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

"but……"

Before Ella could finish, Iris suddenly leaned close to Ella's ear and whispered in a voice so soft that no one around could hear it.

"Dragon fangs are great materials for crafting magical accessories, right? We don't have to kill them, just take some loot after you succeed in the challenge, okay?"

The hot air blowing across her earlobes made Ella feel as if all the hairs on her body stood up. She moved aside a little. The corners of Iris's mouth slightly raised as if she was hinting at something. A smile flashed in her green eyes - a devil's smile, this was Ella's first thought.

The reason why he agreed to the letter delivery mission was to use his ability to ask the academy for rare minerals to create magic jewelry for Lotte. At his current level, the more materials he had to try, the better. Although there were similar things in the warehouse, they were all high-grade goods that were too high to be considered decent. It would be embarrassing if the jewelry he created was too high-grade and Lotte's current magic power could not drive it at all.

Ella let out a long breath, and the warm breath condensed into white mist in the cold winter.

"……Oh well."

Chapter 9: Another Visit

*创世纪6187年1月22日 下午18:11分 巴里斯王国境内

Because they were hated by the people in the village and because Lotte herself didn't like the village, Ella and her group chose to move on. Although they had a mission to challenge the black dragon, they couldn't find the black dragon. After crossing a hill covered with coniferous plants, they came to a place that seemed familiar to Ella.

"Miss Ella, that village... belongs to Nina."

"Well, let's go check it out. This time, we'll be fine as long as we wear the magic item."

Ella, who had already attached the magic props in advance, stood up from the carriage and jumped off the carriage with the help of Lotte. Her purple eyes were changed to blue, and her blonde hair and blue eyes would not make anyone feel alert.

"Are you going to the village again, Ella? I think camping outside is fine."

Angelica stuck her head out of the carriage, looking a little worried.

"It'll be fine. Besides, camping is always a problem."

Ella pointed to the sky covered with dark clouds. No matter how she looked at it, it looked like it was about to rain. Although the tents necessary for camping were rainproof, the feeling of the wet ground was very uncomfortable no matter how she looked at it.

"Eh...Okay, if you meet someone bad, just call me, okay?"

"Don't worry, even Senior can handle it alone."

Shen Gan reached out from behind and pulled Angeline back into the car. Considering that when she met Ella, Ella subdued more than a dozen robbers with just "stun grenades", Angeline could only sit back in the car with peace of mind.

However, what Ella didn't say was that, in fact, she planned to visit the village as her original swordsman. After all, Nina was still with her. A year had passed, and she had to report the situation to the village chief. No matter what, Nina and the village chief were blood relatives.

When they were about to reach the village, Ella switched her character to a swordsman with white twin tails. She draped a gorgeous swordsman's uniform like a dress, which highlighted her aloof temperament.

"I wonder if those people are still here..."

Muttering softly, Ella and Luty continued walking along the country road. Just like the last time they came, large tracts of land lay barren. Not only were there no crops, but there weren't even many wild grasses to be seen. Perhaps the villagers pulled out the wild grasses and ate them when they were hungry. Judging from this, the people of the Kingdom of Baris were treated worse than those in the fortress city of "Kepa" in the western demon territory. Although Kepa once lacked clean water and fuel, at least they didn't have to worry about food. Moreover, Camisia, as the ruler, also arranged relief teams to distribute water stones on a regular basis.

The Kingdom of Paris was the type that collected taxes and then let people fend for themselves. Not only were bandits rampant, but even basic food and clothing for the people was difficult to guarantee. However, if you think about it carefully, the fundamental reason for the rampant bandits might be that it was difficult to continue living, so they were forced to become bandits.

The silver boots of the swordsman's uniform made a metallic clanging sound as they stepped on the ground. In order to avoid excessive awkwardness between the two of them, Ella spoke first.

"Come to think of it, Lotte is from the Kingdom of Barris, so why doesn't she have any racial awareness at all? It's understandable if she just saw me, but she doesn't seem to have that kind of mentality, whether at the Holy Academy or in the Demon Territory. Is there a huge gap in perception between the nobles and the common people of the Kingdom of Barris?"

"It's not that serious... The upper class of the Kingdom of Barris is divided into the King's Faction and the Noble Faction. The King's Faction, under the leadership of the current King, Emperor Tovarsaen, has gradually shed racial stereotypes, but the Noble Faction and ordinary civilians still retain this consciousness. Generally speaking, people of other races are rarely seen in the Kingdom of Barris, and no demons would choose to go there. Therefore, most people's impression of demons comes entirely from the warnings of their ancestors and the stories in storybooks. If they were to meet a demon like Miss Ella, they would definitely let go of their racial stereotypes."

There was a sense of anticipation in Lotte's voice. She was probably happy that she had such a charismatic master. Just like children always envision their fathers to be great people, subordinates always expect their bosses to have outstanding abilities. Moreover, to Lotte, Ella was more than just such a role.

But Ella didn't notice all this.

"So, Lotte is a pro-king?"

"Yes, when my father was still alive, he was on the pro-king side."

"Didn't Lotte mention she had an older sister before? Have you been in touch since then?"

If I remember correctly, Lotte's sister was kicked out of the house by the head of the family, Lutwich, because she registered as an adventurer and accepted a mission, because she thought it brought shame to the nobles. Adventurers are not a glorious profession in this world. They are just roles that complete commissions for a living and are discriminated against by the public.

Therefore, nobles would rather let their children become commoners than let them become adventurers, which would discredit the family. The reputation of the nobility has always been something that Ella found strange. Ruthie once explained the nobility by giving the example that if a commoner soiled the noble's shoes, the noble could sentence the commoner to death on the spot. However, this seemed to be limited to some countries like the Kingdom of Paris. The demons, elves, gods and the Papal States did not allow such cruel practices.

"Sis... I haven't had any contact since you were kicked out, but that's actually a good thing. If I had stayed, I would have become a slave—ah, it's not that being a slave is bad, uh, that's not right, Miss Ella, that's not what I meant—"

"Alright, alright, I understand. We're about to enter the village, so get ready."

“Okay, okay…”

Smiling and comforting the panicked Lotte, Ella began to think about whether she should pay attention to things about Lotte's sister in the future. Of course, she didn't have any strange ideas, she just wanted to fulfill Lotte's wish. Lotte seemed to miss her sister very much.

[Let's leave these things for the TBD schedule. Anyway, I need to find a place to stay quickly and continue practicing forging magic weapons at night. It would be great if I could reach the level of forging orichalcum-grade magic weapons after completing the letter delivery mission.]

Magical weapons are roughly divided into five levels: galvanized iron, mithril, orichalcum, scarlet gold, and artifacts. Although there are classifications above the artifact level, it is not what Ella is worried about now. According to the definition, orichalcum-level armor must be able to protect against at least a full-strength attack of level 20-30.

Terrain Search

"It seems like everyone in the village is huddled in a warehouse in the corner. There seem to be a lot of people, but none of them are starving... But they look a little strange. Wait, are they surrounded by bandits?"

"Is it the same as before?"

As before, it refers to the tactic of having Lotte take charge of the main attack, while Ella is responsible for vigilance, support, and defense.

"Leave it to me. You can reach level 116 in this state."

"...I have no idea when I'll be able to catch up with Miss Ella."

Not sure if it was because her own strength was improving too slowly, or because Ella's level was too high, or both, Lotte sighed softly and caught up with Ella, whose white cape was fluttering in front of her.

Chapter 10: Black Dragon and Mysterious Clouds

After moving the thieves stunned by the "stun bomb" to the corner, Ella clapped her hands. It didn't take any effort to deal with these thieves. She just needed to control the stun bomb to hit along a fixed trajectory. It would be useless even if she used weapons or hard armor to block it.

"Thank you very much, Master Aira. We will never forget your kindness in saving our village a second time."

The village chief, who had once planned to give Nina to Ella as a slave, bowed and saluted. Compared to before, the village chief was in much better condition. At least his face was not as haggard as before. It should be the effect of the food that he had given her before leaving last time.

Just like last time, those who stayed in the village were children who could not live on their own. There seemed to be fewer boys, at least Nina's brother was no longer here. Now, under the command of the village chief, these children were stripping the unconscious thieves and piling them up in the corner. Clothes were also a precious resource. Most of the children in the village only wore Guantouyi, a kind of clothing that was made by piercing a hole in the middle of the cloth, putting it on the head, and then tying it around the waist with a rope.

After helping the white-haired village chief to his feet, Ella looked at the children around him.

"You don't need to thank me, Village Chief. I should be happy that you still remember me after all this time."

"Of course I remember. How could I forget you? What brings you here?"

As he spoke, the village chief looked behind Ella. After searching in vain, he looked at Ella with expectant eyes.

Even if the village chief didn't say it, Ella knew he was looking for his granddaughter Nina.

"I left Nina at the Holy Academy. She's currently training as a maid and in alchemy there."

"Maid? Alchemy? Lady Ella actually sent her to such a fine school... I, I don't know how to thank you enough."

After hearing Ella's words, the village chief's eyes widened and he began to tremble with excitement.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, it was a good thing that the village chief did not question me. Generally speaking, in this situation, he would grab me by the collar and ask why I was the only one who came back without his granddaughter. As for whether the people there were simple and honest or he had completely trusted Ella, probably only the village chief himself knew.

"No need to thank me, this is what we agreed to do, but..."

Ella glanced around the warehouse again. According to the village chief, these bandits had set their sights on their village before and captured them in the warehouse to interrogate where the remaining food was. That was why the previous situation happened. If Ella had not arrived in time, these bandits would have robbed the food first and then taken the beautiful girls away.

"Are you asking where the missing children are?"

The village chief, noticing Ella's doubts, said respectfully.

"Hmm... there seemed to be more boys when I came here before. Where is Nina's brother?"

"Some of them left the village to seek a living elsewhere, while others were taken away by the kingdom's conscripts."

Since the village chief didn't sound heavy when he spoke, it should be voluntary rather than forced.

"Is that so? Then what should we do with these children?"

"The village will probably be abandoned in the future. I want to wait until the next conscription arrives and let these children go with them. Although it will be hard, at least they can guarantee food and clothing."

Although she was skeptical about why female soldiers were recruited, Ella didn't delve into it further, thinking that they were probably doing jobs like making fire and cooking for the soldiers.

After explaining his own problems, the village chief rubbed his hands embarrassedly. Judging from his clothes, Ella didn't think that the tattered clothes could withstand the cold winter.

"Excuse me, Master Aira, what brings you here this time?"

Ella suddenly showed a surprised expression and spoke quickly - if it takes any longer, Angelina and the others might worry about her, so it would be better to quickly finish the matter here and go back.

"Well, some friends of mine will be staying here soon, and I hope the village chief can arrange some rooms for them. Of course, I'll pay them accordingly. Also, I won't be staying here, so I hope the village chief won't let anyone know that I've been here."

"Okay, okay, I'll ask these kids to keep it a secret too. But there's no need for payment. I can't accept money from my benefactor."

The village chief showed a panic expression and waved his hands quickly, as if he was afraid that Ella would give him money.

"...I'll leave these to my friends. I'll be leaving now."

"Yes, I'll ask someone to arrange a room for me right away."

Ella waved her hand and left the village with Lotte. After switching back to her healer identity, she brought the carriage into the village. Since everything had been arranged in advance, they checked into the room without any problems. It is worth mentioning that Lotte prepared a very rich meal in the square for dinner, so much so that many children who had not eaten properly for a long time kept running to the field toilet.

After finishing dinner, Iris sat on the cushion, seemed to remember something, and asked the village chief on the other side of the fire.

"Have you seen any dragons lately? The villages we met on our way here said they had seen dragons, but it seems like none have been seen in this village."

Iris glanced around. Although some earthen houses had collapsed, it could be seen that they were houses that had collapsed for some time, and none of the villagers here were injured.

After thinking for a moment, the village chief wiped the rice grains from the corner of his mouth with his hand. The noble temperament emanating from Iris made him feel a little ashamed.

"Sir, a dragon has indeed been here before, and they were fighting on the nearby Unghir River. The children were so frightened at the time that they hid in their rooms and dared not come out."

"Did you see the whole process?"

"Yes."

"Could you describe the size of the dragon? Also, what kind of monster was fighting the dragon? How long did the battle last? How did it end?"

Iris's questioning tone made the village chief look nervous, but this was not intentional. It was a subconscious behavior brought about by her long-term life as a princess. As for why she didn't show it normally, it was because the people she usually talked to were women with whom she had a close relationship.

The village chief frowned, carefully recalling the scene of that day, gesturing with his hands and stammering.

"...about this long. There was a black dragon the size of a mountain, and the one battling it was a cloud-like thing. It was over very quickly, less than half a minute, but the mountain over there looked completely destroyed. At the end, the cloud seemed to say something like, 'Submit or die!' It then used lightning to knock the black dragon out of the sky and floated away."

"A talking cloud?"

Iris frowned. If it was a cloud, she could think of it as a ghost cluster among the undead creatures, but if it could speak, there was no existence that met the requirements in her memory. It already belonged to the realm of unknown creatures.

The existence that could fight the dragon and defeat it perfectly aroused Iris's curiosity.

"Oh, right, a black light appeared over there shortly after the black dragon landed, and then the black dragon flew away. I don't think the black dragon will come here again..."

"Black light? Uwaaa, Ella-chan, that must be the Dragon Stone!"

Angelique jumped up from the ground excitedly and hugged Ella's back.

"Angelina, don't be so excited, what happened?"

"That's the Black Dragon's healing magic, right? Whenever it's touched by this light, it creates 'Dragon Spring Stone.' If you use it in a magic weapon, it significantly increases the magic power transfer capability. And one kilogram of Dragon Spring Stone can be sold for the price of one platinum coin!"

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*The new extra book "Ailelia's Beautiful Everyday" has been released. You can find it in the works section of Yomi's personal page or search directly on Qingwen. It's just a small thing I wrote in my spare time. It tells the story of Ailelia in another timeline. Readers who are interested can take a look~

Chapter 11: Incredible Production Method

"Can I have a platinum coin?!"

Angelica's words made the bowl with countless cracks in the village chief's hand drop directly to the ground. This sentence has such a deterrent effect.

One platinum coin is equivalent to 100 gold coins. If three gold coins can support a family of three to live a comfortable life for one month, one platinum coin is enough for the family to live without worries about food and drink for nearly three years. Not to mention the current living conditions in the village, the village chief even feels that he can allow the village to survive for five years with only one platinum coin.

And Angelina's next words made the village chief shiver again unconsciously.

"It's incredibly difficult to get a black dragon to cast healing magic, so 'Dragon Stone' is incredibly rare. While only about a dozen kilograms of pure 'Dragon Stone' are typically produced at once, the 'Impurity Dragon Stone', which contains impurities, should be closer to several hundred kilograms. Even the lowest quality can be sold for one gold coin per kilogram. However, I only learned about this when I was an adventurer at the Sacred Academy, so I'm not sure if the price is the same in the Kingdom of Barris."

"Several... several hundred kilograms..."

Like a goldfish, the village chief kept opening and closing his lips, as if he wanted to say something but was too shocked to speak.

Throwing the dry branches the children had gathered as firewood into the central fire, Ella thought about the amount she might need.

"If it's just this amount, the dimensional backpack should be able to hold it... Oh, by the way, since it's the village chief who provided the information, I'll give him half of the 'Dragon Stone' as well."

"This is too much, Your Excellency. We are embarrassed to accept it. Besides... even if we got it, we wouldn't be able to sell it..."

The village chief looked around at the children sitting around the fire. They all looked pale and thin, and it was obvious that they had been malnourished for a long time. Even if these children, less than ten in number, mostly girls, had the strength to carry the Longsu Stone from the village to the town to sell it, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not be targeted by wild animals or robbers on the way. What's more, even if they arrived in the town, they might be deceived by merchants with lies and sold at a low price.