StarTera: A Tensura Fanfic

Somewhere within the Great Forest of Jura, a group of go Goblin riders were doing their daily patrols

Gobta: The magic beasts are starting to show up less and less

Gobzo: Yeah, probably cause winter is right around the corner. Some of them would likely go underground and hibernate.

Gobta: Sounds about right, but I'd hate if we have to cut down on our open feasts. Especially if we get to eat plenty of-

Youm: by the way, I'll make sure you give us payment for dragging us into. Men! Secure formation!

Youm's party: Hai!

Gobzo: Isn't that the adventurer party from back then?

Gobta: You're right, seems there's loads of other people too

Gobzo: And it seems like they got other company as well

Gobta: A knight spider!? Perfect! They are always yummy when they're boiled. Take formation!

Goblin riders: Hai!

*A little time later*

Kaijuno Pov

A fair amount of time has passed since Milim's sudden arrival. Lots of parties and holidays were made, especially due to Rigurd's enthusiasm for parties.

We've celebrated a summer festival, the bon festival, I even added a few others like Halloween. Right now with the arrival of winter, we're now beginning an early set up for Christmas.

Other noticeable news is that we started road development between here to Dwargon. Also, we finally have a complete running water system here in Tempest now, which includes the bath house. I didn't get the Rimuru's excitement over it since as a shower only person, I couldn't relate. But hey, I ain't completely against trying out this bath house thing, even though everyone is butt naked for most of it

*flashback*

Benjamin: I can't wait to see what this bathhouse is like

Leonardo: Indeed, I heard that it'll make your skin smooth

Kaijuno: Yeah, apparently it's meant to be calming experience

Lavandra: where do you think you're going?

Kaijuno: to go bathe... with the guys?

Lavandra: we can't have that, as your bodyguard, I can't have you out of my sight. As such you're going to the women's bath with me

Kaijuno:....! WAIT! WAIT WAIT! I don't exactly think that's exactly appropriate. I know slimes are physically acesexual beings, but I clearly look more masculine. I think I might not exactly be welcomed in the women's bathe

Lavandra: nonsense, if it's Kaijuno-Sama, none of the other women will mind. Besides, Rimuru will be joining us so no reason why you shouldn't

Kaijuno: (*sigh* of course that perverted old man would take advantage this)

Cameilla: Ara, were you about to take Kaijuno-Sama to the men's bath, even though I was looking forward to spending time with him

Benjamin: eh!? No, not all. R-right Leo-

Benjamin:(THAT TRAITOR ABANDONED ME!)

Napolean: What's going on here?

Camillia: I was about to tell Benjamin off for trying to have Kaijuno-Sama all to himself

Kaijuno: But he didn't even do anything wrong, I was going to men's bath on my own volition

Benjamin: Kaijuno-Sama

Lavandra: come on now, let's head over to the women's bath

Napolean:... He's going to the men's bath

Lavandra/Cameilla:Eeeeh!?

Cameilla: But father, I wanted to bathe with Kaijuno-Sama!

Lavandra: And as his bodyguard, I must protect him at all times!

Napolean: *smile* sweetheart, I know you're eager for it, but Kaijuno-Sama clearly wishes to try out the bath with the men's this time, I'm sure you can have an opportunity another time. And Lavandra, me and Benjamin are more than enough to supervise him

Cameilla/Lavandra:h-hai

Kaijuno:( So THAT'S where she got that intimidating smile from! Guessing by the social logic of this series, I'd guess she inherited it from her mother. Also what a save, thanks Napoleon)

My first bathhouse experience ending up being a pure bliss of time. With my facial cheeks warmth being platonic and comfortable. Although after that, those two got me into the women baths through their insistence, especially when Napoleon wasn't around to interfere.

Speaking of those two, I've been starting to spend my free time taking cooking lessons alongside Lavandra, in hopes to improve my own cooking skills. Me and Cameilla kept having to point out to Lavandra of what not to put in the dish, like the outer skin of an onion or stems of a tomato. Her meals are still horrific, but at least she's getting a hold on what she should cook with.

Kaijuno: I wonder what we'll cook today? *sniff* actually smells like somethings boiling

Gobta: Hurry and get in line! The knight spider is almost ready!

Kaijuno: Knight spider for lunch, nice. At least this one as food instead of a live beast

I grabbed a bowl and waited in line for a good couple of minutes til I finally got some spider leg meat

Milim: *munch* This knight spider sure is yummy huh *munch*

Kaijuno: *munch* Yup *munch* they especially did well with making the meat tender *munch*

Leonardo: Kaijuno-Sama

Kaijuno: Yeah?

Leonardo: your audience is requested to the town hall meeting room, as well as yours lady milim

Milim: but I wanna continue eating my food

Kaijuno: we could just finish our remaining meal on the way

With bowls in hands, we made our way to the town hail where we met up and was escorted by Lavandra. When we arrived, rimuru was in the middle of a meeting with Youm and Guild Master Fuze. I was a bit surprised that Fuze had no gray hairs, was business doing better here than in the anime?

Kaijuno: We're here

Fuze: Who might you two be?

Milim: I'm the great Milim Nava!

Kaijuno: The name's Kaijuno

Ellen: Long time no see *munch* Kaijuno

Kaijuno: Yo! I see you're enjoying the potato chips

Kaval: Can you blame us? These chips are too good *munch*

Fuze: wait a second! You're milim, milim the destroyer!?

Milim: Yup! Don't you forget it

Rimuru: back to business, has word spread about the orc lord

Fuze: Well no, only me, the king, and a select few individuals of Blumund are aware of the details of what went on

Rimuru: Great! This can give us an opportunity to twist the tales to the public

Youm: Aarg! Is nobody gonna point out how ridiculous this is!? Why is are slimes running a whole nation!?

Lavandra: You're being quite rude to Rimuru-Sama and Kaijuno-Sama

Milim: watch what you say to my bestie and their sibling, you punk

Youm: You could put a sock in it, happy bags and bra-

*double punch*

Kaijuno:( Well sure sounded like it hurt)

*splash*

Rimuru: I'm sorry for that

Kaijuno: So is Blumund the only one investigating?

Fuze: doesn't seem to be since these folks are from Falmuth

Youm: Yeah, we're sent in from some crappy noble. The bastard only supplied us with low end weapons and armor. Heck! They even employed Rommel over here. He's far too young for such a risky operation

Rimuru: So you were sent to be sacrificial pawns in case things went bad

Youm: pretty much

Rimuru: Then why not bail out?

Youm: Well, I couldn't risk not doing it, afterall the old folks and the loud brats of the town would've been in danger if there really was a nearby army of orcs. Not that I care about them personally, but I would feel pretty guilty if something could've been prevented!

Kaijuno:(Tsundere detected)

Rimuru: Well, the orc army has already been taken care of, so there isn't anything to worry about. Actually I got a question for ya Youm

Youm: What's up?

Rimuru: You interested in switching employers?

Youm: While I'm not keen on the noble, why would you want to hire me?

Rimuru: Well, I don't think the neighboring nations would be too happy that a bunch of monster defeating an orc lord sounds exactly relieving. But if they were defeated by a champion, they would be far more joyous. And we our selves could just be a group of people that simply assisted you in defeating the orc lord

Kaijuno: In other words, lying to the other nations with a story that they want to hear

Youm: I... hmmm, I'd like to take a moment to think this over before making a decision

Fuze: I'd also wish to take a look around town to see whether or not this nation can be a good partner of Blumund

Rimuru: of course, feel free to take some time to go over it

That day was the day when Youm the champion would began his heroic tales, as well as the first speaking of the diplomatic relationship between Tempest and Blumund. Since Youm agreed to be our champion, we of course got to work on spreading his tale of defeating the orc lord.

I personally started the task on my own accord

Kaijuno: Hey Rommel

Rommel: Yeah?

Kaijuno: Since Youm ended up agreeing to be a champion, someone will have to write up his tales

Rommel: Indeed, but why saying this now?

Kaijuno: simple, because I'll be taking head of the operation and as such, I'd like to hire you as head writer of Youm's champion tales

Rommel: Really!? Wow, you think I'm best fit for this?

Kaijuno: I know you're perfect for this role

Rommel: Thank you so much, I won't let you down.

Kaijuno: I'm sure of it. First things first, what should the title of these tales be?

Rommel: I think we should keep it simple like "Youm the Champion"

Kaijuno: Sounds about right

Rommel: Also might I suggest we make stories about this nation too. I'm sure people would want to know more about this place.

Kaijuno: I don't see why not

Rommel: Great! We could name it " The Beautiful Monster Princesses"

Kaijuno: !, actually we will need to rework that title. Mainly about me being a princess, DO I LOOK LIKE A GIRL!

Rommel: Well aren't you and rimuru meant to be twins? I'd assume the princess roles would fit both of you

Kaijuno: My face is covered and the rest of my body holds no resemblance to rimuru. Plus, I'm not the one who looks feminine. My hair is short for pete's sake!

Rommel: Then how about "The Monster Prince and Monster Princess"?

Kaijuno: hmmmm, a bit too long and plain. Hooooow about "The Great Monster Royals"

Rommel: I suppose that can work

Kaijuno: Great! From this day forth, the stories of "Youm the Champion" and "The Great Monster Royals" will spread across the lands!

Rommel: How exciting!

If I was under the circumstance that Fuze and Youm were complete stranger, I would've had way more hesitation on the idea of cooperating but knowing them from the main story reassured me that these guys could be trusted. Later on, both stories would quickly become popular within the western nations. "The Great Monster Royals" would especially become a highly hit seller, only being bested by "The Tales of the Light-Speed Hero"

Kaijuno:( I can't wait to see rimuru's face when they realized that almost everybody is gonna think they're a petite princess. HAHAHAHAHA!)

Wise Sage:[*sigh*]

Kaijuno:(Thank goodness these foreign investigators weren't as much of a headache as the last ones, especially with how poorly it went)

*flashback*

Kaijuno:mmmmmm! These skewers are SO GOOD! *munch* *munch*

???: Oi! You!

Kaijuno:*munch* *munch*

???: OI! I'M TALKING TO YOU, YA LITTLE PUNK!

Kaijuno: hm?

I turn to my side and was met with a tall tanned man wearing armor with a leopard ta-

Kaijuno:(WAIT! That's Phobio! Holy cow!)

Kaijuno: What do you want?

Phobio: Watch your tone brat. I'm Phobio, a member of the Great Beastmaster Carrion's Three Beastketeers, I'm also the strongest one of the three

Kaijuno:(Not by a long shot)

Phobio: I've been ordered by my master to investigate this settlement and search for a black hair fox lycanthrope child, I'm assuming that's you since he did mention you'd be wearing a mask.

Kaijuno: I ain't a lycanthrope

Phobio: Tsk, you really think I would believe such a dumb lie, you brat. As desired by my master, you are to offer this town to him and accept his subordination. Be honored and grateful that Carrion-Sama is generous enough to acknowledge your efforts.

Kaijuno:hmmmm, how about instead, your master can PISS OFF!

Phobio:...what... the HELL did you just say!

Kaijuno: You heard me! I'm not giving him my town and I'm sure as heck ain't gonna be working under him

Phobio:... Carrion-Sama is the ruler of lycanthropes, as his servants, we should be give him our bodies, minds and souls without questions. So any who DARE not only question BUT out right deny his command is nothing more than a filthy traitor. AND ALL TRAITORS SHOULD DIE!

Kaijuno: HOLY CRAP!

Kaijuno:( activate Unique Skill Humility!)

Wise Sage:[ Unique Skill Humility Activated]

What occurred was a barrage of swift jabs from a raging Phobio. Some things to take note that with a good look at his hands, his nails are super sharp, he can easily pierce flesh with those claws. In most of his barrage, he kept aiming at mostly my neck or head area, the dude really wanted to brutally kill me. Thirdly, each time I was near his hand, I could feel emitting heat from his hands, probably trying to use the same technique he used on Rigurd.

Thank freaking goodness for thought acceleration again! But how can I counter against him? Speed is my thing, but it's also his thing so I can't have the attribute clash like I did with the orc lord. It's even worst when he's been trained as a soldier while I'm just some dude who has a few special powers.

Kaijuno:(Got any ideas Wise Sage)

Wise Sage:[Suggestion: Individual Phobio's focus is directly at Master's upper body and head, leaving a blind spot for anything below. Master should release the available water in their stomach under their foot while Phobio is distracted. Once Individual Phobio is standing on a large area, master should freeze the water below, spreading over Phobio's feet, rendering him imoblie]

Kaijuno:( Dang! That was a bit of a long suggestion. But it's still a bit of a matter of timing, especially if he's likely still holds keen awareness of his surroundings as a high ranking warrior. Hmmmm, well, when in doubt, just piss off your opponent til they're too mad to focus)

Kaijuno: strongest of the three beastketeers? If you're best out of all of them, I can't imagine how weak the others are

Phobio: Don't you dare look down me you little shit!

Kaijuno: Why not? What cha gonna do? Claw my couch or something, kitty cat

Phobio: I'll be tearing off your entire face once I get a hold of you!

Kaijuno: Frankly, you keep praising this Carrion guy, but if you're really this weak as a high ranking member of his forces, then maybe Carrion is not all he's all cracked up to be

Phobio:..... you know what? Merely killing you won't repent for your lowly crimes. I'll make you suffer horrifically for DARING TO BELITTLE CARRION! Get ready brat, for you'll be heading in a complete hell of pain! LEOPARD FANG FLAMING PA- what? My legs?

Kaijuno: yare yare, seems my plan went exactly as expected

Phobio: You think mere ice will sto-

Kaijuno: Bloody Threads!

Phobio: what!?

Kaijuno: of course it wouldn't be too effective knowing the high temperature you set on your palms, so making sure your hands are restricted too would make you immobile

Phobio: You truly think mere webs wouldn't burn either, you're more of a fool than I thought. Once I burn through these, you'll be good as dead... it's not working. My palms aren't burning

Kaijuno: No it's working,my bloody threads are just too tough to be burned

After this was said, we felt an intense aura near us, coming from the one person you wouldn't want to be angry

Phobio: Ah! Lady Milim!?

Milim: How dare you try to hurt my bestie's sibling!

What resulted is a huge combustion that I'm surprised didn't kill anyone, let alone destroy a huge chunk of the town. All that power and Phobio took it like a sitting duck and only got a knockout and mouth foam out of that attack

Rimuru: What the heck?

Milim: Oh! Rimuru, this jerk was messing with Kaijuno, so I knockout him out for you hehe

Rimuru:... Didn't I told you to not cause any trouble?

Milim: What! Weeeeeell, he's not from here, so it doesn't count

Rimuru: Nope, it still does

Milim: What!

Rimuru: *sigh* Well since it was out of defense for Kaijuno, I'll only be taking away your lunch

Milim: You big meanie, THAT'S NO FAIR! This is all your fault, you stupid piece of crap. Since I lost my lunch, I might as well-

Kaijuno: Do anymore damage to him and you can say goodbye to Cameilla's in-between snacks

Milim: EH!?....alright

*A little bit later at the town hall*

Rimuru: so phobio, what's this about subordinating us to Carrion?

Phobio: Tsk

Rimuru: Oi! I'm talking to you!

Phobio: I don't see why I have to bother answering to a lowly slime

Kaijuno: lowly slime or not, we can still kick your butt

Phobio: You should learn to respect your elders, brat!

Kaijuno: You mean the same elder who tried to arrogantly subjugate an outside town, the same elder that immediately made demands as if he owned the place, the same elder that didn't get a single hit on me, the same elder that easily gotten stuck in my trap, the very same pathetic elder who was willing to immediately attempt to burn off my-

Rimuru: Okay that's enough! Kaijuno

Kaijuno: tsk

Rimuru: Now as chancellors, we hold a 30% influence over the Great Forest of Jura. As such if you don't start talking then we'll take this act of aggression as a declaration of war. I'm sure your master wouldn't appreciate that now would he. In other words, start talking

Phobio:*exhale* I was ordered by Carrion-Sama to investigate what happened in forest of jura and if possible, recruit the young lycanthrope along with the large direwolves into our ranks.

Kaijuno: Again, I'm not a lycanthrope

*morph*

Kaijuno: I'm a slime! Just like rimuru over here!

Rimuru: Also our Wolves are Tempest Wolves

Kaijuno: And once again, I hold no loyalty towards Carrion, nor do I intend to serve him

Rimuru: Well that settles that, we won't accept your master's subordination, but if he wants to open up a relationship with us, it'll be on the table. If there's nothing else to discuss, then get out

Benjamin: Are you sure?

Kaijuno: to be fair, Phobio technically didn't do anything and he was already punished on his attempt by being Milim's punching bag

Phobio: then I'll take my leave... you'll both pay for humiliating me

Kaijuno:(phew, once again I got more involved than I would've prefer to be. Hopefully Phobio will take his time on finding the charybdis core, although I doubt it won't take a maximum of a few days before it appears. I wonder if treyni really does have some charybdis detection, kinda thought she would after showing her serious dress back at new years day)

*present time*

Phobio: those damn brats! How dare they humiliate me! That Kaijuno is at least manageable, if I can reveal all of his tricks on one go, he'll be as good as dead. The real problem is that brutish milim. If only I had enough power to get back at her

???:hohoho! It seems you're in a bit of pickle Sir Phobio

Phobio: who's there!?

Footman: No need to be alarmed. I'm Footman and my pal here is Tear, we are members of the Moderate Clown Alliance

Phobio: Well, what's your business?

Footman: hohoho, we heard you are in need of strength. If it's great power that you need, then we sure can arrange that for you

Tear: Yeah! You'll get super strong! Enough to beat that Milim to a pulp

Footman: What do you say? Will you be willing to hear us out?

Phobio:...