I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 95

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“How on earth did you manage to move even the Temple of the Sea God?”

 

Is that more surprising than the Temple of the Annihilation God joining us?

 

“Well, it’s a bit embarrassing to say I moved them.”

 

I shrugged my shoulders and explained lightly.

 

“We don’t have a very good relationship with the Temple of the Sea God. So when we entered the southern market, the Sea God’s side panicked and hastily released their grip.”

 

“In other words, you used their pettiness.”

 

“Oh, you understand well?”

 

“I’ve experienced quite a bit.”

 

Ah, right. The Sea God’s side was desperate to recruit Carly. There must have been many troublesome incidents.

 

“Anyway, since it turned out that way, you can put your worries to rest. If any seriously injured people appear, send them to the Temple of the Annihilation God. Our priests will be staying there for a while.”

 

“Of course, it won’t be free.”

 

“Naturally. We need to make a living too.”

 

Pfft.

 

Huh? Did she just laugh?

 

I was startled by the sound like air escaping.

 

Carly, who had maintained an expressionless, even rigid face from when we first met until now, was smiling faintly.

 

I thought even her smiling face would be stiff, but surprisingly, she looked quite gentle.

 

“Are there no conditions like having to become a follower to borrow a priest’s power?”

 

“What? Will you become our follower?”

 

Carly is a duke just like Lute!

 

Although she’s a character who exits in the middle of the original story, unlike Lute who fought the protagonists as a villain until the end, her abilities and reputation are real.

 

So even if she’s not SS-rank like Lute, she should be at least S-rank…!

 

“No, I have no such thoughts.”

 

However, my expectations crumbled in an instant.

 

I was disappointed by Carly’s serious expression, as if she had never smiled.

 

“To make someone hopeful and then dismiss them like this. That’s really too much.”

 

“Of course, if you insist I become a follower, I suppose I’d have no choice. I’ve clearly realized through this incident how much help absolute healing power can be in fighting monsters.”

 

Saying this, Carly stared at me intently.

 

It was the same intense gaze I had seen in the carriage, as if she would pierce right through me.

 

Ah, I see. That look was an observing gaze.

 

Or perhaps testing.

 

“Then become a follower!”

 

I smiled brightly at Carly.

 

She probably expected me to wave my hands dismissively out of courtesy.

 

As if that would happen. How precious each and every follower is!

 

“Following Duke Sieri, now Duke Carly will also become a follower. Finally, the sun is rising on our Sun God’s Main Temple that was like a mouse hole.”

 

“Holy Maiden, a mouse hole is a bit… I don’t think it’s quite that bad…”

 

Seth, who had been listening from the side, protested with a slightly reddened face.

 

Unfortunately, even Carly didn’t pay attention to his words.

 

“Duke Sieri is a follower?”

 

“Yes. He became a follower a few months ago. That’s precisely why Lumen and we are working together.”

 

“Huh…”

 

“How about it? Even Duke Sieri is a follower – aren’t you tempted? It seems different from those Sea God folks, doesn’t it feel right?”

 

Carly showed signs of wavering at the news that none other than Lute Sieri was also a follower.

 

I didn’t miss the opportunity and continued to gently coax her.

 

“You don’t need to do anything special. Just make donations occasionally. Prayer? You don’t need to come to the main temple for such things – just do it anywhere there’s sunlight.”

 

“Such things…? Of course, the Sun God is one who would listen wherever you pray, but…”

 

Seth covered his face with both hands.

 

He seemed unable to contain his admiration for the Holy Maiden’s excellent word choice.

 

“You don’t have to answer right away, so think about it slowly. If you have questions, you can ask Duke Sieri. He’ll answer you wholeheartedly.”

 

I smiled contentedly and patted Carly’s shoulder.

 

“Our main temple will always be waiting for Duke Carly.”

 

“The Sun God is one who cherishes his followers, so please consider it seriously.”

 

Seth supported me as if he had never been embarrassed.

 

Well done, our Seth.

 

“Mm.”

 

We were surrounding Carly in a circle, laughing cheerfully.

 

Suddenly, Seth’s face hardened as he looked somewhere.

 

Carly also turned her head in the same direction.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“It seems a commotion has broken out. There appear to be quite loud voices…”

 

“I should go see. Excuse me.”

 

Perhaps because it was happening in her own territory, Carly headed straight toward the commotion without looking back.

 

Just as I was about to follow, Jeremy, dressed all in black, dropped down from the sky.

 

“There’s a fight.”

 

“A fight? How did that happen?”

 

Are our Holy Knights fighting with the slum people?

 

Then Carly alone should be able to resolve it, so we probably don’t need to go…

 

“There are kidnappers. The Holy Knights are blocking them.”

 

However, the situation was more serious than I thought.

 

I immediately looked at Seth.

 

“Let’s go right away.”

 

“I will be briefly rude.”

 

Judging there was no time to hesitate, Seth lifted me up.

 

Supporting me securely, he began running quickly toward where the commotion was occurring.

 

Afraid I might bite my tongue at the speed faster than riding a horse, I kept my mouth tightly shut and hugged Seth’s neck.

 

It seemed like his grip holding me became a bit firmer, but I had no time to pay attention to that.

 

Soon, loud noises began reaching my ears too.

 

“The sound of weapons?”

 

“That’s right. It seems a battle has broken out.”

 

Seth nodded and glanced at Jeremy, who was following alongside.

 

“When we arrive, you must never leave the Holy Maiden’s side.”

 

“I was planning to do that anyway.”

 

The two men quickly reached an agreement.

 

The scene we soon arrived at was quite brutal.

 

“All of those are kidnappers…?”

 

Getting down from Seth’s arms, I was stunned.

 

The ones our Holy Knights and the duke’s knights were confronting numbered five in total.

 

Five people trying to kidnap someone in broad daylight, not even at night?

 

Moreover, those guys looked fine, while among our allies numbering well over ten, there were even injured.

 

But the truly surprising thing was something else.

 

“…Jeremy, do you sense something from them?”

 

Those wrapped head to toe in clothes even more dingy than Jeremy’s.

 

An unusual atmosphere flowed from these people gripping blood-dripping weapons.

 

“I don’t sense anything clearly. Just something unpleasant and dirty? Why, do you sense something, Holy Maiden?”

 

What do I sense? How can you call that a question?

 

I gritted my teeth.

 

To be precise, it’s not that I sense it, but that I ‘see’ it.

 

Black stains.

 

The very same black stains I had seen on Lute and several injured people we treated in the south were spread across their entire bodies.

 

The difference was that unlike them, these guys weren’t writhing in pain.

 

Rather, the stains clumped together every time they moved. As if they were exerting force.

 

Which means one thing.

 

Those bastards are subordinates of ‘Evil’.

 

Why the hell are they here?

 

“Do you know who they were trying to kidnap?”

 

“Over there, the girl behind those guys.”

 

Jeremy pointed to a tent house.

 

Several wooden barrels were placed in front of the house covered in white dust and sand.

 

Looking closely, some dirty bundle of cloth was slightly stirring behind the wooden barrels.

 

It was almost indistinguishable from the tent house, so I wouldn’t have noticed at all if Jeremy hadn’t told me.

 

What kind of girl could she be that guys presumed to be subordinates of ‘Evil’ would try to kidnap her from early dawn…

 

“Ah.”

 

At that moment, the bundle of cloth stirred and the girl slightly poked her face out.

 

Even though the distance was quite far, I momentarily made eye contact with the girl…

 

“…Huh?”

 

Wait, wait a minute. What? Did I see that correctly just now?

 

What? No, is that real?

 

Hair that was hard to identify due to all the dust but was definitely golden, and youthful, beautiful features that couldn’t be hidden despite her disheveled appearance.

 

Up to this point, fine.

 

But those eyes.

 

The eyes that stood out clearly even in this place full of sand were definitely golden.

 

Golden hair and golden eyes, plus a wandering teenage girl with outstanding beauty.

 

‘…Idella?’

 

That’s totally, even if you looked at it upside down, it could only be Idella!

 

Why the hell is she here?

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