I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 24

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Behind the Daesinjeon lies a vast open space.

According to Airic, this was once a training ground where the Holy Maiden, Holy Figures, priests, and Holy Knights would train their divine power while bathed in sunlight pouring down from the heavens.

“Now it’s just a barren field.”

Training ground, my foot. The way dust flies around whenever the wind blows reminds me exactly of a military parade ground.

In the past, the floor was supposedly covered with sturdy stones that wouldn’t break even when divine power was poured into them.

Seth explained with a gloomy face that as they became poor, they sold them off one by one until it ended up like this.

“Along with the garden, it’s practically a symbol of the impoverished Daesinjeon.”

Once I earn money, I’ll have to repair this place too so it can regain its past glory.

“Sigh. Why are there so many things that require money.”

Even pouring water into a bottomless jar would be better than this.

Sighing, I approached the large brazier in one corner.

The fire lit by a servant was blazing brightly.

I was alone here.

I had sent away Victoria, Airic, and even Seth because I didn’t know what might happen during the process of burning the suspicious holy relic.

‘You’re going to burn that?’

When I told him I was going to burn it, Airic had tried to stop me, saying it was such a waste.

‘Then couldn’t we at least remove the jewels from the box and sell them? There doesn’t seem to be any need to burn those too.’

Poverty is truly frightening. To think a High Priest would earnestly ask if we couldn’t at least sell the jewels.

Of course, I flatly refused.

‘The box might have absorbed some ominous energy too, so it’s better not to leave it behind unnecessarily.’

If even the light holy relic had a bad influence on people, how could the jeweled box that contained it be fine?

It’s best to just burn everything suspicious completely.

“Farewell, cursed chunk of stone.”

I poured the broken necklace fragments from inside the box into the blazing fire, then finally threw in the jeweled box as well.

This wasn’t the end.

【Activating skill ‘Blessing.’】

I poured in every bit of divine power I could muster.

The fire and divine power intertwined and began blazing with a whoosh!

The heat was so intense that even my body enhanced with divine power could barely handle it.

Since whoever made the holy relic was hostile to the Sun God, I thought I might be able to destroy it using the Holy Maiden’s blessing.

And the result was…

【The ‘Light Holy Relic’ can no longer maintain its form. The ‘Light Holy Relic’ is completely annihilated by the divine power of ‘The Sun That Crawled Out of Death’!】

“That’s right!”

I clenched both fists and cheered at the message I had wanted to see.

With the frustration-inducing element completely gone, I feel so refreshed!

At least now I’ll never have to struggle while getting backstabbed repeatedly without knowing anything like in the original…!

【Failed to destroy the divine artifact. Current user’s divine power is insufficient to destroy the divine artifact.】

“…Huh?”

What? Failed? No, wait. Looking again, it wasn’t a holy relic.

It said it failed to destroy a ‘divine artifact.’ Why is a divine artifact mentioned here?

I hastily withdrew the divine power that was burning with the fire and extinguished the flames with water from a bucket beside the brazier.

The light holy relic was definitely said to have been annihilated.

Then what remained was one thing.

“Huh.”

Among the charcoal remains of the firewood, the jeweled box lay buried, completely unburned.

In perfect condition, without a single melted spot.

“This was a divine artifact?”

To think they used a divine artifact just to contain a holy relic. And such a thing wasn’t even mentioned in the original.

Was it because it was passed to Rute along with the holy relic in the box?

“System, whose divine artifact is this?”

【That question falls under forbidden knowledge. To obtain the answer to that question, the user’s divine power must exceed 40%.】

“Forbidden knowledge? Then it wasn’t made by the final boss of the original?”

【That question falls under forbidden knowledge. To obtain the answer to that question, the user’s divine power must exceed 40%.】

“The system is stupid. It doesn’t know anything.”

【This AI system is a cutting-edge cosmic system created with the gods’ utmost effort. If I’m stupid, then you are stupid too.】

“You answer this kind of thing fluently though.”

It seems making the user stupid is fine, but it can’t stand being treated as stupid itself.

“If you want to prove that a cutting-edge cosmic system isn’t stupid, then at least tell me the name or information about this divine artifact.”

【Only information authorized for the current user can be accessed. Disclosing authorized information.】

Oh? I asked without expecting much, but got an unexpected response.

Is it because I told it to prove it’s not stupid? Should I attach this like a modifier whenever I ask something from now on?

【Divine Artifact Information】

Name: Box Made Out of Boredom

Grade: Legendary

Owner God: ???

Abilities: ???

Special Notes: ???

“…”

No, it’s not. It told me because it wouldn’t be helpful anyway, like doing me a favor.

Is the divine artifact’s name really ‘Box Made Out of Boredom’? The name is like that, but why is the grade so high?

Isn’t Legendary the highest grade?

“It definitely wasn’t made by the final boss.”

Since it was a box to contain the light holy relic, if it were him, he would have made it properly, but seeing that the name is like that, he’s definitely not the creator.

And it didn’t seem to be made by the Sun God either.

If it were, Airic would have absolutely thrown himself to stop me, saying it couldn’t be burned.

I looked reluctantly at the jeweled box still buried among the charcoal remains.

Come to think of it, unlike the light holy relic that made me breathless at first sight, this jeweled box gave me no feeling at all.

So much so that I never thought it could be a divine artifact.

Seth and Airic had no particular reaction either.

So it doesn’t seem to be as dangerous as the light holy relic…

“Even if it’s not ominous, it’s still suspicious.”

After staring at the jeweled box as if having a staring contest for a while, I finally reached out my hand.

If it won’t burn in fire and can’t be destroyed with divine power, I have no choice but to hide it somewhere in my room.

It would be trouble if someone else saw it and went crazy trying to take it, causing problems.

I reluctantly picked up the jeweled box like picking up a phone that fell in a toilet and struck it against the ground.

It was so sturdy that it showed no signs of breaking. Rather than that, it dug into the ground.

I don’t want to store anything inside it, but it would be quite useful as a blunt weapon.

I should use it as a weapon if an assassin comes to my room later.

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“Wow!”

“Wooooah!”

As the sun began to set, Dietrich returned to the Daesinjeon with a cart full of ingredients he had bought.

He had worried that he might have bought too much with his eyes rolling from the sudden fortune, but seeing the young servants surrounding the cart with sparkling eyes, he thought he had done well to buy so much.

“Priest, priest. Are we really going to eat all of this?”

“C-can we really eat this much?”

Poverty makes even young children cautious.

Dietrich smiled bitterly at the children pouring out their worries and patted their heads.

“Yes, it’s fine. The High Priest gave permission too.”

“Oh, oh, b-but still…”

“…Actually, the Holy Maiden told me to buy this. The Holy Maiden said let’s eat our fill for once.”

“Really?!”

The children who had hesitated when Airic’s name was mentioned immediately cheered as soon as the Holy Maiden was brought up.

I guess Ordel is the scariest one after all.

“Priest Dietrich.”

“Ah, Sir Victoria.”

Just then, Victoria approached Dietrich who was conversing with the children.

She glanced at the food ingredients being carried by the servants and maids.

“You must have worked hard going all the way to the village.”

“It wasn’t much work at all. It was so enjoyable to buy food without worrying about money for once.”

I meant it sincerely.

When was the last time I bought ingredients without worrying about money? I can’t even remember.

Maybe it never happened at all.

That’s why this moment felt truly delightful.

“Seeing all this food makes me excited already. Oh, there’s a message from the Holy Maiden.”

As soon as Victoria finished speaking, the children who had been peeking at the several carts suddenly froze in place.

The servants and maids who were moving food inside did the same.

Everyone looked at Victoria with fearful eyes.

“…You don’t all need to worry like that. The Holy Maiden made a very good proposal.”

Victoria smiled bitterly at those looks.

Even though it had been over a week since Ordel reflected on her past and apologized, people still feared her and wouldn’t try to get close to her at all.

If she herself hadn’t stayed by Ordel’s side for the entire week, she would probably still be looking at her with suspicious eyes too.

‘Given what I’ve done all this time, how could they forgive me quickly? If I work hard, everyone will open their hearts someday. That’s enough for me.’

Victoria recalled what Ordel had said.

Then there was one thing she needed to do. Bridge the gap that still remained between Ordel and the people.

“The Holy Maiden has commanded that we hold a meat party this evening. Everyone may eat as much meat as they want.”

“Waaaah!”

The children were the first to cry out.

Victoria smiled brightly as she looked at the people behind the children who were just staring with wide eyes.

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