I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 203

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‘Red hair and turquoise eyes. Born with all the symbols of the imperial family, the Emperor’s legitimate heir would surely be this generation’s possessor of the Blessed Eyes.’

Feliks had heard these words since birth.

It had already been well over 50 years since a possessor of the Blessed Eyes had appeared, so everyone expected one to emerge in this generation.

Two children were born to the imperial family this time.

Feliks, the Emperor’s legitimate heir, and Bizra, the daughter born to the Emperor’s brother.

However, since Bizra had black hair resembling her mother, everyone naturally expected Feliks to manifest the Blessed Eyes.

But one year, two years, even until the deadline of five years old, Feliks failed to manifest the Blessed Eyes.

‘It’s unfortunate, but it can’t be helped. Still, you’re the only Crown Prince of the Empire.’

Though his parents said this, Feliks, who had naturally expected to possess the Blessed Eyes, was deeply shocked.

Even more so because his parents showed their disappointment.

The misfortune didn’t end there.

‘His Highness the Crown Prince seems to lack significant magical talent.’

The imperial family had produced powerful mages for generations.

However, the court mages couldn’t discover any talent in Feliks.

He had simply become Crown Prince because he was the Emperor’s only child.

Everyone was disappointed by the young Crown Prince who possessed no abilities.

One day, when his pride was wounded and he was thoroughly dejected, constantly watching his parents’ expressions.

Feliks, who had gone to meet his usually kind uncle, overheard a conversation between him and a court mage.

‘Princess Bizra is remarkably mature for her age. Moreover, this strange atmosphere… There’s a high possibility that Her Highness the Princess is this generation’s possessor of the Blessed Eyes.’

‘Bizra? Are you certain?’

‘I can be sure when she turns five, but I’m 90 percent confident.’

Feliks thought he had misheard.

He was the Emperor’s legitimate heir, so how could the Blessed Eyes have gone to Bizra?

She didn’t even have red hair!

Feliks froze stiffly and received an even greater shock from his uncle’s following words.

‘If Bizra truly possesses the Blessed Eyes… she could threaten the Crown Prince’s position.’

The Crown Prince—his uncle’s statement targeting him.

Could this really be what his uncle, whom he had thought was only kind, was saying?

His uncle, who had been the only one to look at him with ordinary eyes despite his lack of abilities—how could he do this?

How?

He trembled with betrayal. He simply couldn’t believe it.

Anger inappropriate for his age surged, and he couldn’t bear the sense of betrayal.

If his god, who had come drawn by that malice, hadn’t saved him, he would have eventually lived like a worm and lost even his position as Crown Prince.

It was natural for Feliks to hate Bizra.

“Why are you here?”

However, Feliks, skillfully hiding his true feelings as always, asked Bizra nonchalantly.

“Why? I came to see for myself what happened while I was confined. Since someone prevented me from seeing the outside world at all.”

Bizra said irritably, flipping her hair.

Such insolent behavior.

She was clearly looking down on him just because she possessed those eyes.

When she had no other abilities whatsoever.

“What a complete mess. To think monsters entered the Imperial Capital and ran wild. Things have really gone too far.”

Bizra, who had been watching the gardeners struggling to restore the garden, snorted and turned around.

“Ah.”

She, who had been about to pass by Feliks, stopped abruptly.

Turquoise eyes that were identical but could never be the same stared directly at Feliks.

“Thank you so much for sending the former Duke and Duchess Siery during yesterday’s attack. Such consideration, worried I might escape. I was so grateful I almost cried.”

At Bizra’s sarcastic words, Feliks unconsciously frowned.

Trisha Siery and Mikhail Siery.

He already knew that the two had gone to see Bizra during the monster attack.

After the situation ended, the two had personally come to report to the Emperor.

He had been wary that Bizra might have joined hands with those two in the meantime.

“Don’t even think about assigning useless surveillance. I was relieved that Jesi Lunata disappeared, but now Siery too, ha.”

Bizra, who let out an annoyed sigh, roughly bumped Feliks’s shoulder and left.

Instead of scolding her insolent behavior, Feliks quietly watched her retreating figure.

What he needed to be most wary of now was Ordel and Bizra joining forces.

But judging from Bizra’s reaction, they hadn’t joined hands yet.

Well, since there was no guarantee that Bizra wasn’t on his side, she might be being cautious.

The plan to call those two to the cabin where Bizra was staying might have been somewhat successful.

‘Now if I just kill Ordel, everything will be resolved.’

If he had more time it would be different, but since he needed to kill her as quickly as possible, he too had no choice but to take risks.

If he could obtain the bone, he was willing to sacrifice some flesh.

Because she was prey that could never be caught otherwise.

A thick smile appeared on Feliks’s face as he headed toward the Crown Prince’s Palace.

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The Sea God’s capital temple was located in the heart of the capital, near a wide lakeside that many people frequented.

Thanks to this, it could exert influence much more easily than the other two main temples.

However, unlike the place that used to lead the most splendid events during the Harvest Festival, the temple’s atmosphere had been somewhat subdued recently.

This was because the number of visitors had noticeably decreased.

“Many people have been visiting the Grand Temple of the Sun God.”

In the temple’s reception room.

Holy Maiden Carmen and Holy Sage Dominic, sitting side by side, flinched at the cold words.

Before them sat their father, Duke Andres Aria.

As soon as his two children were chosen by the Sea God, the Duke began speaking formally to them.

It wasn’t simply to elevate his children.

He was a devout follower of the Sea God and was merely following the rules.

If he had awakened divine power, he would have gladly abandoned his family and devoted himself to the main temple.

Therefore, he was very displeased with the current situation.

“I understand that the Holy Sage paid a fortune to purchase holy stones from the Sun God’s main temple.”

Duke Aria’s clear sky-blue eyes gazed at Dominic.

Though Dominic feared no one except the Sea God, he was slightly afraid of his father who was blindly devoted to the Sea God.

“Holy stones are absolutely necessary to display the god’s majesty. Even if those people used vile tricks to demand an unreasonable amount, it was right to purchase them.”

At his father’s words, Dominic barely managed to suppress his face from contorting.

Though he was certainly saying the right things, it kept sounding sarcastic.

“However, I cannot accept that the Sea God’s main temple was overshadowed by the Sun God’s main temple at the Harvest Festival. Moreover!”

Bang!

Duke Aria struck the table violently.

Unable to withstand his tremendous magical power, the table split in half with a crack.

“To even tacitly allow their insolent behavior! What exactly are the Holy Maiden and Holy Sage thinking!”

“…”

“…”

“Does the Sea God wish to see himself overshadowed by a mere sun?”

How could that be.

The Sea God being overshadowed meant that the power they had enjoyed was also being overshadowed.

However.

“It’s not that—the situation really isn’t favorable.”

“There’s no such situation…”

“No, Duke Aria knows nothing. You say such things because you don’t know.”

Dominic, who had been rubbing his temples, looked at Duke Aria with sharp eyes.

Duke Aria closed his mouth.

Even after becoming a Holy Sage, Dominic had always maintained proper respect for his father.

This was the first time he had asserted his authority as a Holy Sage more strongly.

“…What is it that I don’t understand?”

Finally, Duke Aria asked in a deflated voice.

Dominic let out a sigh.

Now it was time to reveal the truth.

“All of this is what the Sea God has commanded.”

“…What do you mean? A command from the Sea God?”

Duke Aria’s eyes widened at Dominic’s words.

“It’s true. Not long ago, the god broke his long silence and bestowed a revelation upon us.”

“Holy War.”

While the two were conversing, Carmen, who had seemed absent-minded, spoke up for the first time.

Duke Aria turned to look at her as if entranced.

“He commanded that a Holy War against ‘Evil’ would soon begin, and to prepare by following the Children of the Light.”

Duke Aria shot up with a face pale as a sheet.

“A Holy War! That’s…”

“Yes, war. The war has already begun.”

“Already begun? Don’t tell me, the monsters…?”

This time Dominic nodded.

“There are those on this land who have allied with monsters, like the twins of Lunata. Soon they will wage war alongside the monsters, and we will all be swept up in it.”

“…”

“Monsters are enemies of the Three Patron Deities. And unfortunately, it’s not us leading the Holy War, but the Sun God’s Main Temple.”

Because there was too great a difference in the intelligence they possessed compared to the Sun God’s Main Temple.

‘Ordel, that person must be receiving special revelations from the god.’

The Sun God’s Holy Maiden is not Idella.

She is merely a decoy; the real one is Ordel.

The divinity Ordel displayed in yesterday’s battle far surpassed even the level of a Holy Maiden or Holy Sage.

Divine power.

Ordel definitely possessed divine power.

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