I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 164

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“Idella did not awaken as a Holy Maiden.”

While riding in the carriage to the Duke’s Mansion, I briefly explained to Rute.

Of course, Rute couldn’t simply accept what he heard.

“She’s not a Holy Maiden?”

“No. Instead of being a Holy Maiden, she awakened divine power at the level of a High Priest.”

I scratched my head vigorously.

My carefully styled hair became completely disheveled, but I had no time to worry about that now.

“Well, since I’m the real Holy Maiden, there’s no way Idella could awaken as one.”

“That’s what I’ve been most curious about since earlier. You’re the real Holy Maiden?”

“If I said I was fake and now claim to be real again, it would be even more suspicious. But that’s how it turned out.”

I didn’t expect this either.

I naturally thought Idella would become the Holy Maiden just like before my regression. And I would end up as a contract worker!

But from the moment the Sun God made me a Holy Maiden using the Quest as an excuse, everything was already decided.

He didn’t say a word whenever I mentioned Idella, and now he reveals the truth?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ explains that Idella’s awakening was also a matter of personal destiny that couldn’t be revealed.】

That damn destiny!

I let out a sigh.

“Anyway, I didn’t know either, but I really am the Holy Maiden. Ah, I feel like a fraud.”

I buried my face in my hands.

Pretending to be real, then saying I was fake, and now claiming to be real again.

What crazy person would believe my words at face value?

“I see. So you were the real Holy Maiden.”

But that crazy person was sitting right in front of me.

“You, you believe what I’m saying?”

“Yes, honestly I was already suspicious. Only you didn’t know, but I thought you might actually be real.”

“Why…?”

“Anyone can see you have special abilities, so it would be stranger if you weren’t the Holy Maiden. You even do things that the Sea God’s Holy Maiden and Holy Sage couldn’t do.”

“…”

That’s true. Even I find it suspicious…

Being able to see the black stains dwelling in Rute’s body, knowing about ‘Evil’ which is the enemy of gods, creating holy relics in the blink of an eye…

For Rute, who didn’t know I was a transmigrator using system skills, it was natural to be suspicious.

Honestly, I just thought all of this was simply a transmigrator privilege.

“But knowing you’re real actually clears up my curiosity.”

I sighed at Rute’s nodding figure.

“But how did you find out you’re the real Holy Maiden? Did the High Priest tell you?”

The Sun God told me.

But if I said I could have real-time conversations with not just the Sun God but all three patron deities, wouldn’t I be suspected of being a messiah beyond just a Holy Maiden?

“Um, something like that.”

“What do you mean something like that?”

I have no choice. I can’t tell the truth.

“Could the reason you’re staying by my side instead of returning to the Grand Temple, despite being the real Holy Maiden, be because of this Harvest Festival?”

“There are various things I need to resolve.”

I need to create new materials mixing magical stones and holy stones with Rute, find evidence about who planted ‘Evil’s’ energy in Rute’s body, and save Trisha and Mikhail too…

In summary, it all comes down to one thing.

“It’s all for you.”

Rute’s eyes widened. His face showed he’d heard something completely unexpected.

“For me?”

“It just turned out that way somehow.”

Is it because he was a former mastermind?

Why does he have more incidents around him than the protagonists?

“Ordel. If you say it like that, I’ll start expecting things.”

“Expecting?”

…Wait, no way.

“Expecting that you might have the same feelings as me.”

Ah! Even I think that was too meaningful!

Because I learned such shocking truth, I momentarily forgot about the confession I received from Rute!

“That’s not it.”

I said it belatedly, but Rute’s face had already completely relaxed.

“I said that’s not it.”

“I understand. I’ll pretend that’s the case.”

“It really isn’t!”

“Not real? But you said you’re the real Holy Maiden.”

“That’s not what I meant!”

“Yes, yes. Sure, sure.”

Listen to me!

I punched Rute’s knees with my fists as he sat across from me, but true to his perverted nature, he laughed saying he enjoyed being hit.

I’m really going crazy.

“Let me ask one more thing.”

“Ha, what is it this time?”

The moment I burst out in lament at Rute’s incomprehensible behavior.

He asked.

“Then when all the work you’re doing for me is finished, will you return to the Grand Temple?”

With an expressionless face, as if he’d never been smiling.

“Now that you’ve become the real Holy Maiden, will you return to the side of those who seek you?”

Leaving me alone behind?

I could clearly hear the unspoken words that followed.

In the suddenly heavy atmosphere, I couldn’t say anything.

Whether I would return.

That was a future I hadn’t decided on yet.

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“Could it be that Lady Ordel is the real Holy Maiden?”

After Ordel left.

As soon as they came out of the temple with Airic, Seth asked.

Airic was greatly surprised.

“…Did you notice?”

“I didn’t know before. But listening to today’s conversation, that’s the only thing I could guess.”

At Seth’s words, Airic bit his lips.

He had hoped they could bury the truth like this…

“I’m truly sorry for hiding it until now.”

Airic first bowed his head and apologized to Seth.

“It was an unavoidable choice for the Grand Temple, but there was no need to make even the Holy Knight Captain lie to people, so I didn’t mention it.”

“I see. I understand.”

However, contrary to Airic’s worries, Seth nodded calmly.

Airic was a bit flustered by his reaction.

“…Aren’t you angry?”

“I know why the High Priest made such a choice. It was to save the Grand Temple.”

Seth gave a bitter smile.

“I’m the one who should be protecting the Grand Temple alongside the High Priest, yet I left all the difficult work to you alone. You’ve worked hard.”

“What are you saying…”

“And the High Priest’s choice was excellent. In the end, didn’t the Grand Temple come back to life thanks to accepting her?”

Seth spoke firmly.

Airic couldn’t deny that much either.

“Moreover, the Holy Maiden has already paid the full price for her past mistakes.”

Thanks to that, people no longer feared Ordel and everyone liked her now.

There were even many people who burst into tears as soon as they heard the news that Ordel had left.

That was all something Ordel had accomplished.

“So there are no remaining grudges between us. This means there would be no problem at all if the Holy Maiden returned to the Grand Temple.”

“…Would it really not matter even if the Holy Maiden were fake?”

“Yes.”

Seth declared in response to Airic’s question.

His deep blue eyes were so clear without a hint of wavering that Airic couldn’t say anything.

“Thanks to her, we survived and were able to spread the Sun God’s name. So she is a Holy Maiden. Not some fake, but a real Holy Maiden who came for our sake.”

Airic gulped at the almost fanatical look in his eyes.

Regardless of Ordel’s true identity, Seth trusted her absolutely.

“The fact that we’ve met her again like this might also be the Sun God’s will. After all, this place is also the Sun God’s temple.”

“…That’s right.”

Airic agreed with those words as well.

No matter how he thought about it, meeting Ordel again—who had disappeared without a trace—at none other than the Sun God’s temple was hard to dismiss as mere coincidence.

This too might be the Sun God’s will.

“So let’s not reveal the fact that Lady Ordel was fake.”

“What?”

But Airic’s eyes widened in surprise, not expecting the upright Seth to suggest such a thing.

“That’s…”

That’s a good idea.

Then Ordel really could return to the Grand Temple without any problems.

“If only the Holy Maiden would return like this, then everything would go back to where it should be.”

Airic nodded vigorously.

Those were right words.

After their conversation ended, Seth returned to the temple first.

From inside, busy voices could already be heard as everyone prepared for cleaning.

Airic didn’t return with him and stood still for a moment.

There was one truth he hadn’t told Seth yet.

That there might be a possibility Ordel was actually a real Holy Maiden, just as they hoped.

‘She certainly didn’t deny it when I asked about her prophetic abilities.’

She even said we should talk about it again later when we were alone.

If Ordel had truly awakened as a Holy Maiden belatedly…

‘Please, oh God.’

Airic clasped his hands together and prayed earnestly.

Please let Ordel be a real Holy Maiden.

So that she wouldn’t casually cast everything aside and leave the Grand Temple like this time.

So that she would continue to stay.

Please, I beg you.

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