I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 170

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The door opened and Carmen and Dominic entered side by side.

Unlike Dominic, who wore holy sage vestments, Carmen was dressed in a very deep blue dress that made her stand out.

The dress boldly revealed her shoulders and neckline, with a white hem that looked like waves crashing with each step she took.

Maybe it’s because I’ve become interested in dresses, but now I notice things like that.

“Have you met them before?”

“I’ve met Holy Sage Dominic. It was a very rewarding encounter.”

Remembering that day when I stripped him to his very soul makes me smile naturally.

【’Raging Sea’ glares at the user.】

The Sea God immediately sent a message like a shot, just because his Holy Maiden and Holy Sage were here.

I ignored it right away.

【’Raging Sea’ lets out an angry roar and swings his spear through the air.】

【’Sun Risen from Death’ clicks his tongue, saying he doesn’t understand why he keeps getting angry when he can’t even lift a finger against the user.】

【’Raging Sea’ changes direction and attacks ‘Sun Risen from Death’!】

【’Sun Risen from Death’ asks if he wants to try it and starts rampaging together.】

The two gods disappeared while bickering with each other.

“Are you going to greet them?”

“No.”

Why should I bother? If they want to come, they should come to me.

When I turned my head away sharply, Trisha laughed heartily.

“We don’t get along with those guys either, so it’s good that we’re on the same page!”

Trisha spread her folding fan wide and asked me.

“More importantly, people can’t take their eyes off our dresses. How does it feel to have our plan succeed?”

“Very satisfying. I’m looking forward to the day when the Empire is covered in lace.”

I answered while glancing at Trisha’s fan.

That was a very intentional action.

Trisha’s black folding fan was also decorated with golden lace.

‘The problem is that it’s made of iron wire.’

I looked with clouded eyes at the iron wire that Trisha was holding so lightly.

In this whole world, Trisha is probably the only person who decorates iron wire with lace.

“You’ll have champagne, right?”

At Rute’s question, I immediately nodded.

“Of course. Please get me something delicious.”

“You probably have all the most delicious alcohol anyway.”

Rute sighed with eyes full of regret.

The portable wine pouch he gave me when he was completely drunk was still in my possession.

“What does that mean?”

After Rute and Mikhail left, Trisha asked.

I briefly told her the story behind the wine pouch.

“Huh. So you’re saying all of our clan’s expensive liquors are in Miss Ordel’s hands?”

“I’ve never carelessly taken any out to drink. Really.”

“It’s fine. You can drink them all.”

No, do you know how expensive those things are? Why are you just giving them away like that?

“But it was just about alcohol. I was expecting something else. Ugh, how disappointing.”

“What were you thinking about?”

“You know, there’s that thing.”

Trisha covered her face with her fan and whispered in a small voice.

“The most delicious alcohol is right on your lips.”

“Pfft!”

What, what did I just hear?

Now, what, huh? What did she say?

“You need to have at least this much sense. My son is really too boring.”

I stared blankly at Trisha as she clicked her tongue and fluttered her fan.

So right now…

“What. Are you surprised that I know about you two’s relationship?”

Of course I’m surprised, how could I not be…?

“It would be stranger if I didn’t know. My son, whom I’ve watched his whole life, is doing things he’s never done before.”

“…”

“And it’s exactly what his father used to do.”

Mikhail, who doesn’t hide his affection for Trisha.

Ah, like father, like son.

“Lady Trisha, that’s…”

“You don’t need to feel awkward about rejecting my son. That guy needs to experience some frustration to become a bit more humble.”

I haven’t given any answer yet, but in a broad sense, I suppose this counts as rejection.

More importantly, humility?

“Siery doesn’t have humility.”

Why are you demanding something from Rute that you don’t even have yourself?

“Hahahaha!”

Trisha burst into loud laughter at my words.

People around us widened their eyes at her hearty laugh.

“That’s right! Anyway, I’m serious about not needing to worry about it. It’s not your fault that my son couldn’t win your heart. It’s because my son is lacking.”

It’s not Rute’s fault.

I just don’t have time to pay attention to other things right now.

After everything is over…

Well. I don’t know yet what choice I’ll make then.

“But there’s one thing I’d like to ask.”

Then Trisha spoke seriously.

“Can I call you daughter-in-law from now on?”

“…?”

This person also has the talent for talking nonsense with a serious face.

“I haven’t accepted Rute’s feelings yet.”

“Just think of it as a nickname. It’s too cold to call you Miss Ordel.”

This mother and son really are alike.

Making such shameless requests without changing expression at all.

“Hmm? Can I call you daughter-in-law from now on?”

Trisha asked me again with a very bright smile.

People who couldn’t hear our conversation were just busy being amazed.

“My goodness, look at the former duchess’s smile!”

“His Excellency smiled exactly like that when he got married…”

“Who on earth is that woman? Does anyone know?”

They were whispering so loudly that I could hear it all.

But who would answer them? There’s no one who really knows me.

“Good evening, Your Excellency.”

No, that’s what I thought.

While everyone was just watching from afar and whispering.

Someone approached.

The person I had been waiting for.

‘Finally, they’re here!’

Joseph Kiris and his wife Sara Kiris.

I hastily controlled my mouth that was about to split from ear to ear.

“Who is it?”

Trisha’s face twisted into a menacing expression, as if she had never smiled brightly at all.

“Who dares to rudely interrupt my pleasant conversation?”

Wow, she really cuts people down mercilessly.

That’s Trisha for you. I should learn from her.

“I am Count Joseph Kiris.”

“I am his wife, Sara Kiris.”

However, the Kiris couple had quite thick skin as well.

Even at Trisha’s insult, neither of them batted an eye.

“We sincerely apologize for interrupting Your Excellency’s conversation. However, we simply wish to have a conversation with our daughter after such a long time.”

Oh, look at this?

Revealing my identity so directly like this?

“Daughter? Did the Count just say daughter?”

“Ah, come to think of it, I heard the Count took in an adopted daughter.”

“That’s right. He definitely said she was a Holy Maiden… Could that woman be…?”

At the Count’s single remark, even more gazes poured toward me.

Among them, the Count was looking down at me as if mocking me.

As if no matter how much I struggled, I was still in the palm of his hand.

This guy is really ridiculous.

“Now see here, Count.”

Trisha frowned and tried to take a step closer to the Count.

She looked ready to strike his cheek with the fan she was holding at any moment.

“Lady Trisha.”

I grabbed her and stopped her.

Honestly, I’d love to see her slap him refreshingly.

But that’s for later.

Right now, something even more exciting is about to happen.

“The Holy Maiden, High Priestess, and Holy Knight Captain of the Sun God’s Main Temple are entering!”

At that moment, as if on cue, the servant’s booming announcement rang out.

Count Kiris’s eyes widened.

The Countess looked back and forth between me and the door with a bewildered expression.

They must be shocked that the Sun God’s Holy Maiden is entering when I’m right here.

I smiled brightly at the two of them.

“Sun…? Was there such a god?”

“Come to think of it, I think one of the Three Patron Deities was the sun.”

“Wait a minute. Didn’t they say Count Kiris’s adopted daughter was a Holy Maiden? And of some little-known god too…”

Along with murmuring, strange gazes poured toward Count Kiris.

“What is this…!”

The Count whirled around to look at me.

I very kindly explained to him.

“What do you mean what? It means I quit being a Holy Maiden. In other words, you now have absolutely nothing to do with the Sun God’s Main Temple.”

“…What did you say?”

“Did you really think I would quietly give up the potion business?”

Count Kiris, who had urged me to quit the potion business in exchange for a piece of land and 5,000 gold.

“Did you really think I would trade worthless land for a potion business that brings enormous profits?”

I took a step closer to the Count.

And I whispered in a voice small enough for only him and the Countess to hear.

“Thanks to you, the land, the money, and the potion business have all become mine. Thank you so much?”

“…Ordel!”

Yes, this is the expression I really wanted to see.

I smiled brightly and turned my head.

The door opened, and the three main figures of the Sun God’s Main Temple entered.

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