Netoge Chapter 18

P1

I'm the girlfriend? No, I'm the wife!!

P2

"I wanna confess to Ako, but what do you think I should do?"

*stare*

[? Are they lagging?]

"I wanna confess to Ako, but what do you think I should do?"

"I heard you! I already heard you!"

"Somehow, since there wer no answer, I thought you haven't heard me."

"I can hear you! I just didn't get what you meant so I was thinking!"

"Or rather...... You wanna confess? To Ako? Why now?"

"It's been a while since you're going out with the real Ako,

You also had the opportunitty to meet her parent, and various other things happened."

P3

"It will be summer break very soon."

"Then I won't be able to meet Ako outside the game for a while."

"I thought that's...... sad."

"Ahhh... yeah, yeah, I got it, I got it."

"If you want, you should confess as you like and go out together.

That's not related to us."

"I'm not saying that's someone else problem, but that concerns Ako and Lucian."

"If the both of you say that you'll become lovers,

We don't have to stop you."

"No, no, I'm not talking about that."

"......Then about that?"

P4

"I'm not talking about you being angry if I go out with Ako.

What I want to ask is how to confess to Ako."

*stare*

[Are they lagging again? Is the server OK?]

"When confessing to Ako, what should I say to improve my sucess rate?"

"You don't have to say it again, I can hear you."

"What to you think?"

"What, you say......"

"We don't need to tell you."

"Whatever the circumstances when you confess your feelings,

I think the result won't especially change."

"Or rather, it feels like you're picking a fight"

P5

"You can confess however you want.

After all, she won't refuse."

"Everything fell into place. I'm giving you my blessing."

"Wait, you guys!"

"You guys are easily saying that I'll absolutely be successfull, or that I should properly do it, or that someone else problem."

"Where is the proof of that!"

"She was saying she loves you earlier!"

"That's for 'Lucian'! Not me!"

P6

"I'm certainly loved by Ako inside the game!"

"It's a mutual love! Without a doubt!"

"But I don't have the slightest confidence that the real me outside the game is loved by Ako!"

".........Why are you fully confident about such deplorable thing?"

"Because Ako is cute,"

"Since she's enthusiastic when she's talking to me,

There were fellows in our class who were curious a little curious about her,"

"Should they be curious about her,

Except for you, she would cut them with a single strike, wouldn't she?"

"It's true that we do something about just the real Ako's personality, hairstyle and clothes, she would look popular."

"Frankly speaking, except her face, isn't it said that everything else is just good for the bin?"

P7

"But in fact, since she's a loner with communication disease and there's a lot of thing that can't be helped,

Isn't she well-balanced with you?"

"I suppose."

"If you search it, you'll probably find that the both of you have about the same strenght." //TN : Japanese meme

The "same strenght" meme...(Lucian)
"Aren't there a large gap between our strenght? You can't trust me at all?"

"To begin with, for me, the fact that Ako-kun loves Lucian

seems to be unrelated to the reality nor the game though."

"Right. She was saying that you have met her parents recently,

and that you are officially married, with a great smiling face."

"......I also think that."

"If I have to speak my honest feeling, I think my winning rate is high."

"Then you should confess."

"Don't say it casually!"

P8

"I think I'll probably succeed. I think it'll surely turn out well."

"After all, the probabilities are high!

And if I try to confess and it's no good, what should I do!?"

"It will be my downfall in every sense of the woooooooooord!"

"I can't deny that even though your winning rate are high, the damages in case of failure are big......"

"You don't really have to leave the guild because you have been turned down."

"......Anyway, just to ask,

Do you love Ako?"

"Do I have to say it? No matter what?"

P9

"My face is like on fire just thinking about it."

"......That reaction is already explicit."

"Ah, geez... How bothersome."

Ha~(Schwein)

"If you're so in love,

you didn't have to say that 'The net and games are another things!' so proudly."

"In any case, I don't regret it."

"Because now, I'm only speaking about the reality, not about the game......"

"And that's why I'm not confident......"

"The you inside L.A is tenfold more reliable than the real Nishimura."

"I know thaaaaaat!"

P10

"I think that the Lucian from outised isn't something to throw.......

However, a method of confession with a high success rate or a way to confess?"

There's not......"

"From a girl's point of view, what is missing?"

"Erm... Guildmaster, you seem popular,

Haven't you a lot of experience?"

"Don't say dumb things.

I don't have the slightest frame for a boyfriend." //TN : frame as in frame per second.

"To begin with, I don't really want to talk about that."

"Huh?"

P11

"No matter how many DLC you buy, you can't get a lover."

"......There's no way you can't get one."

"This is probably not a lover but something else."

"Or rather, weren't you boasting about being confessed to?"

"That was just the other side speaking though."

"If I get a boyfriend, my playing time would decrease!"

"Or rather, I turned them down, if Lucian take that as a reference, he would have an honorable death."

"Then, if you have to confess, what the both of you would say?"

"Erm......"

P12

"......I'll go out with you, so be grateful!"

She's hopeless...

I have to do something quickly...

"Y- You don't want to?"

"......Huh?"

"That kind of confession, from your point of view, is... not good?"

"No, erm......"

"Since the specs of someone like you are higher than average, it's not not good,

but I'm a little..."

"......Is this really a praise?"

P13

"Won't you control the world with me?"

"Guildmaster, my bad for asking you about love.

I'm really sorry, it was my bad."

"Listen, I also feel hurt sometimes."

"To begin with, isn't it useless to consult two persons whose experience without lovers =  age?"

"You said something fundamental."

"You're right. Well, since there's still the last club activities tomorrow before the summer break, I decided to confess then."

"Huh? You said tomorrow!? And what about the time to prepare your heart!?"

P14

"You can do it after club activities, but will you call just Ako and confess?"

"That's all the more impossible!"

"Then, the decided day is tomorrow, until then, let's try to elaborate a plan."

"I'll also think about a strategy."

"Thanks, I beg of you!"

[But...... Tomorrow? She said tomorrow?]

[......I'm already nervous.]

Modern Communication and Electronic Gaming Club

*tremble tremble tremble tremble*

P15

"......Hmm, You're calmer than I thought."

"I can't stay in the club room anymore. I'm going home..."

*shake shake*

"Calm down, calm down!"

"Anyhow, the both of us have thought about a strategy. Look at that paper before confessing."

"O- Okay...... You have really thought about it."

"I'm confessing to Ako when this club activity is over......"

Hmph...

"Stop raising death flags."

"Do your best, become a normalfag..."

"Ako hasn't come yet,

Could you calm down a little?"

"That's right. You should breath deeply."

*breath*

P16

"Hello! Ah, Lucian! Please listen!"

*clatter*

"**********!!"

*cough cough*

"*cough cough cough*!"

"Are you alright, Nishimura?"

"Lucian? Are you alright?"

"I'm- I'm fine...... You're late, Ako."

Haaa, haaa

P17

"I wanted to come early, but I was caught by teachers several times,

My summer break homeworks have increased......"

"Isn't it fortunate that it's just that?"

"I want to spend a decadent summer with Lucian though."

"With me she said......"

"Huh? What did you say?"

"Hi! I kept you waiting! Is everyone present?"

"Then, let's begin the club activity."

"Everyone did their best at the exams."

"Nobody dropped out, and it's a very happy thing that we can safely welcome summer."

P18

"However, don't be negligent.

I want each of you to be self-conscious of being a proud member of the Modern Communication and Electronic Gaming Club,"

"And to spend a meaningful summer break without forgetting our ambitions"

"You said something stuco president-like!"

"Erm, The Guildmaster is the stuco president."

"......You're right."

"About the club activities during summer break, the advisor Miss Saitou also has a strong request,

But it's fundamentally nothing."

"Everyone, take it easy, okay?"

"I won't come if I'm said it's fine not to come...

But the advisor saying not to do club activities? Normal."

"A normal club doesn't blackmail a teacher though."

"In other words,"

P19

"I decided to carry out a training camp!"

"Leave your first week-end of summer break open,

I'll contact you later on about the detailled schedule."

"For the time being, that's all, do you have questions?"

"Yes!"

"What are we doing for the guild activities during summer break?!"

"She asked about the plans in the game!"

"You're asking about that here?"

P20

"About the Alley Cats Guild, I'm planning to operate like usual,

But I also have to go out with my parents or study."

"By no means could I stay long from noon on."

"They'll also get mad at mad if I'm only playing games,

I'll also go out with my friends."

"What a normalfag! I didn't think I had enemies among my friends!"

"......Going out with your boyfriend is even more."

"......What?"

"Nooothing."

"Therefore, We'll perform guild activities during that time."

"In short, like always. However..."

"Listen, You guys, pay more attention than usual about guild activities in LA during summer break."

"About what?"

"Since there are simply more people, there are also more scamming actions aimed at them.

That's news from inside games, but recently, it seems that account hacking also increased."

"There are scams in the game?"

P21

"There's a lot.

For example, i at the usual bar in LA, Schwein is trying to put in order her items."

Bar
(Schwein)

*scritch* *scritch*

"At a time when other members whould gather soon."

"A new character called 'Lu*cian' comes here."

"That Lu*cian is a newly made character, so he want you to lent 100k."

"What would you do?"

"It's fine by me."

"I don't think it's a hefty amount of money, so I'll simply lent it."

"Then Lu*cian says thanks and runs.

A short time later 'Lucian' appears."

"If you restaured your character, give me back my money."

"I don't know anything."

P22

"Huuh? You borrowed some, didn't you?

You want to insist that it's not you since there was a * in the name?"

"What's with this stupid scam!"

"Hmm, that's a scam, but the criminal isn't Lucian."

"Someone unknown to us knows that a character called 'Lucian' has his base here,

and created 'Lu*cian'... That's the very swindler!"

*enraged*

"You fool! That's Lucian!"

"You wan't know that if you're nor Pops......" //TN: Pops, the police officer from Lupin the Third.

"Exactly, it's extraordinary difficult to see through."

"If you're scammed like that in a game that indicate only names,

the success rate is higher than real fraudulent phone calls."

You don't need to always be doubtful, but make sure in case something feels out of place."

P23

"Your own safety is the most important. Spend your summer break without incident."

"Yeees!"

"Then... That's all for today. Next time we meet will be at the training camp."

"I said everything I wanted to say. The adviser hasn't anything special to say either."

"Stay well, everyone!"

"What will we do during the training camp?"

"For the time being, net gaming without a boubt, I think."

"I want to do headshots again."

[Wh- What should I do... We talk more than usual,

I can't seize the timing to confess...]

"Please refrain doing that."

P24

"Ah, that's right, Ako, Let's drop by that park there."

"Making a stopover at a park is normalfag-ish!"

"Is- Isn't it?"

"There are a lot of trees, it's so refreshing!

"Is the jungle map in LA also cool?"

"I thing the jungle is a different thing."

[Even though we expressly came to a park, the atmosphere hasn't changed.]

[That's right, that memo.]

*rustle*

P25

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Apricot

Make a good atmoshpere -> Confess -> Great success (`・ω・´)

Schwein

[......Don't fuck with me!]

*turn*

[COnvey your honest feeling without cheap trick.]

[If that's no good, I'll go out with you no matter how you complain, so do it!]

*upset*

"......These guys."

"But... How should I made a good atmosphere?"

Ha~

"What?"

P26

[Ha! Without thinking I speaked out loud! Why did I ask the person herself?]

"You asked something surprising."

"I know how to ruin the atmosphere, but creating one..."

"Sorry, it's my fault for asking."

"It's so fun to be with Lucian."

"Huh?"

"Because isn't there always a good atmosphere when I'm with Lucian?

We really are husband and wife."

"......"

*clench*

"Say, Ako."

"Yes?"

P28

"I want you to go out with me."

"............"

*woosh*

"Erm......"

p28

"I don't want to."

An unexpected honorable defeat!?

To be continued in May's issue.