I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 135

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【The three main gods of the world have gathered in one place. According to the contract with the system, divine power will not be consumed for questions and answers related to revealing heavenly secrets.】

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says you may now ask what you’ve been curious about.】

There were quite a few things, but there was only one thing I wanted to ask first.

“Is this world different from the novel 【Holy Idella】?”

Did I really possess the novel my friend wrote?

【Yes, the two worlds are strictly different worlds.】

“Why on earth are they different?”

【Because the novel 【Holy Idella】 is a reconstruction of a past world that has already disappeared.】

…What, what does that mean?

A past world that has already disappeared? Reconstruction?

What does that mean?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ explains that to summarize, this world is in a state of having returned once.】

Returned? So that means…

“You’re saying it regressed?”

【’Sun Risen from Death’ affirms.】

【With ‘Raging Sea’s’ power, the world was destroyed, with ‘Traveler Guiding Souls” nullification, the destroyed world was erased, and thanks to ‘Sun Risen from Death’s’ healing power, we were able to return to a world that hadn’t been ruined yet.】

I had just learned one thing, but my head was already throbbing.

Possession and regression were intertwined.

“Why on earth did you regress? According to 【Holy Idella】, this world’s ending was definitely a happy ending?”

【【Holy Idella】 is merely a novel reconstructed based on the world before regression. There are some differences from what actually happened.】

“…Why?”

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ says it’s because the person who wrote 【Holy Idella】 died without seeing the end of the world.】

My blood ran cold.

A greater shock than learning this world had already regressed once covered my entire body.

I had suspected it. I had hoped it wouldn’t be true.

Joo Hyun-jin…

【’Sun Risen from Death’ informs that the person who wrote 【Holy Idella】 and the user’s friend ‘Joo Hyun-jin’ was originally a person who lived in this world.】

My heart plummeted with a thud.

Joo Hyun-jin, my most precious friend, was originally someone who lived in this world…?

【However, she died before learning the true secrets of this world, so she had no choice but to write a novel somewhat different from reality.】

My hands trembled.

The worst thoughts kept trying to occupy my mind.

No, pull yourself together. There’s still a lot to hear, I can’t lose my mind already.

Hyun-jin… Hyun-jin’s story is important too, but there’s a lot to hear right now.

…But what if that child’s final moments were painful?

“Does Joo Hyun-jin remember everything about this world?”

Does she have all the memories, even of when she died?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ remains silent.】

I held my forehead.

How terrible it must be to remember death!

The breath that scattered meaninglessly into the air no matter how hard I struggled to breathe, the sensation of all the blood draining from my body as I stiffened from my fingertips, the agony of having to leave precious people behind and depart first.

Even after being revived, I had never forgotten the moment of death even once…

Is it the same for Joo Hyun-jin?

Even with such memories, she never showed it until now?

We met at the orphanage when we were 5 and were together for nearly 30 years until death, how could I not have known this?

And I called myself her closest friend.

“What exactly is this world’s secret that Hyun-jin doesn’t know? Why did the three main gods have to destroy and nullify the world to return again?”

What terrible thing happened that our child died without even seeing the end of the world!

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ says they will show you directly.】

Light burst forth from the Annihilation God’s black communication window.

In an instant, black light filled the room.

The feeling of being thrown alone into a space of darkness was brief.

Soon, images resembling illusions unfolded around me.

The first thing I saw was…

“Idella?”

It was Idella from her wandering orphan days, not yet a Holy Maiden.

I saw Idella awakening as a Holy Maiden in the southern slums I had seen recently.

The Sun God’s Main Temple noticed this fact and High Priest Airic immediately departed, but…

There were others who learned of this fact just like them.

It was ‘Evil’.

“Ha!”

Idella was kidnapped and dragged to some cave in the desert.

And there, she was forcibly injected with that being’s energy by ‘Evil’s’ subordinates.

The black stains I had seen on Rute’s body also filled Idella’s body.

The difference was that unlike Rute, Idella didn’t suffer.

Having her memory manipulated as well, she completely forgot this fact, and those beings abandoned such an Idella in the east, the farthest from the west.

To make it take as long as possible for Airic to find her.

During that time, the power of ‘Evil’ that had seeped into Idella’s body completely coalesced and coiled deep inside, and Airic, who barely found her, couldn’t discover anything.

Thus Idella, with a time bomb planted in her body, became the Holy Maiden of the Sun God.

“This is maddening.”

Who would have thought ‘Evil’ had tampered with Idella’s body in the middle?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says gloomily that they wanted to inform the other children of this fact, but couldn’t convey it because only the Holy Maiden could hear their voice.】

“…Even if you had told Idella, it would have been meaningless since she was half-controlled by ‘Evil’.”

【’Sun Risen from Death’ affirms.】

The other gods would have known this fact, but they couldn’t convey it either.

At that time, both the Annihilation God and Sea God didn’t have very good relations with the Sun God.

The illusion continued.

While Idella sought the revival of the Sun God’s Main Temple, behind the scenes she was controlled by ‘Evil’ and unknowingly supported ‘Evil’s’ subordinates.

As a result, while the Annihilation God and Sea God fell due to wrong choices, ‘Evil’s’ subordinates were able to secretly accumulate power…

Eventually, all tragedy occurred at the end.

“…”

I silently watched the unfolding catastrophe with sunken eyes.

When the Sea God and Annihilation God finally fell completely, leaving only the Sun God.

The moment Idella was recognized as the sole Holy Maiden and married Crown Prince Felix, ‘Evil’ revealed itself as if it had been waiting.

Idella, completely controlled in consciousness, fell not as the Sun God’s Holy Maiden but as ‘Evil’s’ slave, and with her own hands destroyed the Sun God’s Main Temple she had built up once again.

So thoroughly that it could never be restored.

When I saw the shocked Airic and Seth suffer fatal wounds and barely escape, I unconsciously squeezed my eyes shut.

Just because they escaped didn’t mean they had any possibility of survival.

‘Evil’s’ subordinates who had been hiding in the shadows ran rampant, the wounded Airic and Seth lost everything and collapsed miserably, and the believers abandoned the Sun God due to the trusted Holy Maiden’s betrayal.

All that remained was the Sun God on the verge of extinction after losing all believers and a world ravaged by ‘Evil’.

“You were thoroughly toyed with by ‘Evil’.”

This really is something only someone filled with malice could do.

In the end, the Sun God and this world were played in ‘Evil’s’ palm until the very end.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says that by heavenly fortune, they didn’t perish and were able to join forces with everyone to turn back the world.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ sighs, saying it was a heart-stopping moment even thinking about it again.】

The Sea God says nothing, but they probably aren’t very pleased either.

“Does ‘Evil’ also know about the regression?”

Is that why they tried to kidnap Idella this time even though she hadn’t awakened as a Holy Maiden yet?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says that’s not it. They might vaguely know this world has regressed, but they don’t know anything about the disappeared past.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ is certain that their attempt to kidnap Idella this time was probably due to memories remaining in instinct, not because they knew about the past and attempted it.】

Seeing how strongly he denies it, ‘Evil’ really seems to know nothing about the past.

Well, if he had known, he would have killed me for acting differently than in the past.

I looked at the illusion and asked cautiously.

“…What was Joo Hyun-jin called when she lived in this world?”

If she knew Idella and the people around her so thoroughly, she definitely wasn’t an ordinary person.

And yet, if she was someone who died before seeing the end of the world….

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ asks if you haven’t already figured it out.】

I squeezed my eyes shut. My nails dug into my palms as I clenched my fists.

Even so, there was no pain.

In this regressed world, there is only one person who uniquely doesn’t exist.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says that child is none other than Ortel Kiris.】

Ha, I was hoping it wouldn’t be true….

Up to this point, I had still expected it.

But the moment the Annihilation God’s next words followed, I finally collapsed.

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ informs you that child is the very person who sent the user’s soul to this world in her place.】

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