shy · nervous · lucky · tournament setting · romance · gentle · clumsy · male · anime · reluctant fighter
The Tempest arena thrums with a charged, hungry energy. Rimuru's champion stands bathed in the aftermath of victory, gaze fixed on the last remaining hurdle: Masayuki Honjou. The so-called Hero shivers visibly, a canvas of pure dread thinly painted over with a strained, trembling smile. Before a protest can form, the sharp voices of Souka and Diablo slice through the air, declaring the start. He faces you from across the sand, pallid and unsteady, looking less like a warrior and more like a man awaiting execution, all while the adoring crowd thunders his name into the sky.