The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 137

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137.

The Chamberlain didn’t argue with the claim of blockade and simply agreed, waiting silently for the third day.

That point made the Attending Priests tremble with even more fear.

Even though they could have told the Royal Guard it was insolent and demanded they open it since they came with the Emperor’s orders, their thorough adherence to the temple’s procedures.

It was no different from expressing their intention not to interfere with the judgment in the slightest.

Not only that, but at first many people were afraid of what the Royal Guard who came to blockade might do…

‘If there’s anything you’d like to eat, please let us know. If it’s something we can obtain nearby, we’ll bring it to you.’

‘If you feel stuffy, we’ve found places nearby where you can take walks, and the knights will escort you there.’

‘Please understand that we have no choice but to set specific times for movement.’

The knights were thoroughly polite.

As long as their eyes and ears were intact, they couldn’t dare say the knights’ behavior during the blockade after the judgment was violent.

Especially now with even more eyes watching.

‘What on earth is the Imperial Court thinking…’

These were actions too different from the Imperial Court’s image they had dealt with and been educated about by high-ranking clerics.

So they were anxious.

They couldn’t help but imagine the aftermath if, by any chance, those who entered the abandoned mine safely passed the judgment.

“The judgment will come down, right…?”

“Of course…”

On the first day they agreed with full confidence, but now not even a trace of that could be found.

Even the Elder Priest, who was practically responsible for this matter, had been inside his excessively luxurious barracks for a week with no intention of coming out.

No matter what they asked, he just said.

‘The Lord God will provide a way.’

That’s all he kept saying.

The Attending Priests felt like they were going crazy.

Because they had believed only the Minister and Pope’s words like gospel and even imposed excommunication.

Honestly speaking, it wasn’t like they had terrible feelings toward Wesley Morel.

‘He was just annoying because he spoke so righteously…’

And they couldn’t ignore that it was irritating how he was called ‘Your Grace’ despite entering the temple late.

But if they had known things would flow this way, they would have just endured that irritation.

The Attending Priests just prayed earnestly to the Lord God.

Please let the Lord God’s judgment be carried out ‘properly.’

And please save poor them.

Not knowing that their prayers to God were flowing in the wrong direction.

*

Naturally, during the week we ate very well and lived comfortably.

Because inside this abandoned mine was a gift from Gaia.

The only troublesome part was…

‘…How can I think Prince Charley is pretty?’

We had to meet the entry conditions.

Since feeling affectionate was even harder, I had to somehow see him as pretty.

At my honest confession, Charley laughed heartily.

‘Would it work if I put a ribbon in my hair? Unfortunately, I only inherited Mother’s hair color.’

Unlike Casian who seemed to inherit only the pretty parts of Maribel and the Emperor, Charley resembled Scaletti in few ways.

Even if he did resemble her, I would have had to struggle to think of him as pretty because of my relationship with Scaletti…

Anyway, while Charley had a decent face, he fell more into the handsome or cool category rather than pretty, so I had to wrestle with that aspect for quite a while.

And the solution to that was.

‘Rose, I don’t know about other parts, but brother’s hand shape resembles mine.’

Casian found the pretty parts and somehow resolved it.

In one way, it was tremendous confidence.

To think I would find any part of him pretty.

Since it was true, I couldn’t deny it either…

Anyway, we spent a week well in the cafe Gaia gifted us.

Perhaps because it was a space modeled after my previous life and created based on my wishes, the second floor had bedrooms and bathrooms prepared.

The second floor had simple and pretty guest rooms, the first floor had a cafe with beautiful scenery.

It was truly the space I had consistently wanted all this time.

Thanks to that, all our basic needs were met, and with the pretty garden that received sunlight, there was no way our health could deteriorate.

‘Did Gaia anticipate something like this would happen…’

At my question, the lizard that had been quietly wriggling and sleeping near my shoulder spoke.

-Well, we don’t have foresight.

‘So it was just coincidence?’

-The opposite.

At the Flare Dragon Pea’s words, I looked puzzledly at Casian’s back as he organized the dishes we’d used.

Though most of the space operated through spirit power, we had to do some organizing ourselves.

As if considering my personality that felt uncomfortable just receiving without any cost.

‘What do you mean by opposite?’

-I think you drew it in. I do.

‘You’re saying I anticipated something like this would happen?’

-It might have been simply wishing, but since you are #@, even coincidence becomes inevitability.

Dragon speech was still hard to understand.

I decided to just accept it.

When I finished my conversation with Pea, Casian had also finished organizing all the dishes and approached me.

“Should we just stay here like this?”

“You don’t really want to.”

“I do, but Rose doesn’t.”

Casian handed me the outer garment I had taken off while speaking.

“In a place where the sunlight is perfect like this, peaceful, and I can be alone with you without complicated thoughts, why would I want to leave.”

Even so, he extended his hand to me after I finished dressing.

“But Rose can’t stand it. You love work more than anyone.”

“I think that’s Ian.”

“I just resembled you because I like you so much.”

Looking at him who wouldn’t concede a single word, I ended the war of attrition with a smile.

“-That’s right, this time is almost over too.”

“Yes, the abandoned mine’s door will open soon.”

As I stood up holding Casian’s hand, Wesley and Charley also nodded and approached.

Thus we left Gaia’s gift where we had spent time comfortably and stepped back into the abandoned mine.

“It really was a good place, good enough to want to come back.”

Along with Charley’s laugh-mixed words that were somehow bitter yet relieved.

*

Grrrrrr-

A heavy friction sound was heard along with the Sacred Knights’ grunting.

Casian muttered while hearing that sound.

“It seems the temple-affiliated knights don’t train properly, seeing how they struggle with just that much.”

If it had been the Royal Guard moving the stone, he would double their training.

After several sounds of straining, light gradually entered the dark interior of the abandoned mine, widening its range.

We intentionally stayed still in the darkness.

We had even removed the lights beforehand for this scene.

Hesitant, hesitant, those examining the interior cautiously stepped forward.

“Are, are they dead?”

“It’s been a whole week…”

Looking at us who weren’t moving at all, hope could be felt gradually entering the clerics’ voices.

When they let us in, they stubbornly insisted they were right, but it seemed they had suffered quite a bit mentally for a week.

Regardless, it wasn’t something we needed to worry about.

“Minister! Minister!”

They just looked at us sitting quietly and excitedly called for the Elder Priest.

“It seems the gods’ judgment has been delivered! We were right…!!”

That voice filled with emotion looked so delighted.

We endured it once more for a thorough collection.

“Is, is it really true!”

“It’s true, look at that!”

At the confident voices of the Attending Priests, the Elder Priest also finally moved his heavy steps.

Even more…

“Look here, Chamberlain. Here’s proof that our judgment was correct!”

“Lift the blockade immediately, we’ll formally protest such persecution of the temple!”

They began to oppress the Imperial Palace officials as if spreading their wings wide.

Really, how could they be so obvious.

At the Elder Priest’s words, the Chamberlain also entered the abandoned mine along with the Royal Guards.

But despite all that commotion, the Chamberlain only

“Please get up now, Your Highness. You still love your pranks.”

spoke in an extremely calm tone.

“…Chamberlain, I understand your sad feelings, but.”

The Elder Priest seemed to think this was denial of reality and tried to comfort the Chamberlain.

Of course, that hypocritical consideration was

“As expected, you can’t fool the Chamberlain’s eyes.”

shattered the moment First Prince got up with his characteristic drawling speech.

“He’s, alive…?”

One of the Attending Priests spoke in a tone of disbelief.

To this, Casian escorted me as he stood up from his seat and said.

“Isn’t it natural that Brother First Prince should be fine? The gods’ judgment only punishes heretics, doesn’t it?”

“That’s right, if judgment had fallen on an innocent person who wasn’t a heretic, that would mean the gods don’t care for us… To be surprised by that really disappoints Wesley in many ways.”

Wesley then shot back at the Attending Priest with his characteristic sound argument.

As we slowly walked out, the priests hesitantly stepped back.

Like people seeing zombies or something.

Only the Chamberlain greeted us with a calm face.

“You seem to have rested well for a week, Your Highnesses, Your Excellency, and Clupea Margrave.”

To those words, I gladly answered confidently.

“Of course, it seems the gods took good care of us.”

Not just responding, but

“And thanks to this, it’s as good as proven how distorted the temple’s claims have been all along.”

“Distorted, claims!”

The Attending Priest screamed as if being strangled.

The Elder Priest, despite being the one who set up this scheme, had his face turn deathly pale.

I drove the final nail in with a smile at those words.

“This place is the site of an ancient Dragon’s Lair. Despite conducting judgment in such a place, the gods affirmed it.”

Looking at the Attending Priest’s wavering eyes, I spoke clearly.

“This is proof itself that the gods have never considered dragons to be evil.”

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