Looking at everyone who had awakened, Ciel swept her gaze across the scene. Her cold, solemn eyes did not ripple in the slightest as she spoke in the tone of someone carrying out a task.
[Awakening complete. All have acquired 'Ultimate Skills'.] [Ritual complete. All data has been collected.] [Then, begin... transferring the body.]
After speaking, Ciel slowly closed her eyes. Rimuru, who had still been sleeping soundly within the consciousness space, was awakened by an inexplicable force and returned to her body in a daze.
"Th-this is... what's going on?"
Rimuru rubbed her bleary eyes, clearly not yet recovered from her deep sleep.
Seeing the unbelievable sight before her, with everyone now radiating powerful auras, Rimuru's face was filled with utter bewilderment.
It could not be helped! After her body had been taken over by Ciel, Rimuru's consciousness had been coaxed to sleep by Ciel.
After all, Ciel had done it deliberately.
Rimuru had not been wary of Ciel in the slightest, so she had been coaxed to sleep just like that.
Then, as soon as she woke up, all her subordinates had finished awakening.
It seemed she had not done anything at all!
Just as Rimuru stood there in confusion, a figure wearing a brown, antique long robe embroidered with dragon patterns quietly arrived at her side.
"You're awake."
Mo Li looked at Rimuru, who was completely different from before, possessing an innocent and somewhat silly air, and immediately knew that this was the real Rimuru.
It could be said that Ciel and Rimuru were very easy to tell apart.
The most important difference was the color of their eyes.
Rimuru had pale golden eyes, while Rimuru under Ciel's possession had cold crimson-red eyes.
Then there was their utterly different bearing.
Although Rimuru, as one of