The Fated One (Part 1)

Not only was there a True Dragon like Veldora, there were also two Awakened Demon Kings, Rimuru and Mo Li. One True Dragon and two Demon Kings—and not ordinary Demon Kings, but Awakened Demon Kings. What force on this entire continent possessed such top-tier combat power?

Not to mention that if events followed the original plot, Rimuru would definitely befriend the Tyrant of Destruction, Demon King Milim, and the Fairy Queen, Demon King Ramiris. There was no need to mention Milim; she was one of the continent's strongest beings, existing at the very ceiling of combat power. Even if Ramiris currently had no fighting ability, in the original story, this Fairy Queen had relied on her own strength to mediate the war between the Dark Emperor Guy and the Tyrant of Destruction Milim. She was also known alongside those two Demon Kings as one of the three most ancient Demon Kings. That alone spoke volumes.

Moreover, in the original story, one of the Demon Kings, the Platinum Sword King Leon, seemed to have jokingly told Guy that he wanted to make a move against Ramiris. Guy had directly threatened Leon's life over it. It could be said that Ramiris and Guy had a very good relationship. On top of that, she was the queen of the fairies, so she carried no small weight in Mo Li's eyes.

And if the plot did not change too drastically, Rimuru and Mo Li would definitely need this Fairy Queen's help before long. If Mo Li remembered correctly, before Shizue died, she had asked Rimuru to take care of several of her students.

Because they were children, Shizue's students did not have long to live and needed the help of High-level Elves to survive. Without Ramiris's assistance, Rimuru might not necessarily have been able to save those children in the original story. Honestly, even if Rimuru could not save them, they might not have died. Chloe definitely would not die, at any rate. She was a ceiling-level powerhouse even in the entire Cute King world setting—the Chloe known as the Strongest Hero. The only ones who could compare to her were the overpowered Cute King, the final big boss Kagurazaka Yuuki, and the Dark Emperor Guy. Milim barely counted as well. Mo Li truly could not think of anyone else capable of fighting her.

If not for the overpowered Cute King, Mo Li would have suspected that Chloe had protagonist aura. This woman was far too monstrous. Guy was strong because he was one of the Seven Primordial Demons; even among the Primordials, only that little Black could compare to him, while the rest could not. Milim was strong because she was the daughter of Star Dragon King Veldanava and the sole Dragonewt. Kagurazaka Yuuki was strong because he had villainous final-boss aura—he had extraordinary abilities even before being transported here, so what else could it be if not villain aura? But what did Chloe, an ordinary transmigrator, have? If there had only been one or two transmigrators, that would have been understandable. The problem was that transmigrators were not rare in this world; there were even rather a lot of them. Cute King alone had killed several transmigrators and reincarnators. So what gave Chloe the right? Mo Li could not understand it. Since when were transmigrators ranked by class? Forget it. The more he thought about it, the more unfair it felt.

In any case, Mo Li's most urgent task was to obtain a Demon Lord Seed as soon as possible. Then, under the right circumstances, he could obtain enough human souls and awaken as a Demon King. Not an ordinary Demon King, either, but an Awakened Demon King. Unless he became an Awakened Demon King, Mo Li could never shake his unease. Only after becoming an Awakened Demon King would he have the ability to protect himself in this world. Then, with Tempest and that overpowered Rimuru, Mo Li could also carve out a place for himself in this world. When that time came, he could drink tea, eat meals, listen to opera, stroll with a birdcage, and enjoy a wonderful retirement.

"Lord Morax, what are you thinking about?"

Just then, a delicate-looking little fairy asked Mo Li curiously. While chatting with Rimuru, the little fairy had easily coaxed Mo Li's name out of him. However, Rimuru at least knew to mention only the name Morax and did not reveal Mo Li's true name.

"Nothing. I was just thinking about some things from the past."

Mo Li replied calmly.

"Lord Morax, I've always been curious. What race are you?"

At that moment, a fairy who had been surrounding Rimuru suddenly came over to Mo Li and asked curiously.

"Yeah, yeah. Lord Rimuru is obviously an adorable Slime, but although you look like a dragon, there always seems to be something strange about you."

A refined-looking yet somewhat silly little fairy said uncertainly.

Rimuru came over to Mo Li's feet. Seeing Rimuru's flushed little face, Mo Li knew he had gotten carried away having fun. He picked Rimuru up from the ground and held him in his arms.

"My race? I suppose I'm a dragon."

Mo Li answered somewhat uncertainly.

"What do you mean, you suppose you're a dragon? Lord Morax, you really do speak strangely."

The little fairy said curiously.

"Exactly, exactly."

The surrounding fairies all chimed in.

"I am indeed a dragon, but I'm different from ordinary dragons. It can't be explained clearly in a short while, so just think of me as a dragon."

Mo Li calmly explained to everyone.

This was no ordinary establishment, and these attendants were no simple figures either. They looked harmless, but they had only one purpose: gathering intelligence. Especially the proprietress of this establishment—her strength was far from weak. If anyone said this was merely an ordinary place to drink, not even ghosts would believe it.

Mo Li knew that the Night Butterfly was most likely one of the Dwarf Kingdom's intelligence-gathering sites.

Mo Li understood that, so he only spoke of what could be said and did not utter a word about what could not.

Things like where they came from and what they planned to do were not important. It did not matter if he told them, because even if Mo Li said nothing, they could investigate it themselves.

Especially when they heard that Mo Li and Rimuru were building a force, a glimmer of light appeared in their eyes.

Just then, seeing that things had gone about far enough, one little fairy hurriedly changed the subject.

"Lord Morax and Lord Rimuru, would you like to play something fun?"

The little fairy put on a mysterious air as she spoke to Mo Li and Rimuru.

"What is it?"

Hearing the word "play," Rimuru, who was sitting in Mo Li's arms, immediately asked curiously.

Having already known about it, Mo Li naturally knew that it was nothing more than divination. This was where Rimuru learned who his fated one was.

However, Mo Li was curious as well. One of his reasons for coming to the Night Butterfly was to divine who his own fated one was; otherwise, he might not necessarily have come here at all. Mo Li also wanted to know whether Rimuru's fated one was still the same as in the original plot—Miss Shizue.