I was accidentally injured by God and I just want to be an ordinary person

"ha?"

Ella's voice sounded a little out of tune, and the classroom, which had been a little noisy because of Karan's actions, suddenly became quiet.

After looking at Angelina, everyone's eyes stopped at Ella who was lazily lying on the table.

As for the so-called duel, in the Holy Academy, except that the students on the field can use magic and stop when it is necessary, the rest are no different from street hooligans.

But the problem is, how can I, who is completely incapable of using offensive magic against humans, fight against Angelini, who is a warrior? Ella is sure that if Angelini had not been hit on the head, she would never come up with such a strange thing. In the final analysis, she has no idea why Angelini suddenly made such an invitation.

Trying hard not to pay attention to the gazes of her classmates next to her—it was much better than in the first grade, because she didn't know these people, so even if she was stared at, it felt the same as the gazes of ordinary passers-by—Aila said to Angelique who was walking towards her step by step.

"Angelina...what's wrong? I'm a healer, how can I duel with a warrior like you? And why are you suddenly making such a request? Is there something you want?"

"Ms. Angelica, if you're going to challenge me to a duel, you can't ignore me, okay?"

Lotte stood up and walked to the position between Angelique and Ella. However, because Angelique didn't seem to be angry, Lotte didn't get angry either - maybe she thought it was a joke. Considering Angelique's behavior of moving her body before her thoughts, it wasn't surprising that she suddenly made such a request.

"Uh—no, no, the duel I'm talking about is between healers!"

Angelini spoke very seriously, enunciating each word.

Chapter 11: Duel between healers?

A duel of healers?

Ella was a little confused. It wasn't that she didn't understand the meaning of the term "healer's duel", but she couldn't understand Angelini's thoughts.

According to the convention on the continent, duels between healers usually begin with the caster first casting strengthening magic such as "acceleration", "strength increase", "mental concentration", and "attribute enhancement" on himself, then adding defense with a defensive barrier, and then bombarding with basic weapon attacks or the lowest level of elemental magic until one of the two sides can no longer hold on. After all, compared to the bloody duels of the warrior profession, the healer's duel is just a gentle game.

But none of that was a problem. The problem was... Angelina couldn't use auxiliary magic normally, so suddenly making such a request was a bit strange, or even masochistic. Besides, he didn't want to get involved in this at all. A duel sounded too troublesome.

Was it because of the provocation from those students earlier? I remember them talking about the demon healer and the useless elf... but Angeline didn't seem to care about that. Was it because of something else? If there was a special request, there wouldn't be any need for this kind of thing, right?

While Ella was thinking, Angeline climbed onto the lower seat in front of Ella, knelt on her knees and made a request.

"Please accept it, Ella-chan. Please!"

"No way, Angelina, you really didn't hit your head against the wall?"

"Absolutely not!"

"You've definitely hit a wall, haven't you? I'll go get a priest to take a look. Even a regular healer can't heal a brain injury like that."

Ella stood up, reached out and pressed down Angelina's raised head, then prepared to walk out of the classroom.

Seeing Ella's reaction, Angeline quickly grabbed Ella and shouted.

"If little Ella doesn't agree, I'll come to you every day to ask for your help!"

Stop.

This sentence should be the most threatening language to me - if the other party is Angelica, it is very likely that she will come to ask for help every day, not to mention waiting at the door in the early morning, or even climbing in through the window late at night. In any case, the threat to the peaceful daily life is too great.

Ella kept pressing Angelini's head with her hand and began to think. Perhaps she was afraid that her rare hope would be shattered if she moved around, so Angelini cooperated very well and just looked at Ella with her head raised motionlessly.

Thinking differently, agreeing to this wouldn't seem to be a big deal. With Angeline's auxiliary abilities, it would only increase her Strength a bit at most, a level no different from a normal attack, even considering Angeline's weapon wasn't a staff but a scythe.

Since Angelique couldn't use the melee-specific non-chanting magic, Ella was confident that she could defeat Angelique. Even though she had been taught by Camisia that she could only use the blunted ice balls on people, the number was enough to pose a great threat. Considering that an ice ball only consumed a little magic value, she was even confident that she could bury Angelique with the ice ball - it would only take less than a few seconds.

In front of well-prepared magic casters, warrior classes have an inherent disadvantage.

Anyway, if I could defeat Angelina, things wouldn't be so troublesome. As for why Angelina challenged me to a duel, I could ask her later.

Ella nodded and took her hand away from Angelini's head.

"So what? Do you agree?"

"Hmm—before that, I want to ask Angelique a question."

Angelique blinked her sapphire-like clear eyes, as if waiting for Ella's next words.

"Let me make this clear first. If I defeat Angeline, she won't be able to challenge me for any reason in the future. If Angeline agrees, then I'll have no problem."

I'd probably hesitate... This one-time request was just something Ella tried to propose on a whim.

"No problem! As long as little Ella beats me, I'll never ask for a duel again."

Angelique responded to Ella with full energy.

However, Angelina's behavior made Ella unbelievable. Answering important questions too quickly would only increase the other party's distrust, and would make people wonder, "Is this guy listening?" This would happen to anyone.

"It would be more appropriate to sign a contract."

"That's too much! You actually don't believe me or something? Well... I have no right to say anything to Ella-chan. So what about the venue? Where should we choose?"

Upon hearing about the duel arena, the surrounding students all turned their eyes to Ella—as if expecting the Demon Queen to personally take action. Even without a word, Ella could sense this atmosphere.

Feeling a little troubled, Ella glanced at the students and waved her hand.

"Let's go after school this afternoon. Let's go to... the arena in the dormitory area, where the 'Flute Player of Hameln' performed before. I don't think it'll be a dangerous duel, but for safety's sake, let Camisia be the referee."

It would be bad if Angelini got buried in the ice hockey and couldn't get out because of exhaustion.

"No problem! See you after school then."

Looking at Angeline's energetic gesture of clasping her hands together and clapping them slightly, Ella waved her hands as if to drive away a small animal.

"Yes, yes. Now that you've made up your mind, let's go."

"Yeah! It's a deal then, ok? You absolutely can't be late, okay?"

Angelica looked very happy as she trotted out of the classroom, turning back to wave to Ella, and then.

boom.

Just like that, he bumped into the door frame under everyone's gaze.

"...It hurts, it hurts..."

"Idiot..."

"Um...it seems like Miss Ella is better than Angeline."

"Did Lotte just say something rude?"

"Perhaps, Miss Ella, you heard wrongly, huh?"

Lotte smiled and tilted her head slightly towards Ella.

——Lotte is a little naughty but also very cute.

Ella breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Lotte didn't go berserk because of Angeline's duel invitation. If Lotte showed up with the excuse of "My attack magic belongs to Miss Ella, so I have to play too", then Angeline wouldn't be greeted by a bunch of ice balls... She couldn't help but think of the person who had deliberately approached her with the idea that "I can enjoy the rights of a king as long as I marry the Demon Queen!", and then was blasted into the temple's intensive care unit by Lotte with a "blast bomb".

"Well, since I can only use the most basic attacks, Angeline's attacks, which only incorporate the most basic support magic, shouldn't cause me too much trouble."

After muttering this, Ella yawned and began to continue this short period of peaceful life.

Chapter 12 Begins

* On the evening of September 11, 6186, at 9:17.54 PM, the Holy Academy dormitory arena

According to the convention that has been passed down from the beginning of the Demon God era to the present day, healers not only have the nominal healing ability, but also possess powerful support capabilities. For example, when teammates encounter an emergency and are unable to cope, the healer can rely on the long-range magic shield to buy time for their companions. Or, when encountering a powerful monster, they can use "Power Blessing" and "Attribute Enhancement" to increase the damage of warriors and magic casters, and use "Vitality Blessing" to eliminate the fatigue of the front-line partners responsible for restraining the monster. In short, a qualified healer must have the ability to control the overall situation. From this point of view alone, it is not wrong to say that the healer is the core of the team.

Although the above magic can be used by ordinary magic casters, learning them will undoubtedly waste time and energy. For those magic casters who want to join the army and make a name for themselves, it is better to practice more powerful offensive magic instead of learning these. Therefore, over time, healers have been regarded as a special branch and independent profession.

Now, a competition between healers is about to begin in the arena of the Holy Academy dormitory area.

Perhaps it was the designer's bad taste, but the arena in the dormitory area of ​​the Holy Academy was deliberately designed to look like a slave arena. Even the passage for students to go onto the stage was equipped with special iron fences, which made the already dim stone passage look even more eerie.

Standing in front of such a passage, Ella shook the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment in her hand.

"It's really okay. Angelina probably has some hidden secrets, and after all, there's no danger in this match. Camisia, there's no need to worry. Besides, even if there is danger, Camisia, who is in charge of supervising the battle, will stop it immediately, right?"

"That's true... but... Princess, your attack magic..."

Camisia looked quite worried.

It wasn't that Camisia didn't know Angeline; rather, she was more familiar with her than with Ella. From birth to present day, every major incident involving Angeline had been investigated by Camisia, and only after confirming she was safe did she allow her to approach Ella. Of course, Camisia knew all of this.

In Camisia's opinion, this duel was not difficult for Ella to win. Just like Ella said, she could win by just throwing the ice balls at them. However, Angeline's energetic and confident look always made Camisia uneasy. It was like an enemy on the battlefield who was doomed to die suddenly laughed, and was about to use his last trump card. Camisia would not judge the opponent without any special cards based on his personality like Ella did.

That's why he tried to dissuade Ella like he is doing now.

"Princess, will you please reconsider this?"

"Well, Camisia, you're just overthinking it. Angeline is just that kind of person by nature. I'll go first then. Camisia, remember to clear the area, okay?"

"Hmm—Is that so… Yes."

Finding she couldn't change Ella's mind, Camisia had no choice but to give up.

As for clearing the arena, it meant not allowing the remaining students to enter the arena. After all, Ella hated the feeling of being watched like an animal in a zoo. For Camisia, who had now used her identity and strength beyond the realm of heroes to become one of the top instructors at the Holy Academy, this was just a matter of course.

Ella couldn't help but smile when she thought of the examiner who didn't believe in Camisia's ability and ignored the other instructors' advice and insisted on conducting the instructor assessment. She was so scared by Camisia's sword that she couldn't even hold the weapon.

"Then I'll go first. Camisia, please come on stage soon after."

"Well, I'll stop it at the critical moment."

"That's reassuring. Camisia always makes me feel at ease like this."

Ella turned around, waved to Camisia, and began to walk towards the slowly rising iron fence.

Walking out of the dim passage, the early autumn sunset cast a red glow across the sky, reflecting on the arena, making Ella want to go home and sleep quickly.

"Ah~ah~, little Ella, you're finally here."

Angelini, standing on the field, was still dressed in a blue and white short dress. The bow decorations all over her body always made Ella feel that Angelini did not want to fight, but to perform as an idol - although the idol profession did not exist in this world.

Ella glanced at the life-sized sickle in Angeline's right hand.

"If you don't tell me why you challenged me to a duel after I win, I'll be angry, okay?"

"Well, even if Ella-chan loses, I'll tell her the reason. After all... the reason for challenging Ella-chan—never mind, let's get started. Where's Miss Camisia?"

"Camisia will be here soon, but Angeline, do you really know support magic? That slight improvement is just a beginner's magic ability, right? This is a duel you're bound to lose, okay?"

In response to Ella's kind reminder, Angeline scratched her long brown hair and chose to change the subject, looking at the only person in the arena audience, that was Lotte in a maid outfit.

“That’s great…”

Not understanding what Angeline meant, Ella couldn't help but take another look at the love sickle, which didn't look like a normal weapon no matter how you looked at it.

"Did Angelina choose the scythe to match the title of 'Death God'? If so, it's surprisingly fitting. It would be better if you removed the heart and replaced it with black, though."

"I know that without you reminding me! And that title of Death God, didn't we agree not to mention it again? This duel was indeed the right one. If Ella-chan tells anyone else..."

Angelica's voice gradually became softer, until it was so soft that only she could hear it.

When Ella was about to ask further questions, a red figure appeared beside the two of them - Camisia, who was in charge of clearing the area, came back from outside.

"Princess, Angelina, are we ready to begin?"

"Yeah, ready."

"No problem~"

"Well, let me tell you the rules again. According to the customary healer duels, both parties must begin casting support magic after a distance of 50 yards. After that, only basic attacks can be used, such as low-level elemental magic like 'Wind Blade', 'Fireball', and 'Ice Cone', or standard physical attacks without melee or chanting magic. Got it?"

While speaking, Camisia deliberately glanced at the sickle in Angelini's hand.

After confirming that Ella and Angeline both nodded in understanding, Camisia asked the two to keep their distance and then announced the duel between healers in a slightly majestic voice.

"Then, the duel begins!"

Chapter 13 Mutation

As Camisia announced the start of the duel, Ella began to cast strengthening magic on herself. Although this seemingly redundant action might not be necessary in reality, it has become a habit she has developed in the game for a long time - she always feels like something is missing without adding positive buffs, a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder formed by habit.

"[Attribute Enhancement], [Concentration], [Power Blessing], [Magic Counter]."

After wielding the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment and inflicting a series of strengthening magic, Ella cast a layer of magic shield on herself just in case.

Normally, "Attribute Enhancement" and "Mind Concentration" are both enhancement magics that only work on magic casters. Attribute Enhancement can improve the magic caster's perception of magical elements, while Mind Concentration can make people more sensitive to changes on the battlefield and improve the efficiency of chanting magic. However, for Ella, these two types of magic are only used to ensure that the ice ball will not hit Angelini's vital points.

Cast your gaze towards Anjeni in the distance.