Anko was worried, she was afraid that her identity as a female knight would be exposed. Anko was still silent and just stared straight at the man in front of her.
Most of the people who visited this place were men.
Anko felt herself in this knight costume must have the impression of a man.
"...." Anko finally walked in, she felt like she had no other chance than this.
Then, the man with an unfriendly face immediately locked the door to his room tightly.
They immediately sat on the bed but turned their backs on each other.
"It's bad if I get caught..." Anko was so worried about herself, she couldn't see the man behind her it seemed that the man was taking off his clothes to sleep and relax in the room.
Turns out he took a bottle containing a drink that was placed on the table near the bed. The man looked thirsty maybe because of the long journey his face was also very tired.
He handed Anko a glass of clear water. He was still wearing a thin white t-shirt that was used for the inside of his shirt.
"This..." He passed the drink to Anko. While Anko was still stiffly sitting on the bed staring at the window.
"A-ah, yes..." She was nervous in response to the man's words, and she accepted the glass of drink he was thrusting. The man asked her for a toast even though this was only their first meeting.
"It seems you are a friendly knight, different from the other knights." The man said honestly.
"Is that true?" Asked Anko sure, and he thought for a knight in this country person like what?
"...."
They then drank it, slowly sip by sip until it ran out.
The man didn't answer Anko's question one last time...
But, he acted strangely as soon as he finished drinking, he opened something that was inside him.
Naked!!? No, it's not that, however… behind that unfriendly man's figure is his true figure ….
Turns out, he was in disguise.
"I know, you're not originally a knight, right?" asked the man who slowly became a cute person with a boy-like appearance.
'Is he still a kid?' Anko said it in her heart.
"...!!" However, him speaking this honestly made him immediately ask to the point, "How do you know I'm not a knight?"
"To explain I have to start with your appearance first." He answered casually.
"I used to be the same as you, I also wore that armor. However, several people wore the same armor when I was traveling. I too was stranded like you in an empty village—"
"So you—"
"Yes, let's say we come from the future world. And the world we stand on now is a world that is fixed on the present or the same time." Seriously explained.
"So you mean... this world isn't the same as the world we lived in before?" Anko asked surprised and confirmed that this was not a parallel world or trapped by time travel.
The boy shook his head, "To be precise, we are stuck in a time where this world is an alternative world that can change who we are in the future world." Again earnestly. Then, he stretched out his hand to Anko he was about to introduce her, "Syifa...that's my name. This is my real face, and I'm a girl." Say it casually.
"Eeeeeeee..." How shocked Anko was to hear that the previously unfriendly boy turned into a cute boy and it turned out to be a girl.
Turns out, she was just like her.
Finally, Anko immediately took off the armor along with an accessory in the form of a hat on her head. She also took off his scabbard and placed the sword on the floor.
Anko's long and straight hair fell, making Syifa mesmerized by the shimmer of her hair that fell in front of her that was shone by the moonlight from behind this glass window.
"I'm also a woman," Anko automatically spoke honestly to Syifa as long as she was a woman.
Then, Anko tried to shake Syifa's hand and she introduced herself, "I'm Anko, it's my first time here."
Suddenly Syifa was also surprised by the figure of Anko who turned out to be a woman too. Indeed, her appearance beneath that armor with a hat covering it looked like that of a knight with hair tucked into her hat-making it unnoticed that Anko's hair was long.
They were both surprised but they shook hands and ended it with a gentle smile and a small laugh etched on her face.
They ended up sleeping on the same bed and Syifa told each other about herself when she first arrived here.
Syifa was trapped a long time before Anko she was in the ancient ruins where it was a scene like a shattered world. Syifa doesn't understand why she got here? It seems that someone is controlling this world. Syifa also wanted to get out of this world but couldn't find a way. There might be some people who share the same fate as the two of them in this world…
Then, Anko said that she was able to enter this world because she found an elegant-looking memory card and she thought there was a fun game on the memory card.
As soon as she finished answering the last question instantly his world changed and he arrived in this world.
Anko also felt disbelief, then her appearance slowly changed to that of a knight.
"But, why does Syifa look like a merchant carrying goods? Is it true that you, Mama, are just traveling around the world?" asked Anko to confirm in a slightly surprised tone.
"Yeah, it's because of my avatar form," Syifa answered which made Anko so sure that this was the game world. But why is there a player who claims that he arrived here alone instead of a console or anything else? What does a broken world mean?
*Still full of mystery
"Avatars?" asked Anko in surprise.
"Yeah, it's a change in you, you are free to adjust your appearance here. But, since you just arrived... to create your avatar, you have to find some items of yours." She explained seriously, the explanation that could be considered short seemed to have been understood by Anko.
"Oh~ I see, that's why you're wondering," Anko said in response casually.
"Not, since all the items you're looking for are only in yourself, I travel because I'm honing the development of my skills. I can switch appearances with certain jobs as I gain experience."
"Eh, so that means..."
"Yes, your avatar is within you, and you must awaken it."
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Approximately how did Anko find a true avatar?
*To be Continued*