NOVEL NEXT Chapter 460
We’re slowly becoming famous.
We’re a bit too overly set up as Koreans who are ridiculously good at Korean, yet oddly seem European, so if word got around that we weren’t getting any attention, that would be more surprising.
Playing games with characters that look just like us, commenting on them, buying figures of ourselves to review… Of course, fans of Chronicles of Aetherna really liked us. It feels like the audience’s age is a bit on the older side, but who cares? We’re doing this for fun.
Donations are just a side income. The massive profits the Emperor brings in mean we don’t have to worry about money anymore.
Without worrying about money, we’re creating a channel where we can comfortably do what we want, and I’m starting to think we might as well upload edited versions to streaming sites too.
But, the Emperor has become even more famous.
With near-psychic investment skills, the Emperor can predict the future and has created a following on YouTube.
Honestly, it’s weird if people don’t start following after that. Basically, if you invest, you’re guaranteed to profit. What’s more, it’s not even a scam, nor is he doing anything illegal. The Emperor just talks about potential economic trends without telling anyone to buy specific stocks.
And the result—
Ding ding!
[Hey, my nephews,,, I got lucky today,,,,]
“…Please don’t say stock trading is like gambling,” I sighed as I said that.
The donation was a whopping 100,000 won.
Yes. This person watched the Emperor’s stream, and after winning money, decided to throw us a donation under the pretense of giving ‘pocket money to my nephew.’
[LOL, it’s gambling if it’s stocks!]
[You still won, right? LOL!]
“So does that mean my father teaches gambling methods?”
[Sorry about that!]
[Didn’t think of it like that!]
Everyone typed in seriousness at my comment, but I knew they understood it was a joke.
…To be honest, I somewhat agreed with their statement. I’ve never invested directly, in this life or my past life, but I knew that unless you have a lot of money and are unlikely to suffer losses, it’s not good to meddle with stocks.
Well, it’s definitely better than crypto, though. Jumping into this without knowing anything or thinking of studying is basically like diving straight into a gambling table.
[By the way, aren’t you thinking about collaborating among family members?]
[It’d be fun to show Emperor Arthur the games we play.]
[For real! LOL]
Show the Emperor the games we play?
I think the Emperor has probably looked up related information and read about it. There’s no way he wouldn’t want to check out something about this world since there are media discussing it.
“If we collaborate, which way are we collaborating? Us with our father? Or our father with us?”
[It’d be better for the Emperor to come over here.]
[Honestly, you wouldn’t understand even if we talked stocks, right?]
That’s true. I hadn’t thought about learning much.
I pondered for a moment.
In fact, since both we and the Emperor started streaming, the light of Jibo has rapidly started regaining its original brightness.
Of course, it doesn’t seem like the right timing yet. To our memories, it used to shine a bit brighter.
So we agreed to ‘use it once we’re a bit more certain.’ We didn’t fully trust the Emperor yet, so Jibo was kept under the care of the three of us.
Would collabing speed up the timing for returning?
That was worth considering.
“Is it okay if we think about it?”
“I think it’d be fine.”
Initially, Claire, who felt a bit uncomfortable around the Emperor, had now adapted most surely to life with him.
Naturally, she is quick to adapt and friendly wherever she goes.
It’s true that the original Claire had endured a lot to the point of breaking, but at least here, thanks to my presence, Claire wasn’t ruined.
“Wouldn’t it be okay?”
Alice was also adjusting well to the Emperor.
In fact, Alice had already adapted to the Emperor while in Azernar, so there was no reason for her to be afraid of him here. Of course, she still kept a bit of a wall, but that was it.
As for me…
It’s quite ridiculous, but I’ve also lost my initial animosity and now had a mindset of ‘It’ll work out somehow.’
Was it because the wounds were healing so clearly? Now I didn’t feel any hatred or resentment towards the Emperor.
I didn’t want to think this way, but it was also a result of the Emperor’s efforts. He had worked hard to talk to me whenever necessary since moving into this house.
Did he want to restore our relationship? Maybe something changed in his mind after coming to this world?
…Somehow, given that he’s the Emperor, it wasn’t easy to think that way.
“Well, then, I’ll talk to him. Don’t get your hopes up too much.”
[Wow!]
[I really wanna see the collaboration!]
Yeah. To be honest, I feel that way too.
Who else would do a collaboration as a bad father-daughter pair from the same game if not us?
*
“Collaboration, huh.”
When I brought up the collaboration during dinner, the Emperor contemplated for a moment.
And I found his expression unexpected.
“If you don’t want to, there’s no need to force it.”
“Hmm? Ah, it’s not like that.”
But the Emperor denied my words.
“It’s not that, but I find it difficult to understand what comes out from your broadcasts.”
“……”
I lost my words for a moment.
“So… what are you saying?”
“Well, the game you’re playing must involve combat, right?”
“Yes, that’s true.”
“There’s no way a person could withstand that many bullets.”
Ah.
Did he possibly watch our recent FPS broadcast?
If he had seen us playing Chronicles of Aetherna, he wouldn’t have reacted so lukewarmly. That game has quite significant relevance to actual Azernar.
“Games aren’t serious combat training. They’re ‘fun,’ as the name suggests. You play chess, alternating turns, right?”
“That’s true, but…”
Hmm…
It felt like he was speaking as if he had no understanding of games, like a parent might say.
Yet it didn’t seem like he intended to hinder our gaming.
No, but wait.
“Have you not seen us play any other games?”
“I usually stream at the same time as you. And the stock market is surprisingly busy. Time passes quickly checking this and that. It’s quite enjoyable, though.”
So… this guy doesn’t know Chronicles of Aetherna?
I turned my gaze to Alice and Claire. They both wore slightly perplexed expressions too.
“What’s the matter?”
The Emperor asked.
“Uh, well… the game we usually play is much longer than that. The story continues at length, and the character stories interconnect.”
“Is that so?”
So?
The Emperor looked like he wanted to ask me that.
“And that long story content is about things happening in ‘Azernar.’”
The Emperor’s hand, which had been moving his chopsticks, froze.
“Did you say Azernar?”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s Azernar. It’s not just a name that sounds similar. Did you really not know? There were some related products in my room when we all stayed in that one-room place.”
“Knowing your personality, if I rummaged through your room, I wouldn’t keep quiet about it, would I?”
That’s true. If it was Alice or Claire, it might slip by, but if it were the Emperor, I would have genuinely been angry.
Now that I think about it, the Emperor had been somewhat… living like a criminal in that house. Is that why he killed time at the café whenever he had some free time?
Did something change in his mind after gaining a disadvantage in this world?
I shook my head side to side in my mind.
I still can’t be sure. The Emperor was pretty good at hiding his thoughts.
“We do sometimes take recommendations from viewers to play other games, but the core game is still Chronicles of Aetherna. The story is so long that it’s impossible to finish it in a single day. If we were to collaborate, we could show you that game while playing.”
“Hmm.”
The Emperor fell into brief contemplation.
“To be honest, I find it a bit interesting. But it must be a completely different story from what we’ve experienced, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. There are some preconditions that are different.”
“Just watching it once wouldn’t hurt. So, how about we set a date?”
“Sounds good.”
Honestly, I was also curious how the Emperor would react to seeing his own appearance in the game.