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

Running between streets and alleys.

Although she used the "acceleration" magic and "strength boost", Ella still felt that this level of speed was not enough. Although this speed was enough to leave behind the residents of the dream world, it was completely insignificant in front of Iris, who could use flying magic, and Angeline, who was a berserker herself.

"So the best solution is to escape from the Dream Land? If your identity as a vampire is a result of the Dream Land's illusionary barrier, then everything will be fine once you get out."

Terrain Search

Start checking the nearest exit from the city.

"Isn't it not too close, but not too far? The Angel Crystals will be enough to replenish your stamina, and as for the route... the shortest route might lead to an ambush from Iris, and the longest route doesn't seem worth it, so let's choose—this one."

Looking at a route that was neither too far nor too near on the terrain search, Ella changed her direction and moved forward alone. As for Angelica and Iris, they were blocked by their own defensive magic and could not keep up the whole way.

Reaching out to push away a strand of silver hair that was blocking her view, Ella's tone sounded a little distressed.

"It's just Lotte... Lotte didn't catch up... Is she hurt because she didn't speak up for me?—I need to apologize properly afterwards. It's better to talk about those secrets later. If I explain it to Lotte, she'll definitely understand... I guess."

Chapter 42: Lotte's Interception and Unspoken Feelings

The land of dreams.

After setting up the last barrier near the end of the alley, Lotte stood up and began running towards the center of all the barrier locations.

After Ella escaped, Lotte was unable to catch up with her immediately because compared to Iris's flying magic and Angeline's speed, she had no advantage in catching up. That's why she chose to set up a barrier and wait for Ella to pass by like she is doing now.

These barriers are used to remind myself that Miss Ella is passing through the magic circle at the alley entrance. If Ella steps on the barrier, the barrier will automatically activate the next setting and catch Ella with the capture magic.

However, this was just an action taken to resolve the commotion. Among all the optional characters, only himself and Camisia were the best candidates. The others, whether it was Angelina or Iris, would cause considerable trouble to Ella. Although Camisia could also do it, she was not here now, so he would act on his own.

Lotte's lavender twintails fluttered as she leaped between the crowded low buildings.

"Well...if Miss Ella doesn't agree in the end, I'd better give up. If I do something that goes against my master's wishes, I won't be a qualified maid. But...in that case, what will happen to Her Highness Iris?"

If I let Miss Ella go like this, there will definitely be a high probability that Iris will catch her later. Compared to me, Iris will probably not easily agree to let Ella go.

While leaping, he observed the commotion in the city—they were as dense as ants. Although there was no dangerous incident of people jostling each other, the sheer number of them was enough to make his scalp tingle.

He let out a long sigh.

——In that case, choose to trust Miss Ella. Miss Ella may have other reasons for not wanting to sign the contract. Whether it is because of my current lack of ability or for some unknown reason, I should trust Miss Ella now.

But speaking of this, I have long doubted Miss Ella's statement that she came from a remote area. It is understandable that she doesn't know common sense, but it is a bit incredible that even the magic system she uses is different.

You know, in addition to the dragon language magic unique to the dragon clan and the giant dragon, the magical language is universal on the mainland, including remote small islands. The sudden appearance of powerful magic that has never been seen before will definitely cause a sensation. But Miss Ella not only possesses it, but also has a huge number of it. This ability even makes people begin to doubt whether Miss Ella is from this world.

"Phew—regardless of whether it's true or not, Miss Ella is Miss Ella. It wasn't someone else who picked me up. Even if Miss Ella is said to be non-human, it doesn't affect me."

Stopping on the roof, Luty shook her head and let out a sigh. If she had not been picked up by Ella, but had been taken as a slave by someone else, she would have been treated as miserably as ordinary slaves. She did not think that anyone in this world would treat slaves better than herself. Even Iris, although not abusive, treated slaves differently from normal servants. The only one who could really do that was her current master, Ella.

If they were taken as slaves by others, even if they were given basic treatment and guaranteed to be sold as commodities, the psychological trauma is something that is absolutely incurable - after being tortured, they finally stop responding to the outside world. Such slaves are not uncommon. To be precise, they can no longer be called human beings, but puppets without souls.

A bright figure holding a sickle appeared in her field of vision. The girl looked very distressed because she was squeezed in the crowd. Lotte interrupted her thoughts.

"That's... Angelina? Miss Angelina!"

Standing on the rooftop closest to Angelini and shouting, Luty squatted down and stretched out her hand in Angelini's direction. With the distance being only two stories high, Angelini should be able to jump up easily.

"Eh? Lotte? Wait, I'll be right over here—Hey hey!"

Using the handle of her sickle to push through the crowd, Angelique squeezed to the wall and jumped up with all her strength. She easily grabbed Lotte's hand and climbed onto the roof with Lotte's help. Perhaps because she had been in the crowd for a long time, Angelique's blue and white dress decorated with black bows had many wrinkles.

Spreading out her hands to smooth out the uneven spots on the clothes, Angelini lowered her head and asked Luty a question.

"Why is Lotte here? Where's Ella? I haven't seen her since."

Because Angelica kept pulling her clothes down, her chest was a little dangerous, but since she was the only one here, there was nothing to pay special attention to, so Lotte kindly looked away.

"I'm waiting for Miss Ella to pass by now. Where's Angeline? Did you know which direction Miss Ella was before she disappeared?"

"It should be around here..."

"Well, thank you, Angelica."

If she disappeared nearby, it would be very likely that she would be able to find Miss Ella's location, and there would be no need to make new arrangements elsewhere. However, before that, there was one thing that needed to be confirmed.

"Your Highness Elise may have other reasons for pursuing Miss Ella, but what about Angelina?"

Although I already guessed the reason why Angeline was chasing Ella, it would be better to confirm it. If the purpose of Angeline's actions was really the same as I guessed, then things might be much simpler.

"I?"

Angelica raised her sapphire-like clear eyes.

"Well, isn't this fun? Even if we really catch Ella-chan, we won't do anything extreme like that. Iris-senpai is probably the same as me."

"Eh... that should be... right."

Not quite sure about the second half of Angelique's words, Lotte's smile looked a little stiff, but she quickly recovered from this state and breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, Angelica thought the same as he did. She only pursued Ella because it was fun. Under such circumstances, if he proposed to act together, Angelica would not refuse him. Maybe he would feel more relaxed later.

"Then Miss Angelini, will you join me?"

"Of course it's fine. Lotte wouldn't do anything that extreme, would she?"

"Um."

"Then let's act together~"

Angeline put her hands holding the giant sickle behind her back and smiled with full of energy.

"But how exactly do we do that?"

"Well... we just need to wait for Miss Ella to cross the barrier—ah, got it, it's to the west."

After pointing to the west, Lotte cast an acceleration spell on herself based on her imagination and jumped away, with Angelini following closely behind.

……

Looking at the transparent wall in front of her, Ella couldn't help but be speechless. She had been planning to walk through here under the guidance of the terrain search, but she was trapped by the magic circle as soon as she stepped on it. Although there would be no problem using offensive magic on the magic circle, this spell was obviously done by Lotte. Lotte must have her own reasons for using this method. If she broke away here and left, she might miss a chance to explain.

He glanced at the terrain search again and saw the light spots representing Lotte and Angelica heading towards him.

It only took about half a minute for Loti to reach Ella. When she found that Ella did not resist, Loti was surprised at first, then waved her hand to destroy the magic circle that confined her.

"Miss Ella, I'm sorry—"

"It's okay, Lotte, you probably have your own reasons. You think I'll definitely be caught by Iris if this continues, and you think it's better to take the blame yourself than fall into Iris's hands, right?"

Lotte nodded a little embarrassedly, and then quickly corrected Ella's statement.

"No, but I don't intend to force Miss Ella to sign that contract. I just want..."

Ruthie's voice became softer and softer, until it was so low that it could not be heard at all.

Ella sighed helplessly.

As expected, I should tell Rudy the reason at this time. If I keep putting it off... I'll become more and more afraid to say it out loud.

Ella took a step forward, until she was within arm's reach of Lotte, and raised her hand toward Lotte.

Seeing Ella's hand approaching her face, Lotte shuddered all over, then closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the result she imagined.

"Well, after all, it would be better to tell Lotte."

"what……"

Ella reached out her hand and smoothed down Lotte's lavender hair that was blown up by the wind, and patted it gently. Although she looked a little funny because she was shorter than Lotte, Angelica, who had been standing next to her, surprisingly did not complain. Instead, she turned away with a blush.

"Don't be afraid, I don't blame Lotte. This is just my personal problem. Hmm... although the reason may sound as unrealistic as a random story, it is the truth... Lotte might be afraid of me after hearing it, but - that's all I can blame for not making it clear from the beginning."

"How could I be afraid of Miss Ella! If Miss Ella hadn't picked me up, I—"

Lotte, who had kept her eyes closed, opened them and looked a little anxious.

"Yeah, maybe I'm just thinking too much, actually."

Ella took another small step forward, and the two of them were so close that they could hear each other's breathing, and the familiar scent of lavender once again entered her nostrils.

Taking a deep breath, Ella mustered her courage and whispered in Lotte's ear.

"Actually—I'm from another world."

After saying this, Ella immediately took a step back and looked up at Lotte nervously.

"Eh?"

"Well...it sounds weird, but this is indeed the reason."

Ella bit her lower lip lightly, lowered her head, and kept fiddling with the hem of her skirt with her hands. She looked a little nervous. If Lotte became afraid of her because of this, then she would be missing something very important in this world.

"Um... Actually, I've had this idea for a long time... From the perspective of that kind of magic and strange knowledge I've never seen before—No, but! That doesn't matter at all! My, my loyalty to you and, and—absolutely haven't changed!"

For some reason, Lotte seemed to have omitted one word on purpose, but Ella didn't care, because as long as she had the first and last sentences, she was satisfied.

"Great... Lotte is really Lotte..."

Muttering, Ella felt her tense whole body relax. Her right hand kept calming her chest, and she even had the urge to sit down on the ground.

"Then there won't be any secrets anymore. Lotte, please extend your hand."

"Eh? Miss Ella, what do you want?"

"A contract? I'll accept it whether it's a master-servant contract or an equal contract. If it's a master-servant contract, maybe it will cancel each other out? If it's an equal contract, it will make communication easier in the future."

Scratching his cheek a little embarrassedly, Ella stretched out his right hand, looking very happy, like the scorching sun sweeping away the haze.

Faced with Ella's behavior, Lotte was a little hesitant. She kept curling up the strands of hair that were scattered in front of her with her hands, and her eyes wandered left and right, but she didn't look at Ella.

"Could it be an equal contract, reading surface thoughts... I hadn't thought of that before. If that were the case, Miss Ella would find out something, which would be a bit troublesome."

"Huh? So there's something Lotte doesn't want me to know, too?"

"Eh, no, it's nothing bad! It's just that I can't tell Miss Ella right now. Sorry, I'm sorry!"

"Then let's do it. Ah~ah, there's no one left to make a contract with."

Because Ruthie rejected her, Ella embarrassedly withdrew her outstretched hand and deliberately said something to make Ruthie panic. Sure enough, Ruthie's face turned red.

It's also cute to play a prank like this. I understand Iris's feelings a little bit now.

Before Lotte could apologize, Ella waved her hand to stop her.

"Well, let's talk about it when Lotte wants to."

"Hey, hey! How long are you guys gonna last?! I can't hold on any longer!"

Angelica's voice came from the corner of the alley, sounding a little labored.

Angelica's cry brought her back to reality. The sound of metal colliding and screams of pain reached Ella's ears. While she was talking to Lotte, Angelica must have walked to the alley entrance to stop the residents of the dream world.

The blush on Lotte's face quickly faded and she stood up straight.

"Then, Ms. Ella, please go ahead! Angeline and I won't let anyone pass through here!"

"Are you really not going to try to conclude a contract?"

"Um……"

"Okay, I'll be leaving first. We'll meet up outside the Dream Kingdom later. If you became a vampire because of the illusion barrier, then there shouldn't be any problems once you get out of the Dream Kingdom. Remember to run if you can't stop me."

"Okay, Miss Ella."

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Chapter 43: Persecution

After leaving the barrier set up by Lotte, Ella continued to follow the guidance of the terrain search and headed towards the edge of the dreamland.

"It's not far away..."

Perhaps it is human nature to like living in groups, there are not many buildings in the edge areas of the Dreamland, most of which are decorated with squares or green spaces. He glanced at the "Terrain Search" again and found that there were no light spots on the optimal road he chose, which means that he should not encounter any more obstacles.

"I didn't see Iris just now... I don't think she'd give up. Could she have made preparations in advance? Speaking of which, the terrain search wouldn't be able to find anyone much higher in level than me."

Ella stopped running and fell into thought.

Although the path I chose wasn't the optimal solution, being neither the shortest nor the longest, it might still make me more vulnerable to attack. Iris guessed I wouldn't take the shortest path, so she deliberately chose an ambush on a path a little further away. This meant Iris had concluded that the solution to my vampire transformation was to escape the illusion, rather than simply flee. Such an inference...