The Hero's Streaming Life with the Saintess-Chapter 69: The Ultimate Forced Choice

Why are civic organizations suddenly being brought up?

Had I ever been involved with them before?

"Ah, no way..."

"Do you have any predictions?"

"I do have a guess... but to think they'd do something like this over that... does that even make sense?"

After I announced I was starting a charity foundation, all sorts of organizations had tried to approach me.

I coldly rejected all their offers.

At my words, the lawyer also scratched his head like he couldn’t make sense of it.

"I don't think I would've known either without this information..."

‘Seriously? They're holding a grudge over being rejected?’

I tried, at the very least, to understand them.

But no matter how much I thought about it, it just didn’t make sense.

"Uh... you might want to see this."

I walked over next to the lawyer and looked at the laptop with him.

It felt like things were escalating fast.

"Wait... what's with the sudden search and seizure?"

A case of spreading false information targeting a public figure.

The situation was blowing up big.

"Attorney, is it normal for prosecutors to conduct a search and seizure in a case like this?"

"No."

The lawyer answered immediately without even hesitating at my question.

Before Song Hun arrived at the lawyer’s office.

"..."

The meeting room was filled with silence.

And sitting there were middle-aged men, each occupying a seat.

"Um, excuse me..."

They all held fairly high-ranking titles, but they were visibly nervous.

In front of them sat a woman, elegant as she sipped her tea — a woman who could barely be their youngest daughter’s age.

A woman with blue hair and beautiful golden eyes.

"..."

They couldn't afford to look down on her just because of her young age.

She was someone who, with just a word, could sever the heads of everyone sitting there.

"This tea is really nice."

"Haha... Well, we did hear a very important person was coming..."

But none of them could grasp the situation.

Why was this woman, known as an S-Rank above S-Ranks, here?

"It’s so heartbreaking that the Hero, who even tried to start a charity, has to suffer such false accusations."

"W-We understand..."

Lyla was personally very angry.

Why did her Hero have to endure such baseless slander?

"What if the Hero gets deeply wounded by this, stops all his activities, or even moves overseas?"

"...!"

"!!!"

As a Saintess, she had met with countless kings and emperors.

Compared to them, these men were merely nobles at best.

It was child's play to have them wrapped around her finger.

"If that happens... as his wife, I’ll have to heal my husband’s wounds. And of course, if he moves abroad, as his wife, I would naturally follow him..."

Two S-Rank Hunters from one nation, leaving.

And right after assuming their new positions, no less.

‘My political career would be over...!’

There would definitely be an uproar.

If they had just left before taking office, maybe they could've dodged responsibility — but leaving °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° now?

‘There's no way it won’t blow up...!’

Lyla rested her chin on her hand, fidgeting with her teacup, and sighed softly — just loud enough for them to hear.

"Haa... between Singapore and Canada..."

The future flashed before their eyes.

Being blamed by other politicians for letting S-Ranks abandon the country, and getting beaten down by public outrage.

"What can we do to assist you...?"

One of them cautiously offered to Lyla.

But Lyla simply smiled sweetly and said:

"I just hope the bad people slandering others pay for their sins."

"W-We will keep that in mind...!"

They answered, sweating buckets at every word Lyla spoke.

"Oh my, why are you sweating so much? Is it hot in here..."

Lyla stood up and bowed politely to them.

"I trust you will handle things fairly."

"We will take care of it properly...!"

As Lyla turned away, a faint... ever-so-slight wicked smile hovered on her lips.

‘Why would anyone slander such a kind Hero...’

She simply couldn't tolerate her husband(?) being falsely accused.

So, as a citizen(?) of this country, she decided to appeal(?) to those who received a government paycheck.

‘This is part of what a wife should do to support her husband, right?’

Meanwhile, the civic organizations were being shaken down to the last speck of dust.

It was at that moment I realized just how many kinds of crimes there are in the world.

Article after article was flooding the news.

['Sky Orphanage' Caught for Violating Donation Laws, Tax Evasion, and Forgery.]

['Hope Scholarship Foundation' Massive Embezzlement and Misappropriation Uncovered!]

[Countless Charities — Out of 47 billion won collected, only 300 million was actually donated. Where did the remaining 46.7 billion go?]

[Perpetrators Behind False Accusations Against S-Rank Hunter ‘Song Hun’ Found to Have Paid People to Spread Lies.]

[One Charity Head Caught Molesting Volunteers... Shockwaves.]

"Fucking lunatics..."

The same people who pressured me to donate, turned out to be scum like this — it was laughable.

I didn’t know why the prosecutors suddenly raided them, but whatever the reason, it felt damn good.

"There really are a lot of shitty people."

"Seriously~"

"But why did the prosecutors suddenly go after them?"

"I don’t know~ I guess bad people eventually get what’s coming to them."

Bad guys really do get punished someday.

And without thinking, I glanced at Lyla's face.

‘Hmph... I guess saving the world gets you a beautiful, sweet girlfriend too.’

"Why are you staring?"

"You're just so pretty."

"Geez..."

According to the breaking news, the organizations had paid people to leak false information.

During the raids, they even found ledgers listing the bribery payments.

"Hero, how's the lawsuit coming along?"

In reality, the lawyers were practically breathing fire as they went after them.

Already dozens of people had received lawsuits.

And all of them were crying, begging for mercy.

‘Maybe they should’ve thought about that before doing something worth suing over...’

Honestly, I had been thinking a little about the idea of leniency.

Of course, whether they accepted it or not was up to them...

As the raids on the organizations escalated, some ended up bankrupt after being slapped with fines over hundreds of millions of won.

And on the individuals, we were hitting them with both civil and criminal suits at the same time.

[zlSuperStrongHero: I am justice itself.]

[The Hero is so fucking badass.]

[I only ever trusted you, bro!!!!!]

[It’s a goddamn festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

"Ahem, hope you’ve all been doing well?"

I explained everything about the situation to the viewers.

How those charity organizations had come to my door, and how I got tangled up with them.

[What a bunch of petty little shits lololol]

[They’re just pissed because they lost their cash cow.]

[No but seriously this is fucking hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

The full-on purge was now underway.

And donations were pouring nonstop into my stream.

Of course, some of those donations were piled high with guilty apologies.

[Kick them out ffs]

[Let the sinners receive the aura of judgment!!!]

[I wanna get the aura too lmao]

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[FeetOfTheHeroLicker has donated 10,000 watts!]

By the way, what are you gonna do with the settlement money?

"Ah, I’m gonna use it to personally fund my charity work."

[True Hero status]

[Hey, make sure you help out some veterans too.]

[Please support soldiers' welfare...]

Lots of suggestions came in.

Poor people, soldiers, veterans, people with disabilities, abandoned dogs...

[FeetOfTheHeroLicker has donated 30,000 watts!]

Boss, how much are you getting per settlement?

"Five million won."

[Huh?]

[That’s all you're getting?]

[What the hell, only that much???]

"No, I mean I'm getting five million won."

[Isn't that the same thing?]

[Wait what the hell are you talking about?]

[Ahhhhhh okayㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I get it now]

The settlement money was divided between the lawyers and me at a 9:1 ratio.

If the amount I was getting was five million won, then the total settlement per person was fifty million won.

For settlement money over online hate comments, that was a damn huge amount.

"But you know, I actually thought about something for leniency."

[Holy shit that’s so boring]

[You asshole, you're ruining the vibeㅡㅡ]

The entire chat exploded in rage.

But my thinking was a little different.

"Hey, just listen to me!"

[Huff puff...]

[Bro I was flying high and you just poured detox all over it wtf]

[These dopamine junkies, man...]

"You know the ones who want leniency?"

Once again, I pulled out my trusty magic notebook.

The method to earn leniency was simple.

Just apologize.

[The only Apple I recognize is the fruit, you asshole;;]

[Bro kick this boring-ass dude out already]

[No but fr, can I just swear at you and then apologize too lmao]

"Film a proper apology video."

Record a video where both your face and your ID are clearly visible.

Of course, the ID should have the last digits and address blurred out.

Shoot a five-minute-long video like that and upload it to YouTube.

[Knew itㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[No wonder he sounded all magnanimousㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[5000 bucks vs your face all over the internet]

Of course, I prepared for the case where they'd delete the video after getting leniency.

I'd have them send the videos to me too, and I’d personally upload them on my own channel.

"Alright, your choice."

With a heart full of mercy, I offered them two options.

Cough up fifty million won, or have your face plastered all over the nation.

"I’m not gonna force you."