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

"Eh? Ah... well, I'm glad. I was wondering if I should hire some more undead to protect this place."

"...Senior is still as nosy as ever."

"Don't be nosy, I'm just trying to protect the demons' property."

Ella turned her gaze to the side and muttered in defense.

Without asking any further questions, Shen Gan sighed helplessly.

"Let's just take it as it is."

While the conversation was going on here, the ghost girls on the other side also started chattering. Now they had walked to the sun on the protruding part of the balcony. As expected, white mist similar to evaporating water began to emerge from their bodies, and their HP also slowly decreased. However, under the influence of the bone dragon spirit, the HP lost was quickly restored, maintaining a state where the recovered HP was slightly greater than the lost HP. At this rate, it would be no problem even if they did not use an umbrella to block the sun, although if it were the scorching hot weather in summer, they should take some additional protective measures.

"It's smoking, but it's really okay. The place where it disappeared has been restored quickly."

"That's great! I can finally go out and buy pudding."

"Do you have money?"

"Before that, I should have asked if I could taste it."

"It's been a long, long time since I last ate..."

"You're a ghost after all, so it's okay if you don't eat."

It seemed like a very sad conversation. Feeling somewhat reluctant, Ella recalled the food that Eve could taste—most of them were so heavily seasoned that normal people couldn't eat them.

Judging from Eve, ghosts are not completely without a sense of taste, but their sense of taste is much weaker than that of humans, so they have to use more seasoning. In addition, digesting food also requires consuming their own magic power. As for the whereabouts of the digested food, it seems to become a part of the ghost's body. However, judging from the fact that Eve has tasted many foods in the underground tower and her figure and size have not changed at all, maybe she has turned into something else. In any case, it will not have any bad effects.

Thinking of this, Ella took out Iris's special dish from the warehouse. It was more like a special dish for Eve than a special dish. It was a dark dish that mixed chili peppers and bitter seasonings called "Devil's Howl" into high-concentration wine. Because Eve showed a special preference for alcohol in the underground tower, and spicy and bitter flavors were both more stimulating to the taste buds, Iris mixed these three things together and gave them to Eve. Of course, Iris was not teasing Eve. In fact, Eve really liked this dish and had to prepare a bottle for every meal.

As for the fact that Ella would unconsciously think it was poisonous every time she saw it, that was another matter.

"Um...if it's about taste, is this okay? My friend Eve loves this."

Handing over the viscous liquid in the bottle in her hand, Ella asked in a very uncertain tone, if these ghosts also have extremely insensitive taste buds like Eve, then this bottle of special dish should be able to work.

However, if the ghosts have a very sensitive sense of taste, it will definitely lead to disastrous consequences. You know, the "Devil's Howl" is not edible by humans. Generally speaking, this kind of pepper that is ground into powder is only used to cover up its own smell or to drive away large monsters.

Ella's words made the ghosts on the balcony turn around, all gathered in front of Ella, and sniffed. Because the bone dragon spirit could make the body clearer, Ella could now clearly see the expressions on their faces - they were closing their eyes, constantly trying to catch the smell, and looked intoxicated by it.

"T-That's the smell of wine! I've smelled it once before!"

“It actually tastes good.”

"Is this for us too? You're not saying it's just for you to smell, are you?"

The girl's last words made all the ghosts look worried and pitiful. If it was Angelina, they might choose to play a prank on her, but the other party was a child who hadn't tasted anything for years or even decades, so there was no such option here. They were not the type who particularly liked pranks.

To be on the safe side, Ella first deployed the protective function of filtering specific gases in the "Healing Miracle", then asked Shen Gan to move away, and finally dared to completely open the cork that sealed the bottle mouth. The reason for doing this was because she had caused a disaster in Vita's House - she accidentally knocked over the bottle, resulting in all the adventurers nearby coughing violently because of the irritating smell, so it took the maid three days to complete the purification.

As the instigator, I was the one who suffered the most. I spent the whole day in tears and sneezing. I also suffered from temporary loss of taste and smell, and a strong burning sensation on my skin when it came into contact with the liquid. This was the biggest reason why I regarded this food as poisonous.

She sniffed the scent cautiously with a wary mind - there was no problem, the priest uniform "Healing Miracle" was working properly. After confirming this, Ella felt relieved and handed the brown opaque bottle of wine to Patricia who had been standing beside her.

"This is a sample gift for Patricia. It's inherently dangerous, and only this companion of mine has been able to eat it so far, so please be careful when tasting it."

Ella's cautious words prompted Eve to interrupt again.

"no problem."

"You're the only one who's tried it, Eve. You can't say it's okay!"

After all, the reason why he had been miserable for the entire day in the underground tower was because he was preparing the kind of food that Eve liked.

Patricia took the bottle of wine and sniffed it a little embarrassedly. An intoxicated expression appeared on her face, but she immediately suppressed it.

"It's actually a precious wine... I've only heard other children talk about it before, but I've never tried it myself. But now it seems that we ghosts really can smell wine... Miss Ella, is it really okay for you to give us such a precious item?"

"It's okay, it's okay. I still have plenty of stock here, don't worry, Patricia."

Although the raw materials are indeed expensive to ordinary people, it is not a big deal for me.

"Sister Patricia, I want it too."

"Only Fina is too cunning!"

"I want one too!"

"I also--"

Perhaps because she felt it was rude to behave like this in front of Ella, Patricia, who had always been tolerant of these children, put on a serious expression.

"Everyone, be quiet. We should thank Miss Ella first."

"Yes~ Thank you, Ela-nee."

There were many people among them who looked older than Ella, so Ella had a strange feeling and could only smile bitterly with embarrassment.

"Ahahaha... You're welcome. Just come to me when you're done. We'll be living together from now on, and why not try it first?"

"Well, then everyone line up. This is a very precious item, so each person can only have one bite, understand?"

“Got it~”

The queue must have been organized before. The ghosts lined up in an orderly manner according to their age. One after another, they held the red and black sticky liquid in the bottle in their hands and carefully put it into their mouths. Ella watched all this with a nervous expression.

Fortunately, things did not develop into a situation where these ghosts had some differences from Eve, so their sense of taste was abnormally sensitive. Like Eve, these ghosts could taste the dark dishes that were a mixture of spicy and bitter tastes and contained high concentrations of alcohol. The evidence was the touching expressions on their faces. Many older children even shed something like tears - which was actually a part of the body.

Ella couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and her whole body, including her golden hair, drooped down.

“Haa ...

"...No, nothing. I just haven't eaten anything savory in a while, so... Miss Ella, you mentioned you'd like to stay here. I'll arrange for the children to clean up. We don't have anything special to do here, so we'll clean the house regularly. Aside from any heavy lifting like repairing a broken ceiling, please don't hesitate to leave the rest to us!"

After being stunned for a moment by Patricia's energetic voice, Ella came to her senses and scratched her cheek embarrassedly.

"Hmm... If that's what Patricia wants, that's fine. As for accommodations, my friends and I will choose our own rooms. If the room we choose overlaps with yours, please let me know."

"Don't worry about that, Miss Ella. We ghosts are undead. We don't feel sleepy or tired, and naturally, we don't need to sleep. So, there's no such thing as our own rooms."

"...I see. As for this kind of food, if you run out, you can come to me right away. I'll also leave some in the cellar when your friends arrive, so just take it if you need it."

"Thank you very much, Miss Ella."

"Then I'll trouble you, Patricia. My friends have arrived, and I'd like to go out and greet them."

Ella took a step aside, preparing to leave. On the "Topography Search", Lotte, Iris, and Angeline were in the first-floor lobby, preparing to go up to the second floor, while Lucia, who had gone to look for Niyi and Nayi, had already reunited with Camisia and rushed towards the mansion.

"Of course, no problem. Please just do what you like."

After Patricia saluted with a serious expression, Angelica's voice came from the corridor.

"Little Ella, little Ella! It's a good thing I told you to get to the ground earlier, otherwise the innkeeper would have sold the carriage!"

It looks like something interesting is happening.

Chapter 49: Sadler's Suffering

*创世纪6187年3月16日 下午14:47分 赛莫拉比城

The city of Semirabi, located in the western part of the Hikalite Church, is an important town with an underground tower as its core industry. According to annual reports from other countries, at least one-seventh of the magic cores of the Hikalite Church come from here. So naturally, the city of Semirabi is also listed as one of the most important cities by the Hikalite Church. Not only does the garrison rotate every three years, but even the appointment of the city lord must be selected by the Pope himself.

And now, the current lord of the city of Semorabi, the 31st-level priest Sadler Hikarlit William, is busy with the things at hand.

Hard-soled short boots decorated with white silk made a clicking sound on the white stone floor. Sadler, wearing a white cloak and with neat black hair, was pacing back and forth in the room anxiously.

Ever since the undead began to appear in the underground tower a few months ago, he, as the city lord, has been unable to sleep all night. As a result, his eyelids are sunken and black, and his face is much thinner than before. If this continues, he might be mistaken for an undead even if he goes out in the middle of the night.

As if he had thought of something, he raised his head and looked out at the town through the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office room - just like before, it looked peaceful. After confirming this, he slowly stopped his hurried steps, supported his chin with his hand and walked to the desk - this room was where the city lords of all generations had worked, so both the lighting and decoration were laid out to the highest standards.

"We've only recruited three Mithril-class teams so far... If we had an Orichalcum-class, our chances of victory would be even higher. If we could recruit a Crimson-class—"

He frowned and let out a sad groan from his throat.

Sadler himself did not have any aristocratic background, and his current status was entirely due to his own hard work - and he was also lucky enough to be appreciated by the Pope - after years of hard work, he finally sat on the position of the lord of Semorabi City when he was over 40 years old. At this age, he felt that it would be difficult for him to develop further, so he wanted to keep the position of lord. This way, he could not only contribute to the church, but also enjoy his old age. Therefore, after becoming the lord of the city, Sadler never did anything against his conscience, and there were no major accidents in Semorabi City, which he was always proud of.

Until a few months ago, we received news that a large number of undead beings of unknown origin appeared in the underground tower.

According to convention, if the corpses of dead creatures are not handled properly, they may turn into undead. Undead often appear in the underground tower, so he didn't pay too much attention to it at first, and just increased the number of patrols. But later Sadler discovered that these undead were not creatures from the underground tower at all. The underground tower had never had so many human adventurers die at one time, so it was impossible for them to be naturally produced. After secretly sending a large number of soldiers to scout, Sadler finally confirmed a piece of news that made him so anxious that he couldn't sleep or eat.

There is a high possibility that there is a powerful creature in the underground tower that is summoning the undead. Judging from the number and quality of the undead, it is a powerful species that is at least level 40 or above.

After deducing the opponent's strength, Sadler began to nervously prepare countermeasures. The most critical problem was that he could not ask the Pope for help. Everyone knew that the city of Semorabi was a piece of fat meat, and there were countless people eyeing his position as the city lord. If he asked the Pope for help, those with complex factions would definitely take the opportunity to drag him down and leave this position forever.

Therefore, I can only solve all of this by myself, and if possible, I even have to do it in secret. Unless it is a situation that will cause irreversible casualties in the end, I will never announce to the outside world that there are strong people in the underground tower who I cannot deal with. You know, a large part of the reason why I can sit in this position is due to the strength of level 31.

Under this limitation, Sadler naturally thought of leveraging the strength of adventurers. Although the number of Crimson Gold-level adventurers was too scarce and could be ignored, as long as he could gather enough Orichalcum and Mithril-level adventurers, and equipped them with a sufficient number of baggage trains, even if the enemy had a level beyond 40, they would not be invincible. Although the more people knew about it, the sooner the matter would be exposed, as long as he handled it properly, spreading the news would increase his achievements - if he single-handedly resisted a powerful undead beyond level 40 and successfully purified it, it would not be surprising if he was given additional rewards.

However, it is easier said than done. The underground tower cannot produce rare treasures, so it is destined to not retain high-level adventurers. Most adventurer teams will choose to leave here after reaching the platonic level or mithril level, and go to the natural mazes of the eastern and western demons to seek higher rewards. That is why Sadler is in his current predicament - he spent several months recruiting adventurers, but in the end, only a few mithril-level adventure teams responded.

Thinking of this, Sadler couldn't help but smack his lips in hatred.

"Tsk, the previous Demon King deliberately split the demon clan into two just to occupy the only two labyrinths and attract powerful individuals to himself... What a cunning fellow."

As the manager of a maze-like underground tower, Sadler knew very well how attractive the maze was to adventurers who yearned for power. Thinking of what he had heard some time ago about the demons finding the princess, he couldn't help but envy the darling who was placed on the throne as soon as he woke up.

"Isn't it true that we shouldn't compare ourselves?... Never mind. I should think about how to gather Orichalcum-rank adventurers. The adventure groups confirmed to be coming now all have only one member above level 20, so they lack key combat power. Although I'm level 31, I can't be considered a key force..."

Dude, dunk, dunk.

"Lord William—"

"Come in."

The person knocking on the door was a subordinate whom Sadler trusted very much. If Sadler guessed correctly, this subordinate should have come to report to him about the recruitment of adventurers, which was what he wanted to hear most now.

The original sad expression was instantly put away, and a look of joy appeared on Sadler's face. He quickly turned around and walked quickly to his men.

"How's it going? Did you find any Orichalcum-grade ones?"

"Replying to Sir William, it is Mithril grade."

Sadler's face flashed with disappointment at his subordinate's words, but he then thought that the Mithril level was also an indispensable combat force, and immediately asked again.

"What kind of Mithril grade is it?"

"Well... I'm not sure. The team consists of eight people, four of whom look like nobles from other places. Only two have been confirmed to be Mithril-rank. The other two are a slave and an assistant bishop of the Enstanit Church. However, I've heard from some adventurers that those four nobles are also powerful enough not to be underestimated."

"Not to be underestimated? To what extent?"

There was no immediate response. The subordinate just lowered his head and remained silent, as if he was choosing his words.

Seeing this scene, Sadler had a general idea in his mind - it was roughly equivalent to a Platinum-level adventurer of about level ten. The adventurers in the underground tower were generally weak, so it was normal to regard the Platinum-level adventurer as a very strong combat force.

"I didn't expect there would be two Mithril-ranked adventurers. Where are they? I need to prepare."

"But sir, they seem to be having some trouble at the inn at the entrance to the underground tower. Would you like to settle that matter there first before visiting them?"

"Okay, I'll leave that to you. I'll go get some clothes for the trip. It's a little awkward to visit at night, but I can't be bothered with that right now."

"Yes."

Chapter 50 Future Plans in the Courtyard

*创世纪6187年3月16日 晚18:11分 赛莫拉比城

"Wow, I'm so happy. This must be the happiest moment of my life."

"I never thought I could walk outside like this, and there's such delicious food. Even if I die, it doesn't matter."

"Don't say such sad things!"

Reaching out and tapping the little ghost girl who was crying and gulping down liquid food, Ella focused her gaze on the center of the courtyard.

A bonfire was burning in the courtyard as night fell, and everyone was sitting around the fire with the ghost girls enjoying dinner - the reason for this was that the outer wall of the kitchen was damaged and needed to be repaired by a specialized craftsman before it could be used.

As for what Angelini said about the carriage in the afternoon, it was actually not a big deal. In short, the inn owner saw that their group had not returned from the underground tower for a long time, so he thought that their group had died, and wanted to take the opportunity to sell the carriage to get some ill-gotten gains. As a result, they were discovered by Angelini and the other two who rushed to the inn. With Iris's negotiation, Angelini not only got the carriage intact, but also obtained many precious ingredients from the owner.

Thinking of this, Ella put down the string of thigh meat in her hand and looked up at Iris.

"How did Iris get all this food?"

The large pile of vegetables and meats now displayed in the courtyard were all provided by the innkeeper. Although they were somewhat stained with miasma and needed to be purified one by one using the "Dispel" magic, if one wanted to buy them with gold coins, it would cost at least three gold coins. He did not think the innkeeper would be so kind.

Iris wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and waved her hand casually.

"It's just a simple negotiation. If you use your noble status to put pressure on someone, wouldn't it be easy? Selling a noble's property without permission is a serious crime for commoners. Although they belong to different countries, their fear of the nobles will subconsciously lead to this situation."

"You were deliberately threatening me, weren't you?"