I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 37

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“Now we just need to mass produce and we can start selling right away. Please take care of the distribution.”

“I’ll handle the material supply for mass production right away. And of course I’ll take good care of the distribution too.”

This is why it’s good to have someone with business sense.

Having finished the necessary discussion in an instant, we shook hands with satisfaction.

“Ah! And this is this month’s donation and charging fee.”

Then Rute set down two pouches.

Taking a sharp breath, I immediately reached for the pouch containing money.

My hand going first to the charging fee for offerings rather than the donation to be used as the Grand Temple’s funds was pure instinct.

【It’s 500 gold.】

This crazy, no, wonderful human being putting out 50 million won as a charging fee.

“You know very well that I’m always in love, right?”

“With my money, you mean. I’m worried that when the day comes that my money runs out, the Holy Maiden’s love will cool as well.”

As I rubbed my cheek against the pouch in happiness, Rute grumbled while saying something ridiculous.

“There’s no way Your Grace’s money would dry up.”

Unless your fate flows according to the original story, but since I’ve twisted it, that will absolutely never happen.

“So my love won’t cool either.”

As my divine power increases, my blessings will become stronger too, and naturally the potion effects will improve as well.

And that will soon turn into money that comes back to me.

For this perfect cycle to continue, Rute is absolutely necessary, so I planned to thoroughly protect him so nothing would happen to him.

“What sweet words those are.”

But what’s this? Why is he suddenly smiling like that? As if he’s in a bad mood…

Nah, it must be my imagination. There’s no reason for that.

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After Rute left, I immediately called Airic and Seth to the reception room.

Both of them seemed excited, having apparently heard the news of the potion making team’s successful completion of the prototype.

“It’s incomparably excellent compared to the first sample we received. Personally, I also like the fact that Hias flowers are included.”

Hias flowers are the flowers that symbolize the Sun God’s Main Temple.

They were perfect as ingredients for potions that would become our main business.

Airic also expressed agreement with my words.

“That’s right. Moreover, since Hias flowers only grow naturally in the Grand Temple, other potion companies absolutely can’t copy us.”

“It’s even better since there’s no chance of the Hias flowers disappearing.”

Seth also smiled happily.

As he said, even when all the flowers in the garden died, only the Hias flowers survived.

Because unlike other flowers, Hias only needs sunlight and the Sun God’s divine power.

Of course, as the number of priests decreased, the amount of divine power also decreased, so it’s not enough to cover the entire garden like before, but this is only temporary.

Soon beautiful flowers will gorgeously cover the Grand Temple.

I looked forward to that day.

“However, there’s one problem. The efficacy is still slightly lower than alchemy potions.”

After letting Airic and Seth rejoice to their hearts’ content, I slowly began laying the groundwork.

Calling these two was actually for this purpose.

“So I’ve been thinking, what if we infuse the power of our sacred relics or divine artifacts into the potions?”

This was exactly the excuse I came up with to hide my use of blessings.

“The power of sacred relics or divine artifacts…? Do we really need to go that far?”

Unlike Seth who fell into contemplation, Airic first showed resistance.

“We have to go that far. We need to establish momentum from the beginning.”

This wasn’t an excuse but a fact.

“These are potions from the Sun God’s Main Temple, which is considered the best in healing power. But they’re not as good as expected? What do you think everyone will think?”

They said the Sun God’s Main Temple had lost its touch, and it seems to be true. It really seems like it’s going to collapse.

Everyone will whisper like that and completely turn their backs on us.

“Absolutely not. From the start, we need to draw out the reaction ‘Ah, the Sun God’s Main Temple really is different!’ The first impression in business is a really important factor.”

Do you understand? You pure people who have no sense for this business at all.

“Of course, I don’t mean we’ll keep using them. When the potion making team develops better potions, we’ll stop using them then.”

Sacred relics and divine artifacts don’t have infinite power.

Especially sacred relics have even shorter lifespans.

So I had to clearly state that we would set limits.

Though in reality, we’d never actually use them.

“…I understand. Then let’s do that.”

Fortunately, the persuasion seemed to work, as Airic, who had been contemplating for a while, agreed without much opposition.

Seth, who had even less business sense than Airic, gave up on stating his opinion, so it was as good as everyone agreeing.

With the decision made, we put our heads together and selected one sacred relic to use.

Fortunately, there was something perfect.

The work proceeded smoothly from there.

Airic did say something ridiculous about wanting to handle blessing the sacred relic himself…

But since he had the important duty of being a healing power shuttle, I was able to safely claim that job.

So Rute supplied the materials, and the potion making team including the healing power shuttle team worked themselves to the bone for several days.

Finally, 500 bottles of initial sales prototypes were completed.

“Wow, it’s quite a sight when you look at it like this.”

Standing in front of 500 bottles filled with deep orange liquid, I somehow felt pressured.

The blessing needs to work well according to plan, but I wonder if it will be successful.

After taking slow deep breaths in the empty room, I reached toward the potions.

【Activating skill ‘Blessing’.】

Golden divine power slowly seeped into the potions.

My relief at seeing all 500 bottles of potions glowing at once was only momentary.

Soon an unexpected side effect came.

“Cough!”

Along with a fishy scent, I coughed up blood.

“It didn’t get on anything, did it?”

Horrified by the blood flowing down my hand, I quickly pulled off my clothes.

It would be terrible if Monica or Victoria saw blood.

【Skill ‘Blessing’ has been used excessively. The user’s body is under severe strain.】

I sighed involuntarily at the System Message sparkling before my eyes.

To think I’d cough up blood just from putting some blessings on a few hundred bottles of potions.

This is serious when I have to do this many more times in the future.

“What exactly is this strain? What, is my lifespan being shortened or something?”

【The user’s fatigue increases. The body is temporarily weakened. However, there is no effect on lifespan, and side effects will decrease as divine power becomes stronger.】

Ah, well, that much is fine.

Anyway, all I do at the Grand Temple is morning exercise and lounging around, occasionally casting some blessings.

A little physical weakness won’t be a problem.

After dismissing the System Message, I looked fondly at the potion bottles dyed a beautiful flame color.

…Maybe because I coughed up blood, the reddish light somehow looks like my blood. Let’s ignore such trivial things.

I washed the blood from my hands in the bathroom and carefully checked if any had gotten on my clothes.

Only after opening the window for ventilation did I call Monica and Victoria who had been waiting at the door.

“Wow! The color changed! It’s really pretty. This is the sacred relic effect, right?”

At Monica’s admiration, I nodded and showed the sacred relic I was holding.

The sacred relic ‘Light Gold’ shaped like a golden incense burner.

It was perfect since it further enhanced inherent abilities.

Unfortunately, it didn’t have as much effect as the blessing I cast directly as the Sun God’s Holy Maiden.

If it had been even similar, I would have used the sacred relic instead of my blessing, but since the effect was significantly inferior, I’ll just have to keep using it only as an excuse.

“It really looks mysterious and special. I think it will sell well, Holy Maiden!”

“Right? So hurry up and move them. We need to move quickly to sell quickly too.”

“Yes!”

Monica, who had shouted energetically, began loading the potions onto the trolley she had prepared in advance.

But for some reason, Victoria wasn’t moving and was looking around the surroundings.

“Sir Victoria? What’s wrong?”

“Well, I seem to smell blood for some reason.”

I almost bit my tongue at that incredibly sharp observation.

Even though I had ventilated the room, what a terrifying sense of smell…

Thanks to my detective work, I was quite sensitive myself, but I still couldn’t compare to knights who underwent monster-like training.

“Really? I don’t notice anything.”

“I don’t either. There’s no particular reason there would be a smell of blood.”

Fortunately, Monica, who only had strong divine power but senses like an ordinary person, helped me out.

I quickly went along with her and pretended not to know anything.

“…Is that so.”

Thanks to that, Victoria soon gave up and began helping Monica move the potion bottles.

Though seeing her continue to look around suggested her suspicion hadn’t completely disappeared.

Next time I should ventilate thoroughly before calling them. If this keeps happening, I might really get caught.

After loading hundreds of potion bottles onto the trolley, we headed to the entrance of the Grand Temple.

Airic, who had been talking with an unfamiliar woman, welcomed us.

“Are you finished with the work?”

“Yes, it was successful.”

I showed him the potion whose color had noticeably changed.

The one who let out an even greater exclamation than Airic was the woman who had been with him.

“Oh, so this is it? Wow, look at that color. I’ve seen countless potions until now, but this is the first time I’ve seen such a lustrous and mystical color. It would make even uninterested people peek over!”

The woman who had enthusiastically showered praise smiled refreshingly.

With her sturdy build, purple hair, and blue-green eyes, she was someone who stood out in many ways.

No matter how I looked at her, she didn’t seem like an ordinary person… How strange.

Had such a person appeared in the original work?

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