A long, long time ago,
only four True Dragons existed in this world.
The very first one had a child with a human woman.
After giving most of his power to his child,
he consolidated his remaining power into a crystal,
creating a being that has been referred to as his double: the Elemental Dragon.
The Dragon Princess did not see or know her parents growing up,
but the baby dragon her father had given her was always by her side.
Thanks!
You're most welcome!
It's so sweet.
What's its name?
Name?
It doesn't have a name!
Huh?
I-I have a name in mind for it!
But... apparently I'm so strong that I shouldn't name things.
Oh...
That's weird.
Whether it has a name or not, it's my friend!
That's all that matters!
Wait up!
Wait! Wait!
Wait up!
They thought those warm days would go on forever.
But then...
The Great Sorcerous Nation, at its peak of prosperity,
killed the baby dragon in a plot to take control of the Dragon Princess.
The Dragon Princess was overcome with grief...
and then she went mad, her fury burning like a raging fire.
By the time she returned to her senses thanks to
the Queen of Spirits and one Demon Lord,
the prosperity of the Great Sorcerous Nation was a thing of the past.
The tens of thousands of lives lost in her rampage caused the Dragon Princess
to awaken as a Demon Lord.
And then there was a miracle:
the baby dragon came back to life.
But because dying had resulted in the loss of its soul,
it transformed into the Chaos Dragon,
an evil being with no will or purpose.
Whether out of anger over having been killed
or sorrow out of making its friend sad,
the Chaos Dragon was swallowed up by hatred and destroyed all in its path.
I see...
My friend is no longer...
So the Dragon Princess sealed her friend away herself.
That was the Dragon Princess's first undertaking as a Demon Lord,
and the origin story of the Sorcerous Dynasty of Thalion.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4
Episode 83: Milim's Friend
Milim!
You okay?
Y-Yes...
Don't worry. It's all gonna work out.
Rimuru...
It's huge. So this is the Chaos Dragon...
The former Elemental Dragon that Milim sealed away long ago.
Milim's friend, huh?
Rimuru, what in the world can we do?
It's devouring all the magicules in the area and growing nonstop.
It's already too big to seal away!
And it's deeply corrupted.
We can't heal it. It's been taken over by Greed.
Still...
Still... I can't kill my friend!
Milim...
What power...
Milim!
The castle!
Shion! Gobta! Are you okay?!
Great Rimuru!
Everything's fine here.
We just made it back to the upper level!
The elder is evacuating everyone!
Please remain calm!
You'll be safe inside the tower!
Help them with the evacuation!
I'll keep the Chaos Dragon's attacks focused on this direction!
Got it!
You can count on us!
Just killing it would be easy enough for Milim,
but I don't want to make her do that to her friend.
There has to be a way.
I just need to think...
What is that light?
Answer.
It is most likely the Elemental Dragon's soul.
Huh? Its soul?
Didn't it turn into the Chaos Dragon because it lost that?
Affirmative
Affirmative.
However, after Appraising the being itself,
Appraisal
I have confirmed the presence of the soul and its vessel, the astral body.
Presence Confirmed
Only a portion of the soul remains,
and it is no longer a pure soul due to the corruption.
Its original soul can be considered lost.
I get it.
But still, it clearly hasn't lost its light.
Milim!
Milim, I need you to attack the Chaos Dragon.
It's just like with Charybdis.
You can attack it without destroying its core, right?
While you do that, I'll grab its soul!
B-But a body that big won't feel any attack that doesn't use my full power!
If I mess it up, I could destroy everything!
You learned restraint, didn't you?
Your friend's trying its hardest, too.
Show it what you can do.
All right.
I'll trust you, Rimuru.
Yep! Leave it to me!
I said that so confidently,
but I can't guarantee this will work.
Now that I've given her hope,
if I screw this up, it'll hurt her all the more.
But still...
There's no other way!
Here goes, my friend!
Let the glimmer of the stars fill your eyes!
Dragon Buster!
They've locked horns! It's now or never!
Do it, Raphael!
Understood. Yes, my lord.
It's so heavy...
This is insane.
I can feel my magicules dwindling...
But...
There it is!
That must be Maribel's Greed.
If there's no malice, it'll be easy to purify, but...
It disappeared?!
Answer.
It appears the individual named Yuuki Kagurazaka
has defeated the individual named Maribel Rozzo.
Now?! Are you kidding me?!
But still, nice timing!
There!
That just leaves...
Milim! Can you up the output?
But...
Don't worry.
I've got the Elemental Dragon's core.
Let's finish this in one go!
All right. I'll leave it to you!
Drago-Nova!
I know I asked her to do it,
but it's crazy that she could boost her output even more from that.
Material body destroyed.
Spiritual body destroyed.
Remnants of manas and soul confirmed beyond the astral body.
Here we go.
What are you trying to do?!
It's about to explode!
I'll take care of the rest!
Devour all, Beelzebub!
Is it... over?
No, not yet.
We still need to do something about your friend.
A pseudo soul!
So... inside that is...
Yep. I transferred the Elemental Dragon's soul into it.
There's no response from it, though.
There's nothing we can do if it doesn't take on a heart.
O-Oh, no! How do I get out of this?!
Oh, yeah! What's its name?
Huh?
The best way to help when someone's in this state is to call their name.
You gotta, like... make an appeal to their heart!
That's what they always say in dramas, anyway.
Its name...
It was so long ago. I've forgotten everything.
But... there is a name I always wanted to call it.
My level of control makes it risky, though.
I was told naming it could endanger its life.
Raphael-sensei.
Understood.
It's okay. Just say it.
It's Gaia.
Gaia! Your name is Gaia!
That's a great name.
Hear that? Your name's Gaia.
Should you wake up now,
before your friend starts to cry?
It worked.
It's still an egg, though, so I guess it'll be a while before you can reunite.
It's warm...
Thank you.
Thank you, Rimuru!
Everything always works out when I rely on you!
I'm just glad you're happy.
Well, shall we head back?
I'm sure everyone's worried.
Yeah! I'm hungry, too!
And that's case closed.
Can't wait to get back and have a toast with some beer.
I wish you had consulted with me in the first place.
Hm?
I'm talking about the attack on Amrita.
It was terribly difficult to fool the members of the investigative team.
But it worked out, so what's the problem?
Besides, I had faith in you.
You truly are a madman.
You even seem to have stolen someone else's skill.
Oh, if you mean Greed, the skill chose me.
I'm still no match for Rimuru-san, though.
But before all that, my goal was to kill Maribel.
With her gone, I can do what I want without raising suspicion,
not to mention I can blame all those evil deeds on her.
And with that, I'm fully absolved!
You are a terrifying man.
That said...
this whole thing seemed a bit short-sighted for her.
If she'd killed Demon Lord Rimuru,
the Storm Dragon would have gone on a rampage,
and taking control of the Chaos Dragon would incur the wrath of Demon Lord Milim.
Wasn't that too high-handed?
About that!
What makes you think so?
The protection of the god Luminus?
Are you serious?
I sure am.
Maribel wouldn't resort to extreme measures like that
when there's no telling how much damage it could cause.
Above all, she insisted that there was "no need to worry about that."
That's because she knew the Western Nations were protected by Luminus.
So she thought that even if the Storm Dragon and Demon Lord Milim rampaged,
it would still be possible to recover from the resulting damage?
Exactly.
Okay, I'll ask you this.
Who did Laplace defeat on sacred ground in Lubelius?
Demon Lord Valentine... disguised as the cloistered emperor?
Right!
And yet Demon Lord Valentine remains in Octagram.
In other words, the Demon Lord that Laplace killed was a phony.
And what individual ranking above the cloistered emperor
is based in the headquarters of Luminism?
The god and Demon Lord, Luminus Valentine...
Bingo.
Additionally...
Blood Shadow used holy magic in Amrita.
In other words, the Rozzo family—
or at the least, Granville Rozzo—
has connections to Luminus.
Granville...
Gran, the former Hero, once fought Demon Lord Luminus as her archrival.
Seems like the connection runs pretty deep.
So we should probably keep our distance from the Rozzo family.
Perhaps we should move our base east for a while.
Yeah, but first...
I'll propose a meeting with Granville.
What?
I was under Maribel's control, after all. That makes me a victim.
I'd like to meet him and discuss how to clean up after what she did.
I see you have no intention whatsoever of laying low.
Damn right.
I'm gonna be the king of this world, after all.
Tempest Capital City, Rimuru
It was decided that we would restore the ruins of Amrita,
where the battle took place, and the castle in Distave.
I'm hoping to eventually turn it into a museum
and put some artifacts on display.
Running the Magitrain there and setting it up for tourism
are still far-off goals, though.
Yuuki told us that the bottom level,
where the graves were, was destroyed in Maribel's explosion.
Apparently, she was hoping I'd get caught up in it.
I kind of feel bad for that.
Well, in any case, I'm glad Yuuki isn't under suspicion anymore.
Now we can build a cooperative relationship without—
Negative. There is indeed suspicion.
Huh?!
What do you mean?!
The individual named Yuuki Kagurazaka was,
without a doubt, acting of his own will.
What?!
Wait, so why didn't you tell me, then?!
Answer.
Principles governing one's conduct are simple.
He could have used it against you.
I see. Raphael-san kept quiet about it for my sake.
I couldn't kill Maribel.
That was your judgment, right?
Affirmative. That is what I determined to be necessary.
I'm so pathetic.
I made you worry so much because I can't be counted on.
Negative. That is incorrect.
I simply did not wish to make you feel anxious.
I'm glad you felt that way, but it's not good enough.
I need to accept it and make decisions on my own.
From now on, report to me in full without hiding anything.
Understood. As you wish.
No matter what Yuuki may be planning,
I'll crush his ambitions.
I'm not alone.
I have all my friends and a partner I can always depend on.
As long as I have Raphael,
I can keep moving straight ahead.
Right, partner?
Was I imagining that?
It felt like Raphael laughed just a little bit.
Maribel...
You insist on taking everything from me again?
Humanity's hope has been destroyed.
Next time, "Tempest Evolves."
Tempest Evolves