I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 262

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“Who would have thought Duke Sieri would decide to give up his ducal title and be with the Holy Maiden.”

Airic and Seth watched Ordel and Lute from afar as they strolled through the garden of the Grand Temple.

The visitors who had come to the Grand Temple kept whispering as they looked at the two together.

The meeting between these two, which had only been the subject of rumors, would now surely spread throughout the Empire.

While he sighed wondering why she had to choose the ill-tempered Lute Sieri among so many people, he also found Ordel impressive for managing to rein in even that Lute.

“Now that the Holy Maiden truly has no reason to leave the Grand Temple, we can finally put our minds at ease.”

Airic spoke calmly.

Even in this moment, his chest was crying out with suffocating frustration as if stones were pressing down on it, but he ignored it with practiced ease.

What mattered was Ordel’s will, not his emotions.

“Yes. Honestly, it’s quite impressive. Even though it wasn’t an easy choice, he threw it away without hesitation. Besides, Duke Sieri holds the most in the Empire, doesn’t he.”

Seth nodded his head.

Human greed has no end.

Moreover, those who already possess much are even more reluctant to let go of what they have.

Yet Lute mercilessly discarded it all and chose to stand by her side, as if Ordel was far more precious than all of that.

Saying he couldn’t possibly make Ordel a mere duchess.

Regardless of his dissatisfaction with Lute, he respected that choice.

“…The problem is I’m not sure if he’ll get along well with the people of the Grand Temple.”

At Seth’s words, Airic turned his head.

Behind a pillar near where they were standing.

Three children were biting their handkerchiefs while glaring at Lute.

“Our Lady Ordel… Lady Ordel…!”

“Why did it have to be that demon who only has a pretty face…!”

“That demon stole the Holy Maiden away.”

It was Idella, Monica, and Jeremy.

Jeremy, who had never gotten close to anyone except Ordel, had at some point started going around with the two girls and they were called the three musketeers.

The three musketeers, who had particularly followed Ordel closely and assisted her, became thoroughly upset when they had to keep their distance from Ordel after Lute appeared.

Jin, Ordel’s old friend, was liked by everyone, but Lute, who was actually her lover, wasn’t welcomed by anyone.

This was all Lute’s fault. He should have been nicer to people normally.

Jin was also taciturn to the point of barely talking to anyone except Ordel, but Airic ignored such minor details.

“We can’t stay separated from Lady Ordel like this. We need to find a way somehow.”

“How?”

“Would the Holy Maiden really hate it if we killed that guy?”

The three musketeers put their heads together and started whispering.

Airic and Seth pretended not to hear as much as possible.

“How could we kill the Duke by ourselves? Jeremy, you can’t do it either.”

“I can do it! I can do it! If I put my mind to it, it’s possible!”

“Jeremy, did you forget you don’t have divine power anymore?”

Jeremy, who had gotten fired up at Monica and Idella’s scolding, shut his mouth tight like a clam.

That’s right. Jeremy no longer had divine power.

It was thanks to Ordel removing it all after he returned to the Grand Temple.

He had said this was the most refreshing he’d felt since childhood and had even danced with unusual excitement.

Had he already forgotten?

“Without divine power, you wouldn’t even be able to face the Duke, right? I don’t know which god’s divine power it is exactly, but anyway the Duke uses divine power too.”

“Honestly, no one except Lady Ordel can beat him.”

Monica and Idella, who had been nodding, suddenly became dejected.

No matter how much they thought about it, they couldn’t come up with any way to separate Lute from Ordel.

The three musketeers crouched down with gloomy faces and scratched the ground with their fingers.

Just as Airic was shaking his head and about to approach them.

“You three, what strange plan are you plotting again?”

Victoria, who had appeared at some point, pressed down firmly on the three’s heads.

Monica quickly looked up.

“Sir Victoria! Aren’t you also sad and angry that you can’t guard Lady Ordel because you were pushed aside by the Duke! Please join us!”

Monica grabbed Victoria’s hand and clung to her.

“No, I’m fine.”

However, Victoria’s reaction was utterly calm.

Not only the three musketeers but even Airic and Seth widened their eyes.

It wasn’t a lie – Victoria really seemed completely unbothered.

“It is regrettable that I can’t be by her side as the Holy Maiden’s guard. But since someone stronger than me is protecting the Holy Maiden, honestly I feel more at ease.”

Victoria smiled brightly, saying what mattered wasn’t her feelings but Ordel’s safety.

“As long as you two are together, no one can be a threat. The Duke is someone who can protect the Holy Maiden more safely than anyone, so I think he’s the most suitable match for the Holy Maiden.”

“…”

“That is… true, but…”

Monica and Idella finally agreed gloomily.

There was nothing wrong with Victoria’s words.

“Now, instead of thinking about disturbing two people who are happy to meet after so long, get up and let’s go do our work.”

“Hiiing.”

Victoria tucked the sniffling Idella and Monica under each arm and lifted them up.

Then she looked at Jeremy, who still couldn’t accept it and was pouting with his lips stuck out.

“Jeremy, if you keep saying harsh things about the lover the Holy Maiden chose, I won’t give you cookies.”

“…I can at least complain a little, right.”

Jeremy grumbled, but apparently didn’t want to face a cookie ban, so he obediently followed behind Victoria as she left.

Seeing how quickly everything was resolved, Airic and Seth muttered in a daze.

“To think there was someone other than Lady Ordel who could control the three musketeers.”

“Indeed. At this rate, it seems we could entrust those three to Sir Victoria.”

Monica in the past had been a calm girl who diligently cultivated her mind and spirit, so how did she change like that.

Even Idella had been a cool-headed girl who was wary of her surroundings, and Jeremy wouldn’t even appear when called.

But after the three started going around together, they all suddenly became rough as if they’d been waiting for it.

It was fortunate that they had made friends with compatible personalities, but sometimes it seemed hard to handle them.

Now that they had Victoria as an outstanding caretaker, he felt a bit more at ease.

“High Priest. It’s time for prayer.”

Then Ditrihi approached and informed him.

It was time to offer prayers to the Sun God for the visitors who had come to the Grand Temple.

Airic briefly looked at Ordel and Lute, who were holding hands and strolling through the garden together.

“…I’ll take charge of leading all the prayers today. Don’t say anything to the Holy Maiden.”

It had been a week since Ordel reunited with Lute.

It wasn’t that long, but still, lovers who met after a long time would need some leisure to catch up.

Airic exchanged light greetings with Seth and then headed to the sanctuary where he would offer prayers.

“…”

After everyone left, the surroundings became quiet.

Even the visitors who had been constantly glancing at Ordel and Lute had all gone to the sanctuary to pray, so there was no one around this area.

At least not in visible places.

“…Everyone withdraw.”

Seth quietly murmured and gave a hand signal.

The presence of the Holy Knights who had been guarding Ordel from unseen places scattered all at once.

As Victoria had said, since Lute was by Ordel’s side, there was no need to provide additional guard.

In the first place, Ordel herself was the strongest in the Empire, no, the continent.

Seth, who had been quietly watching the very happy-looking Ordel, finally turned around.

Just being able to watch over Ordel from such a close distance was great happiness for him.

Now there was nothing more to wish for.

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“Holy Maiden, we’ll arrive soon.”

Jin slowly opened her eyes at the coachman’s words.

Through the swaying carriage window, the pitch-black grand temple began to come into view.

Having left the Sun God’s Main Temple, she had come to the Temple of the Annihilation God today.

This was her first time coming here in both her past and present lives combined.

‘I really had no intention of coming.’

If it weren’t for High Priestess Nashas, she would have had no intention of fulfilling her duties as Holy Maiden or anything else.

Becoming the Holy Maiden of the Annihilation God was part of the contract, but performing the duties of a Holy Maiden wasn’t included in the contract conditions.

【The ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ sighs in relief, saying that next time the conditions must be made clear.】

【They make a fuss, saying it would have been a huge disaster if not for that child Nashas.】

【They point accusingly, asking why this damn system’s word choice is always like this when addressing the deity.】

【The ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ strongly advocates for an upgrade of the system that was merely being diligent.】

【The ‘Raging Sea’ ignores the ‘Traveler Guiding Souls” suggestion.】

【The ‘Light of Perseverance and Faith’ grins foolishly while watching the steadily growing followers.】

【The ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ explodes in frustration.】

Good grief, it’s so noisy I could die.

Jin furrowed her brow sharply at the consecutive messages and turned the system function to OFF.

“Holy Maiden, we have arrived.”

In the meantime, the carriage had stopped.

Jin stepped down from the carriage and flinched for a moment.

“Welcome, Holy Maiden, to the Temple of the Annihilation God.”

Nashas, supported by a priest of the Annihilation God, was smiling brightly at her.

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