I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 177

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I decided to deal with Count Kiris when Idella said she would become the official Holy Maiden of the Sun God in my place.

Conveniently, there was also a suspicious emblem in the secret room at the Kiris Count’s mansion.

Check if there’s an eighteen-year-old girl by Ordel’s side.

This was one of the things I had the Sun God recite before blowing up Count Kiris’ office.

It must have meant to find Idella, whom I had brought with me.

So I reached the conclusion that I could easily eliminate Count Kiris by using Idella as bait, and sent a forged letter to the Count through Jeremy.

While the main Kiris estate might be difficult, infiltrating a townhouse in the capital would be easy enough.

“Thanks to you falling for it, my plan succeeded. I’m truly grateful.”

I smiled brightly at the stiffly frozen Count Kiris.

“Of course, it’s also thanks to our Miss Idella willingly acting as bait. You worked hard, Miss Idella.”

“Not at all! I’m actually so happy I could help Lady Ordel.”

Idella smiled brightly.

I had prepared various safeguards to ensure she wouldn’t get hurt, but still, if things had gone wrong, it could have been dangerous…

Thanks to her willingly taking the risk, everything went smoothly.

I’m so grateful and sorry at the same time.

I’ll definitely give her hazard pay later.

“Joseph Kiris. You’re going to be ruined.”

I firmly planted my mace in front of his frozen feet.

He flinched and trembled.

“Since you attacked the Holy Maiden of the Sun God, the Imperial Palace can’t just let it slide. We’ve also recovered that letter you received as evidence.”

Our Jeremy really did so much work.

What would I have done without Jeremy?

“Even your ‘master’ who elevated you to that position won’t be able to prevent your downfall.”

Count Kiris’ eyes widened.

“Master, you say?”

“I already know everything, so there’s no need to pretend ignorance. You’re a follower of ‘Evil’, aren’t you?”

The Count’s eyes began to shake violently.

It must be shocking enough that he can’t hide his agitation.

Because I know exactly about ‘Evil’, whose existence no one else even knows about.

“But if you tell us the information you know, I’ll at least spare your life. You don’t want to die either, do you?”

“You’re talking nonsense. Do you think the Imperial Palace would abandon me over something like this? Do you think they’d believe the nonsense from some insignificant Sun God’s Main Temple!”

“Ah, you’re really stupid.”

Is this guy’s head just for decoration?

Why are you stating the obvious?

“Of course they won’t believe it.”

“…What?”

I snorted at the Count’s stupid blinking expression.

“But if we have the means to negotiate with the Imperial Palace, that’s a different story.”

If we could gain something greater instead of just bringing down the Kiris Count’s family.

The Imperial Palace would gladly take our hand.

“We’ll handle the negotiations ourselves, so you just need to choose. Will you die maintaining your loyalty, or will you save your life by telling us about someone who doesn’t deserve your loyalty?”

I infused divine power into the mace I was holding.

The Count writhed as sharp golden thorns sprouted menacingly.

However, because Jeremy was holding him, he couldn’t move an inch.

Prick, prick.

The grown thorns began to slowly pierce his knees.

“Do you think you’ll be safe when the Count’s family falls!”

The Count shouted angrily.

Even so, he looked pale blue like a frightened person, so it wasn’t very scary.

“Yeah, I’ll be safe. That’s why I’m doing this.”

How much do I care about my own safety?

“The Sun God’s Main Temple will claim my innocence, and the Sieri Duchy will also help me.”

I have reliable backing, you see.

“The Sun God’s Main Temple?”

Then the Count snorted and looked back and forth between Idella and Seth.

“Since the real Holy Maiden has appeared, everyone must have learned that you’re fake, right? Do you really think they’ll help you after you deceived the Main Temple and pushed it toward destruction?”

In the past, I would have watched people’s reactions to these words.

But now I believe.

“What crazy nonsense is this lunatic spouting? Talking about fake and all that crap.”

I couldn’t help but burst into laughter at Idella’s blunt statement.

“Destruction? No, Lady Ordel revived the Main Temple. We lived because this person was here.”

Seth’s firm words made my heart flutter involuntarily.

“This person is the real Holy Maiden sent to us by the Sun God. I will never forgive any act of insulting this person.”

Seth gripped his sword and directed killing intent at the Count.

Enough to make the Count’s face turn deathly pale.

I was so grateful for both of their unwavering faith in me.

I was happy.

“…Did you hear that, you stupid Count? So don’t worry about my safety and worry about yourself. If you want to live, that is.”

“A-anyway, you guys can’t kill me.”

The Count, overwhelmed by Seth’s killing intent, trembled but still laughed.

“No matter how much I attacked the Holy Maiden, if you k-kill me without even giving me a scratch, you’ll make an enemy of the Imperial Palace!”

That’s right.

Because that would be a challenge to imperial authority.

But you stupid fool, you know one thing but not two.

“You haven’t forgotten what the specialty of Sun God’s divine power is, have you?”

I smiled brightly and raised my mace.

“…Huh?”

The Count made a stupid expression.

“High Priest.”

I gladly yielded that guy to Airic.

Airic approached the Count slowly, holding a whip that emitted a reddish glow.

“Torture, heal, torture, heal, torture again and heal again. That’s our Main Temple’s specialty.”

And Airic was a genius torturer.

I waved at the Count facing Airic.

“Speak up whenever you want to talk. I’ll gladly wait.”

“Wait…!”

But it was already too late.

Airic, with an unusually cold expression, roughly swung his pure white whip.

The rain continuously beating the forest thoroughly masked the unpleasant screams.

What a perfect day when nothing would be discovered no matter what happened.

* * *

Airic worked on the Count for exactly 30 minutes.

Actually, I would have liked to have him do it for about 30 hours.

But I had left Trisha and Mikhail’s side for too long.

Since I didn’t know when the two might be attacked, I had to return now.

“…”

I quietly stared at Count Kiris.

It was only 30 minutes, but it was enough time for Airic to break his spirit.

Because divine power only heals physical wounds, it can’t restore the mind.

“I’m sorry. If I had more time, I could have extracted proper information.”

Then Airic approached and apologized.

“I’m not looking at you with regret.”

Worried that he might misunderstand, I immediately shook my head.

“I was just a little surprised to hear something I never expected.”

The Count stubbornly held out, but eventually couldn’t endure the final torture and confessed one piece of information.

Actually, I hadn’t expected that a minion of ‘Evil’ would give the Count any significant information.

I was prepared to be satisfied with just a small clue…

How should I put it.

The information he confessed wasn’t tremendously significant, but it was quite unexpected.

“We should head back for now. Enemies might come looking for this guy, so please keep a close watch.”

“Of course. We’ll guard him thoroughly until he’s brought before the Imperial Family…”

It was just as Seth was nodding his head.

“Lady Ordel, someone’s coming.”

Jeremy, who had been tying up the surviving enemies with rope, suddenly looked up.

“It’s the Crown Prince.”

Feliks? Was he in this area?

I frowned.

I had planned to expose the Count’s crimes in front of everyone.

But if the Crown Prince appears here, it’ll throw off our plans.

“…What is all this?”

While I was sighing, Feliks emerged through the bushes.

“No matter how I look at it, this doesn’t seem like an ordinary hunting scene. What exactly happened here?”

Those lying dead and bleeding, and those tied up with rope.

And even Count Kiris.

Feliks’s face hardened slightly as he surveyed each scene.

I shrugged my shoulders.

“No, this is indeed a hunting scene. To be precise, it was human hunting.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Count Kiris here dared to attack the daughter of the Sun God.”

Feliks’s eyes widened.

He urgently looked back and forth between the Count and Idella, who was beside Airic.

“It’s true. If I had been alone, it would have been disastrous.”

Idella answered with a deeply furrowed brow.

Wow, our Idella. She’s really good at acting too.

“I didn’t expect to receive such an enthusiastic welcome as soon as I arrived in the capital after so long.”

It was a sarcastic remark about the Imperial Palace that had invited the Sun God’s Main Temple.

Excellent, perfect.

This is why I can trust and rely on Idella.

“…The Imperial Palace will take responsibility and investigate. The situation seems clear, but we need solid evidence to punish the Count.”

It was the answer I had expected.

“Then I’ll transport the Count…”

“No.”

But that won’t do.

I immediately gestured to Idella with my chin.

Idella blocked the Count’s path and said.

“The Sun God’s Main Temple will transport both the Count and the captured enemies. Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn’t need to trouble yourself.”

At Idella’s firm words, Feliks frowned.

“Are you saying you don’t trust me?”

“Yes.”

Why ask such an obvious question?

“Your Highness also doesn’t fully believe that the Count attacked me, do you? That’s why you said evidence was necessary.”

“That’s…”

“We feel the same way.”

These were words I had briefed Idella on in advance.

At least until we stand before the Emperor and Empress, we must take custody of these people.

That way, the minions of ‘Evil’ who might be lurking somewhere in the Imperial Palace won’t be able to pull any tricks.

“…”

“…”

Idella and Feliks stood facing each other as if confronting one another.

Somehow I felt a bit strange.

To think that a couple who had been together in my previous life was now standing in opposition like this.

It felt as if I had become a couple breaker.

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