I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 288

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“Huk, O, Ordel!”

Just then, Grace’s urgent voice came from one side of the garden where she had been playing peacefully.

When everyone turned their heads, they saw Iliya sitting down with a plop in the flower garden and Grace fidgeting anxiously beside him.

“I, Iliya suddenly sat down and can’t get up!”

She had turned pale, wondering if he had gotten hurt somewhere.

Since there were no visible injuries, she seemed even more worried.

“It’s okay.”

Rute approached with a smile.

“He’s not hurt, his legs are just tired and he’s gotten lazy.”

When Rute lifted up Iliya who was sitting there blankly, the child immediately smiled and hugged his father’s neck.

Seeing this, Grace finally felt relieved.

“Even though he can walk well on his own, he’s still young so his leg muscles aren’t fully developed yet. Let’s stop playing for today.”

“Okay, I understand.”

Grace nodded obediently.

Rute thought it would be nice if his sister always listened this well.

“My son, did you have fun playing with your aunt?”

“Yeah!”

“Do you like your aunt?”

At Ordel’s question, Grace looked up at Iliya with an expectant face.

“Yeah! I like!”

At the immediate answer, the child’s face brightened with color.

“That’s a relief, Gracie.”

When Ordel grinned, Grace smiled shyly and clung to her legs.

At this uncharacteristically cute behavior, everyone finally burst into laughter.

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The reason Rute went all the way to Siery Manor to persuade Grace and bring her was partly because Ordel wanted to see the child.

But the biggest reason was that his precious son Iliya Sieri was celebrating his first birthday.

Just like having a first birthday party on Earth, in this world too, a child’s first birthday is celebrated grandly with close relatives gathering.

Today’s birthday party attendees were everyone from the Sun God’s Main Temple and the Sieri family, Iliya’s godmother Holy Maiden Jin of the Eternal God, and finally Crown Prince Bizra who was about to ascend to the throne.

“Is it alright for someone who has little time left before coronation to come all the way here during such a busy period?”

Trisha, surprised by Bizra’s appearance who now exuded the dignity and imposing presence befitting a crown prince, asked.

“I came because there’s little time left before coronation. Once I become emperor, it’ll be even harder to move around.”

Bizra, who had escaped from government affairs after a long time, drank champagne with a bright face.

While the position of heir wasn’t burdensome, vacations were always welcome.

“And I’ve even prepared a gift for the Duke’s first grandson, so please welcome me warmly.”

Bizra opened wide the jewelry box he had brought personally.

A golden turtle the size of a human face revealed its sparkling magnificence.

“Holy Maiden Ordel said that turtles symbolize wealth and longevity. I don’t know which region’s knowledge that is, but since Iliya is the Holy Maiden’s child, it should apply to him too.”

“Of course. If Ordel says it, then anything is correct.”

Trisha beamed and took the jewelry box.

“Come, come this way. Since you’ve come all this way, you should meet Iliya.”

Trisha, whose attitude had changed instantly, guided Bizra to Iliya.

Indeed, gold was universal to everyone.

“Ordel, His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived.”

“Oh, Your Highness.”

Ordel, who was holding Iliya, welcomed her.

“My.”

Before even exchanging greetings with Ordel first, Bizra exclaimed in admiration at the sight of the baby that caught her eye.

“It’s been a while. My goodness, I heard rumors all the way to the Imperial Capital that he looks exactly like Ordel, but I didn’t know it would be to this extent.”

Since he inherited Rute’s blood too and was even a son, she naturally thought his features would show somewhat, but to think there would be none at all.

Bizra stared intently at the child and asked sincerely.

“Did Ordel perhaps give birth alone?”

“I’ve heard that a lot actually. But Rute says it’s natural for my son to resemble me.”

“Ah, now that I hear it, that does make sense.”

Bizra couldn’t deny it either and nodded.

“Iliya, you should greet him. This is His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Ordel patted Iliya’s back.

Iliya, who had been staring intently at Bizra with his finger in his mouth, not seeming afraid of the stranger, smiled brightly.

“Mama!”

“Mm, right. There’s no way he’d speak properly.”

Ordel, having reached enlightenment, wiped the saliva-covered finger with a handkerchief.

“Perhaps because he was born with divine power, his development is faster than his peers so he understands words well, but he only says what he wants to say.”

“Papa.”

“As you can see, he mainly just says mama and papa.”

“Wet nurse.”

“Recently he’s started calling the wet nurse too.”

On the day Iliya first called for the wet nurse, Wet Nurse Linda shed tears of emotion.

To think she was called third after mama and papa.

Linda was happy, saying it was the family’s glory and she would never forget this day for the rest of her life.

After that, everyone from the Sun God’s Main Temple came to find Iliya and chanted their names like parrots, but Iliya only spoke mama, papa, and wet nurse again.

“I wonder who he takes after to be so stubborn.”

Ordel smiled and gently pinched Iliya’s nose.

Bizra felt the words rise to her throat that perhaps the combination of Ordel and Rute’s blood had created the ultimate stubborn child, but she swallowed them.

They probably already knew anyway.

“By the way, what’s all this?”

Bizra looked at the round table in front of Ordel.

Cloth was covering some unknown objects.

“Ah, I was just about to start actually. Rute!”

Rute, who had been having a deep discussion about childcare with his father Mikhail, immediately ran over at Ordel’s call and took Iliya in his arms instead.

“It’s time, so let’s start.”

At Ordel’s signal, all the guests took their seats at the prepared area in the center.

Ordel and Rute stood together in front of the round table.

“Then let’s begin today’s highlight, the doljabi!”

“Doljabi?”

At Ordel’s exclamation, everyone looked at each other with puzzled faces.

Of course they’d be hearing it for the first time.

It was Earth culture that Ordel and Jin had excitedly brought over.

“In Jin’s hometown, they have a game where they lay out various objects in front of a child celebrating their first birthday, and depending on which object the child grabs, they make simple predictions about what kind of person they’ll become in the future. That’s doljabi.”

When she mentioned Jin’s hometown, everyone looked at her sitting in the front row.

Things about Jin were generally shrouded in mystery, and her hometown was one of them too.

So even when told this unfamiliar game was her hometown’s culture, everyone just accepted it as such.

That wasn’t important anyway.

“And these are the objects I’ve prepared!”

Ordel proudly pulled away the cloth.

People who had looked forward to the first-time doljabi and saw the objects that had been under the cloth soon gaped.

“The thread represents longevity, money represents wealth, a pen represents civil service, and a sword represents military service.”

To be precise, it wasn’t a sword but a butter knife with no sharp edge, but that didn’t matter anyway.

Up to this point was understandable.

But…

“…That looks exactly like the mace the Holy Maiden used to wield, doesn’t it? Even though it’s mini-sized…”

“How about that miniature axe? It’s the weapon used by the Holy Maiden of the Eternal God.”

“There are potions too?”

“Wait, isn’t that the crest of House Siery?”

“That’s not the problem – there’s also the Sea God’s crest right next to it!”

People’s jaws dropped at the parade of unexpected items.

“For reference, the Three Sovereign Gods are also watching this doljanchi.”

Ordel, who had been chattering excitedly, made a displeased expression for the first time.

【’Light of Perseverance and Faith’ strongly calls out for the iron mace that symbolizes the True Deity’s Saint.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ clasps both hands together and earnestly begs that the Young Saint Candidate must absolutely grab the axe.】

【’Raging Sea’ claims that the Young Saint Candidate is too smart to be taken by foolish gods, and since he seems to have good compatibility with water, declares intention to make him this deity’s saint.】

As if they had been waiting, the space above Ordel’s head sparkled as System Messages appeared in a stream.

Ordel inwardly clicked her tongue at the messages from the Three Sovereign Gods who were completely absorbed in a child’s doljanchi.

Originally, the doljanchi items she had prepared were very simple.

There were only basics like thread and money, but due to demands from the Three Sovereign Gods and family members who learned about the doljanchi, the current doljanchi table was completed.

‘This wasn’t in my expectations, but…’

Well, it doesn’t matter.

Whatever Iliya chooses, I plan to respect it.

So I hope he grabs the thread and money.

As long as he can enjoy longevity and wealth first, everything else is bound to follow naturally.

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