I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 38

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“Thank you for the compliment.”

“I was just stating the facts. Ah! I’m late with my introduction. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

The woman placed her right hand on her left chest and bowed her waist politely.

Perhaps due to her cheerful face and the muscles visible between her short sleeves, even this exaggerated greeting suited her perfectly.

“I am Jun Rudmin, the vice-leader of the trading guild ‘Lumen’ affiliated with House of Sieri.”

In other words, she was the person who would be responsible for distributing our potions from today.

Considering that Rute was the guild leader, she would probably be handling most of the actual work.

“Nice to meet you. I am Ordel, the Holy Maiden of the Sun God’s Main Temple.”

I found myself unconsciously glancing at Jun’s arm muscles rather than her face as I introduced myself.

I know it’s not proper etiquette. But her muscles were so impressive that my gaze kept wandering there.

“Ohhh!”

That was brief. Suddenly startled by Jun’s exclamation of admiration, I looked at her with surprised eyes. Her face was filled with a joyful smile.

“Your impression is quite different from what the guild leader and Yuri described.”

An ominous feeling flew in like a dagger.

“What did those two say about me?”

“That bad-tempered guild leader said we must never act carelessly in front of the Holy Maiden and should be careful!”

So this person also knows well that Rute Sieri has a bad personality.

But that bastard Rute, not thinking about his own personality, dares to speak as if my personality is worse?

I’ve been living so quietly trying to transform my image!

“Yuri also said you weren’t an ordinary person, so I came fully prepared, but from what I can see, the Holy Maiden seems like such a wonderful person compared to the guild leader and Yuri!”

I immediately brightened up.

“You say you’re the vice-leader, and indeed your eye for people is accurate. You seem to have better judgment than those two.”

“That’s right, isn’t it? Hahaha, that’s just how I am!”

We laughed joyfully together and shook hands.

I had an intuition that Jun would make a very good business partner.

“Ah, I’d love to chat more with the Holy Maiden, but I came here for business today so it’s hard to spare more time.”

Jun seemed to have the same thought as me, showing a very regretful expression.

“Please make sure to come with plenty of time next time. Then we can have tea together and share more stories.”

“Oh! That’s a promise. I’ll be waiting for that day!”

Jun grinned and gestured to the guild members who came with her.

Those who had been waiting carefully transferred the potion bottles into boxes equipped with safety devices to prevent breakage.

To think they even brought such things – truly a successful trading guild has exceptional preparedness.

“I’ve received all the precautions and sales prices from the guild leader, so don’t worry and just trust me.”

“I’m counting on you, Vice-leader.”

“Yes, then I’ll go sell these beauties splendidly and return!”

When preparations were finished, Jun placed her hand on her forehead and shouted energetically.

The sight of her leaving with the guild members looked very reliable and trustworthy.

Is it because of those arm muscles? Now that I look, her back muscles seem amazing too.

Haaaaah. What an enviable body.

“I’m a bit surprised.”

While I couldn’t take my eyes off that reliable back clearly visible even through her shirt, Airic spoke from beside me.

“Huh? About what?”

“I didn’t expect Vice-leader Rudmin to personally handle the distribution. It seems Duke Sieri is planning to properly invest in this business.”

Airic let out a sigh of relief, saying he felt much more at ease.

But I didn’t quite understand what he meant.

“Why Vice-leader Rudmin? Since Guild Leader Duke Sieri is busy, isn’t it natural for the vice-leader to handle most of the work?”

“Ah, you didn’t know. The Lumen Trading Guild is so large that three groups under the vice-leader divide and handle the work. When the guild leader duke gives orders, the vice-leader relays them to each group.”

“What? Then the vice-leader is…”

“The vice-leader only moves in one case – only when the guild leader duke directly assigns work to her. She’s an incredibly capable person.”

So Jun coming here personally means it was all Rute’s doing.

To think he’s so serious about this business that he’d entrust the entire potion business to Jun, the most important person in the guild.

I was quite surprised.

…Wait, the most important person in the guild?

Ah, damn. An ominous setting from the original story that I had forgotten came back to me belatedly.

The reason I didn’t recognize her identity despite her quite distinctive appearance and having a main character-level position.

It was because Jun Rudmin’s name never properly appeared even once in the original story.

But that doesn’t mean she was just an extra who wasn’t even a supporting character. She’s actually a very important person.

The destruction of the Lumen Trading Guild that caused Rute to lose his humanity and become a complete villain.

The trigger for this guild’s destruction was the death of Vice-leader Jun Rudmin, who connected Rute with the guild.

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“Ha, those bastards are getting worse these days…”

Martin, who came out of the alchemy potion shop, kicked a rolling stone in irritation.

As a member of a mercenary group that mainly hunted monsters, he had come to the street to purchase potions.

Sea God brand potions had the best effects, but they were way beyond the mercenary group’s budget, so he tried to buy alchemy potions as usual.

But.

‘Those bastards! Raising the prices again!’

This was already the third time this year!

The effects were the same while only the prices went up.

They were really scumbags.

“…But there’s no choice.”

Martin, who had been walking angrily with big strides, eventually stopped after not going very far.

Hunting monsters without potions was impossible. That would just mean dying, so he absolutely had to buy them.

However, other potions had poor cost-effectiveness, so the only remaining option was the place he had just stormed out of.

It was just when Martin was about to turn back with his eyes tightly shut.

“Hello there!”

Some woman with purple hair suddenly appeared in front of him.

“You just came out of the potion shop, right?”

“…So what?”

“I wasn’t trying to spy, but we just started the potion business ourselves, so my eyes naturally went there!”

Started the potion business?

Martin found himself unconsciously interested.

That made sense, since merchants who just started selling usually cut prices to attract customers.

If it was cheaper than those scumbags’ potions and the effects weren’t bad, it seemed fine to make bulk purchases here.

“Which alchemy group are you from?”

“We’re not an alchemy group. Though alchemy is mixed in, the main component is something else.”

“What? What do you mean…”

“The potions our guild sells are new potions that have never existed before, made by dissolving alchemy into Sun God’s divine power!”

At the woman’s exclamation, Martin’s eyes widened.

People who happened to be passing by and overheard the conversation reacted the same way.

“Divine power? Sun God, was there such a god…?”

“Ah, now that I think about it, there was a Sun God among the three main gods.”

“Really? I was wondering who the third god among the three main gods was, and it was the Sun God. But they’re selling potions there?”

“Right. I only knew about Sea God temple potions.”

After murmuring for a while, people gradually approached the woman, Jun, and began asking.

“Are they really potions containing divine power?”

Since it was basic knowledge that divine power had stronger healing properties than alchemy, it was natural to be curious.

“Of course! And you all know, right? That the Sun God’s divine power has the strongest healing power.”

Most seemed to be hearing this for the first time, but Jun didn’t mind and continued explaining.

“Right now, you can purchase potions made with that very Sun God’s divine power at a low price. It’s an opening special!”

Much cheaper than Sea God potions, while being similarly priced to alchemy potions – Martin’s eyes lit up.

“Where else could you buy a potion made with divine power at this price? Only our trading guild can make this possible.”

Now was the time to drive the point home.

Jun pointed to the large store in the center of the street and shouted.

“By the way, Sun God brand potions are exclusively sold at our Lumen Trading Guild!”

Not only Martin, but everyone’s eyes widened.

Lumen Trading Guild? Wasn’t that one of the Empire’s top three trading guilds that only dealt with guaranteed quality goods!

And they were saying it was exclusively sold there?

‘This, I absolutely have to buy this!’

With Lumen’s name behind it, there was no need for doubt.

“I’ll buy it right now!”

Martin shouted loudly and immediately rushed toward the Lumen store.

The people who had been subtly watching also ran to the store as if they had never hesitated.

Jun, who was watching from behind, smiled with satisfaction.

“I won’t be returning empty-handed to our Holy Maiden.”

The signs were very good from the start.

I should quickly inform our guild master who has great interest in business.

Jun began humming and started promoting to the people around him once again.

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