Chapter 91. A Newbie Called Manager
Chapter 91. A Newbie Called Manager
Despite my bold declaration, not a single chat from Lee Chae-hyun appeared.
Her silence aside, the chat window was an absolute inferno.
[Oh ho, the foundation chairman himself summons her and some lowly employee just ignores it?]
[Guess she really has to live up to that nickname lol]
[For real though, come wipe the Saintess's feet]
[Let me wipe them too goddammit]
"Ms. Chae-hyun, hurry over and eat with us."
[ Saintess's Foot Wiper : ...I'll head over right away... ]
[Eat?]
[Sis, feed me too...]
[Sis is saying some insane things lololol]
A moment later, a message from Lee Chae-hyun appeared on my phone.
It said she would arrive in thirty minutes.
"Thirty minutes will be over in no time."
While we waited, we talked about future content ideas.
The topic of 'gates' came up, something we'd discussed before.
"The truth is, we still haven't found a suitable gate."
[But aren't there a ton of uncleared gates?]
[Can't you just grab any random one and go in?]
"Gates like that are a bit more complicated than you'd think, and none of them have really clicked for me."
[Lololol are you shopping for gates?]
[You're probably the first person in the world to be hand-picking uncleared gates]
"Whether it's a guild or an individual, if anyone has a problematic gate, feel free to contact me anytime..."
─ Ding-dong!
Thirty minutes had already passed while I chatted with the viewers, and the intercom buzzed from outside.
"It looked like our manager is here."
I asked the viewers for their understanding and stepped out into the living room.
The security team was reaching me through the intercom.
"Yes, she's a guest at my home."
Once I confirmed her identity, the security officer said they would send her right up.
"Hero, she's here?"
"Yes, she's on her way up from the first floor."
This was 'Saintess's Foot Wiper'—a non-hunter, but a beloved regular(?).
The news of her arrival had all the viewers buzzing with excitement.
[She's absolutely dead meat lolol]
[I want to tease her so badly]
─ Ding-dong...!
"Hero, I'll get the door."
The sound of the door opening reached us, followed by Lee Chae-hyun's voice.
Unlike the voice I always heard in formal meetings, now it was small and timid.
─ Knock, knock...
"Hero, may I come in?"
"Everyone, I'm told our broadcast manager has finally arrived."
[Dugun dugun dugun dugun]
[Just come on in and sit down first lol]
"Come on in!"
Once Laila opened the door and went out, Lee Chae-hyun cautiously poked her head in from behind.
Then she stepped into the space where countless viewers were watching from beyond the camera.
"Manager, I've been looking forward to this."
"..."
The stream title had already been changed to: 'Today's Surprise Guest: The Malicious Manager Collaboration!'
She must have dressed up for the occasion, wearing wide pants and a denim jacket.
"Ah... hello...?"
[Wow, did she really come??]
[Fucking lololol she's so unbelievably timid]
[It's insane that she came just because you called, and she's prettier than I expected]
[I really want to pinch her cheeks lololol]
Lee Chae-hyun bowed her head slightly and crept inside.
Her timid personality showed in her actions as she perched precariously on the edge of a chair.
"Are you nervous?"
When I smiled softly and looked at her, she just glared up at me, her head still lowered, only her eyes shifting sharply.
Her hands were neatly folded on her lap, and her legs kept crossing and uncrossing anxiously.
"Now then, our stream's manager: 'Saintess's Foot Wiper'. Please introduce yourself."
"...I-I'm... Lee Chae-hyun. I'm the stream's manager, and I work at the Seonghwa Foundation."
"Am I scary?"
I leaned in and smiled at her, trying to help her relax.
But the viewers seemed to interpret it differently.
[Wow, the framing is so damn violent]
[A woman who can't say no... I'll stop right here...]
[Seriously lololol if a controversy breaks out, I'll just assume it went exactly as it looked]
In the meantime, Laila brought various things from the kitchen.
"Since it's dinnertime, today we'll try doing a home mukbang for the first time and chat with you all."
"Ah, uh, sis... I'll help you..."
Perhaps wanting to escape the situation even for a moment, Lee Chae-hyun stood up.
But Laila gently pressed down on her shoulder.
"Hehe, you're our guest. Stay seated."
"Uwah... th-then please take this...!"
Lee Chae-hyun opened the bag she'd brought and handed a picture to Laila.
"Oh my, this is me!"
"It's fan art..."
"Did you draw this yourself?"
"No, I commissioned someone."
Even to my untrained eye, it was incredibly well drawn.
But she commissioned it?
[She's seriously a crazy fan lololol]
[She had someone draw this for her?]
[I've seen that art style somewhere]
[Oh, that's that person's work... must have been crazy expensive]
She even brought it in a frame.
Sure, she might be a malicious viewer, but at heart, she's a good person...
"Wow... sis, you're an amazing cook..."
The three of us sat together and ate.
All the while, we kept communicating with the viewers.
Lee Chae-hyun still kept her head half-lowered, slowly chewing a spoonful of rice.
"Manager, are you uncomfortable?"
"..."
[You fuck, I'm the one who's uncomfortable]
[Don't say anything to our Chaehyunie -_-]
['Our Chaehyunie' lololol]
Then, a viewer donation popped up.
[ Overflowing Holy-Power Pouch has donated 10,000 Watts! ]
- By the way, what kind of person is she to have so much money?
Truthfully, I was curious about that too.
I knew her parents ran a business, but they wouldn't give their child that much of an allowance...
[Right, she looks young]
[Not just here, she used to donate a lot in other places too]
Lee Chae-hyun flinched at the sound of the donation.
She put down her spoon and carefully opened her mouth.
"Ah... well... the allowance I got from my parents..."
Silence.
Before she could even finish, a chat flew up.
[What, is she some silver-spoon kid?]
[No wonder she was donating like hundreds of thousands of won each time]
[If it's not too rude, just one Me-ro please...]
"Hey, quiet! Don't jump to conclusions—let's hear the whole story first."
Lee Chae-hyun shook her head frantically with a flustered look, hurrying to continue her sentence.
"The thing is... my parents do run a business. But I invested a little of my allowance and it happened to go really well, so..."
[What, is she a crypto millionaire?]
[If it's not too rude, just two Me-ro please...]
[She does stocks?]
"Yes, I don't know much about crypto, so I invest in stocks."
[US market? Domestic market?]
[A stock gallery user was here all along lolololol]
"I do both..."
[Domestic and US markets are both legendary lololol]
[She was a fucking pro lolololol]
[A hero isn't just a hero—she's a Hero-Heroine]
[Bring out the wine and maidens lol]
As they chatted, I set my spoon down for a moment and silently watched her.
'Ah, no wonder she had so much money...'
It had never seemed like something a mere allowance could cover.
After the storm of revelations about Lee Chae-hyun's identity—the plot twist of her being an investment expert, and the silver-spoon suspicions(?)—the chat window continued to rage like a tempest.
[So will she be your advertising model going forward?]
[Malicious viewer > Manager > Advertising model lololol what even is this]
"I don't know about her being a model, but for now, I'll be using her as Laila's secretary."
Laila stroked Lee Chae-hyun's hair at those words and spoke.
"I'd be happy with that."
"I'll have her handle schedule management, document organization, and managing the company's supplies."
Another viewer questioned my unconventional personnel announcement.
[But if your parents run a business, couldn't you just inherit it or work under them?]
"Honestly, I just wanted to live as an unemployed person... but I wanted to be by my sister's side..."
Before she even finished, her face flushed bright red.
She lowered her head deeply, gripping her knees with both hands.
Her breathing grew as faint as if she had just confessed her love.
'Wow, a truly crazy fan...'
As if agreeing with my inner thought, the viewers were equally amazed.
[She's a total insane bitch...]
[That is true madness]
[She doesn't stalk to dig up dirt; she just gets a job at the company lolololol]
"Oh my, you like me that much~"
Laila wrapped her arm around Chae-hyun's shoulders and pulled her in gently.
[Hug me too!!!!]
[This is some hardcore stan luck right here]
[ Anonymous has donated 50,000 Watts! ]
- Would it be possible to ask what kind of business her parents are in?
I looked at Lee Chae-hyun.
She didn't seem particularly uncomfortable with the question.
"If it's a sensitive topic, you don't have to answer."
"No... I can't really name the company or my parents directly, but... they work in something related to hunters."
"Hunters?"
Now I was even more curious.
As a fellow hunter, I wanted to ask her many things.
"Ah, so that brother of yours from the other day?"
"Yes, my brother is also a hunter."
No wonder I had felt mana when I met him.
She also mentioned that all her family members, excluding her, were hunters.
'An awakening, huh...'
Their precious daughter had signed a lifetime(?) contract with our company.
What if I repaid them by turning Lee Chae-hyun into a hunter?
'That's not a bad idea...?'
Of course, her own wishes were the most important thing.
"Manager, do you have any desire to become a hunter?"
"Hmm... I used to be upset that I was the only one who couldn't awaken, but now I'm fine with it."
"What if you could awaken?"
For a moment, the light in Lee Chae-hyun's eyes flickered.
"It would be nice to awaken, but..."
"You. I'll awaken you."
"...Excuse me?"
I had already cleared the final content of defeating the Demon God.
And now, a newbie who hadn't even completed her class advancement(?) had appeared before me after I had cleared all the content.