I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 45

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

However, what I had worried about did not happen.

“Holy Maiden! Bl-blood…!”

Ah, right. I just coughed up blood. Quite a lot of it too.

“…”

When I glanced down, the situation looked more serious than I thought.

Not only was my entire face covered, but my hands and the white nightgown I was wearing were also dyed bright red…

It was practically a crime scene. In a different sense from earlier, it seemed like a situation that deserved an R-rating.

“Are you alright!”

Fortunately, the virtuous Order leader did not suspect me.

If someone other than Seth had seen this scene first, I would have been branded a murderer without question.

I was truly relieved.

“I’m fine. I’m not hurt anywhere.”

Seth’s face had turned so pale as he approached that I hurriedly tried to calm him down.

“I just used my divine power a bit excessively.”

Fortunately, the clash seemed to be over, as I no longer coughed up blood.

“Excessively…”

However, Seth’s real anger was just beginning.

He glared menacingly at Jeremy, who was still collapsed on the floor.

He looked even more fierce than when he caught the embezzling head chef – incomparably more threatening.

“That bastard? Did that bastard attack the Holy Maiden?”

His aura felt so violent that I felt chilled despite receiving a mental fortitude buff.

Just as my body was about to freeze at the sight of him slowly drawing his sword.

【The AI System has detected fear levels above the threshold in the user.】

【Increasing user’s mental fortitude for smooth operation.】

With the perfectly timed System Message, I could breathe again.

Ha, what an excellent mental fortitude buff update!

“Wait!”

I quickly grabbed Seth’s arm.

Seth, who had been ready to strike Jeremy down immediately, was startled and quickly switched his sword to the opposite hand.

“Holy Maiden, it’s dangerous!”

“It’s okay. It’s not dangerous. Look carefully. I’ve already disarmed him.”

Seth seemed surprised as he only now realized that the assassin’s clothes had been completely stripped off.

I hadn’t torn off the important parts since I didn’t particularly want to see them, but it was certainly an embarrassing state for escaping.

“I didn’t have rope, so I tore his clothes and used them to tie him up instead.”

“An excellent choice.”

Seth respected my choice. However, he didn’t back down.

“Still, the danger hasn’t disappeared. Let’s lock him in prison and interrogate him to find out who sent him.”

He said through gritted teeth while glaring at Jeremy.

“…I want to immediately punish the crime of endangering the Holy Maiden and making her cough up blood.”

Swallowing the words “I want to kill him,” he barely managed to continue.

“But we must follow procedure. I’ll keep him alive until we can uncover who’s behind this.”

What a violently caring way to worry.

Ahem. Well, it’s not that I dislike being worried about.

“And I’ll strengthen the Holy Maiden’s security from now on. Having only Captain Victoria handle close protection seems insufficient, so I’ll increase the number.”

“…Excuse me?”

Wait. I didn’t think about this?!

“I’ve already finished reorganizing the Second Order to handle the Holy Maiden’s protection, but it was unreasonable to have only Captain Victoria handle all the guarding until now.”

No, but I was fine with that…

I’m a fake Holy Maiden with barely any divine power and many secrets to hide, so having many people around is inconvenient.

“No, I’m satisfied with Monica and Sir Victoria together as it is now. I don’t want more than that.”

Thinking he might push forward if I spoke ambiguously, I firmly refused.

However, perhaps because of this incident, Seth didn’t back down immediately.

“But you’re alone at night, aren’t you? Today’s trouble happened because of that too.”

…He’s making it hard to argue.

“Ahem! Let’s talk about that later. Right now, dealing with this guy comes first.”

I looked at Jeremy.

The pain seemed to have stopped as his writhing had ceased. Instead, he just lay face down, trembling intermittently.

“Is he like this because he was attacked by the Holy Maiden’s divine power?”

Seth asked while examining Jeremy’s pupils and pulse in detail.

“Something like that. In that sense, I also have something to find out from this guy, so I’ll participate in the interrogation. So don’t kill him before I do what I need to do.”

“We could do it instead…”

“I’ll do it myself.”

I won’t accept refusal.

“…Understood.”

Fortunately, my firmness worked well this time.

Seth nodded with a sigh and easily lifted the nearly limp Jeremy onto his shoulder.

Wow… Even though Jeremy is still young, he has a considerable build as a male lead candidate, yet Seth lifted him as easily as picking up a cat.

He didn’t even seem to use divine power. I envy that strength.

“You must have been very startled this late at night, so please rest well. I’ll inform the High Priest of the situation.”

“Ah, thank you.”

“…This isn’t something to be thanked for. Rather, I should apologize to the Holy Maiden.”

Seth bit his lips tightly.

Seeing his guilt-ridden expression, he seemed to be feeling this way because Daesinjeon’s security had been breached again.

However, this time it’s not his fault.

Jeremy is someone who bears a god’s curse on his body.

Ironically, while it tormented him, it also made him stronger than anyone else. He had literally transcended human limits.

Therefore, except for Seth himself, ordinary Holy Knights couldn’t stop Jeremy.

“Still, I’m grateful you came at the right time. As expected of the Order leader. I always trust you.”

However, since I couldn’t tell him this fact, I comforted him with as much sincerity as possible.

“Let’s thoroughly investigate together tomorrow how this guy broke through Daesinjeon’s security. So rest well today for tomorrow.”

I patted his reliable back and smiled brightly.

Seth smiled bitterly and nodded.

“Have a peaceful night, Holy Maiden. No one will disturb you anymore tonight, so don’t worry and rest well.”

Seth left the room with Jeremy after his goodnight greeting.

Only then did I sigh.

“Ha, finally finished cleaning up.”

What kind of chaos was this in the middle of the night?

The day was already long enough, but with an attack happening at night and even coughing up blood, a headache began to set in.

Just as I was about to get on the bed to sleep quickly, I stopped.

“Ah, I can’t sleep looking like this!”

All the blood on my hands, face, and clothes!

I couldn’t help but scream at the troublesome cleanup.

In the end, I could only lie down on the bed after spending several hours completely cleaning all the blood from my body and clothes.

It was truly such a long day.

* * *

News of the assassin’s intrusion spread throughout Daesinjeon in an instant.

Since there were so few people residing within Daesinjeon and it wasn’t something to hush up, it spread quickly.

However, most people were bewildered rather than afraid.

“…What’s here worth breaking in for?”

Why would anyone target this poor place that had already sold everything of value?

But the surprise didn’t end there.

“The person who was attacked was the Holy Maiden?!”

That ill-tempered person? Are they crazy and want to die?!

Of course, she has changed a bit recently, but her true nature should still be the same, right?!

I wouldn’t be surprised if the attackers were torn to pieces by the Holy Maiden.

However, there was one thing. There was something that secretly bothered me.

“…Um, what about the Holy Maiden? She wasn’t hurt, right? Is she okay?”

People pretended otherwise while subtly revealing their concern for Ordel.

And it wasn’t just one or two people, but quite a large number.

It was the beginning of a small change that Ordel was unaware of.

* * *

“…There really is no sleeping in late in my life.”

8 AM.

I let out a lament as my eyes opened exactly 6 hours after falling asleep.

I thought I might sleep in today since so much happened last night, but no chance.

“I don’t know why only things like this keep up with my mind.”

Since I didn’t feel like I could sleep more, I sighed and got up.

Still, I don’t seem to be in condition to exercise, so I should just do some light stretching today and call it done.

But then.

“…Why are you here, Order of the Holy?”

After washing up lightly and changing clothes, I stepped out of my room and stopped in shock.

Standing in front of the door was Seth, not Victoria.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————