I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 266

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We enjoyed a long-awaited date in the greenhouse at Duke Sieri’s mansion.

This place, which Mikhail had carefully managed so that Trisha, who had a child at a late age, could rest comfortably without any worries, was filled with all kinds of plants.

Moreover, on one side were the Hias flowers I had gifted, filled with the Sun God’s divine power, so I really loved this greenhouse.

Thanks to the divine relic Aurora, Trisha had no major ailments until childbirth, but she said her heart was most at peace when she was here.

I really did well to give that gift.

I should tell the priestesses to definitely give gifts to pregnant women who visit the Sun Temple.

“So what do you think of Grace? She’s not someone else’s child but your one and only sister.”

I asked Rute while sprinkling divine power on the Hias flowers as if watering them.

The beautiful orange petals resembling sunlight all turned toward me as if asking for more.

Like sunflowers following the sun.

Feeling loved even by plants, I smiled and spread my divine power wider and more abundantly.

“Well…”

Rute, who had been drowsily basking in the divine power beside me, tilted his head.

“Actually, there’s too much of an age gap. It doesn’t feel real that she’s my sister.”

That would be the case.

Rute’s age was twenty-six this year.

In this world where people marry earlier than in modern times, it wouldn’t be strange if he already had two children.

‘…Come to think of it, there’s a nine-year difference from my mental age.’

I had just thought that Rute was younger than me, but this was the first time I clearly thought about the age gap like this.

Not only had I rejuvenated to my early twenties, but I was also enjoying an unexpected romance with a handsome younger man nine years my junior.

Honestly, this was amazing.

…Still, let’s not tell Rute about the real age difference. It worked out well since Rute didn’t seem particularly interested anyway.

“Besides, we haven’t known each other for long. I don’t really think much about it.”

Rute, who had been pondering, soon shrugged his shoulders.

At that sight, I burst into laughter.

Not thinking much about it, my foot. He was already very conscious of his sister.

With Rute’s personality, if he really didn’t think much about it, he would have flatly said he wasn’t particularly interested before even mentioning his sister.

Even if it was hard to say he had affection for his sister right now, he wasn’t completely indifferent like she was a stranger.

He didn’t seem to notice yet, so I shouldn’t say anything.

These things are supposed to be realized on one’s own.

“Come, sit here.”

I entered the small gazebo in the center of the Hias flower garden and patted the seat next to me.

This was a space Mikhail had prepared so that pregnant Trisha could rest comfortably when she found this place peaceful.

Like this, the greenhouse was filled everywhere with Mikhail’s abundant affection for Trisha.

Mikhail was truly a good husband and a good father.

Thanks to that, Rute had also become such a romantic.

“This is the first time I’ve entered here since it was mother’s exclusive space.”

Rute, who sat next to me and pulled my shoulder into his embrace, looked around the gazebo.

“Now I understand why mother was always here. It puts my mind at ease.”

“It’s the effect of the Hias flowers. Besides, this gazebo is made from holy stone.”

The holy stone used to make the gazebo was a pregnancy congratulation gift I had given to Trisha.

The divine relic Aurora was only temporarily lent until childbirth, so it couldn’t count as a gift.

Mikhail, who had been planning to build a gazebo anyway, was very pleased and immediately began work, resulting in this beautiful resting place.

“Moreover, since you have a body close to the Sun God’s divine power, you’d feel even more comfortable.”

Rute and the Sun God were bound by contract.

Even now that ‘Evil’ was dead, the contract remained strong and unbroken.

That contract made through the system would not disappear even after Rute’s death.

“If I had known earlier, I would have rested here whenever I missed you. It’s regrettable that I found out so late.”

At Rute’s words full of regret, I, who had been leaning against his broad shoulder, raised my head to look up at him.

Rute, who had been looking at the gazebo and the Hias flowers blooming beyond it, turned to look at me as if sensing my gaze.

“What is it?”

When our eyes met, he smiled as if it were natural and kissed my forehead.

I briefly closed my eyes at the soft lips touching my skin, then opened them and looked at him.

“Well, is there any reason to be regretful? You’ll soon be going to the Sun God’s Grand Temple filled with divine power anyway.”

With me.

To where I am.

At my words, Rute’s eyes widened.

Why are you so surprised? It’s an obvious fact.

“Lady Trisha gave birth to a healthy child, and thanks to the divine relic Aurora, her body is recovering very quickly too. …Though it would be good for her to be careful for a while since the baby was such a big healthy one.”

Even though it’s a family of tall people for generations, who would have thought a newborn baby would be that big.

If I hadn’t lent the divine relic, it really could have been a disaster.

I mentally applauded Airic, who had first suggested lending the divine relic.

“Anyway, once she fully recovers, you’ll soon be going with me to a place more comfortable and happy than this, so why are you being so regretful?”

“…That’s right. Now I’ll be spending the rest of my life with you, so there’s no reason to be regretful.”

Rute, who had been frozen in surprise, soon smiled sweetly again and kissed my forehead, cheeks, nose, and lips repeatedly.

The affectionate and loving skinship made my heart flutter.

It wasn’t just Rute who was happy that we could finally be together.

“Have you talked with Lady Trisha about when you’ll step down from your ducal position?”

“Yes. We’ll make an official announcement in three months.”

“That’s faster than I thought? I expected it would take at least six months to a year at most.”

“That would be too long. I can’t endure it. Even three months is hard to wait for.”

Rute sighed deeply and pulled me close.

I nodded while leaning my cheek against his familiar, cozy chest muscles.

Right, I’d also find it quite disappointing not to have this when sleeping now.

“Three months.”

It was a bit tight for executing my plan, but it should be fine.

Like Rute, I didn’t want to be apart any longer either.

I fiddled with Rute’s left hand. He was still wearing the sacred relic Del I had gifted him on his ring finger.

After gently caressing it, I slowly pulled it off.

Since he had never taken it off even once, only the skin where the ring had been was particularly white.

“Ordel?”

Rute looked at me with puzzlement.

“I wanted to give this more leisurely, but with only three months left, I’m feeling rushed and can’t delay any longer.”

“What?”

Instead of answering, I put the sacred relic Del on Rute’s right ring finger.

Then I took out a square case I had prepared long ago from my inventory.

A pure white velvet case.

“…Wait.”

Rute, who immediately recognized the case, froze stiffly.

“What, you don’t like it?”

When I straightened up from leaning against his chest and asked, Rute immediately shook his head.

“There’s no way I’d dislike it, no, but this… Really?”

“If you’re curious, open it yourself.”

“Ha.”

Rute let out a sigh like a lament and reached out to grasp the case.

This was the first time I’d seen Rute’s hands shake like this since when I was injured and coughing up blood.

“Oh, Del…”

Rute, who opened the case, let out an exclamation.

Inside the case were two rings with delicate and beautiful bands of intertwined white holy stone and gold like knots, each adorned with a small square pink diamond.

These were rings I had made while separated from Rute.

“Let’s get married now.”

A proposal naturally needs a ring, after all.

“Hah… I was planning to be the one to propose.”

Rute, who couldn’t take his eyes off the ring, slowly looked at me.

His ash-colored eyes were filled with tears.

I’m probably the only one who knows that Rute is secretly quite prone to tears.

Even if I told anyone, no one would believe it.

“So you don’t like that I did it first?”

“Why are you being so extreme since earlier? There’s no way I’d dislike it.”

Rute took my hand and kissed the back of it. Tears dropped onto my hand.

“I’m just so happy, I like it so much.”

His two eyes looking up at me slyly were filled with joy and overwhelming emotion.

“So what’s your answer?”

“…Yes, please let me marry you.”

I’m the one proposing, yet he’s asking to be allowed to marry me.

He really knows how to make a person’s heart flutter.

“Come on, hurry up and put the ring on me.”

When I waved my hand, Rute immediately took out the ring and slipped it onto my ring finger.

Then with a shy face, he held out his left hand.

Smiling at his expectant face, I also slipped the ring onto his finger.

“…I was really happy when I received Sacred Relic Del too, but now it doesn’t even compare to that time. Back then it was unrequited love, but now it’s an engagement.”

“Just how long have you liked me?”

I had suspected it since he specifically asked me to make the ring into a sacred relic.

It seems it’s been longer than I thought.

“Well. I don’t know exactly either.”

“…”

“Maybe since you treated me like a wallet?”

Rute, who had been staring intently at the ring, grinned.

It sounds like a joke, but that’s absolutely not a joke.

What a pervert with strange tastes.

Though I’m not one to talk, considering I love this pervert enough to even propose to him.

“Three months should be enough for the wedding, right?”

I obediently sat on his lap as Rute pulled me toward him.

He kept fiddling with my left hand where we wore matching rings.

With a stable expression I was seeing for the first time.

“More than enough.”

“Then prepare well to come to the Grand Temple during that time. I’ll be steadily preparing to welcome you as my husband at the Grand Temple.”

“Ah, that’s so exciting.”

Rute smiled brightly. Clear tears that flowed down the corners of his eyes wet his cheeks.

I caressed his cheek, then wrapped my arms around his neck and lowered my head.

The lips of my tear-soaked lover and fiancé were incomparably sweet.

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