I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 222

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At the sound of the door closing, I, who had been lying sprawled on the sofa, only lifted my head slightly.

Jin, who had followed after saying she had something to tell Rute, had returned.

“Did the conversation go well?”

“More or less.”

Jin nodded and sprawled out on the opposite sofa just like me.

With no conversation and only quiet breathing between us, I suddenly found myself laughing.

“Being like this reminds me of the old days.”

When we lived together, after finishing work and coming home, we would each claim a sofa like this and lie down, eating snacks while chatting about what happened that day.

I thought days like this would never come again, but here we are together once more.

Small miracles gathered together to become one big miracle.

“…What happened with the contract with the Eternal God?”

But I couldn’t just be happy about it.

There was no way crossing over to this world completely, not just in soul but in body too, came without any restrictions.

“Did you pay some kind of price?”

“I already paid the price in my previous life. No one has conditions more suitable for becoming the Eternal God’s Holy Maiden than me.”

That’s true.

Jin had experienced death once in her previous life, and after reincarnation, she witnessed my death with her own eyes.

“However, that was just the minimum condition to become a Holy Maiden. To come to this world, another condition was needed.”

“What was it?”

“Your death.”

At Jin’s answer, I unconsciously bolted upright.

Jin continued speaking while staring intently at the ceiling.

“We made a contract that when you approached death once again, I would be allowed to cross over to this world as a Holy Maiden.”

As if holding back tears.

I pressed my forehead.

The reason the Eternal God prevented me from strengthening my divine power.

It was to fulfill the conditions for bringing Jin to this world.

Because both I and Jin desperately wanted to meet each other again.

The Eternal God used the only method available to him.

Now I can’t even resent him for hurting me.

“I thought I would meet you when you became a bent old grandmother, around the time you passed away from old age. We’d only have a few days, or at most a few hours together, but I thought that would be okay.”

“…Hyun-jin.”

“But there was no need to meet like this in less than a year.”

Jin finally couldn’t hold back and tears streamed down her face.

I got up from my seat and approached Jin.

“I didn’t send you to this world hoping you would go through something like this.”

“I know.”

“I just thought that if it were you, you’d figure out how to escape the Grand Temple on your own and live well by yourself. You adapt well anywhere.”

“I know.”

“I really never had even the slightest intention of dragging you into this damn fate of mine…”

I pulled Jin into a tight embrace.

My shoulder gradually became damp.

“I know that too. That’s why I’ve never resented you even once.”

Rather, I was grateful and sorry.

Of course, when I didn’t know that ‘Ortel Kiris’ was Joo Hyun-jin’s previous life, I did resent her just a little bit.

But after learning the truth, never once.

“Living this life now is entirely my choice.”

Rather, if it weren’t for my friend, I wouldn’t have gotten this opportunity and would have just died.

“It suits me very well.”

Running around busily working and earning money was more fun than I thought.

I didn’t know I was a workaholic.

“You died from overwork in your previous life, so now you should live more comfortably. Why do you keep complicating your own fate?”

Jin snapped at me fiercely with a tear-soaked voice.

I really have nothing to say to that.

“…The reason I could come straight to your side as soon as I was summoned to this world was because you had the diary containing fragments of my soul. If not for that, I couldn’t have come here so directly.”

Ah.

At Jin’s words, I released her from my embrace.

“Pfft.”

Immediately, laughter burst out of me involuntarily.

My pretty friend’s face had become covered with tears, snot, and…

“Die, seriously!”

When I finally fell over laughing, Jin pounded on my back.

“Here, take this.”

I took the diary out of my inventory and handed it to her.

“Even when I didn’t know ‘Ortel Kiris’ was you, I strangely felt concerned and affectionate toward her. My body must have instinctively reacted.”

Jin, who had been vigorously blowing her nose into a handkerchief, accepted the diary with a calm expression.

“…”

Just when I thought she might flip through a few pages, she immediately burned the diary with divine power.

“Is, is that okay?”

I was more surprised by her unhesitating action.

“What wouldn’t be okay about it?”

But Jin actually looked relieved.

“There are no good memories in it. It’s full of anger, irritation, and regret, so even if I looked through it again, I wouldn’t be lost in nostalgia.”

I see.

The diary was filled with sentences that made even me feel heavy-hearted.

“This diary has already done its job just by reconnecting you and me, so it’s okay for it to disappear now.”

“Good thinking.”

I simply patted Jin’s shoulder.

If this could help shake off even a little of the painful memories from the past, it was better to get rid of it.

“Oh, there’s one more important thing I need to tell you.”

“What is it?”

Jin, who had been dusting off her hands, continued speaking with a nonchalant expression.

“That’s not my body.”

What is she talking about now?

“Your body isn’t yours? You look exactly like you did when you lived on Earth.”

“No, this is my body. I’m talking about the body you’re wearing. Strictly speaking, that’s not the body I used in my previous life. Well, it is, but it’s different.”

“…?”

What does it mean to be right but not right?

“Haven’t you heard from people around you? That you seem to have changed a lot since the possession.”

Excluding the obvious change in personality.

Other than that…

“I think I’ve heard a few times that my eyes are different.”

In the early days of possession.

People at the Sun God’s Main Temple would often whisper about it.

That somehow my eyes seemed to shine more golden than before.

I thought it was thanks to my divine power getting stronger.

“Right. That’s proof that the body is different. My pupils were originally closer to yellow, not golden. But now your eyes are clearly a deep golden color that anyone can see.”

“What on earth are you talking about?”

“Right now, your body is a newly reconstructed flesh based on my previous life’s body.”

Jin said with a bright smile.

This doesn’t seem like something to say so cheerfully?!

“Is, is such a thing even possible?”

“Yeah. Don’t I know your personality? If you really thought you entered my body, it’s obvious you’d go on about guilt and feeling sorry and all that. So when the gods came to take your soul, I made a request.”

‘Please reconstruct my body. Even if creating a completely new body is too much, reconstruction is definitely possible with the power of the Three Patron Deities, right?’

“Because of this, the Sun God had to consume quite a bit of his already meager remaining power. Well, since he’s taking you instead of me, it’s only natural he’d grant this much of a request.”

Wow, it really feels like I got hit in the head.

The body that was strangely lacking in muscle and stamina.

The divine power of ‘Ortel Kiris’ that was only a mere 2%.

Even the Sun God who was much weaker than in the original.

All of this was because the body was reconstructed.

“That body was prepared for you, so you don’t need to worry about me.”

“Ha. You really know me too well.”

I covered my face with my hands.

It was shocking, but on the other hand, I felt relieved in a corner of my heart.

I had been treating this body quite roughly.

I felt guilty since I had handled it harshly even yesterday.

Now my heart feels a bit lighter.

Oh, of course that doesn’t mean I’ll abuse it from now on, just in case.

If Jin knew this, she’d throw a fit, so I shouldn’t tell her.

“…What? You’re thinking something weird right now. Your expression looks very suspicious.”

This perceptive guy.

Rute is one thing, but Jin really knows me too well since we’ve spent our whole lives together.

“Suspicious my foot. I’m just grateful.”

I answered nonchalantly and hugged Jin tightly, patting her back.

“For thinking of me that much. I’m really grateful.”

“You think I’ll let you off if you do this?”

At her gruff words, I smiled and nodded.

“Yeah, I think you will?”

“…Be quiet.”

Instead of answering, Jin pulled me tightly around the waist.

Seeing my friend’s unchanged appearance after so long made me burst into laughter.

“Come to think of it, Nashas, High Priest seemed very curious about you. I should introduce you.”

Nashas had already noticed that Jin was the Holy Maiden.

However, since Jin was sticking close to my side and wouldn’t leave, and we had to sort out the incident from last night, the two hadn’t been able to have any conversation.

He was secretly heartbroken for being the only one without a Holy Maiden or Holy Sage, but now he’ll be happy.

“Do we have to? I’m not going to the Shrine of the Annihilation God anyway and will keep staying with you.”

【The ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ is startled and asks what on earth you’re talking about.】

When Jin grumbled, a System Message appeared before my eyes.

But for some reason, Jin also frowned and glared at the air.

“Did you get a message too?”

“Yeah. I can receive indirect messages from the Annihilation God and Sun God. Since I’ve had the divine power of both gods.”

“So you’ve also become subject to the gods’ whining.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Jin’s face contorted completely.

“Are they always this talkative? They chatter so noisily, I’ve wanted to smash the system window more than once or twice.”

Finally, someone who understands my feelings has appeared.

“Don’t they tell you to make offerings? They say offerings make the god’s power stronger.”

“Ah, right. I had something to give you, and mentioning offerings reminded me.”

Jin, who had been swatting at the System Message, rummaged through the air.

“Here, take it.”

Then she suddenly held out a pouch that seemed to come from her inventory.

“What’s this?”

“Money.”

【The amount is 3 billion.】

“…?”

At the System Message that appeared before my eyes, I blankly rubbed my eyes.

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