HI3: I Don't Want to Be a Valkyrie

Theresa leaned against the cave entrance, having not encountered a single slime so far.

Did I miss them somehow?

Maybe I should try looking elsewhere?

As she pondered this, something suddenly caught her attention. A sky-blue slime was bouncing out of the cave entrance.

Since Theresa had been leaning right next to it, the slime hadn't noticed her and failed to hide itself.

"Slime!" Seeing the creature appear, Theresa couldn't help but exclaim.

"Huh?"

The slime immediately froze upon hearing the voice. It turned towards the sound, spotting an adorable girl in unique, beautiful clothes with flowers in her hair.

She looked absolutely charming!

Satoru Mikami, a thirty-something virgin who'd reincarnated as a slime, had spent all his time inside a cave with a dragon until just now. He'd never seen such a lovely young girl before.

"A talking... slime? Could it be one of those adult ones...?"

Although she recognized what kind of slime she faced, there was no way the adorable Theresa would show any interest.

Instead, she pretended to tremble like a little girl facing a big bad wolf.

"Um, I'm not an bad slime, you know?" Rimuru hurriedly spoke up as he saw the adorable girl before him fearing him.

"Really? You're not one of those slimy creatures that corrode girls' clothes and then do whatever they want to cute girls?(≖_≖)" Theresa asked with her lovely big eyes fixed on Rimuru.

"I absolutely am not. ⊙︿⊙"

Great Sage... Does this world have such evil slimes too? Rimuru wondered, mentally asking his great wife, the Great Sage.

When Rimuru was reincarnated, he received two unique skills—or what could be called cheat codes—"Great Sage" and "Predator".

The Great Sage ability granted him incredibly powerful cheat capabilities:

It increased his perception speed by a thousand times. It allowed him to analyze objects and identify them. He could separate what he wanted to analyze from his thoughts for computation. When using magic or other skills, he didn't need to chant incantations. He could perceive phenomena in this world that were unshielded.

Meanwhile, the Predator skill enabled him to steal enemies' abilities.

Both cheat codes were immensely powerful.

Nope. There's a 90% chance she's either a reincarnator or someone summoned here.

The Great Sage's response echoed directly in Rimuru's mind.

"Then we're not so different after all," Rimuru mused. "I didn't expect to find a fellow newcomer right away."

This world had its share of otherworlders—some were summoned by people here but controlled like puppets.

If these summoned people were too young, they wouldn't live long due to excessive magicules.

Others were reincarnators, like spiritual life forms who came back to life after death. It was rare for someone from another world to be reborn into this one—it happened only very seldomly.

"Haha, I'm Theresa. What about you?" Theresa approached Rimuru, looking down at the small slime on the ground. For some reason, she felt very happy.

Since her height had changed to just 145 cm, she kept feeling like she was shorter than usual.

Now that she saw someone even smaller—Rimuru—it made her feel accomplished all of a sudden.

"I'm now called Rimuru. You must be from another world too, right?" Rimuru confirmed they were both travelers from different worlds and didn't hide it either.

At this point, Rimuru was still quite naive.

"Mm-hmm."

-

"How did you end up as a slime anyway?" Theresa asked Rimuru as they walked together. "And not even one of those slimy ones! Must be tough for you, huh?"

"Being that kind of slime would let you do all sorts of naughty things," she added, trying to start a conversation.

The first main quest was simple: just become friends with Rimuru. But being friends meant more than just knowing each other; it required some affection too. So, time to earn some goodwill!

As for earning goodwill, Theresa was confident in her abilities.

Who was she now, after all?

She was Theresa, the world's cutest girl. How could anyone dislike her?

If Rimuru had become an True demon lord, it might have been different. But this current Rimuru...

It'd be a breeze to handle.

"Nah, why would I feel bad about it? It's not like there's anything wrong with me."

Though she had indeed been summoned by a demon-summoning magic circle, explaining her vampire identity was tricky, so she denied it.

"That's..."

"Like you, I'm also a reincarnated monster."

"M-monster?" Limuru studied Theresa closely, seeing nothing monstrous about her.

Just then, Theresa bared her sharp fangs.

Then wings unfolded from her back.

"A vampire?"

"Yeah! But let's call it something nicer: 'princess of the bloodline'."

"Princess?"

"Don't worry too much about titles."

Although Luna Kindred was an experiment, she was also Bishop Otto's granddaughter. Calling her a princess wasn't far off.

Besides, the title "princess of the bloodline" had been given to her by Otto himself.

Otto...

He truly inspired feelings of both hatred and admiration.

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"I heard slimes don't have genders," Theresa said.

She suddenly picked up Rimuru and examined him closely. All she saw was something soft and jelly-like, like a pudding.

"Hey! That makes me feel really awkward!" Rimuru couldn't help but protest.

"Hahaha!"

-

After chatting with Rimuru for quite some time, I finally completed the main quest.

Main Quest: Befriend Rimuru (Completed)

Reward Claimed: 100 crystals + Luna Kindred Fragment...

Then, a new main quest appeared.

New Main Quest: Soaring Fame

Quest Description: Make Princess Theresa's title known throughout this world.

Quest Reward: 300 crystals, Ability Experience Chip (Blue) x200, Luna Kindred Character Fragments x5, 200,000 gold coins.

"This is different from what I expected!"

The first two main quests had nothing to do with each other—well, not entirely nothing. But if I wanted to make the vampire princess's title famous in this world, I'd have to do something big.

With that thought, I accepted the quest right away.

Just after accepting the main quest, five rare bounty quests suddenly refreshed...

In the previous world, only one bounty quest would refresh at a time... And now, five appeared all at once.

[Bounty Mission: Participate in Constructing the Demon Kingdom]

[Bounty Mission: Ruler of Vampires]

[Bounty Mission: Light and Darkness]

[Bounty Mission: Blood of the Demon Lord]

[Bounty Mission: Legend of Demons]