Why did it feel like I'd boarded a pirate ship...?
There was no sign of the Church or its Believers yet, and trouble and danger had already landed in his lap.
"No wonder you parted ways with the elves. I thought they caught you luring away an innocent elf girl."
"That had nothing to do with it. The elves still don't know the Otherworld Tree exists."
If they discovered the Otherworld Tree, merely parting ways would be the least of their problems.
"So you admit you lured away an innocent elf girl?"
"Is that the point?"
Silly Cat approached the Otherworld Tree. When she had come by during the day, she'd spotted the towering tree behind the City Lord's Mansion and thought it would be perfect for scratching her claws. Good thing she hadn't tried.
There was only one World Tree. It was older than the Gods, and its value was beyond imagining.
"The elves' World Tree lets elves reincarnate. Can this one do that?"
"Uh... no."
"The World Tree holds the power of life. It can even bring back the dead. Can this one?"
"No to that too."
"It can't do this, and it can't do that. What kind of World Tree is it?" Silly Cat scoffed. "You can't call something a World Tree just because there's only one of it!"
"It's still a sapling. It needs time to grow. Even now, its leaves can briefly connect holders of other leaves within a thousand meters, and not even a Legendary could forge a Deposit Certificate made from one."
"You planted the Allen Continent's second World Tree in the middle of Free City, where anyone can see it, handed out its leaves everywhere, and think the elves won't recognize it?"
Silly Cat suddenly felt that her own little problem was