The Second Dragonoid's Tale

Chapter 36: Ingrassia

We had returned from Dwargon altogether and a few days went by peacefully. Rimuru, Gobta, and I were having lunch, cooked by Shion. Shuna didn't allow me to help with the meals since the other two were getting punished, I was eating it merely to get used to it. Then Rimuru, barely through the meal at all, fainted. Though he would convince himself that he dozed off, despite that being impossible for him.

When he came to, Rimuru mentioned Ingrassia aloud, grabbing my attention to mentally ask him about it. A human kingdom beyond Blumund where both Fuze and the trio of adventurers came from, Rimuru had unresolved business in Ingrassia.

"Lord Rimuru," Shion asked, "Would you like another serving?"

"No, thanks," He quickly answered, "Why don't you gather everyone for a meeting?" Rimuru would explain things before telling everyone, "I'll be heading to the human nation. Unlike Dwargon, humans may not welcome monsters with open arms, so I'll sneak in with my human form."

Rigurd was the first to speak, "I understand, but for my lord to travel alone..."

"Don't worry," Rimuru declared, "I won't be going alone. Ranga and F/N will be going with me."

"What?" I asked, "I never said I would go and last time I checked you only have one mask to suppress magicules."

Rimuru jiggled, "Hehe, I thought you'd say that." He popped out two masks out of his slime body. "I prepared this for you."

"I still see no good reason I should go," I said while picking up a mask. "Erebus and Ranga would be more than enough."

"But don't you want to see the human kingdoms for yourself?" Rimuru asked and continued, "And once you have you can come back while I finish business." I don't know if I can fulfill her wish alone to help them.

I sighed, "Fine... But once I'm done I'm heading back."

"I'll leave one of my clones with Lord Rimuru if anything happens once you return," Souei added.

"Plus, I'm planning on hiring a guide, Gobta should be getting them now. We'll be traveling through Blumund, so we'll have Kaval, Eren, and Gido. They already know I'm a slime."

"That's true..." Shuna reluctantly agreed, "Bringing monsters into a human nation isn't the best of ideas..."

Gobta appeared out of the table's shadow, "Lord Rimuru, they said 'you can count on us!'"

I got up, "I'll go make sure they arrive here safely, Souei."

"With you, Lord F/N," Souei said, sending a shadow clone with me.

While I was away getting them, Rimuru went off to speak with Vesta about the restorative medicine, which I would learn that he had successfully produced a single full restore potion. I didn't pay attention to the numbers, but the end result would allow us to produce a large number of low-grade potions that are more affordable to the common people.

Though Kaval's party arrived before nightfall, we wouldn't leave until the next day. The adventurers said it was because they were fatigued from fighting, however, I knew that was a lie and that they only wanted Shuna's cooking and a hot bath before leaving. This was fine since Shuna would give me a new outfit the next morning that she had been working on.

With both Rimuru and I dressed and ready to leave, we said our peace before leaving the people, reassuring them that would return safely. This was almost immediately countered a few hours later, as we had let Kaval take the lead, Rimuru and I noticed something was amiss. We had been walking in circles. When we attempted to ask if we were lost, the three nearly panicked and apologized.