My Journey: The Reason Why I Will Live

Gnome now outside varakiel mind nodded.

Varakiel:alright, first of all, what i actually came here for.....undine, we sorry to trespass on your spring, but believe when i tell you than i only wish to help slime girls, i actually know we shouldn't have come here like this invading your domains, please don't be angry.

Luka:yeah we sorry undine, but please not be angry we didn't really hurt any of the slimes!

Undine:...i'm not angry, varakiel and luka, i know both of you came here with good intentions. Both of you didn't hurt the slimes on your way here, you just scared them, i guess that was a good alternative besides attacking them irrationally like a barbarian, that said, i still don't like when humans trespass on my spring.

Luka:sorry...

Varakiel:hehehe, i'm sorry too.

Undine:but you didn't have a choice but to scared them, i am aware than you two tried to reason with them and i thank you for that, you didn't lift your blade on the weak....there was once a swordsman who wielded all the four spiritis at once, he had a natural talent, but it still took him a year to wield the power of water, but you seem able to use it on a high level without my help...i wonder how far will you reach, you will reach his peak or you will break through and show me a high new level.

Varakiel:just time would say it, right now i would ask for your help to teach luka serene mind.

Undine:i understand, when the time comes i would gladly help him....now then, you have passed my test. I shall join with both of you.

Undine points at luka's hand and dazzling blue light surrounds him.

Luka:this is....is the same feeling like when i got gnome...

then undine came out of luka's mind.

Undine:now you...

unlike luka undine grabbed varakiel hand and it sparkles in a dazzling blue light as undine vanishes again!.

Varakiel:...so this is the power of the water element...it feels....gentle, hehe i like it a lot.

Undine: indeed you have great connection to the water element...

Luka:alright big brother what we should do now?.

Varakiel:let's go to erubetie, we promised her we will solve this misunderstanding and i will hold my word.

Undine then left varakiel mind and appeared physically

Undine:....be careful though the slimes here have never seen a human, you'll make them...nervous just keep your distance for the time being, and focus on erubetie.

Luka:alright.

Varakiel:let's move on then....

so slowly varakiel luka, undine and gnome made their way through the dark, wet cave.

Undine:varakiel tell me how many things as changed outside in the world...

Varakiel:if i remember heirinch was the last human to get your powers isn't? that was 500 years ago, so the typical, wars between monsters and humans, wars between monsters, wars between humans, you really have never left your spring once right?.

Undine:not even once...its a little different for erubetie, however. Once she became a heavenly knight, she would usually spend half of their time here, and half of her time at the monster lord's castle.

Varakiel:and both of you never though of looking for a new spring for slimes to live?.

Undine:i have though of it but I realise it is impossible to find another spring for the slime race, why are you asking though?....

Varakiel:that's a secret....

Undine:hmm?...can you tell me how you reached serene mind?

Varakiel:for sure...

Varakiel told undine about his fight with alma elma...

Undine:so there is that method to reach serene mind....

Varakiel:yeah....

Undine:hmm? Oh, sorry. Am i rambling?

Varakiel:not at all, i just didn't believe for you to be so talkative, is very nice to have to someone to talk to all the time.

Undine:i see.....up ahead. That's where she usually is.

Varakiel:alright.

Up ahead, Varakiel and luka approach an open area inside the cave

there eurubetie was sitting in a puddle under a waterfall, she was just...sitting there. Curled up in the corner. She looked so depressed.

Erubetie:oh....are you done?.

She doesn't bother to even lift her head as she speak to varakiel and luka.

Luka:she doesn't seem angry...

Varakiel:mhm.

In fact, her voice is incredibly calm, just a gentle whisper.

Luka:a-are you okay?.

Erubetie:...do you think i'm okay?

Luka:no....

Varakiel:....

Luka:so you won't try to fight us again?.

Erubetie:...no. There's no point. You could crush me like an insect if you wanted, and burn the entire spring to the ground....i couldn't stop you.

She just slumps to the ground as the waterfall consumes her.

Varakiel:alright thats enough, i can't handle it anymore.

Varakiel suddenly speaking, sits besides erubetie.

Erubetie:...what are you doing?.

Varakiel:ah this feels very good all that fighthing made me sweat...

varakiel ignoring erubetie question just sits there on the water fall with her.

Erubetie:are you making fun of me human?

Varakiel:let me ask you something, why are you still here.

Erubetie:what do you mean human?.

Undine materialzed in front of varakiel and erubetie.

Luka:yeah big brother what do you mean?

Undine:i am curious too...

Varakiel:let me change this question, why you haven't tried to find another spring for slimes to live...

Erubetie:another spring.....?

Undine:another one...? do you know of another one, varakiel?.

Varakiel:indeed, i have knowledge of another spring capable for slimes to live in.

Erubetie:...how you know?

Varakiel:easily, we find a slime girl on ilias continent.

Erubetie:just because a slim-.....she was weak?.

Varakiel:very.

Erubetie:how much?.

Varakiel:i easily tricked her to leave with some toys, jajaja.

Erubetie:....

Undine:....

Luka:ah!, you mean the slime than attacked our village big brother?

Varakiel:indeed, as you know weak slime girls can't be a lot of time away from a spring or they would eventually perish, i don't know the exact location, but i have a friend working with that.

Undine:...a friend?....mhm

Undine got a genuine smile on her face.

Varakiel:ohhh! Such a beautiful smile, i should do this kind of things more often from now on.

Undine:....fufu.

Undine just laughs at varakiel speech.

Erubetie:why?

Erubetie suddenly asked to luka and varakiel.

Luka:eh?

Varakiel:what kind of question is that?

Erubetie:you have every reason to want to destroy the spring. At the very least, you should surely want to kill me, i prey upon any human who stumbles here. You know that, don't you?

Luka:...(she is seriously the most dangerous by far.)

Varakiel:and?

Erubetie, luka, undine:eh?

Varakiel:let me ask you something. What do you believe would have happened if i didn't make the slime girl i found in illias to leave.

Erubetie:....

Varakiel:you already know the answer, now hear me out, what you did was wrong, but it was the correct thing to do.

Luka:big brother?

Undine:it truly was?.

Varakiel:yes it was, erubetie you are the slime queen your duty is to protect your kind from any harm no matter who they are, i will not blame your for the humans you killed, they were fools to ignore your warnings.

Luka:....

Undine:...he is not really on anyone side.

Varakiel:but what i really blame you is to ignore the well being of your kind!.

Varakiel suddenly said furiously.

Luka:...big brother...

Undine:....

Varakiel:why would you ignore the fact that there can be another spring for slimes to live in!, why when you were about to lose you decided to blow yourself up ignoring the fact that most of the remaining slimes in the world are here!, is your anger for humanity so great to the point of ignoring the people than still believe in you!?.

Luka:...

Undine:....

Erubetie:the people than still believe in me?, don't make jokes they don't believe in me they just see me as their queen because if not i would absorb them.

Undine slighly pissed off suddenly talked to erubetie.

Undine:how stubborn can one woman be? Do you not see that they genuinely want to help you? they were willing to come find you, they are working hard to find another spring for slimes to live, they even saved one weak slime just by reasoning with her, just because they are worried about us and want to make peace...and you still see them as your enemy?

Erubetie:....how could you ever think to follow them, how you know they are not lying?.

Undine:...foolish child. As a spirit with a contract with them, they can't lie to me, and this is nothing i haven't done before.

Erubetie:it was different back then!, you would really just turn your back on us, just like that?

Undine:how dare you.... do you even believe the garbage that you're spewing right now?

Erubetie:.....

Undine:erubetie....i'm tired, i'm tired of hiding.

Undine said gloomly

Undine:i locked myself away long before you were born, long before even the pollution, i don't expect you to understand...but we simply cannot live like this anymore.

Erubetie:and what about the others? You really are just abandoning them...

Undine:fool...someone has to go out there, to put an end ot this blight upon us once and for all. Someone who's strong enough to fight for the rest...all logic states that person should be you, but it's clear that you've all but given up. So i will go find a solution to this myself..

Erubetie:...

Undine:we cannot just sit idly anymore, each day brings our whole species one step closer to total extinction.i can't allow that to happen. I don't want to be the only one of my species left in the world, erubetie...if what varakiel says is true and there is another spring for slimes and who knows maybe we can find a solution to the blight.

Erubetie:...there might be another spring, but there is no solution to this, the only "solution" is to kill every human on this planet, so they can't hurt us anymore.

Undine:and then monsters would't be longer able to reproduce, you don't see the problem with your so called solution? do you even hear yourself out? if you truly believe that's a solution, then i should thank tamamo for keeping you off the throne, and varakiel for at least trying to resolve this peacefully.

Erubetie:you...! you believe him!?

Luka:...big brother are you sure we should be here?

Varakiel:let them argue luka.

Luka:..okay...

Undine: if you wish to stay here so you can get a few idle, petty kills on some humans, then i won't stop you, nor varakiel will, though i'm sure luka would have a few objections of his own....but if you decide to colaborate, then i won't object to that either, just don't forget who this spring belongs to before you do something you'll regret.

Luka:....(scary....)

Varakiel:....

Undine: is there anything you want to say to her, you two?

Luka:us?...erubetie, you must understand than humans change, none of the humans on this continent actually want to hurt you. Almost all of them accept monsters with no problem.

Varakiel:...the only reason they've been polluting the water and harming your race for so long is that they have no idea of what they are doing, if they knew, they would feel awful.... and i know they would be more than willing to work with you to fix the problem.

Erubetie:go tell them yourself, then. If you're so confident in the goodness of humans, and if you're so willing to help us, then go speak to them yourself.

Varakiel:that was the idea, but there is no point on a human going on behalf of slimes, if you want them to take the matter seriously a leader must go herself.

Undine:then i'll go...if you two act as the mediators between us that wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

Luka:wait, how are we going to do it? Gather every human in one room and make a big speech to them?.

Varakiel:....the queen of grand noah would do.

Luka:eh!? The queen? You believe it would be easy to talk to her big brother?.

Varakiel:yes it would, i have heard than she likes slimes a lot, there is a rumor a slime saved her life once.

Undine:...i see so there was a solution all the time but we didn't even try to find it out.i had also heard about the grand noah queen, from the slimes that would actually venture there.but it would be that easy to contact her...?

Varakiel:i assure that it will be, i will make sure of that no matter what.

Undine:...thank you.

.

Erubetie:.....fine do what you want, but the previous matter is not over, you said you didn't hurt anyone of the slime on your way here, i'll make sure what you said is true...if what you said is true then i may consider giving humans a second chance.

Undine:really?

Erubetie:what? Do you have an issue with my terms?

Undine:...i'm just surprised is all.

Erubetie:i don't really want to trust him but.... the welfare of our species should come before my personal feelings.

Undine:...i see...i have no issue what you asked for seems more than fair.we can give the humans one more chance for peace, if they are willing to help, then perhaps there is not need to fight anymore, however...should they squander their chance, however...

Varakiel:i will let you do whatever you want with them then, i don't want to side with people than don't see the best thing for both sides in front of them.

Luka:th-that won't happend!

Undine:you two understand what we are asking of you?

Varakiel:indeed, rest assured i just want the well being for you, and your kind...

Undine:me?.....i see, then i'll be accompanying you throughout your own quest. I would prefer if you two went to grand noah as soon as possible, but i understand there may be other matters ot attend to, first.

Varakiel:not worry i promise you when we are done getting salamander and sylph, we will go directly to talk with the grand noah queen.

Undine:good.i trust in your word.

Varakiel:alright then the matter with the slimes than we find on our way here.....erubetie it would be the best if you hide while we speak with that slime bess later, she will lie if you are with us.

Erubetie:....fine, but you only have one chance if anyone of them says you hurt them is over.

Undine:...you can speak with them but please take care not to frighten them.

Then varakiel and luka with erubetie and undine procced to speak with the slimes in the cave.

Blob girl:oh, my. Hello there...we meet again, i must say you really scared me back there really good, but how you look right now you even smell delicious...~

the blob girl licked her lips...

Luka:.....

Varakiel:(medium input!)

suddenly luka's form changed.

Blob girl: hya...sorry, it's just a reflex.

Varakiel:see?

Erubetie:....

Undine:...fufu.

Luka:you realize you're killing people, right?

Blob:errr....

the blob girl dissapered into a puddle and ran away!

Varakiel:that how we did it before.

Erubetie:there is still two slimes left, i will not believe you until we i heard it from them...

Undine:luka...you scared her, what did i tell you....

Luka:she eats people! How is this my fault!?

Undine:yes, and most humans would punish that with death. Of course she's afraid of you.tell me...in your ideal society of man and monster coexisting, how would you deal with murderers such as that one?

Luka:ugh...

Undine:surely, you wouldn't simply exonerate them all?

Luka:exonerate...?

Varakiel:excuse them for their crimes luka, that's what it means.

Luka:....well, i guess it would depend on what they did exactly...

Undine:for the sake of simplicity, let's just say on average. How would you deal with the murderers?i realize that generalizing it to such a degree seems absurd. I'm just curious as to what your first instict is.

Luka:uh....(people like that slime girl are actual murderers...most people would probably jail them or execute them, but, would i be willing to make that choice?)

Luka:i...i don't know.if they weren't punished for what they've done, then it would be the same as excusing it all. But we can't just kill every single monster that ever wronged a human. Would be just as bad as them....i don't think it's a decision that i could make.

Undine:it's not as simple as it sounds, is it? There really is no "right" answer, though i can certainly think of a few wrong ones....what do you think varakiel what would you do?.

Varakiel:easy, rehabilitation.

Undine:rehabilitation?

Luka:rehabibili-what?

Varakiel:re-ha-bi-li-ta-ti-on, i would separate monsters in three categories, the first one being reproduce, necessity. The two being hunger, pleasure. And the third being bloodlust, desire to kill, cruelty.

The first category would be helped to achieve a concensous to help them, after all it was for the future of their kind., the second one would be rehabilitated to live in a society where that's not good anymore, in this case i know outhere would be people willing to "help" them with their rehabilitation that case in the succubus village there humans, are aware everyone there are succubus and they don't care about it.

Undine:Perverts.

Erubetie:perverts.

Undine:i see that's actually a good idea to deal with it, help them see than everything is gonna change and prepare them for it...but what about the third category.

Varakiel:it would be almost the same like the second one but teaching them than killing is not allowed anymore, believe me out there, there is a lot of people than would be willing to get hurt by some monsters, and if they don't want to take it out, well they would be punished.

Undine:are humans total perverts?

Erubetie:it seems so...

Varakiel:anyway everything can be solved with help and talking, i have stated this before to the monster lord before, talking was never been tried since the remina incident, and a people need to listen.

After looking for the jelly girl for a little while.

A lone slime girl is glaring both at luka and varakiel's

Jelly girl:what do you want, humans?

Luka:w-we come to apologize for scaring you before.

The jelly girl relaxed a bit her glare

Jelly:hump, if it wasn't because the kid scared me before i would have eaten you up human, i have to more reason to speak with an animal such as yourself. Leave this place.

Luka:you...!

Varakiel:....

not saying anything more, the slime girl left.

Varakiel:was that enough?

Undine:....oh? Aren't you angry for being called animal?

Erubetie:that's what humans are after all...

Varakiel:i am not going to lie, i would turn into an animal if i were alone with any of you, jajajaja.

Undine:...pervert.

Erubetie:....pervert.

Luka:...pervert, ah! I did it again.

Varakiel:pahahaha let's keep going.

After a while luka and varakiel found the last slime they meet the green slime.

Green slime:huh? Hya!

The green slime fled in terror!

Luka:h-hey, wait! We aren't going to hurt you....

Green slime: but...but you are an angel you will hurt me!.

Luka:we didn't wanted to fight, we just tried to scare you, you attacked us first too, you know.

Green slime: thats because you came into the spring! Humans aren't supposed to be in the spring!, j-just stay away from us! if you hurt any of us erubetie and undine-sama will end you!

The green slime girl ran away..

Luka:....

Undine:well it seems that does it, fufu and she didn't noticed me just how much you scared her?.

Luka:i-i am sorry.

Varakiel:so, erubetie....was that good enough for you?.

Erubetie:.....fine i'll grant humans one more chance, just once.

Varakiel:i promise you than the problem of the pollution would be solved, and now the serious matter.

Undine:there is more?

Erubetie:bess lied to me, she informed me than they were hurting the slimes.

Undine:....

Varakiel:lets find her, erubetie , don't face her or she would ran away when we break her facade, undine you come to my body, i will face her, luka's body isn't able to take his powers anymore for today.

Luka:t-then here is angel halo big brother...be careful.

Luka then handed angel halo to varakiel.

Varakiel:thanks luka.

Varakiel then glared to erubetie.

Erubetie:first let's see what she says.

Varakiel and luka then found the slime bess somewhere deep in the cave...

Slime bess:hmm? Wh-who are you?

Luka:uh, h-hi...we're not here to hurt you.

Slime Bess:hahahaha...how could a human like you ever hurt me~?

Varakiel:(she is the one)

Undine:(....what do you mean varakiel?)

Varakiel:(just listen and don't act)

Varakiel:hey! You're the one who poisoned the spring!

Bess:whaaat!? How did you know!?, i-i mean, i didn't poison the spring yet...errr....

Varakiel:(got her.)

Undine:(poison the spring? What are you talking about?)

Varakiel:(this girl is a black alice subordinate she is gonna poison your spring when they make their moves.)

Varakiel:really black alice has fallen so low to even hurt deranged slimes...i will make you pay!.

Bess:so what are you gonna do? Fight me? I don't think erubetie would like thaaaaaat...~

Luka:ghh..(if we start fighting all the slimes will resent us.)

Varakiel looked to erubetie from far away and signaled to not interfere yet.

Varakiel:so what about erubetie, i promised i would protect the slime and that's what i am going to do.

Bess:ha? What are you going to do.

Varakiel:easily, seal you.

Bess:it doesn't matter, anyway. I wasn't going to poison the spring.

Luka:...

Bess:black alice gave me the spirit, but i didn't want to use it!even if it would probably be better for us i can't just destroy our home like that...

Varakiel:what would be better, poison the spring forcing you to the surface and then what?

Bess:we can finally fight back against the humans and run them off the continent. Then we could have aaaaall of our land back, and purify it so we can live there again. .....and feast on any human that gets in our way. Wouldn't that just be wonderful~?

Varakiel:*sigh* how can someone be so stupid....

Undine:you really are clueless, aren't you?

Bess:huh...? hya!

Bess goes wide-eyed as undine appears.

Undine:tell me something. Do you even know what grand noah looks like? What kind of people live there?

Bess:uhh...humans, right?

Undine:humans. ....and a lot of monsters.

Varakiel:do you really think a few slime girls would stand a chance against them? I saw all the slimes here already, they wouldn't stand a chance in a real battle.

Bess:b-but...the monsters would help us! Right?

Undine:why would they? I even know that they live happily with the humans there. The monsters there are quite strong, as well. They would easily defeat everyone except for you, erubetie and beru....not that either of them would join you, anyway.

Bess:hmph. Those monsters should die too, then...

Varakiel:if you are going to commit suicide then go right ahead, just do it far away from here, so you won't compromise any of the slimes here.

Luka:...(so fool)

Varakiel:such a side minded person, jeez

Bess:it doesn't matter. Like i said, i wasn't going to poison the spring, anyway.

Undine:and why should i believe that?

Bess:...

Undine:in fact, it seems clear to me that you should be kept as far away from my spring as possible.

Bess:!!!b-but...! hmph. Fiiiiine...i'll be back though and i'll save our race, with or without you!

Varakiel:oh, no , you won't.(gnome, full power we need to seal her in one hit or she will escape, let's go full power!)

Gnome:...

gnome nodded seriously.

Varakiel suddenly infused with the highest power of earth possible swifly hit bess with angel halo.

Bess:eh? What is this!!?

suddenly bess turned on a puddle of slime.

Varakiel quickly used psyenergy to pick her up and put her in a bottle.

Undine:you sealed her in one hit?, did you go easy on me before?.

Varakiel:ah i was found out....

Undine:forget about it...sorry. I should have known she would try to run away, now you had to deal with her even though you worked hard to not hurt a single one of us.

Varakiel:...not worry about it undine, it was necessary if she escaped this place would be in the eyes of black alice.

Undine:true.

Varakiel:what do you want me to do with her?.

Undine: Do whatever you want with her you captured her after all....

the cup where she was sealed in shaked for a while. 

Varakiel:i see, i would think of that later then for now....so erubetie, you believe everything i told you was right?

Erubetie suddenly came from where she was hiding.

Erubetie:....a traitor here.....fine i will believe in you and won't hurt humans unless they provoke us at least.

Varakiel:works for me.

Luka:uffff are we finally done big brother?

Varakiel:yeah i guess there is nothing to worry about for now....alright time to go back to the surface.

After that varakiel and luka with undine now with them started their walk out of the cave.

.....

Undine:i must say....it feels odd...

Varakiel:mh?what's the matter undine?

Undine:it just feels....strange, to allow humans to roam freely in the spring.most of the others seem to be reacting quite well to you two, though. Or at least, i expected much worse. There's no issue, really.

Luka:are you sure undine, we aren't making trouble by doing that?

Undine:yes, i am sure. I trust both of you....but do not waste too much time here. There are other important matters to tend to.

Varakiel:not worry i just want to talk to the slime girls for a little bit, and know the overall situation in the cave, won't take too long.

After walking for a while varakiel and luka found a familiar looking slime girl.

Slime Girl:.....human...?

the slime girl timidily pokes her head out from behind a wall.

Varakiel:oh? Hi little one.

Luka:uh...h-hi

Slime Girl:!!!

she quickly retreats behind the wall.

Varakiel:.....

Undine:.....

Luka:S-sorry...

Undine:no, no. It's not your fault. A lot of the people here never even seen a human before. She just doesn't know what to do, that's all.

....

Slime:...?

Varakiel:ah, she's back.

Luka:uh, sorry...w-we, uh...didn't mean to scare you like that. We aren't going to hurt you or anything!

So if you uh....want, you can come out....(i sound like an idiot.)

Slime Girl:really? O-okay....

the slime girl nervously steps out from behind the shadow..

Slime Girl:who are you....?

Luka:we are just friends of undine and erubetie, so we're just visiting.

Erubetie:...we are not friends.

Luka:wah!

Varakiel:we're not friends, yet , haha.

Erubetie:....hmph.

Erubetie then left again.

Luka:er, anyway....my name's luka.

Varakiel: and my name is Varakiel nice to meet you little one.

Slime Girl:well....you don't seem dangerous, okay. I'm eri.

Luka:eri...

Varakiel:oh, what a cute name, eri.

Eri:...t-thank you.

the slime slighly blushed.

Luka:Wait.big brother this girl looks familiar.

Varakiel:indeed, she looks like that slime from ilias village.

Varakiel and luka whispered to each other.

Eri:mh?

Luka: you've really never seen a human before?

Eri:n-no! Never! I've never even left the spring before. Erubetie gets really angry when one of us leaves....

Luka:(this is definitely not the slime girl we met at ilias village, she seems pretty timid, to be her)

Luka:don't you ever wonder what the outside world's like, though?

Eri:well, sure... but i don't know what i'd do out there.Erubetie and undine say that most of the world is too polluted for weak slime girls to live in. If a normal one would have trouble, i certainly wouldn't be strong enough for it...

Luka:mmm these poor slime girls....so...what about grand noah?

Eri:Grand....noah? What's that?

Luka:(she's never even heard of grand noah? Wow, she is really sheltered here.)

Varakiel:it's a city near here where a lot of humans and monsters live, there is slime girls too.

Eri:huh...maybe that's where the others went?

Undine:careful, you two

Luka:huh?

Varakiel:...

Undine::you shouldn't be giving the other girls here any ideas. You've already been given a huge privilege by being allowed here to begin with.i know you two mean well, and just want her to be able to leave and explore the world, but if erubetie finds out you're convicing people like eri to leave the spring...well, she won't be happy, to say the least.

Luka:(oh!, i am sorry)

Varakiel:(not worry about it, soon they would be able to leave freely, i promise you.)

Undine:...mhm.

Undine just smiled to varakiel promise.

Luka:uh..don't worry about it too much , okay eri?

Eri:okay...

Luka:she seems so depressed...big brother isn't there something we can do?...

Undine:she's a sweet girl, but she's very shy. There's a reason why she cares so much about leaving the spring.

Luka:why?

Undine:it's a personal thing, and it's really not my place to talk to you about it. It's her business, not ours.

Luka:okay, i understand.

Eri:hey, undine?

Undine:hmmm? What's the matter?

Eri:do you think...do you think elli's still alive?

Undine:...I'd be lying to you if i said i knew for sure. She could be anywhere by now.

Luka:huh?who's elli?

Eri:...oh! I'm sorry! You don't know, do you?elli's my sister she left the spring a long time ago.

Luka:ah...is that why you were interested in leaving the spring before?

Eri:yeah...but i have no idea where she is!

Undine:elli despised erubetie. She didn't tell anyone where she was planning on going, not even eri. She probably went as far away as she possibly could...

Varakiel:"puff" and hell that she did haha...

Varakiel then got close to eri.

Varakiel:you look very cute just like your sister jajaja.

Undine:varakiel? What do you mean?

Luka:big brother?

Eri:eh!? You have seen elli before?

Varakiel:indeed we meet her once, she is your twin sister if i not mistake right?.

Eri:!? Y-yes! She's my twin sister!

Undine:you can't be serious...

Luka:ah! Now that you say it big brother she looks like the same as her!

Varakiel:mhm! We met a slime in ilias village who looked just like you. And her name was elli it was the first monster girl luka ever met, too, so there is no way we can forget that.

Undine:so you were telling me the truth when you said there is places outside the spring where slime girls can live....you said a friend of you if looking for it don't you?

Varakiel:actually we have a rough idea of where it can be we can go look for it when we have dealt with everything don't worry.

Undine:i see , you are planning on going back to ilias continent at some point then.

Varakiel:actually we can teleport there so relax, we can check it out when we have speak to the grand noah queen.

Undine:you can teleport?mhh no wonder you are this calm speaking with everyone you have a lot of time in your hands.

Varakiel:indeed

Undine:it's been centuries since i've been there, and i have no idea what it's like now. I thank your cooperation for this in advance.

Varakiel:je, don't thank me about it after all the moment you made a contract with me. you became part of my family.

Undine:your....family?...i see....mhm

undine smile got a sweet smile on her face, she never had though a human would consider her family nor a friend.

Eri:so....are you saying elli's alive!?

For the first time since meeting her, eri's face lights up.

Eri:C-can i go with you too!?

Undine:no.

Eri:no?

Varakiel:we aren't sure where the spring is but the moment we find it i promise you than i will bring you with us, alright?

Eri:you promise?

Varakiel:yeah.

Eri:yay!!thank you!!

eri suddenly jumped up and hugged varakiel and afterwards luka.

Luka:hehe..

Varakiel:such cute child

Undine:(varakiel, thank you for making her happy)

Varakiel:(of course, such cute child should be happy and playing a lot, jeje)

Undine:(you seem to see her like a human child why is that?)

Varakiel:(easy, to me monsters and humans aren't different from each other.)

Undine:(...i wonder how do you live up to have that kind of though, is not bad though.)alright, but we can't go straight back there to check yet. We have other urgent matters to tend to first, you understand eri?.

Eri:oh...

Undine:but afterwards, we will take you with us, i promise. Soon everyone would be able to leave the spring and maybe can find more areas that are safe.

Eri:that would be nice... i guess i'll just have to wait awhile, then.

Eri:thanks, varakiel and luka~!

Eri hugged varakiel and luka yet again.

Luka:it's nice to see her happy.

Afterwards eri left somewhere.

Undine:my, she warmed up to both of you fast.

Luka:yeah.

Varakiel:let's hope we can find that spring later quickly so she doesn't have to wait for too long, jeje.

Undine:....yeah i don't know that the other slime girls will ever be able leave the spring... but we can't just give up, now can we?it certainly can't hurt to speak with the grand noah queen and find a solution , right?

Varakiel:mhm

Luka:yeah, you're right we won't give up!.

After walking for a while they found a blue slime

Blue slime:hmm? Oh, hello

Luka:uh, hi....s-sorry about we barging here i didn't mean to cause so much trouble...

Blue Slime:oh, that's alright. You two didn't hurt anyone, anyway. Really , i feel like i should be the one apologizing. Chinisa can be such a brat, sometimes....

Varakiel:chinisa?

Nashi: oh, the green slime girl, she's my sister, my name is nashi, by the way. Erubetie told us that you might come around the spring.

Varakiel: i see so erubetie as told everyone our arrival already...that helps actually.

Luka:so, have you ever met a human before?

Nashi:me? A few times, but not quite like this. I don't really mind them, though...but i've never left the spring before. Aira and iaka have, though.

Luka:aira and iaka?

Varakiel:these girls have weird names

Nashi:purple and red slime girls, my other sisters. They're a lot stronger than chinisa and i, and they've left the spring a few times. It would be nice to see what's out there, though these caves get so dull.

The rest of the world isn't this...repetitive, right?

Varakiel:it's not, is actually full of variety, you would love it, my name is varakiel and he is luka and we are working to get coexistance with humans and slimes.

Nashi:varakiel and luka...i'll remember them, coexistance with humans and slimes? Are you sure is possible?

Luka:yeah i know it is!.

Varakiel:we already got erubetie approval we just need to talk to the human side for cooperation, i believe soon everyone would be able to leave the spring soon.

Nashi:i see...even the outside forest on the lake would be nice. Just something different to look at, you know?

Luka:.....(i promise we will do it).

Varakiel noticed luka's face, he just patted his head.

Varakiel:don't worry we will achieve it.

Luka:yeah, i know we can.

After talking with aira and iaka

Undine:you know if you wanted to have sex with slime girls that badly, i'm right here, you know...

Varakiel:(are you jealous?hehe it's kind of cute...alright then next time i will ask you then, jajaja)

Undine:(....hmph...)

undine then smiles at varakiel

varakiel and luka found erubetie to told her they would be leaving.

Erubetie:what do you want?

Varakiel:*sigh* (and here we go again..)

Undine:(fufu)

Luka:eh?(is she still going to act like this?)

Erubetie:i let you into the spring. I didn't say you could loiter here.

Varakiel:we are just talking to the slime girls here.

Erubetie:...for what reason?

Luka:because...uhhh

Varakiel:because we want to know each other thats why.

Erubetie:..quit bothering us, you two. I already regret giving you permission to be here.

Undine:oh, leave them be, almost everyone are liking them, i certainly don't think they are bothering them, you'd probably like them too. If you gave them a chance.

Erubetie:...hmph. Fine, do what you want, don't forget what you agreed to do, though.

Varakiel:i never forget my promises, i'll show you than things would change for the better.

Erubetie then left.

Luka:sheesh...at least a good bye would be a little grateful.

Undine:she'll come around in time. It seems like she's being unfair, because....well, she is. But you have to see it from her point of view. She's been betrayed by every human she's ever known. The fact than you're a half angel doesn't help either. Promising to help just gives you another chance to betray her. That's how she sees it, anyway.

Luka:but that's crazy

Varakiel:people aren't rational, luka, but we just need to demonstrate than she can trust in us from now on.

Undine:indeed.

Luka:i don't know whether to be angry or feel sorry for her...

Varakiel: alright time to leave

Luka:alright big brother!.

While varakiel and luka where making their way out of the cave.

Varakiel:....

Undine:varakiel, ...you seem troubled.

Varakiel:undine....are these really all the people that still live in your spring?

Undine:....no. There are around 30. not everyone will be willing to speak with you, however. They hide just out of sight, watching both of you.

Luka:but...only 30 slime girls....is your race really that endangered?

Undine:...i'm afraid so.

Varakiel:*sigh* humans in this world are really idiots...but yet, forgive me for being rude but, how did you let this happen? How could you allow this to happen at all?.

Undine:...you have showed me that you two care a lot about us and just want to help...so its completely fair to you to know the reasons.....there are many reasons. The humans are largely to blame. While this generation may simply be ignorant, the last two or three were outright malicious toward us.

Luka:dammit....

Varakiel:....(Grrrrrr)

varakiel eyes turn red.

Gregar:.....(Grrrrrr)

Gnome:....

gnome was making an angry expression

Undine:(oh? This big boy is angry for us too? You three are cute, and thank you gnome for showing concern)....the 7th, 8th and 9th rulers of grand noah were all rather nasty. I've heard better things about the 10th, but...i will not try to excuse my actions. At this point, i have no one to blame but myself.

Varakiel:yet, it still makes me angry, i would't have cared if they didn't know about it but if they did it on purpose that's another deal....

Undine:.....forget about it there is not point in dewelling in the past.

Varakiel:yeah, i just hope the next generation wouldn't do the same mistakes in the future...

Undine:....

thus, everyone left the spring....

...

with a white light envolving both luka and varakiel they left the spring.

Luka:...

Undine:are you worried about the spring , aren't you luka?

Luka:it just concerns me if any ally of that bess slime comes to find her....

Undine:that's true but there is nothing we can do about it for now, lets leave that to erubetie.

Varakiel:erubetie is after all heavenly knight even though her hate for humans is great her love for her race is still big, don't worry about it.

Undine: indeed, and besides i prefer than bess isn't on the spring. I prefer she isn't in there. You helped to keep everyone safe, and for that, i thank you.

Varakiel:it was nothing, after all what kind of person i would be if left such danger on my friend treasured place.

Undine:...mhm.

Undine slighly smiled to varakiel

Alice:finally, took you long enough, mhm it looks like you got the power of water.

Varakiel:oh alice...we are back, and looks like the four of you had a lot of free time...

all around the shore are all kind of drawings in the dirt...you can tell who made each one

Luka:"the idiotic Fake hero"...is this supposed to be me?

Varakiel:"the pervert crazy world traveler"? And is very well done, jaja.

Tamamo:oh? Is seems you liked my creation~.

Varakiel:yeah i like it.

Gnome already materialzed looked at one drawing in the dirt than read :"Gnommy"

Nibi:ah you like it gnome? i made that one!.

Gnome suddenly started to make an sculpture.

Gnome:....

After a bit an sculpture of Nibi came from gnome's work.

Nibi:ah! It's me! I like it! Is awesome gnome!.

Varakiel:oh is very well done!

Luka:yeah it almost feel alive!.

Undine:as always gnome you are great at making those.

Gnome made a victorious pose.

Alice:hey don't focus on that, you pair of idiots....yeah is very good....more importantly, how is the power of water?

Luka:i can feel something like a flow of water, all around me...i feel it flowing through my body... and it feels like that flow is connected to the flow of the world itself. I can't really explain it, but that's what it feels like....

Alice:hmm, i can't explain it either. But yes, i guess it's like that..

alice nods with a knowing, smug smile, she has no idea either...at that time, undine started to talk to varakiel

Undine:(your power with the water is great, you were able to use serene mind lv 2 without me, you should be able to reach level 3 with me and who knows maybe you reach a new level out of my knowledge yet, and since your flow isn't connected to the flow of the world, when you use serene mind all the surronding are like they were engulfed by a sphere with you being the core, is incredible, maybe i can do that too if we practice together.

Varakiel:i see, then lets work hard undine and gnome!.

Undine:mhm...

Gnome:....!!

gnome made a let's go pose.

Undine then started to speak inside luka...

Undine:you haven't achieved serene mind yet but i know with varakiel guidance you would be able to achieve it on the future, i know.... so, luka, work hard.

Luka:i will!

Undine:mhm...

alice:by the way....how did the meeting with erubetie go?

Varakiel:i have to say than...it did go well to say at least.

Tamamo:oh?you actually got through her?now thats something else.

Granberia:indeed i though her hate for humans was impossible to solve...

Varakiel:you can say we achieved on a deal, but i have to thank undine for that without her mediation on the deal i won't have achieved it.

Undine:...fufu, i am awesome after all.

Varakiel:(...)

Alice:i see...thats good to hear honestly i didn't think you'd make it, and what was the deal?.

Varakiel:we will talk to the grand noah queen to resolve the pollution problem, and we will look for that spring on ilias continent.

Alice:mhm, so there is no need to deviate from the road it seems, after all you can teleport back to ilias, and we can go to grand noah from here later.

Varakiel:yeah that's exactly what i though for now, lets make our road to salamander.but before that we will rest for today, luka needs it.

Luka:...okay!.

Alice:well at least i expect a feast for making me wait a lot of time.

Tamamo:oh? Today seems to be a full moon day, maybe we will see a show today.

Nibi:yeah! Full moon day!!

Varakiel:(haha as expected from kitsunes they like full moons a lot.)

Varakiel:yeah today i'll give you a shining show.

Undine:(oh? What it might be?)

Varakiel:(that's a secret.)Alright everyone lets set the camp for today.

Then everyone set up camp outside the spring, so as not to disturb the slimes there.

Nibi:oh, hi varakiel! I practiced a lot while you two were gone!.i think i got better at magic. Watch!

Nibi then tries to copy herself again. But instead, she grows twice in size.

Varakiel:how is the weather up there? Jajaja, actually you don't usually copy yourself?.

Nibi:oh yeah, i was doing that....i forgot! Well now what? Can i really say i've accomplished something?

Varakiel:you should show it to tamamo.

Tamamo:there is no need i am here.

Tamamo suddenly came from behind varakiel.

Varakiel:oh hi tamamo, so what do you think she is making progress?.

Tamamo:how is the weather up there? Kahaha.

Varakiel:it must feel pretty good, jajaja

tamamo and varakiel laughed at their own joke.

Nibi:uguhhh

Tamamo:alright i won't make fun of you anymore little one....you did great, good job.

Varakiel: indeed, well done nibi.

Nibi:really? I d-did? Yay!!.

Varakiel:hehe very cute.

Tamamo:indeed seeing such small child happy is good.

Nibi:so varakiel, does it turn you on?.

Varakiel:....what?

Tamamo:hahaha~!

Varakiel:now than i come to think of it, why you didn't use doppelgangers on our fight tamamo?

*tamamo*

Tamamo:....who knows haha....

Varakiel:tamamo....not tell me you can't do doppelgangers.

Tamamo:o-of course i do who do you think i'm.

Varakiel:oh yeah? Then make one right now...

tamamo:aiyaaa i am too tired today to do that,

Varakiel:tamamo perhaps you're not good with doppelgangers?

Tamamo:no i would't do such child's play technique it would be a waste of magic power.

Varakiel:is okay i am bad at somethings myself too, for example....i not have selfcontrol when i find cute things....yeah i think that counts as a bad thing....i think.

Tamamo:.....fine i admit it yes i am bad at doppelgangers, i never liked them in the first place, their magic power effecience is very high to copy half of my power after all...

Varakiel:see there is nothing bad at saying you're bad with them jajajaja.

Tamamo:uguhhhh, i am leaving.

Varakiel:don't be late for dinner!.

Tamamo after hearing varakiel left to somewhere else.

Nibi:so what are your preferences then ? Wait, you just picked up that slime spirit, right?

Is that what you like? Hey slime lady, can i borrow some of your slime?

Undine: that depends. Do i get to devour you afterwards? I'm feeling famished, and this camp could use fewer idiots.

Nibi:N-nevermind, then....

Varakiel:jaja don't be like that undine, believe when i tell you after eating my food you would't want to eat something else.

Undine:oh?is that true gnome?

Gnome:...

gnome nodded several times in answer to undine.

Undine:well if gnome is like that for it then i guess i will expect a lot from it.

.....

Varakiel:oh hey, gnome, what is it?, are you perhaps happy to see undine again?

Gnome:.....

gnome nods her head.

Varakiel:that's good hehe is good than you can travel with your old friends again isn't?

Gnome:...

gnome nods her head several times this time.

Undine:you missed me that much gnome?, mhm is good to travel with you again too.

.....

Luka:hey, undine? Are you...okay?

Undine:hmm? Yes, i'm okay. Why?

Luka:well you seemed really angry about joining us....

Undine:at first, i was. Think of it from my perspective, luka. You're trying to live peacefully in a home you made for your people. And then some crazy kid and man, comes charging through, and starts scaring them left and right and even seriously wounds a heavenly knight. And i could feel someone with a great affinity to the water element, but i didn't know his intentions, maybe he wanted to capture me, maybe he will kidnap my people and force me to serve him, i though.

Luka:i think i am getting it.

Undine:i would been fine if varakiel had come alone after all people with that affinity with water tend to be very calm, but with you scaring everyone i though he was a greedy human looking for power....i was scared.

Luka:.....i am so sorry undine..we didn't mean to do things like that....

Varakiel:....i am sorry too.

Varakiel came from behind luka and undine.

Undine:....mh, it's not your fault, we have a part of the fault too, after all they attacked you first, and it's not like you could get coexistance with slimes without talking with their leader, or to get my power....i just needed some time to calm down and relax, that's all.

Luka:that a relief then.

Varakiel:mhm, i am glad you can trust us...we won't break that trust.

Luka:yeah.

Undine:i know....fufu.

Undine vanished with a calm smile on her face.

...

Varakiel started to look for granberia.

Granberia: the slimes were killing humans here just for getting close? And the monster lord just lets that slide?

Varakiel:yeah, her excuse was than she only attacked in self-defense....

Granberia:that isn't self-defense. She's just preying on weak humans because she has a grudge against them.

Varakiel:well go say that to alice, she is the one who told me.

Granberia:there's no point. She'll just say something like "don't question me" or something, like that's somehow good enough...idiot.

Varakiel:well, she's stuck in the middle she wants humans and monsters to coexist peacefully, but too many monsters just want to enslave or kill them, she doesn't know what to do.

Granberia:make them obey by force, then.

Varakiel:that wouldn't solve anything. The monsters would still kill humans, and humans would still be afraid.

Granberia:how do you figure that?humans wouldn't be getting slaughtered for no reason, and erubetie would be kept under control is that not an improvement?it's not just going to go away if you do nothing. If her beliefs were that important to her, then she would actually do something. She's a terrible leader.

Varakiel:you just described what the slime ancestor kanade did on the past granberia.

Granberia:the slime ancestor?

Varakiel:yeah the slime ancestor kanade, she keeped humans as livestock, due to her greed and gluttony

Tamamo suddenly came from behind granberia and varakiel.

Tamamo:ara, did you say kanade? That's a name i haven't hear off for a very long while kahaha~

Varakiel: you were spying on us again isn't?

Tamamo:yeah and i must say than yeah that's the same thing kanade did in the past humans wouldn't be slaughtered but they would be under kanade watch all the time....

Granberia: i see so someone tried that already.

Varakiel:besides if alice doesn't do something then i will, i said than i will ask her for help when i truly needed it and the same goes for her, for example i already asked her help with alma elma to find that slime spring on ilias after all.

Undine:oh? So that friend of yours was the demon lord...

undine suddenly appeared in front of granberia and tamamo.

Tamamo:oh hi undine.

Granberia:...hello.

Undine:hello tamamo and granberia...so the one who was helping you find that spring in ilias was the demon lord?.

Varakiel:exactly

Undine:mhm....the strongest human alive and the demon lord working together for peace....that sounds encouraging.

Tamamo:you said he refered to the demon lord as "friend"? Hahaha~

Granberia:ha, so alice made a friend.

...

Varakiel then started to make the dinner for tonight, meanwhile alice gave him chat.

alice:another spirit, another power already mastered, and you even conviced erubetie to give another chance to humans, unbelievable....

Varakiel:i am that charming after all, jajaja, and besides is all thanks to alma elma fight than i was able to use serene mind beforehand, and it seems my affinity with elements are exceptional in every field.

Alice:what!? In all of them!?.....other worlders are weird.

Varakiel:maybe but it seems the affinity comes from my understanding of elements himself and how they work together in harmony.

Alice:the understanding of elements and how they work in harmony?.explain.

Varakiel:gladly, i'll give you an example of water for now....you know than when water boils they turn into air right?

Alice:of course i have studied about all those kind of things.

Varakiel:but you know about the particles than compose water himself?.

Alice:the particles of water?

Varakiel:yes, it seems that the concept is not widespread in this world, let's see the water is made up of something called Hydrogen and oxygen, more specifically 2 particles of hydrogen and one of oxygen.

If you understand how this particles work you understand how water is made.

Alice:i see so by compression you mean what are things made of.

Varakiel:but there's more looks and this boiling water and look at the steam alright?.

Alice:alright now what.

Varakiel then extended his two hands and proceeded to use magic power.

And he proceed to separate the oxygen and hydrogen from the air, until he had to balls of compressed oxygen and hydrogen on his hands.

Varakiel:right here i used magic to separate oxygen and hydrogen from the steam tell me you know what those do?

Alice:...i-i don't know.

Varakiel:not worry is normal than you don't know even in my world most of the people wouldn't understand them either because they are not attracted to it or simple they think is to hard for them.

Alice:i see...then what you do with them.

Varakiel:oh well with hydrogen you can do this.

Varakiel then use a stick on fire to touch the hydrogen ball.

*fush*

Varakiel:you get a reaction...

Alice:eh?you did that with boiling water?

Varakiel:i used magic to extract the particles of hydrogen from the steam, either way it wouldn't do nothing.

Alice: and the oxygen?

Varakiel:well if you put it close to fire it will burn with it, and there is a lot of uses to them but it would be a total pain to explain them all, but i know you can figure things out with only this, after all you are very smart

Alice:...i see, i must say it's still ridiculous.than your affinity is expectional for only knowing those things.

Varakiel:yeah i was surprised too when i find out a little while.

Alice:eh?

Varakiel:eh?

Alice:you didn't know about your affinity with them before?

Varakiel: of course i didn't i would have tried to learn magic if that was the case.

Alice:ridiculous.

Varakiel:yeah i not have an argument for that....

Alice:there's sylph to the south. And salamander to the north.who are you going to get first?

Varakiel:salamander, definitely salamander.

Alice:now than i think about it, i must admit, i didn't expect you to go for undine, you've already mastered serene mind to the point that you probably don't ever need her. Why you needed her the most like you said before?

Varakiel:because she is the sexiest, hahaha

Alice:really as expected from you pervert.

Varakiel:just kidding jaja....when i got in serene mind for the first time i felt like i was able to make the most fluent and precise moves i have never done but to achieve higher mastery on it i need a true master on it thats my reason to get undine the most faster.

Undine:that's not your true intention don't lie....although is good than you see than i am the one who should be got first mhm...

undine made a prideful pose.

Varakiel:haha you got me that not my actual intention too.....let me tell you the story about a world

alice:a world? You been in there?

Varakiel:wish i was...to make the difference like i am doing right now...the story is about a world where humanity was forced to live underground very deep if you wonder how deep it would take at least 1 month to get to the surface by just walking, everything was revolved than humans there made their society like royalty the most powerful people were on the top close to the surface and the lowest of the low in the deepest part of it, there a boy was about to live up a hell just because a child longed for a dream, see the surface...

tamamo:oh!? An history from another world? I wanna hear it too!.

Luka:me too!

Nibi:yay, histories time!.

Granberia:oh? This one sounds good.

Gnome:...

Undine:a history from another world?....i hope you can explain things later...

Varakiel then proceeded to tell the tale of Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter

almost mid-night. Varakiel ended up telling the tale.

Luka:wow so monsters like that exist too?

Granberia:now i am interested on other worlds more, looks like those dragons are very powerful.

Nibi:wow the other girl is so cool for helping the protagonist to take the girl to the surface.

Gnome:.....

gnome was there with sparkling eyes she was really delighed with such story.

Alice:hmmm so someone who dies and turns back in time but yet doesn't fall into despair....such an idiot...

Tamamo:an ancient beast trying to reclaim what isn't his anymore, funny...

Undine:a girl who wishes to go to the surface agaisnt all odds....

Varakiel:oh dinner is ready! And is almost mid night...come with me guys

then everyone followed varakiel to wherever he was taking them...