The Max Level Hero Has Returned!-Chapter 1131

The Max Level Hero Has Returned!-Chapter 1131

Chapter 1131
“
Meow.
”
The angel cat flapped its snow-white wings and burrowed into Perserque's stomach, curling up around the sleeping child’s home as if to keep them warm.
Davey glared at it. “Hey. Bluefin. I'm telling you nicely. Get down.”
Of course, cats weren’t the kind of creatures that listened to commands from anyone. Bluefin burrowed even deeper into her arms and let out an exaggerated yawn, as if to show off.
Aside from appearance, it wasn’t all that different from a regular cat.
“Davey, are you seriously jealous of a baby right now?” Perserque scolded him, but that wasn’t what mattered to him.
“A baby? Don’t be ridiculous. An angel cat that’s five years old is already a full-grown adult. I told you, that thing's rotten to the core. It’s a dirty one.”
“Come now, how could you say that about such an adorable little thing?” When she gently scratched Bluefin’s throat, it purred contentedly and snuggled even more warmly against her stomach.
“Whether it's a house cat or an angel cat, it’s good to see that their instinct to co-parent even someone else’s baby hasn’t changed.”
Bluefin, her lazy spoiled pet, was especially fond of her. That said, it wasn’t the type to lash out at others without reason, so Davey didn’t exactly hate it for its affection either.
“Davey.”
“
Hmm?
”
“When do you think this child will be born?”
At her question, Davey closed his eyes for a moment. “Around when winter comes.”
Perserque smiled softly at his reply. She didn’t bother to check whether it’d be a boy or a girl—it wasn’t something she wanted to know. “What about what you were working on?”
“The major fires have already been put out. All that’s left is to take it easy and scheme a bit more.”
He knew that getting any further involved in foreign affairs would only burden Baris. What mattered more to him than the continent’s politics at that moment was Evangeline.
The fact that Eva had run off to Earth wasn’t too worrying, since there were trustworthy people who would look after her. Even so, Davey couldn’t help but feel a little anxious, worrying that she might be exposed to bad influences and learn terrible things.
Perserque reassured him, “Al Hajat is looking after her, so you don’t have to worry.”
“
Ah.
Yeah, you're right. Al Hajat’s solid.”
There weren’t many people with a character as admirable as that man’s.
“Davey, what would you do if Evangeline ended up more interested in painting than being some kind of hero?”
He answered without even needing to think, “Why would I be upset? Let her do what she wants. At least painting isn’t dangerous.”
“In that case...”
“But Earth’s still a no. It’ll have more of a bad influence than a good one on her, for this stage in her growth.”
“Is that from experience?” she said with an alluring smile.
“Something like that.”
He then kissed her cheek and turned away. It was a silent plea not to push the matter any further. He knew he might sound a bit stiff, but Earth’s civilization was a double-edged sword. He figured it’d be better to wait at least a few more years.
Still, the fact that she was starting to take an interest in painting was a relief. He had taught her swordsmanship and magic only so she could protect herself, not so she’d charge into danger like he always did.
In other words, it was far better for Evangeline to have a peaceful life where she didn’t need to wield a sword.
“But she’s actually pretty talented...”
Davey fell into thought as he looked at a drawing. It depicted Hyun-Ah, Yeon-Hee, and himself from his past life, when he was Shin Hyun-Soo.
From what he could recall, he had been frowning in the photo. Yet in the drawing, everyone was beaming so brightly that it made him smile just looking at it.
“Eva doesn’t hate you, her ego is just too strong. Plus, she’s just too shy to express herself. A father should be able to trust his daughter, don’t you think?”
Davey let out a complicated sigh. “Let’s give it a few more days.”
Receiving his reply, Perserque smiled faintly and turned her head.“You just earned a few more days.”
However, he didn’t catch her words, since Rinne had rushed over and started tugging at his clothes.
* * *
Ten thousand viewers.
[Whoa, she’s a big-time streamer now...]
[Not even a week since starting streaming and already over ten thousand?]
[Is this that legendary stream people keep talking about?]
[The way she baits attention is like a sticky trap lol]
“Sticky trap?”
The moment Evangeline repeated the words with a puzzled tone, the chat exploded with reactions.
[
Whoa,
her voice is way too cute!]
[Is that her real voice?]
“What do you mean? Wait... am I supposed to change my voice, too?”
There were still way too many confusing aspects of Earth’s social interaction culture for Evangeline to grasp.
[She’s seriously clueless, that’s so stinkin’ cute lol]
[She's the real deal omg]
[Our Eva can do whatever she wants!]
“
Ugh.
Whatever, I’ve been seriously bored these past few days.”
Every time she whined, the chat burst with excitement.
Her account had been suspended for a few days thanks to the glitched donation frenzy. For someone who had just discovered the enjoyment of streaming, it had been an unbearably dull experience.
“Actually, my sister went out to take a test today.”
[Sister?
Oh,
that voice from last time.]
[What kind of test?]
“She said it was the transfer exam or something for Korea University. Anyway, it's divided into three parts, and today’s the first one.” She giggled as she explained, “She told me that if she does well today, she’ll buy me good food.
Heh,
jealous? I bet you are!”
To her, it was just playful bragging, but the viewers seemed to only find the teasing attitude even more endearing.
“So with that in mind, what should I draw today...?”
[Teacher, you draw every time. How about you switch it up today?]
“
Hmm.
”
[Let’s be real, you’re outta stuff to draw, aren’t you?]
She had nothing to say to that.
After several days of streaming, she had truly already drawn everything she wanted to. Once nothing new was able to come to mind, she suddenly felt stuck.
“
Ugh.
I should’ve prepared more for this.”
[LOL actually this is even better.]
[Do something else for now, then you can still draw if inspiration hits.]
“Y-Yeah, should I? Oh right! Like I promised, I’ll enable donations, but you all have to make me a promise, okay?” she said firmly. “Don’t go wild with it. I’ll always notice, and I read almost every chat since I’ve got quick eyes.”
The chat filled with laughter again.
[
Hehe,
well how about this then.]
[I heard the streamer here is kinda dumb.]
As the chat flared up with insane momentum, her eyes narrowed.
“Uncle! T-The chat!” she shouted, grinding her teeth.
The chat instantly froze.
“Stop it, all of you! Why don’t you believe me? You think I can’t see your messages as long as you spam that fast?”
With a chilling tone, she started scrolling through the viewer list one by one and added them to the ban list. “PricklyBackSweat. ParkJoongGi. CatEyebrows.
Hmm.
”
As the chat resumed again, question marks began flooding in.
[???]
[???]
“For everyone who teased me just now, you all get a thirty minute timeout to cool your heads.”
[Wait, Teacher!!!]
[What even is this...]
“You thought I didn’t notice? You all made fun of me.”
As Evangeline spoke calmly, more question marks began popping up in the chat.
[PricklyBackSweat – She really read all that, geez]
[CatEyebrows – She actually went through the whole list? Is she really a newbie? I bet no one else could pull that off.]
Within an instant, the chat had erupted in disbelief.
“
Phew.
I’ll let it slide just this once since it’s your first time.”
Ding!
[FoxTail has donated 1,000 won.]
- So, boss, are you gonna turn on the cam or what?
Evangeline froze with a blank look. “I have to turn on the camera?”
[Wait, is that even a question? You gathered ten thousand people here, and you’re not going to turn the cam on?]
[
Wow.
Must be nice being that spoiled.]
[So cold-hearted, are you the devil or what, Teacher?]
Clearly flustered, her eyes darted across the screen, but of course, the viewers couldn’t see her face.
Ding!
She then got a message from her manager, Al Hajat, in the chat.
[Manager - You don’t have to do it if you’re not comfortable.]
‘Isn’t he supposed to be busy?!’
Though flustered, Evangeline caught his message in a flash. Naturally, the rest of the chat scrambled to bury his comment by flooding the screen, but it was already too late.
“He says I don’t have to.”
[Damn the manager...]
[You’ve got ten thousand people begging...]
[Boss... it’s so dark in here...]
The mob of complaints came rushing in again, and Evangeline clenched her teeth. “Stop whining already! You’re not kids!”
She figured that if she scolded them like they were being childish, their pride might take a hit and they’d back off. The last thing she wanted was to recklessly reveal her identity.
Even though her name, Evangeline, had mostly disappeared from the internet by then, the nightmarish scenes from back then still haunted her.
She knew not all humans were like that, yet the idea of revealing herself was terrifying nonetheless. However, she didn’t know just how relentless viewers could be.
[
Goo goo gaga
, me baby viewer... turn on cam...]
[Mommy, where am I? It’s cold here...]
“W-What is this...?”
[
Waaah! Waaah!
]
[
Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!
]
Her pupils started trembling nonstop. She was banning the spam accounts one by one, but every single one of them kept crying out in unison. It made her feel like steam was shooting out of her ears.
“
Kyaaah!!
No! I said no!!”
Screaming, she even shut off her mic. Then she opened the notepad.
- Because of you all, I’m not using the mic anymore.
The chat, which had been spamming nonstop, froze like ice.
[???]
[Wait, really?]
[No way, right?]
[Please, boss...]
However, Evangeline stood her ground.
- Nope. Not having it. If you don’t like it, you can leave. I seriously mean it! I’m really not doing a cam!!
Then, just like that, she began drawing. It was a huge dokkaebi, fuming with rage.
[She’s straight-up scamming us again through her drawings...]
[She really turned off the mic? Fr?]
[No! Don’t do this to us! Turn it back on!]
[
Aaaagh!!
I’m losing my mind!!]
[I think I’m gonna lose my meal now!!]
Ignoring the screams filling the chat, Evangeline kept drawing.
She figured maybe some of the viewers would’ve left in the meantime, but the viewer count had barely changed once she finished.
- Why aren’t you leaving? I turned off the mic and everything!
[Boss... it’s so cold here...]
[It’s too dark and quiet... save us...]
Reading the chat behaving if it was on the verge of dying, her heart began to waver.
- D-Don’t say things like that, please...
[What’s the point of living like this...]
[I came all this way just to hear your voice...]
[I fell asleep to your goodnight... and now you do this... even the heavens have abandoned us...]
[By Neltarid, this is too cruel...]
As the chat turned into something resembling a funeral service, Evangeline finally caved and sent a desperate plea.
- Manager! Help me!!
However, of all times, Al Hajat was too busy to respond at that moment.
Ding!!
[Constellation Sagittarius has donated 500,000 won.]
-
Boss. Please... let us hear your voice... I’m losing my mind...
She had no words.
The notorious donor. The infamous Mr. Chairman! It was the same guy who once tried to mess with her account.
“I’m not taking this money,” Evangeline growled as she turned her mic back on and promptly banned the user Constellation Sagittarius.
“Enjoy your permanent ban.”
[
Whoa...!
The audacity to ban Mr. Chairman...]
[She legit don’t need money? DAYUM]
Ignoring the shocked reactions from the viewers, Evangeline let out a short sigh.
“I’m letting it go just this once. I’ll turn on the cam when I want to, so stop complaining. Seriously though, if it happens again, I’m gonna get mad.” She huffed and puffed as she spoke, and the chat was instantly flooded with laughter again.
“See this dokkaebi here? It’s seriously scary, and its name is Shiverwock. If you make me mad, it’ll show up and... and,
uh...
make you do five thousand squats or something.”
[???? since when did Shiverwock become a gym bro?]
[Korean dokkaebi becoming a gym bro]
Evangeline had been referring to the real Shiverwock who was obsessed with working out, but the viewers just assumed she was making stuff up.
[LOL I’m kinda curious now.]
[Same brooo]
“Why would anyone want to see it? Just thinking about it makes my head spin...” she muttered in disgust, having seen it actually work out before.
“But also... I see some of Moderation’s viewers are here too.”
[dd – :) ] [aa – :)) ] [E – :))) ] [tt – :)))) ] [Moderation – :D ]
[Bro what? Why are you here?]
[Moderation – What? It’s not my stream time. I’m just here as a viewer.]
Moderation, a well-known drawing streamer, once hosted her stream and brought in four thousand viewers at once. Since then, her popularity had steadily grown.
“Oh? Moderation, you're here?”
[Moderation – Salute! I like people who draw well.]
[He really be saying his ideal type right now,
huh.
]
[Bro, pull yourself together!!! Eva is underage!]
Watching the chat descend into chaos, Evangeline decided to ask something she’d been curious about. “But why are Moderation’s viewers called greeders? That’s what I heard, at least.”
[
Shhh,
don’t say it out loud.]
[Moderation – Kids don’t need to know. Hey, quiet down, you guys.]
[Moderation, you went from spicy over there to sweet and mild here, and now you’re losing your mind,
huh?
]
The tone shifted again at their comment.
“I did see someone calling them psychos...”
[Wow, way to roast them.]
[What an honor it is...]
Startled, Evangeline flinched. “An... honor?!”
Ding!
Moderation has donated 100,000 won.
-
Stop it, you lunatics!!! Don’t cross the line!!!
His desperate outburst triggered a wave of laughs in the chat.
Moderation tried to steer things back on track. Alas, where there were loyal fans, there were always trolls.
[If you search Moderation on Picabay...]
[You crazy bastard!!!]
Ding!!
[User xx has been banned.]
The user was banned in an instant. Then, a flurry of urgent messages came in.
[Manager – Eva, trust me, okay? Don’t. Absolutely do not click on the link.]
[Manager – Eva, trust me, okay? Don’t. Absolutely do not click on the link.]
[Manager – Eva, trust me, okay? Don’t. Absolutely do not click on the link.]
[Manager – Antonio! Stop her, now!!]
Clearly in a panic, Al Hajat even resorted to spamming the chat. Unfortunately, her curiosity had already been ignited.
Antonio rushed to open the door in a panic just then, but it was already too late.
[Moderation – Teacher, please!! Not there!! I told you maniacs not to cross the line!!]
[Go delete everything on it right now, you moron!!]
[Nooo!! The blank page is turning dark!!]
In the midst of the chaotic screaming, Evangeline quickly pulled out the ID that Hyun-Ah had lent her and began accessing a certain website.

Chapter 1131