The Hero's Streaming Life with the Saintess-Chapter 71: You’re Supposed to Spend Unexpected Money Meaningfully

Actually, it wasn't even much of a betrayal.

From the start, I had never made them any promises.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"No, not at all. You lawyers are the ones who really worked hard."

Most people were punished one after another like sausages getting packed in a line.

Those who brazenly refused to apologize and acted like they didn’t give a damn were, in a rare move for cases like this, sentenced to actual prison time.

It felt extremely satisfying, like I had cleaned up something filthy.

"Those who led the false rumors won’t be able to avoid prison sentences."

"That's good to hear."

"And even the ones who got leniency will at least be fined. If they can’t pay, they’ll be doing hard labor."

"Did any of them try to fight back?"

"Well, maybe some might get off with a suspended sentence or a fine... but even then, a criminal record will stay with them."

This guy really knew how to get things done.

"Don’t worry about the payment. It’ll be transferred properly."

"Haha, with an S-Rank Hunter like you, I’m sure it’ll be taken care of nicely."

Attorney Kim Taehyun.

When I first hired him, I had a feeling — this lawyer was seriously capable.

He had a lot of connections in the legal world and a flexible mindset that wasn’t too rigid.

And most importantly, he was someone even Lyla had praised.

"Attorney, would you be interested in becoming the Legal Director for our foundation?"

"Excuse me?"

"We're setting up a foundation soon, and it would really help to have someone as competent as you on board."

He gave it serious thought.

He had opened his own private practice because he preferred fieldwork over a stable office job.

I could almost hear him running numbers in his head.

"Of course, we’ll make sure your salary is a lot better than what you're making now."

"A giant foundation starting with 300 billion won in capital, huh."

"Yeah. It’s too much for me to manage alone."

"Heh, sounds like I won’t have time to get bored."

We shook hands firmly.

And just like that, the second employee of my foundation joined the team.

****

The news wouldn't shut up about this massive lawsuit.

[ Malicious commenters who used to get away with it, finally 'Facing Justice' ]

[ Prosecution: "We will strictly punish acts of slandering others from now on." ]

[ Will mocking people from behind anonymity finally be eradicated? ]

It was deeply satisfying.

A lot of people were seeing this whole situation in a positive light.

Anyone seeing it negatively was probably one of the assholes who used to leave hate comments.

"They're probably breathing sighs of relief right about now..."

The news kept stirring things up daily, and actual punishments were happening.

Those people were now just sitting back and watching the others go down.

"How's it going?"

Pffft... Their partner privileges are already revoked, monetization's been cut off, and channels are being deleted one after another.

"Thanks, man. Sorry for bothering you with this annoying request."

If you’re sorry, you better spar with me again later!

"Yeah, yeah. This time, you come visit Korea."

Sure thing, got it.

With that, I ended the call with Max.

Why hadn’t I bothered going after those clickbait YouTubers earlier?

Simple.

The headquarters was going to shut them down anyway.

‘If you made money witch-hunting random people, it’s about time you paid for it.’

[ zlSuperStrongHero: stream on ]

[hey hey]

[yo the channels of those clickbait assholes who sniped you just disappeared?]

[yeah I was watching too, saw they got deleted lol]

As expected, the viewers started getting curious.

"Who knows?"

["Who knows" lmfaooo]

["It’s obviously him, tsk...]

"If they’re pissed, they can always contact headquarters themselves."

They’d be firing off angry emails about the channel deletions.

"Oh, right. Foreign companies are notoriously strict about this kind of stuff, huh?"

I shrugged innocently.

"If they really didn’t do anything wrong, YouTube will reinstate their channels, right?"

Not that that was ever going to happen.

****

[ahh... now who’s gonna supply my dopamine]

[seriously, I saw the whole range of emotions from those dumb kids in this case lolol]

[lololol]

"We’re thinking of recruiting staff for our foundation."

Everyone spammed question marks in the chat.

"Anyone interested in getting a job?"

[bro’s hiring through a goddamn stream LOL]

[knew it when you posted that notice on the forum lolol]

[am I finally escaping neet life???]

The sudden recruitment drive had the chat flooding with questions.

Things like required education, certifications, all the usual real-world stuff.

"We’re not looking at resumes or specs."

[??]

[even the shittiest companies at least check certifications tho?]

Paper qualifications didn’t mean jack shit here.

We weren’t planning to make them do anything super technical anyway — plus, when it came to judging people, Lyla’s instincts were way more accurate than any background check.

[ FeetOfTheHeroLicker has donated 10,000 watts! ]

I get that it’s a charity, but what exactly would we be doing?

"First, we’ll be helping victims of the cartel. And domestically..."

Honestly, we hadn’t finalized anything yet.

It was just one of those “well, we’ve got this unexpected money, might as well do something good with it” ideas.

[this dude’s really gonna be a CEO like this?]

[holy shit this is peak scuffed startup lol]

[but tbh, working with this dude would probably be fucking hilarious]

On a whim, I glanced at the calendar hanging nearby.

It said June was National Patriots and Veterans Month.

"Come to think of it, Memorial Day and the Korean War anniversary are both in June."

I asked the chat if we should run an event for soldiers and veterans.

[bro I already finished my service tho fml]

[re-enlist lol]

[fuck you lmao]

[re-enlist she says, fucking dying]

‘Now that I think about it, North Korea doesn’t even exist anymore... so what do soldiers even do now?’

Nowadays, soldiers didn’t do the old border patrols anymore.

They mostly managed the areas around Gates now.

The guard posts were replaced by Gate defense positions, basically.

"Anyway, what do you all think?"

The reaction was pretty positive overall.

"By the way, what are veterans even doing nowadays?"

Saying that, I opened up a wiki page.

Before I went to Everheim, a lot of them were struggling just to survive.

But maybe things had changed now?

[better off not looking tbh]

[yeah...]

[patriotism's gonna fucking die if you see it lol]

"?"

"?"

"No fucking way..."

If anything, it had gotten worse, not better.

The rise of the Hunter profession had only made the wealth gap even bigger.

"Jesus Christ, what the hell is this...?"

The byproducts from the Gates had improved quality of life all over the world.

I had just assumed, logically, that things would have gotten better.

"Hero, this is... kind of shocking."

Lyla, who knew even less about the past than I did, looked even more horrified.

"Weren't these people the ones who defended their country?"

In Everheim, when expedition members died during missions, the Empire and Kingdom took full responsibility.

Their families were given massive compensation, and the fallen were remembered as heroes.

"How... how can they even call this a country?"

[Hero blessed to be exempt from service, press like LOL]

[Why does his face look like death itself? LOL]

[Finally woke up to reality? LOL]

[This is Joseon, kid.]

I dug a little deeper.

"Actually, welfare has increased."

To be precise, it had become sharply divided by generation.

There was a ton of welfare for poor children, single-parent households.

Welfare aimed at future talents who might awaken as Hunters.

"But... tsk..."

The ones who had already aged out, who had no real hope of finding jobs anywhere, had been forgotten.

They were surviving off a pitiful veterans’ stipend of just around 100,000 won a month.

"Has it always been like this?"

[Yeah, it's always been like this LOL]

[Bro, did you seriously live in the mountains for years or what?]

[Brain melting from Korean welfare reality, huh?]

"According to last year's data, there aren’t even 40,000 surviving veterans left?"

And just like that, the first target for the welfare project my foundation would be doing was decided.

[I kinda knew, but looking at the wiki... Jesus, it’s worse than I thought LOL]

[All I can think of is "it's not like it used to be" ;;]

[But isn’t it a bit too much for you to handle all of it alone?]

"Found money is meant to be spent meaningfully."

I closed the browser window and wrapped up the stream with that final comment.

"Anyway, if you want to apply, send your resume to my email."

****

News about Song Hun's charity project naturally made its way into the ears of other companies.

Among the S-Rank Hunters, Song Hun was considered an oddball.

Even though he was S-Rank, he streamed regularly, making him feel far more approachable to the public.

At a marketing meeting for a sportswear company:

"What? That guy’s always wearing our performance shirts! We gotta sponsor the veterans big time with our clothes!"

Meanwhile, at a construction company’s PR department:

"Veterans' welfare? Perfect. Send an offer immediately! We'll do home repairs for the elderly for free!"

And at a food company’s marketing meeting: freewēbnoveℓ.com

"Imagine the image boost if we provided free high-quality food with our logo on it! Contact them right away!"

****

A high-rise building.

It was the headquarters of the World Hunter Association, a place every Hunter on the planet knew.

"Chairman, the invitations are ready."

"Hmm..."

Colton Grave, the one serving as the President of the World Hunter Association.

He was holding a letter, extravagantly decorated with gold foil, in his hand.

"Song Hun... he’ll come too, right?"

"Yes, sir. When you met him last time and ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) spoke to him directly, he seemed very interested."

Colton glanced through the stack of documents in front of him again.

"To think... just because of that one man, so many corporations are scrambling to join..."

Not just corporations, either — even Hunters who usually never showed themselves were expressing interest in participating.

He pushed the documents aside and looked at his subordinate.

"Send the invitations to all the Hunters on the list."

And then, Colton fiddled with a brand-new Hunter license on the desk in front of him.

It was the new Hunter license made for Song Hun and Lyla — a license for strength so absolute, no one else could even dream of reaching it.