I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 161

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“No. We will soon escort the Holy Maiden back to the Grand Temple.”

Seth stepped forward and spoke firmly.

“There are just misunderstandings right now, but once they’re all resolved, the Holy Maiden will be with us again.”

“And who caused those misunderstandings? How shameless of you to say that now.”

At Lute’s snort, Monica’s body trembled slightly.

She couldn’t bring herself to deny it.

“Yes, it’s shameless. But that doesn’t mean we can’t clear up the misunderstandings. We’ll tell the truth, clear up the misunderstandings, and then apologize for our mistakes.”

Seth was well aware of that fact too.

That’s why he couldn’t back down.

“The Holy Maiden is the Holy Maiden. As long as the Sun God is still with her, she must be at the Grand Temple.”

Seth spoke stubbornly.

Lute frowned for the first time.

“Holy Maiden? That’s strange. Don’t tell me you still don’t know the truth?”

Lute looked around at the four people surrounding him. At their expressions showing they truly knew nothing, he let out a hollow laugh.

That’s when Jeremy joined the conversation.

“Yeah, nobody knows that. The High Priest didn’t tell anyone.”

At his cryptic words, everyone’s gaze turned to him.

“You seem to know though.”

“The Holy Maiden told me everything right before she left the Grand Temple.”

“Then why didn’t you reveal it?”

“Because the Holy Maiden didn’t say it was okay to tell.”

Jeremy said he had simply remained silent for that reason.

“Wait, Jeremy. What are you talking about?”

Monica, who had been quiet, asked urgently.

“A secret? The High Priest said nothing? What exactly is it?”

The person who answered the urgent question wasn’t Jeremy, but Lute.

“If you’re curious, go ask the High Priest directly. I’m scared to speak without the Holy Maiden’s permission too.”

Lute smiled brightly.

However, despite his cheerful smile, the air had already frozen solid.

Anxiety began to settle on everyone’s faces.

“But I’ll tell you this one thing. Ordel has no intention of returning to the Grand Temple. It’s that heavy of a truth. Heavy enough that she had to flee the Grand Temple.”

“…”

“So leave her be. Let her stay where she’s comfortable.”

The Grand Temple isn’t a comfortable place.

Lute said that the only comfortable place is by his side.

“No. The place where the Holy Maiden should be is the Grand Temple. If you suppress her freedom, I won’t forgive you.”

Seth gripped the sword at his waist tightly.

As if he would draw it at any moment.

“Suppress? Me?”

Lute snorted.

Around him, ash-colored magical power mixed with gold began to slowly undulate.

“When I’m so careful even about touching her, do you think I would suppress her?”

A volatile situation where Seth and Lute seemed about to clash at any moment.

“Can’t you stop?”

Jeremy waved his hand irritably.

An energy resembling deep blue waves split sharply between the two men.

“This is the Sun God’s temple. The Holy Maiden would be so pleased if it got damaged.”

Bringing up Ordel’s name was an excellent choice.

Seth and Lute immediately became docile.

“Anyway, if you’re curious about the secret, ask the High Priest. The High Priest knows everything.”

Lute, who had dispersed his magical power, pointed toward the inside of the temple with his chin.

Seth unconsciously turned his head toward the temple.

The secret of Holy Maiden Ordel that Airic knew.

He felt as if he was facing a forbidden box that shouldn’t be opened.

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“…”

At Airic’s shocking statement, I couldn’t collect my thoughts at all.

What is all this about?

Idella, who was definitely the Holy Maiden before the regression, didn’t awaken as the Holy Maiden this time?

What? That doesn’t make sense. There’s absolutely no way that could…

【’Sun Risen from Death’ exclaims that the truth has finally been revealed and he feels completely refreshed.】

【He sticks out his tongue saying he doesn’t know how frustrated he’s been all this time.】

…but it shouldn’t be, what?

I gaped at the Sun God’s message floating before my eyes.

Really, really Idella didn’t awaken as the Holy Maiden?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says that’s correct.】

…Why exactly?

This time there’s no power of ‘Evil’ so we should definitely be able to save the world, so why didn’t you make her awaken?

Are you crazy?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ snorts, asking if he would be in his right mind when he barely survived after going to the brink of extinction.】

【Though it wasn’t what Idella wanted, it’s still a fact that she was controlled by ‘Evil’ and was defeated. That’s why he had no intention of awakening Idella as the Holy Maiden from the beginning in this life.】

…From the beginning?

【Most importantly, he asks if the user isn’t his Holy Maiden right now. He tells you to think once more about when you first received the Quest.】

“…Ah.”

【【Quest】 Please save ‘Sun Risen from Death’!

Currently, ‘Sun Risen from Death’ is in danger of extinction due to insufficient followers.

Become the Holy Maiden who inherited the power of ‘Sun Risen from Death’, increase the number of followers, develop divine power, and save the pitiful god and world from extinction!

Reward upon success: Wealth, honor, and power as the Holy Maiden, plus guarantee of user’s afterlife choice

Penalty upon failure: Eternal extinction of ‘Sun Risen from Death’ and dimensional destruction】

A Quest I hadn’t seen in a long time.

A sentence I had forgotten all this time particularly caught my eye.

【Become the Holy Maiden who inherited the power of ‘Sun Risen from Death’.】

From the moment I received this Quest, I had become the Sun God’s real Holy Maiden, not a contract Holy Maiden.

【A god can only choose one Holy Maiden at a time. Unless a Holy Sage appears, during Quest performance, the user is the only Holy Maiden of this god.】

【Until ‘Evil’ is eliminated, no one including Idella can become this god’s Holy Maiden.】

I pressed my forehead.

Then you should have told me earlier, why are you telling me now?

Even now when I’ve left the Grand Temple!

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ interjects, asking didn’t this god say you only know something’s precious when you lose it.】

Then the Eternal God sent a message after a long time.

His voice must have opened up thanks to the divine artifact Jeremy has.

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ smiles warmly, saying that thanks to the user leaving, the Sun God’s priests must have realized the user’s preciousness.】

“…”

Those words back then meant this?

It didn’t seem like particularly important talk so I just ignored it…

‘Then what’s the reason the bells didn’t ring even though I became the real Holy Maiden?’

Because of that, I didn’t know I was the real one even more!

【’Sun Risen from Death’ announces that he deliberately didn’t do it.】

【Because if the bells rang, ‘Evil’s subordinates would have tried to kill the user.】

So it’s not that they automatically ring, but the Sun God can control it.

If that was to avoid ‘Evil’, then I’m somewhat grateful for that…

I sighed and pressed my forehead.

This wasn’t the only problem right now.

“Holy Maiden. Have you perhaps gained the power of foresight?”

It seems Airic has noticed that I’m not just a simple Fake Holy Maiden…

Why is his thinking jumping to foresight?

No matter what, I’m human, so there’s no way I’d have something like foresight…

‘Wait, hold on.’

I’m in a situation where I know somewhat what will happen in the future thanks to the novel written by Joo Hyun-jin who lived in this world.

I even know the fact that this world has regressed.

In other words, I’m currently in a situation where I know parts of the past and future…

To people who know nothing, I must look like I really have the power of foresight, right?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ smiles contentedly, saying that much is natural if you’re his Holy Maiden.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ bites a handkerchief in regret, saying they should have made the user their Holy Maiden.】

【’Sun Risen from Death’ raises a finger and pokes ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ in both eyes, asking where they get off coveting his Holy Maiden.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ screams. They grab ‘Sun Risen from Death’s hair, asking what they’ll do if the epithet changes to “traveler with poked eyes.”】

As soon as another god appears, it immediately gets noisy.

My head was already complicated enough, but with two gods bickering on top of that, a headache was about to hit.

“Please tell me the truth, Holy Maiden. Have you really gained the power of foresight?”

To make matters worse, Airic was asking again.

Even if I said no, he had a face that wouldn’t believe it.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ hurriedly comes to his senses and rushes back over.】

【He persuades me to just reveal the truth since I’m his only Holy Maiden anyway. He says it would be more convenient to move forward that way.】

It would be convenient.

Now I have to step forward as the Sun God’s Holy Maiden and fight ‘Evil’, not Idella.

Even if it’s fate, I felt a bit sorry about sending a child to the front lines of war…

That fate was mine, not Idella’s.

I don’t know whether I should call this fortunate or go grab the Sun God by the collar.

“Holy Maiden.”

Just then, people suddenly came rushing into the Temple.

These aren’t people who would interrupt a conversation like this, so what’s going on?

Moreover, they all had faces that looked anxious about something.

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