh? Why not, Ceil? Those two have a good sibling relationship than anyone I know.' Rimuru agreed with his Ultimate Skill on why not ask the Oni Princess and the Fair Oni about how they get along.
Ceil sighs, replaying the moments when their supposed sibling relationship moments whenever he's around. {Notice: The memories you have stored are the ones you are present during the individuals Benimaru and Shuna are having sibling moments.}
'Ah, maybe those memories would help me to know what to do with my kids!' Rimuru smiles, being hopeful about this help.
Ceil sighs once more before playing the memories Rimuru has. Through each memory that played, there was no hint of a sibling relationship between Benimaru and Shuna.
'W-What is-' Rimuru flatly stared at the memories.
Shuna scolds Benimaru on cleaning their front porch,
'This isn't-'
Shuna lectured Benimaru about his underwear hidden under his bed while in training.
'This isn't what I expected at all!' Rimuru mentally screamed, not wanting this type of relationship for his children.
Another memory of Benimaru acting like a child who refuses to eat carrots only to have Shuna spoon-fed him forcibly.
'Shuna is acting more of a mother than a younger sister!' The Demon Lord of Tempest stated, going through each memory to find anything that might help him resolve this fighting. However, he only found just a few and they were very vague.
Rimuru mentally cried now imagining Shinsha acting like Shuna to his son. 'If I went to this path, Harry will surely hate me for this!' He mentally sighs, now frustrated about what to do.
Ceil sighs at the situation that her master was in. Having enough of this pitiful sight, she relayed some advice. {Suggestion: If your offspring aren't getting along then…} The Ultimate Skill suggested a plan for the Slime.
Rimuru nodded listening to his Ultimate Skill's suggestion. "Mmm-mmm…yeah I think it's the best." The Demon Lord closes his eyes seeing things play out in his mind.
Both Shinsha and Harry stare at their father seemly thinking of their punishment for this morning. "I don't like Papa's face, Onii-san." The Pink Slime stated,
"Of course, it's not good," Harry growls. "You're the one who got us into trouble with him." He stated the reason why he's making that face.
"Well-"
"If you two start arguing again I will change the punishment to the one I have in mind," Rimuru informed his children to stop or else.
The two paused and sighed. "Yes Papa," "Yes Dad," The two obey their father.
Rimuru sighs, looking down at his children not wanting to punish them. 'I don't want to punish them, but I must not let their behavior continue like this as a parent.' He crosses his arms looking down at the two.
"Alright, I got it," Rimuru announced to the people in his household.
"Got what dad?" Harry asked, a bit afraid judging what happened.
Rimuru held out his hand at them. "For both your punishment you are-"
Ramiris' Labyrinth
"Is to clear ten floors in my Labyrinth!" The Labyrinth, Ramiris laughs, placing her arms on her side proudly.
Both Shinsha and Harry, now wearing a white shirt, black pants, black boots, his invisibility cloak, and his mask on the side of his head stood before one of the main attractions to Tempest.
Harry turned his head to his Father, a bit peeved from their punishment. "WHAT THE HELL DAD!? YOU EXPECT US TO GO INSIDE RAMIRIS'S DUNGEON THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING!?" He exclaims aat Rimuru's punishment for them. "NOT EVEN THE VISITING ADVENTURERS AREN'T UP YET!"
"Onii-san is right, why are you doing this Papa?" Shinsha turns to their Father, curious what his motives are.
Rimuru, standing with Diablo and Shion stares at the young master and lady. Rimuru jumping off from Shion's arms reverts to his Human form. "I'm doing this so you two can get along with each other," Rimuru explains.
"Plus, Veldora-dono is going through the wreckage and salvaging his Manga collection," Diablo explains to the two.
"And Geld-dono with Aragog-dono is repairing the damages to your home," Shion added, hearing about the incident this morning from Diablo. "It'll take at least a day to repair the damages you two did," She sighs.
Rimuru steps forward to his children with a mischievous smile "Til then you are to complete ten levels of the Dungeon, but this won't be easy." He smiles. "Ramiris can you explain what they can expect inside?"
"Of course, Rimuru," Ramiris replied flying in front of the two children. "Alright you two, your punishment was entrusted to yours truly, the Labyrinth the Great Demon Lord Ramiris! Mahahahahaha!"
Harry's face defeats at one of the Octagram laughing like some kind of comic book supervillain. "This won't end well…" He sighs.
{Answer: Indeed,}
'Oh, will you please shut up?' Harry thought, not liking how Raphael is now more alive even if she denies it.
"Now, before you enter my Labyrinth there's something you two must know." Ramiris floats over to the entrance of the Labyrinth with her arms at the side. "The monsters on each floor are calibrated to your own strength and power. There will be only a few that are stronger than you but not that strong."
Harry sighs, frowning when he heard that there are going to be lower leveled monsters in Ramiris's Labyrinth. He looks at the Queen of Spirits, feeling there's something more to this punishment. "Why do I get a feeling that there's going to be more than what you are telling us, Ramiris." He asked, seeing the mischievous look she was giving.
"I knew it!" Harry points at the smallest Demon Lord.
Shinsha smiles, skipping in front of her brother. "Come on, Onii-san, this won't be all bad." The Daughter of Rimuru stated. "All we need to do is to clear ten floors and that's it."
Harry knows something is going to happen on the last floor when they get to it.
Bertta, standing at the side with the newest addition to Tempest, Myrtle. A former ghost when Rimuru and Ramiris got an empty doll and evolved into an Arch Doll. Though not as strong as the other Arch Dolls in Tempest, she proves herself by assisting whoever asked her.
The Chaos Doll walks over to the heirs of Rimuru, "Harry-sama, Shinsha-sama, we'll be monitoring your progress, Myrtle will be with you observing you two." Bretta informed the two.
"I-I'll do my best, Lord Harry, Lady Shinsha!" Myrtle blushed, still needing to thank Harry for all he's done for her. What better way is to join them in the Labyrinth where they can be alone…her face became flustered at the thought of being along with her savior.
Harry blinks, turning to the former Ghost. He smiles that Myrtle was adjusting fine in his home, "I'm glad to have you in my party, Myrtle-"
"Our party, Onii-san." Shinsha glared at him.
"Tch," Harry clicked his tongue at Shinsha's statement. "Whatever."
Myrtle saw the two siblings' unique situation; she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turns around to Rimuru who had a deflated face. "I'm trusting you to help them, Myrtle." He said to her.
Myrtle nodded, feeling honored and pressured by her Lord's words. "I-I'll do my best, Lord Rimuru. I may not have any siblings, but I can at least try." The Arch Doll stated, determined to see her task through.
Rimuru smiles, trusting Myrtle with the task. He coughs and approaches his children. "Now then you better get going you two. Daylight doesn't last long," He pats both his Daughter and Son's back as he pushes them to the entrance of Ramiris's Labyrinth.
Both children sigh, letting their Father push them to the entrance with Myrtle following behind them.
Upon reaching the entrance, a blonde, red-eyed, pale man in black armor and a pale red cape opens the gate from within. "Rimuru-sama, Shinsha-sama, and Harry-sama welcome to Ramiris's Labyrinth." The Death Paladin greeted the Slime family.
"Albert, good to see you." Rimuru smiles at the loyal Subordinate of Adalman, one of his Twelve Patrons.
Shinsha smiles at the Death Paladin's appearance. "So what are you doing here?" She asked.
"Indeed, my Lord. I shall act as the young master and lady's guide." Albert explains to the three. "Mainly, I'm here to protect Lady Myrtle since she doesn't have fighting prowess. Also to make sure you two don't go in the wrong direction,"
Myrtle smiles walking over to her fellow Deadman, "Thank you, Sir Albert. But I can handle myself." She stated.
Albert sighs, "Can you cast Magic or wield a Sword?" the Death Paladin asked the Arch Doll if she had either of those traits.
"Uh…no." Myrtle deflates, her confidence disappeared upon hearing the question. "I-I see your point, Sir Albert." She admits, allowing him to protect her down in the Labyrinth.
Harry and Shinsha were then shoved on the stairs, where the four stood before a dark entranceway. "Now get along you two, remember to work together get to the tenth floor." He smiles, seeing the dread on his son's face. "And no fighting,"
"Fine, Dad," Harry sighs, about to enter the Labyrinth until someone calls his name.
"Harry-sama," Harry turns around, seeing Diablo holding his sword in his hands. "Don't forget your sword," He tosses it to the Arch Mage, grabbing it in the air on its scabbard.
Harry smiles at his family's butler handing him his sword. "I figured that you might need this for your punishment, young master," Diablo said to the young master, giving him a smirk.
Harry sighs, feeling like Diablo is enjoying this. "T-Thanks Diablo."
The four entered the Labyrinth's entrance where the doors closes behind them.
Rimuru sighs, feeling like he's going to have a migraine from this morning's incident. "I sure hope this will better strengthen their bond as siblings." The Slime commented.
Ramiris floated next to her fellow Demon Lord, patting Rimuru's blue hair. "Don't worry so much Rimuru!" The Queen of Spirits comforts him. "I'm sure that both your children will be fine, they have Myrtle and she's proving that she's reliable, and Albert who knows my Labyrinth like the back of his hand."
Shion steps forward, "You are a good Father, Rimuru-sama. I'm sure the young master and lady will be fine in the end." The Wicked Oni stated, having faith in the two. "I have faith in them, my Lord." She smiles.
"Yeah, you're right." Rimuru smiles.
"Welp, we better go to the observation room." The small Demon Lord opens a portal to the observation room where they monitor the Adventurers that enter the Labyrinth. "Come, Bertta, we got two children to observe."
Bretta nodded, "Hai, Ramiris-sama."
Both the Chaos Doll and the Fairy Queen enter the portal, observing both Harry and Shinsha's progress.
"Well, I guess we should get going then." Rimuru turns around, heading back home to see the repairs to his home. "Let's go you two, I wonder if Geld and Aragog finished with the repairs."
"Hai, Rimuru-sama." Both Diablo and Shion oblige to their Lord's orders.
Ramiris's Labyrinth
Harry and Shinsha were walking down the Labyrinth halls, they encountered some golems and a lower Beast on the first to fourth floors. They have made tremendous progress on the first to fourth floors.
"Take this!" Shinsha held her hands at the enemies before them. Black lighting disburses from her palms, frying the monsters before them.
"Hup!" Harry lit his sword with his fire, dashing to the monsters. Using Hakurou's teachings, he moves to the side, slashing the side of a Golem, and moving to the next, slashing upwards on another's chest.
He spun around, after slashing through the body of the final Golem. Harry held his sword to the side,
{Notice: There are no more enemies to encounter in the corridor.} Rapheal informed her master after scanning the area.
'Thanks, Raphael, you know you're really useful when you're not injecting your thoughts into everything.' Harry thought, not aware that Raphael huffed in his mind. 'W-Wait, did you just-'
{It's just your imagination.} Ultimate Skill replied to the Arch Mage before he could ask her something.
Harry sighs, knowing there is nothing he could do to ask further questions and would receive the same answer. Moving that aside, Harry turns to Myrtle and Albert standing behind him and his sister. "So, how far are we, Albert?" He asked their guide.
Albert looks at the area they were in, memorizing the Labyrinth for this task. "We have reached the corridor that leads to the fifth floor." The Death Paladin informed the young master.
"So is the fifth floor more challenging than the others? Papa said that we got to work together to finish our punishment." Shinsha said to the Aldaman's longest friend. "But both me and Onii-san are doing just fine on our own." She looks at the pale blonde man.
"You have noticed, yes the first four levels will be easier," Albert explains to the two children of Tempest. "However upon going further down, the monsters will be difficult. That's where you're teamwork will be needed."
Harry rolls his sword over his shoulder, feeling with the new powers he gained he can handle this with ease. "Well, I can carry all of us with ease,"
"But Harry didn't your father say you and Lady Shinsha to work together?" Myrtle asked while standing beside Shinsha. "That's the purpose of this,"
Harry grins, forgetting about them being observed by the creator of the Labyrinth. He walks down the hall, hoping to get this done and over with.
In his mind, Raphael sighs at her master being arrogant that she didn't input her mind.
Shinsha blinks at her brother, trying to understand why he's like this. She shook her head, wanting to make him happy and if it means she gets hurt in the process. "A-Alright, Onii-san…"
Albert sighs, seeing that their relationship was heading to a rough start. Turning to Myrtle, he wants to know what they should do about this. "I'm guessing you sense it too, Lady Myrtle?" The Death Paladin asked the Arc Doll.
"Yes, I did see it, Sir Albert." Myrtle places her hand on her chin, thinking of a plan to better get those two close. Her eyes then widen, remembering what the Fairy Queen said. "Hold on, did Lady Ramiris say that they were watching us, Sir Albert?" She asked the pale man.
Albert nodded, confirming what the black-haired girl said was true. "Yes, Lady Ramiris did say they were observing the young master and lady in the observation room." He informed her, "What are you planning, Lady Myrtle?" The Death Paladin asked.
Myrtle smiles, looking at her guard within the Labyrinth. "I know this is unethical, but Lord Rimuru entrusts the two of us to better bond those two here. We're far off in completing our task, but desperate times call for desperate major." She sighs.
"What do you have in mind?" Albert asked curiously.
"Lady Ramiris, are you watching?" Myrtle looks up, seeing a blue orb appeared in the air.
{My, my asking for my help so soon. How can the great Demon Lord Ramiris be of assistance?} The small Demon Lord asked through the orb.
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