I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 110

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“You’ve endured well, Sir Victoria.”

I calmed Victoria, who was still gripping her sword hilt.

Her rigidly hardened face showed no signs of relaxing.

“Holy Maiden…”

She moved her lips, glanced at Karen, then closed her mouth again.

She probably wants to ask if I’ve always been treated like this, but seems to be holding back because there are watching eyes.

I shrugged my shoulders.

“It’s fine. I came here to pay all of that back anyway.”

Poking at Yoanna doesn’t even count as revenge. That’s just petty mischief.

Real revenge should be received by the entire Kiris Household.

“How should I behave here?”

I guess she’s asking how she should respond to the Count’s family’s behavior…

“You don’t need to watch my reactions. You can do whatever you want to do.”

Now that Rute has expressed all his affection for me, the person in the position of power in this Count’s mansion is me.

The Count won’t dare raise his voice at me, if only to continue getting information about Rute through me.

Well, it wouldn’t matter if he did.

“Understood. I’ll tell the Order Commander as well.”

“Speaking of which, where is the Commander?”

“Ah, I know. He’s currently inspecting the estate.”

The one who answered was none other than Karen.

“He’s investigating with Count Polton to see if there’s anything dangerous.”

“Thank you for letting me know, Karen.”

“Yes. And there’s supposed to be a dinner banquet this evening to welcome the Holy Maiden and the Duke.”

A banquet. I have very good memories when it comes to the dining room.

The place where I first possessed this body, and where I was ridiculed by everyone and chased out in complete disgrace.

“That sounds very exciting.”

Back then I was chased out without eating anything, but I wonder how it’ll be today?

“His Grace said he would take a walk until then. What would you like to do, Holy Maiden? If staying in the room feels stuffy, would you like to go out as well?”

“No. I’m going to sleep. Karen and Sir Victoria should rest too.”

Karen made a strange expression for a moment at my answer, then nodded.

“Then I’ll come back this evening to help you dress up.”

“Dress up? I’m not going to do that.”

Why would I do that? I already hate having to eat with the disgusting Count’s family.

Still, since Rute will be there, I should at least comb my hair.

“Then please rest, Holy Maiden.”

“I’ll go out as well. Call me anytime if you need anything.”

Karen and Victoria, who had helped me change into comfortable clothes, left the room together.

As the surroundings became quiet, I looked around the room once and spread my divine power to envelop the area.

“God, you’re listening, right?”

To prevent the sound of my conversation with the Sun God from leaking out.

Since I don’t know who might be listening from where.

【’The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ responds that he is listening.】

I wondered if the Annihilation God might also appear, but since this isn’t the Temple of the Annihilation God, there was no response.

That’s fortunate. When both gods are present, it really becomes chaotic and the conversation doesn’t progress at all.

“Does my intuition become more sensitive as my divine power grows stronger?”

Living as a detective and training my body, I had better intuition than ordinary people.

But for some reason, since possessing this world, my intuition has been getting better and better, sometimes becoming accurate to a chilling degree.

More precisely, the stronger my divine power becomes.

【’The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ says that’s correct.】

As I thought, my guess was right.

“Is the unpleasant feeling that makes my stomach feel bad also related to that? Or is it just simple indigestion?”

【’The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ responds that it’s definitely not indigestion.】

We’re only exchanging indirect questions and answers to avoid triggering the system’s annoying divine secret warnings, but even this is enough to get the answers I want.

The reason why I can now clearly feel the unpleasant mood that I couldn’t sense when I only had 2% divine power.

As I thought, ‘Evil’ is definitely coiled up here.

Unlike me, Rute’s black stain showed no major reaction. He didn’t seem to feel any discomfort either.

Could it be that he’s fine because he’s wearing the Sun God’s sacred artifact?

I don’t know the reason, but it’s fortunate. Only I’m uncomfortable.

“Since they’re subordinates of the bad guy, I can get rid of them without hesitation. Good.”

If it were simply ‘Ordel’s’ revenge, I would have just done some petty retaliation against the Count’s family and ended it…

But they’re subordinates of ‘Evil’ that dreams of world destruction?

Then it’s definitely a destruction ending.

【’The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ smiles contentedly at the user’s firm resolve.】

【’The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ enthusiastically cheers for the user.】

“Yes. Cheer enthusiastically. If I’m ruined, you’ll be ruined too.”

To think such a god is my partner in destiny. It really makes me sigh, but what can I do?

I guess this is also fate.

【’The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ is very satisfied with the friendship between the directly chosen Holy Maiden and the noble Holy Knight.】

Just as I had gotten the answer I was curious about and was about to withdraw the divine power I had spread out and lie down.

Satisfied with the friendship with a noble Holy Knight? What does that mean…

Ah, don’t tell me.

I immediately got up and flung open the bedroom door.

“Where are you going?”

What I heard at the same time was a caring and warm voice.

Seth, who was supposed to be touring the estate with Yuri, was standing alone in front of the door just like he had done before.

For some reason, that memory came to mind and I was about to feel somewhat wistful.

“…That doesn’t seem like appropriate attire for going out.”

Seth, who had been smiling affectionately, suddenly stiffened his face and hurriedly took off his outer coat to drape it over my shoulders.

“It might be heavy, but if you’re not going back into the room, it would be better to wear it.”

Even after draping the coat over me, Seth couldn’t look this way.

He seems to be acting this way because I’m in sleepwear, but this is thick material that doesn’t show through at all, so isn’t it fine?

Is our Seth a Confucian boy?

“You’ve seen me in sleepwear many times at the Grand Temple.”

They say ladies shouldn’t walk around in sleepwear, but I’m not a lady.

Being a Korean who naturally wears sleepwear at home, I often walked around the Grand Temple in sleepwear at night.

Since they’re used to my eccentric behavior, not only Seth but others didn’t say anything, so why suddenly today?

“Because this isn’t the Grand Temple.”

Seth answered firmly.

“This place has many scoundrels, so it’s better to be careful.”

Oh… So he just called the Count’s mansion a den of scoundrels?

Looking at it, he doesn’t hide his dislike for the Count’s family at all.

“You’re not referring to me as that scoundrel, are you?”

At the voice that suddenly interrupted, we both turned our heads simultaneously.

Rute, whose face looked somewhat sulky for some reason, was approaching us.

“To think you firmly rejected my request to take a walk together, yet here you are having a cozy conversation with the Order Commander.”

As if his mood was unpleasant again, Rute was glaring intensely at my shoulder.

There’s nothing on my shoulder except Seth’s coat, so what’s stuck there?

“Duke, when you said you were going for a walk, did you mean let’s go together? Why do you speak so indirectly? You could just say it straight.”

“Our Holy Maiden really doesn’t understand the mood…”

Before Rute’s words were even finished.

“Huh? Order Master?”

Seth suddenly grabbed both my arms and lifted me up in one swift motion.

Then he set me back down inside the room and firmly shut the door from outside.

“…?”

What the. I was separated from the two men in an instant and left alone in the room.

Knock knock knock knock.

“Order Master?”

Knock knock knock knock.

“Why are you locking me up like this?”

I stared blankly at the closed door before knocking on it.

Should I just go back out?

But no matter how much I pushed the door handle, it wouldn’t open, so Seth must be blocking it from outside.

“I apologize. But since this isn’t the Grand Temple, it would be better if you didn’t walk around in such casual attire.”

It’s a dress-type pajama that doesn’t show anything, so what’s the problem?

“And since His Grace the Duke is here right now, I recommend you stay in your room.”

Rute? Rute should be used to seeing me in sleepwear.

When we were preparing for the dedication ceremony, we had drinking parties together in our pajamas every night.

At least I was wearing pajamas – there were times when Rute was just in a robe.

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