Season 5: Chapter 72. Remnants of Ah-Sung (1)
The Knight Order had all been waiting for the day Almond's placement matches would be over. Word had gotten around.
Sweet Radish delivered the grave news. "The Lord has been defeated."
Black Tea nodded. "Saw it...
Tch.
Sweet Potato panicked. "Oh no. We're supposed to start practice matches soon. If things go sideways, this could turn into a complete disaster!"
— lmaooo
— The world isn't Survival Craft, Sweet Potato...
— Still living in the nightmare lmao
— lmaooo
Sweet Potato's viewers laughed at the absurdity.
Mm.
Hmm...
Not even one of the Knight Order members could comfortably dismiss Sweet Potato's alarm as baseless. Given what they knew of Almond's usual temperament, though they’d only play with him in
Survival Craft
, things could very well go sideways if he was in a genuinely bad mood.
They all vividly recalled how Almond watched soul after soul get sent to the Fertile Lands without so much as blinking.
"Whaaat?! Really? Unnie! Oppa! The Lord's company opened a new office!”
Then, it happened. One of Lemon's viewers scrolled through the news and spotted something. It was a small, barely notable article about Mixed Nuts. The streamer management company was built around Almond and making a fresh start in its new headquarters.
It was a meaningless small article, really, but Ju-Hyeok had distributed it to journalists he knew because appearances mattered. The kind of people who regularly read streamer industry news had obviously seen it. It had also reached viewers.
— Whoa
— Landlord energy
— Let's go
— Whoa
— Mixed Nuts lmao
— If I go there, can I find Almond, Walnut, and Peanut??
— That's a pretty big place for a mixed nuts operation
Sweet Potato's eyes went wide. "
Whoa.
How much money have they made? Building their own office??"
They had moved to a larger rented office, but the article's vague wording sparked wild misinterpretation.
Sweet Radish stared curiously at the article Lemon had linked in
This World
. "So, they sold the Fertile Lands and built a whole building..."
— Whoa
— Selling the Fertile Lands to build a building
— Turns out what really got fertile was the Lord's bank account~
— lmaooo
— All Black exists... in reality.
The atmosphere genuinely felt like Almond had sold Fertile Lands to put up a building.
Black Tea interjected, "Come on. You think he actually sold Fertile Lands to build a building?"
She expected everyone to agree with her.
"What are you talking about, Cha-Young?" Instead, Sweet Potato blinked and launched into an explanation. "You wouldn't know because you've always had a lot of viewers. Think about how much ours grew.
Cheese Craft
was absolutely massive content, wasn't it?"
The mention of viewer counts made Black Tea falter slightly. "Th-that's fair, I guess."
Sweet Potato took the opening and kept going. "And the Lord was the main character of that whole
Cheese Craft
. Just imagine how many views and how much money that meant. This is basically..."
Sweet Potato began constructing astronomical figures in his head with his imagination widespread.
"He probably made billions a day."
— lmaooooooo
— What kind of math is this lmao
— Legendary Sweet Potato logic
— lmaooooo
— lmao
— Billions a day, you absolute madman
— If that's true, he could just buy the Ah-Sung?
"Right. He might actually be buying it soon." Even when called out, Sweet Potato just said yes and floored the accelerator. "That's exactly it! We should go right now and congratulate the Lord on his magnificent new company headquarters!"
Ding!
Right at that moment, as if by fate, Almond sent a
This World
message to coordinate schedules.
[The Lord: Think I'll skip streaming today and have dinner with the company people. Not feeling great...]
Streamers didn't keep tight schedules unless it was a collab. No one ever knew how things would flow. The Knight Order had a loose arrangement. It went mostly like: “Let's get together on
This World
once placement matches are done!” Almond simply pushed that to tomorrow.
Sweet Potato immediately fired off a message.
[SweetPotato: Whoa, MY LORD~ You moved into a new office?! We'll bring a housewarming gift!!]
Black Tea read the message and rolled her eyes. "Wow. You're something else. How do you even suck up like that?"
"Suck up?" SweetPotato shook his head. "That's not sucking up. That's loyalty."
— Loyalty lmao
— That's just being a yes-man
— lmaooo
— A yes-potato
Sucking up and loyalty were apparently different things.
Sweet Radish, who had been quietly playing it cool, also sent a message.
[Sweet Radish: Wow, new HQ?! Can we come too?]
His bold proposal took things even further.
Black Tea yelped, "What?! Go where?!"
Sweet Potato joined in. "Hey! Where do you think you're barging into?!"
— He was the one who said he'd go lmao
— Wait is this actually happening???
— No way they'd actually go lmao
— Wouldn't that be super rude?
In the meantime, Black Tea and Lemon quietly sent their own messages.
[BlackTea: Hm? We were already supposed to shoot some bonding content anyway. Should we just go for it today?]
[Lemon: Yes yes yesyesyes lol]
Sweet Radish actually scolded the two of them. "Hey! Your mouths and your hands are doing completely different things!"
"Isn't this incredibly rude to the Lord?!"
"Hey! You're the one who messaged first, offering to go! And your yellow head is ruder than anything!"
— Yellow head lmaooo
— Went straight to personal attacks lmao
— Wait are they actually going?? lmao
— If they go, this will be legendary lmao
— They're just talking, surely
Most viewers assumed it was just the usual banter for the stream. The Knight Order members probably thought the same. They were just talking big and went a little overboard to please the viewers.
[Almond: Oh nice. Let's do today]
Dun dun!
Almond accepted. He even said it sounded good. — ? — ?? — ...?
— Does this man have no concept of a normal life lmao
— What lmao is this real? — ???
The bonding session at Mixed Nuts’ office was decided spontaneously just like that. "?" "...?"
"Huh?"
Every member of the Knight Order, who had been ready to charge right over, now stared at each other in stunned silence.
‘Wait. Hey, what do we do?’
‘No idea. What the heck?’
‘We actually have to go now, don't we?’
None of them had actually expected Almond to agree. They assumed he would be mildly flustered in an endearing way. Now, he was telling them to come over? They couldn't back out now.
‘Our viewers all saw this.’
All their viewers had seen the
This World chat.
Ding.
[lolololol has donated 10,000 won.]
[Ah, I get it. This was planned, right? This was already scheduled content?]
Even a donation suggested that this had been scripted.
— Oh, wait, is it though?
— It does feel planned lmao
— For real?
— lmaooooo
— Nahh~
— So are they actually going today lmao
Sweet Radish waved. "
Ahaha...
Pl-planned?? Nothing like that."
Ding.
[Truth has donated 5,000 won.]
[Basically, they were playing at being a little crazy and then met actual crazy and got blindsided. Upvote if true.]
— lmaooooooooooo
— lmao fr
— lmaooo
— That's gotta be it lmao
— Fr?
It spiraled out of control.
[BUT has donated 10,000 won.]
[You talked this big and now you're not going?]
[JustMaybe has donated 10,000 won.]
[You're bringing a nice gift at least, right? Like a high-end toaster?]
[Actually has donated 4,000 won.]
[You're buying the director an imported car as a gift, right?]
Donations from each of the Knight Order members' streams flooded into
This World .
— lmaooooooo
— lmao
— An imported car as a gift lmaooo
— Please tell me they wouldn’t show up empty-handed~
The more cautious Sweet Radish and Sweet Potato eyed each other, calculating how to handle this.
Then, someone drove the final nail in.
Black Tea got worked up and just blurted out, "I, I'm GOING!"
— lmaooooooooo
— It's over
— They're actually going~
— Let's GOOO lmao
— Sweet Radish's face lmao
Hah...
oh my god." Sweet Radish pressed a hand to his forehead and started mentally working out the most impressive gift he could realistically buy.
And so, they arrived at Mixed Nuts. They had stopped at an electronics store on the way and each brought a sizable gift.
‘Insane. I spent my entire donation earnings today.’
‘Legendary... we actually came...’
‘Ugh, this is heavy.’
‘Ooh, this is nice.’
Each one turned over these thoughts as they stepped through the entrance. Being streamers, they at least kept up the commentary.
"Oh... so this is... the Lord's manor."
"Indeed. It’s known for an endless parade of corrupt officials bringing tributes at all hours..."
— lmaooooooo
— Why are they filming a period drama lmao
— That's literally you people lmao
— lmaooooo
Chatting excitedly, they waited in front of the elevator.
"What floor was it..."
Black Tea pointed at the building directory beside the elevator. "Here, it's written right here."
Company names were listed by floor.
[15F. Mixed Nuts]
Tap.
In that moment, she bumped into someone's hand. "Oh, I'm sorry."
Wh, whoa!
" The man recoiled like he'd been startled out of his skin.
‘Why did he react like that?’
Black Tea tilted her head at the strange reaction.
‘Oh no. Is, is that Black Tea?’
Of course, the man was startled. He was one of Almond's main editors.
‘Why is she here? Does she live nearby?’
Macaron was having perfectly innocent thoughts. He couldn't possibly imagine that the director, who had already done the unthinkable of getting a shut-in to commute, had also gone ahead and prepared this fantastic welcoming party.
Ding.
The elevator opened. Macaron went to press the floor button. "..."
It had already been pressed. Unable to bring himself to turn around, he checked the reflections of the people behind him in the dim elevator doors.
‘Lemon... Sweet Radish, Black Tea, and Sweet Potato... These are the Knight Order members. Even floor 15? What is this? What is happening?!’
Black Tea asked from beside him, "What floor are you going to?"
"Ah... I, I'm also..."
"Oh. Same floor?"
"Yes."
Whoosh.
The elevator doors opened. Macaron experienced what he could only describe as his vision going soft around the edges.
"TA-DAAA~~~!"
A large man appeared with both arms flung wide. Somehow, unbelievably, he wore a walnut-shaped thing on his head.
Pop!
He fired off what appeared to be a birthday confetti cannon.
Ba-bam!
Several staff members next to him joined in with fanfare instruments. Every single one of them wore a nut-shaped hat like a peanut, macadamia, and pistachio.
"Welcome to Mixed Nuts!" "???"
Even the Knight Order members felt rattled by the bizarre spectacle. Their viewers felt the same.
— lmaooooooooooo
— lmaooo
— Is this Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lmao
— Whoa, the walnut lmao look at that man's height lmao
— That's Walnut??
— What is this concept lmao
— Survival Craft trauma lmao
— This is like an office sitcom lmao
Everyone was laughing and losing their minds.
Thud!
WHOA?!
WAAH!
Suddenly, Sweet Radish and Sweet Potato screamed.
"What. What's wrong?"
"N-no, there's a person! Someone just collapsed?!"
Macaron had fainted. — ? — ...?
— Was he that shocked???
— What lmao
— Huh?
‘I... I'm a working member of society...’
Macaron muttered in his unconscious, barely managing the words, but they never made it out.

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