"Name?"
"Aslan."
"Race?"
"Human?"
"Hm?"
"Planeswalker."
Seeing Shiroyasha about to interrogate him, Aslan sighed deeply.
(Out of all the worlds, why did the first one I visit have to be Little Garden—a world overflowing with gods, demons, and buddhas?)
(And as if that weren't bad enough, the timing of my arrival is incredibly suspicious.)
"Lord, could you please let me go?"
"I truly have no idea what's going on!"
Aslan wanted to cry. He had only become a Planeswalker a few days ago. After preparing carefully, he planned to travel to another world.
Who would have thought that the first world he arrived in would be this one?
Although Mondaiji's protagonists were famously strong, intelligent, and renowned—surpassing even many protagonists from web novels—and their Gifts were extremely powerful. Even Sakamaki Izayoi, the main protagonist, often struggled in Little Garden.
Let alone Aslan, who was currently just an ordinary beginner Planeswalker.
Moreover, there was one crucial rule in Little Garden: knowing too much was never a good thing.
If someone learned information far beyond their capabilities, the consequences could be terrifying.
Well, it might not be as bad as certain "hells" but the level of "hell" here wasn't low either.
Fortunately, Aslan's luck wasn't too bad. The person in front of him was Shiroyasha—at least, compared to other ancient monsters in Little Garden.
Shiroyasha was relatively easy to deceive, but that didn't mean Aslan could actually fool her.
He could only hope she'd be reasonable. He genuinely had nothing to do with the Demon Lord who destroyed Arcadia!
He'd just arrived in Little Garden, and the place was already in ruins!
"Of course I know this has nothing to do with you." Shiroyasha said, slightly annoyed.
After all, she had personally witnessed Aslan breaking through dimensional boundaries and arriving in Little Garden.
It was just that his timing was too suspicious. He arrived right after Arcadia was attacked and nearly wiped out.
So even though Shiroyasha knew Aslan wasn't connected to Arcadia, wasn't summoned by anyone, but instead broke through dimensional barriers on his own to come here, her suspicion toward him wasn't easily dispelled.
In fact, her current interrogation of Aslan was actually a form of protection for him.
One could say Aslan was lucky to have fallen into her hands. If he had been captured by Halloween, Indra, or any other allies or sponsors of Arcadia, the treatment he'd receive wouldn't be nearly as gentle.
At the very least, various "interrogation packages" would have been unavoidable.
"You couldn't even beat a bunch of little kids, let alone destroy Arcadia."
Shiroyasha's words were painfully blunt, but they were the truth.
After all, the remaining No-Names were only Kurousagi and a group of young children.
But Kurousagi was a heavenly-born being, a noble of Little Garden from the Moon Rabbit race, with ears connected directly to Little Garden's core.
Not to mention she was born with four quasi-divinities.
Most Four-Digit ranked beings wouldn't even be able to defeat Kurousagi.
As for the remaining children, they were all descendants of Arcadia's executives, possessing exceptional inherited bloodlines and heirloom Gifts.
Despite being only six or seven years old, they couldn't possibly be Six-Digit ranked. In fact, most Seven-Digit ranked beings wouldn't stand a chance against them.
Just like Aslan, who was still an ordinary person without any real power.
"Don't say any more..."
Aslan clutched his chest in pain. It hurt too much—so painfully much. He, a time traveler and Planeswalker, couldn't even defeat a child.
But what could he do? After all, this was his very first world.
"So, kid, would you like to join me?"
Looking at Aslan, Shiroyasha suddenly felt intrigued.
After all, Aslan had just ascended and was already capable of breaking dimensional barriers to reach Little Garden. And seemingly, he could return as well.
This Gift's potential didn't seem low—certainly stronger than most dimensional Gifts in Little Garden.
Shiroyasha only knew one person who could freely travel back and forth between Little Garden and the outside world: her archenemy.
The Star of the Sun and Gold, the Queen of the Boundary, the Three-Digit ranked Queen Halloween.
Besides her, unless one was a being of Two-Digit rank, no one else could move between worlds as easily as Aslan.
Join Shiroyasha?
Aslan hesitated slightly.
Shiroyasha—the Star of the Sun and White Night—was known for her fondness of beautiful girls.
Ah, no, that's wrong.
The White Night King, heliocentric theory incarnate, was once the Final Trial of humanity, a being of the strongest Two-Digit rank, despite having suffered three defeats.
Still, Shiroyasha's current power remained at the Two-Digit level.
(So, did I just find a powerful boss? Cough cough, get real, don't daydream.)
Aslan was quite self-aware. Although as a Planeswalker he could travel to different worlds and even create Magic cards, his potential in Little Garden was limited.
The three protagonists in the original story—wasn't each of them vastly superior to him?
Sakamaki Izayoi, owner of the Third Perpetual Motion Machine and Cosmological Imitation.
Kudou Asuka, Oraculum, capable of producing massive numbers of quasi-divinities once developed.
Kasukabe Yo, Genome Tree, able to imitate divine abilities and even fight Azi Dahaka, the Absolute Evil of Three-Digit rank.
Aslan couldn't compare to them. He truly couldn't.
Right now, he could only be considered someone clinging to the powerful boss Shiroyasha, who was currently a Floor Master.
But even so, Shiroyasha was an incredible backing for him.
At the very least, he could walk proudly through the Lower District.
So, faced with such an offer, Aslan, of course...
Couldn't refuse.
"Hello, boss!"
Without hesitation or shame, Aslan immediately lunged and hugged Shiroyasha's leg.
But Shiroyasha, disgusted, hurled a Divinity at him and kicked him away, sending him flying.
"Sorry, I only allow beautiful girls to hug my legs. You? Forget it!"
"Yes, boss! No problem at all, boss!"
Facing such a generous boss, Aslan naturally accepted with joy.
Funny—just a kick, but what did Shiroyasha give him?
It was a Divinity!
A Divinity that could elevate him to a higher level in a single step.
And Shiroyasha was a petite, fragrant, and gentle girl. Even if her kick was a bit strong, could it really be called punishment?
(Boss, I deeply respect you!)