Oda: Listen and repeat after me. You have a split personality disorder.
Clown: You have a split personality disorder.
Oda: Not me! You!.. Alright, letâs try this one more time⌠âI have a split personality disorderâ
Clown: You have a split personality disorder.
Oda: Are you messing with me on purpose?
Clown: Yes.
Oda: ⌠Okay, letâs try this differently. Who is Pierrot?
Clown: My friend!
Oda: No. Sheâs a personality you have created to fill in the void of losing your twin sister Aiko.
Clown: Aiko?
Oda: Yes. She committed suicide three years ago.
Kanzaki Yuuko: That was no suicide!!! Murdered!!! Murdered!!! Murdered!!!
Oda: I guess Iâll be increasing the dosageâŚ
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Note: for consistency I will be writing Rafael as Raphael, and High Demon as Greater Demon from now on. No extra meaning in either case.
Birth of a Demon Lord
072. Upon Awakening
A new morning has come!
That nostalgic phrase appeared in my mind.
Itâs been a long time since I last felt the feeling of awakening.
I mean, since I donât need to sleep in this world, this is this bodyâs first experience at sleeping.
I behold the scene before me, and see busy preparations occurring in every corner of the city.
Even a quick feel reveals pulsating strength emanating from their bodies.
That, I believe, is the effect of my evolution.
ăAh! Rimuru-sama, you have awakened!ă
I hear a nostalgic voice.
And from behind me, I feel a nostalgic aura.
I was hugged from behind by two warm, soft hills.
Evolution hasnât changed my slime form very much.
If anything, my color became silver with streaks of gold.
So⌠Iâm that, right? Gold Slime or something?
The one that can move at the speed of light.
Though thatâs probably impossible, I do feel a kind of âhighest type of slime aroundâ aura about me.
This me was sitting on top of Shionâs lap, her cheek rubbing against mine.
Yup. It feels great.
But, thank goodness! As planned, she seems to have resurrected.
And I have become a demon lord.
Moreover, not just Shion, but every person felled by the Blood Shadows has successfully come back to life.
I had worried whether the success rate was affected by distance from me, so Iâm glad everyone was able to resurrect.
Well, I guess evenăGreat Sageămakes mistakes. Though I donât mind if they make me happy.
While rejoicing at her rebirth, I also dutifully enjoyed the feel of her breasts.
A truly heavenly moment it was.
But as if intending to ruin this beautiful moment,
ăOh, Rimuru-sama, you have awakened?
But I must confirm whether you are fully yourself, or else we couldnât rest easy.
You should remember our code, donât you?
Now then, let me confirm.ăHowâs Shionâs cooking?ăhow will you respond!ă
With an evil smile, Benimaru asks me.
Of course I remember,ăItâs horribleăright? Seriously, what a worrywart.
The moment I thought to respond, I noticed the peril I was in.
Hmm? Arenât I being held by Shion right nowâŚ?
If I sayăItâs horribleă⌠what will happen I wonderâŚ
A terrifying image filled my mind.
Wouldnât she squash me out of anger?
Damn it! He got me!!! A classic Hiroaki styled trap.
What should I say? What would be a good response?
Right! Great Sage will certainly come up with a good answer.
I thought, and tried activatingăGreat Sageăbut it did not respond.
What⌠does this mean� Hey, Great Sage!!!
?Announcement. Unique SkillăGreat Sageăhas evolved into Ultimate SkillăRaphaelă
As a result, it has been erased and cannot be used.?
Oh⌠so even my skills evolved.
But, Raphael, huh?  Named after an angel; seems pretty amazing.
That aside, whatâs important is escaping this perilious situation.
Alright, Raphael, whatâs the best phrase to deceive Shion with?
?Solution. After some calculations, an adequate phrase was not found?
Useless~!!!
Great Sage was no good with these situations and Raphael is just as bad.
Honestly, so did the evolution affect the name without changing any parameters!
Of course, this exchange happened within a single second.
ăEh? What about my cooking?ă
ăHmm? Oh, itâs been so long that Rimuru-sama wants a taste, right?
That way youâll be able to show the results of your efforts.
Surely, heâll happily accept the meal?
And just a side note, I donât need any!ă
Benimaru said such a wicked thing.
And to try to leave himself out of it⌠this bastard!
You know⌠just when I woke up in a good mood, to be sentenced to eternal sleep isâŚ!
Shion happily accepted his proposal, and hastily ran off screaming âI have received his favor!â
I felt an unbelievable fear overtake me.
ăHey, what are you doing! No way I could respondăItâs horribleăyou know!
You purposefully trapped me, didnât you, Benimaru!ă
ăHahaha, I have no idea what youâre talking about. Well, shouldnât you have a taste after so long? Thanks to the constant taste testing that I do, Iâve recently acquiredăPoison ResistanceăâŚă
Benimaru said with a distant gaze.
A⌠are you kidding me.ăPoison ResistanceăâŚ
Didnât you just equate her cooking to poison?!
What a tragedy. To find myself in it right after awakening.
Just after enduring one peril, to find myself in another?
The revived have come to greet me.
Though their aura has slightly changed, their personalities seem to be the same.
No lapses in memory, and their souls are properly attached to thier bodies.
However, each one has acquired the extra skillăPerfect Memoryă
ăThis way, no matter how many times we die, weâll resurrect!ă
They said as a joke⌠or not?
Extra skillăPerfect Memoryăis a skill related to soul memory.
What is normally impossible, but they have now acquired a skill reserved for spiritual lifeforms only.
After each one offered their greeting, they all returned to work on the festival.
Whether to celebrate their new-found power or what, they decided to hold a festival.
But, when they started coming up with hilarious names for it, likeăMaouâs Birthday PartyăorăLetâs Worship Rimuru-sama Partyăfor example, I sincerely wanted to stop them.
Well, itâs fine.
They can have all the fun they want today. After all, they are in very festive mood already.
For a festival-loving Japanese that I am, any reason is good enough.
Since coming up with some random reason to drink heavily is in every adultâs nature.
I had offered to help, but with grand reverence they rejected my offer.
Well, I canât boast in my ability to prepare festivals anyways, so Iâll rest up as requested.
Then, a person I have been seeing around here a lot ran up to me.
ăYour awakening fills me with endless joy.
Allow me to congratulate you from the bottom of my heart for your rebirth as a demon lordă
He says, bowing deeply.
Whoâs that? Seems like a very high ranked demon, but I donât knowâŚ
ăAnd please pardon the rudeness, but regarding my earlier request to become your humble servantâŚ
How shall you respond? Have you made your decision?ă
Becoming my servant⌠he says?
Umm, I do remember summoning one or two greater demonsâŚ
But no matter how I look at him, heâs clearly beyond them?
I was sleepy back then and couldnât see very well, so could he be one of themâŚ?
ăAre you the one I summoned using the soldiersâ corpses?ă
ăAs you say. It was truly a delicious meal.
As a result, I was successfully able to materialize.ă
ă⌠Ah, is that so. Good for youă
What about the other two?
?Solution. TheăSecret Revival Artăwas lacking the necessary energy.
Thus, and to fulfill their wish, they have been used and erased.?
Wow.
Raphael is saying such terrifying things with such a happy tone.
Itâs even more heartless than Great Sage, and just showing off that wicked personality. And though I thought it useless a little bit ago, it has been supporting me from the shadows this whole time.
Sorry for thinking that you are useless.
However, to use up those demons that wanted only to be of use to me is just sadâŚ
ăAlright, got it. From now on you are one of my comrades.
Whatâs your name?ă
ăOh! You are too kind. But one such as I am a mere nameless demon.ă
Hmm? A high ranked existence but nameless, huh.
Canât be helped. Letâs give him a name.
But what name would be good?
Demons that I know of⌠Thereâs the one that became humanityâs ally.
There wonât be any copyright violations if I use it, right? But, since this is a different world, I probably wonât be suedâŚ
Ah, whatever.
ăAlright. In that case, you wonât mind if I give you a name, will you?ă
ăWill you truly? âTis the greatest reward imaginable!!!ă
His beautiful face curved in a delighted smile.
Yep, I really am predisposed to be loved by monsters.
Time to get serious.
This time, super car series.
Was itâŚ
ăYour name shall be Diablo.
Receive that name, and become my guardian deity!ă
The moment I named him a considerable amount of energy escaped me.
Iâve really gotten used to feeling this. But hey, he took only half, at most.
I mean, I was worried that being a high demon and all heâll take all of it, butâŚ
If I remember correctly, when I named the Greater Demon Beretta I was left with only a third of what I had; I guess a Greater Demon is also a high ranked existence.
?Solution. Individual: Diablo was an Archdemon to begin with.
As the result of the evolution, Masterâs total magical energy amount has greatly increased.
Compared to the original amount, it is now ten times as large?
Y-yeah.
Did Raphael just randomly decide to offer the advice⌠But, I seem to have said something inexcusable.
I mean, Iâm happy that it is now ten times larger, but he took a half of that?!
This is⌠that, right? âOops, I did it againâ feeling?
Wonât he become some absurdly powerful fiend.
The demon in front of me, kneeling, stopped moving. A black cocoon enveloped his body creating a perfect evolution posture.
Yep, Iâve done it again.
No cure for stupidity, so nothing I can do about this now.
Letâs just hope that should it decide to rampage, that Iâll be able to stop it.
Since the evolution did not look like it was going to end soon, I just left him there.
From now on: letâs be careful about naming monsters!
I promised to myself but was confident that I wouldnât keep this promise.
Having completely forgotten about Diablo, I spent the time watching the festival preparations.
While everyone was merrily fulfilling their tasks, I was dreading the meal prepared by Shion.
And then, it came.
The feared, Shionâs Cooking⌠also known as the most lethal weapon around.
With a bright, happy smile she brought me the meal(?).
Time to say my prayers. Itâs here.
Beholding the steaming dish,
ăW-waaaaaait~! What is this? What the hell is this?ă
Thatâs not food.
I shall not permit anyone to recognize this as cooking.
A bunch of things flowing in the broth? Was she trying to make⌠Stew?
Listen girl, when someone questions your food, youâve already lost.
ăHey, hey! Shion, wait. I have something I need to ask.
Have you ever heard the phrase âprepare the ingredientsâ?ă
ăOf course, Rimuru-sama! How does it look? Doesnât it look delicious?ă
ăYou fool!
Why are carrots, potatoes, peppers, onions, and the other ingredients floating whole in there?!
So that you can tell them apart by looking or something?
You have to peel and cut them first!ă
I screamed.
And when I saw Benimaru walking by,
ăWhatâs this all about? Thereâs clearly been no improvement?ă
Dodging my words like holy water, Benimaru shrugged,
ăNope, this is impossible for me.
I have hit a wall. A wall called reality.
I had never thought that something could be impossible, but this time I tasted defeată
He said, scooting away.
Whatâs with âa wall called realityâ crap. Stop screwing with me.
I have to eat it, huh�
When I look at Shion, her eyes are full of tears and sheâs trembling.
No choice, opening my heart to the unknown like a monk, I decided to take the first step towards nirvanaâŚ
ăGot it, Iâll eat it.
But, next time, please at least prepare the ingredientsâŚă
ăUmm, about that. I did try, but I end up cutting the buildingâŚă
ăHuh?ă
ăNo, the âHerculesâ Edgeâ is plenty sharp, but itâs a little longâŚă
Pointing at the odachi on her back.
She was cooking, no.,.. trying to cook with that?!
When I looked at Benimaru, he held up his arms as if giving up.
What an undependable guy. My opinion of him is quickly falling.
ăA sword is not a tool for cooking. You get it?
Surely thereâs a knife around or something?ă
ăNo, I am one with âHerculesâ Edgeâ so cheating on it is a bitâŚă
ăAh, is that so. I thought of giving you a knife as a present soon, but I guess thereâs no need for that now.ă
ăI was wrong! âHerculesâ Edgeâ is perfectly fine with me cheating on it, it said!ă
ăI see⌠Iâll give you knife some time soon, so please use that to cookă
What a good person.
That should do it. At least, the ingredients shouldnât come out like that anymore.
If I at this food⌠no, I refuse to recognize it as food!.. If I ate this thing, I should acquireăPoison ResistanceăI guess.
Itâll probably be useful from now on.
No choice, I have evolved into a demon lord. I wonât die from eating some food.
I change into my human form, and commit myself to eating it.
Steeling myself, I âwelcomeâ some unknown substance into my mouth.
Without chewing, I swallow⌠Huh? Somethingâs wrong.
Itâs pretty damn delicious.
N-no way! Though it looks completely inedible.
I open my eyes, and, with utmost care, eat another spoonful.
DeliciousâŚ
Benimaru was looking at me, as if praying. His eyes were asking me whether I was alright.
Which means that when Benimaru tasted it, it was really bad.
Shion has a triumphant smile on her face.
That did annoy me a bit.
P 456
ăShion, what is thisâŚ
Why, unlike how it looks, it tastes great?ă
Fufufu, the thing isâŚ
She said, and began the explanationâŚ
In short, in the middle of the evolution, when she needed to express her dearest wishes, she wished for her cooking to be delicious.
I bet only she made such a wish during my gift granting ceremony.
What was she thinking, seriously?
But, I guess thatâs just like her; no, this is just who Shion is.
ăEhehe. Thus, I obtained this skill.
The name, unique skillăCookă!ă
Iâm so amazed I have nothing to say.
To obtain a unique skill in order to cook, just how persistent was she?
When I asked about it, apparently no matter what she uses, it turns out delicious.
When Shuna found out about this, her eyes were full of tears of despair and hatred. Well, for someone who strives hard to succeed, such a skill is unforgivable.
But Shion has completely went off course trying to improve.
Well, that is just like her, I guess.
The day was thus in preparations of the festival, and we partied deep into the night.
Completely erasing the air of tragedy of a few days ago, the city with filled with smiling faces.
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Youmu and Ellen also participated in the festival, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
There are a lot of loose ends to fix tomorrow, and we need to discuss the future.