I find Shizu standing on a grassy hill next to a tree staring at the sunset. I bounce up to her, wanting to talk to her, but she quickly notices me, and without turning around she asks me a question.
Shizu - "Mr Slime, that line you were trying to say... it was from a game, wasn't it? I'm not a bad slime."
As expected, she noticed me. It probably was Magic Sense, or the bouncing effects i had.
I bounced up to Shizu and she picks me up. She carried me in her arms and she continued talking.
Shizu - "Are you from Japan?"
Rimuru - "Yeah."
It wasn't entirely true though. I never went to japan in my past life but only when i got transferred into this anime.
Shizu takes off her mask at this point and i get a full view of her face. And...
The elves at the Night Butterfly are beautiful, sure, but shizu here... Damm, I love the 2d dimensional world...
Shizu and i kept talking with each other, sharing stories of how we came here. I gave her Mikami Satoru's story of getting stabbed. In fact, I got stabbed too.
Shizu started to explain that she was a Summon. In this world, summoned beings are expected to serve as living weapons to the country that summoned them. Summoned beings always contain a Unique skill. Unless their body are too immature to generate one, In which case their magicules...
Anyways, in this world where wars are won over quality rather than quantity, those summoned beings are a trump card. Directly after their summoning, summoned beings are engraved with a curse to force them to obey their summoners.
Taking pity on Shizu, i decided to take a page out of Canon Rimuru's book and shared my memories of Japan with her.
Halfway through, Shizu's magicules begin to go wild and she drops me while clutching her chest.
Rimuru - "... is that spirit inside you trying to take control over you?"
Shizu - "...Mmm, i do. Well, there's not much i can do about it. Despite how i look, i'm quite old. My control over the spirit is weakening, and this magic sealing mask is only holding it back for now."
Rimuru - "Tommorrow, 2 days at latest... that will be your limit. That spirit will break free and take over your body at that point."
Shizu - "... i long expected this to happen, I just didn't know it would be so soon. I don't doubt you. It's a shame though, my journey will have to stop here..."
Rimuru - 'I can help you though. I can destroy or seal that spirit forever while letting you retain it's power. I can give you a body to reincarnate to."
Shizu shakes her head though.
Shizu - "It just means that it wasn't meant to be. I don't want to run away from this."
Rimuru - "But don't you want to live?"
Shizu - "I do... But i don't, at the same time. My memories... they're unwanted. I have nothing but spite for this world, but for some reason, i don't hate it. Maybe because everything around me just reminds me of that man."
I don't say anything. Shizu also stops talking. We both turn our attention to the horizon. And just as the sun completely sets...
Rimuru - "Then, for these final couple of days... stay here. Enjoy your life."
I turn around and start bouncing away.
And so, Shizu stayed in the village. The 3 adventurers also wanted to stay behind for a couple of days, most likely to avoid work.
They went off to do their own thing, wandering around the village and doing whatever people of this world do for entertainment.
To adequately satisfy Shizu, I used my power and created a very luxury modern house. The outside of it seems like a Japanese house. But the inside is luxury. It has infinite electricity and water. All reality. I also made a multi layer barrier within the walls and balancing the foundation and structure.
Shizu - "Am i dreaming..." Shizu said with my expectations.
The day continued, I accompanied Shizu in making sure her last couple days are an absolute blast.
We played alot of games, new food, and things from the modern times to mess around with. Shizu got really into it her self but almost fell into gacha hell.
I uninstalled every gacha game on all the consoles and devices with a slight regret. I still have a little gacha corruption in my mind. But i ain't letting that happen to my Shizu.
She then grew tired and decide to go to bed.
Shizu - "Mr Slime... No, Rimuru... Can i ask you a favour?"
Shizu, already laying down in bed, turns her head to me and asks me a question.
Rimuru - "Of course!"
Shizu - " Can you... eat me please?"
Rimuru - "... Can i ask why?"
Shizu - "I don't think I can hold back Ifrit any longer. Soon... I won't be able to hold back... I'm scared you know, of losing my sense of self. So, please..."
Shizu looks calm on the outside, but her voice quivers as she talks. She's frightened. Not of dying itself, but rather...
She's frightened of dying as a monster.
I pause, and i think about this. I was expecting this, honestly. But i was thinking she could hold out until tommorrow. I didn't know it would be so soon...
<<< Report. Greater Spirit Ifrit will break free from its restraints in under 2 hours.>>
Rimuru - "I accept. However, i must ask you something else in turn."
Rimuru - "Let me carry your regrets."
Shizu's eyes widen, before she closed them, and nods. She smiles as a single tear leaks from her eye, and i speak one last time before she will never hear me again.
Rimuru - "Don't worry about the kids. And i'll at least make sure to punch that Leon guy once."
Shizu chuckles, before breathing a sigh, and i unleash my power.
[Gluttony]
And like that, Shizue Izawa disappears from the world. for now.