＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Vincent Myers

What a woman she is to me.

I'm sure that's hard to put into words for myself.

The first feeling I had was curiosity.

I was interested in Hanya, who had strength ahead of me, Shu and Fortesura, and I just wanted a duel.

I was purely hoping that he would become a strong enemy (friend).

So when I started to communicate, I kept thinking about duels.

The next feeling I had was reassurance.

Every day in real life, though I didn't see him in < Infinite Dendrogram >, I communicate by email like every day.

Hanya was the person I was most naturally able to interact with when I was sick.

Unlike my parents and Keith, who are family members.

Not like my first friend, Shu.

He's also not like his dueling buddies, including Fortesura.

It's also unlike bad luck enemies like Zex Würfel and the Dependent Moon Night.

My days with her were calm.

We e-mail each other what happened as we spend our days.

Both the irreplaceable routine and the unusual events that happen from time to time change color by sharing with her.

Sometimes we shared joy, sometimes we were comforted by grief… we exchanged many feelings and hearts.

Such a peaceful relationship with her... I've had my peace of mind since some time.

And the third feeling I had was anxiety.

As I continued my correspondence days, I missed her.

That's not a reunion at the avatar I had promised.

Real himself, I wanted to meet her in person and talk to her.

But that's a big anxiety for me.

All she knows is what I look like is Figaro in Infinite Dendrogram.

It's a strong, healthy avatar, and it doesn't look like the real me that's going to die now.

Even the correspondence could not inform him of his own situation or his appearance in real life. Shu and Fortesura and the others were also afraid to erase the text when they tried to tell her for some reason.

The anxiety of what if she disappointed me didn't make me tell the truth.

But I didn't know.

Why am I so anxious to be discouraged by her? [M]

But the answer was abruptly answered.

One day I was in doubt and anxiety, my parents asked me out for tea.

"Vincent, are you in love?

She smiled at me and said so. [M]

I don't know what they said at first, "love?" and all I had to do was tilt my neck.

But rebel the word, and remember what it means in your head.

Moments, there was a sound in my mind that the pieces of the puzzle applied.

The last feeling I noticed - was a strong love affair for her.

At first, a duel was what I was looking for, but when I realized, I was relieved by the days of interaction with her, and attracted to her.

Vincent Myers felt strongly that he loved her...

She and I have always wanted to be together.

Then I told my parents that I loved a woman... a woman I wanted to marry.

I think I told both of you that I was a very kind woman who supported me in my correspondence, as far as I could tell.

My parents were surprised at first that I was even thinking about "marriage".

But after I finished saying my thoughts, he showed understanding and said to Fuyuko, "I want to see you."

He just also said, "Better not tell Keith yet," he said. This seems to be a busy time, so I can't help it.

After talking to my parents, I logged into < Infinite Dendrogram >.

In three times as many hours as < Infinite Dendrogram >, I wondered how I would convey this feeling to her.

First of all, I can't tell her love by email. Even I understood that it was a means of continuing to interact with her, but should not be used in confessions.

My next thought was to meet her in person.

This is also possible. I've exchanged postcards as well as emails before, and I know her address. So I can enclose and give her airline tickets according to her schedule.

You should have gone from me, but the illness you were born with gets in the way.

That's why I have to ask her to come. But when I thought about it a little bit more, I felt strange about 'having her come for me to confess'.

There was only one means left to be adopted from the outset rather than to say….

In the < Infinite Dendrogram > I met her, I confess. That's all I have.

Fortunately, her sentence also dawns soon.

Let me tell you how I feel when I meet you face to face I promised.

"... but I wonder if I can"

Needless to say, it was the first time in my life that I applied for a marriage.

On the contrary, even love would be new to this.

I wondered if I could make a proper confession to myself like that.

Less heart of tension and anxiety. If you keep thinking about this in real life, that's enough that you might have a seizure.

At least if I could stay a little more nervous......

"Oh, yeah"

When I first met her, I wanted a duel with her.

I wanted to fight her who was ahead of me.

So let's do that first.

Duel is a good thing.

Through the duel, I got a lot of friends.

Duels make sense of each other's feelings.

So let's have a duel with her first, too.

When that's over... let's make a proposal.

I don't know if she'll be okay.

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The day I reunited with her, I did not convey my love to her.

I couldn't tell him.

I knew I was nervous in front of her, just like I thought I was.

Sometimes it was an unexpected face-to-face while I was getting ready to meet her, but when I met her face to face, I finally invited her to a duel.

I was really nervous, though I didn't see how she or Ray, who was beside me, noticed.

I was really happy that she laughed and got the duel, and I felt like I was saved.

Still, I'm nervous.

For this minute, I don't know if I can confess to her after tomorrow's duel.

Oh, it's easier when fighting enemies, even though you can take a step to heart.

Though I can throw myself to life and battle without hesitation, trying to shed blood, losing my hands and feet.

Given the circumstances under which she refused to confess, I feel comfortable.

Love is love. I was surprised by myself that it made me so timid.

"Wish I could take my feelings tomorrow... a step forward in my heart"

With that in mind, I logged out that day.

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Fate Day.

I read the article and saw her storm in Gideon.

I could guess why she was rambling.

Perhaps it was because of my disbelief and dishonesty when I was photographed with the moonlight of Suzuku while I refused her invitation.

Or were they supposed to have betrayed her, just like the man who once did to her?

She's already been discouraged by me, and confessing may not get her to accept it.

Still, still... I have to tell her.

... I took a step forward.

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□ ■

Whoever heard Figaro's confession remembered the illusion as if everything in the world had quieted down.

Sandalfon, the closest third party I've heard, was stunned.

The same goes for Luke, who was doing lip reading on telescopic items from afar.

Ray, who was approaching from above, was also falling from surprising too much silver.

Many who were observing in their skills were similar.

The exception would be as much as the Xun Yu, who had anticipated this behavior from the beginning, and the whole of the managed AI (...).

But this is what Figaro knew when he used Burn, My Soul.

He does not use this special skill in duels (...).

He didn't even use this skill in a duel with Xunyu because he has an appointment, and he has a friend who promised to exhaust the whole spirit in a duel.

The reason why he used this skill now is simple.

For him, this is not a duel.

It was his... proposal, because that's all we're talking about.

…………

Hanya has no words.

Now, taking the words released from Figaro, thoughts overflowing from my heart were running through my brain.

It was as if the Rampage had even stopped, even though the Last Berthak was still active.

"I don't think it's normal."

Towards Hanya like that, Figaro continues his words.

"I'm born with a heart, so I can't live my daily life properly"

Tell her what he's been hiding from her in previous interactions.

"I don't have enough life experience or relationships, so I'm sure I'll say and do weird things too"

Tell her what she couldn't say, afraid of being discouraged by her.

"The only thing I can be proud of is what I've piled up with this Infinite Dendrogram and my family."

His words continue, nervously and painfully honking his heart at all of himself.

"That's me without pity..."

That's how he...

"Will Fuyuko choose me like that?"

For him, I made the best possible confession.

"- Oh."

To Figaro's sincere words, the doubts Hanya had disappear.

My love was not an illusion, he said.

This guy really loved me.

She could finally believe it.

- Oh, I knew it.

- This guy, he's nice and... cute.

So Hanya wept in her eyes,

Smile to the fullest,

"- Yes. Pleasure."

I got Figaro's proposal.

"... thanks"

The first crying voice anyone who knows him will hear.

He put an engagement ring in her left hand pharmacopoeia with his fingers trembling at his feelings.

Then gently put your own face closer to her face,

"I love you, Fuyuko"

I kissed her lips, telling her love.

Here is a set of love accomplished,

Shortly afterwards, Figaro became desperate due to the recoil of Burn Up, My Soul and the slip damage of each condition anomaly, including [bleeding].

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After the kiss, only Hanya was left blushing, holding a bouquet of flowers and keeping her engagement ring in place.

…………

'Ha, Master Hanya...?

Sandalfone speaks to Hanya for care.

The Last Birthday has already been completely lifted, and that rewards Figaro's death penalty.

I wanted to celebrate my < master > happiness with him, but it is Figaro's death penalty just before I tried to do so.

Besides, it was he who stepped on Figaro, and it was he who bounced it off with a drill and tried to crush it.

It was a sandal phone with an inner desire to say "above all to death penalty at a time like this..." but I can also say that it was miraculous that I lived until I put the ring in place and kissed it.

But I don't know what Hanya thinks.

So Sandalfone and the others, who were watching what was going on around them, swallowed solitude,

"Hehe..."

Hanya was... smiling sunny with a blush.

"Sandalphone"

'Yes, yes!

"I'll log out. Email him in real life... No, I'll go see him in person"

"Ha, Master Hanya!?"

'Cause I know the address.

Yes, just as Vincent knew her address, so does she.

Still, I never got in my parents' house before, because I was afraid to confirm that love was an illusion.

But now they have confirmed their love.

So she is no longer afraid of the absence of love.

"That's right. Before logging out…"

She wrote something down on paper, put it in an envelope and dropped it on the ground.

"Then Sandalfone, I'll log out. Although I may not be able to log in for a while."

'I understand, Master Hannya. Wishing you good health and happiness!

"Yeah. I'll be there."

As such, Hanya was dropped off by Sandalphone and logged out of < Infinite Dendrogram >.

Thus, although the Sandalfon incident that made Gideon noisy had the collapse of many buildings, Tian's death and serious injuries closed with the miraculous result of zero.

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□ Earth Myers Mansion

"... Shit. Haven't checked HP"

Shortly after I logged out, that was the word Vincent uttered.

It was a mistake he shouldn't normally make, but that would mean he was concentrating all his nerves on proposing to Hanya.

But before it disappeared, I did hear the answer she had given me to accept his love.

Vincent was very relieved by that.

"Brother. You were logged out."

Just then, Keith, Vincent's brother, came into the room and said so.

"Hey, Keith. What's the matter with you?

"Oh. It's my mother's birthday just now, so I just wanted to talk to you... what's up brother"

"What do you want?

"Because you look kind of unusual. Because my cheeks are red and I look very happy. Did something good happen to you?

Said, when Vincent put his hand on his own cheek...... there was definite heat there.

And the corners of your mouth seem to be rising.

"Yeah. Actually, I just made a proposal. I got an OK."

"Oh. That's very congratulatory................ what?

"Hehe. But I was nervous when I proposed. I was nervous when I confessed, when I fitted the ring, and the kiss... Even now that I remember it, my heart is beating... and..."

Vincent, who was telling his brother about his proposal... fell right on the bed with a very happy smile.

It is a seizure associated with his illness, heart palpitations.

"Hey!? Brother!? or, restorative magic! Safine...... I'm not in real life!! Somebody! Call my attending Dr. Winston!?

Keith rushes to call a maid or doctor to his brother, who suddenly collapses.

Among other things, Vincent himself seemed somewhere happy when he fell and lost his mind.

Thus, Vincent Myers had a heart attack due to post-proposal remembrance tension and was to be hospitalized urgently.

To be continued