Infinite Dendrogram - Volume 3 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

Bear: “The part after the midword is done, so now it’s time for the afterword! I’m the beary merry Brother Bear!” 
Cat: “And I’m Cheshire — the one who didn’t really have any scenes in volume 3 outside of this corneerr!” 
Bear: “Man, time sure flies, doesn’t it? We’re already at volume 3!” 
Cat: “Thanks to all the support from our dear readers, the novels are coming out smoothly!” 
Bear: “I remember when a certain someone at the first meeting said ‘if it doesn’t do well, I hope we get at least 3 volumes before canceling. That should be enough to cover Part 1.’ How nostalgic.” 
Cat: “How they expected to fit all that into just 3 volumes is beyond me. As our dear readers can see, even when we got a bigger page number than usual, we still ended right as the main event began! There’s no way Part 1 could’ve fit into just 3 voluumes!” 
Bear: “Not to mention the fact that Ray bearly had a role in this one.” 
Cat: “He chatted, ate, chatted, ate, and then just watched a fight!” 
Bear: “And the one doing most of the eating was Nemesis.” 
Cat: “I wouldn’t have been surprised if the fang on the cover was shiining.” 
Bear: “Anyway, if this had been canceled after 3 volumes, the readers would’ve been in fur a beary summary-like experience.” 
Cat: “They might’ve had to cut the entire Figaro vs Xunyu battle.” 
Bear: “Or maybe just end it with the labcoat’s appearance and tie it all up with a ‘Our battle begins...!’” 
Cat: “That’s not tying up anything!” 
Xun: “Gotta thaNk the readers that it didN’T cOme to that, eh?” 
Bear/Cat: “...Who’s there?!” 
Xun: “Master Jiangshi, Xunyu. Since it’s apparently necEssary, I’m joining tHe afterwords from noW on.” 
Cat: “Oh, I see... So you’re saying that I’m about to lose even more of my already-few roles?!” 
Xun: “You even got yoUr role cut out oF the manga, diDn’t ya?” 
Cat: “Don’t say that! Don’t remind me that I only have a picture of me grinning on the cover!” 
Xun: “The manga is beiNg distributed bY Comic Fire, by the wAY.” 
Cat: “You even took the advertisement I was supposed to do! First Figaro’s organs, now people’s turns... Just how much of a thief are you?!” 
Xun: “Okay, no. The one in chaRge of thieverY in this work is someoNe else, you know?” 

Bear: (...Man, Xunyu already seems comfortable here.) 
Bear: “You were on stage and in the limelight on this volume’s illustrations, and you feel the same way here, eh, Dhalsim?” 
Xun: “What diD you just cAll me?” 
Bear: “You fight by stretching your limbs, using fire and teleportation. You’re beary much Dhalsim, from Street Fi—” 
Xun: “I don’t do yOga. Also, I’m a womAn.” 
Cat: “Well, a jiangshi woman brings up images of a certain other fighting game character!” 
Bear: “By the way, the author noticed Xunyu’s similarity to Dhalsim a long while after introducing her.” 
Cat: “Anyway, it’s time for the familiar serious comment from the author.”

Dearest readers, thank you for your purchase. I am the author, Sakon Kaidou. 
My work has reached volume 3 and — thanks to your support — will go beyond that, allowing me to continue my writing without any worries. You have my sincere gratitude for that. 
Anyway, this volume has two significant points the previous two didn’t have. 
First is the fact that there are stories which have people other than the protagonist — Ray Starling — as their main characters. I hope you enjoyed the stories you couldn’t see with just a single perspective and that they gave you a broader look at my work’s world. 
The second point is that the current central plot didn’t end with this volume. The Figaro vs Xunyu fight and the two side stories are concluded in this volume, but a certain incident is continuing from this one into the fourth. Though, some might be inclined to say that the hand of fate has been leading to this ever since volume 1. 
Infinite Dendrogram part 1’s greatest event will continue in volume 4, so please look forward to it. 
Sakon Kaidou

Cat: “All right, it’s time for us to end the afterwoorrd!” 
Bear: “Ray’s been a bit dormant in this volume, but that sure won’t be the case in the next one.” 
Xun: “...Huh? Wait, I know I mAde fun of Cheshire abOut this, but whAt will I be doiNg in the next voLume?” 
Bear: “Looking at how you ended up in this volume... I really have no clue.” 
Cat: “You just keep sleeping in the barrier! I won’t give you my turns!” 
Bear: “Well, my place is beary much secure (perfect attendance in the original webnovel).” 
Cat: “Anyway, the story from this volume continues in vol—” 
Xun: “Volume 4, which is sEt to come out in a cOupLE monTHs! Look forWard to it!” 
Cat: “She stole it again!”