"Speaking of which, Rimuru and the others should be back by now, right?"
It had already been three days since Rimuru and the other two left Axel.
Three days here didn't include the time it would take to travel by carriage.
They had used spatial magic.
In other words, they had been hanging out in Arkansia for three days, basically experiencing everything there was to do.
"Swish!"
As expected, not long after Rin thought of them, a magic circle appeared in his bedroom.
"Phew~ I'm finally back!"
Appearing before him were Ogerpon and Rimuru.
Velzard, however, was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, there was a blonde girl in blue priestess robes, tied up tightly.
"Ugh!!"
At the moment, the blonde girl was wriggling on the floor like a caterpillar, groaning.
"Rin!"
Rimuru called out while pouring a pile of items from her spatial storage.
"Rin, we're back~"
"Did you have fun?"
Rin stroked Ogerpon, who had nestled into his arms like a swallow returning to its nest, gently patting her head.
"The city is fine,"
Rimuru grumbled, "But what's up with the people? They're all lunatics."
She had clearly experienced the full enthusiasm of the Axis Cult followers and couldn't take it.
"So…"
Rin pointed to the blonde girl squirming on the floor. "Is she a souvenir you brought back too?"
"Tsk!"
Rimuru clicked her tongue in irritation at the mention of the girl on the floor.
To be honest, this trip had been quite an eye-opener for her.
She had never known that humans could be so shameless.
And as for the Axis Cult's teachings...
She didn't even know where to begin criticizing them.
"Kind of."
"She heard I was going back to Axel and insisted on tagging along."
"To keep her under control, I had no choice but to tie her up."
"I see. I thought you found your hidden fetish."
"Who has such a messed-up fetish!!"
"Heh, Darkness really loves that kind of thing."
"You f*cking…"
Rimuru instantly flushed with embarrassment as she recalled that night.
"Haha, alright. I'll stop teasing you."
Rin chuckled and stepped forward to untie the girl.
"Wow! I'm alive!"
As soon as she regained her freedom, the girl sprang to her feet with a carp jump and quickly straightened out her clothes.
"So this is Axel?"
"Amazing, I really arrived in an instant!"
Her name was Cecily. A priestess of the Axis Cult. A pervert who liked shotas and girls.
Her favorite food? Powder Slime.
Yes. This girl liked to eat Slimes.
That was also why she had her eyes on Rimuru.
The first time Cecily laid eyes on Rimuru, she smelled something absolutely irresistible.
"By the way, where's Velzard?"
Rin looked at Rimuru.
"She said she was interested in the monsters of this world, so she went to the Demon Lord's castle to chat with the Demon King."
"..."
Rin didn't even know what to say. All he could do was silently mourn for this world's Demon King.
"Alright, let's leave Velzard's situation aside for now."
"You're just going to ignore her?!"
Rimuru's eyes widened. She felt like ever since arriving in the Konosuba World, even Rin and Velzard's personalities had gone off the rails.
These siblings, one was more unreliable than the other!
"That's Velzard!"
"She's seriously going to destroy this world!"
"Don't worry. I believe she has a sense of propriety."
Rin ordered Violet, "Just in case something happens, prioritize saving this Otherworld. Then, while the heavens aren't looking, move it out as fast as possible."
"You're already preparing for the world's funeral, hey!!"
"You say 'I believe her,' but everything you're doing says the opposite!"
Honestly, Rimuru really liked the Konosuba World.
Everyone here was entertaining, and their dialogue was great. Rimuru loved it.
Well, alright.
It wasn't just Rin and Velzard. Even Rimuru had been infected by the Konosuba vibe and was starting to become a gag character herself.
"Well."
"Well?"
"Let's talk about her instead."
"You're skipping over it again?!"
Rimuru was speechless. She could only place her hopes in the reliable Violet now.
"She came to me on her own."
Rimuru explained, "She said she wanted to go to Axel with me, and kept trying to sell me on the Axis Cult."
"And then?"
"I told her I knew Aqua, the Water Goddess they worship."
"So, I brought her back."
"I see."
Rin nodded.
He wasn't surprised that Cecily had targeted Rimuru.
This girl had some serious personality issues, but she was undeniably cute, and Rimuru hit her exact preference.
Also, Rimuru's slime body..
Cecily's radar had locked on, and Rimuru had nowhere to hide.
Of course, Rimuru didn't know this yet. She just saw Cecily as a perverted lesbian.
"These are the souvenirs you brought back?"
"Anything for me?"
Without waiting for permission, Rin started rummaging through the pile. "Why so much soap?"
"The Axis Cult members gave it to me. I didn't want it, but they forced it on me."
Rimuru said the city itself was fine, but the cultists were just too passionate. It had actually scared her.
She was relieved that Velzard had left early and didn't get caught up in that mess.
Otherwise, knowing Velzard's personality, she might have turned the entire city into an ice sculpture right then and there.
As for Rimuru...
She couldn't handle Cecily at all.
Even when she tried to push her away, she had to restrain her strength.
One wrong move, and she'd have to beg Cecily not to die.
"Yeah, I can understand that."
"After all, it's the Axis Cult."
Rin glanced at Cecily, then started laying down the rules. "I'll cover your food and lodging while you're here. And if you want to set up a branch of your cult in Axel, I can sponsor you."
(To be continued.)