I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 163

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Those who had been looking at me earnestly suddenly turned and glared sharply at Rute.

As if he were some kind of kidnapper.

“You’re going to leave me behind and return to the Grand Temple?”

However, Rute only looked at me.

Unlike someone who had confessed his feelings during the day, his face was infinitely calm.

“…The place where the Holy Maiden should be is the Grand Temple.”

When I didn’t answer and just quietly looked at Rute, Airic stepped between us.

“Even if Your Grace is a benefactor to the Grand Temple, you cannot force the Holy Maiden.”

“Do I look like I’m forcing her right now?”

Rute’s face scrunched up sharply.

Unlike when he looked at me, his gaze instantly turned cold.

“Don’t interfere with us and step aside. I asked Ordel. The High Priest has no obligation to answer in her place.”

“That’s correct.”

I grabbed Airic’s arm and pulled him back.

“Holy Maiden.”

I raised my hand to stop Airic, who was calling me anxiously.

“First of all, thank you everyone. For continuing to trust me.”

“Then…!”

“But I can’t return to the Grand Temple right away.”

Everyone’s eyes widened at my words.

“Holy Maiden…!”

“Right now I have work to do with Rute, His Grace. Because it’s very important work, I’ll be staying with His Grace for a while.”

Rute’s parents, Trisha and Mikhail.

I had to protect those two people from dying.

So that Rute wouldn’t suffer like in the original story.

“…Then, when the work is finished, will you return to the Grand Temple then?”

Airic asked.

“We have no intention of forcing you either. Still, if possible, we hope you’ll come back.”

Airic very carefully took hold of my fingertips.

Like someone anxious about being rejected.

Why are they clinging to me so desperately?

“Just because I left the Grand Temple doesn’t mean I plan to turn my back on it forever. I still have the Sun God’s divine power after all.”

“Then…!”

“I’ll think about returning and let you know later.”

Only then did Airic’s face relax at the words that there was hope.

Monica and Idella also breathed sighs of relief.

“If there’s anything you need my help with, please come find me anytime. Whatever it is, I’ll help you wholeheartedly.”

“No, now we should be the ones helping the Holy Maiden. Please never forget that we’re always behind you.”

Airic took my hand and bowed, pressing his forehead to the back of my hand.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ wipes away tears, delighted by the harmonious sight of the followers.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ laments with envy. They look around saying they should hurry and choose a Holy Maiden too.】

【’Sun Risen from Death’ snorts, saying that even so, no one could be better than their Holy Maiden.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ leaves after saying that remains to be seen.】

A Holy Maiden of the Eternal God. Nashas, the High Priest, would be delighted to know.

The Temple of the Annihilation God has strict conditions for choosing Holy Maidens and Holy Saints, so they rarely appear.

But since the god has made up their mind, they’ll somehow find and bring someone.

“Then I’ll be going now.”

“Yes. We’ll take care of cleaning the temple ourselves, so Holy Maiden, please don’t worry about it and rest well.”

Well, the Grand Temple has more money than I do anyway, so it should be fine.

I quietly watched Airic like that, then approached him and whispered.

“Let’s continue the conversation we were having another time.”

Airic’s question about whether I had prophetic abilities.

With so many people around now, I couldn’t discuss it in detail.

“…I’ll be waiting.”

Airic nodded obediently.

I hugged everyone remaining one by one and finally shook hands with Seth and Airic before coming out of the temple.

“You deliberately told me to leave here quickly because you knew this would happen, didn’t you?”

Walking back to the carriage, I glanced sideways at Rute.

“Of course. It’s only been a few days since I was finally happy to be alone with you. I was afraid I’d have to let you go already.”

“Really now.”

“But I never expected you to choose me right there on the spot.”

Rute looked at me intently.

His silver-gray eyes were filled with indescribable joy.

“You’re so cold-hearted, I thought you wouldn’t care about my confession at all and would leave.”

So he had such worries.

“…It’s not like I stayed because of your confession.”

“That doesn’t matter. What’s important is that you stayed anyway.”

Rute slyly interlaced his fingers between mine.

Then, without taking his eyes off me, he pressed his lips lingeringly to the back of the hand where Seth and Airic had alternately touched their foreheads.

“I don’t know the reason, but can I take it to mean that I’m more important to you than the Grand Temple?”

His eyes already showed he was taking it that way, yet he still asked.

I sighed and pulled my hand away.

Unexpectedly, Rute obediently let go of my hand.

“I can’t say that’s not true.”

I was worried about Rute’s harmonious family being broken, that is, I was worried about Rute, so I rejected even the pleas of those asking me to go to the Grand Temple.

At least in this moment, Rute came first for me.

“…Really?”

But when I actually said so, Rute’s eyes widened in surprise as if shocked.

“You’re really coming with me because I’m more important?”

“If you keep asking, I’ll go back. Remember that the Grand Temple people are still here.”

“…You’re really cold-hearted. What’s the harm in saying it just once more.”

Rute pouted and grumbled.

But he seemed to cheer up again quickly, as the corners of his mouth slowly ascended to heaven.

“Ah, this feels so good. When the Grand Temple people told you to come back, my mood plummeted. But now I feel really good.”

Seeing his face beaming with joy, he really looked like he was about to fly to heaven.

“That surprises me too.”

I stopped for a moment and looked back at the temple.

To think they would ask me to continue being the Holy Maiden, saying my secrets didn’t matter at all.

Even Airic.

Not only that? The other people living in the Grand Temple don’t dislike me either.

“…”

Feeling strangely emotional, I touched my chest.

My heart was beating rapidly in a ridiculous way.

“Don’t look. You chose me, so I have no intention of giving you back now.”

Then Rute’s large hand covered my eyes.

At the touch turning my face toward him, I chuckled and obediently turned my head.

“Holy Maiden!”

Just as we were about to return to the carriage, Idella called out to me from behind, running over urgently.

“I have something to tell you, Holy Maiden.”

“To me? What is it?”

“Um….”

Idella glanced at Rute who was standing beside me.

Rute’s face immediately turned grim, understanding that she wanted to talk privately between just the two of us.

“It’s okay to speak here.”

When I said it was fine, Idella, who had been hesitating for a moment, immediately continued speaking.

“Actually, I had a dream the night before coming to the capital.”

“A dream?”

“Yes, the Sun God appeared in it.”

The Sun God?

I reflexively looked up at the empty air.

What did he say to a girl who’s no longer even a Holy Maiden?

“The Sun God said there would be those targeting me in the capital. And he told me to handle it since it was my karma.”

“….”

It must be the subordinates of ‘Evil’ targeting Idella, who was a Holy Maiden in her previous life.

But calling it karma. It’s not like the girl wanted things to go wrong, what an expression.

“But he said a sharp sword would protect me, so it would be fine. That seemed to definitely refer to Jeremy.”

That would be right. That’s exactly why I deliberately left Jeremy at the Grand Temple.

“But the important part came after that.”

“What was it?”

[Submit. Then the Daughter of Light shall be safe.

Refuse. Then the Daughter of Light shall meet her end.]

“He definitely said that.”

…What? Could this possibly mean what I think it means?

“The Daughter of Light must surely be you, Holy Maiden, but since God spoke those words, I was so confused….”

Idella’s voice trembled as if she was extremely bewildered.

“But I felt like I shouldn’t tell anyone, so I didn’t mention it to the High Priest or anyone else.”

“….”

“And he said this would be the first and last time I would hear God’s voice.”

“…I see. I understand. I’ll need to figure out what it means. Until then, it would be best not to tell anyone about this.”

“Yes, I’ll do that.”

Idella nodded with a serious expression, then left after saying we should meet again soon.

With a growing headache, I pressed my forehead.

“What on earth was that supposed to mean? Didn’t you clearly say that girl was the real Holy Maiden? But then he calls you the Daughter of Light?”

After Idella left, Rute asked.

I thought that was the case back then too.

“What do you mean what? It actually means I’m the real Holy Maiden.”

“…What?”

When I spoke with a sigh, Rute’s eyes widened in shock.

Regarding how I was a fake Holy Maiden who pretended to be real and left the Grand Temple, only to find out I was actually the real Holy Maiden all along.

If you wrote a novel like this, it would flop.

I ended up covering my face with both hands.

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