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

What Camisia said was so different from what she had imagined that Ella was unable to react for a moment.

"Bridal training... is that... learning something like cooking..."

He confirmed with Camisia with some trepidation that he had never touched cooking before, and had always left it to Lotte. Even including the time he was still on Earth, because he lived alone, he usually just had instant noodles and fast food bought from convenience stores to solve the problem. His only concern about cooking was that he would not put sugar into food instead of salt.

I'm really not very confident, and most importantly, I hate the greasy feeling of my hands covered with oil. Although beautiful girls don't have these defects, that's obviously just a setting in the comics.

For the time being, I am still a normal person who needs to go to the toilet to take care of my physiological needs, instead of being like the beautiful girls in the comics who are always performing love comedies...

"Well, cooking is just one of them. There are also essential knowledge for a noble lady, such as cleaning, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, etiquette, and heraldry. However, as the next Demon King, you can leave heraldry and cleaning to your maids, but cooking, one of the charms of women, must be mastered by you."

"Ah...Camisia, can't these things be put off until later?"

"Princess, you're not planning on running away again, are you? Please agree to this one thing only. Based on recent observations, Dean and I both believe that even if you dislike men—even if the future Demon King's spouse is also a woman—bridal training can enhance your charm... even if it's for the demon clan, please!"

Camisia lowered her head very solemnly, and her red twintails fell in front of her.

Should I agree? Not only would the process be very troublesome, but if I failed, wouldn't I be betraying Camisia's feelings? And wouldn't bridal training be too embarrassing anyway? Rather than giving her hope and then saying she couldn't do it, it was better to refuse right away.

"Camisia, I—"

"What the hell? Is that Aira-chan? I've ordered another batch of dresses. They're perfect for Aira-chan's size. Can you come try them on soon? They'll cost you a fee~"

Iris's words reached Ella via the "Message" spell. Considering the limited range of message magic, Ella knew Iris must be nearby. She turned and looked up at Iris's mansion. Sure enough, Iris, with her long, silver hair, was waving at her from the balcony.

Noticing that Ella paused with her hand to her ear, Camisia asked Ella a question.

"Princess, is this message magic?"

"Hmm... Camisia, I agreed. As for the bride's training, should we start with the tea ceremony or the cooking?"

"Hello? Ella-chan?"

"Well, let's start with some simple dishes."

"Okay, it's settled. Iris, I have other things to do recently. If you have any questions, please go directly to Camisia. That's it, see you next time."

After saying that, Ella cut off the message magic and walked into the mansion with a smile on her face, Camisia, who had a puzzled expression on her face.

Chapter 19: Black Tea and Angelica

The backyard of Ella's mansion.

The autumn sun was still a bit scorching, but this temperature might be just right for some people. Yellowing leaves occasionally fell in the breeze. Feeling the quiet atmosphere, Ella narrowed her eyes slightly.

Now there are only Angelica and Ella here. Camisia needs to go to the academy to teach as a tutor, and Lotte is not here because of the furniture arrangement of the new mansion.

——It's called a bridal training, but how exactly should it be done? And is it really okay to leave it to Angelina?

Remembering how Angeline had volunteered to help with Bridal Training a few minutes ago, as a token of her gratitude for staying here, because Camisia and Lotte were leaving, Ella couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Could Angeline, with that air of impertinence that made her feel so intrusive, really accomplish her mission? Even if, as Angeline had said, elven women practiced Bridal Training from a young age, she was the only exception, wasn't she? She remembered saying before that she wasn't good at detailed tasks... Hopefully, she wouldn't create anything horrible.

If Ella hadn't considered the need to dispel Angeline's previous thought that she had no right to live here because she did nothing, she would definitely find an excuse to escape.

Perhaps because of her high enthusiasm, Angeline was not angry at Ella's words and continued to fiddle with the tea set on the round table. It must be said that Angeline looked like an elf now as she stood in the courtyard full of flowers and plants.

"I'm quite good at tea, right? In the bridal training course, besides cooking and cleaning, I was the best at tea."

"Hey, black tea is also considered a course."

In my opinion, making black tea is just putting a tea bag in a cup and adding boiling water, which is not worthy of being called a course. In fact, whether in Ryan Town, the Demon Territory, or even at the Wadong Dim Sum Shop, the method of making black tea is the same, using only tea bags. In this world, this seems to be the correct way to brew tea.

Although I had learned the correct way to brew black tea when collecting game guides, the process, which sounded very troublesome, was completely incomparable to the convenient tea bags.

After setting up the tea set, Angelini took out a short branch-like stick and a large bag of what looked like tea leaves from her backpack - it seemed she didn't intend to use tea bags.

"Of course, I studied 'Prayer' for a long time. Bridal training is as important as learning auxiliary magic in my family. If you pass Bridal training with full marks, even if you are less than ten years old, you will be chased by a lot of male elves and asked to be engaged, right?"

"In that case, doesn't Angelini's skills really suck? She's at least fourteen now, right? She doesn't look popular at all."

"I, I'm an exception!"

Angelica turned her eyes away, avoiding Ella's suspicious look.

——I have a feeling that the training from now on will become very troublesome...

"And that 'Prayer' magic, is it the magic that makes tea appear by praying?"

In this world, magic can not only be used to attack and strengthen oneself, but it can even create food to fill the stomach. However, those things are usually extremely unpalatable. For untrained people, they would not choose to eat that kind of food even if they starve to death.

"It's not that kind of magic. 'Prayer' is a magic adapted from the temple. Although it's used by priests and nuns as a kind of word magic, among us elves, it's considered a skill that can make food more delicious."

"Eh... is there such a convenient magic..."

Angeline opened the bag of tea leaves and poured the tea leaves directly into the teacup. After adding steaming water, the teacup was filled with a light brown-red color.

So far, although the process is very simple, there are still no problems.

Angelica closed her eyes and raised the short branch-like staff.

"○□▼——『Pray』."

——The brown-red black tea in the teacup turned into ink-black.

After opening her eyes, Angeline looked at Hongcha with a strange expression, and murmured in a low voice so that Ella would not hear.

"Hmm... why did it turn black? I remember it wouldn't change color... but it smells fine... so... there shouldn't be any problem."

"Is the blackening an effect of the magic itself?"

"It smells alright for now..."

Angelique lowered her head, as if thinking about something, and even her answer to Ella seemed absent-minded.

"Well, I'm tempted to say that black might not look good, but it's been like this for so long, so I guess that's the limit of the improvement magic."

After hesitating for a moment, Ella picked up the cup of black tea and sniffed it - fortunately, there was no problem, and there should be no mutation.

Although Angelica's magical ability is indeed not good enough, her nature is not bad. At least I have never seen Angelica lie.

But... the black color is indeed quite interesting. After all, this is also called black tea...

Her cherry lips touched the edge of the teacup, feeling the warmth. The fresh natural scent filled her nostrils, making Ella feel a little clearer.

"Eh? Wait!"

By the time Angeline noticed Ella picking up the teacup and wanted to stop her from drinking it, it was already too late.

“Puh-gu… What is this!?”

The tangled flavors of spicy, salty, astringent, and sour twisted Ella's face into a distorted mess. She could sum it up like a blender made from a dead fish on the beach, ground with Sichuan peppercorns, topped with demonic chili sauce, and then filled with soy sauce and white vinegar and left to soak for a day. The liquid Ella spat out, which could no longer be called "black tea," sizzled against the stone slabs, and one could even vaguely see bubbles rising from it.

The only thing missing from the poison is the smoke...

"No, are you okay?"

Angeline quickly ran to Ella and handed her the juice that Lotte had prepared before she left.

She took the juice and drank it in big gulps without hesitation, trying to relieve the taste that seemed to make her brain crash, but the sweetness could not wash away the stimulation of regret on the tip of her tongue. Ella could only stick out her tongue and breathe out continuously like a puppy in summer, tears constantly sliding from the corners of her eyes.

I could even see that the HP on my personal information page, which I hadn't closed in my mind, was decreasing at an extremely slow rate.

"Ha, ha, what are you doing?!" (Angelina, what are you doing?)

"Ella-chan, I'm so sorry! I should have dealt with it first before thinking about the reason!"

Angeline squatted in front of Ella, looking at the cup of unknown liquid that had not been finished. Her throat rolled unnaturally, and she picked it up and poured it into the flowers next to her. Then the flowers began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“Eh? Ehhhhhhhh! This is already poison!… Healing technique, yes, healing technique!”

Picking up the branch-like short staff again, Angelini began to chant the spell in a difficult tone.

But before the spell could be finished, Ella, who was already on guard, stopped it—to prevent Angeline from turning her healing magic into an offensive skill...

『Elementary Healing Technique』

A faint golden light gathered on Ella's outstretched tongue, and the numbing taste on the tip of her tongue disappeared instantly.

"Angelina, you want to kill me!"

Although she sounded a bit angry, looking at the completely withered flowers, Ella actually felt a sense of admiration for Angelini. Having the ability to turn a non-toxic liquid into something that could instantly wither flowers and plants, perhaps Angelini was unexpectedly skilled in some areas, such as dealing with plant-type monsters...

"Yes, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I should have tried it myself first! I wasn't lying when I said the black tea was better, but that was only relative to the other training results. I'm so sorry!"

Angelique kept bowing and apologizing, and her look reminded Ella of the first time Nina faced her, when she was afraid of being abandoned at any time.

After a long sigh, Ella reached out and held down Angeline's head as she was about to lower it, and said unhappily.

"Anyway, I already know that Angeline isn't very good at making black tea. Hmm... let me teach her the correct way to do it. If she can do this well, she'll be more popular among the elves, right?"

Compassion may be the biggest motivation that drives you.

"That's what you say, but does Ella really know how to do it? Isn't it because Ella doesn't know how to do something as troublesome as making tea bags that she needs to practice?"

"Well, there are various reasons. The method I know is different from the usual ones, but as long as I can make delicious black tea, that's all that matters."

Ella stood up, picked up the kettle that had already cooled down a bit, and poured out the water inside.

——That being said, whether or not you can actually do it well is another matter...

According to my impression of tea-making methods, although the process is clear enough to be memorized backwards, these are all theoretical things. I have never tried it myself. If any problems arise, I can only leave it to fate. But even so, I should not make a destructive liquid like Angelini did.

"I remember the golden rule of brewing said something like this..."

"so?"

An emotion called doubt appeared in Angeline's sapphire eyes.

"First, boil water while preparing the teacups and teapot. Also, to prevent the heat from the boiling water from escaping, place it on a mat."

Pouring the water back into the boiled water cup, Ella quickly prepared the teacup and teapot. However, she was a little nervous because it was her first time, so her hand holding the cup was shaking a little.

"Oh, so Ella didn't mention the need to shake the cup while brewing, so I could figure it out on my own, right?"

"Eh?"

"I do understand this, right? The bride's training teacher often does this."

Although it was a bit inappropriate to do so, since Angeline had already said that, he did not have the heart to argue back and say something that would undermine Angeline's confidence, such as "Ah, that's not true, Angeline, you're overthinking it" - anyway, doing so would not affect the taste, so he could just tell Angeline tactfully later.

"Ahaha, is that so? Angelique is quite smart after all."

Ella continued to the next step.

"Once the water is boiling, pour it into the teacups and teapot to warm it up. It's important to keep the temperature from dropping."

"After boiling the water, first warm the cups and teapot, right?"

Angeline nodded and carefully observed Ella's every move. Ella even thought that if Angeline had a pen and paper at this moment, she would write down everything she said and take it home to recite.

"When you think the water is about to boil, pour out the hot water and add the tea leaves—let's start with three cups."

I looked at the table, but there was no trace of tea.

"This is about tea leaves~"

Angelini raised the bag of tea leaves with both hands and placed it in front of Ella. There was also a unique teaspoon inside, which had a strange shape that reminded people of leaves.

"This teaspoon is quite unique."

"Isn't it cute? I made this myself."

"Hey, Angelina can make something like this."

Maybe Angelini can be very meticulous when making cute things.

After putting in the tea leaves, Ella looked at the hot water. It seemed to be just boiling, with bubbles bubbling out.

"If the water boils until bubbles the size of a silver coin appear, it's just right. The method varies depending on the type of tea, but that's basically it."

After confirming the bubbles rising from the water, Ella closed the lid with a click and turned to the seated Angeline.

"Quickly pouring hot water, covering the lid, and keeping the temperature from dropping are the keys to brewing delicious black tea, right?"

"Okay, I understand. Now it's time to pray."

"'Pray'? Angelique isn't referring to that kind of magic just now, is she?"

Thinking of the smell that almost made her soul fly to the Loli God, Ella couldn't help but shrink back.

Maybe I should really ask Angelini to make more, just in case I encounter any difficult plant-type monsters.

"No, no, no, it's not that kind of 'prayer'. It's a real prayer."

“Is that so…”