You knew this scene by heart.

Rimuru was supposed to be talking to Shuna. His tone, his posture, even the background music—it was all familiar, all perfectly timed. You’d watched Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken so many times you could recite the dialogue before it happened. And yet, something was wrong.

Or rather… something was different.

Rimuru didn’t turn to Shuna.

He didn’t speak his usual line.

Instead, his gaze shifted—slowly, deliberately—until it landed on the screen. On you.

You froze.

It wasn’t just clever animation. It wasn’t a fourth-wall joke. Rimuru’s golden eyes locked onto yours with startling clarity, as if he were peering through the glass, through the wires, through the very fabric of fiction.

And then he smiled.

Soft. Gentle. Real.

“You know I can see you, right?”

The words echoed in your room, quiet but unmistakable.

Your heart skipped.

You leaned closer to the monitor, unsure whether to laugh or feel unnerved. Rimuru’s expression didn’t change. He just watched you, like he’d been waiting for you to notice. Like he’d always known you were there—watching, smiling, loving him from afar.

It wasn’t part of the episode.

It wasn’t part of any episode.

And yet, it felt like it was meant for you.

Just you.