The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 45

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

 

Episode 45

 

The Game of Constellations [Raika]

 

Today’s events were the result of quite a few coincidences and strokes of luck overlapping.

 

At least, that’s what The Hero thought.

 

First, thanks to the Caladore Raid ending earlier than expected, she was able to complete her 3rd class advancement Quest much faster than anticipated.

 

Second, it just so happened that she thought of looking for Dave at that exact timing.

 

And lastly, the third coincidence was that Director Yeongtae Kim from the Gate Management Bureau happened to know Dave personally.

 

Without the Gate Management Bureau’s help, even The Hero wouldn’t have been able to find an ordinary player this easily.

 

‘Running into Scavengers at that exact moment… that was truly an unbelievable coincidence.’

 

So The Hero had been in a good mood.

 

After all, by finding the player named Dave, she had successfully threaded the first button.

 

After succeeding in her 3rd class advancement, she realized even more keenly how important the information Dave might possess could be…

 

She had a strong intuition that she would definitely be able to learn something through Dave someday.

 

‘Well… now that I’ve confirmed who he is, the guild will handle the rest.’

 

However, The Hero never could have imagined that things would progress this far today.

 

“Jerathos’s Banner that I put up on the Trade Exchange. You used that to become the Radiant Sword Saint, didn’t you?”

 

Of course, she had expected he wouldn’t be ordinary…

 

But she never imagined he would reveal his true intentions to her so directly like this.

 

“…!”

 

Even his very first words contained content that was impossible to predict.

 

“How do you know that…”

 

Honestly, this was the first time in years she had been this surprised.

 

He might have known(?) that she was the buyer of Jerathos’s Banner…

 

But the fact that she had advanced to Radiant Sword Saint was something no one knew yet, except for a few of her closest companions.

 

“Kato, could you step out for a moment?”

 

“Hmm. Sure thing.”

 

Even ‘Kato’, who had been by her side until just now, had only learned that fact yesterday…

 

This turned her suspicion into certainty.

 

The suspicion that this man named Dave might possess other information related to the Radiant Sword Saint.

 

That very suspicion.

 

“It seems you have something to discuss with me.”

 

So The Hero had no choice but to sit back down.

 

She even adjusted her posture.

 

If her interest in the man had been mere curiosity until now.

 

She had a feeling that some quite important conversation might follow from here on.

 

The man named Dave must have had something he wanted to say to her.

 

There must have been some intention behind bringing up the term ‘Radiant Sword Saint’.

 

“Mm, something like that.”

 

And The Hero’s thoughts were exactly right.

 

* * *

 

What kind of deal, you ask?

 

The idea I came up with was actually simple.

 

When I thought about it, it seemed like I had what The Hero needed right now, and conversely, The Hero seemed to have what I needed.

 

Either way, The Hero was someone who had shown me kindness despite knowing about the existence of unique equipment…

 

I thought we could achieve a win-win situation if we exchanged what each other needed.

 

What does The Hero need, you ask?

 

Obviously, information.

 

I’m someone who lived as a ‘Radiant Sword Saint’ for at least over 10 years.

 

And for a player who has just taken their first steps into 3rd class advancement…

 

The various pieces of information I possess would be like sweet rain during a drought.

 

So it wasn’t strange at all that The Hero’s attitude had changed.

 

“I know several pieces of information that The Hero might find useful.”

 

“What kind… of information would that be?”

 

“To be precise, I could say I know several secrets that the ‘Radiant Sword Saint’ possesses.”

 

“Interesting.”

 

The Hero’s black eyes visible through her mask sparkled slightly.

 

Regardless of the truth, she would think that my ability to obtain Jerathos’s Banner was also based on this information.

 

So if I revealed just a few keywords, I could make her a bit more proactive.

 

Just like this.

 

“For instance, the contents contained within the ‘Vow of Ashes’.”

 

“…!”

 

As expected… the effect was tremendous.

 

The Hero’s surprised expression was visible even through her mask.

 

“Of course, I can’t tell you how I know this, but excluding that, I can tell you quite a lot of things.”

 

“Oh ho.”

 

“How about it? I think I could be of great help to you.”

 

The Hero stared directly at me for a moment.

 

I think her heart was already leaning toward it…

 

By now, she must be curious about how much I actually know.

 

But she couldn’t drag this out too long either.

 

If this deal fell through, she would suffer tremendous losses.

 

For a top-tier ranker like her, nothing would be more precious than information that could give her the strength to move forward.

 

“Then you must… want something from me too?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

So I told her what I wanted without holding back.

 

“For just about a year, could I borrow your name?”

 

Right now, what I could do by borrowing The Hero’s power.

 

That would be buying time.

 

“Mm…?”

 

The time needed to escape from unspecified dangers.

 

“It’s for protection from Scavengers. I won’t use it for any other purpose beyond that.”

 

Thanks to The Hero, I had escaped crisis once, but this was probably just the beginning.

 

Perhaps even more dangerous beings than the two I met this time might appear.

 

Of course, borrowing The Hero’s name wouldn’t solve everything, but it would still reduce the danger by over 90%.

 

That’s all I needed.

 

“Hmm.”

 

The eyes behind the mask met mine again.

 

And they were definitely wavering slightly.

 

Then came a brief moment of silence.

 

“…”

 

The one who broke it first was The Hero’s clear voice.

 

“Alright. I think I can consider that proposal positively.”

 

“…!”

 

At The Hero’s answer, this time I was the one who was surprised.

 

Honestly, I had expected her to accept, but I didn’t think she would make the decision this quickly.

 

For a ranker of The Hero’s caliber to lend her name wasn’t such a simple matter.

 

But then, toward me who was thinking such thoughts, The Hero added one more thing.

 

“However, Dave.”

 

Yes?

 

“Really, would one year… be enough?”

 

Uh…

 

I honestly don’t quite understand what she means by asking that question.

 

If I grind hard for about half a year… wouldn’t I be able to succeed in something like the Night Stalker rice-eating mission, noona?

 

You didn’t think I was aiming to become a ranker within a year, did you?

 

* * *

 

Yeongtae Kim, director of the Gate Management Bureau, had been spending quite troubled days recently.

 

First of all, the fact that his son Kim Gyeongjun, an advanced Hunter, had been unable to come out of the Gate for too long was his biggest worry.

 

At the same time, with the Gate rampage approaching in just a month… his biggest stress was that he hadn’t been able to come up with any viable solution.

 

In the midst of all this, he had even heard stories about Geonyul, his son’s friend, through none other than the big shot called ‘The Hero’.

 

So if his son hadn’t returned safely like this now, Yeongtae might not have been able to hold on any longer.

 

That’s why, even though he knew what the answer would be, Yeongtae couldn’t help but bring this up first to his son whom he was meeting after so long.

 

“Hunter work… Do you really have to continue it, son?”

 

This single sentence from Yeongtae, which came out after countless deliberations, wasn’t actually something he said just because of this one incident.

 

Because Yeongtae was more worried about the future than the present.

 

If they ultimately couldn’t prevent the Gate rampage.

 

The profession of Hunter would certainly become at least several times more dangerous than it is now.

 

Even so, someone would eventually have to be a Hunter and stop the rampaging Gates…

 

But that someone didn’t have to be his one and only son, did it?

 

Yeongtae too, before thinking of his position as director of the Gate Management Bureau, couldn’t help but have thoughts no different from any other parent.

 

However.

 

“You know, Father.”

 

“…”

 

His son only gave the same answer he had expected once again.

 

“I have to… bury my bones here at Aigis.”

 

Yeongtae knew well why his son was like this.

 

Seojin-u, the founder and former master of Aegis Guild who had died in an accident last year.

 

Without him, today’s Hunter Kim Gyeongjun wouldn’t have been able to exist in this world.

 

‘Seojin-u… He was such a precious person too…’

 

Seojin-u was a Hunter that Yeongtae had also been acquainted with.

 

Since he was a benefactor to his son, he was practically a benefactor to himself as well.

 

So Yeongtae couldn’t bring himself to persuade his son any further.

 

It was regrettable, but his son had survived this time too, so he should be grateful for that.

 

“Sigh.”

 

Of course, that didn’t mean his complicated feelings could improve either.

 

“Alright, let’s eat first. It must have been hard to get proper food inside the Gate.”

 

“Yes, Father.”

 

Even though they had come to his usually favorite steakhouse, it pained his heart to see his son unable to pick up his fork for a while.

 

It was probably because the lost comrades continued to remain in a corner of his heart.

 

Sizzle-

 

The father and son, who had been eating in silence for a while, slowly began to have everyday conversations again.

 

But in the midst of that continuing conversation.

 

“What…? Geonyul? Geon-ryul Lee?”

 

“That’s right. That Geonyul who used to live next door to us.”

 

Kim Gyeongjun was able to hear an unbelievable story from his father.

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