That time I got reincarnated as a slime,no, a DRAGON?

CH-26 Tempest Festival Day-1

Rimuru's POV

I am in my office signing paperwork regarding the shops that will be setup in the festival. You see most of them are fine but every once in a while I get things like this. What the hell is Veldora thinking? Making a takoyaki shop? He is one of the strongest beings in the world. I sign nonetheless. Of course later on I gave him a complete lecture to not show himself and use an alias.

I was signing these papers when Shuna entered.
"Rimuru-sama, I have a request."
"Hmm? What is it?" I asked without looking up.
"I actually wanted to invite someone to teach me a bit of cooking."
"Teach you? Cooking?" I look up at her. She is the best cook I have ever seen. She might even be better than Rain and Mizery.
She nodded.
"Who?"
"Yoshida-dono from Ingrassia."
"Oh? Him? He did make quite a tasty cake back in Ingrassia. Sure. You can ask him to teach you."
"Thank you Rimuru-sama." She bowed and left. I would later get to know that there was a whole cooking battle and it appears that made Yoshida accept Shuna's offer.

3 days before festival

I have tight schedule where I have to meet with the representatives of different races that are pledging their loyalty to me. The first day there were some smaller races. On the second day some bigger tribes came. One of which were the elves. They told me about how they were being hunted and made slaves so I decided to let them live in the labyrinth in return for maintaining a village there where adventurers could rest. Gozu and Mezu tribes also came. They were busy bickering with each other so I had them shut up by releasing my aura. Then I decided to let them fight it out in the arena when the tournament was being held.
(A/N Abiru is his subordinate, so they did not come separately.)

The last to come were the Tengus. I heard everything that happened there. It seems that the girl in front of me is Momiji, Hakurou's daughter and the one with her is her mother Kaede. She is not at the best of her health but the full potion seems to be effective to some extent.
"You are Momiji." I said pointing to her.
"Hai. Let me make this clear, we the Tengus will not accept your rule." I could see Kaede's eyebrows twitch a little.
'Moss, bring Hakurou to the meeting room' I say via thought communication. Souei is busy collecting info on Eastern Empire. So Moss is doing security work along with Ultima's subordinates.
I looked straight at her and when she tried to state me back, she shivered away in fear. What happened?
>You did something didn't you Raphael?<
<Master, I didn't like the way she looked at you. So decided to punish her a little.>
>*sigh* Fine. But don't do it again.<
<Hai>
She said in a cheerful tone. She is going to do it again isn't she?
"Are you sure Momiji?" I ask.
Before Kaede could speak up, Momiji answered,"Yes."
"Even if I give you Benimaru's hand at marriage."
Momiji and Benimaru blushed, meanwhile the others didn't react much. They had heard the story with me, so they more or less knew about Momiji's feelings. The only one who didn't know was Benimaru himself. Albis, on the other hand was fuming. She didn't say anything but her look was saying enough. Benimaru was about to say something but I got to him and whispered to him just so that he and Albis could hear. "You have two beautiful flowers on each hand you better take good care of them" Benimaru and Albis blushed and looked at each other and blushed even more. After that Hakurou came in and when he caught up to everything he also supported his marriage with both Albis and Momiji. Then both Momiji and Albis went to the arena to decide who will be Benimaru's first wife. Momiji won and became his first wife while Albis was his second wife. It seems like Albis already had permission from Carrion. Though it was decided that she would take orders from me, orders from Carrion held higher priority.

I also quickly went to Ingrassia and brought the kids and Yuuki with me

On the day before the festival most of the important guests were to arrive and  i had to greet them. The first one was Gazel, followed by Youm. We were busy discussing over dinner when the door opened.
"Demon lord ' Destroyer ' and her entourage have arrived."
Hearing this everyone went silent. I went pick up Milim. It appears as if Middrey is completely against cooked food. So I looked at Shuna and she understood. I then continued to chat here and there.

"Queen Luna, The queen of Hyme has arrived." After hearing this murmur started to spread. Many didn't know of kingdom of Hyme, those who did know thought of it as a folktale.
"Thank you for inviting me, Demon lord Rimuru."
"You are welcome. I hope you enjoy your stay here."
"I am sure to do that." She said so and moved towards the buffet. I just noticed but it seems Hikari is with her as well. She appears to be well mannered. If only an otaku dragon could learn from her.

Suddenly guards of different countries started entering and went to their respective kings. Listening to their reports there were murmurs many more times loud as before.
"Her Majesty, Elmesia El-Ru Sation has arrived."
"It is a pleasure to meet you Demon lord Rimuru."
"No, no. The pleasure is all mine."
She then came towards me and whispered,"I don't care when but let's have a discussion later in private."
"Very well." I reply.
"Then help yourself." I say pointing towards the buffet. She smiles and goes on her way. Many people try to talk to her on the way but are blocked by the Magus following her. After analyzing her I found something interesting. Her race is an high elf. Just like Luna, she has a 'high' in her race. I wonder if it is the next evolution or just the title given to the head of a race.

After that was a busy night. The next day was the first day of the festival but I had to meet with a few dignitaries. These were Gazel, Luna and King of Blumund. The meeting were just som small chat for formalities. I had bit of a free time o o decided to take a look around.

As I was strolling through, I tried many different food. The foods were quite delicious. I was strrolling when Moss came in front of me.
"Rimuru-sama, it seems that the hero is here."
"I see. Send Shuna to greet him. Also send Akamaru. Tell Shuna to take the slave elves he is bringing to the labyrinth."
"Understood"
After that he teleported. Moss had given me information on Masayuki. He had not even once anyone seriously. He might be quite strong. But the strange fact is that he might have a skill that effects the surrounding people. So I sent Shuna to prevent that. Also for her protection, I sent Akamaru. Now that I think, sending Ultima might be good as well.
'Ultima, there is a hero who is entering Tempest.'
'Should I kill him for you, my lord.'
'No, dont. He seems to have a lot of influence. Though, try to pick a fight with him. If he accepts then that he can fight me if e wins the tournament.'
'Understood'

Masayuki's POV

Me and my team entered Tempest along with the elves. I was then greeted by a beauty. She had pink hair and was from the ogre family. I could  hear Bernie mutter Oni. Is she an oni? Behind him was another man who looked from the same race.

"Welcome, Masayuki-sama. I am here on behalf of his majesty, Rimuru-sama. I am his secretary, Shuna. We thank you for rescuing the slave elves and freeing them from Cerberus."
"Ah! It alright. You don't need to-"
"Just how shameless can the demon lord be to not come here to thank him personally." Jiu shouted.

Don't say that. I looked towards Shuna and she had a scary smile on her face. I looked around. This was about time when my unique skill would make everyone support me. But it seems like it didn't activate. Suddenly another little girl appeared out of nowhere.
"Ultima, why are you here." Shuna asked.
"Rimuru-sama sent me here. He told you to take the elves as quickly as possible. After all they have been seperated from their family."
"I understand." She said so and took the elves with her.
"So you are the brat calling himself a hero huh?"
"How dare yo-" Bernie tried to say but Ultima released some of her aura and shut everyone up.
"Ho? Not fazed eh? Very well. This is a proposal, tomorrow will be the qualifying round for the tournament. If you win the tournament, you can challenge Rimuru-sama. But if you are too much of a coward you can always chicken out." She said and teleported.

"We are definitely winning and making that demon lord accept his defeat."
"Of course. We must kill the demon lord and free the people."

Rimuru's POV

I am looking at everything from afar. Those two are strong. Maybe as strong as Diablo right now. But why are they following Masyuki? Something must be going on here.

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