In the world of Moe King, I became the ruler of ice.

Gransta was astonished. Rimuru turned into a puddle of jelly in his hand and vanished in an instant.

"Gransta, and everyone else, to the council chamber for an emergency meeting!"

Gobuta and the others stood up straight and solemnly replied, "Yes, Lord Rimuru!"

Gransta withdrew his hand, shook his head and smiled wryly, and said:

"What a pity..."

"Ciel, just spoil him."

Just then, Veldora curiously leaned over and asked, "Gransta, is that dish called Shion delicious?"

Gransta's expression immediately became interesting. He looked the chuunibyou up and down, stroked his chin, and said:

"tasty?"

Suddenly, Shion rushed up to Gransta with a covered plate in her hand and said excitedly:

"Of course it's delicious!"

Gransta hesitated, glancing in the direction Rimuru had left. "Um... Veldora, Rimuru's calling me over. I'll go now."

In the blink of an eye, Gransta disappeared from the spot.

With a proud look on her face, Shion said:

"No one in the village has ever said anything bad about my cooking. Even Julai admits that I'm better than everyone else. You could say I'm the best in the whole village. Would you like to try some?"

"Number one in the whole village?"

Veldora's eyes widened, and he shouted:

"Haha... The best craftsmanship in the whole village, only now does this match my status, haha..."

"Have a bite..."

"Ugh—!"

.........

Conference hall,

Everyone took their seats in an orderly fashion and looked toward the head of the table.

Rimuru, with a serious expression, began to speak:

"Now that Gransta is back, besides Diablo, there's also Long Xueqing and the Ice Guards who are still on a mission in the Kingdom of Falmus. Everyone from Tempest is here."

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up and solemnly paid their respects to the two leaders.

"Now I have two announcements: first, the Demon King's Banquet; and second, the Demon King Clayman."

Actually, everyone already knew what had happened, but when Rimuru spoke seriously, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

After all, both of these things are about the Demon King, especially the words "Demon King's Banquet".

Benimaru was the first to respond, saying:

"My lords, my Crimson Lotus Legion has completed its training and is ready for battle."

Cromwell stood behind Benimaru, looking utterly dejected. He had only just become Benimaru's lieutenant when he received news of the battle against the Demon King Clayman.

To be honest, the monster kingdom he joined was just too crazy.

Cangying emerged from the shadows and reported to the leader:

"My shadows have already arrived at the predicted battlefield and will receive detailed intelligence about the enemy as soon as possible."

"Hehe... Don't forget my Flying Dragon Legion."

"And my army of pig-headed men!"

Krut and Gavilu echoed each other's sentiments.

Gobuta, of course, couldn't back down either, and patted his chest, saying:

"Lord Rimuru, you mustn't forget me. I can go to the battlefield too."

Rimuru chuckled and pointed, saying:

"Don't worry, little brother, I'll definitely put you on the front lines."

"Actually... a little further back is fine too..."

Gobuta was ashamed.

"Heh... It seems my training lately has been too easy. How can I be afraid of battle? Besides, it's Lord Rimuru's order."

Old Bai stroked his beard and looked sharply at Gobuta.

Gobuta: 「(ŏ̥̥̥̥םŏ̥̥̥̥)」

(Ten thousand words of meeting content omitted, knowing that readers wouldn't like to read that.)

......

Ice Sculpture Castle

Gransta returned home and comfortably closed his eyes. He hadn't expected Rimuru to be so long-winded in his meeting, going on and on about a whole bunch of tactical plans.

He was still thinking about how to deal with the demon kings at the demon king's banquet.

Oh, right, it seems that Carrion and Frey are still imprisoned by him.

I wonder if they've had a comfortable time inside.

Just as Granstas was about to get up to investigate, a pair of soft, boneless hands embraced him from behind.

"Forehead?"

Gransta turned around in confusion and saw Julai looking up at him with tender affection.

"Julai?"

"Yes, Lord Gransta..."

"What's wrong with you?"

Zhu Lai buried her head in his chest and whispered:

"Recently... Lord Gransta has been getting busier and busier, and is almost never here."

Gulansta smiled, stroked her long pink hair, and said softly:

"After this period, I'll have time to spend with you all."

"Do you keep your word?"

Gulansta assured:

"certainly."

Anyway, he felt that after the Demon King's Banquet incident, there would be a long period of peace.

Julai stared at Gransta with her pink eyes for a long while.

Then, she wrapped her arms around Gransta's waist, bringing her body closer.

"I want to have some time alone with Lord Gransta, even if it's just a little bit."

Zhu Lai stood on tiptoe, her warm, jade-like red lips just reaching the position of his mouth.

Gulansta was stunned. He hadn't expected that Julai, who was usually gentle and graceful, would be so bold at this moment.

Suddenly, the "pseudo" King of Wrath within him felt a surge of heat, and a flash of red appeared in his eyes.

No, why would it provide this kind of assist at this time?

The warm touch, the electric sensation—he could almost feel her snow-white skin beneath her clothes, and for a moment his mind went blank.

Even Ether's other ultimate skills seemed to have fallen silent, without any movement.

.....

Rimuru had just finished a meeting and was heading back to his office to deal with a mountain of documents. These past few days, he'd been dozing off whenever he saw documents, so he'd simply fallen asleep in his office.

But as soon as he entered, he saw a blond man sitting dejectedly on the ground, lost in thought.

"Veludela? What's wrong? Did something happen to you?"

Rimuru noticed that the chuunibyou looked like he had been bullied, even though the dragon was usually quite energetic.

Is there anyone in this village who can bully him?

That's impossible!

Then Verudela slowly turned his face, revealing a pale and distorted face.

"It's Rimuru."

Rimuru leaned forward and touched Chuunibyou's forehead, finding that it didn't seem to have damaged his brain.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I have lost my original aspirations and my initial passion for food."

"Um, can you speak human language?"

Rimuru was speechless. Seeing that the chuunibyou dragon seemed to be fine, he sat down in a chair.

"I ate the delicious food made by Shiyuan."

Rimuru trembled, his eyes widening immediately, and he said expectantly:

How are you feeling?

Veldora stared at Rimuru for a while, then pulled something out of nowhere.

"Ziyuan said this was made especially for you, and that I must watch you eat it with relish."

Rimuru tried to escape, but Veldora grabbed him with lightning speed and said:

"If you're a brother, then share this pain with me."

"Get out!!!"