I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 142

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As Rute had demanded, I obediently stayed quietly inside the tent.

Not long after, Karen Boreo, who had served me before, came in.

“Holy Maiden? Why are you sitting there like that?”

She was flustered to see me crouched in a corner of the tent.

Rute told me to stay here, but he didn’t tell me to rest comfortably.

My conscience pricked a bit at the thought of doing whatever I wanted without reading the room as usual.

“Hello, Miss Karen.”

“Please come over here first. I’ve brought you a meal.”

“Don’t worry about me. I’m fine even if I go hungry.”

“Going hungry? Absolutely not. His Grace specifically ordered me to make sure you have your meals.”

Even while angry, he still made sure I had food. He really is a good person.

I didn’t refuse any further and sat down at the table.

Well-cooked steak with warm stew, fresh fruit salad and soft bread.

It was quite a luxurious meal for an encampment in the middle of battle.

“I’d be fine with just a piece of bread.”

“I was told to watch until you absolutely, completely, finish everything.”

Karen’s eyes widened.

Since Rute’s orders had to be followed, I had no choice but to eat a piece of steak.

“It’s delicious!”

Thanks to hiring a good chef on the recommendation of Count and Countess Hindel, the quality of meals at the Grand Temple had improved greatly recently.

But Rute’s personal chef was even more skilled than that.

This is the first time I’ve had food this delicious.

“If you’d like more, please don’t hesitate to ask. Would wine be alright as a drink?”

“Oh, no. Alcohol is a bit… Just water is fine.”

Come to think of it, I’ve been drinking Rute’s expensive wine freely while pretending to be the Holy Maiden. I should have been more moderate.

But the wine was too delicious to refuse…

“By the way, Miss Karen, haven’t you heard anything from His Grace? About me, perhaps…”

“No. He only told me to serve you well.”

So he hasn’t revealed the fact that I left the Grand Temple yet.

Instead of immediately announcing the truth and kicking me out, he’s showing loyalty.

“His Grace will be busy with cleanup around the area tonight and won’t return. So don’t wait for him and sleep comfortably.”

“Oh, then…”

“On the bed, not in a corner, not on a chair. You must, understand?”

As soon as Karen left, I was planning to crouch in a corner and sleep, but how did she know?

“If you stay in a corner, I’ll get in trouble. So please sleep on the bed.”

“I will.”

I can’t let Karen get scolded because of me.

After the meal ended, Karen left with the empty dishes, telling me to rest well.

As soon as I was alone, I immediately opened the map.

“Show me the remaining monsters.”

Red dots appeared on the map.

The number of monsters had clearly decreased from the beginning. They must still be continuing the subjugation.

This is probably why Rute can’t sleep at night either.

“Should I go help?”

Then there’d be no need to stay up all night.

Having made my decision, I immediately got up and pushed aside the tent flap covering the entrance.

“Hello, Holy Maiden.”

Yuri, who was standing in front, grinned when she saw me.

“I’m finally greeting you properly.”

“Why are you here, Count Polton?”

“I was guarding you! This is a dangerous place, after all.”

If she had seen me kill that intermediate monster, she wouldn’t be saying this.

Yuri is the type who uses strategy, not particularly strong in combat. I could bet the Sun God’s fingernail that I’m stronger than Yuri.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ protests, asking why it has to be his fingernail of all things.】

I ignored the Sun God’s complaints.

“Where are you going?”

“Oh, well…”

“But you’d better stay inside if possible. His Grace told me to make sure you absolutely cannot go anywhere!”

That’s not guarding, that’s surveillance, isn’t it?

“If I disobey orders, I’m the only one who’ll suffer, so please just stay inside?”

Yuri made a pitiful expression.

Seeing that expression, she’s serious. Rute really did threaten her.

I had no choice but to obediently turn back around.

“I just hope he doesn’t get hurt.”

Lying on the bed, I opened the map system and stared at it intently.

Even at this very moment, the number of monsters was steadily decreasing.

The skills of Rute and the Duke’s knights really are impressive.

Still, given Rute’s special condition, I couldn’t let my guard down.

I didn’t take my eyes off the map for even a moment.

If any problem arises, I’ll take Yuri and rush over immediately.

Thud!

“Huh.”

At a loud sound from somewhere, I opened my eyes wide.

But something was strange.

“…Why is it so bright around here?”

It was definitely night just a while ago, but did I fall asleep?

When I had resolved to wait until Rute returned.

I scratched my head vigorously and sighed.

More importantly, what time is it now?

【The current time is 10 AM.】

…10 o’clock? My last memory was definitely around midnight?

I slept for 10 whole hours.

It was the first time since I had slept in after five days of stakeout duty.

Well, it made sense that I’d be tired after riding a horse for the first time in a while and even fighting monsters.

I roughly combed my disheveled hair with my hands, tied it up, and went outside.

“Are you awake?”

Unlike yesterday, Karen was standing in front.

“Is something wrong? There was a loud noise.”

“His Grace has returned.”

“Just now? Did he really stay up all night hunting monsters?”

“Yes.”

I reopened the map that had turned off while I slept.

The red dots that had remained quite numerous until last night had all disappeared.

He really did handle them all overnight.

“I’ll bring you breakfast, so please wait inside.”

“No, I’ll wash up right away and go see His Grace.”

“Then I’ll bring you wash water.”

Karen stubbornly pushed me back inside when I said I’d go wash myself, and soon returned with wash water.

I quickly washed up and headed to where Rute was.

The vast land near the encampment was piled high with the corpses of magical beasts.

Knights and squires had gathered to dismember the magical beast corpses. It was to obtain magic stones and materials used for equipment.

“Your Grace.”

Rute was standing to one side, watching the scene.

His armor was stained with the bodily fluids of magical beasts from fighting all night.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

I examined his body thoroughly.

I had dealt with the poisonous one myself, but still, just in case.

As long as Rute carried the stain of ‘Evil’, I couldn’t feel at ease.

But with all the bodily fluids covering him and his light armor, I couldn’t properly see if there were any wounds.

“Wait a moment.”

Rute, who had stopped me, used cleansing magic to wipe away everything on his body.

“I’m hurt.”

Rute, now clean, strode over and held out his finger. There was a scratch on his right index finger.

“You should be more careful.”

I clicked my tongue and grabbed Rute’s hand, pouring healing power into it.

I also quietly checked if there were any other wounds.

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

Then I felt Rute’s gaze staring at me intently and hastily pulled my hand away.

“I’ll be careful from now on.”

Since I’m no longer the Holy Maiden, I shouldn’t act as friendly as before, but it’s become too much of a habit.

“Why are you being so distant?”

But Rute grabbed my hand again.

“Because I’m no longer the Holy Maiden, so I don’t have the right to do that.”

Rute’s face scrunched up. I could also hear him clicking his tongue harshly.

“Enough with that damn talk about rights. Have you had breakfast?”

“No. I just woke up. I must have been tired because I slept like I had fainted.”

“Good. Then let’s eat together.”

Rute walked with long strides while holding my hand.

He didn’t seem to have any intention of letting go, so I just left it be.

“You should have taken me along when you were subjugating magical beasts.”

When we arrived at his tent, Rute asked for my understanding before taking off his armor piece by piece.

Fortunately, there seemed to be no other wounds.

“You saw me beat down that intermediate magical beast. I can also purify, so I would have been helpful.”

“I was actually wanting to ask you about that.”

Rute, who had taken off all his armor and was now in much more comfortable attire, turned to look at me.

“How did you end up fighting an intermediate magical beast? Did you encounter it by chance?”

“…”

“Surely you didn’t go there knowing there was an intermediate magical beast.”

But I did know.

Since it was a poisonous one, I wanted to quickly get rid of it before other people got hurt.

“…You went there on purpose.”

Rute, who took my silence as confirmation, let out a hollow laugh.

Somehow his face was starting to show anger again.

B-but it was for everyone, especially for you!

“Ordel.”

Then Rute called me by name only for the first time.

It was what I had requested, but why does it sound so unfamiliar?

“You said I could do as I wanted, right?”

“Uh, yes?”

“As the price for deceiving me, you said you’d accept whatever I demanded.”

“That’s true, but…”

“Good. I’ve decided. Let’s go to the Duke’s mansion together.”

This can’t be.

At his words, my mouth fell wide open.

Rute must be so angry that he’s planning to lock me up in the Duke’s mansion prison!

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