I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 101

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In the end, after extracting quite a satisfactory reward from the Annihilation God, I left the room.

 

Even though it was a conditional reward I couldn’t use immediately, it was much better than having nothing.

 

【’The Traveler Who Guides Souls’ protests that calling such a good reward merely better than nothing is wrong.】

 

Let’s ignore the complaining message.

 

I got everything I could get, and since I couldn’t hear divine revelations right away, I no longer needed the Annihilation God.

 

【’The Traveler Who Guides Souls’ is greatly shocked by the user’s statement. Complains to ‘The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ that you’re too heartless.】

 

【’The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ kicks away ‘The Traveler Who Guides Souls’, saying they’ll get used to it.】

 

I pushed away the white and black windows fighting before my eyes and walked quickly again.

 

Now there was only one thing left to do in the Southern Region.

 

Knock knock.

 

When I arrived at my destination and knocked on the door, it immediately swung open.

 

“You came, Holy Maiden?”

 

Jeremy came out from inside and greeted me warmly.

 

That’s right. I came here to meet Idella.

 

“Where is she?”

 

“Over there.”

 

I turned my head in the direction Jeremy pointed and was startled.

 

“Why, why is she tied up?”

 

Why on earth was Idella tied up, merged as one with the sofa?

 

And why was her mouth gagged?

 

“I told you to watch her carefully, not to tie her up like that!”

 

At this shocking scene I never imagined, I smacked Jeremy’s back repeatedly.

 

I needed to win her favor to take her with me, but this would only make her dislike us more!

 

“I had no choice. She attacked me.”

 

“Did she try to escape?”

 

She had clearly promised to stay here today, so was that a lie? That couldn’t be.

 

There was no reason to refuse such a good place to sleep.

 

“Not that. She told me to get out, and when I didn’t leave, she attacked me.”

 

“You could have easily stopped her.”

 

Even though Idella was quite spirited, she was still an ordinary person who hadn’t awakened yet.

 

Jeremy could have subdued her with just one finger.

 

“Yeah. But she kept attacking, so it was annoying. Since it’s easier for me to watch her when she’s like that, I just tied her up!”

 

“…”

 

How innocent our Jeremy is.

 

What could I do? It was my fault for not telling him not to treat her roughly…

 

From now on, I’ll have to be precise when asking Jeremy to do anything.

 

“Go outside for now. I have something to discuss with her alone.”

 

“No way. What if she attacks you too, Holy Maiden?”

 

“I’m not someone who would be easily defeated.”

 

If it were Idella after awakening, maybe, but right now I was much stronger.

 

After urging him several more times, Jeremy finally pouted and went outside.

 

Though he probably wouldn’t go far and would watch from nearby.

 

After we were finally alone, I looked back at Idella.

 

Idella’s eyes, with her whole body tightly bound and her mouth gagged, were truly frightening…

 

I never thought I’d feel the female protagonist’s presence like this.

 

How was I going to fix this situation…

 

“Um, first, are you… okay?”

 

When I first ungagged her mouth and asked, Idella threw a tantrum.

 

“Do I look okay?”

 

“Well, not really.”

 

I tried to untie the ropes binding her while receiving Idella’s bewildered gaze… but they were tied so tightly they wouldn’t come loose.

 

I had no choice.

 

Rrrip!

 

As soon as I wrapped divine power around myself and applied force, the rope tore like paper.

 

Having divine power is so convenient since I don’t need to do strength training.

 

“There, all done. Sorry for making you uncomfortable.”

 

I threw away the cut rope and smiled as gently as possible toward Idella.

 

It was my effort to somehow repair the damaged image.

 

But for some reason, as soon as our eyes met, she flinched and shook her head frantically.

 

“N-no. It’s fine.”

 

The girl suddenly became polite.

 

Given the situation, I would have understood if Idella spoke informally and threw a tantrum at me, but why did her attitude suddenly change?

 

“I’m sorry for tying you up carelessly. But please understand since he said you attacked him.”

 

I dusted off my hands and sat across from Idella.

 

But Idella’s eyes, which had been glancing at the torn rope, became fierce again.

 

“I’m not someone who attacks just anyone! Besides, he’s someone who saved me together with the Holy Maiden, so why would I attack him!”

 

“Then why?”

 

“I was trying to wash up, but he followed me into the bathroom to monitor me!”

 

Good heavens. I thought she had just kicked at him because his hovering around was annoying…

 

Jeremy, this was really too much…

 

“S-sorry. Our boy is lacking in common sense, well, very lacking…”

 

The embarrassment was mine to bear.

 

What the hell were those Sea God bastards doing instead of teaching the kid common sense? Did they just make him repeat training and missions? Even so, he’s still human, isn’t this really too much?

 

Such despicable bastards.

 

“We rescued a boy who was being tormented by bad guys and we’re keeping him with us. Those bastards didn’t teach him properly, so this incident happened. I’ll apologize on his behalf.”

 

“…Is saving people your hobby?”

 

Fortunately, it seemed like a reasonable explanation, as Idella’s face softened considerably.

 

“Not a hobby, more like a specialty?”

 

My previous life was as a detective, and my current life was as a contract Holy Maiden who agreed to save the Sun God, so it was fair to call it a specialty.

 

“Though that doesn’t mean I’m naturally a good person.”

 

I became a detective in my previous life simply because I hated seeing bad guys running wild.

 

If I caught even one more criminal, at least my friends would be a bit safer.

 

I started with just that level of thinking, not with any special sense of mission.

 

This life was the same.

 

I helped them one by one, hoping that the lives of the people I liked from reading the novel would become a little more comfortable.

 

If I had wanted to save everyone, I would have lived more busily, more frantically.

 

However, I focused on saving only those who appeared before me.

 

I’m only that kind of person. Not great at all.

 

“If I were truly a good person, I would have saved everyone in the slum. Not just bringing you here alone.”

 

“…Then why did you bring me?”

 

“Because I was curious why those bastards were targeting you.”

 

And because I was worried you might get kidnapped again.

 

If the future Holy Maiden and protagonist of this world got dragged away by ‘Evil’, it would be problematic in many ways.

 

“So you brought me here for a reason.”

 

Since I brought her not out of goodwill but with a purpose, I understood if Idella was disappointed.

 

“Now I can feel a bit more at ease. There’s nothing scarier than kindness without reason.”

 

But surprisingly, Idella had a much more comfortable expression.

 

I see. Idella was an orphan who wandered around without a home.

 

Because of that, she would have seen and experienced much more than girls her age.

 

In fact, even in the original work, Idella wasn’t completely innocent or kind.

 

She was far more realistic and rational than High Priest Airic or High Priest Seth.

 

Thanks to that quality, the Sun God’s Main Temple was able to recover very quickly.

 

“Let me introduce myself first. My name is Idella. I’m a commoner and an orphan, so I don’t have a surname.”

 

Idella straightened her posture and bowed to me.

 

“I’m late in saying this, but thank you for saving me. And I’m sorry. I tend to be suspicious of people first, so I was rude.”

 

A young girl not even twenty years old yet suspects everyone she meets.

 

That’s probably how she managed to survive without major trouble until now, but it’s still bitter.

 

“I’m Ordel. I have a surname, but I’m going to abandon it soon, so you don’t need to worry about it much.”

 

“…You’re abandoning your surname? Why?”

 

“Because my family is trash.”

 

“Oh… I thought all Holy Maidens were born into peaceful and wealthy families…”

 

“Before being Holy Maidens, we’re ordinary people too.”

 

“The Sea God’s Holy Maiden isn’t ordinary though.”

 

Oh my, comparing the Sea God’s Holy Maiden to me.

 

I gave her serious advice.

 

“Idella, let me tell you something in advance – you can’t compare those bastards to us. Remember this from now on. We don’t sit at the same table as those bastards.”

 

Since I was planning to take Idella to the Sun God’s Main Temple no matter what, I made sure to clarify this point.

 

Idella’s face became very troubled.

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