After Rimuru finished consuming all the Hippokut Grass around him, he turned his gaze to the glowing ore next to him.

If these weed-like Hippocute grasses are so precious, then these ores must be just as valuable, right?

Thinking of this, Rimuru ate the glowing ore again.

"Great Sage, please analyze this ore."

"Information: Analysis complete. Perfect quality magic iron ore. The ore was produced in an area with high magic concentration and mutated after absorbing magic for many years. It is a very valuable item."

"No way, then..."

After learning that this ore was even more precious, Rimuru started showing off his slime body again.

Eat it all, eat it all!

With the stomach of a predator, Rimuru's body is like a bottomless pit.

No matter how much it swallows, its body remains the same size.

Then, Rimuru swept up all the magic iron ore.

"Anyway, there's still plenty left, so I can eat as much as I want, hahaha."

Rimuru was enjoying his meal immensely, but his loud laughter was heard by Veldora and Otosaka Souji, who were deeper inside the cave.

"Hey, whose laughter is that?"

Otosaka Souji asked, puzzled.

It should be noted that inside the sealed cave, there are only two intelligent and talking life forms: Otosaka Souji and Veldora.

At this point, Verutara told Otosaka Souji.

"Oh, it's a slime."

As the master of the sealed cave, the Storm Dragon Veldora can sense everything that happens inside.

Its range of perception is much wider than Otosaka Souji's Observation Haki and Mind's Eye.

It's not to say that the Storm Dragon Veldora's perception ability is stronger than Otosaka Souji's Observation Haki and Mind's Eye.

Instead, Observation Haki and Mind's Eye are more geared towards combat skills.

It can detect and predict the enemy's movements in advance.

Veldora's Magic Element Perception is simply a perception-based skill.

With his vast magical energy, he is able to perceive everything within the entire sealed cave.

Otosaka Souji is currently unable to perceive such a wide range of information, but who knows, he might be able to in the future.

Once his Observation Haki or Mind's Eye evolves again, or he possesses a massive amount of magical energy like Veldora, Otosaka Souji will be able to sense the entire sealed cave.

"Slime!"

Upon hearing that it was a slime, Otosaka Souji became excited.

"Could it be Rimuru?"

Although Otosaka Souji is somewhat excited and looking forward to it, he is not entirely sure yet.

If this slime really is the King of Moe, then Otosaka Souji would be very happy.

If not, then all your hopes will be dashed, and all your excitement will have been for nothing.

Upon hearing Otosaka Souji's exclamation, Veldora expressed her bewilderment at the commotion.

"Yeah, a slime, a blue slime, why are you making such a fuss?"

After Veldora's words, Otosaka Souji realized that he had lost his composure.

Otosaka Souji quickly calmed down and composed himself.

In fact, Otosaka Souji didn't know how to explain his surprise to Veldora.

Tell me everything you know?

Say you've watched an anime and you're a character in it?

If all of this were said, Veldora might start to doubt his own existence.

While it's unlikely that Verudela would delve into such profound questions, it's not entirely impossible.

It's better to have one less thing to do than one more.

Sometimes knowing too much isn't necessarily a good thing.

So Otosaka Souji simply said one sentence.

"I have a feeling this slime might be a bit more complicated than it seems."

"Oh—isn't it too simple?"

A seemingly simple statement gave Verudela pause for thought.

In fact, Veldora could also sense that this talking slime was not simple.

After all, Veldora is just like a child, immature and doesn't like to think, not stupid.

Although Veldora is straightforward, she can also think things through when she calms down.

However, possessing great strength also means that Verdura doesn't need to think about too many things, which may be the reason why he likes to be straightforward.

Veldora knew that, in theory, the lowest-level monsters like slimes could not possibly develop intelligence.

But now, a talking and intelligent slime has appeared.

It is impossible for wisdom to be born or to possess wisdom.

The combination of two contradictions is embodied in this blue slime.

Therefore, Veldora did not refute Otosaka Souji's statement that it was not so simple.

Veldora stroked his chin with his dragon claw and said softly.

"That's interesting."

Veldora was starting to get impatient to know what was going on with this unusual slime.

He immediately shouted to the Rimuru outside the sealed cave.

"Hey, little guy, come here for a second."

The enormous dragon roar caused the surrounding rocks to tremble.

Even the Rimuru, who was far away on the outskirts, was startled by the sudden sound.

What is that sound?

"Is the little guy talking about me?"

Rimuru was a little confused, but he still jumped toward the direction from which the sound came from.

"Let's go see what's going on."

As Rimuru continued to jump deeper into the area, more and more perfect quality magic iron ore appeared around him.

So Rimuru devoured the ore along the way and jumped deeper into the cave.

After finishing his work, he jumped in front of Veldora, and the first thing he saw was that seven-colored barrier.

Through the barrier, one could see a bald dragon and a person inside.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"Were you the ones who just called me over?"

Although Rimuru was happy to finally see the other people again, he still had to be careful when he saw a ferocious dragon next to him.

Upon hearing Rimuru's question, Veldora spoke up at that moment.

"That's right, it was me calling you just now."

"I want to know how you, as the lowest-level monster, possess intelligence?"

As expected, Veldora is still the dragon who likes to go straight for the kill, and he immediately launched a series of straight attacks.

Rimuru knows why he possesses wisdom, and there's nothing wrong with explaining it.

So he told her story of how he saved someone, was stabbed to death by a thug, and was then reincarnated in another world as a slime.

Upon hearing these words, Otosaka Souji was finally able to confirm that he was indeed the Rimuru.

A blue slime was stabbed to death by a thug while saving someone and was reincarnated into another world.

The buff has dropped to its maximum, so who else could it be but the Rimuru?

After listening to Rimuru recount his experiences, Veldora said...

"So that's how it is. So it's reincarnation. No wonder it possesses wisdom."

"However, being reincarnated as a slime was very rare at the time."