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

"That's so pathetic—never mind, let's not dwell on that for now. Let's get back to the original question. Who is that guy? Eh? Why is he gone?"

The sound of tables and chairs being overturned could be heard. According to the "Terrain Search", all the ghosts had already run to the balcony outside. One ghost was even squeezed into the sunlight by its companions, and its HP was slowly decreasing.

"Ouch! Stop squeezing me!"

"Don't make a noise. Ghosts don't feel any pain."

"But look, your hands are smoking!"

"Just rest for a few days. Right now, that lady is the most important person. She's a ghost, but she can stay in the sun. If she could tell us why, maybe we can do the same."

After the slightly mature female voice finished speaking, the noise in the room suddenly quieted down. It is worth mentioning that all the ghosts who spoke before were female, and there seemed to be no men mixed in.

"That's great... I want to bask in the sun too..."

"Then it's decided. Let's go find that lady first. But be careful not to be discovered by others, otherwise you might be captured by evil people and made a slave, understand?"

"""yes!"""

After the energetic response resounded throughout the room, the sound of chaotic footsteps gradually approached her from a distance. Subconsciously, Ella felt that this was the best time. She glanced at Shen Gan and Eve behind her, then reached out and knocked on the door.

Dude, dunk, dunk.

"Excuse me, is anyone here? I'm Ella, the owner of this house."

Because I can't find a better introduction, I can only choose this shameless statement. My current identity to the outside world is an ordinary noble from afar. No outsiders know that I am actually the Demon King's daughter. Therefore, it would be better not to say it actively if this matter can be avoided. According to the information I have now, there are many demons in the city of Semorabi. If the demons know of my arrival, it will probably turn into a disaster or a riot.

After the self-introduction, the footsteps in the room suddenly stopped, replaced by a new round of discussion.

"Human!?"

"Are they here to arrest us?"

"But she said she owns this house, right?"

"How can you just believe what others say? This place has been abandoned for a long time, there's no way anyone remembers it."

"That's right, this place is already on the edge of town - although I haven't explored it yet."

"What should we do? We've definitely been discovered."

"So, turn her into a ghost too?"

"That's a good idea...but how do ghosts attack?"

Feeling that it would never end if they continued, Ella knocked on the door again. Of course, if there was no response this time, she would use the key to open the carved wooden door that had lost its soundproofing function.

"I'm Ella, the owner of this house. I mean no harm to you. Could you please open the door?"

"Ah, that person outside is talking again."

"From the tone of his voice, he really doesn't seem to be a bad person."

"How can a bad person say that he is a bad person!"

"Sister Patricia?"

The last sentence was obviously directed at a ghost inside who had the final say. In fact, after this sentence was finished, the discussion inside stopped quietly and turned into a low-pitched negotiation. Finally, it seemed that a decision was made. The ghost with only level 1 passed through the wall and reached the room next door, leaving only a ghost with level 2 staying there. Then, this ghost walked to the door of the room, fiddled with the rusty door handle, and opened the door.

A young woman with long hair and a translucent glow appeared in front of Ella and the other two.

Chapter 47 Dilemma

After being stunned for a second, Ella immediately put her right hand on her chest and introduced.

“…I’m Ella from the Demon Clan. The owner of this house entrusted me with this, and now this place is mine—”

Having said this, Ella suddenly felt that she had said something wrong. It sounded like she was driving the other person away, but she had no such idea at all. This building, including the main building and the other buildings, could accommodate at least a hundred people. With herself and these ghosts, there would still be a lot left even if each person had a room.

I subconsciously looked at the other person's face. Perhaps because of her low level, the lines on her face were not particularly clear, and her body was very transparent. It was probably to the extent that if I didn't look carefully, I would miss her existence. For this reason, I couldn't discern the changes in her expression.

In order to make up for her previous slip of the tongue, Ella continued to add.

"We're only staying here temporarily and will be leaving soon, so can we live together? Of course, we can live in separate buildings if necessary."

I am currently in this building, and there are two other buildings on both wings of the building, so there is no problem with this arrangement. As far as I am concerned, it would be better if we don't disturb each other. After all, I have a natural fear of ghosts - if I see something floating across the room in the middle of the night, or turn around to see a ghost standing in front of me, even if the other person is a beautiful girl like Iris, I will inevitably be scared, so living separately is for the sake of protecting my heart.

Ella's words made the other party blink. Although it was not known whether it was necessary for a ghost to blink, the other party seemed to have more life after doing so.

"... Living here is no problem, though it's a bit much for a sojourner like me to say. But you claim to be the owner of this place. Do you have any proof?"

[I think he's thinking about those level 1 ghosts. They seemed so quiet before. Maybe he's suspecting I might lure them away.]

I have already prepared for the other party's questions.

"Can these keys prove it? Aside from the rusted and unusable parts, the rest are all keys to this building, like this one."

I inserted one of them into the keyhole in front of me and twisted it a few times. There was no problem at all. Although it was difficult to twist because the lock core was rusted, it was not completely broken and unusable.

The doubtful look on the ghost's face suddenly disappeared a little - this was just his own unilateral thought, the other person's expression was too vague, and unless it was a large movement like blinking, there was no change at all.

In order to see the other person's facial expression clearly, Ella took out the bone dragon essence. With this effect, the other person's body should be clearer.

"You're a ghost, right? I'm a priest of the Enstanit Church, so I don't have any bad opinions about ghosts. This is a small gift, I hope you'll accept it. Also... could you tell me your name?"

"Gift? Uh, excuse me. My name is Patricia. I was a commoner in the Bruzea Empire. I was robbed by bandits while traveling through the northern wastelands with my father. By the time I came to my senses, I was already in this state. I ended up wandering here. I already believe you are the owner of this place. No one else has ever been here, so it's impossible that you deliberately made a key. As for your gift..."

The voice sounded very young, and considering his current appearance, the other person must have met with an accident when he was seventeen or eighteen years old. Ella couldn't help but feel a touch of sympathy in her heart.

After passing the string through the center of the purple bead, Ella opened her palm and waited for Patricia to take it.

"This is the 'Bone Dragon Essence', an item specifically designed to work on the undead. It can continuously restore negative health. If used on you, it should also have the effect of making your body more real."

After all, the "Bone Dragon Essence" is an item from a bone dragon. Even if killing a bone dragon can drop thousands of "Bone Dragon Essence", it is not very precious, but for ghosts whose levels are less than double digits, it can definitely play an unexpected role. Reducing the transparency of the body, increasing experience points, or learning new skills are all things that can be done easily, probably.

"T-such a valuable item... Wait, Miss Ella—if you'll allow me to address you as such, is this lady your companion?"

After hesitating for a moment, Patricia couldn't resist the temptation and took the bone dragon spirit. Then she looked at Eve floating behind Ella with an astonished expression.

"Isn't this the lady standing in the sun just now?"

Perhaps because she was holding the Bone Dragon Essence in her hand, the transparency of Patricia's body was significantly reduced, making her expression easier to observe.

"Hmm? What happened to Eve?"

“Call her Eve?… She’s a ghost, yet she can stand in the sun… Is this also the reason for this item called Bone Dragon Spirit?”

"Uh, no, Eve can stand in the sun from the start, what's the problem?"

After hearing Ella's answer, Patricia's expression darkened noticeably, which made Ella feel an inexplicable sense of guilt.

Patricia took a deep breath, drove away her previous shock, and returned to her original solemn demeanor.

"Actually, we ghosts can't stay in the sun. This is a very painful thing for us who originally belonged to the living. If I tell you, you might laugh at us. Although we are ghosts that can only move at night, we are also afraid of the night. Most of the people here are children under the age of 15. They have no ability to protect themselves. Going out at night is easy to be kidnapped by human traffickers. So, except for special circumstances, we usually stay here."

"Special circumstances?"

"Yes, some children didn't want to endure captivity any longer, so they left here on their own accord to fulfill their wishes. However, we haven't seen them since then..."

At the end of her words, Patricia's voice gradually became softer. Judging from the sad tone in her voice, most of them must have met with misfortune.

"Even if it's cloudy or rainy, isn't it okay?"

"No... In that weather, the injuries are just milder than usual."

"umbrella."

Eve, who was standing behind Ella, suddenly interrupted the conversation.

"Eve, do you mean to use an umbrella to block the sun?"

"Um."

"May I?"

Ella looked at Patricia. She had thought about this before. If Eve couldn't get rid of the sunlight, she would ask someone to make a black parasol for Eve.

"As for umbrellas...someone's tried it before. It was fine at first, but then the sun would always accidentally shine on us. We ghosts lack the sense of pain. If the sun shines on a visible part, we can immediately compensate. But if it hits a part like the back, the damage will last until we disappear. Some people have considered using larger cloth or wooden boards, but if we stay here all the time, it's hard to find suitable opaque cloth. And even if we use wooden boards, we won't be able to lift them due to lack of strength. As you just saw, even I, the strongest ghost, have to struggle to do something as simple as opening a door."

As if to demonstrate, Patricia placed her hand on the door handle. An ordinary person could turn the door handle with a little force, but Patricia found it very difficult to turn it.

Ella couldn't help but purse her lips. Eve was also a ghost, but she didn't have this characteristic at all. She was only level 12, but her strength was almost the same as that of a level 19 person like her.

"Could it be that Eve isn't actually a ghost? From what Patricia just said, even a level 1 ghost knows what their wish is, yet Eve has never revealed it... But the race column does say ghost... Never mind, let's talk about that later."

Of course, this is something that must be investigated. After all, if Eve is not a ghost, she will not be in danger of disappearing. This is more important than the secret of the undead in the underground tower.

Banishing these thoughts from her mind, Ella raised her head.

"If that's all, I think it should work. With the bone dragon spirit that can continuously restore negative life, even if the negative life is lost due to sunlight, it will continue to recover. With the umbrella, you can move around in the sun."

Although a ghost walking on the street with smoke appeared in her mind, ghosts are creatures that cannot feel pain after all. In order to walk in the sun, there is no other way. As long as she is well covered, she will not necessarily be injured. And the most important thing is that after receiving the bone dragon essence, Patricia's various values ​​have been significantly improved. This is equivalent to adding multiple insurances, which is worth trying.

Ella's proposal was obviously very tempting. Patricia began to show hesitation, but it seemed that she thought of something, and this hesitation was slowly suppressed.

"Um... Miss Ella, there are actually other children here. Can I introduce them to you?"

"Of course. Rather, please do so."

This is to prevent the possibility that a little ghost will suddenly flash out from the corner and scare me to scream - as for the reason that I actually want to see those little ghosts who speak very cutely, I buried it deep in my heart.

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Chapter 48: Healing Fairies

After Ella finished speaking, Patricia clapped her hands and called out to the young ghosts hiding on the other side of the wall.

"Everyone, come out."

“Yes~”

No one objected, and all the level 1 ghosts came out of the wall together. Although it sounded scary, because most of them were young girls, with only a few close to adulthood, they gave people a very cute feeling. However, the only flaw was that they were all like Patricia before, their bodies were very transparent, so that the changes in facial expressions could not be seen clearly, otherwise they would be a few points cuter.

Furthermore, all the ghosts were wearing only tattered clothing, as if they had torn curtains and were draped over their bodies, and the curtains had been worn out by the passage of time.

"Sister Patricia, are they the owners of this place?"

A girl who looked a few inches shorter than Ella looked up at Patricia.

"Yes, this is Miss Ella from the Demon Clan, this is Miss Eve, the ghost we saw earlier, and this is from the Dragon Clan..."

"Sagetsuki Fukagan."

"Yes, this is Miss Sagizuki Fukagan of the Dragon Clan."

After introducing each of them to the little ghosts one by one, the ghosts murmured in different ways about their treatment. The older girl said sympathetic words such as "Are you here to chase us away?", while the younger children thought that Ella was the one who brought gifts.

"Are you here to give us a gift, Sister Ella?"

"Fina, that's so rude."

"But isn't there something shiny in Sister Patricia's hand? Sister Ella must be an angel sent by the One and Only God to help us."

Being stared at with expectant eyes by such a young girl, and being addressed as "sister", Ella couldn't help but feel as if some strange switch had been turned on. Her heart, originally filled with sympathy, was instantly filled with love. She had always been the youngest person in the team besides Shen Gan, and suddenly being addressed like that, she unconsciously felt a sense of being respected. Moreover, this kind of admiration was different from the overly solemn and blind obedience that the demons showed regardless of the occasion. This was a title that she could and was happy to accept. It was a more ordinary feeling that she liked.

Since it was not known whether these ghosts could eat - it was worth mentioning that Eve could eat, but she just had difficulty tasting - she chose the bone dragon essence, which had been confirmed to be effective, as a gift. After all, if she disappointed such a lovely girl, she would inevitably feel guilty.

Ella took out several bone dragon essences from the warehouse full of items and held them in her hands. Because she originally planned to give them to the ghost, in order to show her intentions, she deliberately chose larger ones.

After distributing the bone dragon essence to the ghosts one by one, Ella explained the function of the bone dragon essence.

"These are the gifts, right? With these, we can move around during the day."

"Really? Thank you, Ela-san! Ah, Patricia-san seems to be getting prettier."

"Fina, you too."

When the ghost said that he looked better, it was actually just because the transparency of the body decreased, so the whole person looked clearer, so he felt that he looked better.

"Well, the Bone Dragon Essence isn't going to do much for me, so giving it to these children is the best option. Speaking of which... is the Bone Dragon Essence a very valuable item in this world? I've never seen one before. If it's truly a valuable item, shouldn't we consider the safety of these children?"

His brows couldn't help but furrowed.

If they get into danger because of the Bone Dragon Spirit, it'll feel like the loss outweighs the gain. Hmm... I might as well use the Bone Dragon Spirit as a reward and hold an event to hire undead as guards. That way, these children will be safe.

Nodding in satisfaction at her idea, Ella began to think about her next plan.

"Are you happy, senpai? You look like that."