Rimuru, Princess of the Storms.

Papa?

Ch 2, S 1.

"?!"

Oh! What was that?! Something stopped me straight in my tracks and removed a little chunk out of my gelatinous body.

{Notice : The hit was nullified by the skill [Pain Nullification]. Use skill [Self Regeneration] to regenerate? <YES/NO>}

Yes, of course- "Do you hear me?"

My body suddenly froze as I heard this unknown grave voice, that wasn't [Great Sage]...

Then, I looked up and saw a humongous thing towering over me into some sort of transparent dome. What is that?

{Answer : This 'thing', as the User called it, is an individual and it seems to be a dragon. Need of more data to continue.}

"I said : Do you hear me, little one?!"

O-oh god it's talking to me? How do I respond? I don't have any voice yet I think.

I DON'T HAVE A VOICE YET!

"HOW DARE YOU RAISE YOUR THOUGHTS AT ME?!"

HEH?! So it can hear me!

"Kuahahaha! Yes, little one. I am using the skill [Telepathy] to communicate with you."

[Telepathy]? That's handy. It would have been a real problem otherwise. So who are you?

"Kuahahaha! I am the one and only Storm Dragon Veldora! One of the four True Dragons in existence!" Huh, nice to meet you.

"N-nice to meet you? That's it?! You should be shivering in excitement and awe in front of my greatness!" Why?

"..." Veldora seemed confused and taken aback, I wonder why. Is he someone important? Well his size is indeed impressive, easely the tallest I came across in my existence so far.

Veldora seemed to take a moment to regain his composure. "*Cough* Anyway, you are very lucky for a slime to be standing close to a supreme being like myself. Are you perhaps a unique monster?"

Slime? Is this what I am?

{Answer : Yes.}

Got it.

"Who are you talking to? There isn't anyone here beside us." Oh, can't Veldora hear [Great Sage] too?

{Answer : Negatif, only the user can hear the skill [Great Sage]}

Ooooh. I am speaking to my skill [Great Sage], Veldora.

"Mh, interesting. Although if I can give you an advice in the future, refrain from divulging any information about your skills. Anyone can take advantage of this information and cause harm in the process."

...Really? Is it that bad?

{Answer : The individual Veldora is right. If an individual knows what skill you possess, they might forge a strategy to counter the user and eventually render said skill useless in the future.}

Oh no! But Veldora knows it now! Is it too late? Am I in danger?!

"KOUAHAHAH! No, little one. You are not in danger because your secret is safe with me! Although in one condition."

What condition?

"Simple, that you become my-" Veldora interrupted himself before saying anything, what was that about?

Veldora bended a little towards me and squinted his glowing yellow eyes in my direction, what is he doing? "Mh... Your magicule signature seems familiar to me."

Huh? What does that- wait! The pull I felt earlier! The strange yet familiar magicule energy that I felt! It was him! No wonder I was guided straight here. His magicule presence is immense! Yet I can't help but feel...Comfortable?

Veldora observed me for a few more moments before his eyes suddenly widened. He then redressed himself and laughed loudly again.

"KUAHAHAH! THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN I EXPECTED!" What does that mean?

Veldora stopped laughing and gestured for me to come closer.

I crawled towards him with my gelatinous body and stopped just outside of the gigantic dôme that surrounded Veldora.

"You see, I was imprisoned in this forsaken [Infinite Imprisonment] for 330 years and I'm very much lonely. Not only that but my residue of magicules was keeping anyone from even meeting me because if any weak creatures come close enough, they will instantly die." Veldora explained. "Then, out of nowhere I saw you in the distance flying straight at me at the speed of a cannonball! You can only imagine my surprise when I concluded you were somehow unaffected! I was about to exclaim my joy at this newfound discovery by proposing to you to become my BFF until I discovered something even more extraordinary!"

I didn't move an inch as I was listening to Veldora's speech. I wanted to know where he was going with this. I didn't understand why no one could approche him either, his magicules are like a beacon of light that I was pulled towards. I don't want to be anywhere else.

Veldora had paused his speech to look at my direction once again, surely to assess my expressions. However I don't think he can see much of me, being a slime.

"You see... It seems that because of my long duration in this [Infinity Imprisonment], it made my magicules leak at an abysmal amount in this entire cave. And this leak of magicules can cause magirocks and creatures to either file or spawn with my powers. Do you follow where I am going with this, little one?" Erm, I guess he means the rocks I ate.

Veldora shook his head at my sentence, was it not the right conclusion?

{Answer : The individual Veldora meant that you were likely his spawn as a result of you being born of a higher amalgamation of his magicules in one precise point.}

Huh? His spawn? What does that mean?

"It means you were born from my magicules, which makes you my child!" Veldora exclaimed in a loud and proud manner.

His child?

"Kuahahaha! Yes, little one! And you can call me 'Papa'! Because you are sentient unlike Charybdis, I am gladly recognising you as my only child! Hah! If my big brother was still around I would be able to boast of having a child too!"

It took some moments for his words to register in me. I don't really understand the importance nor names he spoke off but I find myself strangely wanting to agree with his words. Which means Veldora is now my 'Papa' and I am the child of the Storm Dragon.