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

"Ahaha—I didn't expect I could understand this explanation that's not really an explanation. Apparently, it's not just you, Senpai, who has a problem."

"After all, she's little Ella."

“Eh… even if you say that, I still don’t understand.”

Ella complained in a low voice that she always felt like she was being deified by everyone.

The one who reacted the most was Angelini, whose voice was so surprised that it was out of tune.

"Does the person involved have any self-awareness at all?!"

"Alright, alright. Besides that, why did Miss Ella come to the auction?"

Lotte tilted her head and asked, causing Ella to give a look that said, "As expected."

"It's because Tifarian wanted to see Lotte before she left. When we parted ways this afternoon, Tifarian agreed to meet at the auction house."

"I see... So we're heading straight to the auction hall next?"

"Well, I'll take Lotte to the main hall of the auction house first. I have something else to do. I don't know how long it will take for us to come to the Kingdom of Barris again, so Lotte, just stay in the VIP seat and talk to Tifarian."

Ella nodded in satisfaction with her arrangement, revealing a proud expression under the mask. In this way, she had fulfilled Tifarian's request and could find time to forge magic weapons in the foundry workshop at the auction house without being discovered by Lotte. It was a perfect plan.

Pursing her lips and thinking for a moment, Luti hummed softly.

"...Okay, Ms. Ella."

"What about me?"

"Angelina, just stay at the auction house—well, if you find something you like, you can buy it. This time, I'll make an exception and pay for Angelina."

It was really difficult to get Angelini to sit still, so Ella added a condition that allowed Angelini to choose the auction items. Although she was worried that Angelini might buy some weird and useless things, with Shen Gan supervising, there shouldn't be any problems.

"Eh? Really? Little Ella is amazing!"

"Ah, please spare me this kind of affectionate behavior."

Reflexively pushing away Angelina's attempt to hug her, Ella followed the instructions of the "Terrain Search" and walked towards the auction hall.

"Senior Tifarian is a princess of the kingdom, but she keeps coming to the auction house. So, is she actually from the aristocracy? Remember Senior Camisia said that the underground auction house belongs to the aristocratic Marquis Sepro, right?"

"Indeed... Speaking of which, Willa said that Tifarian had a nasty smell, and that nasty smell was the same as that of the cloud monster. So, if that's the case—"

Ella, who was walking on the road, suddenly stopped and clenched her right fist into her left palm, making a snapping sound.

"Ah! Come to think of it, could that nasty smell on Tifarian be the Mark of Original Sin?"

Hearing this, Lotte looked thoughtful.

"Sister, I don't think you'd have anything to do with the Seal of Original Sin... Although you're desperate for revenge, you wouldn't borrow something that clearly harbors malicious intent."

"Hmm... That's not what I meant. I was wondering if she was being controlled or something. If 'Envy' has the ability to control monsters, then it's possible that 'Gluttony' has the power to control people's hearts? For example, using the power to control people's hearts to make Tifarian go to the underground auction every day..."

The more he spoke, the less confident he became, and his voice was almost softer than a mosquito's. The possibility of this was really tiny. It would be better to say that he was just guessing rather than inferring. First of all, the "Gluttony" recorded in "F.Wing" was a holy spirit that controlled the wind. Although there had never been any reports in "F.Wing" about "Gluttony" being defeated by players, so there was no specific value for "Gluttony", but this was indeed recorded in the official setting collection. He could be sure that the setting collection definitely did not say that "Gluttony" could control people's hearts. Therefore, it was too frivolous to conclude that "Gluttony" could control people's hearts just because "Envy" could control monsters.

Moreover, he had never seen Tifarian suffering from conditions such as "mild miasma poisoning" or "corrosion by the Seal of Original Sin".

Sure enough, even Angelini noticed something was wrong.

"If 'that' can manipulate people's hearts, why manipulate Princess Tifarian and have her come to the auction every day? Wouldn't it be better to directly manipulate someone more influential like the king?"

Chapter 60 Hidden Malice

"...That's true. But since it involves Tifarian, we should investigate further. At least we need to confirm that Tifarian has nothing to do with the Seal of Sin. After all, the smell that the black dragon described might be the Seal of Sin itself."

As she spoke, Ella turned her attention to Lotte. Lotte would definitely be able to get more out of Tifarian than she could.

Understanding Ella's meaning, Lotte nodded.

"Leave it to me, Miss Ella."

"Well, then, I'll leave it to you, Lotte. Let's go to the auction house first."

The four continued walking towards the auction house along the narrow passage echoing with the sound of crisp footsteps.

It didn't take too long before the dim and bustling auction hall appeared before her eyes. Due to the sudden noisy environment, Ella couldn't help but stand in front of the door and wait for a while before walking into the hall. Although the air should be turbid in the noisy environment, the air in this spacious circular hall was much fresher than in the corridor.

If you look closely, you can find that there are many vents hidden in the corners of the hall, and there are magic circles inside them that can clear the air. Of course, the existence of this magic circle not only creates a better environment for bidders in the auction house, but also shows the financial strength of the owner of the auction house, Marquis Sepro. If you want to set up this magic circle underground, it is impossible to produce the ideal effect without investing money measured in platinum coins.

Standing on the highest step at the entrance and looking around, Ella quickly found where Tifarian was. She took Luti and the other two and squeezed into the narrow staircase. It took them nearly ten minutes to walk this less than 200-meter section.

It seemed that Tifarian had given orders in advance. Although Ella and her group were wearing masks to conceal their identities, when the guards saw Ella's blonde hair and Lotte's lavender twin tails, they did not stop them and let Ella walk into the room.

In the ornately decorated room ahead, with its magical windows, a barrier was in place to prevent detection.

"Are you coming at this time to make me anxious?"

There was obvious impatience in Tifarian's tone - she had turned into the rough adventurer's look again, but this look made Ella feel a little relieved. Once she saw Tifarian's inner character, the princess's appearance seemed extremely inconsistent.

Everyone sat around on the sofa in the room. Ella lowered her head and responded to Tifarian somewhat awkwardly.

"I was delayed a little on the way. Sorry to bother you and Lotte..."

Just like Ella was not used to Tifarian's princess personality, Tifarian was also unable to deal with Ella who now admitted her mistakes honestly. Her brows arched at a weird angle and she smacked her lips helplessly.

"Never mind, I'll let you go this time. It's true that it takes a lot of time to get to the auction house. These two are my friends from this morning, right?"

"Ah, I forgot to introduce you this morning. This is Angelique Malbrune from the Elf Territory Malbrune, and this is the current Dragon King's niece, Lu Yue Shengan."

As Ella introduced them, Angelina bowed with a very energetic movement, while Shen Gan nodded slightly.

Without losing her adventurer's demeanor, Tifarian leaned against the sand and waved nonchalantly.

"Please sit down. Don't be so formal. I don't like this. As you can see, I am the current princess of the Kingdom of Barris, Tifarian Miasaka Zeos. I hope you won't be scared by my appearance. I really don't like it when I have to pretend to be well-behaved in front of Lotte. Please forgive me."

"No? Princess Tifarian looks just like the female adventurers I met at the Holy Academy."

While stuffing the small fruit on the table into her mouth without any hesitation, Angelini tilted her head and explained to Tifarian.

"Really? You mean—you're an adventurer too?"

"Well, when I didn't have gold coins to attend the Holy Academy, I became an adventurer to earn tuition."

"Wow, you're so lively now. The adventurers from the Holy Academy are really nice. If they were somewhere else, they would have attacked you long ago—no, can I ask your level first?"

"Level 20?"

Angelica's pure answer without any lies made Tifarian stunned for a moment, and then she curled her lips as if unwilling.

"No wonder those adventurers didn't dare to attack you... I thought you were just an ordinary person around Ella, but you're actually a genius? You look like you've only just reached adulthood. You're already level 20 at 15, what a freak. A princess of the God-man tribe, a former acting Demon King, the niece of the Dragon King, and a genius elf... well, Lotte can't lose."

After the simple greeting, Shen Gan pulled Angelica, whose mouth was stuffed with something, towards him.

"Since this is the reunion between Lotte-senpai and Princess Tifarian, Angeline-senpai and I will retreat to the audience seats outside."

"No, it's not a tearful scene. I asked Ella to bring Lotte here just to see her. I didn't have any other thoughts. Just stay here. I'd feel bad if I asked you to go to the audience."

"...If that's the case."

Without further insistence on leaving, Shen Gan let go of An Jie Ni and sat back in his seat.

Through the magic glass in front of the room, she could see the juggling show going on in the auction hall, which heated up the atmosphere. Without paying attention to that, Loti tentatively threw a straight ball at Tifarian.

"As a princess, you could have talked somewhere else, right? Why must you be here?"

"what?"

Perhaps she didn't expect Lotte to ask such a question, so Tifarian, who was wearing a white and dark blue long skirt, waved her hand casually.

"Well, since underground auctions are easy to conceal, as a princess, I'd be too conspicuous in other places to have a conversation like this. I could cast a barrier to block detection, but if outsiders saw me entering the same room with you guys, they'd definitely get suspicious, right?"

Tifarian's answer made Luti and Fukagan, who were sitting on the sofa, frown.

"But isn't it the same now? From the perspective of those outside—even though we can't discern our true identities due to the masks we're wearing, they can still tell that Princess Tifarian is with some strangers, right?"

It was very obvious that Tifarian's body froze for a moment, with an expression that seemed to have missed a beat. Then, Tifarian retracted her casual posture, leaned forward slightly, put her right hand to her lips and fell into thought.

Indeed, this was entirely due to his own negligence, but it was impossible for him not to notice such an obvious mistake under normal circumstances. Thinking further, he clearly didn't want anything in particular, yet he came to the auction house every day. This was also very suspicious. But even though he realized this now, he still had no intention of leaving the auction house immediately.

Seeing Tifarian lost in thought, Luti continued to ask.

"If I say I don't like it here, will you take me away?"

Hearing Luti's words, Tifarian immediately stopped thinking and raised her head.

"Hmm? Of course, if Lotte doesn't like it, I can just never come here again. In that case, it's okay to leave the auction house now."

"No... no need. It's fine for you to stay here now, sis. I was just asking casually."

Loti turned her gaze towards Ella. Tifarian's reaction just now conveyed two meanings. First, Tifarian herself had no idea that she was a princess but still came to the underground auction house. Second, between Loti and the underground auction house, Tifarian chose Loti without hesitation.

If Tifarian chose the underground auction house in the second point, then it can be basically concluded that Tifarian was manipulated - no matter who looks at it, they will think that Loti is countless times more important to Tifarian than the auction house, but the problem is that Tifarian chose Loti without hesitation, so we can't jump to conclusions now.

Dude, dunk, dunk.

"Miss, this is today's tea."

"Yes, I'll come now."

The voice of the auction house maid was heard outside the door. The auction house would occasionally do this, distributing rare fruits or snacks to customers in the VIP seats. Usually, this meant that extremely valuable items would appear tonight, so it was called "good luck snacks" by the people in the auction house.

Tifarian stood up and walked towards the curtain that divided the room.

Chapter 61 Fairy Drop

Since Tifarian was a distinguished guest of the auction house, the refreshments prepared were extremely luxurious. There were juicy and tender "Scarlet Dew Fruits" the size of a fingernail, and "Emerald Eyes" whose mere presence filled the entire room with fruity fragrance. In addition, there were a large number of unknown pastries and "Fairy Drops", a drink with a very low alcohol content, which was precious even in the Kingdom of Barris.

After the maids placed the snacks on the table one by one and left, the acrobatic performance on the stage ended and the formal auction began.

"Wow, these snacks must be expensive, right?"

Angelini, who had been stuffing fruits into her mouth, stopped. Even she could understand that any one of these fruits had to be purchased with silver coins. Therefore, Angelini did not reach out to the fruits that had just been served. Her current identity was a guest, so she could turn a blind eye to ordinary fruits for the time being. However, if it was a precious item of this level, it would be too impolite to eat it carelessly.

Perhaps because they were both adventurers, Tifarian had a good impression of Angelini. After noticing Angelini's timid look, she waved at the fruit on the table nonchalantly.

"It's a gift from the auction house, so just eat it."

"Eh? Can I really eat this?"

"Eat."

"Thank you, Princess Tifarian!"

Angelica's energetic thanks made Tifarian curl the corners of her mouth unconsciously, looking like an elder caring for the younger one.

"What are you going to do next, sister?"

"And then? Are you talking about the black dragons causing trouble? Because they're still waiting outside the city, looking ready to attack, everyone in the capital is clamoring to flee. But if they're allowed to leave, they'd have to close the defensive barrier before opening the city gates, and that would allow the black dragons to slip in. So the army is suppressing them. It must be quite a bustling scene at the city gates right now."

Tifarian curled her lips, took off the crown on her head and placed it on the table.

"But it has nothing to do with me."

It seems that she is not as friendly as she appears to be, but this is understandable. The reason why Tifarian became the princess of the Kingdom of Barris is simply to take revenge on the nobles who persecuted her family. What the people in the kingdom will do to her as an adventurer is of no concern. It is better to say that after traveling around the continent as an adventurer, Tifarian discovered the bad nature of the people of the Kingdom of Barris when she returned to her homeland.

"That's right...the people upstairs were very noisy when we got here."

Thinking back to the people she met on the road, anxiously rushing towards the city gate carrying large and small packages on their shoulders, Ella couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"That's not what I meant. I meant, what are you going to do after we leave the Kingdom of Barris?"

"Hasn't everything already been decided? King Tovasan's goal is to use me as a tool to strengthen his relationship with the Marquis of Ars, right? Well, these are just trivial matters that are not worth mentioning."

"...If you've made up your mind..."

Although she wanted to say something, Lotte just sighed and closed her mouth.

Judging from the current situation, Emperor Tovasan's goal may be difficult to achieve. Lekrik himself does not like Tifarian, and given Marquis Ars's attitude of responding to Lekrik's every request, he may refuse the marriage despite the pressure from the royal family. At that time, Tifarian's position will be very embarrassing.

As if remembering something, Tifarian took out an exquisitely carved square wooden box from her pocket and handed it to Ella.

"Right, right. I'll leave this with you for now. Please give it to her on my behalf after the specified time."

"Eh?"

"What? This isn't for you. I'm just keeping it with you temporarily. Remember what I said before? If I find out you've taken it, I'll definitely search the entire continent to find you."

While warning with a fierce tone, Tifarian winked at her from an angle that only Ella could see.

Thinking carefully about Tifarian's words and her current strange behavior, this should be a birthday present for Lotte. As for what is inside, we will only know it on Lotte's birthday in three days.