Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 26

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 26
10. Emilia (2)
The expression Emilia wore during Almond’s broadcast that day became a legendary screenshot that spread far and wide.
[Emilia’s face upon hearing Almond’s response at this moment.jpg]
That’s crazy lol
-Can she even make that expression?
Hahahahaha
-So Emilia is human after all.
How surprised were you? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Practically priceless.
I couldn’t even imagine who it was lol
lol
-Can’t blame her. She was told to kill the lord, but she went and slaughtered an entire castle instead.
Considering Emilia’s usual dignified demeanor as a noblewoman, the expression and gesture she made truly deserved to be called a “legend.”
“The… the security was so tight… and you’ve already handled it all…? I… I’ve never heard of such a thing. That’s why there’s security in the first place, to prevent such things.”
“…Is that so?”
At Almond’s blunt response, Emilia’s face turned bright red. A noble lady was being swayed by the words of a mere mercenary.
“Ahem. In any case, if that’s the case, then the castle is completely empty right now, isn’t it?”
Emilia turned her gaze away and asked the question.
“Yes. There was no one there.”
“There’s no need to delay. I must go at once.”
Emilia called her employees again and set the carriage in motion.
She intended to arrive first before other nobles could extend their influence and absorb the vassals of that domain.
“Almond?”
“Yes.”
“…What are you doing?”
“Well…”
“Get in quickly.”
Moreover, Emilia even offered Almond the inner seat of her personal carriage.
It was not common for a lady to allow a man into the inner seat of her private carriage.
-Whoa. Isn’t that the kind of reaction you only get when affection is maxed out?
-Oh. Wow!
-Hehe…
-Almond, you bastard! How did you pull this off!
The viewers couldn’t help but be bewildered that Emilia had completely fallen for Almond, who had never once engaged in affection-building events.
-Why do affection events at all?! Just raid a castle!
lol
-Yeah, exactly!
-I’d rather just do affection events…
Me too lol
-How the hell do you destroy an entire castle lol
-Affection increases even from achievements….
This was the moment I first discovered that affection could rise from achievements alone.
Overwhelming accomplishments move the heart itself.
In the end, Almond had won the lady’s heart with nothing but his archery skill.
“…I’m curious about you.”
A scene from inside the carriage.
Even there, Emilia’s interest in Almond was remarkably intense.
“How… can you be so strong? I’ve seen many knights throughout my life, but I’ve never witnessed anyone achieve what you have.”
“I merely have a talent for shooting a bow well.”
“Just with that, you can annihilate all the troops in the castle?”
“…I suppose I could?”
“….”
It was a rather strange conversation.
But the fact that Emilia was the one asking Almond questions first was already an enormous signal.
However, what came next was even more shocking.
Emilia suddenly began talking about knights.
“Knights usually love swords, spears, and horses, I’ve noticed.”
“That can’t be right. I’d wager nearly every knight loves you far more than any of those things.”
Emilia burst into laughter at Almond’s jest—not the dignified laugh of a lady, but the innocent laughter of a girl.
“That’s true. Ladies are loved too. But that’s not something only knights enjoy, is it?”
“?”
“Any man, even if he’s a mercenary as rough as they come… would like a woman.”
-Ohhhhh. What!?
-Wow, man.
-Hyung! My heart’s racing, I can’t watch this!!
-This is a first!?
Though Emilia had substituted the word ‘woman,’ in context that woman was Emilia herself, and the mercenary as rough as they come was Almond.
“In any case, I’ll correct myself. Knights love Emilia, spears, swords, and horses.”
This time, Almond let out a soft chuckle at Emilia’s joke.
“But I’ve never seen a knight who loves the bow.”
“I’m not a knight—I’m a mercenary.”
“Have you never thought of becoming a knight?”
“…Pardon?”
At this point, both Sanghyeon and the viewers’ thoughts came to a halt.
Because becoming a knight wasn’t something you could do just by wanting to. It wasn’t even something you could achieve through skill alone.
“…If that castle were to be incorporated as a new domain, we would need someone to manage it….”
Emilia averted her gaze out the window and trailed off her words.
But this was essentially asking Almond if he had any intention of becoming a knight.
-Oh! Emilia’s route is getting serious?
-Has there ever been a development like this?
-Is there a Knight route too?
-That’s insane lol
-But this is a mercenary game, so if you become a Knight, doesn’t the whole game change? lol
-She hasn’t even suggested becoming a Knight yet, but the viewers are already getting ahead of themselves.
Of course, unlike the viewers’ wild speculation, Emilia doesn’t directly ask me to become a Knight.
“…I was just curious, that’s all.”
She merely brushes it off and ends the conversation there.
“How could I possibly become a Knight? I’m merely a skilled mercenary.”
“….”
Emilia simply smiles silently in response.
The carriage continues for a while longer, and as we near our destination.
Only when the sound of hoofbeats fades does the silence finally dissolve.
“We’ve arrived. Oh, Almond. Father wanted to see you.”
“Pardon?”
“He seemed pleased that you handled this matter successfully.”
“…?”
Almond hesitated for a moment in responding.
‘That’s a lie, isn’t it?’
Emilia’s words were far too obvious a falsehood.
The Count doesn’t even know of my accomplishments yet, and she claims he wants to see me.
-???
-What?
-She hasn’t even told the Count yet lol
-Wasn’t she just reporting to him before getting in the carriage? lol
Confused, Almond questioned her.
“Surely the Lord doesn’t know of this yet, does he?”
Emilia’s index finger gently covers Almond’s lips.
“?!”
Seeing Almond’s flustered expression, Emilia smiles mischievously.
“It’s only proper courtesy to a lady to overlook such details.”
-Oh man lol
-So she just made up an excuse because she wanted to see him again?
-Wait, is she actually going to introduce him to her father? Is she really trying to make him a Knight!
-This can’t be
-Holy moly!
-She’s so adorable, Emilia!!
What is happening? Did she really ask to see her father just to make me a Knight?
Almond couldn’t muster any response.
By then, the carriage had already come to a complete stop.
“We’ve arrived, it seems.”
Emilia descended from the carriage first, and Almond followed with a dazed expression.
His gaze lingered on Emilia’s shimmering golden hair before turning toward the towering castle.

* * *
A castle standing solitary upon a desolate plain.
A castle I had unintentionally seized.
It was the Tallorant Family Castle.
Until just yesterday, this place had been under the dominion of the Tallorant Family.
Yet Emilia walked toward the castle’s main gate without hesitation, as though such matters were of no consequence.
There, the vassals were clearing away the remnants of last night’s assault.
“Forgive me, but who might you be? Perhaps you’ve come from the Tallorant Family?”
The commoners seemed to regard Emilia as some distant branch of the Tallorant lineage.
Of course, that was merely a false assumption.
“No. I am Zannet.”
She was the very opposite.
“…Pardon?”
“Did you say… Zannet?”
“This cannot be.”
Zannet and Tallorant.
The vassals, having eyes and ears, understood well the nature of relations between the two families.
They were enemies.
Ordinarily, the vassals should have opposed her as well.
Yet the vassals could only swallow their dry saliva, unable to utter a single word.
The protective forces of Tallorant were absent—at least not within this castle’s walls.
Conversely, Emilia had ten fully-armed soldiers as her escort, two knights, and Almond.
Two armed knights alone could have faced every vassal in this domain, so none dared obstruct Emilia’s party.
She naturally ascended to where the family banner hung and tore it down.
The banner bearing the wild boar, symbol of the Tallorant Family, fluttered as it fell.
Over that extinguished flame, acacia blossoms bloomed—the symbol of the Zannet Family.
“…This cannot be.”
“Ah….”
The vassals wore expressions of resignation.
Yet soon they returned their focus to their work. For them, their masters mattered little—their lives changed little regardless of who ruled.
Besides, had not Tallorant been nothing short of abysmal?
From what they heard, Zannet governed far better.
Of course, all nobles were ultimately the same.
Exchanging such remarks among themselves, they returned to their respective stations.
“…Will you not speak, my lord?”
Almond asked Emilia.
“What do you mean?”
“A speech or something like that… Shouldn’t they know who they need to serve from now on?”
By his understanding, if the ruling family had changed, he ought to give some kind of address to the Vassals and establish order.
However, Emilia shakes her head with a smile.
“It’s fine. The Vassals will adapt quickly enough.”
Emilia seemed at ease. Almond found it somewhat puzzling, though.
Soon, he would discover her words were not wrong.

* * *
About a week passed.
The Vassals had already adapted to the new Lord, and were even more satisfied.
The Vassals who had been dragged away as slaves due to debt could now repay their debts through labor, and were permitted to own a certain amount of money.
Naturally, the amount of labor increased, and the Domain was filled with people working day and night.
In the long run, this would surely bring far greater profit to the Domain.
“…Hm?”
Yet Sanghyeon tilted his head in confusion at this sight.
“Huh? Three days have passed, and they’re still at the Castle together?”
-Mmm, mmm…!!
-Kinglike godly judgment…!
Hahahahaha
For three days, Almond and Emilia had remained at Tallorant Castle.
The viewers delighted in this fact, letting their imaginations run wild.
However, the game offered no particular description.
Only that Emilia approached Almond, who was gazing out the window, took his hand, and said this:
“Let’s go see Father tomorrow. Almond.”
And Almond answered like this:
“Let’s do that.”
In that moment, countless hooks were cast in the chat.
-????
-What is this?
-His tone changed?
Shortly after.
Upon seeing their tender gazes, the viewers became certain.
Whoa! What happened in just 3 days!ㅋㅋㅋ
Hahahahaha
-He did it, he did.
Lol, they’re an almond ability user.
Wow, you already cleared Emilia’s route lolol
What had transpired during those three nights?
“Wow. That’s a happy ending.”
Yet the world of Kingdom Age seemed to have no intention of granting them such a happy ending.
Buuuuuuuuu…!
An ominous horn blast echoed from outside.
“…This is troublesome.”
Emilia rushed to the window to look outside.
“They’ve come. A bit sooner than expected, though.”
“The Tallorant Family’s branch houses?”
“Yes. Almond. They’ll demand the castle back.”
“I can stop them.”
“Please….”
Before Emilia could finish her words, I had already moved forward.

* * *
Whiiing…!
Silver-clad armor gleamed across the vast Green Plains. At first glance, there appeared to be hundreds of them.
Almond’s contingent was positioned on the far left.
Roman, leading that contingent, thrust his banner high into the air and roared.
“Attention!!!”
Boom!
Countless mercenaries, including Almond, stomped their feet and formed ranks.
Roman’s neck veins bulged as he surveyed them.
“For the honor of the noble Lady Jannerett who has hired us, we shall achieve victory in this war!!!”
A deafening roar.
Thump.
Along with the familiar sound of drums, a large text appeared above Almond.
[Lead the war to victory!]

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