I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 51

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Monica might have a sharp tongue, but she doesn’t act that way toward me.

“….”

When I slightly turned my head, the first thing I saw was her lips jutting out in a pout.

Ah, right. I had collapsed. I made a fuss trying to separate the Sea God from Jeremy.

Even when I collapsed coughing up blood, I definitely heard Victoria’s voice.

“…Did you hear everything?”

“….”

Seeing her lips still pouting, she must have heard everything.

“But I don’t regret it.”

I coughed up blood as severely as when I died in my previous life, and it hurt terribly, but I don’t regret it.

“Ah, I’m sorry for startling you all. I actually didn’t know it would turn out like this.”

I thought I’d only cough up a little blood from my mouth, but who knew it would gush out from my eyes and nose like that?

…Of course, I would have done it even if I knew, but Monica doesn’t know my inner thoughts, so I’ll keep quiet.

“Were you very surprised?”

“Of course I was surprised!”

Monica shouted angrily. I was flustered by the tears dangling at the corners of her eyes.

E-enough to cry?

“I was only away for one night, and not only was there an assassination attempt, but you coughed up blood trying to save that guy! Even if my parents come, I’m not leaving the Grand Temple anymore. I’ll stay by the Holy Maiden’s side forever!”

Monica suddenly screamed and buried her face in the bed, starting to sob loudly.

I earnestly patted her back to comfort her.

“There, there. But did you also hear that I cracked the assassin’s head and caught him?”

“None of that matters at all!”

Alright, alright.

I earnestly comforted Monica until she stopped crying.

“Sniff. And I knew the Holy Maiden would absolutely never regret it anyway.”

After stopping her tears, Monica said this while blowing her nose refreshingly. I was inwardly surprised.

“You did?”

“Not just me, but everyone else probably thinks the same way. The Holy Maiden is someone who wouldn’t cause trouble in the first place if she was going to regret it.”

Even though they haven’t been close to me for very long, everyone knows me incredibly well.

Of course, being human, I do occasionally think ‘maybe I shouldn’t have done that.’

Like negotiating with the Sun God, making deals with the Sun God, or accepting the Sun God’s quests.

“Why does everyone know me so well?”

“It means we all like the Holy Maiden very much. We know you well because we like you.”

Her words were blunt but sincere, making my heart feel a little heavy.

“I’m touched.”

The efforts I’ve made since possessing this body haven’t been in vain. I’ve been living earnestly and well.

…If only this assassination incident hadn’t happened, I could have properly achieved an image transformation.

I inwardly swallowed tears thinking of the Grand Temple people who avoided my gaze more than usual.

Those Sea God bastards, I really won’t let them get away with this.

“I’ll try not to do anything too dangerous. For the sake of you all who care about me.”

“You’re promising.”

Monica quickly held out her pinky finger. I obediently intertwined my finger with hers.

“Though I don’t really expect the Holy Maiden to actually keep that promise.”

Monica’s following words completely shattered my emotional moment.

“…Monica, if you have complaints about me, couldn’t you just tell me nicely?”

“You don’t listen even when I tell you nicely.”

“….”

How did I give this child such deep distrust?

Though she’s not wrong about anything….

‘You’re just realizing that now? You really have a talent for making people around you frustrated!’

I even heard Joo Hyun-jin’s voice blaming me from somewhere.

Alright, alright. I really won’t overdo it anymore unless absolutely necessary.

This body definitely isn’t one that was diligently maintained through exercise like in my previous life, but I unconsciously tend to try living like I did back then.

I’ve properly learned that doing that with this body would send me to my grave, so I should live more carefully now.

Even though this is a forced second round of life, I don’t want to die young again.

“What happened to that assassin?”

The main culprit who made me open my eyes in this bed.

I wonder if I was actually helpful to Jeremy?

Fortunately, Monica answered obediently, though she looked quite displeased.

“They say conversation is possible now.”

“Really?”

Come to think of it, before I collapsed, I think I made eye contact with eyes that had clear focus.

So the Sea God’s curse was completely lifted?

I think I need to see Jeremy directly to make that judgment.

“Yes. But he seems to be refusing to talk right now. He just keeps repeating that he’ll talk when the Holy Maiden comes.”

“So he’s willing to have a conversation. That’s fortunate. But right now is impossible.”

I looked down at my body that wouldn’t budge and smiled awkwardly.

“I should just rest in bed for today.”

“That’s a good decision. The High Priest healed everything, so don’t worry and just rest well.”

Airic did? No wonder it was bearable despite collapsing so dramatically. My body feels heavy, but there’s no particular pain otherwise, which I found strange.

He must already be exhausted from serving as a healing shuttle for potions lately, so I felt a bit sorry for making him worry about me too.

“Then I’ll make special soup and bring it to you. It’s something my father used to make for me whenever I was sick, and it’s very delicious.”

Monica said this while neatly arranging my disheveled blankets. I said her father seemed like a doting parent, and he really does seem to love his daughter.

“Your father is quite domestic.”

“He is indeed.”

At my words, Monica finally smiled a little. I was relieved that her gloomy mood had disappeared.

Of course, that didn’t mean everything ended well.

I had to have another round of reflection time in front of Victoria, who came in with Monica carrying the soup.

I could only eat the soup after promising several times not to do dangerous things.

Even chicken soup for the soul wouldn’t taste this much like tears.

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I could finally go outside only after rolling around in bed for two full days.

Actually, one day would have been enough, but since I hadn’t been able to rest much lately, I just rested one more day.

Monica and Victoria wanted me to rest for a full week, but I couldn’t stand that. I get bored and uncomfortable when I don’t do anything.

“…But if I knew it would be like this, I should have rested a few more days.”

I stopped walking with sad eyes.

I don’t know how many times I’ve regretted this since leaving my room not long ago.

Usually, whenever I appeared, everyone would avoid eye contact and run away as if they’d seen a plague patient.

This time, quite a few people made eye contact with me.

But I wasn’t happy about it at all.

“…Did they just avoid me again?”

Victoria and Monica chose silence in response to my dejected question. It was an affirmation.

So this is the problem.

When I looked at them, curious about why they weren’t running away for once, they jumped and ran away as if they’d been waiting for it!

It would be better if they didn’t make eye contact and ran away from the start—this was more hurtful.

That attack incident definitely restored my image back to the original.

Those Temple of the Sea God bastards, I’ll definitely scrape them to the bone and convert everything into my divine power.

“H-Holy Maiden.”

Monica called out carefully, perhaps trying to comfort me. But I declined.

“No. It’s fine. I’m used to it. Everyone can be like that.”

Right, the Sea God bastards are the bad ones. The people are innocent of any wrongdoing.

So I need to extract as much as possible from them, and to do that, there’s one barrier I absolutely must overcome.

I steeled my resolve and headed to the dungeon.

And I met Seth in front of the prison where Jeremy was confined.

“Last time the High Priest was here, but this time it’s the Order Master?”

“Are you feeling alright?”

He already asked about my well-being when I woke up two days ago, and now he’s asking again today.

“I’m completely fine now. You don’t need to worry.”

“I don’t think there will ever be a day when my worries disappear.”

Have I really caused that many worrying incidents? It’s not that bad, is it…?

But if I said this outright, I’d probably get glares from everyone, so I quickly changed the subject.

“I came to have a conversation with the one inside.”

When I turned my gaze into the prison, I immediately met a vivid stare as if he’d been waiting.

The pink eyes that glowed ominously even in the dark prison were completely different from when I’d faced them before.

It was a look that I found very pleasing.

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