Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 25

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 25
10. Emilia (1)
Whoosh.
Seojia coolly signed the contract right there on the spot.
She didn’t hesitate for even a moment, though she could have deliberated between her current company and this opportunity.
It seemed she harbored considerable dissatisfaction with her company.
‘I understand.’
Sanghyeon nodded, recalling his own corporate experience.
“You’ll receive a base salary of 2,500 annually, plus 40% of Ollytube revenue as incentive. We could also do a clean 50-50 split without a base salary, but….”
“No, I prefer having a base salary. It feels more stable….”
“Understood.”
Seojia chose the contract structure with a base salary and completed the final signature.
Tap.
Seojia shook hands with Juhyeok and stood up from her seat.
“By the way, what about the videos already uploaded to my channel?”
“We’ll likely need to re-upload those to the official channel.”
“Hmm…. Let me know once things are decided.”
“Will do!”
Juhyeok and Sanghyeon walked Seojia out of the cafe, then faced each other.
Juhyeok’s expression was confident, as if asking ‘How am I?’, while Sanghyeon looked skeptical.
“Is that real?”
“…What?”
“Partner streamer.”
“Hey. Then it’d be a lie, right?! Who do you take me for, a con artist!”
Only then did Sanghyeon truly grasp the magnitude.
‘Wait, Punk is offering me a partner streamer deal?’
Even Sanghyeon, who didn’t play games, knew about Punk. Their game distribution platform was simply too famous.
“From a distributor, not a developer?”
“That’s what I’m telling you! I was shocked when I found out this morning too. So? You’re definitely doing it, right?”
“Of course…. The terms are just too good.”
Tap. Tap.
Juhyeok grinned and waved the documents before tossing them into his bag.
Then he glanced at the cafe door where Seojia had exited and spoke.
“By the way, Seojia is quite meticulous yet cool, isn’t she? I thought it’d be easy since she asked me to sign, but….”
“She’s trying to get a free ride. Fandom is fandom, but a contract is a contract.”
“Still, to sponsor that much money…. She must really love Almond, right? Yet she was pretty cold about it. She barely smiled.”
“Not barely—she didn’t smile once.”
The two discussed Seojia for a moment before wrapping up.
“Anyway. It’s better to separate work and personal life. Makes things easier going forward.”
“That’s true.”

* * *
Bang.
Seojia arrived home, breathless and gasping.
She threw herself onto the bed and pulled the blanket over her head.
“Sigh.”
She took a quiet, deep breath as if trying to calm her racing heart by any means necessary.
I still couldn’t believe it.
I never thought I’d meet him in person like this. And to sign a contract so suddenly—I never expected that either.
Rustle.
She unfolded the contract she’d brought with her.
‘To be recognized… by someone.’
The first moment someone acknowledged me is now etched into this paper.
It’s still a provisional contract, but once Punk approves it, it will become a proper one.
Which means I’m becoming Almond’s editor now.
I don’t have to go to the Company anymore.
The faces of several unpleasant people flashed through my mind.
‘Hey, what are you going to do, coming from a junior college… ugh….’
‘If you leave here, what will you do? You?’
‘Do you think there’s anywhere else that treats you as well as we do?’
‘Just do as much as you’re paid for, please. Huh? Why are you so stupid?’
Those unpleasant voices echoed as well.
“Have I escaped….”
Perhaps I really have escaped.
Somehow, almost by accident… I’ve broken free from the hellish shackles that bound me.
Is this what slaves feel like when they suddenly gain freedom?
It’s a strange feeling.
I thought I’d have to spend my entire life running on that hamster wheel, trapped in that cycle.
“Sigh….”
Still lying down, she checked the mad movie video of Almond that she had uploaded.
Countless comments had been posted.
#Gaming Category Real-Time Trending Rank 56
The ranking had even risen.
From 78th place—a climb of 22 positions.
An uncommon smile spread across Seojia’s lips.

* * *
The moment I arrived home, I changed into casual clothes.
‘I should start the broadcast a bit earlier today.’
Almond’s broadcast schedule was irregular. It wasn’t intentional—it just happened to work out this way, and since it was convenient, I kept it as is.
Either way, I streamed almost every day without breaks, so my viewers had no particular complaints.
Click.
As I stepped into the Capsule and turned on the screen.
Ding.
[Seojia: It’s the intro song and video.]
A file had arrived from Seojia.
It was a video file.
A text file with instructions on how to install it came along as well.
Famous streamers use intro videos when they start their broadcasts, and she had created and sent one.
When I clicked on the intro video, I was taken aback.
‘Wow….’
The video quality was far better than I expected.
We had just run into each other moments ago, and I’d only been home for a short while—how had she already made something like this?
[You made this already?]
[Seojia: I’ve been working on it little by little for a while.]
It seemed she had created the intro video purely out of fan dedication.
‘If this is what she can do as a hobby….’
I found myself curious about what she could produce if she approached it with professional intent.
She’s definitely a talent worth looking forward to.
[I’ll use it well.]
After sending Seojia a message of thanks, I started the stream.
[Beginning stream]

* * *
Ding! Ding!
Broadcast notifications were sent to Almond’s followers scattered across the nation.
-Oh. He’s starting early today!
-Ah!
-I thought I was first… guess not?
-lmao so many legends here.
Viewers poured in before Almond’s old capsule even finished loading. It was less an entrance and more of an invasion.
[Current Viewers: 214]
Boom…! Boom!
The intro video I’d received from Seojia began playing.
-Oh. What’s this?
-An intro?
-Nice.
Seojia’s intro was structured to emphasize my archery skills.
My most iconic moments flashed by as still shots while music played.
True to Seojia’s style, the synchronization between the music and scenes was impeccable, and the satisfaction of the beats landing perfectly at each transition was incredible.
-The intro’s like a movie.
-Life’s a picture show.
-Nice.
-Wait, didn’t Seojia make this?
-Yeah, it definitely feels like Seojia’s work.
-Did he get recruited or something?
Some viewers recognized it as Seojia’s video.
[Current Viewers: 1,208]
By the time enough viewers had arrived, the intro ended.
“Yo!”
My face appeared in the corner of the screen with an energetic greeting.
-Ah!
-Ahahaha!
-Heyyyy
As countless messages flooded in, donations started coming in from the very beginning.
[Rubisword donated ‘1,000 won’.]
[Will we finally see Emilia’s surprised face today?]
[Stir-fried Vegetables donated ‘1,000 won’.]
[Almond hey!]
I offered brief thanks and immediately launched the game.
As expected, today was Kingdom again.

* * *
The moment I logged in, the landscape before me was a castle reduced to ruins.
The castle lord, who had been wearing black armor, lay sprawled across the floor. More accurately, it was the castle lord’s corpse.
And there were also the bodies of three knights who had guarded him.
Apart from those, nothing remained in the castle.
Hahaha… a man who destroyed a castle by himself…
-Real talk, he wiped out everything without leaving a trace.
-This is what ‘assassination’ really means.
-Seems like he confused genocide with assassination.
-But there are no witnesses, so technically it’s assassination?
Almond savored the delighted chat messages while turning his attention elsewhere.
There were no people in this castle, but some items remained. There were treasures he hadn’t managed to take with him.
“Honestly, I did all the work, so I should be able to have a little fun with this, right?”
With those words, Almond began searching through the castle interior.
lol
-Honestly, even if you take it all, you’re not guilty.
-What did Emilia do! I did it all!
If it were me, I’d eat this right here lol
Kingdom was a game with high degrees of freedom. There was no law stating you must only receive quest rewards and nothing more.
Almond wanted to claim a substantial reward for himself proportional to his efforts….
Click.
He obtained a high-quality leather armor and bow that appeared quite valuable.
“These look pretty good.”
-Ooh.
-Looks stylish.
-Can’t you take more?
Because of the weight…lol
In a typical game, I would have swept all manner of items into my inventory. But Kingdom was an extremely realistic game.
There was no such thing as an inventory system. I even had to carry gold coins individually.
Taking additional armor of that weight was impossible.
“This much will do. I shouldn’t have to worry about dying suddenly for a while. Now I’ll go report the mission completion to Emilia.”
The moment Almond said that.
Boom.
[Report mission completion to Emilia.]
A massive text floated in the air.
-Emilia noona!
-Noona, I didn’t die!
Hahahahaha
“—Emilia, seriously… I didn’t think Almond could pull that off lol”
I was just supposed to assassinate the lord, how could I have imagined they’d plunder the entire castle lol
Almond selected one of the horses left in the castle and headed back toward where Emilia was staying.
Clop, clop, clop.
The moment I crossed a certain boundary, night transformed into day, and I arrived at the castle where Emilia was staying in an instant.
“Almond…?”
By chance, Emilia, dressed in vibrant attire and returning by carriage, recognized him.
“Young lady. I’ve come to report on the mission.”
“…Already? Have you perhaps changed your mind?”
Emilia seemed unable to believe he had already succeeded in the mission.
-What’s he saying lol
-No. I came to change your mind!
-Didn’t expect this speed!
-Can’t wait to see her expression when she finds out the entire castle was stripped clean.
Almond quietly fixed his gaze on the hired attendants beside Emilia.
It meant he couldn’t speak here.
“I wish to speak with you privately. Leave us.”
“…Pardon? Young lady, but…”
“Now.”
The attendants looked deeply concerned. It was naturally strange to leave the young lady alone with a mercenary of such rough appearance.
However, Emilia’s resolve was far too firm to object.
“Did I not tell you to leave?”
“…Ah, understood.”
When the attendants had completely vanished from sight.
Emilia gestured for Almond to walk with her.
“This promenade has no one around.”
The two walked at an awkward distance from each other.
Only after passing three or four trees as massive as the castle itself.
“Surely you haven’t completed the mission?”
Emilia asked, turning back to look at him.
Almond’s answer was naturally ‘yes’.
“Yes.”
“…I cannot believe it. It hasn’t been long since I asked you.”
“Two days have passed. One day for traveling there and back, half a day for preparation, and half a day for the assault.”
-So basically he did it in a day lol
-Half a day means it wasn’t even a full day lol
-Slept well and cleared the entire castle like it was nothing lol
“An assault…? You didn’t assassinate him?”
“The security was too tight, so I simply…”
“Simply?”
“Eliminated everyone.”
“!?”
Emilia’s face formed an expression I had never seen before in all this time.

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