I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 125

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Well. It would be stranger if Rute, of all people, had that much awareness.

“I won’t deny it. You’re not someone who would be fooled even if the Duke tried to deceive you.”

But this wasn’t something to discuss here and now, so I was thinking of suggesting we move somewhere else first.

If not for Rute’s next words.

“Why do you think that? Even if the Holy Maiden blatantly lies and tries to deceive me, I’m willing to be gladly fooled by whatever it is.”

“…What?”

What did Rute just say? He must be joking, right?

However, his face right in front of me was serious without a trace of laughter.

“If anyone else did that, I’d be angry enough to want to kill them…”

Rute’s silver-gray eyes stared directly at me.

Was it my excessive delusion to feel some unknown heat in those eyes that should normally look cold?

“Being deceived by the Holy Maiden is fine. Only the Holy Maiden is fine.”

My spine stiffened at words filled with sincerity too deep to ignore.

“Except for just one thing.”

Rute pulled my stiff hand.

For a moment I wondered if this was okay, but seeing Rute’s face contort as if in pain while looking at my blood-covered hand, I couldn’t pull my hand away.

Rute used magic to cleanly wipe away all the blood on my body.

Every time Rute’s unique magic power brushed my skin, my fingers twitched involuntarily.

His magic power was surprisingly gentle and comfortable.

“When you’re in pain, don’t hide it and tell me. You can deceive me about everything else, but don’t hide your pain and lie about it. That absolutely cannot happen.”

“…”

“The Holy Maiden needs at least one place to lean on comfortably, doesn’t she?”

At his promise to gladly become such an existence, I couldn’t say anything.

While I only moved my lips, Rute, who had carefully wiped away the blood, stood up from his seat.

As if my answer wasn’t particularly important.

I let out a hollow laugh at his attitude that he would do as he pleased regardless of what I said.

Well, Rute has always been this kind of person.

“I’ll take care of the preparations to return, so Holy Maiden, just rest in the meantime.”

“Huh!”

Rute, who had been looking at me with displeasure, suddenly bent down and lifted me up in his arms.

Surprised by the feeling of my body suddenly floating in the air, I unconsciously grabbed Rute’s collar.

“…I didn’t expect you to be held shyly, but I didn’t think you’d grab my collar right away either.”

“At least I didn’t hit you.”

“That’s right, thank you.”

Rute’s embrace was more comfortable than I thought.

The hands supporting my back and under my legs were also reliable. My floating body didn’t feel unstable at all.

Was it because of the baseless confidence that Rute wouldn’t drop me like this?

The hand that had grabbed his collar was now resting comfortably on his shoulder.

“I’ll send Karen Boreo, so Holy Maiden, don’t do anything and just rest well.”

Rute set me down on the bed.

Then he looked at me for a long time, lightly squeezed my hand, and soon went outside with a potion box floating with magic.

“I didn’t expect to be found out… But since it’s Rute, it’s not bad.”

He would never do anything I disliked, so he would keep this secret too.

So I lay down comfortably without any worries and closed my eyes.

For some reason, the warmth remaining on my fingers now was more vivid than the sharp pain that had torn through my insides.

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Rute, who forcibly tore away his reluctant steps from leaving Ordel and came outside, immediately moved into action.

He first approached Ordel’s escort knight who was waiting at a distance.

“The potion preparation is finished, so take it. And the Holy Maiden said she wants to leave this place immediately and return to the Grand Temple.”

“Right now?”

Thanks to completely eliminating all traces of blood including the smell, Victoria didn’t notice anything.

Rute nodded to her puzzled question.

“That’s right. Karen Boreo will handle the Holy Maiden’s preparations, so you inform the Order Commander and prepare immediately.”

“Yes! Understood! This damn place, we’re finally leaving.”

“…”

Victoria, who spat out fierce curses, quickly bowed to Rute and hurriedly left with the potion.

To think that Holy Knight who seemed so calm would curse so passionately.

That must mean she’s that loyal to Ordel.

After nodding satisfactorily, he also returned to his room. He sent Karen to Ordel and harassed Yuri while preparing to leave as quickly as possible.

“Ah, no, what is all this sudden commotion about?”

Yuri, who was processing the documents Rute had dumped on him with a gloomy face, was bewildered by the sudden order, but his body faithfully prepared for departure.

Rute, who even left it to Yuri to notify Count Kiris of their departure, soon left to do the last thing he needed to do here.

Where to?

A high room in a corner of the Count’s manor.

A very dirty place with no windows and no cleaning, where even the servants rarely went.

Infiltrating that place while avoiding people’s eyes was not difficult at all for Rute.

He opened the door Karen had told him about and went inside.

“…”

And he was seized by rage as extreme as when Ordel coughed up blood.

“Ha.”

So the only person he acknowledged could deceive him had lived in this kind of room.

With clenched fists, he couldn’t leave that spot for a while until the departure preparations were completed.

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Whatever harassment Rute had done, the departure preparations were finished very quickly.

Yoanna tried to hold us back, asking why we were leaving already, but Rute didn’t even glance at her and slammed the carriage door shut as soon as we got in together.

And so we left the Count’s manor.

“Phew.”

Leaning against the carriage sofa that was more comfortable than a bed, I finally felt my tension release.

Surely I won’t have to suffer from coughing up blood and body-tearing pain like this every time I use my power in places influenced by ‘Evil’ from now on, right?

That would be troublesome.

【’Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ says that such side effects will disappear as divine power becomes stronger.】

How many percent do I need to reach to be completely fine?

【’Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ boldly shouts that even at 50%, you’ll cough up less blood.】

So you’re telling me to offer 10 billion more now?

And it’s not that I’ll be completely fine, but just cough up a little less blood?

I squeezed my eyes shut.

Absolutely not.

Anyway, once Idella awakens, I won’t be exposed to such situations either, so there’s no need to struggle to raise my divine power.

‘…Come to think of it.’

At a sudden thought, I looked across from me.

For some unknown reason, Rute, who seemed to be in quite a good mood, was humming lightly while looking outside.

‘Even if the Holy Maiden blatantly lies and tries to deceive me, I’m willing to be gladly fooled by whatever it is.’

His words that were bewilderingly full of sincerity.

But would he really say it’s okay even after learning that I’m a fake Holy Maiden?

If he feels disappointed… I think I’d feel very sorry.

“You’ll bore a hole in my face. Why, do I look even more handsome seeing me at night?”

Sensing my gaze, Rute turned to look at me. His smiling face did look particularly handsome as he said.

“That’s true.”

“…What? Why are you agreeing so readily? Holy Maiden, did you do something wrong to me? Or do you need money?”

After I gave him a nice compliment, this guy.

“Do I look like such a stingy person who only gives praise when I need money?”

“A little?”

“….”

Is he being serious? I’m not that stingy with praise.

“Don’t worry, Holy Maiden. I’m willing to pay any amount as long as you give me praise. I’m your precious treasury, after all.”

Rute, with flowers in his hair, smiled very prettily as if he had made up his mind.

But unfortunately, there was no time to leisurely enjoy that beauty.

Boooooom!

Behind the flower-adorned Rute, a tremendous roar erupted along with bright red light shooting up into the sky.

“….”

It seems like a terrifying explosion happened somewhere, but with Rute smiling brightly right in front of me, it doesn’t feel real.

Outside, startled people were frantically shouting in confusion, but inside the carriage remained quiet as if it had nothing to do with any of it.

The bright red sparks fluttering and coloring the dark night sky matched Rute so perfectly that I was left speechless.

“…Duke.”

“Yes, Holy Maiden.”

“This explosion sound, does it happen to be connected to you, Duke? Your reaction is too calm for you to claim ignorance.”

Instead of answering, Rute smiled even more brightly.

So this guy was the culprit after all! Just what did he do and where!

Don’t tell me this guy did the same thing I did?

I looked suspiciously at Rute, who was uncharacteristically grinning continuously.

Of course, I couldn’t find out anything until the very end.

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