I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 188

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The corridor in front of the Imperial Library.

“Bizra.”

Bizra, who had been spending time in the library as usual and was returning to the Princess’s Palace, encountered an unwelcome visitor.

As soon as she saw Crown Prince Feliks’s stern face, she clicked her tongue in annoyance.

“Why are you here when you’re usually busy with state affairs at this hour?”

“I came to see you, of course. If I don’t wait like this, there’s no way to meet you. You’ve always been avoiding me, Father, and Mother.”

Feliks looked at Bizra with complicated eyes.

Bizra, who was like a real younger sister to him.

Even though the Emperor and Empress had looked after her carefully, she had never accepted her uncle’s family.

Even if they weren’t her birth parents, they were clearly family connected by blood.

They had certainly gotten along well when she was young, but at some point she began putting up walls.

Walls so thick that one couldn’t tell what lay beyond them.

“I have nothing to say to you. You’re annoying me, so don’t talk to me.”

Bizra brushed past Feliks.

He sighed at her cold attitude.

“…Jessi Lunata. Did you really not know your aide was a suspicious person?”

Bizra’s steps came to an abrupt halt.

Her teal eyes that turned back to look at Feliks had grown coldly distant.

“Are you still suspicious even though I handed Jessi Lunata over to the Sun God’s Main Temple?”

“I want to believe you too, Bizra.”

Feliks took a step toward Bizra.

“But I don’t know anything about you, so I have no idea how I should trust you.”

There were so many unknowns that it was questionable whether they were really family living together.

Her clothing preferences, food preferences, favorite colors, and so on.

He could only guess that she might like books from the fact that Bizra frequented the Imperial Library.

Even this was just speculation, so he really knew nothing at all.

“I’ll ask again in the name of the Crown Prince. Princess Bizra Karneus. Did you truly not sense anything strange about Jessi Lunata?”

Feliks asked with a hardened expression.

Not as family, but as the Crown Prince who would lead the great empire next.

However, Bizra only snorted.

“I’m the one who wants to ask. Is your aide truly innocent?”

Bes Lunata.

A person the Crown Prince trusted greatly.

“Rather than me, who kept Jessi Lunata at a distance, isn’t it more suspicious that you always kept her close?”

“Bes Lunata is currently confined in the Imperial Capital.”

As if she hadn’t expected Feliks’s answer, Bizra frowned.

“Confined?”

“Until the Sun God’s Main Temple finishes interrogating Jessi Lunata, no one can approach Bes. I ordered it myself.”

Feliks had moved first before the Emperor and Empress could give orders.

Even if she was a cherished aide, contact with demons was absolutely unacceptable.

“Is this answer sufficient for you?”

“…”

Bizra looked at Feliks silently.

Just as Feliks was about to urge her for an answer, she burst into hollow laughter.

“Confinement. I wonder if that really has any meaning.”

“What?”

Feliks frowned at her incomprehensible words.

However, Bizra turned around again as if she had nothing more to say.

“I’m not finished talking yet!”

“So what? You have no intention of listening to anything I say anyway.”

“Bizra!”

“If you want to interrogate me, get permission from His Majesty the Emperor. Then I’ll gladly endure torture or whatever else.”

Bizra looked back at Feliks with a sneer.

“After all, I’m just a hollow princess who can be swayed by a single casual word from His Majesty the Emperor, right?”

Leaving those words telling him to handle it himself, Bizra completely left the scene.

Left alone, Feliks let out a rough sigh.

“…Torture.”

How could she so easily speak such words?

‘I can’t just wait for the Sun God’s Main Temple’s interrogation to end.’

It seemed he would have to go and check for himself.

“…”

Feliks looked at the tightly closed door of the Imperial Library.

That door seemed like Bizra’s heart, and he could only sigh.

Still, he was the Crown Prince.

For the future of the empire, he had to set aside personal feelings.

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The Sun Temple located on the outskirts of the capital city.

Feliks, who got out of the carriage, opened his eyes wide at an unexpected sight.

Why are there so many people?

Feliks looked around with a bewildered expression at the larger than expected number of visitors.

Even the condition of the temple, which had supposedly been neglected for a long time, was better than expected.

No, its appearance harmonizing with the forest looked very elegant and mysterious.

He had heard they had recently started maintenance, but what on earth had happened in such a short time?

“I greet Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Just then, Novice Priestess Monica, who had been managing the list of visitors, approached him.

“…If I had known there would be so many visitors, I would have made an appointment in advance.”

“It seems to be because of what happened at the recent hunting grounds. Everyone is greatly worried that the god might be angry.”

Monica sighed with a worried expression.

“This is something I’m only telling Your Highness the Crown Prince, but the Sun God was actually very angry.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes. Fortunately, he has calmed down, but I don’t know what will happen if something like this occurs again. He cares for and worries about his children more than anyone.”

Of course, the Sun God was far from being angry right now and was happily watching Jessi Lunata’s torture along with the real Holy Maiden.

However, Feliks, who didn’t know this fact, wore a serious expression.

“Please come this way. I’ll guide you to the Holy Maiden.”

Monica guided Feliks inside.

The temple visitors who belatedly recognized him each bowed or knelt, showing respect to the Crown Prince.

“…What’s that?”

While observing these people one by one, Feliks opened his eyes wide when he saw the glass bottles people were purchasing.

“They’re Sun God brand potions. Interest has increased because of this incident.”

“…That’s understandable. I confirmed their effects myself in the Southern Region.”

People who didn’t even know the Sun God’s name until recently were now purchasing the Sun God’s potions.

At this rate, the Temple of the Sea God might be quickly overtaken.

As he had felt before, the Sun God’s Main Temple’s capabilities were truly remarkable.

“Welcome, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

When they arrived at the reception room, Idella greeted him.

“I was amazed at how mysterious the temple is. How wonderful it looked harmonizing with the forest.”

“Right? It was all Ordel’s idea.”

Idella said with a shy smile.

Ordel.

Feliks, who had been pondering that name for a moment, asked.

“Is Miss Ortel Kiris also here at this place now?”

“No, she will be staying with the House of Sieri during the Harvest Festival period. She received an invitation.”

“She does seem to get along very well with the Sieri family. It’s rare to see someone become so close with them.”

It was just a polite comment, but for some reason Idella made an unpleasant expression.

“…May I ask what brings you here today?”

Even her tone had become stiff, as if telling him to state his business quickly and leave.

Feliks was flustered, but it was awkward to ask for the reason, so he got straight to the point.

“I came to inquire about how the interrogation of Jessi Lunata is progressing.”

“The Imperial Investigator will submit a report.”

“Still, I wanted to know in advance. If her sister Bes Lunata is also involved, I plan to begin interrogation immediately. In fact, we’ve already detained her as a precaution.”

It meant that no matter how loyal a family was to the imperial family, they absolutely would not overlook this matter.

Only then did Idella’s expression finally soften as she spoke with a sigh.

“Unfortunately, Jessi Lunata’s lips are sealed tight, so there hasn’t been much progress. We don’t even know if she’s an accomplice with Bes Lunata.”

At those words, Feliks rubbed his brow as if troubled.

“It’s truly shameful that the imperial family has failed to properly investigate this until now. We’re grateful to the Sun God’s Main Temple for doing what we should have done.”

“It was only possible because of divine power. Please remember that the Sun God’s Main Temple always stands with the imperial family.”

At Idella’s kind words, Feliks’s face finally showed some relief.

He brought up his second reason for coming here.

“Actually, I’d also like to discuss the holy stone purchase contract, if that’s alright?”

“Of course.”

“The imperial family wishes to purchase about 50 percent of the total production.”

Half of it?

Idella’s eyes widened.

It was much more than expected.

“Since this incident confirmed that divine power is lethal to demons, we’re discussing whether to rebuild the castle walls entirely with holy stones.”

Ah, if that was the case, it was perfectly understandable.

“I’m sorry, but that’s difficult.”

However, Idella shook her head.

“Ten percent of production. No more than that. Holy stones are absolutely necessary for the three temples as well, so we can’t sell too many to the imperial family alone.”

This was Ortel’s order.

“Ten percent is too little… I understand. I’ll think about it more.”

Feliks let out a deep sigh.

With all business concluded, he exchanged brief pleasantries with Idella and left the reception room.

And before leaving the temple, he looked up at the massive statue of the god in the center of the temple.

People sat before it with their hands clasped together, praying for the god’s mercy.

“…”

Feliks quietly watched that scene for a moment, then silently left the temple.

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