I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 62

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First, I returned to my bedroom to organize my thoughts.

In the original story, Count Kiris immediately abandoned her when Idella appeared and it was revealed that Ordel was a fake Holy Maiden.

They claimed they were also deceived, saying they only believed she was the real Holy Maiden because the Sun God’s Main Temple said so, and quickly distanced themselves.

And then what happened?

He gained sympathy in the Imperial Social Circle.

His distant relative who lived in hardship was pitiful, so he took her in as an adopted daughter and raised her well, but she turned out to be a fraud!

People felt sorry for him, saying it was too tragic.

The House of Count Kiris suffered no damage from this incident, but strangely he gained great sympathy, and thanks to that, he became even more successful.

And at the end of the original story, he eventually obtained an important position in the Empire and received a new title of Marquis.

It was really an ending I didn’t like.

Count Kiris was the one who forcibly made Ordel into a fake Holy Maiden, so why didn’t that bastard lose anything?

When I complained like that, what did the author say?

‘There’s no world where good always triumphs.’

Even thinking about it again, it was an infuriating answer.

“I really want to summon the author.”

I held my head in my hands.

The person who wrote the novel 【Holy Idella】 is my close friend, Joo Hyun-jin.

With perfect story structure and realistic battle scenes, it received great reviews and achieved tremendous sales, even completing a webtoon contract.

Since it was a novel written by my closest friend and suited my taste, I had read it several times…

Who would have thought that settings different from the original would hit me in the back of the head?

Did it change from the original because I possessed this body?

Or was this always the setting?

I’ve changed so many things as I pleased after possessing this body that I can’t tell which it is.

‘Sigh, can’t I just have one phone call with Hyun-jin?’

Naturally, the AI system gave no answer.

It’s tearful, but I have no choice but to find out myself.

However, one thing is certain: there are truths that weren’t properly revealed even in the original.

I’m already pressed for time trying to save the Sun God, and now I have to dig up truths hidden in the original too. My head is already aching.

“First, I need to find out what that bastard Count is scheming…”

Why he made Ordel into a fake Holy Maiden, why he’s obsessed with Lute, and what his reason is for trying to prevent the revival of the Sun God’s Main Temple.

Fortunately, I had one ally with excellent abilities for background investigations.

“Jeremy.”

I looked at Jeremy sitting across from me.

Whether I was muttering to myself or holding my head in agony, he was busy eating cookies. Because he loves sweets so much, I’ve started keeping cookies on hand at all times.

“Is it delicious?”

“Yeah.”

It’s heartwarming to see how he’s gained some healthy weight from eating well.

Come to think of it, my taste seems to have changed a bit.

In my previous life, I quite enjoyed sweets, but after possessing Ordel’s body, I don’t particularly crave them except when my stamina is low.

Everything else followed my mind, but only my taste follows Ordel’s preferences?

Thinking about it, my appetite also followed my physical body.

“Jeremy, can I ask you for one favor?”

Jeremy, with cookie crumbs all around his mouth, tilted his head curiously.

Like a young child hearing unfamiliar words.

“You could just give me orders.”

I shook my head firmly.

“No, I’m going to ask you for a favor. I’m not your master, and you’re not a slave.”

Jeremy blinked his pretty pink eyes.

After being dazed for a while, he soon muttered.

“…That’s right. I’m not a slave anymore.”

The freedom he had regained was still awkward for him.

“What’s the favor?”

“You know the man I was just talking with? Count Kiris…”

“Should I kill him?”

Don’t say that with such an innocent face.

“No.”

“Then should I kidnap him? Or torture him?”

That’s not it either.

“Just monitor him. What people he talks to and what he says, what he does, what he’s planning.”

Perhaps because it was a lighter request than expected, disappointment appeared on Jeremy’s face.

No, why do you want to kill him so badly?

“For how long?”

“While he’s at the Main Temple.”

I answered that way because I was still a bit uneasy about sending Jeremy outside the Sun God’s Main Temple.

“Right now?”

“Yes. Starting now.”

“Got it.”

Jeremy, who had poured all the remaining cookies into his mouth, jumped up from his seat.

Before he could use his stealth again, I said.

“Jeremy. You should say ‘I’ll be back.'”

Jeremy’s eyes widened.

After rolling his eyes around and pondering for a while, he quickly swallowed the cookies in his mouth and whispered.

“I, I’ll be back…”

I couldn’t hear it very well, but I could clearly see his pale cheeks turning red.

I was smiling and seeing him off, but as soon as Jeremy left, my face hardened.

The Count’s scheme.

Actually, there was one thing I had a hunch about.

If I was right, it would become very troublesome, so I could only hope I was wrong.

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“Ah, I’m tired.”

After washing up, I sprawled face-down on the couch. Monica sat by my head and dried the moisture from my wet hair.

“I want to kick the Count out…”

“Let’s kick him out right now.”

When I let out a heartfelt lament, Monica immediately chimed in as if she had been waiting.

I wanted to do that too, but I couldn’t because there were things I needed to find out.

Count Kiris didn’t leave me alone all afternoon.

He complained about seeing the Main Temple under renovation, then got violently angry when he saw the guest room.

Calling it a terrible room.

If you tell me not to do renovations but then complain the room is terrible, which tune am I supposed to dance to?

He was completely selfish, telling me to immediately scrap the potion business that Lute Sieri was participating in, while somehow maintaining connections with him.

Of course, I did give Count Kiris’s side the worst guest room available.

What can I do? That was the only room that perfectly matched his personality.

“I don’t know how you endured such a man’s tyranny all this time.”

Ordel, I’m talking about you. Why did you live being treated like that?

When your fake Holy Maiden identity was revealed and the Count you so desperately wanted love from abandoned you, what did you think?

“That will never happen again! Everyone at the Sun God’s Main Temple will protect you!”

Monica, who couldn’t imagine that this was meant for the original Ordel who had now disappeared, clenched both fists and shouted.

I’m grateful, but… would you feel the same way even after it’s revealed that I’m a fake Holy Maiden?

Thinking about the faces that would be angry a year from now, saying they were deceived and betrayed, already left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Perhaps because I’ve grown attached, I can no longer think about it as lightly as before.

“You’ve worked hard. Now go and get some good rest.”

Feeling sorry about receiving Monica’s help, I got up from my seat.

“Earl Serent and Earl Pols will be on guard duty tonight.”

I nodded at Monica’s words.

After the assassination incident, two guard knights now stood watch in front of my room every night.

Since Jeremy was here, they wouldn’t increase the close protection, but Seth and Victoria had insisted strongly that night guard duty was non-negotiable.

I felt a bit sorry for the people who had to guard me all night, but Jeremy needed to go sleep at night too, so it couldn’t be helped.

I couldn’t make the child sleep on that dirty ceiling after all.

“Then have a comfortable night, Holy Maiden.”

Monica left her greeting and departed from the room.

It was late at night and my stamina hadn’t fully returned yet, so I wanted to just collapse and fall asleep, but…

Perhaps because so many things had happened today, I felt stuffy inside.

Thinking the night breeze might help, I put on a thick robe and went out to the balcony.

The pitch-black night sky filled with countless stars greeted me.

The quiet sound of insects coming from beyond the dark thicket calmed my troubled heart.

Looking at the open night view, I let out a deep breath filled with stuffiness.

“I’m glad I came out.”

I usually only came out in the morning when I woke up or during the day, so I didn’t know, but the nighttime scenery was also quite magnificent.

It would be even more wonderful once the garden repairs were finished. I looked forward to that day.

“Did you hear my heart calling out desperately for you, Holy Maiden?”

As I was blankly gazing at the night sky, I heard a familiar voice from beside me.

On the balcony of the adjacent room, Rute stood there dressed more casually than usual.

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