Shizu-san's Students

Shizu-san no Oshiego-tachi (シズさんの教え子達)

Shizu's students don't show Rimuru much respect so he decides to show them the difference in their skill and gain their respect in a series of one-on-one duels. Kenya uses fire magic, Chloe water magic, Gale fires magic bullets, Ryota uses body enhancements, and Alice uses puppetry to control toys to attack him. They lose, but the level of energy in their bodies doesn't decrease, nor can he separate their magic from them as its fused with their souls. After Rimuru shows them Shizu's mask and promises to save them, they call him Sensei. Rimuru visits Treyni, believing the children will be fine if they can make superior spirits inhabit them. Shizu was Summoned as a small child but lived to adulthood, possibly because of Ifrit. Treyni tells him to go the Dwelling of Spirits, but with the Queen of Spirits the dryads served dead, they have lost their link to it and can no longer find the entrance. While on a picnic with the students, they see a Sky Dragon heading to the capital, but Rimuru interferes and eats it with Predator. Gard Mjöllmile, a merchant Rimuru's apprentice saved, invites them to dinner. Mjöllmile's intelligence network has told him who Rimuru is and Rimuru invites him to come to Tempest to help them sell their wares. He agrees.Mjöllmile's assistant asks the Queen of Spirits to protect the children and tells a curious Rimuru, she came from a village near the Dwelling of Spirits. He, Ranga, and children head to its location.