I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 25

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Ditrihi faithfully followed the Holy Maiden’s orders to buy all the fresh and good things regardless of cost.

Thanks to this, everyone residing in the Sun God’s Main Temple was able to feast abundantly for the first time in years.

“Are we really allowed to eat like this…?”

The servants and maids, who were not priests, looked awkward seeing the mountain of food piled before them.

“Of course. If you weren’t here, we would have been in real trouble. You are the ones who deserve to enjoy all of this.”

Ditrihi comforted them. His words were true, after all.

Due to the Sun God’s Main Temple being so poor, instead of paying wages to servants and maids, they only provided room and board.

Everyone knew this when they came, but even though they received little, they could have done their work carelessly, yet they always cleaned the temple as if it were their own home.

If these people hadn’t been here, the temple would have become an unbearable sight by now.

“Then, without shame, we’ll eat gratefully.”

Only after Ditrihi’s sincere words did the employees begin to eat. Some even had tears welling up in their eyes.

‘I thought it would be good if the temple just didn’t completely collapse and could somehow be maintained.’

Ditrihi smiled bitterly watching them.

How many times had he dreamed the nightmare of the temple collapsing during his tenure?

Each time, unable to sleep, he would get up and walk in the garden. Of course, his mood never improved.

Because the state of the garden spread under the quiet moonlight was also serious.

But now, for the first time, hope had emerged.

Now that Duke Rute Siery’s hand had reached them, perhaps something might change.

And the person who accomplished this was…

“Oh, Miss Hindel, why aren’t you eating anything?”

Ditrihi’s steps stopped as he was returning to his seat after comforting the employees.

Among the other novice priestesses who were eating hurriedly, Monica Hindel alone sat blankly without eating.

Since she was the most promising among the novices, he was worried.

“Do you perhaps not eat meat? If so, I’ll have other food brought.”

“Ah! No. I really like meat. I was just thinking for a moment.”

“I see, then please eat slowly.”

It was the moment when Ditrihi, who smiled at her words that she was fine, was about to continue on his way.

“The Holy Maiden has arrived.”

Victoria’s booming voice echoed through the bustling restaurant.

Then, as if someone had given a signal, the noisy conversation, the sounds of eating, and the clinking of dishes all stopped.

Ditrihi inwardly sighed.

It was all Ordel’s doing – extorting, no, receiving money from Duke Siery under the pretext of sacred relic transfer tax to buy food.

Though suspicion about Ordel’s suddenly changed attitude still remained, he had no intention of diminishing her achievements. This was all thanks to her.

However, since this fact wasn’t known to others, the reactions were still like that.

“Wow, smells good. How long has it been since I smelled meat?”

Ordel entered the restaurant with Victoria.

As if she didn’t care about the awkward silence at all, she sat at the head table with a calm expression.

“Ah, did you stop eating because of me? Don’t mind me and everyone please eat. Sir Victoria, you eat well too.”

When Ordel took her seat, Victoria also bowed her head and headed to her empty seat.

Though the two were calm, those watching were restless.

Airic and Seth, who sat on either side of her, were also glancing at her, seemingly feeling the same way.

‘I should step forward.’

He was the only one who could change the current atmosphere.

Ditrihi swallowed his saliva and walked forward confidently.

So he didn’t see Monica Hindel behind him covering her mouth with both hands while staring at Ordel.

Her blue eyes were sparkling excessively.

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I had felt the uncomfortable silence from the moment I entered the restaurant.

But it didn’t bother me much. More than that, the aroma of meat juices surrounding me after so long came first.

“Priest Ditrihi really chose the ingredients well. This is so delicious.”

The piece of meat I ate as soon as I sat down was absolutely delicious.

I’m not usually such a sentimental person, but I feel like tears might flow.

Indeed, people should live eating meat.

“I’m glad it’s to your liking. I was just thinking about changing where we buy ingredients, so we should go with this place.”

I nodded at Ditrihi’s response.

“And we’ll need to hire a new head chef and sous chef. Preferably someone who knows how to balance nutrition well.”

Chef Kento, the previous head chef, made decent-tasting food for a chef, but he knew absolutely nothing about nutrition.

It was obvious just from how he only took care of the ill-tempered Ordel’s meals and gave everyone else soup without any ingredients.

He even embezzled the ingredient purchase funds and offered them all to Count Kiris.

“I haven’t been without thoughts on that matter… but most are high-level personnel, so it’s not easy.”

That means there’s no money to pay salaries.

Indeed, I needed to find a way to solve this fundamental problem quickly.

After gesturing for Ditrihi to continue eating, I looked intently at Airic, who was sitting to my left.

Unlike others who were eating hurriedly, dazzled by the lavish menu, he was eating with his usual neat attitude.

“…Do you have something to say to me?”

Something to say? Quite a lot.

“Why are you eating so little? Someone with your height and build should eat well, but how can you eat so little? Eat this too, and that too. Goodness, weak people should eat well to become strong.”

Cough.

At my worried words, coughing sounds erupted from here and there.

Seth was also covering his mouth with his hand. His face was bright red, as if he had properly choked.

Why are they all like that? Is my concern strange?

“…I’m eating well enough. And I’m not weak.”

“You collapsed from something trivial during the day. That’s all because of protein deficiency. So please eat heartily. Meat tastes best when eaten before it gets cold.”

I called a servant and told them to bring more grilled meat for the High Priest to eat.

“Holy Maiden, I’m fine…”

“…which is why you need to eat a lot. Why is the Order Commander not eating again?”

I quickly turned my head toward Seth on the opposite side.

“You’re much bigger than the High Priest and have more muscle, so you should eat twice as much. Meat is very important for knights.”

More meat here too.

When I shouted loudly, I saw several servants hurrying into the kitchen.

Sorry for interrupting the meal, but since Airic and Seth do the most work in the temple, it can’t be helped.

“Ho-Holy Maiden, I’m eating enough…”

“Enough of what? I’ll work hard to earn money, so you two don’t worry about anything and eat comfortably. You’ve suffered so much and become so thin, I’m dying of pity.”

“Just now you said I was big…”

“Frame and flesh are different things. So hurry up and eat.”

I alternately patted Airic and Seth’s shoulders.

I heard someone over there muttering something about being like a grandmother feeding her grandchildren, but I didn’t care.

They’re not quite grandchildren, but my mental age is higher than Airic and Seth, who are in their twenties.

Besides, these two need to be healthy for my future to be bright, so I must feed them well.

“Ho-Holy Maiden. More meat is here.”

“Put it here. Hmm, but this also seems a bit insufficient…”

“It’s enough!”

“It’s fine!”

When I looked dissatisfied at the mountain of meat and spoke, Airic and Seth shouted simultaneously from both sides.

Of course, as a Korean from hell who lives for rice, I ignored them completely and shouted for more meat.

Now this is somewhat satisfying.

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“Ah, I’m full. Sir Victoria, did you also eat well and deliciously?”

After the exciting meat party ended and I returned to my room, I patted my full belly.

“Of course. I don’t know how long it’s been since I feasted like this. All the Holy Knights were very happy.”

“That’s a relief. Ah, it’s a bit disappointing that I couldn’t eat more.”

Ordel, whose stamina was trash, had a seriously small appetite as well.

The meat was tantalizing right before my eyes, but I couldn’t eat it because my stomach felt like it would burst. How frustrating it was.

No wonder my stamina is in such a state when I eat like this.

This won’t do. I need to take drastic measures with my meal portions just as much as with exercise.

I can’t live my whole life eating only as much as bird feed.

Knock knock.

Just then, someone came to visit. The visitor Victoria announced was quite a surprising person.

“Novice Priestess Monica Hindel says she would like to see the Holy Maiden.”

Monica Hindel.

She was definitely one of the important supporting characters who appeared in the original story.

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