I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 56

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I said that, but in reality, since I’m the true Holy Maiden, I believed the Sun God would plead with the Annihilation God to stop me, so I forced myself to act.

And so, in the sanctuary where the Sun God’s artifacts are enshrined, I struck the jewelry box with a dagger-shaped artifact embedded with black gems.

Thud.

‘…?’

But as if it had been waiting, the largest red gem fell off with a thud.

As if it were natural, without any damage to anything else.

‘Was it originally like this?’

‘That can’t be right…’

Both I and Airic, who had been watching the situation with stern eyes, were greatly flustered.

The thing that wouldn’t get a single scratch even when burned with divine power, thrown around, or even when I smashed Jeremy’s head while he was shielded with divine power – a gem fell off just from striking it once with an artifact?

And in perfect condition, as if it had just been lightly attached from the beginning?

Of course, what was even more absurd was the information that came to mind when I held the gem.

Breaking away from the recollection, I looked at the necklace Jeremy was wearing. Then the information that had bewildered me came to mind again.

【Artifact Information】

Name: Gem Torn Off by the Sun

Grade: Unique

Owner God: Traveler Who Guides Souls

Ability: Light Nullification

Special Notes: A gem forcibly torn off from the artifact ‘Box Made Out of Boredom’ by the Sun’s Holy Maiden. Contains the creator’s tears.

Forcibly torn off, my foot.

I struck it once with an artifact and it fell off as if doing charity, yet it gets this name?

And look at the special notes.

Seeing that it says “creator’s tears,” it seems the artifact’s owner wrote it directly.

‘Still, there was a harvest.’

I looked at the owner god’s name.

‘Traveler Who Guides Souls.’

Seeing that ‘soul’ is in the name, this was indeed an artifact of the Annihilation God as I suspected.

Anyway, though there was an absurd incident, thanks to the gem falling off in perfect condition, Jeremy could now offset the Sea God’s curse to some extent with just this.

“Still, it’s not as free as when I was holding the jewelry box itself.”

Jeremy carefully hid the necklace between his collar again.

Somehow that sight resembled Rute, who cherished his artifact, making me chuckle a little.

Come to think of it, it’s almost been a month.

I’ve extorted money from the Temple of the Sea God, and my divine power will increase, so this time I might be able to give him a two-month blessing.

Coming every month must have been inconvenient, so he’ll be happy.

“Then while you’re staying here, keep hugging the box. I don’t need it right now, so I’ll give it to you.”

“Thank you.”

Jeremy bowed his head with a bright face.

I could feel his strong will to never be swayed by a curse again.

“Then should I go back to prison now?”

But what kind of talk is this now?

“What? Why?”

“That way you’ll feel more at ease too, Holy Maiden.”

At ease, my foot. Where in the world is there a person who would feel at ease putting an innocent, perfectly fine kid in prison?

“There’s no need for that. I’ll give you a separate room, so stay there.”

“Everyone will oppose it.”

“There’s no crazy person here who would shout to imprison someone without guilt.”

Though there are many people like Monica who want to punch Jeremy, there’s no one who would want to imprison someone who was controlled by the Sea God and barely escaped.

This was something Airic and Seth had agreed on too.

“We’ve already decided to treat you as an ordinary person when you return here. Of course, we’ll monitor you.”

Since the curse still remains, there’s always a possibility of being controlled again. So monitoring is absolutely necessary.

“But that doesn’t mean we’ll imprison you. You’ll be given a room with excellent sunlight. Stay there.”

“…Sunlight?”

“Yes. A room watched over by our god. Stay there and protect me. From those who target my life.”

I realized this after going through this incident.

I could die here again at any time. Though my profession has completely changed, being threatened with my life remains unchanged.

As the Sun God’s reputation grows, the threats directed at me will become incomparably greater than in my previous life.

So I need someone who can properly protect me. Someone stronger than Victoria who can provide close personal protection.

Jeremy was the perfect person to take on that role.

And later when Idella appears, I’ll assign him to her then. Though Jeremy and she didn’t end up together in the original, they might here, right?

Or they could just become friends.

“I can do that well. I can protect you, Holy Maiden.”

Jeremy nodded vigorously. His face was bright, seeming happy to have something to do.

“If the Sea God’s side sends people again, I’ll take responsibility and kill them properly.”

…I wonder if he really needs to say such things so brightly, but since he has a lot built up, let’s understand.

Knock knock.

“Holy Maiden. The Potion Making Team has come to see you.”

Then Monica announced a visitor.

When I told them to come in, she entered with refreshments along with three people from the Potion Making Team.

“We’ve brought this batch for sale, Holy Maiden! Including the three hundred pre-orders, it’s a total of one thousand bottles!”

Zenrik shouted energetically.

Perhaps because the quantity had doubled from last time, the three people were each pulling a trolley.

“The faster we sell, the faster we make money, so we worked hard!”

Zenrik’s face, giving a thumbs up, still had dark circles under his eyes. However, his expression was very bright.

“The taste of extra pay was quite satisfying, wasn’t it, Zenrik.”

After selling out the first prototype batch, I immediately paid extra bonuses to the three people who had worked hard.

The person who was happiest was none other than Zenrik. It seems he pulled an all-nighter this time too to experience that joy again.

“But if you die, it’s meaningless. Take it easy.”

“It’s a matter of the Sun God’s Main Temple’s prestige.”

Wolfgang, whose face looked no different from Zenrik’s, said. Anyone would think they were both devoted followers of the Sun God from birth.

“But who is this person?”

Then Zenrik tilted his head while looking at Jeremy sitting in front of me.

Monica, who was setting desserts on the table, answered instead.

“Who else? A kidnapper who recklessly attacked the Holy Maiden, got his head cracked, and became loyal.”

“…”

“…”

Silence fell over the group at her blunt words.

Jeremy rubbed his head with a gloomy face, as if the head that got hit by me was aching.

Thanks to the blessing that removes curses, his wounds would have healed long ago, but it seems to hurt sometimes like phantom pain.

“Kid, napper…?”

Then Lana, who had been standing timidly in the corner after greeting me, showed a reaction for the first time.

Zenrik and Wolfgang flinched and quickly stepped aside like Pavlov’s dogs.

And Jeremy and Lana faced each other.

“The, the one who hurt the Holy Maiden, that bastard…?”

Monica quickly took refuge next to Zenrik and Wolfgang.

Wait, the fact that they fled like that means…

“How dare, how dare he hurt the Holy Maiden, that bastard…”

Just when I was wondering if I should stop her, Lana pulled something from her pocket.

Zenrik jumped at the sight of a bottle containing deep purple liquid that looked obviously dangerous.

“Lady Lana! That’s a deadly poison made with alchemy! No matter how angry you are, that’s not okay! What if the Holy Maiden gets hit!”

Deadly poison, he says. That timid and kind Lana is trying to throw deadly poison at a person!

At such a terrifyingly ominous statement, I quickly backed away as well.

If Lana had completely lost it, she really might throw it!

“Lady Lana!”

Perhaps seeing how horrified I looked, Zenrik shouted once more.

Fortunately, his voice seemed to get through to her, and instead of throwing the deadly poison, Lana grabbed Jeremy’s arm and started pulling.

“C-come outside! I’ll make you hurt too!”

However, no matter how much superhuman strength she possessed, Jeremy was the one chosen by the Sea God as the next leader of the Holy Order.

Unfortunately, he didn’t budge an inch.

“I won’t die even if I get hit by something like that. You’ll have other uses for it later, so don’t waste it and just leave it be.”

From what I could see, he seemed to think he was giving good advice in his own way…

But did he really have to say that while munching on cookies…? It sounded like he was being sarcastic!

“Grrr… Making the Holy Maiden suffer like that and then acting so shameless…!”

As expected, Lana understood it that way, and her face turned bright red.

But surprisingly, these words had an impact on Jeremy as well.

“…I’m sorry.”

Jeremy put down the cookie he was eating and apologized glumly.

While doing so, he glanced at the glass bottle, looking like he was contemplating whether he should let her hit him with it.

Even Monica, Zenrik, and Wolfgang, who had retreated to a safe distance, were subtly nodding their heads in encouragement.

It was complete chaos.

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