I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 206

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Jun Rudmin, who had finished her business trip to the Southern Region and returned to the capital after a long time, faced Rute in the study of the Duke’s townhouse.

‘But something seems strange.’

About two months.

She had only been away for that long.

Somehow Rute looked a bit different.

“Did something happen to you?”

“Why?”

“Your face looks the same, but something seems to have changed about you. What’s different?”

Jun rested her chin on her hand and examined Rute thoroughly.

As the primary contributor who led the Lumen Trading Guild, her eye for detail was practically the best in the Empire.

Her specialty was immediately noticing even the slightest changes in people.

Strange. Why can’t I see it today?

If it’s enough to give off this sense of incongruity, something must have definitely changed…

“Gasp! Th-that is!”

Jun’s eyes widened.

“A r-ring!”

Jun immediately pressed her nose close to Rute’s left hand.

A beautiful pure gold ring without a single impurity mixed in, and a mysterious gemstone ring set in the center!

To think he was boldly wearing such an obviously extraordinary ring on his left ring finger!

“No way, Lady Ordel! Even if a man’s face is important, you should also consider his character!”

There was no way this ring could belong to anyone other than Ordel.

Jun burst into lamentation.

Why would that kind, good-natured, and highly capable person get involved with a demon who’s only pretty on the outside…

“We’re not engaged yet.”

“Ah, I thought so. After all, Lady Ordel wouldn’t have such poor judgment.”

At Rute’s single comment, Jun immediately calmed down.

Right, there’s no way Ordel would do that.

“Still, prepare yourself mentally. She’ll become the duchess someday.”

Rute smiled brightly.

Jun openly made a displeased expression.

Honestly, she wished Ordel would kick Rute to the curb, but…

When has that Rute ever failed at something he set his mind to?

“More importantly, what exactly is this gemstone? I’ve never seen this color before.”

A pure white teardrop-shaped gemstone that looked like crystal and also resembled marble.

It even had a slight pink tinge mixed in, making it look very soft and mysterious.

She had seen countless gemstones while running the trading guild, but this was her first time seeing something like this.

“This would sell for much more than diamonds. Let’s distribute it immediately.”

Her merchant instincts kicked in.

This would make incredible money!

“Of course it would sell for more.”

“Then…!”

“Because it’s a sacred relic.”

“…Excuse me?”

Jun, who had been looking at Rute’s ring with greedy eyes, made a dumbfounded expression.

“This, this gemstone is, so…”

“A sacred relic. Ordel made it for me herself.”

“…”

If this gemstone is a sacred relic, then it can’t be sold…?

So that’s why he didn’t tell me.

Jun became dejected.

“Ah, by any chance, is this sacred relic alleviating your pain?”

“That’s right.”

Rute nodded vigorously.

“Thanks to it, my physical condition is very good right now.”

“Then it might be because of the sacred relic that you seem changed.”

Instead of answering, Rute smiled mysteriously.

It was both right and wrong.

The reason he had changed was because of the dream he had today.

Though it was just one night’s dream, Rute had essentially lived another life within it.

It weighed heavily on him because if he had made even the slightest mistake, that horrifically terrible dream could have become reality.

‘I need to tell Ordel about the dream.’

When he first opened his eyes in the morning, he was too busy distinguishing between dream and reality.

After that, he couldn’t speak because Ordel had to leave urgently due to news that the Sun God’s Cathedral in the capital had been attacked.

I must tell her when she returns.

Knock knock.

“My lord, a message from Lady Ordel has arrived.”

Just then, Yuri knocked on the study door.

A message arriving right after thinking of Ordel.

Are we really destined for each other?

“Although various parts of the temple were destroyed, there are no major problems thanks to having the Sea God’s Holy Maiden and Holy Sage, who came after hearing the news, do the water cleanup.”

At Yuri’s report, both Rute and Jun nodded simultaneously.

To make the Sea God’s ill-tempered Holy Maiden and Holy Sage do water cleanup.

That’s Ordel for you.

“And she asked us to spread a rumor.”

“What rumor?”

To Rute and Jun, who tilted their heads, Yuri explained step by step.

“Haha!”

At the brilliant idea, Rute burst into laughter.

So she means to use their plan against them.

Right, she’s absolutely not someone who would just take it lying down.

“Well, you heard her? Lady Ordel has given orders, so move quickly.”

Rute waved his hand.

Knowing well her personality of lighting a fire under people’s bottoms if they were even slightly late, Yuri hurriedly went outside.

“The enemies are going to be quite furious.”

“Paying back double is Ordel’s specialty.”

Rute really couldn’t contain his laughter.

Normally he should be anxious or worried since the enemy’s identity was beyond imagination…

But with Ordel around, anticipation was rising instead.

What kind of trouble would she cause to make the enemies suffer?

“And Jun. You’ll stay at the Duke’s mansion for the time being.”

“Me? Why?”

At Rute’s command, Jun’s eyes widened.

“You’re the core of our trading guild. If I were the enemy, I’d definitely target you too.”

He had actually seen it in his dream.

The scene where Jun was killed following Trisha and Mikhail.

The person who killed her was none other than…

‘Beth Lunata.’

She had infiltrated Jun Ludmin’s mansion in the capital, killed all the guards, and finally murdered Jun.

In reality, Ordel had killed both of the Lunata twins, but Feliks’s subordinates wouldn’t consist of only those two.

Perhaps he might move personally.

“Isn’t it enough that you have the guards personally assigned by the Guild Master?”

“No, it’s not enough.”

Although I had assigned stronger guards to Jun than to Yuri, no matter how skilled someone is, they can’t survive if poison is directly injected into them.

Lute too would have died in childhood if those bastards had planned to kill him rather than consume him.

“If you insist that much, then I have no choice. Ugh, I don’t want to watch Lord Trisha and Lord Mikhail’s romantic antics…”

Jun made a truly disgusted expression.

I fully understand that feeling, but it can’t be helped.

Watching romantic antics is much better than dying.

“Don’t worry. We won’t stay there very long.”

Tomorrow the Harvest Festival will end.

Either Ordel will die, or Crown Prince Felix’s true identity will be completely exposed.

One of the two will definitely happen.

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The atmosphere in the capital these days was terrible.

An unseemly incident had occurred where the Holy Maiden herself was attacked during a hunt hosted by the Imperial Palace.

Since then, ominous rumors had been circulating about some noble’s treason and imperial family members being connected to this incident.

In the midst of all this, when demons even appeared at the sacred festival offered to the gods, people couldn’t hide their anxiety.

Even though the subjugation was completed, the fear didn’t disappear.

Because they had learned that demons could attack the capital at any time.

Therefore, the news that demons appearing again today following yesterday had actually invaded the Sun God’s Cathedral in the capital plunged people into even greater terror.

“How could demons get into the temple…!”

“Weren’t demons supposed to be unable to invade temples because of their sanctity?”

“They said the Sun God’s power was the natural enemy of demons… Was that a lie? Otherwise, there’s no way the temple could have fallen to demons…”

“Come to think of it, it was also suspicious that despite being called one of the Three Patron Deities, the name wasn’t widely known.”

Deep suspicion began to bloom in people’s hearts.

Just as the Sun God’s reputation that had been painstakingly built up was about to crumble again.

“Wait, haven’t you folks heard the news yet? Even though demons attacked the temple, there was no damage at all!”

“No one was hurt, and the temple is perfectly fine too?”

“It seems the demons all died because they couldn’t overcome the temple’s sanctity!”

New rumors began to spread again.

“Is, is that true?”

“Of course it is! There are people who went to the temple directly! The Priests of the Sun God are offering prayers of gratitude to the god in the temple!”

“My goodness, my goodness! The temple really doesn’t suffer damage from demons!”

As more people came forward saying they had seen the intact state of the capital’s temple, suspicion disappeared and admiration and faith began to surge again.

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“This is insane.”

At that moment.

I gaped at the System Message coloring my vision.

【10 million people have newly learned of the existence of ‘Sun Risen from Death’.】

【Congratulations! You have achieved the minimum target of 10 million people! The power of ‘Sun Risen from Death’ increases dramatically!】

【User’s divine power increases by 3%.】

【Current divine power held: 68.076%】

“Kyaaaah!”

A scream of joy burst forth from my core involuntarily.

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