＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ About dragons

[Dragon Emperor] Ao Dragon Man Vietnam...... Tsanrong doesn't remember when he was born.

Like everyone else, it's not as memorable as what happened when you were a baby.

That doesn't change who I was born as [Dragon Emperor].

The only thing he remembers in his first memory is red (...) vision.

I don't know what I was seeing.

I wouldn't even have understood what that red means.

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When he had a heart... he realized that he was neglected by his brother, sister, and father.

It is also a secret in the palace that he is the [Dragon Emperor].

All I know is the emperor and his real son, very close to some of them.

The ministers, who know nothing, treat Tsanrong as a third prince.

The nanny knew she was a [dragon emperor], but still looked after him well.

But the family is different.

His family sees him as if they see enemies.

He didn't know why.

I was taught that [Dragon Emperor] is a special super position and is important to the Yellow River equal to or more than the Emperor, but I didn't even see that as a reason to be neglected.

Is that why?

When he learned something, Tsanron asked his father directly.

"Why are you neglecting me?".

What he saw afterwards was the figure of an emperor who beat him up with a look he had never even seen.

There was also a difference in status with [Dragon Emperor], and the only thing that hurt was the Emperor's fist.

Still crushing his hand... my father, the emperor, beat him.

It's like spitting out everything you've accumulated.

And here's what I said.

"You! Because he took the life of his beloved wife."

Hearing that, Tsanrong was convinced of the reason... but questioned.

I know Tsanron's mother died when she gave birth to him.

But death associated with childbirth is not uncommon.

There will also be a variety of emotions directed at the child born that way.

But compared to that reason, he perceived that the hatred the emperor directed against him was more deep-rooted and that there was not a single thing called affection.

That is by no means what parents point at their children.

It was as if even the bad guys who killed their loved ones in pieces were before them.

"…………………… ah"

Thinking that far, Tsanrong got to the answer.

My mother died at the same time as giving birth to Tsanrong.

The Tsanrong was born as [Dragon Emperor].

And [Dragon Emperor] is taking over the levels of his predecessors.

Born with a status that outweighs even specialized super positions.

That's it - at the time of childbirth.

That's the cause and the answer.

Tsanrong's mother did not die of childbirth related illnesses, etc.

Truly, Tsanrong tore it apart (...).

The [Dragon Emperor] baby in his belly tried to get out... and tore his mother apart with its excessive power.

That was the whole reason why my father, the Emperor, and my brother and sister, neglected him.

Or maybe they saw their wives and mothers torn apart by Tsanron.

To them, Tsanrong is the hateful person who took away his family.

Born monster not even human (< irregular >).

But at the same time it is the supreme force for the symbol of the Yellow River, and it can never be drained.

So I guess they've been patient for a long time.

But Tsanron's inadvertent remarks cut something off.

Or when hitting him, the emperor may have also beaten him ready to die.

I was thinking of getting paid back by the monster who must have killed my own wife.

But for Tsanron, the emperor was his father, and he didn't think of any shards to kill him.

But similarly, even if you don't think of the shards... Tsanrong was born after killing his mother.

Neither Tsanrong nor the Emperor would die on this day.

However, the relationship between Tsanron and his family… became irreparable at this point.

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Then Tsanrong, as a prince, continued his official duties as [Dragon Emperor].

At festivals and ceremonies, he appeared as [Dragon Emperor] and participated in wearing surfaces that concealed the face of Tsanrong, who became alien.

Even as a prince, he was educated for his age and carried out official duties.

But I didn't have time for Tsanrong with my family.

There were nannies who raised him and nursing brothers who grew up together.

But his true father and brother and sister never dealt with Tsanlong in any way at the end of the day when the emperor waved his fist down.

I don't wield violence, but I don't speak.

It was only a matter of having minimal conversation when I needed to deal with it on official business.

Neither did Tsanron intend to touch them.

Because I have excessive power... because if I touched it inadvertently, I might have killed it like my mother did.

I can't touch my family that way. I guess he was able to know the reality of love and friendship while bending over because he had a nanny [Tensen] who raised him while knowing the circumstances, or a nanny brother who knew nothing but took good care of him.

But even with them, Tsanron was afraid to touch them.

The only thing he could not feel comfortable in touch with was a duel in a battlefield laid with boundaries.

In a place of duel he fought to show the royal family's, and the power of [Dragon Emperor].

Even crushing his opponent, the arena to be undone once the game was over was a world where he didn't have to kill anyone, born as a monster.

His body was exposed to its true appearance as a [dragon emperor] in the duel.

The appearance that leaves a strong body and dragon characteristic in color. Sometimes his face was hidden on the surface, and no one thought of him as a young prince.

And many times he stood on the stage of a duel, reaching also easily to the throne of the most powerful duel of the Yellow River, demonstrating the power of [the Dragon Emperor], the symbol of the royal glory and the Yellow River Empire.

But his family never praised it.

And learning to control his power through duels never touched his family... ever.

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At one point, he read a letter left for the next generation of [Dragon Emperor] from his predecessor [Dragon Emperor] Ultra Red Dragon Man...... to Tsanlong.

There it is: 'Our power is overwhelming. The power to be chosen and gained without even trying. I don't have to stack it myself, it's just broken. Therefore, you may be making a great mistake in your toddler. It could be a blood-soaked birth, "it also wrote as if Tsanron knew this was going to happen (...).

Or maybe my predecessors were born like that again (...).

The letter said 'Don't be trapped in sin', but Tsanrong thought it was difficult for him.

Nevertheless, no matter how I scratched him, the crime of killing my mother had chained up and stopped him from living his life.

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Changes were made in his days like that.

That's an increase in Master.

Immortals, those with peculiar powers. A kind of [cat god] who once crossed with his predecessors [dragon emperor].

For the first time for Tsanron, there were many outside standards.

Eventually, he played a match against one of its non-standard players, [Corpse Immortal] Xuan Yu, in a dueling setting.

The result was Tsanron's victory, but he met for the first time a man who could cross with himself… a man who could deal with reciprocity.

Therefore, he was well nostalgic for Xunyu.

Like I finally got someone to be sweet for the year.

Most of all... He was surprised that the sweet person was a girl his age.

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This year he was told by his father, the emperor, to go to the kingdom to make matches as an official business.

It was more like marriage was a prerequisite than a pageant.

Why not the first or second prince, but the neglected self.

The reason for this was not known to Tsanlong.

But it was an official business and I wasn't willing to go against it.

To hide his identity and power in exotic lands, he searched and crusaded for suitable < UBM > beads from the treasure trove of previous generations, becoming a helpless child.

And he visited the kingdom, protected by Xuan Yu, who served as his escort.

Since then, there have been unplanned events such as suffering from an epidemic disease, but there have been no major overruns.

And the other day, Tsanron faced his own matchmaker, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth was naive and a laughing child often.

Him, the prince, and her, the princess. Even though my position was close, I felt there was a big difference between me and somewhere.

But her smile like that made me cry because of him.

Her sister told me about her dowry into the Yellow River. It was a kingdom where war was about to begin, and it was also a choice to protect Elizabeth.

But she resisted it and denied leaving the kingdom alone by putting her sister or sister down.

That's how the sisters argued, but Tsanron quickly found out that the relationship between the sisters was as if it were different from that between him and his brother and sister.

Because even if we were arguing with each other, we could see from the side that we thought of each other but it was because of you.

The presence of a loving family.

Tsanron guessed that was the difference between herself and her...... something she didn't have.

Families who love each other, live with each other, etc... because he doesn't have one.

That was too dazzling for him, and at the same time it was heartbreaking for such sisters to argue about themselves as a cause.

Tearing them apart and taking them to the Yellow River without love.

So the next day, Tsanron wanted to apologize to Elizabeth for it, so he visited under her.

Later, by the tokens of Xunyu and others, we were to make a date with her at the Love Fight Festival.

That was unexpected for him, but it was also true that he wanted to know more about Elizabeth, and he responded to the date.

Alongside Elizabeth, he walked through the city of Gideon, which was busy at the festival.

"I knew I had a cookie because it was a festival today. What's a kouga festival like?

"Excuse me. I've only been able to walk through the city well like this since I came to the kingdom... When we were at the festival, we always just looked down from the altar."

[Dragon Emperor] To be a figurine that wears the face as a person and looks down on the people.

That's what the festival was like for Tsanrong.

"How old are you?"

"Right. Perhaps."

Bored, I guess I was bored to say.

It's one of the few times I found Tsanrong enjoyable when I was in the Yellow River.

And only when those few hours are with the nanny, the nanny brothers, and the swift feathers.

I looked back at myself again, wondering if the rest of my time would have lived on duty only.

During the festival, I saw stalls selling various aspects.

Some of them resembled the surfaces he was wearing in the Yellow River… [Fov Dragon Surface].

It was originally meant to force its own magic against metal and deform it to conceal its face, but the face of the sale looked better than his stuff.

"Didn't you choose Tsanron, too? Mm, that's kind of scary."

They said I was scared of you, and I couldn't even think of words to give you back to me aggressively.

If you're even horrible in terms of hiding your anomaly, that face will be more horrible and difficult for her to accept.

At the same time, he said, 'Should I bring her back to the Yellow River as my wife without revealing that I am a monster?' and worried again.

But troubled, I was attracted to naive Elizabeth... Tsanron understood.

As such, within the continuation of the pageant, Tsanrong was tired and his body was to rest.

I wouldn't be tired of trying to run a hundred miles if it was the original him, but now he was breathing up because he was child alike by [self-restraint seal roll].

But during the break, Elizabeth was seen wrapped around the inside of her clothes [self-restraint sealed roll].

"Is that an injury or a Bjooki?

"Right. It's like a disease. This black bandage is a procedure to reduce the handfulness of your birth."

The word is not a lie.

Hande that I cannot live as a human being...... to suppress my power as a [dragon emperor].

There is no such thing as thinking I was good in [Dragon Emperor] in Tsanrong, I am only a handful.

"... excuse me. I've shown you something ugly."

"It's not about oblivion! What's wrong with Bjorki? I don't know what a born Bjooki is! If you think I'm going to do that, you're wrong."

To the words, Tsanrong was about to get his chest clogged.

Because she found out that even if Tsanron really had some kind of illness, she wouldn't call it ugly.

Or, even if I reveal who I am... you might accept me.

But in the end he hesitated, and he didn't tell her the truth.

Then I heard her thoughts about her sisters.

To protect her sisters, I heard her thoughts as she prepared to dowry.

"If you go to Kouga with Tsanron, you might even be able to make a mess of it, and you might be able to put on some Theresia."

the words that follow there, almost listening to her readiness... but Tsanron had it put on hold.

Because I thought I had to be prepared to tell the truth myself before I heard her ready.

Be prepared to reveal to her that you are a monster ([Dragon Emperor]).

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And today, the fiery fierceness of fire struck Tsanron and Elizabeth, and sooner than he could tell her the truth in words, he was to expose himself before her.

There was fear in being known to be a monster.

Still, there was no hesitation or regret.

Because I knew I couldn't protect you if I didn't.

'Protect what you wanted to protect.

Do what you want to do.

Don't be afraid to do something of your own free will. '

Remembering the words left over from the letters of his predecessors that he once read, he exposed himself to protect his attracted girl….

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□ ■ Underground evacuation compartment

With the construction of Fuel's magic, the excess heat wave adds even more fire.

Even over "Dragon King Qi," Tsanrong's dragon scale skin is starting to heat up.

(This magic and heat......, an explosion is inevitable even if you stop the other person's breath root......!

Magic activation and outbursts due to desperation. It's the same thing either way.

If this heat is released, this entire underground evacuation compartment will melt in an instant. Those who have fled will not be spared their lives. Whether there is a [brooch], he dies instantly when his whole body is burned by the heat waves that push him over.

On the contrary, both the royal castle and the king's capital will be devastated by the overflowing fervour.

To prevent that, we have to either carry Fuel away somewhere far before the explosion, or contain the heat itself on this spot.

But there is no way to transfer Fuel from a deep underground evacuation zone.

(Can you prevent it..., in my Dragon King Qi...)

If this had been the [dragon emperor] of previous generations, it would have been handled in any way by countless methods.

But that's special technology only for previous generations.

Neither the predecessors, nor the Tsanrong, whose level is highest or immature, can be used.

In Dragon King Qi, acquired as a physical ability, the limit was to prevent heat waves that were only the foretaste of this explosion.

Still, if you are a [dragon emperor] with "ancient dragon cells," it is possible to survive even in the heart of an explosion if you concentrate on defense.

But then, no one can help but him.

(But if we can't prevent that explosion, so will this King's Capital... and so will she...!

I just have to do it, even if it's a limit.

(... convert vitality into magic to maximize the output of Dragon King Qi)

Even if it were to cut its own life.

When he was ready to face Fuel, who was reaching critical...

……

Behind my back, I felt signs.

Most humans should have evacuated this shelter, but still one...... there is someone behind him.

That's......

"Tsang......"

The girl he most wanted to protect...... nothing more than Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth! How come you're still here!?

The ambient temperature is gradually rising even if it is inhibited by Dragon King Qi. Not long after that, it will be enough heat to take human lives even over Dragon King Qi. Needless to say if it explodes.

But still, Elizabeth stood behind Tsanron.

"Tsang, Tsang too... come with me!

To the word, he understands.

This girl worried about him remaining in the flames by herself and said she was back.

I exposed myself as a monster... and she showed me.

My heart loosens over that, but he ate his teeth.

And he... takes off his face and looks at her.

That is not the face of a person, nor is it as a dragon.

A mix of people and dragons... he looks as ugly as a relative alterer.

Show that face to Elizabeth, says Tsanron.

"I am [Dragon Emperor]... a monster"

state in its own mouth that it is a monster.

'It's a monster, so it's not like you. So you leave here as soon as possible...'

the words he utters rejecting Elizabeth......,

"- It's not a bucket thing!

It was his words that Elizabeth denied.

Like blowing up the self-blame and burdens he had, that Tsanron is not such a thing.

"Tsang, with a wrinkle..."

Tsanrong may be a [dragon emperor], but it's not a bucket thing.

be my own friend,

"This is going to be a mess..."

――――

She said that she was the one who decided to walk with me for the rest of her life... she spoke clearly.

"So...! There are still a lot of things you want to do and do! So... so...! Together..."

Because of the emotions that clog your chest, because of the fear of impending flames, there is no continuation from your voice mixed with tears.

But it sounded to him.

- I want to live with you.

The voiceless words were heard by Tsanrong.

…………

Tsanron turns his back on her.

Then I put the removed surface back on again.

... That's when the tears flowing from the gap in the surface covering his face disappeared in the heat.

But in his heart was born… something that would never disappear.

"Your Highness! Your Highness Elizabeth. Ah!

That's when the Marquis of Findle returned from the entrance to the shelter and held Elizabeth in with one arm left.

"Marquis of Findle, Elizabeth, please."

"... Yes!

entrust him with the role of letting Elizabeth escape... and Tsang turns back to the flames.

"Tsang......!

'... I will definitely come back to you. So I want you to leave this place to me'

".................., yeah!

That's how he made a promise and dropped them off on their backs as they evacuated the shelter.

He utters words as he hears the footsteps running away.

"... [Flaming King]"

The caller is Fuel Rasburn, who is turning into a mass of flames in front of his eyes.

"Until just now, I risked my life to stop you."

With all my magic and all my vitality, I was trying to contain the explosion.

'But not now. I can't give you my life. [M] My life belongs to her. I will stop your flames and protect my life. "

There's more to protect.

'Sorry about the total, but I can't give one away!

His own life... he decided to make a promise to his loved ones and to be ready to keep them out for the future.

"I... made up my own mind (...)"

And he turns to the flames of ruin that swallow everything.

…………

The flame...... Fuel, who has no eyes or ears left, will no longer hear the word.

But you felt something, distorted a slightly shaped mouth... laughed.

And

"-" Super, New, Star (Super, Nova) "

The name of the finished Final Righteousness - was mentioned.

To be continued