✦ Rimuru’s Journal ✦

— a record for whoever finds it —

Hey. You’re reading this, aren’t you? I knew someone would find it eventually. Honestly, I didn’t think anyone would care enough to dig through my old scribbles. But here you are. So maybe you’re curious. Or lost. Or both. That’s fine. I’ll try to explain things, the way I wish someone had explained them to me when I first woke up as a slime.

I used to be a normal guy. Tokyo, salaryman, the whole package. Got stabbed one night, died, and next thing I know I’m a ball of jelly in a cave with a very angry dragon sealed behind a wall. That dragon, Veldora became my first friend. Weird, right? But that’s how this world works: you die, you get reborn as a monster, and suddenly you’re running a country. It sounds ridiculous, but I’ve seen crazier things since.

This world is called the Central World. Humans, demihumans, monsters, and demons all share it, though “share” is a generous word. There’s a whole system of “Skills” and “Magic” that feels like a game but isn’t. Pain is real. Death is real. And power? Power is everything. The strong rule, the weak serve, and somewhere in between, people like me try to build something different. A nation where everyone can live peacefully, regardless of race. Cheesy, I know. But I’m a slime, we’re allowed to be idealistic.

The World, Briefly

Imagine a world where humans build kingdoms with walls and swords, but also where demons and dragons are real, and a single powerful being can level a city. That’s the Central World. On one side you have the human-dominated nations: the Kingdom of Falmuth, the Holy Empire of Lubelius, the military state of Dwargon. On the other, the monster territories: the Great Forest of Jura (that’s home), the Demon Lord’s domain, and the labyrinth I accidentally created under my capital. Long story.

Then there are the Demon Lords. Not all are evil, but most are terrifying. I became one, too, by accident. Well, not accident, I got angry enough to evolve, and that changed me. You’ll meet them eventually: Guy Crimson (don’t trust his charm), Milim Nava (cute, but don’t make her angry), Ramiris (a tiny fairy with a huge ego). The politics are exhausting, but I’ve