Chapter 123
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I Will Purchase Divine Power with Money
Chapter 123
Let me piece this together.
Ordel Kiris had no idea she'd infiltrated the Sun God Grand Temple for the purpose of destroying it.
Yet through the Count's Family's relentless gaslighting and violence, she unknowingly aligned with them and steadily led the temple toward ruin.
From the diary's contents, it seems she only recently discovered this fact and came to regret it....
Then why didn't she leave the Count Kiris Mansion immediately and attach herself to the Sun God Grand Temple instead of continuing her misdeeds?
Did she only learn the truth right before I possessed her body, leaving her no opportunity?
But for that to be true, this diary is far too worn for something merely half a year old.
More than anything, this information.
This was advanced intelligence that would require at least several years of investigation to uncover.
How could Ordel Kiris, with no money, no connections, and no recognition, have discovered all of this?
"What exactly is Ordel Kiris?"
I posed the question to the one who should know all the answers.
Ordel Kiris is a false High Priestess, but that doesn't mean her divine power is also false.
The Sun God could not possibly be ignorant of his own priestess.
"Not the original story—what was Ordel Kiris in this world before I possessed her?"
【'Sun Crawling from Death' nostalgically recalls 'Ordel Kiris'.】
【That child had quite the... difficult temperament, it seems.】
"...."
The person is asking me seriously right now, and what? A difficult temperament? Are you joking?
And why do you speak of such slander so wistfully?
"Give me a proper answer."
【'Sun Crawling from Death' protests that he is answering properly.】
【That child inherited my power yet showed not the slightest reverence for divinity, constantly cursing me outright, he laments tearfully.】
Well, you deserve it. Look at everything you've done to me.
【'Sun Crawling from Death' sighs, saying that child is still his offspring regardless.】
【He says to never hate such a pitiful child.】
"So you won't give me a proper answer after all. Could it be that even this information about her identity requires the Heavenly Secret to be unlocked?"
【'Sun Crawling from Death' affirms.】
"...."
Even revealing Ordel Kiris's identity falls under the Heavenly Secret.
How many secrets are there? At this point, I'm starting to fear hearing the Heavenly Secret.
I had a premonition that once I heard it, my mind would be utterly chaotic.
I eyed the purse of money I'd received from the Count along with the Rubar Land documents, then tossed it into the air.
【5,000 Gold has been deposited into 'Sun Crawling from Death's' offering.】
【In response to the devoted believer's dedication, 'Sun Crawling from Death' recovers a portion of his power.】
【'Sun Crawling from Death' bestows a blessing upon the High Priestess who has dedicated herself to him. Your divine power increases.】
【Current Divine Power Possessed: 35.116%】
Now the remaining amount until the Heavenly Secret is approximately 5,000 Gold.
This can be filled quickly once I obtain the holy stones.
So before that, I needed to acquire a weapon to protect myself first.
That way, even if I heard troubling news, I could feel at ease.
It was like how in my past life, simply gripping a police baton filled me with confidence that I could easily apprehend criminals wielding blades without fear.
Knock, knock.
"High Priestess, are you perhaps asleep?"
It was Victoria Lawrence who had come. I returned my diary to my inventory and answered.
"No, come in."
"I apologize for the late hour, but the potions sent from the Temple of the Sun God have just arrived."
Victoria Lawrence entered carrying four large boxes. They were specialized containers used for transporting potions.
"Two thousand bottles in total."
"Our Potion Production Team really ground their souls into making these."
I had only asked them to make a thousand bottles, yet they'd made twice that.
Even saying that sleep isn't something you do after death won't make them listen. I should go back and knock all three of them unconscious with a blow to the back of the head.
Unconsciousness is sleep too, after all.
"You worked hard. I'll call you when I'm done, so go on out."
"Yes."
After Victoria Lawrence left, I faced two thousand bottles of potions alone.
This was the first time I'd cast Blessing on such a quantity all at once.
"When I infused Blessing into a thousand bottles, I coughed up blood... I should be fine now, right?"
Back then, it was right after I'd removed half of the Sea God's curse from Jeremy, so my body was in terrible condition.
Moreover, my divine power was only at 10%.
Now it's well over 35%—three times what it was—and my condition is good, so at worst I'll just cough up a few drops of blood.
【Activating the skill 'Blessing'.】
Golden divine power erupted from my hands, simultaneously engulfing all two thousand bottles of potions.
* * *
"Oh."
Victoria Lawrence, who had just left Ordel Kiris's bedroom, sensed someone approaching and turned her head.
It was Lute Sheary, dressed more lightly than usual since it was nighttime.
"The potions have arrived, I hear?"
"Yes. Currently, the High Priestess is enhancing the potions' effects using sacred relics."
Since they were collaborating together, Victoria Lawrence spoke without reservation.
However, Lute Sheary was the only person who knew a truth even she didn't.
'Is she casting Blessing?'
Because he had witnessed Ordel Kiris infusing Blessing into potions with his own eyes.
And he was the very person who had drunk it directly and proven its effects firsthand.
"I came hoping to see the sacred relic being used. Has it already finished?"
"I only just delivered it, so it shouldn't be finished yet."
"Good timing then. Let me go have a look."
Victoria Lawrence briefly hesitated whether she should stop Lute Sheary as he approached the door.
That made sense—Ordel Kiris always shooed people away whenever she used sacred relics, as though they were a nuisance.
But Lute Sheary was different from the others.
She was a colleague who shared responsibility for the potion business, and more importantly, someone whom Ordel Kiris treated with exceptional regard.
Given how unusually lenient Ordel Kiris was toward her, wouldn't it be acceptable?
Besides, she was someone I couldn't stop even with my own strength.
"Your Grace?"
Victoria Lawrence, who had resigned herself to giving up and was about to step back, tilted her head in confusion upon seeing him standing motionless instead of entering.
"...."
But Lute Sheary did not answer.
Rather, Victoria Lawrence's voice wasn't reaching her ears at all.
Not since she'd heard that faint sound just moments ago.
Cough.
It was a cough far too familiar. She recognized it instantly, having experienced it countless times before.
This wasn't a simple cough—it was the sound of blood being spilled.
And a considerable amount of it at that.
"Would you step aside for a moment?"
Lute Sheary issued the command to Victoria Lawrence immediately.
"Since I'm here, I have matters to discuss with the High Priestess regarding the potion business overall. Since disclosure would be problematic, keep watch from a distance to ensure no one approaches."
Victoria Lawrence's expression faltered at the sudden command.
"Pardon? I would never disclose anything. I swear by the Sun God...."
"I don't trust anyone."
But Lute Sheary cut her off decisively.
"Except our High Priestess."
Victoria Lawrence, who had been about to object, fell silent at his words that followed.
Because they were saturated with absolute sincerity.
After hesitating for some time, she eventually moved to a position roughly twenty paces from the door.
Confirming this, Lute Sheary immediately opened the door and stepped inside the room.
Click.
The rigidity that had set into her face before even entering completely froze over the instant the door closed.
"...High Priestess?"
In the center of the bedroom.
Thousands upon thousands of golden potions suffused with crimson light were radiating brilliantly in unison.
Yet that sight, which would have ordinarily drawn her admiration, barely registered in Lute Sheary's vision now.
Because Ordel Kiris lay collapsed before them.
"Cough!"
Drenched in an enormous quantity of blood she had just expelled.
"High Priestess...!"
Lute Sheary, her face drained of all color, rushed desperately toward Ordel Kiris.
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