"Mr slime, Thank you so much. Ifrit took over… and I very nearly killed people I care about… like last time. I was wondering… can I tell you something?"
"You should really save your strength." Rimuru was concerned for Shizu's health
"But I want you to know my story, to know that I lived."
Shizu told Rimuru her story, about the spirit Ifrit that possessed, about how she killed her friend.
"You know the real reason I came to the forest is because this is one of the few places that I call home." Shizu said weakly but fondly.
"Why is that? This place is filled with monsters and you don't seem like the type to take to kindly to them."
"On the contrary, I love monsters and that is because of one of my teachers."
"One of them? How many did you have?"
"Two, when I was stationed as the vanguard of the demon lords castle, I had meet the great hero. I tried to defeat her and yet couldn't make her budge, in the end I couldn't defeat her. Yet she still decided to listen to my problems, despite us being on opposite sides, despite being a majin, she still listened to me."
'Great hero? I wonder if she's the same one who sealed Veldora?'
"Just so you know, I know what you're thinking and yes, she was the same one who sealed away Veldora the storm dragon." Shizu's mins reading gave Rimuru a viable shock, a shock that made Shizu laugh weakly.
" She was the one who gave me this mask. It increases magic resistance and helps me suppress Ifrit." Shizu tried to reach for the mask which Rimuru helped her with.
"You said that you had two teachers, who was the other one?"
" Oh him, well… he's the god of chaos Pneuma." Both Shizu and Rimuru went silent.
" HUH!"
Shizu chuckled at his outburst, " Surprised? Yeah, jeez, it felt like it was just yesterday that he said I'm gonna become a God and create a cult."
Rimuru was now stunned, not only about the fact she was a student of a god, but also because becoming a god was a mischievous idea he made on a whim.
" One teacher who showed a great deal of love and care and the other who showed me the world. It was because of them that I decided to dedicate my life to helping others." Shizu talked about how she had challenged monsters, saved villages and undertook students.
Her students had left her and became big figures in the world. Her fear for Ifrit taking control and her retirement that led to her becoming an instructor.
" There was one thing that I wanted to do. To find the man who summoned me to this world."
" Do you want revenge?"
" I don't know, but there was something I needed to find out. And then I found them, they're really good people, if not alittle danger prone." Shizu paused, " Hi slime can you tell me your name, I mean your real name?"
"Oh, it's Satoru Mikami."
Shizu turned over to face the slime, "My name is Shizue Izawa."
"Rimuru, I want you to eat me." The request ha made the slime shriek in surprise, "I used to have mixed feelings about this world, I neither could hate it or love it. But that god changed my views, he made me realize that in every crevice of darkness, there is something to enjoy."
"Why do you want me to eat you then?"
"I want to rest, I don't know what to do about the man who summoned me here. My goal was just to make the man realize that I, a human girl, actually existed."
" What was the man's name?"
" The demon lord Leon Cromwell."
"I promise on the name Satoru Mikami, no on the name Rimuru Tempest, I will make sure that the demon lord Leon Cromwell hears your wishes."
"Thank you, I do have one more regret though." Rimuru was stunned as the Weak girl lifted her hands in the air, "Teacher if you can hear me, I don't want to die without you being here." Shizu prayed to the feint triquetra on the underside of her hand.
"I guess that was a bit too wishful." Just as Shizu's hand was about to crash on the the mattress, she felt something catch it.
She opened her eyes to the blue light of the triquetra and the foggy tendrils that carefully caught her hand and set it down.
" I was always here Shizu." The fog let go and moved to Rimuru's side, it morphed into a shadowy silhouette once again, but this silhouette was a child instead of a giant.
" That's… great." And with the last of her strength, Shizu let out tears, happy that one of her regrets was fulfilled.
And now she could finally rest in peace.
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" What do you think I should do?" Rimuru addressed the shadow.
" She already voiced her wish, I believe you should honour it."
" You don't mind me eating her?"
"I'd prefer it if you did, if you weren't than I would've done so."
"You would, why?"
"Shizu has suffered enough in two lifetimes and I'm not willing to bet on her third. I was incredibly moved by the fact that I am the reason Shizu loves this world but ultimately I believe it's best if she rests now. The conqueror of flames has finally been reduced to cinders and I am so proud of her for burning for so long."
Rimuru hearing the gods words was so moved and if possible, he would've shed a tear, " Fine then, here goes." Rimuru moved his body to envelop the ages girl and the inherited her will.
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Rimuru was experiencing a dream, the last dream of Shizu.
He watched as she ran towards her former best friend and her former teacher. But they disappeared but she didn't stop running.
Eventually she found him, the man that showed her the beauty of the world, that gave her everything even when everything was hopeless.
Rimuru now knew the appearance and demeanor of the god of chaos and now knew whole fully what kinda person he truly was.
'He really is just a human.'
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But that wasn't the only will that was inherited, Rimuru had devoured her curse of Ifrit and the her suffering and her regret of not saving the kids aswell as the fact that she couldn't go confront Leon.
But another part of her will divided itself from Rimuru, one that merged into the avatar of Pneuma. A will that wasn't inherited by Simon himself but another who within Simon, one that took this wish seriously.
Simon didn't hear it but he could feel it, feel the emotions reverberating through his being. A voice spoke out that no one could hear, not evens Simon, " I swear to you Shizu, in the name of Elysia, I will fulfill your wish, I will protect Simon Winters."