Momonga thought about it more and more, and the more he did, the more something felt off. He had the vague feeling that he had seen that scruffy, bearded swordsman somewhere before.
The man was simply too distinctive. You could say every inch of him was full of defining traits!
Melancholy eyes, a beard that looked like it had not been shaved for a week, tattered leather armor, worn straw sandals, and a rusty longsword.
That combination...
Momonga pondered it for a long time. He only found the man familiar, yet could not remember where he had seen him. He had encountered things that seemed suddenly familiar before, but this time, Momonga took it to heart.
Perhaps he could talk to those two, just as before. Starting with the World Tree would be a good idea. This time, though, he would need to be more discreet.
With that in mind, Momonga and Nabe went to the Adventurer's Guild in Yggdrasil. They entered the guild, registered as adventurers, and became the lowest-ranked "Copper" adventurers.
Meanwhile, Mo Xiao had already left the city with Kanon.
Of course, they were not going to search for criminals wanted by the Slane Theocracy. They were merely looking for somewhere to have a good meal.
In this New World, which resembled a medieval Western fantasy setting, the border fortress city of Yggdrasil had no food that appealed to Mo Xiao. After hearing that there was a vast forest nearby, he had taken Kanon and rushed straight into it.
"Brother Mo Xiao, don't you think those two were strange?"
"I do." Mo Xiao did not slow down. "Kurumi said this area was the territory of the 'protagonist,' so we should be careful. The male in black armor and the female behind him were both nonhuman. They hid