1 And so it begins

(Author from the further future here! Letting everybody know that I am rewriting and redoing this story. I started this story on August 24, 2021 as my very first time writing anything, and to be honest it is pretty crappy in its execution. Now, nearly three years later, I am planning on redoing it since it is still getting so many readers in a regular basis. You all deserve a good book. 

The rewrite is out! So, if you are about to start this one, stop and look for the rewritten version; it should be under "Bonvoyage." as "I am Rimuru Tempest (rewrite version)"

If you are reading for the first time, know that this quality does not represent what the story will be in the remake, and if you wait a bit more, you will have a story with real effort and heart put into it. I look forward to seeing many of you in the near future. I will see you all soon. Have a Bon Voyage.)

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They say the world will end not with a bang, but with a whimper… unfortunately for me, mine ended with a bang.

Well, that is, if you qualify a godly mistake as a bang.

You know how it goes by now. Random omnipotent being or Rob drops lighting on a poor kid or accidentally sends truck-kun to grab your soul or mistakes you for another person and kills you early.

Well, all of those happened to me. Got struck by lightning while crossing the street and truck kun decided to pay a visit a few minutes after. I guess lying on the middle of a crosswalk passed out on a rainy day didn't help truck kun spot me. All because I had the same name as a guy who was insulting Rob.

But to be honest it isn't so bad. Thanks to that I am now standing in front of an apologetic God and not in endless torture because he caught his mistake last second. And you know what comes next.

"Oh… Well, this is awkward… an eternity living and I can't believe it actually happened to me. All the other gods are gonna start making fun of me now. Even after I made fun of them because of it I have done the same…

Well, kid, today is your lucky day! You get to be reincarnated! Let's get this out of the way as fast as I can so I can try to hide this before anyone finds out.

So tell me, which world do you want to be reincarnated in"

"..."

"Oh I guess you're still in shock from dying, let me fix that, here I'll make it so you're calm minded as a freebie until I reincarnate you"

"Oh, ah, thanks? What do you mean which world? Any world? Do I get wishes? Cheat powers?"

"Yes yes any world, anime, game, tv, etc. Any will do… as for cheats or wishes… no can do. I'll just give you the chance to reincarnate as whomever you want maybe give you a small favor but only something pretty minor"

"Well.. in that case.. I want to be Rimuru Tempest! Just after he was reincarnated into a slime. But please, allow me to have my little brother when I become human. I do not wish to be a gender-less slime. "

"If that is it then I see no problem with that. Goodbye."

-intermission-

I can't see. I can't hear. Where am I?

The last thing I remember is… oh

'Great sage are you there?'

'Understood. Skill Great sage is present'

Awesome I can't believe it is really true. Alright, it is time to get ready.

"Sage, please assist me to feel the magicules in the area to create the skill magic sense"

'Understood. Analyzing magicules. Extra skill magic sense acquired. Use skill?'

'Yes please'

And suddenly I was overwhelmed. Bright colors and such a clear sight I was not used to in my previous life. If it wasn't for Sage it would probably take me a few hours to days to be able to process all this information with enough skill to move without feeling sick but

'Integration of magic sense with the skill Great sage has been successful. Information will now be processed by Great sage

That notification was enough to make my sight clear.

"Alright, time to get to eating as many hipokute herbs and magisteel as possible"

-Intermission-

Without being blind, gathering materials and heading towards Veldora was as easy as it could be.

Using a minimap provided by the oh so gracious sage I made my way deeper until I came across something, or well, someone quite terrifying. Unless you knew how he actually was.

To tell the truth, meeting a dragon for the first time was both awesome and terrifying. I am sure that if I had a proper digestive system I would've struggled to not shit my pants with the aura this dude was releasing.

Nevertheless, approached the big dragon and next thing I new I had a new buddy.

"Howdy my good fellow, fancy seeing you here"

"..."

"To think I would meet someone else in this cave, to tell ya the truth buddy it's been quite boring and lonely to wander around this cave without knowing the exit. Though I did have a good day playing in the water on the way here."

"You… are you not scared of me?...

BEUAHAHAHAHAHA a mere slime is staring right at me Veldora and dares to call me buddy. BWHAHAHAHAAHAHA. Has the world truly forgotten me. Oh well, slime tell me, do you intend to become my friend"

And just like that I had made a new friend. I took a potato chi...er.. I mean dragon and ate it and got ready to leave the cave. Of course having some snacks on the way out in the form of bats, snakes, and spiders.

I could not wait to go outside. Eat some monsters. Gain some abilities. Build a kingdom. Get a harem. Do some

'Understood. Rimuru Tempest is a typical harem seeking virgin.'

…

Yo sage…

If you don't chill by the time you evolve enough to get a body you ain't getting the d.

'...'

'...'

'...'

'Skill Great sage is trying to forcefully evolve'

Request failed

Request failed

…..

Request failed×1,000,000,000

'Understood. Skill Great sage will "chill" '

'Request failed skill resist cold has evolved into null cold'

'Null cold has merged with resist heat to create null temperature'

… anyways as I was listening to Great sage talking and I was standing next to the door to exit the cave…

And now we wait.