36 Chapter 9 Part 3

- Ikki -

Standing in front of the blind captain, he wondered how things had escalated so much. Then again, entering the Soul Society through a cannon ball was probably not the most subtle method to begin with. The silver haired captain was a tough cookie. Normally, Ikki would have fought him to challenge himself but there were others with him and he couldn't afford to fight while risking their lives, so they backed out.

Over the last two days, Ichigo and the rest had gathered back and now they were headed towards the peak where Rukia Kuchiki was being executed.

"Are you sure you can take them on Kurogane?" Ichigo asked.

"I will."

"Oi carrot top, you think this guy can take on the 'see no evil' guy?" The captain backing up Ichigo, Zaraki asked. "I wanted to take all four of them on by myself but I will let this pass. I will take on the bucket head. I always wanted to see the face under that helmet."

They separated from each other while Ikki stayed back with the eleventh squad to fight the other captain.

"How foolish of you to think you can stand in the face of justice? Let me show you the error of your ways."

Ikki got serious as well. This was a captain. Similar to the one before. "Come Intetsu."

Over the period of time, Intetsu had changed as well.

When he returned back to his world after becoming an Enlightened in Rimuru's world, he felt some kind of chains shatter.These chains had been holding him back, limiting him.

On some investigation, he found that he had become something called a Desparado. Someone who can increase his Magic Power by training.

Later on, with the help of Kisuke, he was able to make a connection between the Darkness Spirit and his Intetsu which caused it to change as well.

According to Kisuke, his sword had the possibility to evolve later on.

The blind captain attacked and Ikki matched him. He was good at swordsmanship but not at Ikki's level. He didn't gain any advantage in swordsmanship and was pushed back.

"Suzumushi Nishiki: Benihikō." The captain made a 360° arc with his sword as white blades formed in the arc.

Ikki employed two of his newly acquired Skills, All Seeing Eyes and Thought Acceleration. The captain waved his sword and the blades rained towards him but… they were all too slow. He deflected each and every one of those blades away with ease.

The area quieted down for a bit.

"Hahahaha that was quite nice. You are not half bad, kid. Let's fight when this is over." Kenpachi Zaraki laughed.

"Continuing to resist in the face of Justice. It seems I will have to get serious against you. Bankai: Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi."

The ring on the side of his sword spun and enlarged and an area of darkness wrapped the whole place. Ikki couldn't see or hear anything.

He reflexively used his Thought Acceleration Skill at full power and felt the very instant that he was cut. It barely helped him dodge a fatal wound.

Still, there was no sound behind that attack but… there was displacement of air. Such changes could be felt.

Ikki recalled the teaching of the masters of Ryozanpaku. "Seikuken." Then he reigned the aura to a skin level thickness. "Ryusei Seikuken."

The move was harder to employ with three of his senses gone but was not impossible, so when the sword came near him, he dodged and slashed at the opponent's neck, making him retreat.

Maybe the opponent was not expecting this move but Ikki was not about to give him any chances.

So the next time he attacked and Ikki felt the sword coming towards him, he directly used his Unique Skill: Severer.

Thousands of blades made of twisted space rushed out from his, slicing all the surrounding buildings into pieces. The dome of blackness was removed and Ikki saw that the captain who was attacking him had lost an arm and leg.

"Tousen!" The other captain shouted and Ikki found that the helmet protecting his head was now gone and there was a wolf's head on his body.

A Beastman?

"Oi bastard, pay attention when you are fighting me." Zaraki snarned before swatting him away with his own sword, defeating him. "Tch, so disappointing. They couldn't even make me serious." He clicked his tongue before looking towards the mountain where large spiritual powers were exploding one after the other.

They looked at each other and raced in the direction of the Spiritual Power.

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The rest of the fights were fought by other people.

Ikki was there to rescue the girl, Rukia and didn't want to fight others who had no intention of fighting.

The rebellion of another captain was an unexpected surprise for everyone but at least Rukia was saved.

Over the next few days, he was challenged several times by Kenpachi and those fights pushed him immensely. The man was a beast who lived for the sake of fighting. And Yachiru, the little vice captain, reminded him of Milim. They even had similar hair colours.

Yoruichi's name was cleared and she was able to get him some training with the second division. To be honest, the most challenging part of the training was to resist the blatant flirting of Yoruichi.

The captain of the second division seemed to be annoyed at him for some reason.

Still, he learned a lot from his visit to the soul society. That creepy captain of the twelfth division tried to drug and capture him but was beaten into a pulp by Kenpachi and then Yoruichi paid him a visit.

The guy hadn't bothered him since then.

A new session of the Academy will be starting next week. This time….

He will win.

- Silas -

When I opened the restaurant today, I found myself hosting a very unique group of people.

Irene had come back from the kingdom of Jistav for a break.

Today I wanted to see if I can do something about the problems she had due to the Dragon Slayer Magic.

She was quite tense but also hopeful.

Worst case, I kept Orihime who could revert things back to normal or as Dantalion says- rejects phenomenon so any problems can be undone.

It's just that some other unexpected guests had arrived.

Velzard was here for some good ol Dragon Banana Pie. She was taken with the taste of the food and often dropped by.

It's just that Veldora always ran away when she was about to come.

The second guest was Demon Lord Valentine who had come to receive the order of the Blood Berries.

It was the last guest who surprised me the most.

Orihime was attending to her but she was a bit odd so I came out to see what she wanted.

"Yes miss, what do you want?"

"Silence."

….

"If you want privacy, I can show you to one of our Private Cabins. What do you want to order?"

She just tilted her head.

"What do you want to order from our menu?"

Again no answer was given.

"The child is a Dragon." Velzard interrupted, making me take another look at the girl.

I thought of something and asked the girl to confirm my suspicions. "What is your name Miss?"

"Ophis."

So it was her.

"You are the one Veldora met, right?" I asked and she just nodded.

"What do you want, Ophis? Are you here to meet Veldora?"

"Home noisy. Want silence."

….

Yes, I don't understand her at all.

"Explain in detail."

Over the next hour, we racked our brains to understand what she was saying.

"So Great Red is making noise in your home and you asked Veldora for help."

I asked and she nodded.

"And they somehow became friends and now both of them are playing and making noise there."

She nodded again.

I sighed.

"As one would expect of that evil dragon. Always destroying other people's homes." Valentine clicked her tongue, annoyed. She then turned towards Ophis. "If you want a place to live, you can stay at my place. No one will disturb you there. You have my word." She vowed.

… I waited, surprised at the sudden turn of events.

Ophis considered for a while and decided to visit the kingdom of Demon Lord Valentine.

While the rest prepared and sealed the Blood Berries, they sat in the corner of the restaurant and finally I turned towards Irene.

"The side effects of your magic were analysed by me and I think I can remove them if you want to."

I saw her eyes widen and her lips parted in shock. "Are you telling the truth?"

"I have no reason to lie to you."

"I will do anything you want so please… heal me." She begged.

This was the first time I had seen this woman so desperate.

"Let's try an easy method first." I opened the door to the Restaurant into the world of Rimuru and told her to follow me outside.

The other restaurant patrons decided to follow too.

"This worked with me so maybe it will work with you too. I name you Irene Belserion."

I felt a decent part of my magicules surge and used for the naming.

The magicules were soon refilled using Fairy Heart.

'What is happening to Irene?' I asked Dantalion.

'The individual Irene Belserion is undergoing an evolution.'

"She has my crest, although a weakened version." Velzard said from behind me. "It must be from her connection to you. What's her situation?"

"Undergoing an evolution."

"What was wrong?" She asked.

I told her the whole story of the Queen of Dragons and the Mother of all Dragon Slayers. The Sage Dragon, the war between Dragons and humans, the betrayal of her husband and the people she had protected, losing her mind but still protecting her daughter for four hundred years. By the end of it, Velzard had a half enraged, half annoyed expression on her face.

"All of them are fools. Blindly sacrificing themselves for humans only to be betrayed. And by the end of it they even had to leave their child alone. A fool….Just like him." She whispered quite softly.

She kept on muttering relentlessly.

Her power surged a bit and I looked at her but she composed herself soon enough. Her next action shocked even me. She went to Irene and touched her forehead.

The Ice Crest was whole.

Velzard actually blessed the woman.

Looking at my surprised expression the Dragon continued. "I am not doing this for her. I need the method of the Dragon Slayer Magic. You said the Dragon Slayers were like children to a Dragon. We True Dragons cannot have children without losing our powers and because of this it was forbidden by Veldanava to give birth to a child. I just want to use this method to see if it works for us." She went on to explain Veldanava's case. I knew some things from Veldora but this was more detailed.

"Okay. I will give you the method from her. But you know, the laws of other worlds are different. Maybe you could have children in other worlds without any problems." I suggested. Dantalion agreed.

It even started to research a method for higher level races in this world to have children without suffering any side-effects.

Really, these Skills are too hardworking.

She turned to look at me but there was a weird glint in her eyes.

"Really?"

"Yes. Should be." I shrugged.

"I will hold you to that then." She smirked suddenly.

….

The fuck do you mean by those words?

I wanted to ask but somehow didn't want to poke the hornet's nest so ignored it now.

The Blessing of the Ice Dragon Velzard made the evolution process even better.

I asked the Goblina's of Rimuru's village to arrange a place for her to complete her evolution in peace.