NOVEL NEXT Chapter 543
“I’m going to take a picture. Get a little closer. One, two, three.”
Click-
I handed the photo to the mother and daughter sitting on the sofa.
The warm kitchen of a family home was the backdrop.
On the screen, the father was hogging the daughter’s ice cream, and the daughter was crying her heart out.
“Haha, this is really chaotic. My mom must have had a tough time giving birth to me.”
Park Seo-a said with a choked voice.
ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
“If this isn’t a movie, then what is it…!”
“My tear ducts are brokenㅠㅠㅠ”
“I suddenly miss my mom.”
“Why are the tears flowing like this?”
“Both the mother and daughter seem to have beautiful souls.”
“Magic is truly amazing in so many ways.”
“Please say it’s a prank even now. We were friends all along, right?ㅠㅠ”
“Dementia is so scary… not being able to recognize a family you love so much…”
The grandmother reflecting on her memories with a happy face.
Her blurry focus returned, and she replied to her friend’s words.
“Seo-a? It’s not that you struggled. I just feel sorry for not being able to pass on a strong body. I don’t know if you’ll fit in well with your peers since you can’t even talk properly yet. I hear many send their kids to English preschool these days?”
“It’s okay, I don’t need that.”
“Don’t need it?”
“Yeah. I’m sure she’ll fit in well with her friends. She loves school so much that she’ll probably become an elementary school teacher someday.”
“As long as she grows up healthy.”
[Unimagician: Ending simulation.]
I didn’t expect such a heavy atmosphere from the start.
Park Seo-a apologized, as if feeling sorry for it.
“I’m sorry, Na-me. I feel like I shared too much about my family situation and might make the viewers uncomfortable.”
“It’s fine. There’s no need to apologize at all. I should be the one thanking you for using it so meaningfully. If both of you are okay with it, can I use a small part of the appearance fee to promote today’s broadcast for Alchemist?”
“Oh no! We don’t need any appearance fee! Feel free to use it however you like. Mom, it’s okay if your face appears on the broadcast, right?”
“Broadcast? Oh, are we going to be on it? That’s totally okay with me!”
[‘Alcohol Tiramisu’ donated 300,000 won!]
– NoName will add to the ‘small appearance fee (extra large)!’
– Please take good care of those twoㅠㅠㅠ
– Momㅠㅠㅠㅠ
– Everyone, take lots of pictures with your parents… I truly regretted it after they passed awayㅠㅠ
– I just called my mom and dad.
The endless line of viewers donating continued.
After a long persuasion, Park Seo-a reluctantly agreed.
“Dear viewers, please stop your donations for now. I’ll take good care of you, so you don’t need to worry.”
“Really, it’s okay… thank you so much…”
– I trust only Na-me!
– Is that you again, Da-na-me…
– NoName’s broadcast is certainly in the top 3 todayㅠㅠㅠ
– It’s a beautiful and sad magic.
Let’s sprinkle in some T-rated talk here: It’s important not to stray from the main theme while broadcasting.
As long as my broadcast’s purpose isn’t for helping the unfortunate, such situations could easily lead to unnecessary conflicts later on.
The reason I mentioned the small appearance fee earlier was exactly because of that.
Especially when large sums of cash are being exchanged during a broadcast, greed can easily creep in.
So, I sent Park Seo-a a personal message to inform her of the support plan.
[Park Seo-a: Thank you. My mother has also been suffering from depression, but I think she feels much better after today. Really gratefulㅠㅠ]
[Na-me: From what I observed earlier, it seems like she’s in a transitional phase of Alzheimer’s from level 4 to 5. What did the hospital say?]
[Park Seo-a: Yes, that’s right. Na-me, you’re spot on ㄷㄷ]
[Na-me: While we can’t cure dementia, there are many medications these days that can effectively slow its progression. I’m thinking of supporting you for about five years, is that okay?]
[Park Seo-a: ??? Five years…? No, Na-meㅠㅠㅠ We really just need one Chicken Gifticon.]
[Park Seo-a: (NO Na-me!! emoticon)]
No matter how cheap the medication has become, the yearly treatment cost is about the price of a decent used car.
I planned to check on her mother’s condition later through my manager before sending any donations.
“Thank you for waiting. Should we look at just two more lucky participants?”
The second lucky participant was a firefighter working in Busan.
The man stepped in confidently, basking in the respect of the viewers.
“The happiest moment… Hmm… I think it was when I finally got accepted into the fire service… I prepared for a long time.”
[Unimagician: Executing simulation.]
[4 Circle Spell: Alchemist’s Mirror]
“Oh, that seems right! That’s our living room.”
Suddenly, the door swung open, and a burly man rushed into the living room, frantically running around.
“Wooooaaahhhh! Let’s eat! Guk-guk-guk-kuguh! I did it! Yay! I’m the winner! Come at me world! Woooh! Go Pikachu Hydro Pump! This is totally epic!”
The sound of an exuberant cheer with 100% pure enthusiasm filled the living room.
– LOL
– What a weirdoㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– This dude is insane!
– I’m laughing too hardㅋㅋㅋ
– LOL, I shouldn’t laugh while crying, but this guy…
– Why is Pikachu using water-type moves?ㅋㅋㅋ
– This is truly a public execution!
– LOL, how are you going to work tomorrow?
“Hehehe, he seems to have a high energy level normally.”
“I’m not this kind of person…! Please don’t misunderstand!”
“If you do the same thing here, I’ll give all your fellow firefighters a gift of Hanwoo beef.”
“Here? No way! I’d rather not receive it!”
Just then, colleagues watching the broadcast rushed in to scold him all at once.
The man, held hostage by the colleague evaluation system, bent down, flapping his arms like a goose.
“Guk-guk-guk, let’s eat!”
“Firefighter, behind you, behind you.”
“Gug-guh! Haha…”
“Kyaaarrrk!”
The firefighter stifled his laughter, which was nearly on the verge of breaking, and completed the mission remarkably well.
The final lucky participant was an 11-year-old child living in Barcelona, Spain.
Having just enjoyed playing Block Craft with his friends, his avatar appeared all square.
“Last week was my birthday, and my dad got me a cute puppy from the pet shop! Look, over there!”
“Really? Oh, so cute! I’ll take a picture, stand over there.”
Just as he said, a scene of the Retriever playing wildly in the yard was captured.
I gifted the boy a year’s worth of dog food and snacks.
Despite meeting three different people, their types were so varied.
The happiness he had cherished for a long time, the happiness he had forgotten while rushing through life, and even happiness from just a few days ago.
“The Alchemist’s Mirror is also a project led by our Janjeol Clan. Ban So-wool from Korea University is in charge of it, and you’ll probably be able to use it through our clan site after the National Exchange Tournament.”
It felt like I was fulfilling my duties as the clan leader after such a long time.
The viewers seemed genuinely surprised, as if they had completely forgotten about it.
[‘Summer’s Eye’ donated 10,000 won!]
– “Please take a break after the National Exchange Tournamentㅠㅠㅠ”
I lightly countered the viewers’ concerns about me being too much of a workaholic.
“For me, this is a break. I enjoy researching various magics. When you all get to see what I’ve researched, that’s when I’m happiest. I’ll do my best to explain it simply, so I hope you won’t overreact like today.”
– “Feeling a bit hurt.”
– “Na-me was definitely a little hurt.”
– “Ogu-guㅠㅠ”
– “The saying, ‘Three years of the school dog equals a proverb versus reading it to the ears of a cow’ makes my heart swell.”
– “But NoName’s broadcast is truly educational, and that’s a factㅋㅋㅋ”
– “Things are getting a bit lax in atmosphere, huh?”
Alright, now it’s time to wrap things up.
“Tonight, it’s the semifinals with Love Unni and Sister Emika, right? I’m really looking forward to who will make it to the finals. The fun of picking and choosing… Yes, yes, since it’s the semifinals, I won’t be doing any live broadcasting. There are many more entertaining people on Twish than me. Like Mahabam and Han Yong-cheol. I’d appreciate your support until the end. Bye, everyone. I’ll be leaving now, bye-bye.”
– “Bye-bye!”
– “Why are you giving a shout-out to Mahabam and Han Yong-cheol?”
– “Bye-bye!”
– “Connections from school, connections from blood, and now connections from streams!”
– “Na-me can never be lost from Twish!”
– “Buh-bye!”
– “Now I’m curious about what the clan leader’s happiest memory is.”
└ It’s just that it wouldn’t be easy to surpass winning the National Exchange Tournament.
└ Oh, I should have asked that beforehand.
– “Kraaaak NoNa-me why are you ending the stream here…!”
Pat-
[Private Room]
[NoName and Adella’s Mansion]
“Hmm?”
[Network error occurred. Please try again. (Error #2000)]
Before I even clicked the end stream button, my body was violently ejected into the Private Room.
It seemed the Twish studio also shut down.
Just then, since Saetbyeol was online, I asked her what was going on.
Judging by the emergency power supply coming into the capsule, there seemed to be a power outage.
“Saetbyeol, is something going on outside?”
[I heard the hotel’s announcement saying they’d be checking something for 10 seconds. Maybe that’s it?]
“I thought so. Let’s go have lunch. I’m hungry!”