Traveler from Type-Moon, Demon Lord Rimuru! Chapter 11

"In this era where Phantasmal Species have finished migrating and mystery is becoming increasingly scarce, the lowest-grade Phantasmal Species materials must surely be top-tier, right?"

Great Sage spoke in a tone of extreme reverence, yet Rimuru felt like she was insulting him.

But Rimuru still accepted her logic.

After all, in Harry Potter, Veela could use their own hair to make wands, so he... should be able to do the same, right?

Although the worlds were different, it was true that many top-tier materials in the Type-Moon world were also the bodies of Phantasmal Species.

Possessing the trait of division, Rimuru could easily split his body while keeping it in an active state, but the problem followed—while a formed Mystic Code could be strengthened, changing its fundamental nature was truly difficult.

This was almost equivalent to starting over and overturning all previous designs.

And today was Rimuru's 284th failure—a week had passed before he knew it.

"Phew, research into magecraft can sometimes be truly addictive."

The Wuyin Bird on his shoulder fluttered its wings and flew out. Rimuru walked out of the room and onto the balcony, squinting his eyes comfortably—

He watched the bird, falling into deep thought without realizing it.

Unlike his predecessor, who, after his memories were sealed, had some broken dreams and greedily wanted to turn Wuyin into a Mystic Code capable of transforming into all things, he was more practical while also being more greedy.

Being well-versed in the twisted Noble Phantasms from the plot and the bizarre magical items in other literature made him hope for, and better understand, what kind of Mystic Code he needed.

It had to have potential, sufficient power, and be his own exclusive weapon—the kind that could grow.

"Water may be formless, but it can transform into all things... and it can also contain everything."

Rimuru chuckled softly and murmured, "My predecessor's vision was still too low."

If he could devour corpses to plunder others' talents, then his weapon should naturally be able to devour other weapons to plunder their abilities, and even their forms!

To this end, he even studied Projection Magecraft and Stealing Magecraft, but the effects were minimal. Considering that Emiya Shirou's Projection Magecraft could only reach that level under the blessing of his Origin "Sword," Rimuru asked Great Sage about his own Origin without hesitation.

As he had suspected, while Great Sage's All of Creation could not pierce the mystery of Akasha, it could vaguely point out the scope of his Origin. After all, the two talents, Predator and Great Sage, had too great an impact on him. With the help of Great Sage, through simulation calculations and various tests, Rimuru could almost conclude that his Origin lay in aspects like devouring, plundering, and predation.

This further solidified Rimuru's ambition.

Research is never accomplished overnight, and difficulties would eventually be solved. Over the course of the week, Rimuru conquered obstacles step by step. While strengthening Wuyin, he finally solved the fusion of new materials and the conversion of abilities. It could be said that he was only one step away from success.

The most difficult part had arrived.

That was Rimuru's inability to maintain the long-term vitality of the material once it was fused with Wuyin.

Because of his traits, his flesh after division was equivalent to a cellular clone, capable of maintaining vitality and even connecting to Rimuru's consciousness. But once it was used as material to be integrated into a Mystic Code, it was effectively no different from killing it to cook a meal—

This led to Rimuru's inability to keep Wuyin activated for long periods—the essence of Rimuru's Predator was to devour and digest enemies, then analyze their essence to perform simulations and evolution.

And Wuyin, having inherited this, also had to maintain vitality to digest and analyze, then use Great Sage as a hub for magical energy reorganization to transform into the devoured weapon.

Perhaps this was a bit of a shortcut, but in the short term, Rimuru could only complete the weapon's modification through this method. Moreover, this ensured that Wuyin would become Rimuru's exclusive Mystic Code, because without the existence of Great Sage, this Mystic Code would be as useless as the original Wuyin.

"The magical energy limit and mystery level of Wuyin Water are still too low; it cannot withstand a split body that possesses a magical energy supply."

Rimuru stared at the water bird, seemingly talking to himself, but actually communicating with Great Sage: "But if I change to other materials, the effect of water's formlessness will be lost."

"So troublesome... is this already the highest grade of Wuyin Water?"

"It's just too weak."

"..."

Great Sage was silent for a moment. As a learning-capable artificial intelligence, after a week of self-study, Great Sage had changed from the initial system that only provided rigid, systematic responses into the personality Rimuru remembered—one that could complain and think by simulating human logic: "Perhaps we can change our line of thinking."

"Hmm?"

The blue-haired ball, squinting comfortably in the sunlight, was slightly stunned and replied, "What line of thinking?"

"Limited by the material constraints of Wuyin Water, we are forced to practice downward compatibility. Why don't we consider the reverse?"

"Why not use your body as the primary material to accommodate the Wuyin Water?"

"..."

Upon hearing Great Sage's words, Rimuru's first reaction was that it was impossible—but soon, he realized it was not.

"But if we do that, you'll have to remake it..."

"No need for such trouble."

Rimuru moved his mind and summoned the Wuyin Bird back, slowly placing it in front of him—

Gulp!

The crisp, sweet liquid burst in his mouth. Rimuru swallowed it in one go and said, "Analyze it, Great Sage."

Besides the Stomach being able to store items, Rimuru vaguely remembered that the original Rimuru had another ability.

A true 3D printer!

As long as there were materials, he could directly replicate things he had already devoured without limit through the analysis of his Stomach.

When Liddell led a little girl of about five or six years old to the outside of Rimuru's room, she leaned down slightly and gave a very serious instruction once again: "Eler, when you see Teacher Rimuru in a moment, you must be well-behaved and greet him politely, understand?"

"Mm-hmm!" The white-haired little girl called Eler blinked her large eyes and nodded quickly, the ahoge on top of her head twitching slightly, looking very obedient.

However, Liddell knew exactly what kind of lawless demon king lay beneath that adorable, petite face. If she had to describe it, it would be someone who would burn down mountains and commit every evil imaginable. If it weren't for her teacher barely managing to keep a leash on the little one, the entire territory of Achelotte might have been blown to smithereens in the blink of an eye.

Even now, she remembered the way the servant had sobbed with gratitude when she took the little one off their hands—

Hmm, she wasn't sure if giving this little one to Rimuru as a student was a good thing or a bad thing...

Liddell hesitated, but to be fair, Eler's talent for the water attribute was truly excessive. Combined with her Witch bloodline, if there were no accidents, she would definitely be a Color Rank Magician in the future—

Thinking of this, she stood up and was just about to knock on the door when she heard a cry of surprise from inside!

"Haha! It's done!!"

I give up, even the comma in the title gets censored?

Chapter 017: I'm laying my cards on the table, I'm not pretending anymore, I am the possessor of soul materialization, it's Rimuru

Rimuru was pleasantly surprised to find that after directly analyzing the structure of Wuyin, he could swallow a certain amount of Wuyin Water and complete its synthesis within his body using a split body. Not only did this perfectly solve the issue of vitality, but it also allowed Wuyin to maintain permanent vitality and a connection with his body.

In other words, Wuyin could completely become a part of his body, remaining hidden within him during normal times.

However, due to the substitution of materials, the originally clear and transparent water mass had turned into a light blue slime mass that looked just like jelly, and the flowing, cold texture had changed into a bouncy, squishy feel.

Although the current Wuyin looked no different from his usual split-off self, it truly possessed the ability of Wuyin to transform into ten thousand things. An even better aspect of its connection to his body was that whether Rimuru himself swallowed a weapon or Wuyin consumed one, he could simulate them through magic power—thereby continuously transforming Wuyin into any weapon or Mystic Code he had already analyzed.

"Hmm... although the current Wuyin is a bit different from a Mystic Code, considering that the Holy Grail can also attach itself to someone's body, I suppose it's acceptable?"

Just as Rimuru was thinking this after his initial surprise, a knock came from outside—after nearly a week of Rimuru's training, Liddell had finally learned to knock.

However... it was only knocking...

Before Rimuru could even say "come in," he saw the door click open automatically. The proud pink-haired girl walked in with her arms crossed, a serious expression on her delicate little face.

"Liddell?" Rimuru turned around and set the slime mass he was testing aside, wondering what Liddell needed, when a cute little head suddenly peeked out from behind the door. A cowlick formed from a strand of white hair bobbed due to inertia, and a pair of big, adorable eyes met Rimuru's gaze unexpectedly.

Eler had initially been nervous about facing a strict teacher, as every time she had angered an old man in the past, she had to face a period of confinement and education. But the moment she saw Rimuru, her eyes lit up!

What a beautiful big sister!

Immediately after, Rimuru saw the white-haired ball, who was half his height and excessively petite, run in excitedly and dive straight into Rimuru's arms: "Teacher!!"

"Huh?" Feeling the little head nuzzling against his chest, Rimuru fell into a state of bewilderment.

"Liddell?"

He turned his head to look at the pink-haired girl in confusion, only to see her looking exhausted as she grabbed Eler by the ear and pulled her away from Rimuru's arms: "What did I tell you? Bow first, then call her teacher!"

"..." Rimuru was speechless. Wasn't that still... calling me teacher?

Ten minutes later, Rimuru watched the little thing playing happily with the Wuyin, which was now the size of half his body, and turned his head with a headache: "So this is the disciple you introduced to me?"

"As a professor, you'll definitely take on students, right?" Liddell explained with a smile, her eyes filled with affection as she looked at Eler: "She is my teacher's direct descendant; there's certainly no problem with her talent—"

"Taking on students is one thing... but professors only take on students because they need assistants for their research." Rimuru looked at Eler with suspicion: "Can she be an assistant?"

"You still need a personal disciple, don't you?" No sooner had Liddell finished speaking than the little one raised her head with an adorable, aggrieved look: "Does Teacher not like me..."

"Uh..."

Rimuru was slightly stunned. You have to admit... she really is quite cute?!

"Fine, fine." Rimuru sighed. If he had to be a babysitter, so be it. In reality, Rimuru understood the thoughts of that first Witch of Achelotte; it was nothing more than wanting to further deepen the relationship between the two parties—

If the Achelotte family had initially decided to protect him because the Tempest Family gave them too much, by now, whether it was his relationship with Liddell or the fact that both sides were already in the same boat, as he began his path to rise, Achelotte would naturally take the initiative to get closer to him.

Judging by how much Liddell doted on this little one, Liddell really liked her, so he would just treat it as helping Liddell take care of her junior.

After all, Liddell had done quite a lot for him, and Eler was only a little over five years old, not yet six. In reality, learning system magic usually required one to be around eight years old before instruction could begin—well, even with Witch blood, it was about the same; at most, she could be exposed to magic a bit earlier.

"Besides that, there is news from the Far East you were concerned about."

"Oh?"

Rimuru was still watching Eler wrestle with the giant hamster that Wuyin had transformed into, and was suddenly drawn in by Liddell's topic: "What news?"

On the streets of Fuyuki City, a fallen leaf was swirled into the sky by the exhaust of a passing car. A young lady of high society, dressed in a black formal gown with a shawl, slowly stepped onto this land.

Beside her, Aozaki Aoko, dragging a suitcase and radiating vitality and youth, curiously looked around at the scenery. Fuyuki City could be considered one of the few famous cities in this Far East land that possessed a family of mages.

Although not as famous as the Aozaki Family, the Tohsaka Family's Jewel Magecraft was considered a top-tier level of magic.

However, compared to this, Aozaki Aoko was clearly more curious about something else: "Tsk tsk tsk, a three-hour drive. Hey, this is the furthest trip you've taken since moving to Japan, right? Alice."

"Who could have such a big face to make you so concerned?" She leaned over from the shoulder of her indifferent friend with a gossipy expression and teased: "You even called me back for this?"

"..." Kuonji Alice turned her head slightly, calmly looking at her friend's curious face. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said coldly: "How long has it been since you went to the Clock Tower?"

"...Two years, I guess." Aozaki Aoko was slightly stunned, gripping her suitcase: "I haven't dared to go back since the last time the Dean kicked me out, haha..."

"Mainly because I blew up quite a few things..."

"Then let's go back in a few days." Kuonji Alice said softly.

"Huh?" Aozaki Aoko was dumbfounded, her face instantly falling: "Don't! I was already warned by the Dean last time... if I go again, they'll put a Sealing Designation on me!!"

"Can a Magician even be put under a Sealing Designation?"

"Wow!! You have no idea how terrifying that Dean is!!" Aozaki Aoko said, looking aggrieved. "Anyway, I'm not going! Touko is probably just waiting to laugh at me!"

"When it comes down to it, you're the one who keeps blowing things up." Kuonji Alice looked at her friend calmly and said softly, "I'll go with you this time."

"?!!!"

"You're going to the Clock Tower?"

Aozaki Aoko blinked her eyes, looking incredulous. "Did I hear that right? Alice!"

As her close friend, she naturally understood just how much of a hateful place England was to Kuonji Alice right now.

Kuonji Alice nodded quietly and said nothing more; she never liked to explain too much.

To the side, Aozaki Aoko looked at her silent friend and suddenly realized something.

It was likely that something had happened at the Clock Tower, and it most likely had to do with Liddell and that bastard—thinking of Rimuru, Aozaki Aoko felt a headache coming on and gritted her teeth. Their temperaments had always clashed; compared to Aozaki Aoko's kindness, Rimuru's past methods were more like cold, ruthless, and unscrupulous!

He was even worse than Kuonji Alice! Alice only stubbornly insisted on the traditions of a magus, but that guy... his entire style of operation was just problematic!

A huge problem!

The most infuriating part was that the last time she went to the Clock Tower, it was because she was curious and wanted to take a look at that bastard's timeline, which caused the fluctuations in the timeline to spiral out of control and trigger a massive explosion. Ever since then, she had been strictly banned from entering the Clock Tower and had been dubbed the [Human Missile Launcher] by the world.

Thinking of this, she felt a headache again. "You aren't actually going, are you? Honestly, Alice, compared to me being hit with a Sealing Designation, I think the possibility of you being sealed is much higher..."

"..." Kuonji Alice stopped in her tracks, turned her head, and stared silently at Aoko...

"Fine, fine! We'll go, we'll go! Is that good enough for you?!"

Aoko gave up resisting. She should have expected it; although this stubborn Witch was usually taciturn, once she set her mind to something... not even eight oxen could pull her back.

Her life was so hard!

"Hmm..." Rimuru thought for a moment. "So, you asked Alice for help, and she chose a formal visit as her priority... is that right?"