I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 251

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“If you make that expression, you’ll make my heart waver.”

Perhaps my disappointment and regret showed too much on the surface, as Jin smiled and patted my cheek.

“I’d like to keep living happily with you too if I could. Actually, I owe Nashas a bit of a debt.”

“A debt?”

It’s not from this lifetime.

Then it must be something from a past life that I don’t know about.

“I don’t really care if the Eternal God is depressed, but I still think I should fulfill my basic duties as a Holy Maiden.”

【The ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ sadly asks you to think about him too.】

Jin and I simultaneously looked up at the empty air.

And naturally ignored the Eternal God’s message.

【The ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ laments that we’re not friends for nothing.】

What an obvious thing to say.

“But it’s not like we’ll be apart forever. We can see each other whenever we miss each other, right?”

“You’re right.”

I quickly shook off my disappointment.

Besides, if Jin could find a place to call home in this world, there would be nothing better than that.

Nashas is kind, and the Eternal God’s priestesses are devoted to their Holy Maiden, so that place would become another home for Jin.

“…I like your changed appearance.”

Jin caressed my cheek.

Only two people could clearly recognize my current appearance, which was half-mixed with Cha Siwon’s features: Rute and Jin.

That felt so special that I liked my changed appearance even more.

“Let’s live happily now.”

Jin, who had been quietly watching me with a heavy expression, smiled brightly.

“Yes. Both you and I.”

I nodded and stretched out both arms.

We embraced each other tightly.

* * *

The long-awaited victory celebration party began.

The faces of those attending the party were brighter than ever.

“Oh my, that lace bag. Did you also buy it from the Lumen Trading Guild?”

“Of course. You too?”

“There’s nothing as good quality as Lumen Trading Guild’s lace.”

The young ladies gathered in small groups each carried small lace handbags.

The lace bags that could be lightly hung on the wrist went well with dresses and weren’t too large, making them convenient to bring to parties, so everyone loved using them.

“Plus, if you pay extra to the Lumen Trading Guild, they’ll even enchant it with spatial magic. You can’t imagine how convenient it is.”

“That’s right, that’s right. It was annoying to call a maid every time I needed something. Now I can carry simple belongings myself, so it’s comfortable.”

The young ladies proudly waved their respective lace bags.

They were good for carrying everything from simple cosmetics to candies for snacking.

Of course, the real purpose of the lace bags was something else.

“Ahem, so what kind of tools do you mainly use?”

It was for carrying self-defense weapons.

But it was quite embarrassing to openly ask what weapons someone carried at an imperial party, so everyone asked in a roundabout way.

“Actually, I had a lot of worries. I did learn swordsmanship for self-defense, but I’m not skilled enough to easily handle enemies who target my life.”

Young ladies who had properly learned combat carried weapons suited to them, but those who hadn’t were in quite a predicament.

So the worry was great, but thinking about it, there was no real need to worry.

“I just decided to follow the Holy Maiden’s example.”

After all, the reason lace bags became popular in the first place was because Ordel had pulled out a mace from her bag at the Temple of the Sun God.

A mace covered in spikes was threatening enough just by swinging it, so even people who hadn’t learned swordsmanship could use it sufficiently.

“Oh my! You too? Actually, me too. When I went to the blacksmith, it was full of maces. They said young ladies have been ordering so many maces lately.”

“Everyone really has the same idea.”

One young lady smiled contentedly.

The Holy Maiden really started a wonderful trend.

“Do you know this? They say self-defense weapons have different trends depending on the region.”

Then, at one young lady’s words, everyone looked at her curiously.

“Really? The Central Region mostly uses maces, but what do other regions use?”

“The Western Region also mostly uses maces, but the North uses swords and the Southern Region uses axes.”

“My goodness, axes?”

The young ladies’ eyes grew as wide as lanterns.

Axes!

They were weapons as attractive and beautiful as maces.

“The Sea God’s Holy Maiden mainly uses swords, and the Eternal God’s Holy Maiden mainly uses axes.”

“Ah! Then that makes sense.”

Thanks to leading the war to victory, Ordel’s reputation as the Holy Maiden had grown, but the North and Southern Region had long been under the strong influence of the Sea God and Eternal God.

It was natural for them to follow the Holy Maidens of those two gods more.

“Then the Eastern Region…”

“The Eastern Region is half maces, half axes. Especially there, it’s trendy to compare whose weapon is bigger.”

That makes sense for the Eastern Region.

Everyone nodded.

Perhaps because the Eastern Region had the sea, people there were particularly cheerful and active.

Therefore, most young ladies from the Eastern Region learned basic martial arts from childhood.

Duke Aster from the Eastern Region, who never moved at all, was the strange one.

“If this weren’t an imperial party, we could have taken them out and shown off each other’s.”

Weapons couldn’t be brought into the Imperial Capital.

Therefore, the young ladies had no choice but to swallow their disappointment.

“Oh my, is today the only day? I’ll host a tea party soon, so please all attend. Everyone must bring their lace bags.”

When one young lady took the initiative, everyone gathered applauded joyfully.

“Oh my, wonderful! I’ll definitely come! Please send me an invitation.”

“Oh dear, I need to think about what to wear that day to make my mace shine more. I’ll have to consider it.”

“Wouldn’t hunting attire like the Holy Maiden’s suit it best?”

“I don’t have decent hunting attire yet. I’ll have to get some soon.”

The young ladies clenched both fists and made resolutions.

They had been bored lately because there were no interesting trends, so it was fortunate that a good one had emerged.

Everyone was certain that Ordel would be the trendsetter for some time to come.

“Holy Maiden Ordel of the Sun God and Duke Rute Siery are entering!”

Just then, the protagonists of the party that everyone had been waiting for made their entrance.

Holy Maiden Ordel with her pink hair elegantly pinned up high and Rute with his slightly long hair neatly tied entered hand in hand.

Ordel in an elegant purple dress and Rute matching her in a black suit with a purple tie looked so perfect together that gasps escaped naturally.

“I heard they achieved the greatest merit in the war, but it doesn’t seem like they’re together just because of that, does it?”

People exchanged glances.

How many times had these two appeared together at official events?

Seeing them together even at the victory celebration party, it was clear that the rumors about them being lovers weren’t false.

Moreover, from what they’d heard, they looked particularly affectionate even on the battlefield.

Among all the Siery Dukes in history, the notoriously fickle and ill-tempered Rute Siery would only give special treatment to a lover.

Trisha Siery, famous for her fiery temper, was also kind and gentle only to her husband Mikhail.

It wouldn’t be strange if Rute had inherited that trait.

If it had been anyone else, they might have pitied how she got entangled with Rute…

But the other party was Ordel, called the Holy Maiden.

Whether in terms of strength or personality, she wasn’t someone who would be intimidated by Rute at all, so rather than worrying, they were only excited about the birth of the Empire’s greatest couple.

“What would happen if the two of them got married?”

“That’s right. The Holy Maiden has a position equivalent to high nobility, but she doesn’t actually have a title, so technically she would have to become a duchess…”

Ordel, a duchess?

Someone who wouldn’t be strange to become a duke herself, just a duchess?

It didn’t make sense.

“Rather, it would be Duke Siery who becomes the Holy Maiden’s son-in-law…”

Someone quietly said.

Honestly speaking, this side didn’t make sense either.

That Lute as a son-in-law? If they misspoke, they could become Siery’s enemy.

Yes, but…

The other party is that Ordel.

“They seem to suit each other quite well…”

“I think so too…”

A capricious and ill-tempered handsome man sticking right next to Ordel with her brilliant and intense presence.

It should be impossible to imagine, but the image of Lute attending to Ordel came to mind so naturally that it was bewildering.

“To even surpass Duke Siery. Being a Great Holy Maiden isn’t something just anyone can do.”

Everyone nodded seriously at someone’s muttering.

However, the people didn’t know.

The fact that what they had only imagined would soon become reality.

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“There are many perceptive people.”

I suppressed my laughter at the words coming from around me.

People thought they were being quiet, but my abilities were so good that I could hear all their conversations.

I’m curious.

What would they say if Lute really kicked away his ducal title and came to live with me at the Sun God’s Main Temple as my lover?

“Holy Maiden.”

Just then, Airic and Seth, who had entered the banquet hall before me, approached.

As soon as I saw the two of them, something I had forgotten came to mind.

‘…Come to think of it, I haven’t told these two that Lute will be living at the Main Temple soon.’

While I don’t need to talk about my love life, living together is a different story.

How should I put it.

It feels like getting permission from family members to live with a lover.

Cold sweat suddenly began flowing down my back, which had been feeling clear and refreshing.

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