‘The key to the house called Korea should be given to Koreans.’
‘Not a single penny of tax should be spent on immigrants.’
These phrases best represent the nature of the ruling party, the Republican Party, which occupies half of the current seats in the National Assembly.
Currently, with the election of a centrist president, the extreme tendencies have faded significantly compared to the past.
Only ten years ago, public statements were made without hesitation regarding the immediate expulsion of stateless individuals, regardless of age.
Due to the trade balance and other economic indicators holding up reasonably well in the midst of a global economic crisis, the Republican Party has continued to remain in power even after a regime change.
However, even that is now being pushed to its limits.
A butterfly’s wings beating somewhere have caused a storm to hit the National Assembly.
The National Assembly members, who had exchanged harsh words and raised voices, decided to take a break to catch their breath.
“Wow, the Republican Party members are fierce. It seems like Representative Bae has come fully prepared today?”
A young man approached a grey-haired member of the National Assembly who had just come out of the bathroom after washing his hands.
An unpleasant expression briefly crossed Bae Seong-jun’s face, but he shook off his hands and replied nonchalantly.
“Rep. Eom Jun-yong? I think this is our first meeting?”
Bae Seong-jun is a three-term member of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party.
It was an implication that they weren’t on a level to have a one-on-one conversation, so he should just go away, but Rep. Eom Jun-yong shrugged it off with a smirk.
“Looks like you got your hair pulled while trying to catch a flaw. That must hurt a lot.”
The hottest recent issue had undoubtedly been the leak of unique magic.
Although the term ‘leak’ was not entirely accurate since magic originally had no nationality, politics always prioritized ‘wording’ over its true meaning.
Starting with NoName, Japan’s policy of recruiting highly skilled individuals became widely recognized globally, and there has been a noticeable increase in talented individuals leaving Korea.
‘It’s only natural that these results occur because the Republican Party forces excessive patriotism on individuals without providing any rewards for achievements.’
‘The limitations of nationalism have been revealed. Didn’t NoName live as a stateless person until last year because of the bad laws you created? If a child hadn’t been adopted and became an adult, would they have been expelled like everyone else?’
It would have been best if it had flowed according to that scenario, but the chance for NoName to register unique magic in Japan was due to a meeting with Bae Seong-jun.
‘If you had just spoken properly to the child back then, nothing like this would have happened. Why question us?’
Having barely found a breathing space, the Republican side began to aggressively attack only Bae Seong-jun.
“So what is it that you want to say?”
“I’m just frustrated. Why not give the kid everything they want instead of debating like you old geezers? You’ve written a list of what you want nicely. Find and punish all those responsible for the incident. Track the activities of Valpurigis in Korea to find the goal. What good does reviving the special investigation committee do? Everyone is too busy being cautious that there’s no one to put forward.”
“Are you…?”
Bae’s gaze at Rep. Eom Jun-yong changed.
“You had no intention of going back to being a performer after your term ended? Was the purpose to get on the special investigation committee?”
It was Rep. Eom Jun-yong’s sincere desire, not a proportional representation member, having been elected as an independent in the Gangnam district of Seoul.
Until now, Bae had judged him as someone who achieved a fluke, yet evaluations in Bae’s mind began to change by the moment.
“Think carefully, Rep. Bae. There’s less than a year until the general election. Everyone knows that your position within the party is getting shaky; even the sky and ground know it. Shouldn’t you prepare a countermeasure?”
The Valpurigis special investigation committee, which belonged to neither the executive, legislative, nor judicial branches, was a mere shell of an organization barely resurrected.
Eom Jun-yong announcing he would step down from his position to join the special committee symbolized a willingness to confront the political arena barehanded with his political life on the line.
Where on earth does such confidence come from?
“What did you say your father did for a living?”
—
It felt like summer vacation had passed without really doing anything.
Tomorrow is already the start of school.
The anticipation of seeing friends I hadn’t met during the break mixed with the despair of having to sacrifice part of my free time.
Certainly, the existence of school is philosophically worth exploring—
“Hey! Kid! Wait a second!”
“Me? Yes?”
It was just as I was returning home after finishing the final training with the academy kids.
The half-eaten ice cream was dripping down.
The apartment security guard suddenly called out loudly and gestured for me to come over.
“I think all this is a delivery addressed to you. Want to check?”
Behind the management office, there were delivery boxes piled high like a mountain.
The recipient’s address wasn’t properly written, but the name ‘NoName’ was written alongside it in English.
“Right? Oh, it’s been chaos since last week! Sending it back should have been done in a day or two. Since it’s a delivery for you, can you take it all home when your dad is here later?”
Since the Genius Discovery Team’s broadcast, have people started sending me gifts?
I couldn’t know the exact address, so they must have sent it just looking at the name of the apartment complex.
“Just give me a cart. I’ll pull it all at once.”
Twenty delivery boxes.
Maybe I could carry them all at once if I stacked them neatly somehow?
If I stack them two by two, it would make ten layers.
Then the height would be roughly 4m, so if I hold the wobbly part with my aura…
“No, no, no! Let’s just have the other security guards bring it to your house.”
“Thank you.”
“Yeah, be careful not to spill the ice cream! Get home safely!”
A few minutes later, about thirty items, including small parcels and wrapping paper, were neatly stacked in my room.
I needed to get rid of this quickly before Professor Cheon returned from the supermarket.
Because I’d heard him say I hadn’t cleaned my room last time.
While pondering over possible solutions, I dashed upstairs and rang the bell.
Ding-dong—
Ding-dong—
Ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong—
“I’m coming out!”
Clang!
The entrance door opened violently, as if filled with emotion.
Yoonseul, wearing a sleep mask on her forehead, rubbed her eyes and looked down at me.
“What? Did you just wake up? It’s three in the afternoon?”
“Namae? Hwaaah… What brings you here?”
“Can you hold some of my things? I can’t fit them all in my room. There are plenty of empty rooms, right?”
“Huh? Uh, how much do you have?”
“It’s a bit hard to explain.”
Even with my arms stretched out as far as they could go, my body is too short to carry it all.
—
<NoName Minor Gallery>
[Want to see NoName in cat pajamas wielding a magical girl’s wand? Click now at ipfs://www.twish.ch/noname]
(Capture from the broadcast.jpg)
Not a joke, it’s real.
[Comments]
– Oh, great synthesis, haha!
– Giving it my full sincerity, upvote!
– Wow, hilarious, haha!
– The broadcast is really on? Let’s check it out!
– ?????? Why is this happening???
Sunday was the time when viewership peaked, regardless of the broadcast schedule.
On such a day, thanks to Kariri’s allure, Namae’s broadcast set a record of 20,000 viewers just 20 minutes in.
That number was still sharply increasing.
“Please, no…”
[NoName]
[Just Chatting – Unboxing]
[Broadcast Time – 0:19:01]
[Viewer Count – 24,384]
“Namae, let’s try this one on your head!”
Yoonseul placed bunny ears on Namae’s head and laughed brightly.
– Kyaaaah!
– This is the proper broadcast, haha!
– So cute, NoName, haha!
– Kariri is on fire today!
– Just got a clip, NoName is a goddess!!!
When Namae glared at Yoonseul as if ready to kill, that was when Yoonseul understood the atmosphere and took back the bunny ears to place them on the desk.
Conversely, comments poured in scolding Yoonseul for taking them off too early.
“I’ll go change into my pajamas. I think that’s enough for today, right?”
[‘Celeb’ donated 30,000 won!]
– If you wear it just a bit longer, the child might gain enough strength to receive surgery well…?
The trigger for the opening of the unboxing broadcast was simple.
One of Namae’s viewers wrote a letter saying that their young daughter had been in long-term treatment, but she seemed to regain her smile after watching Namae’s broadcast.
Facing a major surgery, Namae broadcast wearing the animal pajamas they had sent.
This story spread instantly across various communities.
To keep Namae broadcasting in her animal pajamas for even one more minute, viewers continued to entice her with persuasive remarks.
[‘allone’ donated 10,000 won!]
– According to research from the University of Wisconsin, seeing cute cats increases serotonin production by 18%, helping emotional stability and immunity!
A viewer well-versed in Namae began to present reasons she couldn’t refuse.
“… Okay, then I’ll wear this until the broadcast is over. Yoonseul, I’m feeling hot so please turn on the air conditioner.”
– Incredible, haha!
– I will never forget you, Allone…!
– I can’t find any research like that, haha!
– Shh!
– NamaeNekoNamaeNekoNamaeNekoNamaeNeko
– Why were you persuaded?
– Haha!
With gifts coming from various people, the types and price ranges were also diverse.
Someone sent jelly available for a thousand won at the convenience store right in front of my house, while another gifted a luxury children’s watch worth nearly a million won.
The reasons for the gifts varied as well.
Just because they were a long-time fan, asking for more broadcasts, or belated birthday gifts.
Even though reading all of these might have been bothersome, Namae sat neatly in the midst of the clutter of wrapping paper and read every letter aloud.
And sometimes there were awkward gifts too.
– Wow…!
– Haha!
– Protect Namae!
– What is this…?
– No! Hide it!
– Seriously, they go too far sometimes;;
– Max shamelessness.
It was a large red hat too big for Namae.
If it had just been the color, it could have been laughed off as tacky, but the number emblazoned on the front was the problem.
[Candidate No. 1 NoName]
A product symbolizing the Republican Party had popped out of the random box.
[‘Kentrum’ donated 1,000 won!]
– Namae, that’s support! Throw it away quickly!
Twitch streamers are particularly sensitive to 19+ content and political statements.
There’s a consensus that these two elements should never be mixed, so viewers would often tease streamers by targeting them.
But Namae was only eight years old.
The viewers naturally gasped, and as Yoonseul rushed to remove the hat, Namae boldly put it on her head.
– Emergency!!!!!
– Patriotically conservative NoName, haha!
– Candidate No. 1 NoName, haha!
– Let’s send NoName to the National Assembly!
– This is so funny, haha!
– Look how big the hat is! It’s almost covering her eyes, so cute!
– The cutest election hat ever, haha!
– What, reverse Vtube angle?
– No, my precious NoName…!
Namae rummaged in the very bottom of the drawer for something.
Donning the blue scarf she received from Democratic Party member Bae Seong-jun during the Genius Discovery Team filming, she dismissed the controversy.
– What a terrible hybrid, haha!
– Red~ Blue~
– Mix them and you get purple!
– It tasted like purple!
– Look at how unrestrained this is, haha! This is the essence of a kid.
– Wow~ Successful unification!
– NoName! NoName! NoName! NoName! NoName!
“What on earth are you doing, Namae?” Yoonseul asked in shock.
“Because this way, less of the cat pajamas will be visible.”
“Ah…”
Since she couldn’t change clothes for the viewers, this was her special measure.
“No, you’re allowed to change now, haha!”
“Still, Namae is so kind for wearing it till the end.”
“The chat is getting overwhelmed with 1s and 2s, it’s really dizzying;;”
– The manager is crying.
– Even with the chat running five times faster, it’s still too quick to see.
– 30,000 viewers, this is unprecedented; at this rate the broadcast will crash.
There was one final gift left.
Unlike the colorful wrapped appearance of other gifts, this one looked somewhat different.
The identity of the item wrapped in several layers of air caps was none other than a music box.
“Wow, a music box? It’s beautiful!”
“I can feel a small amount of mana inside.”
“Yeah, nowadays music boxes work automatically if you just put in mana. Maybe they’ve even pre-loaded several songs?”
“Really? I didn’t know that.”
– Isn’t that kind of expensive?
– Yeah, this one seems like a cheap toy, haha!
– If it’s a popular song, I might go crazy.
– Namae is a little kid… she should play a nursery rhyme…
– Nursery rhymes, haha!
Click—
Just as Namae turned the music box gear halfway,
Her body stiffened for a moment as she bit her lip.
In addition, the famous expressionless Namae frowned more than ever, her eyes wide open.
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem? If it’s not turning well, I can help—”
“Yoonseul, get out now.”
“Huh?”
“Get out quickly! Leave the room! Right now!”
Namae raised her voice and shouted.
This wasn’t her usual low voice on purpose.
Namae’s inherently high-pitched voice burst out, slightly cracking at the end.
Yoonseul backed away and left the room.
“Close the door.”
Namae confirmed that Yoonseul had closed the door and then stared at the music box she was holding in her right hand with wide eyes.
“Seriously, this is ridiculous.”
A deep golden aura enveloped her body.
The blazing aura began to rise like flames, sending shockwaves through the chat.
But right now, Namae didn’t have time to pay attention to that.
Quickly, she began to draw magic circles on the floor with her left hand.
[3rd Circle Revival: Seal Release]
Three magic circles launched from the music box and shattered one after another from the left.
Then, one of them cracked but continued to radiate a brilliant light.
‘This isn’t a music box.’
‘It’s a facsimile.’
‘Those crazy people even considered a revival.’
It was a bomb.
KABOOM—!
Thick black smoke engulfed the entire room in an instant.
At that moment, the broadcast stopped, and 30,000 missing persons were born on Twish.
