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### đ *Tensura: Multiversal Shenanigans*
**Arc 3 â Komi Can't Communicate**
**Chapter 27: Spirit Trials Begin! Komi Accidentally Ascends to Demi-Goddess?**
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**\[Scene: Spirit Nexus â A place that looks like it was designed by an overenthusiastic fantasy painter on caffeine.]**
Floating stairs. Upside-down temples. Jellyfish that speak Latin. It was all here.
The gang disembarked from the chaos train, still dizzy.
**Tadano (holding Komi steady):** "Why is the ground wobbly?"
**Rimuru (slime-shaped but flat):** "It's not the ground. It's your *soul* that's wobbling."
**Ciel:**
> "Confirmed. Tadano is experiencing mild metaphysical vertigo. Drink water. And maybe scream."
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**\[Scene: Spirit Grandmaster's Arrival]**
A giant ring of light appeared in the sky, announcing the arrival of the Spirit Realm's most powerful being.
**Spirit Grandmaster:** *"I am Aeon, Arbiter of Balance and Trials. All who enter shall face a test of self."*
**Milim (raises hand):** "Is the test punching?"
**Aeon:** "...Not for most."
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**\[Trial One: Confront Your Inner Self]**
**Tadano's trial:** He faced... *a more confident version of himself in a leather jacket.*
**Cool Tadano:** "You should've confessed to Komi-san in Chapter 8, coward."
**Tadano:** "Why are you hot?!"
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**Rimuru's trial:** A mirror.
It reflected... Rimuru in a business suit with a clipboard, looking corporate and extremely tired.
**Corporate Rimuru:** "You've built a society of thousands. Maybe stop acquiring more wives and build infrastructure?"
**Rimuru:** "I DID build a smoothie stand!"
**Corporate Rimuru:** "You named it 'Slime & Slurp.' That doesn't count."
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**Ramiris's trial:** Hers was... a nap.
**Aeon (confused):** "She's literally dreaming of cookies. That... that counts?"
**Ciel:**
> "Ramiris has bypassed emotional introspection through sheer brain lag."
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**Milim's trial:** Fight her own self-control.
**Milim (vs. herself):** "I won't destroy the Spirit Pillar!"
**Milim (also Milim):** "BUT IT LOOKS DESTRUCTIBLE!!"
*Spoiler: The pillar exploded.*
**Aeon:** "Okay. That one's on me."
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**Komi's trial:** She stepped into her realm and was met by... *absolute silence*. Her inner self sat at a tea table, gently smiling.
It looked exactly like her⌠except glowing faintly with ethereal light, wrapped in trailing runes of celestial ink.
**Inner Komi (telepathically):** "You've come far."
**Komi (thinking):** "I⌠can't talk here either?"
**Inner Komi:** "No. But you listen. And that's enough."
Suddenly, the runes around her flickered.
A system window popped up in front of Rimuru.
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**$*DING!* SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT$**
> KOMI SHOUKO HAS COMPLETED "TRIAL OF STILLNESS."
> AWARDED: â¨**Blessing of the Wordless One**
> Title Gained: Demi-Goddess of Serenity
> Passive: "Quiet Divinity" â Reality adjusts around her emotional state.
> New Skill: **Absolute Presence** â Instills calm or fear in all nearby beings.
> Bonus: One free hug from the Divine.
**Rimuru (slack-jawed):** "SHE'S A DEMI-GOD NOW?!"
**Milim (clapping):** "GO KOMI!! I wanna ascend next!!"
**Tadano (hiding behind her):** "She blinked and a storm stopped. I think I'm in love."
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**\[Scene: Later That Day â Spirit Nexus Commons Area]**
The group recovered near a shimmering lake. Komi sat calmly, butterflies orbiting her like tiny satellites.
**Ramiris (staring):** "Komi's like a magical statue."
**Rimuru:** "More like a beautiful natural disaster. A really quiet one."
**Ciel:**
> "Risk Assessment: Do not anger Komi-san. Ever."
> "Current Influence Rating: Comparable to high-tier spirit lords."
> "Also... she makes surprisingly good tea."
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**\[Milim walks over with spirit fruit skewers.]**
**Milim:** "Want one? They're juicy!"
**Komi (nods, accepts skewer):**
> \[System: Spirit Fruit accepted. Mood: +12 Tranquility.]
**Tadano:** "Even the *food system* reacts to her aura now?!"
**Rimuru:** "At this rate, we'll have to call her 'Lady Komi.'"
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**\[Scene: Meanwhile, In a Distant Spirit Watchtower]**
Two mysterious spirit lords gazed into a shimmering pool showing Komi's newfound power.
**Spirit 1:** "She has not spoken a word, yet even the winds obey her..."
**Spirit 2:** "She must be the one foretold in the Prophecy of the Whispering Queen."
**Spirit 1:** "Should we invite her?"
**Spirit 2:** "No. We *worship* her."
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**To Be Continued...**