I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 120

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“You were truly magnificent, Duke. I may be ignorant about swordsmanship, but I can clearly see that your sword is very different from others.”

It would be different indeed. What he called teaching was practically a beating…

“Lloyd will also realize his shortcomings through this opportunity and strive even harder. As family, I offer my thanks.”

It seems she intends to show magnanimity rather than taking offense at this incident, but she’s chosen the wrong concept.

Lloyd is the heir to the Count’s family.

Yet Rute crushed that Lloyd excessively. He showed not an ounce of respect.

It was literally behavior that disrespected the Count’s family, but here his sister was praising Rute.

The expressions of the knights who took pride in belonging to the Count’s family were extremely unpleasant.

I shook my head back and forth.

Well, it’s their own doing. The knights also participated in Ordel’s abuse anyway, so there’s nothing to pity.

I haven’t forgotten how those knights dragged me to the Grand Temple while starving me, all because the Count ordered it.

“The Count’s daughter is, how should I put it.”

Rute muttered while looking down at Yoanna, who was smiling so brightly it was burdensome.

“Pure.”

“…Pardon?”

Not expecting to hear such words, Yoanna’s eyes widened.

Her fair, delicate cheeks flushed red.

Snap out of it. That’s not a compliment.

That expression on Rute’s face is definitely not one of praise!

“Like a pure white blank sheet of paper, I suppose.”

“…”

At the following words, Yoanna’s bright smile crumbled as she belatedly realized it wasn’t a compliment.

Usually calling someone a blank sheet means they have nothing in their head.

Rute is truly amazing for saying that so openly.

“Well then, Holy Maiden, let’s go. Oh my, what should I do about this sweaty smell?”

Rute turned around sharply, leaving behind the frozen Yoanna.

I felt uncomfortable seeing his kind face change as easily as flipping one’s palm.

I’m truly fortunate that Rute is an ally.

“You didn’t even break a sweat, so what are you talking about.”

“That’s true.”

Rute pulled off his gloves and tossed them to Yuri with a flick.

While Yuri fumbled to catch the gloves, Rute lightly washed his hands with magic and extended his hand to me.

“It wasn’t even at the level of stretching, but I did move around, so I’m a bit peckish. Let’s go have tea time together.”

Hmm, after directly feeling the aura of ‘Evil’ last night, my stomach still isn’t well, so eating dessert might be too much.

“I personally procured fruit tarts from a western dessert shop for the Holy Maiden. You’ll like them too.”

“Let’s go.”

If Rute bought it thinking of me, it’s bound to be delicious.

I immediately took Rute’s hand and started walking.

Though the back of my head tingled as if Yoanna was glaring at me, far from feeling itchy, it felt quite refreshing.

* * *

“That Ordel went to my room, you say.”

Count Kiris’s lips twisted upon hearing the report from Head Maid Linda.

The story about renovating the attic room where that thing lived was naturally a lie.

Ordel would know this fact as well.

Yet going there so brazenly was clearly a demonstration.

A pathetic threat saying to quickly hand over what he wants if he doesn’t want Lute Sieri to discover the existence of that room.

“I thought he had come to his senses when he acted somewhat cleverly for once, but it turns out he’s just become arrogant.”

It seems the foolish bastard’s nose has grown high now that he has the reliable supporter called Lute Sieri.

However, that is a rotten rope.

The reason he was sensitively watching Rute’s every move wasn’t because he wanted to get close to him, but to offer him intact to his master.

In the end, he too is nothing more than a tool, just like Ordel.

‘The sight of them licking each other without knowing they’re tools. How utterly ridiculous.’

What satisfied him most was the fact that Lute Sieri was dancing in the palm of his hand.

If he could just watch that up close, he could turn a blind eye to Ordel’s impudent behavior for a very short while…

But going too far would be troublesome.

“Joseph!”

Just then, his wife Sara burst through the door without even knocking.

This was unusual for her.

Since theirs was a loveless political marriage, they always maintained courtesy even between spouses.

Count Kiris frowned at Sara’s terrifyingly hardened expression.

“What happened?”

“Something did happen! Lloyd is battered and currently receiving treatment from a doctor!”

“Lloyd? Why?”

“Duke Sieri said he would teach him swordsmanship, didn’t he? Under that pretext, he caught the boy like catching a mouse.”

As if she couldn’t believe her own words, Sara burst into a loud, bitter laugh.

“Yes, the Duke can do that. It was Lloyd who first asked for teaching, and no matter how much he’s my son, I acknowledge the skill gap with the Duke, so even if his methods were somewhat excessive, it can’t be helped.”

Though Sara cherished her child, she wasn’t foolish enough to be blinded by parental love and unable to make objective judgments.

Lloyd was just an ordinary mediocrity who couldn’t be called talented even as empty flattery.

In contrast, Lute Sieri was one of the Empire’s finest magic swordsmen.

Moreover, he held power as well, so even if he had beaten Lloyd to a pulp, there was nothing to protest.

What angered her now wasn’t Lute Sieri.

“But I cannot tolerate that Ordel sat in a chair, laughing as he looked down at the sight of my son rolling on the ground so miserably!”

Even daughter Yoanna was standing, yet Ordel alone sat watching the sparring match.

No matter how much the Duke had suggested it, if that thing had any sense, he shouldn’t have done that.

Sara absolutely could not accept that fact.

“…Indeed, that thing’s behavior has crossed the line.”

The Count’s face twisted viciously upon learning the full situation.

Though his son’s foolish behavior in recklessly charging forward made him sigh, what angered him more was Ordel.

This won’t do. It seems he needs to remind him of his lowly position once again.

“How is Lloyd’s condition?”

“They say nothing is seriously broken or cracked. Yet he’s covered in bruises everywhere and can’t even move.”

Sara let out an incredulous laugh.

He had beaten the boy beyond recognition, yet it was absurd that he had controlled his strength while doing so.

“Tsk. Tell Lloyd to stay in his room and treat his body until the Duke leaves this place, without coming out. Nothing good will come from them facing each other.”

Though he called it treatment, it was no different from a confinement order.

However, Sara didn’t object. Lloyd wouldn’t want to go outside anyway if he had any shame.

“I’ll handle Ordel myself.”

“…Please do. Though I had to accept it because it helps the family, I don’t think I’ll ever grow fond of him.”

“There’s no need to grow fond of him. Tools are meant to be used as much as needed and discarded when no longer necessary.”

“You speak truly.”

Sara’s expression finally softened at the Count’s cold words.

After saying she would properly discipline Lloyd, she soon left the study.

Now all that remained was dealing with Ordel.

He had been planning to give him some useful land as a reward for successfully drawing in Rute…

If you’re going to act like that, then I have no choice but to prepare treatment befitting such behavior.

Let’s see if you can still smile while holding worthless land.

The Count’s lips twisted savagely.

* * *

Count Kiris summoned me when I had eaten about three of the tarts Rute brought.

Despite saying my stomach wasn’t well, the tarts topped with grapes, peaches, and lemon meringue were truly delicious.

But calling me without any sense of timing.

I had just eaten something delicious, but I was worried about getting indigestion if I went to meet the Count again.

What can I do? He must have called because of the negotiation, so I have no choice but to endure it.

“You called for me?”

As I entered the Count’s study, that unpleasant aura hit me like usual.

My stomach started churning again, but at least it wasn’t bad enough to make me nauseous immediately like last night.

I sat down across from the Count with relief.

“I heard you went to your room.”

As soon as I sat down, the Count threw out those words.

Indeed, it was delivered well!

“That threat was quite laughable.”

“A threat? If you put it that way, it hurts my feelings. I simply went there with hopeful expectations, wondering if my old room was really being renovated.”

But it wasn’t, was it? Far from it, the condition had gotten even worse.

When I spoke with genuine feeling, the Count’s lips twisted.

It looked like he was desperately trying to hide his irritation with a smile.

How many criminals did I interrogate in my past life? That level of acting can’t fool me.

“…Looking at this, it seems there’s nothing good for either of us if we drag this out any longer.”

Thud.

“Here, this is what you wanted.”

The Count threw an envelope onto the table dismissively.

I quickly grabbed it and pulled out the paper inside.

The first thing that caught my eye was…

【Rubar Region Land Document】

It was exactly the land deed I had so desperately wanted!

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