Chapter 118

“Hello, No Name. I heard you’re an authority on League, so I want to ask a question that I’ve always been curious about. Since Lilia is half human and half deer, which side of her belly swells up when she’s pregnant? Hmm…”

I poured some cooking oil onto the frying pan and cracked an egg onto it.

Cheeek—

The pleasant sound of the egg sizzling as it cooked filled the air. After adding a pinch of salt, I quickly took it out while the yolk was still slightly runny and slid it onto the rice that I had prepared earlier.

– I said let’s interact, but don’t read all those chats one by one, lol.

– I can’t believe you’re still out of it after getting accused earlier.

– It’s a communication stream without any middle ground, lol.

– Isn’t it dizzying?

– Are you for real, lol?

– Stop asking things like that and say how did you defeat the boss in the end!!!!!!!

└ Yes, I provided an answer~

└ No, really!

└ They just hit and died, apparently~

└ lolololol

– The sound, oh my.

– What are you having for dinner, teacher?

“Since Lilia was born from a tree, she doesn’t get pregnant. The questioner probably needs to reread puberty and gender. So I blacked it out to give you time to read.”

– You’re answering this?

– What the hell, lol.

– Then what’s the belly button?

– It must be a vent.

– Puberty and gender are acknowledged, lol.

└ That kind of stuff doesn’t appear there, either!

I poured a suitable amount of soy sauce onto a spoon to gauge the quantity, then sprinkled it around the rice.

Of course, I didn’t forget about sesame seeds and sesame oil.

“I’m having soy sauce egg rice. I don’t really like it, but since it’s my first meal of the day, it looks delicious.”

– Please take care of yourselfㅠㅠㅠㅠ

– Eating soy sauce egg rice once a day…?

– What kind of life are you living?

– I can’t resist king-sized egg rice.

[‘elloa’ donated 150,000 won!]

– It’s not much, but with this, I’m giving you some pocket money to have omakase ahead.

– ?????

– It’s not like it’s snacks or omakase, lol.

– Whether streamer or viewer, there’s no middle ground.

“Thank you for the donation, Elloa. Soy sauce egg rice is also delicious. Should I take a picture to show you?”

The remote control that was detachable from the capsule had recording and microphone functions.

Honestly, one might wonder what the difference was from a cellphone, but anyway, it was a remote control.

Using the screenshot function, I took a photo of the half-empty plate from above. If I just uploaded it, it might look unimpressive, so maybe I should use a filter?

A vibrant photo of soy sauce egg rice appeared on the broadcast screen, which had only shown in black.

– Wow.

– My mouth is watering.

– Didn’t you almost finish it?

– Why are you eating so little?

– It looks like it was taken in the morning because of the filter, lol. It’s so polished.

– It looks so delicious.

– Do you have any plans to reveal your voice?

└ It’d be nice if I could hear a child’s voice too.

– It seems like the host naturally has a youthful voice; there’s no discomfort when I heard it modulated.

– Handcam, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go.

– No Name is also good at cooking!

[‘Yagongi’ donated 10,000 won!]

– I’ll chip in with the money I saved from skipping dinner.

“You don’t have to feel pressured to donate. I’m not living as poorly as you might think.”

– Jaimin, don’t donate; just go buy some spicy chicken ramen at the convenience store.

– They’re just trying to get a reaction, lol.

– Such a kindhearted person.

The banquet of soy sauce egg rice was surprisingly satisfying.

The yolk, breaking through its thin membrane, made the rice grains dressed in brown even softer.

With the sunset visible from the living room window as the backdrop, I took a bite while observing the reactions of the curious viewers in the hologram.

As I gradually stuffed the rice into my mouth, I soon began to see the bottom of the plate.

“Thank you for the meal.”

– Already?

– You eat so fast.

– From the earlier picture, it looked like there was more egg than rice, lol.

– Are you going straight to the World of Adventure now?

I didn’t drink any water separately.

Since I would need to keep drinking potions going forward, I couldn’t allow myself to fill up now.

I lined the flasks taken from the fridge on the dining table and sighed.

But I still had to drink it, or what could I do?

“Shall we take a short break and continue later?”

– Yes.

– Sure.

– That sounds good.

– I’m really happy todayㅠㅠㅠㅠ.

– How many hours has No Name been streaming, anyway!

– Can you do this much every day?

“A high probability says today’s video will be uploaded to VTube, so you might want to keep that in mind. Many are asking questions. Surprisingly, there are quite a number of people who came over from VTube.”

– It seems hard to expect influxes beyond VTube or hosting from acquaintances.

– What does it mean that No Name received both?

– The old videos are probably gone, right…?

– That time was legendary.

– Would you open up the T-Gather first?

“Regarding the rebroadcast… I’ll think about that later. What’s T-Gather?”

[‘GraduateStudentHelp’ donated 1,000 won!]

– It’s a community operated by Twish! You can share announcements like broadcast times, hot clips, and talk about broadcasts. If you wish, I can open it right away.

“Aah, Manager, then please do!”

[‘GraduateStudentHelp’ donated 1,000 won!]

– I actually just made it because I thought you’d allow it. ^^7

“…?”

– Wowwwww.

– Now that’s a manager, lol.

– Great sense.

– Someone already wrote the first post; what a pity.

– I have to check that quickly.

– I can’t resist ‘that’ lol.

– Let’s go check the ‘Hall of Fame,’ No Name!

Due to the persistent urges from the viewers, I eventually brought the hologram board and placed it on the dining table.

As the manager had mentioned, a somewhat desolate-looking site was created, prominently displaying the name ‘NoName’ in the center.

I clicked on the ‘Announcements’, ‘General’… and finally clicked on the ‘Hall of Fame’ tab.

[Hall of Fame]

[Please specify the item.]

When I clicked the item button, a list of total viewing hours, total donations, and chat popularity was laid out for selection.

There were many entries where I didn’t even know what they were, so I simply clicked the top three and refreshed.

[Total Viewing Hours]

[1st. HoyaMooYah 407.5 hours]

[2nd. GraduateStudentHelp 369.1 hours]

[3rd. ringmabell 135.9 hours]

– Wait, what are those 1st and 2nd places? lolololol.

– lololol.

– The gap with 3rd place is huge.

– I streamed for this long? You’re telling me you can watch for over 300 hours?

– The undefined period was surprisingly long.

– Look at how basic the manager is.

Overall, the audience was very enthusiastic about ranking things.

Looking at it like this, I felt a sense of nostalgia too.

It seems that combining the little streams I started last year roughly added up to 300 hours.

[Total Donations]

[1. GraduateStudentHelp ₩1,815,000]

[2. OVERDOSE ₩1,630,000]

[3. Njangsterol ₩1,429,000]

[‘GraduateStudentHelp’ donated 1,000 won!]

– Why am I in 1st place! When did I donate this much?

– lololol.

– Are you really donating as a graduate student?

– If I didn’t become the manager with this, I’d have felt cheated, lol.

– Njangsterol is also in 3rd place… Njangbaek is forever.

The combined amount from the three is nearly 5 million won.

In particular, GraduateStudentHelp has been a consistent viewer since last year, so the accumulated donations were substantial.

[Most Liked Chats]

[1. CatFictionIsTheBest 4,385pt]

[2. NoNameMustProtectTheBaby 3,958pt]

[3. DaYeonAI 3,826pt]

“What is this? Most Liked Chats?”

– It seems that when you chat, you can like or reply to other people’s comments, and this shows those activities.

– Is this the Best Chat Awards?

– Wa!

– Those troublemakers, that nickname is so hard to get used to, lol.

– lololol.

– This isn’t even a malicious rivalry, what is this, lol?

It was a fascinating world.

Most of them knew me, but I knew very few of them.

Nevertheless, they were people who could find satisfaction even in a one-way relationship.

Love without rewards, devotion without returns.

Perhaps they were the true paragons of virtue?

The viewers of Twish embark on their own adventures, looking for the broadcaster that suits them.

It would be harsh if there were no oasis in a place they settled after wandering around.

“I will remember all your nicknames.”

– Just words?

– Shall we do a grand bow?

– Oh, so you’ll just remember, lol.

I was speaking seriously, but it seems that didn’t come across.

“Well, if there’s a chance later, I’ll treat the top contributors to a meal.”

– ?????

– ???

– Huh!

– Really?

– (Manager5) Omamimjeoreun? Really?

– (Manager4) Spamming is prohibited. Managers, please pay attention to the chat too.

– lololol.

– Wait, is this for real?

“Who knows when that will be. So don’t get your hopes up. It’s like feeling good when you unexpectedly find money in your pocket, you know? Just think of it like that…”

– No Sound ON.

– The managers who were looking forward to it are in tears, lol.

– Isn’t there anything as harsh as a promise that won’t be kept?

– I’m a bit curious about No Name’s identity.

[‘atlanta’ donated 1,000 won!]

– Manager, there’s a big problem! I think you need to clear the World of Adventure story quickly right now!

– ??

– ?

– ?

– Why?

“Is something wrong?”

[‘atlanta’ donated 1,000 won!]

– A friend of mine who’s related to Waresoft informed me that they’re doing a hotfix or something and will be shut down at 7 a.m. Sunday.

– They’re shutting down the server?

– At this time?

– Is this a joke?

– No, I just checked, and there’s an announcement on the World of Adventure homepage too.

– But it’s evening now.

– In America, it’s morning, you idiot, lol.

– What kind of mindset is this, shutting down the server without even providing a reason?

– It looks like a real bug has occurred.

– If they do an emergency check on Nightmare, data will be lost, right?

└ Why?

└ It’s always been like that; it’s okay for normal modes, but all of the data flies away in Nightmare, reverting back to episode difficulty selection.

– lol, what on earth is this?

– Originally, the recommended playtime is under 6 hours, so honestly, to have No Name rehash so much is impressive.

└ If you go to the lowest difficulty, there’s even a speedrun cut of an hour, yep.

└ An hour is really monstrous, lol.

– Is this what you call a god game?

“Data is going to be lost…?”

[‘Hiraeuno’ donated 1,000 won!]

– This kind of company should have gone bankrupt ten years ago, lol.

– Really, lol.

– Really, lol.

– What about Adella? What about Adella? What about Adella?

– What will happen to our Adella?

– Why do game companies all have such issues, lol?

– Fact: Compared to Riot Games, Waresoft is an angel.

[Video Shared – ‘Njangsterol’ shared with 10,000 won]

[“You bastard!!!!!”] – ‘High Quality Version of the Queen of Games’

– lololololol.

– lololol.

– lololololololol.

– But seriously, should I laugh or cry?

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ.

– Cry, cry endlessly.

[‘Njangsterol’ donated 1,000 won!]

– Did you really have to take everything like this to feel relieved?

– Really, No Name was the first to save Adella in act 1.

– In the end, it turned out to be a bug.

– Are they going to remove this? That seems too cruel.

– ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ.

– Protect Adella!

– Njangsterol seems so pitiful; it felt like he genuinely liked Adella.

[‘Gitaki’ donated 1,000 won!]

– You have 3 hours and 45 minutes left until the end…

I hurriedly looked at the clock. The current time was 19:15.

Unlike computer or smartphone games, one couldn’t just play virtual reality games at any time, even for an emergency check.

According to their standards, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., meaning from 11 p.m. to midnight in Korean time, that was the time the staff could access the open world.

“Shouldn’t I place an inquiry about data backup right now?”

– In the past, they used to, but it’s been a while since they’ve done emergency checks, and I’m not sure if they’ll do it now.

– Njangsterol, emergency!!!!!

[‘Njangsterol’ donated 1,000 won!]

– If you dare to get rid of Adella… I’ll blow up the data center!

Some viewers even declared they would become terrorists.

“If we clear it, what happens? Will the data be preserved?”

– Yes.

– Clearing is fine.

– But the timing is very ambiguous.

– The standard is until combat power calculation is finished; is it possible to do a 3-hour cut with these stats?

– We’ll help! Just don’t die once, and we’ll go for it.

– Adella has become strong enough, so it should be doable.

– Giving advice to save the world, whoa!

[‘GraduateStudentHelp’ donated 1,000 won!]

– I’m in the 100th rank in the arena. I’ve played Nightmare a hundred times.

[‘Veixel’ donated 3,000 won!]

– I’m a candidate for ACK 2nd Squad. I’ll help No Name as much as I can.

[‘LG Chaos’ donated 10,000 won!]

– Can you open Discord? I think it’s easier to explain in real-time than through donations or comments.

– ??????

– A true pro has appeared, omg, lol.

– Chaos was watching the stream too.

– Wow, No Name’s stream is gathering both LOL pros and WOA pros.

└ It feels like the roles have reversed.

└ Like snacks for our dog, like drinks for our child?

└ What are you even talking about, lol?

– It’s true that my team exploded; I’m actually unemployedㅠㅠㅠㅠ.

└ Why???

└ Shh!

└ It’s real; my teammate fixed the matches, leading LG Spring to automatic disqualification and banned from summer participation.

└ Aah…

– The lineup is legendary, lol.

– Let’s go for the fateful three hours.

I was in a situation where I had to rush through the last three-hour broadcast that was tied to Adella’s fate.

“Ugh… cough… this is really so bad, I can’t stand it.”

While the managers were setting up the broadcast again, I hurriedly downed the remaining potions in one shot.

Then, for a moment, I turned on my phone and left a message for Professor Chun, who should be arriving by now and dozing off.

[Professor Chun, please come back quickly. I can’t drink any more potions.]

[They taste too bad… :(]

[No, they’re not bad. <— That was a typo.]