I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 128

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“I’m sorry.”

As soon as we sat facing each other across the table, Idella bowed her head deeply.

“Because of me, the Sun God’s Main Temple suffered damage it didn’t need to endure. I’m truly sorry.”

At this rate, she’ll bang her head on the table.

“I don’t understand why those bastards are targeting me, but if I continue to stay here, something like this might happen again. So I’ll leave the Grand Temple now.”

“Hmm.”

“Actually, I tried to leave right after the attack, but I thought it would be proper to greet the Holy Maiden before departing, so I waited until now. I definitely didn’t have any other intentions.”

I hadn’t suspected that at all though.

“Well, from what I can see, Miss Idella leaving doesn’t seem like a very good idea.”

“…What?”

Surprised by my words, Idella hesitantly raised her head.

Looking at her wavering golden eyes, I explained step by step.

“We learned from this incident that Jeremy possesses the Sea God’s divine power, right? And also that he heard the god’s voice when fighting the attackers.”

“Yes…”

“At that time, the Sea God called the enemies ‘Evil.’ It’s rare for a god to express something so explicitly.”

[Purify them. Strike down the ‘Evil’ that dares to defile the god’s name.]

Wow, when I heard this, I barely held back from letting out a cry of joy.

I was already worried about how to explain ‘Evil’ to people, but who knew the Sea God would solve it for me.

For the first time, I felt grateful to the Sea God.

“Though we have a bad relationship with the Sea God, that’s just typical competitor-level stuff. If there’s an enemy that a god calls ‘Evil,’ we might have to fight against them someday too.”

“I, I see.”

Finally understanding, Idella nodded with a serious expression.

“That’s why Miss Idella needs to stay here. Only then can we find out what those bastards want.”

“Ah…”

“It seems they’re targeting something through Miss Idella, and we absolutely can’t let them have their way.”

When I said it would actually be more beneficial for us if she stayed here, Idella let out a sigh of relief. Her complexion gradually returned to normal.

“The Sun God’s Main Temple is protected by the god, so the enemies won’t be able to approach carelessly. So don’t worry and stay here.”

“But…”

“Are you feeling sorry for the people who got hurt in this attack? Then you should definitely stay here. You should live together and repay their kindness, rather than just saying ‘I’m sorry!’ and running away, don’t you think?”

Idella was greatly flustered by my words.

“You’re right. I only thought that shamelessly continuing to stay here would be more of a burden…”

“No one thinks that way. Even Jeremy hasn’t said anything to Miss Idella.”

“…That’s right. Actually, when I tried to leave right after the attack, Jeremy got furious asking where I was going. He said I absolutely couldn’t leave before the Holy Maiden arrived, that I had to go to the Grand Temple no matter what…”

Our Jeremy did that. What a good boy. I’ll definitely give him cookies tomorrow.

“Monica and the others didn’t blame me either.”

Tears welled up in Idella’s golden eyes.

She must have suffered a lot mentally these past few days.

“Miss Idella did nothing wrong, so don’t torment yourself. The bad guys trying to kidnap innocent people are the problem, not the person being threatened.”

“Haha! You’re right. I did nothing wrong, but those damn bastards made me feel like a criminal.”

Seeing her speak so freely, she must have shaken off all her guilt.

Yes, this is how our protagonist should be.

“Thank you, Holy Maiden. If you’ll allow it, I’ll become a follower of the Sun God and live my entire life for the god and the Grand Temple.”

Having shed a layer of her burden, Idella declared boldly.

That sight was so pretty and admirable that I smiled warmly.

“Good, then let’s register you as a follower right away.”

And I immediately brought the divine registry.

It was good that I kept the divine registry in my bedroom.

【A new follower has been registered under the Sun God.

Follower Name: Idella

Fame: F-rank

Wealth: F-rank

Ability: F-rank (Possesses SS-rank growth potential)

Special Notes: Original story’s female protagonist

Overall Rating: A-rank】

【You have made the original story’s female protagonist into a follower. This person possesses the potential to grow to SS-rank ability. Additional merit points are awarded.】

【With the registration of an A-rank follower, the Sun God’s power grows even stronger. The user’s divine power increases.】

【Current Divine Power: 35.616%】

My goodness. She hasn’t even become a Holy Maiden yet, let alone awakened her divine power, so I thought C-rank would be fortunate.

But it acknowledged her as the original story’s female protagonist and her upcoming Holy Maiden awakening!

Thanks to that, 50 million won was filled in an instant!

Moved, I immediately grabbed both of Idella’s hands.

“You’re truly welcome, Miss Idella. Let’s get along well from now on!”

“Yes! Please take care of me too! I’ll serve the Holy Maiden with all my heart!”

No. You’ll become the Holy Maiden soon anyway, so what’s the point.

Just getting along peacefully with the Grand Temple people will be enough.

Now the remaining amount until 40% divine power is about 440 million.

It’s a bit unsettling that ominous numbers keep appearing, but anyway, this gives me some breathing room.

Now all that’s left is to mine sacred stones and make my police baton—I mean, my exclusive weapon.

* * *

“The Holy Maiden who coldly abandoned me and left has appeared.”

After sending Idella back and finishing my preparations for bed, I went out to the balcony just in case.

Sure enough, Rute was drinking wine alone.

Seeing that one bottle was already empty, he must have been drinking for quite a while.

“Why are you drinking alone? You should have waited so we could drink together.”

“You only look for me when you want to drink. Yes, I’m nothing more than a safe and wine storehouse after all.”

Rute smiled bitterly and subtly turned his head to his most attractive angle.

He really uses his handsome looks as naturally as breathing.

“Mr. Wine Storehouse, don’t drink alone and pour me a glass too.”

I held up an empty wine glass and shook it.

Perhaps because his handsome charm didn’t work, Rute got annoyed.

“Am I really just a wine storehouse?”

“Keep your promise. You said you’d give me good alcohol when my body got healthy, right? Thanks to the High Priest’s healing power, I’m completely recovered, so hurry up and give me some too.”

“…I should have succeeded in developing healing magic.”

“Healing magic? Is that possible?”

I know that magical healing is impossible in this world.

If it were possible, everyone wouldn’t be so desperate for potions.

Healing power belongs to the realm of divine power, and the only thing that can substitute for it is alchemical potions—magic is impossible.

But he’s tried attempting that?

“My body is in this state, you know. Since neither alchemical potions nor divine power work on me, I thought I’d try developing magic myself.”

But he must have failed anyway. Even for Rute, turning the impossible into possible would be difficult.

“But now I find myself wanting to try again something that failed before. What was impossible once was always impossible to the end.”

Rute gazed at me intently.

Sometimes he would look at me with eyes like this.

Eyes filled with hot longing whose meaning I couldn’t understand.

“If only I could use healing magic…”

“…”

I waited expecting him to continue, but instead Rute poured wine into my glass. Very rich, fragrant purple alcohol filled the glass.

Filling the empty bottom, soon passing halfway and eventually becoming completely full.

Ignoring the rule that wine should be poured moderately.

“Here, drink.”

Rute, who had filled his glass to overflowing with wine, gestured with his hand.

I let out a hollow laugh and took a sip of wine.

It was the most fragrant wine I had ever tasted, with grape and floral scents harmoniously blended together. The bittersweet and sweet taste was exquisite.

“We can start mining the sacred stones right away from tomorrow. The workers are scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon.”

I thought he would continue the conversation we were having, but Rute didn’t.

Since he seemed to have no intention of returning to our original topic, I nodded.

“I’ll talk to the High Priest about the sacred stones tomorrow morning. Once that’s finished, let’s head straight to Rubar.”

“Sounds good. I’m already excited to see just how much might be buried there.”

Rute smiled brightly and downed all of his wine in one gulp.

While still continuously looking at me.

Somehow that gaze felt similar to the wine I was currently drinking.

For the first time, I avoided Rute’s eyes.

Even though there was no way I could be drunk already, strangely the area around my esophagus felt hot.

* * *

“Carmen.”

Dominic, who had been wandering around looking for Jeremy, returned to the Temple of the Sea God after hearing urgent news.

The Sacred Grounds in the basement of the Grand Aqua Temple.

Entering the most sacred space permitted only to the Holy Maiden and Holy Saints, he first looked for his sister.

Carmen was kneeling on the rippling waves that undulated across the floor.

Before her stood the towering statue of the god they served.

“Is it true that you sensed Jeremy’s presence?”

This news was exactly why he had rushed back.

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