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When Rimuru came out of the royal capital's mansion, even he felt mentally exhausted.

As a noble magic user, backed by the Free Guild Association, those officials wouldn't be so blind as to deliberately make things difficult for them.

But after all, three lives were lost, and it was in the royal capital, so the procedures became complicated.

Smelling the free air outside, the three of them immediately felt as if they had taken several bottles of energy potions.

"Rimuru, let's go to the Guild with us!"

"Okay!"

Free Guild Association Branch.

Although it was a branch, its service target was adventurers, so as soon as one approached, one could feel its spaciousness.

The building was a typical Western Baroque-style architecture, which seemed to be quite old, but it still couldn't hide its grandeur and magnificence.

As soon as they stepped inside the Guild, they saw all kinds of adventurers, with dining, entertainment, and transactions readily available, making it very lively.

"Lotus is back, you're getting more and more beautiful!"

"Wow, a golden-haired beauty, so lovely!"

"Kaval, Gido, honestly, who is she?!"

"Go away! Go away! You're too rude, don't scare her!"

Lotus, protecting her young, charged forward, but everyone's enthusiasm remained undiminished.

Some old drivers started their cars unexpectedly, which instead made Lotus blush.

Rimuru, who was silently watching all this, couldn't help but smile!

Adventurer's Guild!

This kind of fantastical place made Rimuru feel incredibly fresh.

In his previous life, as an otaku who loved to watch anime, he didn't know how many Isekai anime he had watched.

The best Guild, Fairy Tail, was even Rimuru's past memory, full of emotion.

Now he could be said to have seen a real Adventurer's Guild!

With Lotus's introduction, the procedures for joining the Guild were simple.

In just a short while, all the certification procedures were completed.

And Rimuru also became a Bronze-level Adventurer newbie!

Taking the Adventurer's identification card handed over by the signboard girl, Rimuru was momentarily reluctant to let go of it.

Wow wow wow, this really has great collection value!

"Rimuru, you must be hungry, eat something first. We'll go report the mission to President Fitz first, and we'll be back in a bit!"

Rimuru smiled, "Business comes first, you go ahead, you don't have to worry about me at all!"

"Okay!"

Lotus and the other two left, while Rimuru, under the recommendation of the signboard girl, ordered the Guild's signature dishes and ale!

I have to say, these dishes were really good.

Perhaps it was because what was collected were all from animals rich in magicules, the taste was very unique and distinctive.

Rimuru ate very happily!

Another thing was the atmosphere here, it was really suitable for drinking.

It was incredibly lively!

Seeing that Rimuru, this great beauty, was very interested in their topics, these adventurers became even more enthusiastic.

Soon, Rimuru filtered out a lot of useful information from their conversations.

For example, due to the disappearance of Veldora's aura, the activities of monsters in the Jura Great Forest were becoming more and more frequent.

Something big must have happened deep in the forest, as a large number of monsters were migrating outwards collectively.

Not to mention those low-intelligence, highly aggressive monsters, there were even many highly intelligent demon races also migrating outwards.

Recently, due to the monster rampage, the number of adventurers who lost their lives has doubled.

When this topic was discussed, the atmosphere in the Guild became very oppressive.

Some pessimistic adventurers even wondered if the Blumund Kingdom would suffer a massive attack from monsters.

Listening to the adventurers talking back and forth, Rimuru couldn't help but ponder.

"Ciel, is it because of the Orc lord's massive attack?"

"Highly likely."

"Likely?"

Rimuru felt surprised by Ciel's choice of words; this was the first time he had heard Ciel use such a vague term.

"Is there anything unexpected?"

"Rimuru, use the law of time to feel the timeline of this World!"

"Okay!"

After hearing Ciel's words, Rimuru felt it for a moment and was immediately startled by the incredibly complex, intricate, and almost tangled threads before him.

He felt that the timeline of the Dragon World and the timeline of the Marvel Universe were extremely different.

In the Marvel Universe, the river of time flows forward, and if a problem occurs in one of its branches, a parallel Universe will automatically derive.

For example, due to Rimuru's intrusion, the former MCU Universe is completely different from the original Universe.

But in this World, after a fork in time appears, a new parallel Universe will not be derived.

Based on the law of causality, the World line will instead undergo a convergence phenomenon.

In other words, in the Dragon World, after the World line changes, it will automatically correct itself, thus slowly returning the World to its original track.

Rimuru remembered that Chloe Aubert had undergone nearly 2000 years of time travel to change the inevitable death of Rimuru.

But no matter how hard she tried, things always developed in a bad direction, and Rimuru always couldn't escape death.

This is like Homura Akemi, a "Time Traveler"; no matter how hard she tries, she cannot change Madoka's fate.

So, what kind of impact will his intrusion, departure, and return again bring?

According to the "World Line Convergence Theory," the World will always slowly return to its original track.

During the time he was away, what happened in this World?

After he left, for Chloe, it was equivalent to losing the coordinates for time travel.

So, Rimuru has every reason to suspect whether the timeline of this World is still the timeline before he left.

For Chloe, who constantly travels through time, how many cycles has this been?

During the time he was away, what would happen if the World line converged and corrected itself?

A very interesting idea suddenly arose in Rimuru's mind!

If his guess comes true, perhaps the biggest regret since he reincarnated as a Slime can be made up for.

What Rimuru didn't know was that while he was pondering the World line issue, Lotus brought Branch Manager Feitz over.

The subtle traces of aura he inadvertently leaked made all the hairs on Branch Manager Feitz's body stand on end.

On Rimuru, Feitz felt an unprecedented great terror.

"Manager? Branch Manager Feitz?!"

Lotus's voice interrupted Rimuru's thoughts and also awakened the panicked Branch Manager Feitz.

The moment Rimuru and Branch Manager Feitz's gazes met, Feitz confirmed his thoughts slightly.

But on his face, a smile naturally appeared, as if nothing had happened.

"You must be Rimuru, the one Lotus mentioned. I am the Branch Manager of the Free Guild Association Branch. I'm glad you joined, you should get along well with Lotus and the others!"

Hearing Branch Manager Feitz's words, Lotus stood by, showing a proud smile.

Rimuru couldn't help but smile; these two, one a great actor, the other heartless, they really looked a bit comical standing together.

What direction will things develop in?

It's getting more and more exciting!