I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 114

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After the banquet ended, the Count brought me to his study.

Since this was a place where the Count spent a lot of time, I was worried about sensing a lot of ‘evil’ energy, but contrary to my concerns, I didn’t feel much of anything.

Well, if the Count had any sense, he wouldn’t openly place anything related to ‘evil’ in a study where many people come and go.

“You’ve become quite close to Lute Sieri.”

The Count took out whiskey from a liquor cabinet arranged on one side and poured it into a glass.

But there was only one glass. How petty of him to drink alone.

“You told me to get close to the Duke. I put in quite a lot of effort. It was someone’s order, after all.”

“….”

“Well, I didn’t expect the Duke to cherish me to that extent.”

When I shrugged my shoulders, the Count’s face twisted slightly.

“Was bringing the Duke here really your plan?”

“The Duke wanted to come first. But I thought it wouldn’t be bad either, so I brought him along.”

“Not bad?”

“Yes. It’s an opportunity to directly show you that I’m carrying out your orders well.”

I properly showed that the Duke cherished me so much that he was being prickly toward the Count’s family.

Of course, the real reason was because I wanted to see the Count’s family being suppressed by Lute.

“Don’t you think this deserves sufficient compensation?”

Since I carried out the order well, I should receive a reward.

When I deliberately revealed my greed without hiding it, the Count let out a hollow laugh.

“So you seduced the Duke to get money.”

“Yes! If not for that, why would I stick by that fickle Duke’s side? He’s a petty man who claims to have lots of money but doesn’t even give gifts.”

It’s not a lie. He just generously gives cash, which is better than gifts.

I feel a bit sorry for calling him petty, but honestly, this isn’t a lie either.

“If I give you a reward, will you distance yourself from Lute Sieri then?”

“Why? Do you still need Lute Sieri? Then I’ll gladly continue acting. Of course, I’ll collect the full price for that too.”

“You’ve become unnecessarily greedy.”

The Count clicked his tongue. But contrary to his tone, his expression didn’t look too bad.

“Still, it’s better than when you were stupidly disobedient and acting selfishly. Yes, just live like that. Then I’ll give you what you want too.”

“Thank you!”

Thank you, my foot. Once I get Rubar Village, I’ll have no more business in Kiris.

Regret being deceived by me for a long time.

“I’ll give you the money and estate documents you requested soon. You may return for today.”

My face, which had been rubbing my hands together in front of the Count, cracked.

Not today, but soon?

I wanted to finish quickly and leave quickly, but this really isn’t helpful.

“Whenever you give it is up to you, Count, but the later you give it, the later the suspension of the potion business will be.”

No matter what, I don’t want to stay here for more than three days.

Leaving behind the Count’s face twisting unpleasantly at my threat, I escaped from the study.

I wasn’t scared at all of the piercing glare boring into me.

“Are you finished with your conversation?”

“Oh, Captain?”

The person who greeted me as I left the study was none other than Seth.

I quickly approached him standing in the corridor.

“When did you arrive?”

“I came as soon as I heard that the Holy Maiden was alone in this place. Did anything happen?”

“Yes, I’m fine. Have you eaten, Captain?”

“Yes, I have. Are you returning to your room now?”

“Ah, before that….”

I was somewhat bothered by Lute’s reaction when I declined his suggestion to take a walk together in the dining room.

It was the moment I was thinking of going to look for him even now.

I stopped abruptly.

“Holy Maiden?”

Seth looked at me puzzledly as I suddenly stopped walking.

However, I had no time to answer.

Cold sweat instantly poured out, soaking my back. My hands began to tremble finely against my will.

My stomach churned, making me want to vomit everything I had eaten immediately.

This terrible energy, this disgusting smell.

【Warning! Powerful dark energy detected!】

Such a vicious aura that even the system issued a warning.

I slowly turned my head.

Right next to the Count’s study that I had just left.

From beyond the empty wall, an intensely thick ‘evil’ energy was emanating, enough to raise goosebumps.

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“Insolent thing.”

After Ordel left, Count Kiris clicked his tongue harshly.

While it was true that this was better than when she acted stupidly, that didn’t mean he was satisfied with the current situation.

The sight of her insolently looking him straight in the eye and making petty threats.

It seemed like there would never be anything about that damned thing that he would like in his lifetime.

“Hmm.”

Then a small vibrating sound came from somewhere.

The Count immediately stood up and opened the display cabinet where he had taken out the liquor earlier.

Among about a dozen bottles of liquor, he turned the cork of the bottle carved with dahlias three times counterclockwise.

Soon the display cabinet silently slid to the side, revealing an empty space.

The Count immediately stepped inside.

In the depths of the dark space, when he opened the drawer cabinet, a crystal sphere was sparkling with a dark red light.

This color meant that contact had come from a very important person.

As soon as he picked up the crystal sphere, a modified voice was heard.

-Hello, Joseph. It’s been a while.

“I greet my lord.”

Even though only voices were transmitted and the other party couldn’t see him, the Count answered in a very reverent posture.

The only one who could hear the voice of the one he served, and the lord who led everyone in that person’s stead.

He didn’t know the name, face, or identity, but none of that mattered to the Count.

To him, the owner of that voice was no different from a Holy Sage.

-Our fake Holy Maiden is at your house, I hear? Along with Lute Sieri, no less.

How did he know they arrived today? As expected, the lord was great.

“That’s correct. The stupid thing was causing me trouble, but now she’s following my orders and keeping Lute Sieri well attached.”

The Count’s pushing his adopted daughter into the Sun God’s Main Temple as a fake Holy Maiden, and keeping Lute Sieri tied to the temple, were all due to his lord’s orders.

-Yes, how does Lute Sieri seem?

“How does he seem?”

-Does he look pale, or seem to be in pain somewhere, or have trembling hands? Are there no such symptoms?

Is Lute Sieri sick?

The Count slightly frowned.

He merely followed his lord’s orders, but didn’t know why Lute Sieri had to be kept tied to the Sun God’s Main Temple.

So the question was quite bewildering.

“We even had dinner together this evening, but I didn’t see any such signs at all.”

-How did the relationship with our fake Holy Maiden seem?

“The Duke seemed to have somewhat obsessive tendencies.”

Surprisingly so.

Who would have thought that Lute Sieri would show such behavior toward someone as insignificant as Ordel.

Perhaps this too might be part of the plan my lord has devised.

My lord knows everything, after all.

“The fake Holy Maiden had the audacity to demand compensation for keeping Lute Sieri captive. Money, land, things like that.”

-What? Hahaha!

A delighted burst of laughter erupted.

Though I had served him for quite some time, this was the first time I’d heard such a joyful voice.

-How audacious and greedy indeed. Her recent behavior has been a bit strange, so I’ve been keeping an eye on her…

“There doesn’t seem to be any need for you to concern yourself with it, my lord. I’ll try to appease her with some appropriate money and land.”

-If we can make use of that tool with just that much, then so be it.

“Yes. So I’m thinking of giving her land that’s useless to me but has some utility value.”

For example, the Albarun region in the corner of the western territory.

Actually, at first I considered giving her completely useless Rubar, but seeing Ordel’s behavior, it seemed better to give her land that generates at least some profit and make use of her.

-Handle that as you see fit. Just keep both the fake Holy Maiden and Lute Sieri confined in the Sun God’s Main Temple.

“Yes. I’ll do my utmost to ensure there are no failures.”

The Count bowed deeply to his master beyond the crystal sphere where he couldn’t be seen.

Whether it was a difficult task or an easy one, he was prepared to risk his life to carry out his lord’s commands.

-Ah, there’s one more thing I’d like to ask.

“Yes. Please command me.”

-Does our fake Holy Maiden happen to have a girl with her? Someone in her late teens?

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