The Red Priest and Blue Slime Chapter 44 (Patreon)

Once, 'Three Stooges' left to go do their own thing. Well even Milim blasted off into the air as even as my 'bestie' she wasn't shameless enough to mooch money off of me to gamble when I explained what the gambling money was used for.

As no matter how shameless Milim was... When confronted with three dozen little orphans with tears in their eyes as they 'thanked' her for the donations at the gambling parlor. She coudn't bring herself to shamelessly beg for more money to play.

So! She fucked off to go rob some human kingdoms to get the money to come play at my casino.

Most particularly... She was going to go rob the kingdoms of Falmuth and Siltrosso. As I knew both nations were going to be Jura's enemies in the near future.

Falmuth because it's stance as one of the strongest economies in the world was based off of being the trade capital of the world and much of their premium products coming from the Jura forest itself.

So they would try to destroy us for becoming a middleman in their almost monopoly trade empire of magical materials. And Siltrosso... Their princess was a reincarnated pyschopath with a mind control skill that allowed them to control people via their desires.

But the kingdom itself was seperated from Jura by the Kingdom of Farmenas. So I wasn't as worried about it at the moment even if that witch thought to try to control us.

Still with Rimuru gone for the next while I settled down to continue my alchemy work between training hard for the trouble to come.

A soft knocking rang out from my door and I looked from my book I was reading with the help of a magic stone lamp.

To see Shuna pop her head in with a small smile as she looked in at me. "Hello my lord." She said demurely with a bit of teasing.

I raised an eyebrow at the pink haired oni before I waved her in casually before I put book mark in to mark my place before putting the book aside.

"Hello Shuna. I am suprised you aren't already asleep at this point." I said with a small smile.

As while Shion acted as my bodyguard and secretary. Helping me with the inevitable paperwork that came from guiding and ruling several tens of thousands of people that made up the Jura Alliance.

Shuna was the leader of more spiritual affairs for the Jura alliance. While I took care of the body and motions of the Alliance. She was it's beating heart and took care of soothing the many issues that cropped up from so many different races living so close to gether.

It was one thing for a bunch of dwarves and humans to live together in close harmony especially in like the Armed Nation of Dwargo to our north. But here?

We had a massive population of goblins, orcs, lizardmen, and a rising population of humans that came about from adventurers setting down partial roots here as a major resupply point in the Jura Forest.

You would think things were simple... But you never had to sit in a serious meeting as your dwarven builders are throwing a fucking tantrum at being told they didn't account for Orc shit having the density of rock and needed special treatment centers to deal with their waste.

Or that while the population of dwarves who were mining the magic rich materials and ores from where Veldora was sealed. They coudn't drain the underground lakes and streams to get at the more easily collected materials. 

As the Lizardmen needed those lakes and underground rivers that were filled with magical energy for spawning pools for their young to grow to their full potential. As Lizardmen laid eggs obviously and those eggs needed to be laid in a magic rich enviroment underwater that was circulating constantly.

Shuna... Was the person who kept all the little racist issues from blowing up into real issues where I. After doing paperwork for five hours a day would come out and beat the piss out of some people to make them quite being issues.

Shuna at my gentle question sighed helplessly as she said. "With the bumber crops from Treyni's fellow dryads help. Several goblins are trying to break their racial record for having children in one litter. I had to explain how they were safe here obviously and its just... A mess."

As she came in, she flushed adorably as I just pulled her in and onto my bed with her short pink horns almost tickling my chin as I held her.

"Goblins... They as a race are very weak. So their race relies on mass reproduction to allow them to exist in this harsh world." I muttered quietly as I gently pet Shuna's head and back of her neck in smooth strokes.

Honestly goblins in this world especially were pathetic. They were the trash mob for sure as goblins grew fast and bred faster sure. But an adult goblin would get beaten to death by a simple human adult and that would only change possibly, if a goblin evolved into a hobgoblin.

'Just explanations won't work for them. Haaa I hope I don't need to chemically castrate the goblins.' I thought helplessly as the goblins bodies at realizing they were truly in a safe 'place' were in a frenzy to expand their bloodline.

Either way I refocused on Shuna who spoke up. "Hmm, and those humans. Most of them are tough types and aren't afraid of trouble. So I have been having the Orcs dealing with them."

I nodded before saying softly. "Good job Shuna. Orcs in full body armor, and all having several skills from my elixirs are a perfect deterent from stupid meat heads thinking they can bully our own merchants and such."

"Hmm, many of those human adventurers are also here for your elixirs... And are getting mad when none of our merchants have them to trade with them. Hmph! And they don't have the gall to force their way past Geld either." Shuna almost spat at the end in annoyance.

"Geld is a scary man indeed." I chuckled at the end as Geld was especially powerful in this world. I loaded the scary ass orc with dozens of passive skills and with his sense of loyalty and duty?

Yeah he could have thrashed the three beast musketeers from Carrion without much trouble.

Either way I just snuggled up with Shuna before I whispered with a small grin. "You better not sneak out of bed in the morning. I will be most dissapointed if you do."

Shuna giggled into my chest before she whispered. "Hoh? Would you be more dissapointed if I didn't wake you up with breakfast then?"

But I just shook my head and kissed her head making her squirm with joy before I said softly. "Nope. I want you in my arms as I wake up."

And honestly. Maybe I could get lucky in the morning... It's not like Rimuru was here to cock block me this time!