Chap 3: Imposter and Souls

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3RD PERSON POV:

Kaido:"Well, this is the best place to stay here. Hope you both are comfortable."

Rimuru:"Ah, thank you Kaido-san"
He said with a smile.

Kaido:"Jah, I'm going to continue my work now."
He then held out his hand as a gesture to shake hands.

Rimuru returned his hand and shook hands as well.

Kaido then walks away but before he can get more than 6km away, rimuru calls out to him...

Rimuru:"Let's meet again, shall we?"

Kaido who heard that just smiled and answered.

Kaido:"Yes... let's meet again...... rimuru-sama..."
He said the last sentence in a low tone.

He then turned and slowly walked away without looking back.

Rimuru and shizue also walked away towards the inn and entered their respective rooms.

RIMURU POV:

I said goodnight to shizue and went to my room.

I then sat on the edge of my bed..

"«Doudt»"

Doudt:"«Yes, my lord»"

"«Did you feel something strange about that Kaido guy?»"
I asked as I narrowed my eyes.

Doudt:"«Yes, my lord, I also feel something strange about him»"

We were silent for a few moments.

"«When I returned his hand..I felt like I knew him but not from here..he also has a slight aura magicules great spirit of space-time with him...»"

Doudt:"«My lord....»"

"Hm? What is it?"

Doudt:"«You don't need to panic but...when you shook hands with him earlier, I could detect high level illusion magic and doppelganger skill near him..»"

Huh? Illusion magic? Doppelgänger? Isn't that one of my sub-skills?

"«What do you mean?»"

Doudt:"«....in other words, you were deceived by him..»"
He answered me with a slightly nervous tone.

Through instinct I created an anti-sound barrier and..

"HAAAAH?!!"
I cried out in disbelief.

Doudt:"«Like I said my lord..there no need to panic...»"

"«No need to panic my ass! I got tricked by a mortal being?! Unforgivable!!»"

Doudt:"«....»"

Sometimes I can tell that he is making a flat face now.

We were then silent again for a few minutes to calm myself down.

"«W-who...who knew that I had been tricked by that mortal?»"
I asked as I felt my cheeks slowly heat up.

Is this what people call 'Shame'?

Yes...who doesn't have shame..if you are the strongest sentient being on par with a Gods(True Dragon) to be tricked by a weak mortal...

That's really embarrassing.

Luckily my fellow primordial didn't see my current state...

Doudt:"«Just me and you, my lord.»"

Oh thank god...eh..

Ehh?! What the hell did I say?! I won't thank that bastard!

"«Don't you dare tell anyone about this situation?»"
I said in a serious and cold tone.

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