I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 121

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“Heheh, heheheh.”

Returning to my bedroom, I grinned from ear to ear as I looked at the Rubar land documents.

To obtain it this easily!

Even if I were holding a gold nugget the size of a human head in my arms, I wouldn’t be happier than this.

Well, sacred stones are more expensive than gold by weight.

With just this, I can quickly fill up 500 million without having to borrow money from Rute.

The remaining 500 million was received from the Count along with the Rubar land documents.

I clutched the land documents in one hand and the pouch containing 500 million in the other, laughing with glee.

“Stupid Kiris.”

When the Count gave me the land documents, I made constant efforts not to show my joy.

And I deliberately chose only stupid questions to throw at him.

“How big is the land? If it’s small, I’ll absolutely never stop the potion business.”

“Well, that sounds fine. What? Most of it is plains?”

“If it’s plains, can’t I plant lots of crops? Selling crops makes good money, right?”

“Now this land is mine, so even if I make lots of money, I don’t have to share it with the Count, right? It’s all mine, right?”

The Count’s face as he couldn’t contain his mockery at my carefully crafted questions.

I was already curious how that face would change when the fact that sacred stones were buried there became known.

Knock knock.

“Holy Maiden. It’s me.”

Just then, Rute came to visit.

I, who had been rolling around on the bed hugging the land documents and pouch, immediately opened the door.

“I was just waiting for you. Come in quickly.”

I grabbed Rute’s hand and pulled him inside, then slammed the door shut.

And I seated Rute on the only decent sofa in this room.

“Holy Maiden, you’re quite forceful. You don’t need to do this, I’ll obey you anyway.”

Rute, startled by my vigor, shyly lowered his eyes and covered one cheek with his hand.

Ridiculously pure.

To think I’d feel purity from a big man like this.

“Never mind that.”

But what’s important right now isn’t purity or anything like that.

I vigorously waved the land documents in front of his eyes.

“I finally got it. The land that will brighten our future with gold!”

How about that? How about that? Great, right! I didn’t expect to get it this quickly!

I’m this capable!

“I forgot. Our Holy Maiden likes money more than pretty things. To show off beauty in front of land documents.”

Rute removed his hand from his cheek, sighed, and shook his head.

“But it’s sacred stones. I can make anything I want with them!”

“I understand, so calm down first. If you shout like that, others will hear.”

Ah, that won’t do. This mustn’t be known yet.

I sat back down, calming my pounding heart.

But it’s natural to be excited.

“I’m going to use this to create a custom sacred relic for the Duke.”

Rute’s eyes widened.

“…What?”

“A dedicated sacred relic that fits the Duke better than the Holy Relic of Light he’s currently using, one that can more reliably alleviate the Duke’s pain.”

“Is that possible?”

“Of course. Until now, I couldn’t make one because the Sun God’s Main Temple had no sacred stones left. Who do you think I am?”

When I asked with a smile, Rute muttered as if reciting.

“…The daughter of the Sun God, the Holy Maiden.”

“That’s right. So wait just a little. I’ll give you a sacred relic you can use with peace of mind until I find a way to completely cure the Duke.”

“…”

Rute couldn’t say anything.

Hope and joy surged in his silver-gray eyes.

“Holy Maiden, I have something I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

“Why are you so good to me?”

Huh? What’s this about now?

“At first I thought it was just to make money, to benefit from Sieri. But to say it’s simply because of that, the Holy Maiden is giving me too much.”

“…”

“Even as far as I know, it seems like I’m the only person the Holy Maiden treats this well.”

That, I can’t deny.

I certainly did care more about Rute than others.

I didn’t even take care of Jeremy as much as Rute.

“What’s the reason?”

The reason. There’s only one, isn’t there.

“I just don’t want the Duke to suffer.”

The novel 【Holy Idella】.

Rute appears as a villain in this novel, but ironically, he suffers the most.

Rute, whose precious trading guild was ruined and even his proud clan was taken away, was miserably used by ‘Evil’.

He, whose very life wasn’t his own, blocked the protagonists’ path several times with already dead eyes before eventually dying.

And that without even leaving a corpse behind.

At first, I helped Rute for my own sake.

If he fell to ‘Evil’, it would become difficult for me too since I’d have to stop that guy, so I was determined to recruit him as an ally.

But the more I got to know him, the more I pitied him.

He’s such a confident person, how painful must it have been when he lost everything and fell into slavery in the original work.

So I wanted to protect him.

I wanted to keep helping him so he wouldn’t experience such things.

When I suspected that the black stain planted in his body might be ‘Evil’s’ intention, I became even more concerned.

As long as that stain doesn’t completely disappear, Rute’s future will continue to be unstable.

I thought I had saved Rute, but I haven’t completely saved him yet.

“I hope you don’t hurt, don’t suffer. I hope you continue to live joyfully and happily.”

“…”

“Is it wrong for me to help the Duke for this reason?”

Rute couldn’t continue speaking for a long time.

Seeing him only moving his lips, I shrugged my shoulders.

“Well, to put it simply, I’m doing it because I want to. Is it burdensome?”

“Not at all.”

Rute shook his head firmly.

Somehow, his gaze looking at me seemed softer than before.

“Rather, I’m bewildered. To summarize, the Holy Maiden wants to give me everything because I’m precious to you, right?”

Seeing Rute’s bright smile, I became quite uncomfortable.

“I think it’s a bit different from that.”

“No. That’s right. You cherish me because I’m the Holy Maiden’s person.”

“I wouldn’t go so far as to say the Duke is my person…”

“The Holy Maiden is the daughter of the Sun God, and I am the First Disciple of that Sun God, so ultimately I am also the Holy Maiden’s person. Isn’t that natural?”

Huh? Does it work that way?

“So you must continue to cherish me. It’s not burdensome at all, so you can give me as much as you want.”

Usually people say to receive, but this guy tells me to give as much as I want.

“Of course, I’ll give the Holy Maiden just as much in return. I am the Holy Maiden’s person, acknowledged by the Holy Maiden.”

His tone was somewhat subtle, but anyway, since it was a conclusion for both sides to give and take with each other, I nodded.

We were already doing that anyway.

“In that spirit, as soon as I return to the Grand Temple, I’ll introduce you to workers who can dig up the buried sacred stones.”

“This quickly? Even though you’re a Duke, I thought it would take a few days.”

“If it takes several days just to find workers, my reputation as a mine owner would be ruined.”

My goodness. A halo shone from behind Rute’s back.

Actually, saying I was concerned about him was an excuse, and seeing how he immediately provided what I wanted, wasn’t I also giving him a lot?

Rute is the best.

“Then since we’ve finished our business, shall we leave this place right away?”

I shook my head, forcing myself to close my mouth that was about to grin widely.

“Not today.”

“Why?”

Rute’s face immediately turned menacing.

I want to leave faster than you do, you know?

But today, I absolutely had to stay here.

“I have something I need to do, and I need your help, Duke. Will you help me?”

“Hmm, I understand. It’s disappointing, but I also have something to do at night anyway, so let’s leave early tomorrow morning.”

“Here? What on earth are you…?”

Instead of answering, Rute only gave a bright smile.

No matter how I look at it, that’s a face with ulterior motives… In times like this, it’s best to just not know.

I pretended I hadn’t heard anything.

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Late night had arrived.

Having successfully gained Rute’s cooperation, I headed to my destination with him.

Where to?

“Is the Count inside?”

Right to Count Kiris’ office.

Now that I had obtained the documents for the land of Rubar, it was time to achieve the second purpose of coming to the Count’s mansion.

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