"Ms. Elelaya, do you know the result?"

Lucia's shining eyes seemed to have seen the answer, and it was dazzling.

"Hmm... If I'm not mistaken, it's probably due to lack of sustenance—"

At this point, Ella suddenly stopped. It was too strange to suddenly say a word that had never appeared before. If she was asked, she could only say that it was something she invented. In that case, Lucia would definitely regard her as a mentor and might even beg her to teach her. In that case, she would not be able to enjoy the journey properly, so it would be better to change the way she said it.

Ella nodded in agreement and said lightly.

"Actually, they're just lacking in magic energy. Magic energy is hidden in fruits and vegetables. If they eat the fruits and vegetables, there will be no problem."

"Magic element?"

"Yes, it's magic element."

For the time being, the magic element in this world is the same thing as the house fairies in "F.Wing". It will appear in different ecosystems in different environments, so no one will doubt it even if it is called magic element. After all, it is something invisible, so it doesn't matter how you make it up.

As if she had thought of something, Lucia's originally happy expression suddenly became gloomy.

"But the taboos of the island dragon clan..."

"Ah, that's fine. They just don't eat fresh fruits and vegetables, right? Juicing them won't violate the taboo, as long as there aren't any leafy residues left behind... If possible, it's best to ask them."

"Yes... yes! But Mr. Mosu won't die from being crushed when juicing, right?"

Lucia's serious expression of worry made Ella laugh.

"Don't worry, Lucia. Magic is very strong."

"That's good... Ah, there's one more thing. Dragon Island is currently in the season of sea beast activity, so fruits and vegetables are hard to come by..."

"I have some fruits and vegetables here, and the devil fruit Tina just gave me will also work. If Tina asks her animal friends to take care of it, it should be fine."

As Ella finished speaking, she saw Tina walking out of the house with a panicked expression, covering the scales on her forehead with her right hand.

"Tina, can I ask your animal friends for help?"

When Ella called her, the panic expression on Tina's face gradually calmed down, and she answered in the common language of the continent, which was not very fluent.

"If you ask them...it will be no problem...It's an honor for me to be chosen by Her Highness Ella."

"It's great that you agreed, Ms. Tina, but are you injured? I saw you had a bandage on your head just now, and now you're covering it with your hand. Is the bandage not tied tightly enough?"

"No, no, no, it's fine... Lucia-sama, don't worry about me."

Tina quickly waved her free hand. Ella, realizing something was wrong, immediately stepped forward, pulled Tina behind her, and explained to Lucia.

"Tina accidentally bumped into the corner of a table while on the boat, which is why it happened. Using healing magic can easily lead to dependence, so I decided to let the wound heal on its own."

"I see... Miss Elelaya knows a lot about healing. If I hadn't already joined the temple, I would definitely follow you and learn from you."

Lucia nodded with admiration, and her attention shifted to Ella.

"Well, I only know a little bit, Lucia will catch up soon. It's getting late now, I'll take Tina back first. Lucia, come to me tomorrow about the fruits and vegetables~"

"Well, thank you very much, Miss Elelaya. I will visit your address on time tomorrow."

Lucia responded with a pure smile without any impurities, waved and watched Ella, who was trotting back to the inn with Nina, and then began to prepare to deal with the curse of the sea.

Chapter 80 The possibility of Tina being discovered

After leaving Lucia, Ella brought Tina, who was covering her forehead with her hands, to an empty alley. She used intelligence magic to explore the surrounding area and confirmed that there was no monitoring magic. Ella asked questions in an inquiring tone.

"Were you seen?"

If I saw it correctly, when Tina walked out of the house, she covered her scales with her hands and looked panicked. The reason for this situation is easily associated with the gauze that Tina had stuck on her head accidentally falling off, and other people saw the scales on her head that symbolized the underwater man. If this is the case, the top priority strategy now should be to leave immediately.

Tina hesitated and lowered her head.

“I don’t think… that’s the case…”

"Didn't the people in the house notice?"

"Well... when I noticed the gauze had fallen... I picked it up immediately."

"Isn't anyone having any weird reactions?"

"I don't think so..."

"call--"

Ella let out a long breath. Theoretically, since no one pointed it out immediately, it could be roughly assumed that no one noticed it. But the reality was that it was not ruled out that some people saw it, but they did not point it out immediately because they were skeptical.

I subconsciously thought of those people in the tavern who would spread the news recklessly by starting with "I saw a girl with scales on her head."

To be on the safe side, it would be safer to leave the island immediately and return to the Holy Academy. At least until Tina herself expressed her wish to stay on Dragon Island, I had an obligation to protect this girl I had freed from the birdcage. If Tina was forced to stay on Dragon Island by Fios, it would be very troublesome from my perspective.

Putting away her serious expression, Ella straightened her formal attire that had wrinkles from running before. After all, this was the attire that Camisia had prepared for her, and it was the most suitable attire to wear on serious occasions. If she didn't take good care of it, it would take a lot of time and resources to remake it.

"Well, at least we haven't been discovered yet. Let's go back to the hotel."

“Okay…Okay.”

Taking out the sticky bandage from the storage, Ella asked Tina to squat slightly, parted her blue hair, and put the gauze back on the blue scales on Tina's forehead.

……

*创世纪6187年1月8日 上午7:31分 龙岛本岛『赫尔卡尔』

The crisp sound of dishes colliding echoed in the room. The small space was simply furnished with a wooden bed and several chairs. The unique summer heat had already filled every corner of the world at seven o'clock in the morning. The sticky feeling caused by perspiration made Ella feel uncomfortable all over.

Only Camisia and Ella were in the room, sitting on wooden chairs and having their meal. As Dragon Island Hotels were generally small, they could not accommodate everyone here, so everyone simply decided to eat in their own rooms. Although going to the lobby on the first floor was not a problem, the commotion caused by several women dressed as nobles appearing together in the outside world was too great, and most people did not like this feeling.

The sound of a fork being gently placed on a porcelain plate was heard. Ella looked up and found that Camisia had already finished the breakfast brought by the maids. Although it was a very solemn behavior, she ate unexpectedly fast. This was not only true for Camisia, but also for most other people. It seemed that only she could not do it.

Noticing that Ella was looking at her, Camisia sat up straight and began to talk about the itinerary.

"Princess, did you say last night that you would leave tomorrow?"

"Ah... well, yes, Tina's identity might have been exposed, so I want to leave Helkar before the news spreads."

After putting the bread cut into bite-sized pieces into her stomach, Ella continued to replenish her food.

"We were originally planning to leave this afternoon, but Miss Lucia still has some unfinished business. Miss Lucia will buy the remaining fruits and vegetables on behalf of the temple. After the handover, we can set off."

"Yes, I understand."

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

There was a polite knock on the door.

"Ms. Ella, Ms. Lucia is here."

"You don't have to knock, Lotte. Just come in."

Although she had told Lotte many times that it was okay not to knock on the door, Lotte seemed to always regard knocking on the door as a principle that must be followed. She refuted it with the reason that "Miss Ella, as the master, always knocks on the door when she enters the room, and as a maid, I need to observe etiquette even more." But in fact, the reason why she always knocked on the door was just because she would feel guilty if she saw the other person changing clothes when she opened the door.

Led by Lotte, who had very fine lavender twintails, Lucia, whose red hair was mixed with silver, entered the room.

When Lucia found out that Ella was still enjoying breakfast, she immediately made a "Oh no" expression and quickly bowed her head to apologize.

"I'm very sorry to interrupt your breakfast, Miss Elelaya."

"Eh? Ahaha, don't worry about it. Let's get down to business. As for the price of fruits and vegetables, you can discuss it directly with Lotte or Camisia. As for the location... is the courtyard behind the inn okay? It should be enough for a week."

She told Lucia not to worry about it and waved her to sit down on a chair. But even if she said it was okay, she wasn't so shameless as to sit down and eat while guests were visiting. She stuffed the rest of the bread into her mouth like a squirrel, swallowed it with the help of hot milk, and patted her chest to help her swallow. She added to Lucia, who looked at her with a worried look on her face.

"Uh—ah, huh. But I think the treatment will take at least a month. During this time, it would be best if I could not only drink fresh juice but also boiled animal organs."

No matter what, the therapeutic effect achieved through diet can never compare with the sophistication of modern medicine. If the diet therapy process is too short, it will not have any effect. In addition, some of those people not only have scurvy, but also symptoms of other vitamin deficiencies. If they are treated for a longer period of time and then supplemented with other vitamins with animal offal, there should be no problem.

Lucia, wearing her priestess uniform as usual, hesitated for a moment and said, nodding as she wrote down Ella's words in a notebook she had taken out at some point.

"But in a month... those people don't have enough money to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. The prices of fruits and vegetables on the main island are very expensive during the sea beasts' active season. It's difficult for ordinary people to afford to have them for every meal..."

“Ah, it’ll be fine with Tina’s help, speaking of which—”

Ella suddenly remembered that Tina might have been discovered by others. If she asked Lucia, who often stayed there, she might get the answer.

After taking the handkerchief from Lotte, Ella thought for a moment before asking.

"By the way, Lucia, have you heard any news about the underwater people recently?"

Even Ella knew better than to ask a stupid question like "Has it been discovered that Tina is an underwater person?", so she used a euphemism.

"Undersea people? I've never heard of them..."

"Didn't the sailors mention that either?"

"Hmm, never heard of it."

Lucia's pure golden eyes made Ella breathe a sigh of relief. Perhaps she was just too neurotic. However, there was no problem leaving the island tomorrow as planned. Although there were still many branch islands to visit, it was almost time for the school to start at the Holy Academy. If Lucy didn't reach a high enough level, it would be a headache if she was expelled.

Perhaps Ella's question was too abrupt, and Lucia tilted her head in confusion.

"Miss Elelaya, why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, just curious. As for the fruits and vegetables, I'll ask Tina to ask her animal friends for help. Considering we're leaving tomorrow, why not go find Tina now?"

Ella stood up, and Camisia stood up with her. Only Lucia was stunned. After a moment, she made a sound that made the whole room tremble.

"Ehhhh? Why? Miss Elelaya, are you leaving tomorrow? Sailing during the sea beasts' active season is extremely dangerous."

"Well, the Holy Academy is about to start. As for safety, with Kamisia, who is level 62 and beyond the heroic realm, there will be no problem."

What Ella didn't mention was that they were also escorted by a sea beast that was so skilled at fighting at sea and so terrifying that it was given the title of "Lord of the Deep Sea".

“Is that so…Okay…”

Lucia lowered her head with a look of melancholy, looking very disappointed. She probably wanted to learn more from Ella while she was still on the island.

"Then I'll ask Miss Tina to go to the backyard. Miss Lucia and Miss Ella, please wait for a moment."

After bowing to Ella and Lucy Jacob, Lotte, who had been waiting by the door, left the room.

Chapter 81 The beginning of the sensation

"A-Aila-sama, what do you want to talk to me about?"

With excitement in her eyes, Tina ran to Ella in the backyard, panting, regardless of the fact that her white dress was dragging on the ground.

His greatest wish now is to restore the underwater civilization, and the most important task in restoring the underwater civilization is to increase the population, which means he must give birth to offspring with the blood of the underwater people. If he can be with someone with the blood of the Demon King, the offspring will definitely have very strong strength. In this way, the time to restore the underwater civilization will be greatly shortened. Although he still doesn't know what the method that the silver-haired girl said is, which can allow same-sex reproduction, the prerequisite for knowing the method is to convince the Demon King first. Therefore, he must try his best to cooperate with the Demon King and not let her hate him.

"Ah, Tina is here. Let's take a break. This can only be done by Tina."

The open-air yard behind the hotel was very spacious. Even if Ella piled all the remaining fruits and vegetables in the warehouse in the corner, it did not seem crowded. In the shade by the wall, Ella dragged out a chair and gave it to Tina.

Besides Lucia, Ruthie, and Camisia, there were five nuns and priests counting the fruits and vegetables. It was only eight in the morning, and even though it was summer on Dragon Island, the sun wouldn't expose the entire yard to the sun. Coupled with the cool sea breeze blowing from the north, mixed with a salty smell, the temperature in the backyard was actually lower than indoors.

After stretching her body and listening to the increasingly noisy voices on the street outside, Ella explained to Tina, who was confused by the situation.

"Ms. Lucia needs a lot of the Devil Fruits that Tia found yesterday. Can Tina still find that friend now?"

"Hmm? No, no problem... It was just saying... Ah, here it comes."

As she spoke, a seabird covered with snow-white feathers flapped its wings and flew to Tina. Tina stretched out her slender right arm to catch it, and repeated Ella's previous words to the seabird.

Regarding Tina's ability to communicate with animals, Ella had carefully observed it on the ship. This ability does not require language assistance, but can be accomplished with telekinesis - this is just Ella's personal idea - when using it, Tina only needs to look at the animal to use it. Even if she doesn't say anything, she can accurately convey her consciousness. If the other party responds, Tina can even know what the other party is saying in her mind.

Although it sounds interesting, Iris's evaluation of it is useless. It cannot be said to be strong, but it is not absolutely useless. If Tina did not have this skill and could not communicate with the sea beasts, the sea beasts would not bring food to Tina in a friendly manner. Tina's final outcome would be starvation to death in the cage, but compared to the sea people's innate magic to control the sea beasts, it is much weaker.

The sea beasts under control will not betray you, which is a necessary element for a monster master. In this regard, Iris prefers a dumb puppet over which she has absolute control, rather than a capable servant with self-awareness, so she makes such an evaluation.

Just like when she used her ability before, the white seabird nodded after understanding Tina's words. After sorting it out in her mind, Tina repeated what the seabird meant.

"It said...it can help, but it can't do it properly if it's alone."

"Yeah, that's true... If we bring them one by one, I wonder how long it would take. Could you tell us the location? We can just send someone there, but if it's too complicated to explain accurately, forget it."

Feeling a little hot, Ella pulled the front of her clothes. She had recently tried to make a set of clothes according to the style of Shen Gan's clothes. The combination of a short top and a short skirt was unexpectedly cool in Dragon Island, but the length of the skirt seemed a little too short. She was not able to adapt to the chilly feeling yet. At least she could not wear it out now. She only dared to try it when she was in the room.

After repeating Ella's words to Kaitiao, he got the reply that the devil fruit was on a small island about one nautical mile west of Dragon Island.

After hearing the location, the priest in charge of the inventory showed a look of horror and stopped Lucia from sending anyone there.

"Lady Lucia, that's a cursed place! Any ship that approaches it will sink for unknown reasons. We can't send anyone there."

"I can't go...but there's no other way to collect the fruits."

Lucia sighed in disappointment.

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