＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Dueling City Gideon Sixth Arena Combined Dining Room [Reporter] Marie Adler

"Actually, I, in real life, start going to college tomorrow."

One day it's been a little over a month in this time since Franklin's unsolicited incident.

As I was dining on the launch of the quest I received from the Alliance, Ray cut that out.

"Heh, really? It was really that time of year."

By the way, the real tomorrow is March 31st when it's Japan.

Maybe it's college starting tomorrow because April 1st is Saturday.

I don't know much about it because I don't go to college.

The cartoon I was drawing was also a social object behind which the assassins jumped.

... I think I'm more familiar with handling firearms and poisons than I am with college life.

"Still, is Mr. Ray a college student -..."

And I heard that and that Ray is a college student starting tomorrow, and I've had another thought.

It's like, "Oh, I was younger".

I was thinking exactly the same age, or a little above. That bear seems to be twenty-seven years old.

No, he's a little old or wandering, maybe older than me.

I'm also concerned that asking too much about real life is a violation of manners, though.

How old are you now, and where are you going to college?

Shall I ask you a few questions?

"Does that also reduce the frequency of logins?

And you were asking Luke before I asked him any questions.

Yeah, and there was that problem, too.

I recently job-changed to [Dead Eight] with Ray the Ship Arm, Luke. On your level, I was repeating my crusade quest day after day.

You even went back to King's Capital once and dived into the Tomb Labyrinth. The boss to the tenth floor has been defeated at this party between Fumiko and Kasumi.

Oh, and by the way, during that time, I didn't do any particular handouts, switching the main job from [shadowy] to [reporter] and just using The Pen Is Stronger Than The Sword.

Power leveling won't help.

Ray seems to be about to kanst [the Holy Knight] because he has crusaded quite a few monsters this past month.

In addition, the impact of Job and Nemesis corrections or HP is reaching five digits.

... By the way, I usually have more than I do because my HP is poorly stretched and four-digit.

After other runners, including Figaro, and mock warfare with me, Ray has also improved his combat skills considerably.

I guess some fights against the scales get it. I've been dealing with feints more and more lately.

It hasn't been uncommon to spend a whole day in quests and mock warfare for a while like that, but that would be less if college were to start.

"I'm gonna go in the same way I've been on my day off, but I guess I'll be in for a day on a weekday"

A day in real life equals three days over here, so that means one day in it.

You'll be busy freshly enrolled.

When it comes to college students, it's an image of them still singing about youth in circle activities and part-time work after school.

... Well, Ray is still an obsolete enough to say "I log in for eight hours a day".

It's been pretty stained in the past month, hasn't it, Ray?

Speaking of stains on that...... you look dark because of your gear, don't you, Ray?

A month ago, when I PK it was a more legitimate outfit.

............... Dark fashion now, I don't matter, do I?

"It's connected to the present due to the extra bending after PK, so I thought it might be irrelevant. Being in this Gideon while involved in various incidents is also the result of Ray diving into the Tomb Labyrinth under the influence of a novice hunt and meeting Mr. Figaro."

Mr. Luke, please read your mind naturally and don't answer in a whisper.

Besides, if we're talking about it now, the first cause of dark fashion becomes me.

No! The guy who asked me, not me, is the first cause!

I don't know who it is, but maybe it's Franklin's fault, so it's his fault!

... For some reason now, I think I heard "hey!?" empty ears.

"But, Mr. Ray. If you're starting college tomorrow, isn't it hard to get ready today?

"No, I'm not. I have already completed the paperwork and medical examinations for admission. Because it's about 2pm in real life now...... login one day tomorrow in this time before going to bed. When it's real time tomorrow, it's a briefing and orientation at the university."

Oh, you look pretty busy.

"It's not an entrance ceremony, is it?"

"Oh, the admission ceremony is only about two weeks away. They're gonna do it at the martial arts."

"Well, sometimes that happens in college."

Me, I'm fresh because I haven't been to college.

............... is that it?

"... martial arts (...)?"

Wait a minute, please.

Two weeks from now, in a martial arts museum, a university that does an admissions ceremony?

"By the way, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to... at what college?

"T large (...)"

... Isn't it the highest school?

Isn't that a winner? - No.

I'm a high school cartoonist and now I'm unemployed.

"I'm flattered..."

"My parents wouldn't have allowed me to live alone in Tokyo if I hadn't passed the active duty there. Plus, a year and a half before the exam, I completely sealed up my entertainment from two summers, and I had a hard time studying."

"Uh, that's, I see... I see?

It's also pretty amazing to put it in the T-large if you concentrate on studying for a year and a half.

But you're wearing it in the beginning of the Infinite Dendrogram.

I'm saddened to think so.

And by passing active duty, I knew you were younger.

"Oh, so Mr. Ray lives alone now?

"Oh. I'm from the North, but I've been renting a condo in Tokyo since last month to live alone."

"... hmm?

... living alone in an apartment in the city, not in a dorm or apartment as a student?

"Intelligence... financial strength... flattery!"

"Wow!? Don't rock me with weird things to say!?"

I rock gawdy as I grab Mr. Ray's collar.

Did you know about the protest?

It's a Lusanti man of unwanted things -.

"... if Marie said something she couldn't have, I think people would get angry"

Luke, so stop reading your mind and whispering comments.

And it's safe because I didn't tell you.

"Still, you live in an apartment, not a student dorm or an apartment. Is Mr. Ray's home rich?

Luke, in response to your question, Ray shakes his head while I grab his collar.

"No, there's no rent in the delivery from my parents. You live in an apartment because you rent your brother's apartment."

"Oh, really?"

That furry bastard... [Destroyer King] without a thought... you live with your brother, don't you?

... Is that it?

"Yeah, but I just lived alone..."

"I am, though.... Ah, that's confusing the way I said it earlier"

That's what Mr. Ray says. Correct the words.

"I, my brother owns (...) an apartment, so it's rent-free."

............... that half-naked fur with unearned (condos) in the city.

"Your brother?

"Oh, 'you can use it because the room is vacant in a handheld apartment. The rental fee is on birth pay after I get a job'. So the closest thing to undergraduate from three apartments..."

"Three!?"

Three apartments in the city!?

What do you mean!?

"Where the hell did you get that kind of money from..."

When I asked, Mr. Ray had a slightly distant eye.

"... I hear my brother traveled abroad several times in college with the announcement of a professor in the lab, but every time he bought a lottery in Chalet"

... No way.

"That hit," he said?

To my question, Ray nodded.

"Call me and say, 'I got a lot of money from the American lottery I bought in Chalet'. They left a hell of a lot of money, net of taxes and fees across the country."

Ray looked away again when he said, "I was afraid to ask the exact amount, so I couldn't hear it" or something.

But what a cheesy real rack.

That arsonist fur...... it doesn't fit into the frame here or there.

"So, my brother bought land and a condo with that money." Long live the unearned! Now you don't have to get a job! 'When I said it, my father was busted... "

Well, you'd be mad if my son, who sent me out to college, declared, "I'll play and live because I won the lottery".

Your father's hard work will be tempted.

"At my age, I've solved the mystery that the socialite Shu has been logged in for four or six hours."

"That's right... wait a minute"

"What's up, Nemesis?"

"Ray, but lord, Kumanisan was a popular child actor when he was a kid, didn't he say he was a world champion in martial arts or something when he was a student?

"Oh."

Huh? What's that scary?

But it's a background I've heard somewhere.

"Does that mean that Kumani Sun, with his privileged talent and glorious background, is now a game obsolete who is nitting with money he made from the lottery?

"... right"

It's a complete waste of talent, though it's not something I can say when the cartoonist is closed to < Infinite Dendrogram >.

"... you're out of line"

"Right."

Though the content was shocking and you seemed to get to the point.

"Well, that's why I'm a college student in real life starting tomorrow"

"Real is important, so good luck"

Nevertheless, from tomorrow onwards, a quest across the day is only going to be possible on holidays.

Oh, speaking of which, it's still too late for lunch in real life.

You can afford an entire day in dendro time even if you estimate early bedtime.

"Then go on as many quests as you want tomorrow here! It's okay to go away because there's Audrey too!

Ray and I both nod at your suggestion, Luke.

A flying monster is good at times like this.

Ray has silver, too.

… Shall I purchase a monster for flight, too?

I've been off lately, but the money I've been making from the requisition PK for a long time has been pooling a lot. You've been making a lot of money with your work from the Count lately.

Ah, the pool............... the sea.

I came up with a good thing.

"Then we'll go to the ocean tomorrow?

But you two must have never been to this ocean yet.

"The sea. Looks like you could fish or something."

"The sea...... I wonder if we can have a aquatic monster-theme"

We both feel good.

I'm also looking forward to sketching the two of them dressed in swimsuits.

Materials, this is also material.

"The sea. Fresh sea delights, cauldron rice...... replacement"

"The sea… I wonder if I can top the sashimi with Habanero"

Nemesis and Babi were usually driving.

And if I habanero topped you with sashimi, I think it's another dish.

"I'll meet you at the West Gate tomorrow at about 8: 00 a.m."

"Okay."

"Okay."

That's how we mounted tomorrow's promise and today we broke it up.

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The next morning, for some reason, Ray didn't come at the rally time.

They're logged in, so I picked them up at Ray's lodging.

But then the innkeeper said, "When I went to call you because it was breakfast time and you didn't come down, there was something like this stuck between the doors," and she handed me a piece of paper.

It says here:

"Mr. Ray Sterling has been invited to our headquarters due to various circumstances.

I am truly sorry for the sudden interruption to the schedule.

Protests should be sent to the nearest branch.

Episcopal Secretary [Assassination King] Yongshiro Tsukisho "

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"Hey, is this abduction?

Oh, yes.

I have a lot to say...... Looks like you're in trouble again, Mr. Ray.

A month in this time from Franklin's case.

Apparently he was swallowed up in a vortex of new troubles before entering the ocean.

"... I keep my swimsuit"

Let's just keep in touch with that fur.

To be continued