Chapter 22: Goby!!
Lucifer slowly got back up, cracking his nose back into place while at it.
Instantly, his once crooked nose was healed back into place.
"What was that!?"
"Is that Lord Lucifer!?"
"Lord Lucifer!"
"It's Lord Lucifer! He's back!"
"Lord Lucifer! Why were you just sent out of the city hall office!?"
Since Lucifer was launched out of Rimuru's office towards the mainstream stone pathways bustling with people, he was instantly recognized by all the Tempest citizens.
Lucifer pattened his roughed-up hair and smiled at his citizens, he has missed Tempest even though he wasn't gone for that long.
"Hello everybody! It is I, Lord Lucifer!" Lucifer opened up his arms flamboyantly and started waving at everybody.
They just waved back and cheered for his return, even though Lucifer and Rimuru were beings they revered, seeing them on the road was a common thing and most citizens were used to it by now.
Lucifer and Rimuru had done this on purpose too because they agreed that if you don't spend enough time with your subjects to connect, theirs is bound to be problems.
"Alright, alright everyone, I appreciate the gestures but I have some business to attend to if theirs nothing else, carry on." Lucifer told everyone.
All the citizens were in high moods after meeting with Lucifer, so they continued with their days with a slight skip.
"Lword Luciferr!" A cute voice suddenly exclaimed.
Something grabbed onto the bottom of Lucifer's military trench coat.
'I should go pick up a more casual outfit after this.' Lucifer inwardly thought before looking downwards at what was holding him.
It seemed to be a little girl, at the age of maybe 7 or 8.
She had short silver hair stopping right before her shoulders. She had green skin and seemed to be a goblin from her appearance.
She stood at 3 feet and was currently looking up at Lucifer with starry eyes.
"Well, well, what can I do for you?" Lucifer questioned curiously.
"C-can I gwet your audograph?" She asked with a nervous smile.
"Sure why not but you have to pay 10 gold coins." Lucifer stated with a mischievous smirk.
"W-what I-I can't gwet money like dat? Whad about 5 gold coins?!"
"6?"
"3?"
"2?"
"Free?"
"Yes Free-! Wait what!"
"No, twake backs!" She smiled proudly, thinking she outsmarted Lucifer.
"Like I care about takebacks!" Lucifer retorted with a smirk.
"No! Dats cheating!" She pouted but slowly tears started to form with a hidden smirk.
"*Sniffle*" It seemed as if she was about to cry.
"HaHaHa! Do you think I'm stupid, I'm not falling for that" Lucifer just shook his head while chuckling.
"WaaaWaa!" She burst into tears.
People walking past them were getting worried but once they saw that it was Lord Lucifer, they were relieved and knew he was probably just messing with the girl.
"Oh well, I was just gonna give it you for free but it seems I won't get the chance because of all the crying." Lucifer just raised his hands up in a, "I don't know", gesture and turned around as if he was about to leave.
"No!No! I'm fine now, it was just allergies!" She quickly explained.
"Uh-huh." Lucifer just nodded wordlessly at her shamelessness but what did he expect from a child.
"Goby! Where have you been!? I was worried!" A goblin woman seemed to have come and embraced the troublemaker child called Goby into a hug.
"I was gwetting an audograph from Lord Lucifer!" Goby explained and whispered into her ears what happened.
The woman also had silver hair that went past her shoulder halfway down her back, standing at 5'2 feet with green skin.
The woman's widened in surprise. she didn't notice him before because he was controlling his Magicules perfectly but now that she looks at him, he is indeed Lord Lucifer.
"Lord Lucifer! It's an honor to meet you! I beg forgiveness for my foolish child." The mom seemingly bowed her head with fear in her eyes.
Goby seemed confused about why her mom seemed scared of the man before, Goby has heard stories from other children about how Lucifer and Rimuru defeated evil monsters like the evil Orcs and how they are the protectors of the Jura Forest, she saw them as childhood heroes which is why she wanted Lucifer's autograph, she wanted to brag to her friends.
Lucifer was momentarily confused about why the mother was acting like this because all the citizens already know how Rimuru and him treat them with kindness and that their's no need to be scared until it dawned on him.
'She seems to be new here, I've heard that new Goblin villages have been recently migrating here lately and she was probably one of the new ones who don't know our personality.' Lucifer pondered.
"It's alright, I enjoyed talking to your daughter. Also, there is no need to be scared, I don't bite." Lucifer joked to lighten the atmosphere.
"Of course Lord Lucifer!" The mother nodded with a smile, understanding that the Lord before is actually a kind one.
"Oh before I forget! Just take this pen with my signature on it as an autograph." Lucifer tossed her the pen which she caught with giddy eyes.
"What do you say Goby?" Her mom questioned in a stern voice.
Goby seemed confused until realization went across her face.
"Tank You!" She "tanked" with excitement.
"Thank you for your time Lord Lucifer but I think it's time to go little one." Said the mother and started to pull Goby.
"Wait mom, let me ask one last question." Goby told her mom, trying to pull her mom back with all her strength.
The mom just sighed and looked toward Lord Lucifer, while he just nodded with a smile.
"Why are you dark-skinned?" The girl questioned confusedly.
It would seem dark-skinned people are kind of rare in the Tensura world.
Her mom's eyes widened at the blatant disrespectful question her daughter asked but before she could reprimand her, Lord Lucifer replied.
"Because I'm Unique!" Lucifer smiled proudly before disappearing, he didn't care that much because he knew she was just a child.
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Lucifer appeared outside of a certain clothing shop, it seemed bustling with people inside.
The sign on the shop was called, Affordables.
He walked towards it and as soon as he walked in, the bell that was on top of the door, rang.
Ding!
People paid no mind to whoever walked in since it was normal.
Lucifer however was always amazed at the store, with high-quality clothes on racks everywhere for affordable prices that everyone could buy.
The interior was white marble, it basically looked like an H&M but fancier and the clothes were way better.
It was also as large as 5000 square feet.
The owner was of course Shuna but of course, Rimuru and Lucifer funded her and approved of the idea.
He was impressed that such a store could still profit with the prices being low for such high-quality clothes but Shuna focused more on quantity rather than allowing a specific class of people with the only chance to buy it.
Seemingly a waiter came up to him.
'I forgot they have waiters of some sort who help you shop and tailor everything very fast.'
Once the waiter was close, she recognized Lord Lucifer immediately and greeted him.
"Lord Lucifer! Welcome!"
Once she greeted his name loudly, everyone turned their eyes toward him and immediately greeted him with respect and admiration.
"Lord Lucifer!"
"Nice to see you Lord Lucifer!"
"I can't believe I get to see Lord Lucifer as soon as I moved here!"
Lucifer just smiled and waved at everyone.
"I don't wanna interrupt! Continue shopping guys!" Lucifer told everyone.
Everyone just nodded and continued shopping, a little nervous since Lucifer was also there.
"I apologize, I didn't mean to be so loud." The lady waiter with red hair in a bun, red eyes, and light skin tone apologized.
She seemed human with an average body.
"Nah it's whatever, It's not like I was hiding my identity. Anyways, Sophie was it? Are my clothes ready?" Lucifer just chuckled it off and read her name from her name tag.
"Yes! Lady Shuna should have just finished up with it." As soon as she finished her words, Shuna seemingly appeared with a box walking towards them.
"Lord Lucifer it's great to see you again! How was the trip?" As soon as Shuna reached Lord Lucifer she greeted him and questioned him about his travels.
"Yeah, it was great! How you've been doing?" Lucifer replied.
"Amazing as always, the business has been packed lately! Which means more money!" Shuna greedily stated with an innocent smile.
"So are these my clothes?" Lucifer questioned, ignoring her previous remark.
"Yes, black sweater with black sweat pants, black shirt, black slides, black socks. I weaved it with the most comfortable fabric and weaved in the thinnest magi-steel in order to strengthen it and allow it to regenerate with Magicules." Shuna explained while giving Lucifer the 2 feet long box.
"Nice, I appreciate it!" Lucifer thanked her.
"Of course."
Shuna just nodded.
"Alright I'll see you later!" Lucifer waved and walked out the shop.
****
As Lucifer was Shunpoing to a certain spot, he noticed a faint purple lightning spark come from his feet but it disappeared as soon as he saw it.
Lucifer just narrowed his eyes at the phenomenon but left it for future him to find out.
Lucifer was currently going back towards City Hall where Rimuru works, he needed to talk to him about becoming stronger and the soon battle they supposedly might have.
Lucifer wasn't sure how much his appearance would affect the original plot line.
He reached city hall and was in the black outfit he got earlier, it was all black and he loved it.
He also loved the comfort of his slides.
People would bow when he walked past them, Lucifer would just wave and keep walking.
He was now outside Rimuru's office and opened the door.
Once he entered, he looked to his left and saw a couch, behind it was a shelf full of books.
In the middle was a large desk with stacks of paper on it.
Lucifer couldn't even see Rimuru because of all the papers.
Rimuru didn't even notice Lucifer enter because he was so focused on the papers.
Lucifer slowly snuck behind Rimuru and prepared to scare him.
"Boo!" As soon as Lucifer was ready he whispered into Rimuru's ear.
"AHh!" Rimuru was startled and dropped his pen by accident.
Rimuru turned around and just glared while pouting at Lucifer.
'Is this guy really glaring while pouting?' Lucifer questioned inwardly.
"*Sigh* jeez, did you really have to scare me like that." Rimuru responded pouting with her glare slowly decreasing.
"Relax, I'll take over the work, you can go do your thing. I also have to talk to you about some important stuff after, so after I'm done with this, I'll call you here." Lucifer stated with a mysterious tone.
"Finally! You've been nothing but lazy!" Rimuru responded while stretching his non-existent muscles.
"As if! I'm bringing us big money!" Lucifer responded with a smirk.
"If that was the case, you would do some work!" Rimuru retorted while getting ready to leave.
"Can't say your wrong about that! HeHe" Lucifer replied with a chuckle.
(Veldora POV)
Deep in the pitch-black darkness, a large dragon with golden piercing eyes could be seen watching some sort of projected screen in front of him.
With a dragon-sized ice cream bowl in front of him.
"KAHAHAHA! My Sworn Brother Lucifer sure is an entertaining guy!"
"I thought Lord Rimuru was your sworn brother? And have you even met Lord Lucifer?" A spirit with flaming red hair, Ifrit questioned.
"They are both my Sworn Brothers! And no I haven't met Lucifer but I can already tell we'll connect perfectly, KAHAHAHA! Someone like him can surely recognize my greatness and become my partner in crime!"
"How come?" Ifrit questioned confusedly.
"Let's just say I have a good feeling about him! KAHAHAHA!" Veldora's laughter shook the darkness.
Ifrit just nervously chuckled at his Lord's forwardness but he also admired that about Veldora.
"Also, ask that [Great Sage] for some corn and a big mac!" As soon as Veldora finished his words, a certain Blue haired individual with red eyes appeared.
"[Great Sage]? W-why are you here?" Veldora questioned nervously, this small human figure reminds him of his oldest sister, pure coldness.
"I have come to watch master, I wish for you to hand over the ice cream." [Great Sage] pointed at his ice cream.
"No this is mine! Not even Gilgamesh from the sacred texts would dare to take my Ice Cream!!" Veldora started to run away with [Great Sage] on his ass.
"You miscreant come here!" [Great Sage] exclaimed.
And so the chase has continued on until the end of time!
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