Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 160: Uncle, it's been a while

Hello, my name is Rimuru Tempest.

I am sure you remember me as I have told you before that I have reincarnated into slime in this world.

Frankly, except for being bewildered at first, he didn't feel anything at all, or rather, he might have already given up, so he accepted his fate. However, the good thing is that he wasn't alone. He met someone in the same situation as him, yet younger than him, and because of this he had already thought of him as someone akin to his nephew.

If there was a difference between them, he was slime, and that nephew of his in this world was a tanuki.

He wasn't sure whose situation was better, but he felt a bit jealous that a nephew of his had a little brother.

Yet, it didn't matter since there was nothing that he could do, and he accepted everything.

Nevertheless, many things happened, especially after he became the leader of a group of hobgoblins and Tempest Wolves.

Yet, this, without a doubt, surprised him as he saw the dirty, small goblins become a cute, sexy goblina... well, well, the goblina aside, when he saw how the goblin became hobgoblins, and Direwolves became Tempest Wolf, it stupefied him, especially Ranga, who became so huge. However, all of them told him that Ranga's size was nothing.

Ranga also said so, especially when compared to Tamazuki, his nephew-like existence.

Yes, that is the problem that he is encountering at the moment.

Tamazuki is gone!

Rimuru realized that this guy was more naughty than he had thought, but maybe, it was normal, considering Tamazuki was still a young man and was in his puberty. When he sought stability, he thought that Tamazuki sought excitement.

While he felt worried, there was nothing that he could do except pray and hope that Tamazuki was alright. However, when he thought about Tamazuki's power, Tamazuki should be okay, right?

Nevertheless, he felt curious about Tamazuki's real body. It was said that Tamazuki was like a giant white dog, but was he?

While he was curious, he knew that he had to do something else, especially when he saw the dilapidated and ugly village of the hobgoblins. Even worse, no one knew how to build a village, house, or many others. There was only one solution to this problem, and that was to get his hands on craftsmen.

When he wondered where he could get craftsmen, Rigurudo told him that they usually trade with the kobold merchants of The Armed Nations of Dwargon, and he might be able to get crafts in this country.

"Huh? Tamazuki might be here?"

"Yes." Rigurudo nodded. "I have told him that there are a lot of cute elves in this nation, so he might go there, but he might"

Rigurudo hadn't finished his words, and he was stopped by Rimuru.

"What?! Cute erofu?! I mean, there are elves?!"

"Yes. Dwargon is a nation with various races such as dwarf, elf, and many others."

Hearing that, Rimuru made up his mind to visit Dwargon, especially when he heard the word of a dwarf, as he knew that a dwarf was known as a talented craftsman in every story, and it definitely had nothing to do with the elf.

Really!

Believe him!

Nevertheless, he felt that Tamazuki was unfair as Tamazuki didn't wait for him to wake up before he visited Dwargon. If Tamazuki waited for him to wake up, they could visit the elf together, right? However, Tamazuki left him behind!

How cruel!

Was this what the family was about?

Hmph!

When Tamazuki returned, he would scold him!

Still, watching Rimuru, who got emotional, Rigurudo had a hard time explaining that Tamazuki might be in Blumund or Falmuth.

However, Rimuru's trip to Dwargon couldn't be stopped, and he went to visit this dwarf country. Yet, while he completed his objection to getting his hands on the talented craftsmen and also got to meet a group of cute elves, he met a big problem as he was involved in a problem with the minister.

In the end, Rimuru was deported, and he wasn't sure whether he could meet the cute elves anymore. Nevertheless, it wasn't cheap to meet the elves as he needed to pay money to visit their shop.

However, after he returned to the village, everything was good.

With the help of Kaijin, Garm, Dord, and Myrd, the four craftsmen that he met in that country, their village started to grow. Even though it was only a small growth, compared to before, it was several times better.

Naturally, Rimuru wouldn't be satisfied with this, and he had a big ambition to make his life more comfortable in this world.

However...

"Where the hell is he?!"

Rimuru let out a long sigh, feeling even more worried about Tamazuki as he hadn't met him at all. He had thought it would be easy to find him as Tamazuki's figure was just like a cute, beautiful dog, but it was harder than he had thought.

The rest... how to say... they had a hard time telling Rimuru that Tamazuki might not be in Dwargon and Tamazuki might become a handsome young man instead of his cute dog-like figure.

Still, there was nothing that he could do, and he could only wait until Tamazuki returned. When he thought of the modern, simplistic house that Tamazuki created, he had to say the tribe-like house he owned, even if it was the best among everyone, was still bad.

Unfortunately, when he woke up, that house disappeared, which made him helpless.

Yet, on this day, when he went to patrol the village by bouncing around using his squishy body, he heard a commotion in the distance. He was curious and went to the source of the noise.

Soon, he saw a figure of several people.

Five humans.

Being chased by a group of monsters.

"Kaval, you bastard! I will really throw you as bait sooner or later!"

"Don't be so cruel, Inugami! Hurry up and kill them!"

'I-Inugami?"

Rimuru was surprised by that name before he looked at the black-haired young man with two katanas on his side.

"......"

Even if he was blind, he could tell that this guy was Japanese!

Wow!

Still, this guy was so handsome that it was infuriating!

Yet, how to say, he felt this young man was familiar somehow. As he was hiding in the bush, no one should see him, but his body was tense when he saw the young man staring in his direction before he smiled.

"......"

Was this young man really Tamazuki?

However, when he saw this young man holding his katana, he couldn't take his eyes away.

His technique was so breathtaking at that moment, and every monster was slain instantly, cleanly, without any resistance.

"........"

Was this really Tamazuki?

Rimuru wondered, but then he saw the young man looking in his direction.

"Come out! I know that you are there!"

When everyone felt relief, all of their bodies quickly tensed when they heard Tamazuki's voice. After staying with him for so long, they trusted his sense much. If Tamazuki wasn't unfamiliar with this forest, then they might as well make Tamazuki their leader since they might die sooner or later being led by Kaval.

So, his reminder made them ready for the battle as they tried to stare at the figure that was hiding behind the bush.

Being stared at by all the people present, Rimuru started to get nervous. Especially the one with a mask on her face since her aura was too intense. He took a deep breath and then walked out from the bush.

"......."

Everyone had prepared for a fierce battle, yet... it was easy to understand their feelings, right?

"My name is Rimuru. I am not a bad slime, you know?"

"......"

Rimuru did his best, but the infuriating young man started to laugh.

"......"

Rimuru could tell that this little bastard was Tamazuki!