I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 195

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“What complete chaos.”

Imperial Palace.

Trisha clicked her tongue at the scene visible through the corridor window.

To think that hundreds of demons would attack all the way to the Imperial Capital.

This is more serious than I thought.

“So wouldn’t it be better for us to keep watch rather than you lot?”

Trisha looked at the knights standing before the door.

Nearly ten knights gripped their swords with tense faces.

The two were now standing in front of the bedroom where Princess Bizra was confined.

Having deliberately not attended the holy festival, they came straight here right after the demons attacked.

Because Ordel had asked them to.

‘I don’t know how she predicted the attack, but that child has something special about her.’

Trisha and Mikhail were gradually getting used to Ordel’s eccentric behavior.

“What will you do if the demons take the Princess? Or if the Princess calls the demons here? Can you stop them?”

At Trisha’s words, the knights looked at each other with pale faces.

Without the Emperor’s permission, no one should be allowed inside, but…

As the two said, in this current situation, they alone couldn’t properly monitor the Princess.

“…Is your purpose truly to monitor Her Highness the Princess? If you intend to take advantage of this moment to extract her…”

A knight who seemed to be in charge stepped forward.

Trisha smiled at his courageous appearance.

“What would you do if that were our intention?”

“…”

His face turned deathly pale at just those words.

“I’m joking, just joking. We have no such thoughts, so don’t worry. I promise on my husband’s honor.”

Anyone who knew understood that Trisha valued her husband’s honor more than Siery’s honor.

Eventually the Imperial Knights sighed and opened the door.

“Good thinking. Don’t worry. When everything is over, I’ll personally report to His Majesty the Emperor.”

Trisha laughed heartily as she patted the knights’ backs roughly.

The only small comfort was Mikhail following behind her, giving them an apologetic smile.

Soon the bedroom door closed.

“There’s quite a commotion happening outside.”

Entering the room, Trisha looked at Princess Bizra sitting in a chair by the window.

“Though Your Highness can’t see any of it.”

All the windows in the room were blocked.

Even though she couldn’t see outside at all, she was looking toward the window.

“Still, just in case, I’ll ask – do you know what’s happening?”

“Why, does it seem like I ordered it?”

Bizra snorted.

“Because I’m their lackey?”

“That’s possible.”

Trisha calmly nodded and sat in front of Bizra.

Mikhail stood quietly by the door like a loyal knight.

“Did you come to kill me while taking advantage of the chaos? Because you think I’m the main culprit who hurt Duke Siery?”

“You heard about that, I see.”

“Your parental love is remarkable. Even if you’re caught, Siery would face severe punishment, yet you came to kill me directly.”

Despite her words, Bizra showed a relaxed attitude.

Seeing her like this, Trisha tapped the armrest and said:

“I will never forgive those who dared to cause pain to the son I bore from my own womb. I swore with my husband that I would chase them to the ends of the earth and tear them apart with my own hands.”

“…”

“But there’s no solid evidence that Your Highness is that bastard. No matter how blinded by revenge we are, we’re not crazy enough to just kill people without evidence.”

At these unexpected words, Bizra’s eyes widened.

“Besides, our smart, quick-witted daughter-in-law who’s good at causing scenes said there’s a possibility Your Highness isn’t the culprit.”

“Daughter-in-law, what?”

Bizra frowned.

Daughter-in-law? Could she mean Ordel, who’s been sticking close to Lute Sieri lately?

No wonder the atmosphere seemed strange, even in the Imperial Library.

“So now please tell us the truth.”

“…”

“I heard you haven’t said anything to His Majesty the Emperor either. But I’m a complete stranger with no relation to Your Highness. Wouldn’t it be easier to speak comfortably to me?”

Bizra quietly stared at Trisha.

Her blue-green eyes, characteristic of the Imperial Family, seemed to pierce through her strangely.

“I’ll listen seriously, so please tell me any story.”

Bizra glanced at Mikhail standing by the door.

Though he seemed uninterested, his eyes were fixed on the two of them.

“…”

After remaining silent, Bizra stood up and approached the window.

With thick wood boards added and Feliks blocking it with magic, nothing outside could be seen from here.

Still, standing quietly and listening carefully, she could hear the ground shaking and people’s screams.

“…Yes. If I remain silent, nothing will change in the end.”

Bizra turned around.

Her eyes began to shine strangely bright.

Both Trisha, who had been sitting relaxed, and Mikhail, who had been standing quietly, flinched and leaned forward.

Bizra’s atmosphere had changed.

What is this? It’s like the aura I sometimes feel from Ordel…

What on earth is this?

“This will be a very long story.”

Looking at the two tense people, Bizra slowly opened her mouth.

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A sharp sword wrapped in pitch-black energy.

A dense power so nauseating to look at flew toward me.

Beth’s eyes, dyed completely black, were filled with hatred.

To think she would burst out from inside the stairwell.

【Activating skill ‘Holy Spear.’ Enhancing physical abilities!】

After strengthening my body with the skill, I hastily thrust my mace forward.

Clang!

“Ugh!”

“Gah!”

When sword and mace collided, I felt pain as if my grip would tear apart.

Still, I gritted my teeth and endured, flowing the energy of Holy Spear through the sword touching my mace.

Sizzle.

Beth’s palm gripping the sword began to burn.

Thud!

Beth immediately kicked me and created distance.

That damn thing.

Grooooooo.

“Oh no.”

But I had no time to chase after Beth looking down at me.

Inside the stairwell she had burst from.

A pitch-black mass was writhing and clumping together inside.

Every time the pitch-black tar-like mass writhed, poison spewed out like mushroom spores.

“It’s poison! Everyone fall back!”

That thing, even I can’t purify it instantly.

As I gritted my teeth and shouted, people screamed and hurriedly retreated.

“Lady Ordel…!”

“Don’t come! You two kill the high-level demons first!”

I stopped Idella and Jeremy who were rushing toward me.

The two seemed quite conflicted, but fortunately they also judged it better to kill the demons first and turned around together.

It was the moment I felt relieved at that sight.

Swoosh!

I hastily turned my head as dark energy flew toward my face.

My cheek was roughly torn and blood flowed down.

“Unlike you, I have many people who would cause a huge fuss if I get hurt, you know? Could you be a bit more careful?”

The holy gun’s energy healed the wound.

Seeing it bubble slightly, she must have planted Evil’s poison while attacking.

I glared at Beth floating in the air, wrapped in dark energy.

Only she can fly, this is a bit unfair.

“I clearly heard you were being interrogated in prison…”

For someone who supposedly broke out of prison, she looks far from disheveled—actually quite good.

“So the one being interrogated now is a fake.”

When did they switch?

When we caught Jesi?

Or right after Jesi mentioned Beth’s name?

Who helped?

“…Your divine power really is strong.”

Beth muttered while glaring at me.

“I had confirmed that your divine power was trash-level.”

Being sisters, her way of speaking is identical to her younger sister’s.

“Yes, now I understand. You’ve been deceiving us all this time. And you’ve been disrupting all our plans until now.”

To realize that only now. It’s already too late.

“Now our target is you. The Sun God’s Holy Maiden comes after.”

She still hasn’t noticed that I’m the real Holy Maiden.

However, there was no time to feel relieved.

Part of the pitch-black mass that was inside the stairs flew over and wrapped around her sword.

Anyone other than me would be instantly consumed by poison with just a graze.

“Don’t let anyone come this way! They’ll die if poisoned!”

I shouted to Seth and Victoria.

Beth is incomparably stronger than Jesi.

Even though the Sun God’s divine power can purify Evil’s power, with my current strength, victory was hard to guarantee.

Maybe I should have just closed my eyes and borrowed some money from Rute.

Of all times to regret it now.

“Sigh, but I can’t run away.”

I gripped my mace tightly and blocked Beth’s charging sword.

“Ugh!”

Unlike before, I was the only one who groaned.

“No matter how much it’s the Sun God’s divine power, it’s nothing before a superior god’s darkness.”

Beth sneered.

The pitch-black energy wrapping her sword began to gradually suppress my divine power.

I swallowed the rising nausea and drew up more divine power.

And I mocked Beth who was right in front of me.

“A god? More like a filthy vermin.”

“How dare you commit blasphemy!”

“Blasphemy my ass when you have no holiness.”

I gathered divine power to my forehead.

The moment Beth’s eyes widened at my brilliantly glowing forehead.

“It’s just mockery!”

Bang!

I headbutted her face right in front of me.

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