I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 155

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“Hahahaha!”

After Ordel finished the conversation and left to give the family time to catch up.

Trisha Siery burst into laughter so hard that tears came to her eyes for the first time in ages.

“My word. In all my years raising that foul-tempered son, I’ve never had as much fun as today.”

“Indeed. Who would have thought I’d live to see such an expression on that boy’s face.”

Mikhail, who had been acting dignified while Ordel was present, immediately began mocking his son the moment she left.

“To boldly declare she’d find another partner, leaving you behind. I quite like Miss Ordel.”

Trisha exclaimed heartily.

However, Mikhail looked full of worry.

“No matter how I think about it, that young lady is too good for us. How could such an outstanding lady end up with my son…”

“What exactly am I lacking?”

Whether they cared or not, Rute just snorted dismissively.

“Ordel has a great desire for money and a great desire for alcohol. I’m the only person on this continent who can satisfy those desires. So I’m the only one who suits her.”

Rute rolled his eyes dramatically and gave a pretty smile.

At that seductive smile, clearly meant to be coquettish, Trisha and Mikhail’s jaws dropped.

It looked so much like Mikhail’s smile.

“What am I looking at right now?”

“When did you stop saying you hated smiling like me…?”

If asked to name the most beautiful person in the Empire, Mikhail would definitely be among the top five.

Thanks to being a Sword Master, he still maintained the beauty of someone in their mid-thirties despite being nearly fifty.

Of course, there was another reason.

He literally risked his life to maintain his beauty.

All to seduce his wife Trisha with his looks.

Having watched this spectacle since childhood, Rute had always found his parents’ romantic antics absolutely horrifying.

Yet here was that same son, smiling just like Mikhail as if nothing had happened – it was both astounding and suffocating.

“Well, now I understand father’s feelings.”

Rute touched his upturned lips.

“Even while pretending otherwise, she’d stare as if enchanted whenever I smiled prettily. It felt so good.”

Seeing his son laugh happily, Mikhail pressed close to Trisha and whispered.

“Shasha, I think our son has lost his mind. They say people get strange when they’re about to die – could it be?”

“Right. We still need to use him, so it would be troublesome if he died. Go call a doctor.”

“No need.”

At his parents’ blatant whispering, Rute replied indifferently.

“I’ve never been healthier than I am right now.”

He kept flexing the finger where he could feel the weight of the ring.

His personal sacred relic imbued with Ordel’s power.

Every time he looked at it, he felt so happy that he couldn’t help but smile.

“You already know that Ordel was the Holy Maiden of the Sun God, right?”

The reason the difficult Trisha had taken a liking to Ordel upon first meeting.

It wasn’t simply because Ordel had teased Rute.

It was because she already knew that Ordel was the person who had revived the Sun God’s Main Temple’s potion business with her excellent skills and even found the sacred stone.

She was still using Siery’s information network, after all.

“Right. She stepped down from her position as Holy Maiden? Is that even possible?”

“That’s not what’s important.”

Rute tapped his chest.

“What’s important is that thanks to Ordel, the damned pain that was eating away at me has greatly diminished.”

At those words, Mikhail shot up from his seat.

His jewel-like blue eyes trembled finely.

“Your condition, your condition has improved?”

“Yes. Of course, it’s not completely cured. But I no longer feel any pain. Not even a little.”

“My goodness!”

Mikhail covered his mouth and collapsed back into his seat.

“No pain, you’re not in pain anymore. You can’t feel the agony! For you to have such a day.”

He couldn’t hold back and burst into loud sobs.

It was a complete 180-degree change from when he had been thoroughly mocking his son.

The excruciating pain that had suddenly begun afflicting his only son one day.

But no one could determine the cause.

Even the Holy Maiden and Holy Saints of the Sea God couldn’t sense anything from Rute.

It had been 18 years of living in anxiety, wondering what would happen if they lost their son like this.

Finally hearing that his son had escaped from pain, Mikhail couldn’t contain his joy.

He had desperately hoped for this day, truly just this day.

“Is it thanks to Miss Ordel?”

Trisha gently patted the back of her husband, whose shoulders shook as he cried.

Her eyes were also tinged red like never before.

The reason they had passed the ducal title to their son early was so he could more comfortably search for ways to cure his illness.

The things one could do as a simple heir versus as a duke were worlds apart.

“Yes. Moreover, she even made me a personal sacred relic that eliminates my pain.”

Rute confidently spread his left hand before his parents, who couldn’t hide their joy.

The two people, just now noticing the ring on his ring finger, widened their eyes.

“You said you weren’t in that kind of relationship!”

“Not yet. But since Ordel personally put this ring on me, don’t I have a chance?”

“Tsk. She put it on because she’s the maker. I thought it was real.”

Trisha’s words were correct, but Rute pretended not to hear.

Like how something becomes an earring when hung on an ear or a nose ring when hung on a nose, this could be called an engagement ring since it was on his left ring finger.

“So this is why that boy fell for Miss Ordel.”

Trisha sighed.

Having freed him from pain he’d endured for 18 years – pain that felt like his heart was being torn apart – she was no different from a savior to Rute.

Moreover, she was such an attractive person that falling in love was only natural.

“…No matter how I think about it, that young lady is too good for you.”

“But you can’t oppose it. Ordel even promised that she would definitely cure my illness completely someday.”

At Rute’s confident statement, his parents were left speechless.

If she had made such a promise, then naturally…

“…Rather than opposing, I should be begging her to please meet my son.”

Such a rarely attractive young lady was truly too good for Rute…

But what could they do? Though they felt sorry for Ordel, Trisha and Mikhail were people who would give their lives to save their only son.

So they had to hold onto Ordel by any means necessary.

“Pathetic boy. What have you been doing all this time without even holding onto Miss Ordel?”

Trisha glared at him. Rute felt very wronged.

“Do you know how free-spirited Ordel is? She’s someone who left the Grand Temple where she’d grown attached for over 2 years with just a single letter. The fact that I’m holding onto her like this is already a miracle.”

Even when he had drunkenly pleaded with Ordel, she hadn’t given him a single word in response.

That’s why he was so anxious.

“Then just propose to her.”

Having finally calmed down somewhat, Mikhail said while dabbing at his tears.

“You inherited Shasha’s blood, don’t you have that much initiative?”

The two had become a couple thanks to Trisha proposing first.

Mikhail still couldn’t forget that incredibly bold proposal.

“I gave you all the good traits, but when you really need them, you can’t use them. Is it really a personality problem?”

“I’m better than mother.”

“Don’t insult Shasha. Even if you’re my son, I won’t forgive that.”

Mikhail glared at Rute.

Seeing his father emit not just murderous intent but even his characteristic bluish sword aura, Rute let out a sneer.

“I have no intention of doing anything foolish until Ordel wants me and chooses me, so you two don’t need to worry. Just treat Ordel well.”

Having left those cold words, Rute left the reception room as if he had nothing more to say.

As the door slammed shut, Mikhail burst into laughter.

“Our son has quite a cute side to him. I’m learning this for the first time after raising him for 25 years.”

“Indeed. We should be grateful to Miss Ordel. For letting us see such a side of him.”

Since that boy has gone so far as to say that, there’s no intention to interfere in their relationship.

We’ll just watch with great interest.

I really never imagined I’d get to see my son courting someone.

“This Harvest Festival will be interesting in many ways.”

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Leaving the Sieri family behind and coming out first, I clicked my tongue at the sight of the bedroom I was guided to.

“The walls here are also decorated with gold.”

Golden tree branches extended along the walls all the way up to the ceiling.

Still, perhaps because I had seen it first at the Duke’s Mansion in Sieri Pass, I was a little less surprised.

After looking around the bedroom moderately, I sat down at the table. I needed to organize my thoughts for a moment.

If my prediction is correct, Trisha and Mikhail will die within the next six months.

In the original work, that’s around when Rute’s condition worsened and rumors began circulating that he had become strange.

“Can you tell me how those two will die?”

I asked the Sun God for now.

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