The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 54

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

 

Episode 54

 

The Game of Constellations [Lyka]

 

Central Hannam-dong.

 

Even within that area, on the most prime piece of land, stood one conspicuously magnificent mansion.

 

It was none other than the home built for the owner family of Seokwang Group.

 

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate by financial ranking.

 

So Kangmin-woo’s room, which occupied an entire annex of this place, was more splendid than most museums.

 

However, the owner of that splendid room was currently sitting on the sofa with a deeply furrowed brow.

 

“Huu.”

 

And in front of him…

 

“Minwoo.”

 

A woman with a cold impression stood with her arms crossed.

 

Executive Director of Seokwang Group’s Strategic Planning Department, and his half-sister eight years older than Minwoo.

 

It was Kang Jiyoon.

 

“Older Sister, are you done saying what you wanted to say? I’m busy. I need to start equipment inspection soon.”

 

Minwoo replied irritably while polishing the platinum-colored mana gun placed on the table.

 

Jiyoon sighed and looked at the hideous weapon in her younger brother’s hands.

 

“Do you really have to go on that broadcast?”

 

“I submitted the application. It’s already too late.”

 

“Cancel it. I’ll talk to Grandfather about it.”

 

“No!”

 

Cancel it?

 

That was absurd.

 

There was no faster way to gain Grandfather’s recognition than proving himself through this opportunity.

 

The fact that Grandfather had given permission meant he had expectations.

 

“Huu, Minwoo.”

 

“What?”

 

“What’s your reason for wanting to go on that clown show and tarnish the Seokwang name?”

 

So it was only natural that Kangmin-woo’s expression became more irritated than ever before.

 

‘A clown show, she says. A pathetic human who couldn’t even stand on two feet if she weren’t an Awakened.’

 

In fact, just a year ago, Kangmin-woo had been the black sheep with nothing superior compared to his siblings.

 

Unlike his capable older brothers and sisters, Kangmin-woo wasn’t good at anything.

 

But exactly six months ago.

 

An opportunity came that would completely change Kangmin-woo’s life.

 

That was his awakening.

 

Minwoo had achieved something that no one else in the Seokwang Group bloodline had managed… awakening.

 

“Why? Why does everyone only try to stop me?”

 

“What? Stop you?”

 

“My brothers go study abroad and become company presidents, riding high on success! Why do you tell only me to stay quiet like a dead mouse?!”

 

“What your brothers are doing and what you’re trying to do now… are completely different.”

 

Jiyoon’s voice was calm, but that calmness only upset Minwoo more.

 

“How is it different?”

 

“They’re each contributing to Seokwang’s prestige in their own way.”

 

“…!”

 

“On the other hand, you… what, Hunters School? Are you a celebrity? What exactly are you planning to do by going on something like that?”

 

Minwoo pounded his chest while breathing heavily.

 

“I’m an Awakened, Older Sister. There are things only I can do. I’m the only one in this family who was chosen by the system!”

 

“…Chosen?”

 

Jiyoon let out a hollow laugh as if she couldn’t believe it.

 

“Don’t be mistaken, Kangmin-woo. Not everyone who awakens is chosen, and as an Awakened yourself, you should know that better than anyone.”

 

“What did you say?”

 

“Your potential grade is barely scraping by at B-rank. And even that’s only because you leveled up thanks to the money this family poured into you. Know your place.”

 

Jiyoon’s harsh words stabbed precisely at Minwoo’s most painful spot like a dagger.

 

His C-grade potential was indeed Minwoo’s most painful weakness.

 

But Minwoo… naturally denied such reality.

 

He truly believed he had potential.

 

“Potential…”

 

Kangmin-woo bit his lower lip.

 

“Older Sister. You might not understand well, but potential isn’t everything.”

 

“Then?”

 

“Just as I was chosen as Seokwang’s bloodline, those with high potential were simply chosen by mana, and I’ve found plenty of ways to overcome that.”

 

“…”

 

“So I just need to prove it this time.”

 

“Minwoo.”

 

And Kangmin-woo finally exploded.

 

He was the first to sense the contradiction in his own words.

 

“Enough, get out!!! Get out of my room!!!”

 

Minwoo threw the smartphone he was holding onto the floor.

 

Jiyoon bit her lip and glared at her younger brother for a moment, then shook her head and turned around.

 

“You idiot… Don’t do something you’ll regret. This is a warning.”

 

Bang-!

 

The heavy door closed. The silence in the room lasted only briefly.

 

“Aaaahhh!!!”

 

Crash-! Crack!

 

Minwoo grabbed the crystal ashtray from the table and threw it.

 

The tens-of-millions-of-won painting frame hanging on the wall shattered, scattering glass fragments.

 

“Luck? Know your place? Don’t make me laugh! We’re all the same humans! My brothers are geniuses, and I’m just a lucky idiot, is that it?”

 

Still not satisfied, Minwoo yelled at the innocent servants.

 

“Hey! What are you all doing! Aren’t you going to clean this up?! Do you think I pay you salaries just to waste food?!”

 

“S-sorry, young master! We’ll clean it up right away!”

 

The suited bodyguards and maids turned pale and crawled on the floor, picking up glass shards.

 

Minwoo sat down heavily on the sofa, breathing raggedly.

 

His fingertips were trembling with anger.

 

‘I’ll show them. In the end, the one most worthy of the Seokwang name… will be me.’

 

I am an Awakened.

 

I’m a completely different species from my brothers, who are relics of the old era.

 

Money? Yes, I spent some money.

 

But as long as the results are good, isn’t that enough?

 

After all, wouldn’t this company called Seokwang not have been able to grow this far without the Gate industry?

 

“Huu.”

 

So if I can just prove my talent as an Awakened, my family will have no choice but to acknowledge me eventually.

 

Minwoo calmed his rough breathing while thinking such thoughts.

 

* * *

 

Seila Novin had recently experienced something confusing.

 

About two weeks ago.

 

She had followed along to Lumentis Hollow to help Bellic, her somewhat lacking but close older brother, when she encountered an incomprehensible person.

 

“Ah, since I’m a hidden class, I’m not exactly a knight class.”

 

“It’s kind of like… an evasion counter-tank, I guess.”

 

A mysterious strange player who had suddenly appeared in the hidden area of Lumentis Hollow.

 

The man had introduced himself as a tank, and Nobin had witnessed an absolutely ridiculous playstyle she had never seen before in her life.

 

He had said he possessed a special hidden class, and that his absurd playstyle was due to that… but…

 

‘It wasn’t simply at that level.’

 

The shock Nobin had received at that time was beyond imagination.

 

‘Even in the guild, I had never seen that level of play…’

 

In fact, Seila Nobin had been hiding her identity to some extent.

 

This was the same even with Bellic, her close older brother.

 

The reason she had to hide her identity was… there were important circumstances at the family level.

 

So the fact that Nobin’s real name was Seila Von Novin.

 

The fact that the guild she belonged to was… none other than Black Crown, the world’s 2nd ranked guild.

 

Even the fact that she wasn’t actually in the 40s level range but was a top-tier player in the 100s who had completed her 2nd class advancement…

 

These were facts that no one except her guild members knew.

 

Perhaps that man called ‘Dave’ might have… noticed to some extent though.

 

‘Just as I somewhat figured out his identity.’

 

From Nobin’s perspective, Dave’s identity was one of two things.

 

Either a player who had already completed 2nd class advancement with a hidden class… a player of at least level 100 or higher who was superior to even herself.

 

Or if not that, then a super rookie with legendary talent being secretly raised as a ranker by one of the world’s top 10 guilds.

 

If it wasn’t one of these two, the man’s skills couldn’t be explained at all.

 

Moreover, an ordinary player wouldn’t know so much about divine-type shield skills.

 

‘Knowing even the skill cooldown of Divine Shield… means he’s at least experienced high-level guild raids.’

 

There’s no way he could have had access to the Information Guild either.

 

“How did you know about this, Dave?”

 

“I bought it from the Information Guild.”

 

And between these two possibilities, Nobin thought the latter was more likely.

 

The reason wasn’t anything else.

 

Despite her natural talent for sensing mana, the amount of magical power she felt from Dave was barely a handful.

 

‘That man. The amount of magical power I sensed from him was absurdly low.’

 

His claim of being a tank was definitely nonsense too.

 

The movements she had seen from him were absolutely not those of a tank.

 

A player trained as a tank would never take aggressive positions like Dave did.

 

This was a matter of play style and combat approach, regardless of skill level.

 

From Nobin’s perspective, the player called Dave was…

 

Definitely a swordsman class player.

 

And one with absolutely incredible, unbelievable talent at that.

 

That level of swordsman.

 

‘I don’t know why he’s going to such absurd lengths as lying about being a tank to hide his identity, but…’

 

So initially, Nobin had briefly considered investigating this man called Dave.

 

Black Crown’s information network was world-class.

 

If Nobin, an elite guild member, set her mind to it, she could easily gather most information.

 

But in the end, Nobin didn’t do that.

 

She couldn’t use the guild’s infrastructure just to satisfy personal curiosity.

 

So Nobin was very pleased to receive an unexpected contact from Dave.

 

“I wonder if I can find out something this time.”

 

She couldn’t tell what scheme he had for contacting her again.

 

But it was definitely disappointing that their connection had disappeared after just one party.

 

If she gradually built a friendship through this incident, she could at least find out which guild he belonged to.

 

That was why Nobin was willing to make another trip to a low-level hunting ground like Lumentis Hollow.

 

‘Seeing how he handles a sword at that level and is Korean, he might belong to the Silver Knights Order.’

 

So it was only natural that Nobin was once again flustered when she arrived at the abandoned mine.

 

“Hey, aren’t you going over there quickly? I’ll return you for a refund!”

 

When she arrived at the promised location, the Dave that entered her field of vision was…

 

– Bani, this is hard. Rather than walk 10 steps… I’d choose annihilation instead.

 

Following his tank cosplay, he was now doing some kind of summoner cosplay.

 

The weapon Dave was holding was even a bow.

 

‘What the… is this?’

 

With Dave’s identity completely reset, Nobin felt dizzy.

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