Chapter 69 - Nice

As Rimuru waited for Chloe to recover from the shock of him having a lover and more so the Scorch Dragon, which as she knows is someone who works for an enemy of Rimuru in the future. In the end, she composed herself and plans to gather more information, she needed to gather more information about everything that happened so far, especially Rimuru's relationships, yes, that was the most important one. 

"Okay," Rimuru snapped his fingers, the entire restaurant was now teleported to his dimension that he created for secretive talks among other things. "Can you tell me what you know?" 

Chloe nodded her head and started to talk with a serious expression and a serious tone. 

"Rimuru-san, I am as you know from the future, I can't exactly tell which time I started, it's a bit complicated. Do you know any important beings that recently died?" 

Rimuru raised a brow, "No, he's not dead yet." Chloe looked at him, with how Rimuru knew exactly who she was referring to, even though she was as vague as she could with it. "I have recollections of certain memories," He added as context as how he knew, seeing as Chloe had a shock expression on her eyes.

"Well... the moment that being dies, it would be...1,700 years to 1,800ish years is when I would arrive in the Cardinal world as a child, but I would then be taken again and return around 2,000 years after the being's death." Meaning that she would be brought 200-300 years into the future after arriving to the Cardinal World. 

Rimuru took in everything that was being explained to him, so Veldanava will really die... He mentally sighed as Chloe continued explaining how she went through with life and how Rimuru came into play. 

From how she attended a school for kids like her who were otherworlders, as she calls them, with this person she calls Shizu-sensei. Then how Rimuru came as a substitute, or someone who plans to save the children as they had an unstable energy in their body from transferring to the Cardinal world without gaining skills.  

How Rimuru brought them to Ramiris and provided them with superior spirits so they can live longer than the expected death rate of children otherworlders. Then he heard something that intrigued him,

"Wait, wait." Rimuru stopped her as she explained when Rimuru was about to return to his nation, which he finds intersting as well and wants further elaboration on. "Ramiris? The Spirit Queen? is small? how small exactly, like teen or child size?" 

"No," Chloe tilted her head, wondering why Rimuru would care about Ramiris appearance. "About bigger than palm size, same size as most pixies."

"She's a pixie?! She's a spirit, isn't she? How did she become a pixie?" 

"Hm.." Chloe closed her eyes and pondered wondering through her memories if she can recall Ramiris mentioning anything about it. "Somethin about how she fell from grace, you asked her about it Rimuru-san, when you were surprise how she was a demon lord and the spirit que-"

"Demon Lord?!" Rimuru stood up and slammed his hands on the table, shattering it to nonexistence and creating a hole on the floor, realizing his destruction from the revelation, he quickly fixed everything up and slumped back down on his chair. "Those really are some... information? I don't think this gathering of information would end in just one day.." He pinched the bride of his nose, "This is gonna be a long discussion." 

"I don't mind Rimuru-san, as long as I can help!" Chloe smiled as she pumped her fist, trying to reassure Rimuru. "Anyway, I'm not sure what Ramiris-san did but it was something like she took in magicules that was not good for her, and she fell from grace, her words." She tilted her head, trying to make sense with the little info she knows. 

"That'll do for now, anyway you can continue the rest." Rimuru sighed and leaned in the table, his shoulders resting on the table. 

From then on, Rimuru heard how when he returned to Tempest, his nation, he saved it from an enemy nation that wanted to attack it and gave them a warning of never doing it again or else. 

He ignored the side comments and deadly threats from the demons behind him  with how their master's supposed nation was being targeted by mere humans. 

Then there was this Hinata person that he fought, "Oh, I remember fighting her I think? You and the children helped me convince her or something." He added to let her know. 

"Yes! She was also a student of Shizu-sensei! You two reconciled and then.." 

Hinata kept a watchful eye but eventually decided that Tempest was not a threat, especially when she found out that Falmuth was pulling strings because of a grudge. 

"Then a few years went by, you let us learn in Tempest and we all had fun, then the East Empire started their march west... You went to fight in the war and.." 

Diablo who was listening began to have a dark expression, her words were a recollection of the memories that he found on Rimuru's fragment soul, it was nearly the time when he comes in. Rimuru could already tell as well, it was getting near the part which he knows he died as well.

"I died didn't I..." With Rimuru's words, the atmosphere in the restaurant grew dark, they were given a vague explanation of Rimuru's life in how he came from the future and that something happened that forced him to come to the past. They could also see from clues and some details from Diablo that Rimuru died and revived again after some time. 

"You did... That's why I am surprise to see you here Rimuru-san!" 

Rimuru looked at her confuse, "Oh, you didn't know I revive after the fight? In the few memories from the war, I guess I really didn't see you." He commented as he tried to recall the details. "That's a shame, I revive, though I don't know how long the interval was, but I manage to return to battle even summoning Diablo here." He pointed behind him gesturing to the Black Primordial. 

"...I see," Chloe had a faint smile, happy that Rimuru at the time was alive, she could assume that it was after she was brought back. "As you know, I return normally 2,000 years into the past, and I would then meet Luminas-san, but this time I was brought even farther into the past, so far that I don't know when, and I was not in the Cardinal World, or Earth..."

 "That must be hard on you.." Rimuru frowned, for some reason he felt pain seeing Chloe's sad expression, something that pulls on him to not see her being joyful. "How about joining us? While you wait for that.... 2,000 year moment, you are free right? We could use someone like you who is very strong and knowledgeable, especially if you see those serpents as a threat as well."

"Really Rimuru-san!" Chloe stood up and slammed the table with enthusiasm, she returned to her seat and nodded her head. "I'd like that! With how much everything has change, my presence won't make much of a difference."

"Haha... By the way Chloe, I've been meaning to ask, who is that soul inside you?" Rimuru placed his right hand to his chin as he stares5at Chloe's soul.

As a demon that has been actively looking for his own, that were found in other people, he has knowledge and experience in the variety and uniqueness of each one, and Chloe's pure soul has a smaller soul hidden beside it.

The two souls weren't merge, it was more like two souls residing in one body or vessel, an observer if you will.

"Ah..." Chloe looked side ways, as she had a coy smile. "It's fine right? It's just Rimuru-san, it's not even the one we know." Chloe spoke as if she was trying to convince an invisible person.

"Are you talking to the other one?"

"Yes, the other one is actually Hinata... The one that was in your memory..." Chloe trailed of, so far, Rimuru only knows Hinata as the person that attacked him and his people after all. Meeting him now would place both in an awkward position.

"You have her in you? Why? Wasn't she from the future as well?" Rimuru couldn't quite get the reason for her presence inside Chloe.

Chloe looked towards Rimuru as if she was finish convincing Hinata, "She is connected to my skill that allows me to leap into the past, whenever she dies, I get sent to the past."

Rimuru broad over the information, "Then she might have died before I was revive then? I mean since I didn't see you, you must have already time leapt into the past."

"That's what I thought too," Suddenly a different tone of voice was heard from Chloe, her eyes were much sharper than Chloe's pure innocent gaze, but it held no hostility at all to Rimuru. "I'm Hinata, considering I can't leave this body, am I invited too?" She jokingly says as she look at him. She manage to explain to Chloe that she needed to talk with Rimuru if she wanted to have her identity revealed to which Chloe agreed.

"Of course, even for a saint you'd rank among the thousand in my men."

"Thousand? Guess you're still as unreasonable as ever." She sighed as she recalls some fond and playful memories with Rimuru, especially with the food at Tempest. "Do... Do you guys have sushi?"

"...? ... You mean the food? Yeah, is it important?"

Guess this Rimuru isn't much of a culture and food maniac like the one she knows, she was somewhat sad about that, that the Rimuru she knows may and probably will never return...

"Nothing important, just wanted to ask. I'll give control back to Chloe." Before she reveals her sadness, she manage to escape by switching to Chloe.

And with that conversation, Chloe and Hinata joined Citadel to deal with all of its problems.