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

Mitis bit the quill with her vampire fangs, frowned and fell into deep thought. She vaguely remembered that she wanted to write about something emotional, but she couldn't remember what it was specifically. She felt as confused as looking for a needle in a haystack.

"I must be trying to write something...but what exactly?"

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see the lights of Carlo Town swaying in the darkness in the distance, and the snoring of the soldiers could be heard in her ears. After thinking for a long time, Mitis decided to give up as she really couldn't remember anything. She closed the diary and threw it into the storage space along with the quill pen.

"It's something I'll always remember, and it's definitely not something important enough to write down."

After saying this rather casual remark, Mitis stood up, brushed off the dust on her skirt, and glanced at the tent where Ella was behind her.

"Let's go to Carlo Town tomorrow. Perhaps it's the environment that's preventing us from going any further. If we keep standing still, we won't be able to continue our relationship. Yeah, even though it's just a game, we have to take it seriously."

After making this decision, Mitis walked back to the tent with brisk steps.

Chapter 34 Methods of Hiding Smell

*创世纪6187年6月28日 上午8:10分 卡洛镇郊外

Ella, who had finished breakfast, walked out of the tent and stretched. Because she followed the army and it was summer, she couldn't sleep in the morning, so she had been getting up very early recently. Although she was not used to it at first, she now has no resistance to getting up early.

"Ah~ah~, then, what should we do today?"

Because the daytime activity time has become longer, Ella has also encountered a problem that bothers her a lot - that is the lack of entertainment activities. If she were on Earth, she would only need some simple electronic devices to solve her boredom, but this world really lacks props to kill time. Therefore, the time that she usually feels is not enough seems to be more than enough here.

"Before, you could still look for spices around here, but now they've been explored almost completely..."

The reason why she was looking for spices was the clue Ella had recently thought of. Although she could change her racial characteristics and overall appearance by switching characters, the smell was very difficult to deal with. Wrapping herself in wind magic could certainly work, but once she wanted to touch something, she had to remove the wind magic, otherwise she would not be able to get it in her hands. If she used magic to eliminate odors, the faint smell would soon be emitted again after use. Among the solutions she had tried so far, there was no other way except for the three magics of "complete concealment", "ghostification" and "concealment".

Needless to say, the above three options also have various problems. First of all, "complete concealment" cannot touch any objects, and even magic and words cannot be conveyed to others. Secondly, "ghostification" can only be used when Eve is around. Finally, "concealment" itself is not a very advanced skill, so there is a possibility of being observed by high-level detection magic, especially in front of a creature like a dragon that is powerful and has an excellent sense of smell. If it is recognized, all the preparations made for Entalosfiel before will be meaningless, and there will be many unpredictable troubles along with it.

Although she had asked Camisia if she could observe herself after using "Invisibility", and the answer was no, Camisia added that she was not good at detection magic, so Ella did not dare to jump to conclusions. In the end, she could only focus on special spices, trying to find a prop that could completely cover up her own scent at the critical moment.

"Even though 'Devil's Wail' will definitely work, I'll be in danger before I can even confuse others..."

"Devil's Wail" is a seasoning with a spiciness far beyond the biological limit. Generally speaking, it is only used as a prop to drive away monsters and is rarely used in home cooking. This kind of thing that can make people lose their sense of smell and cry continuously just by inhaling a little bit, when used in spices, no one would question it even if it was called a suicide prop.

Ella couldn't help but find it a little funny. While avoiding the scorching sun in the morning, she thought about what to do next.

"I remember Priestera said they saw a plant nearby that could mask odors... but I can't find it. Could it be further away? It would be great if I could know the species name."

Without species names, using "terrain search" to screen for plants is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Not only do you have to add countless shielding items, but even if the above conditions are met, there will still be more unknown species than known plants. This can be seen from just the exploration in the past few days. Our team has named at least one hundred plants.

Thinking of the headache she had when naming, Ella couldn't help but look bitter and decided not to recall it.

"Forget it, let's just take a stroll."

"Ah, little Ella!"

Just as she was about to move forward, Angelica, who had just returned from outside, called Ella. With Angelica was Nanako, Mitis's adjutant.

"Did Angelina compete with Nanako again?"

Nanako, who was standing next to Angelica, answered the question.

"Not with me, but with Mitis-sama today. At first, I was able to hold off Angeline-sama for a while with the techniques Mitis-sama taught me, but now there's no way."

"Nanako-chan, you're too modest."

Angelini smiled embarrassedly. Over the past few days, thanks to her almost undefeated record in one-on-one fights, Angelini gained great popularity in the army. It was to the point that any soldier who saw her would greet her with a smile.

"And today's battle with Mitsis-chan, I had absolutely no chance of winning. The power of a pure-blooded vampire is truly excessive. My hands are numb now."

As she spoke, An Jieni rubbed her shoulders.

"Mitis-sama... that last strike was so different from your usual power."

When she said this, a look of worry appeared on Nanako's face.

Ella pressed on, not missing this point.

"The final blow?"

"Well, Mitis-sama doesn't normally use that level of force during training. Even if the target is the powerful Miss Angeline, she will definitely hold back. If that attack wasn't aimed at Miss Angeline, I or someone else would probably be injured... Mitis-sama is acting strange today."

"Hmm, Nanako, do you have any clues?"

"No, Master Mitis has been quite absent-minded these past few days. Even when he sits, he always looks like he's thinking about something."

Nanako's rabbit ears drooped, and she looked quite worried.

"Does Lady Ella know anything?"

"have no idea……"

It's better to say that there was nothing unusual than not knowing. Among the people who went out with me to name plants these days, besides Ruthie and Shen Gan, the only one left was Mitis. But I can be sure that Mitis has never been distracted.

"...Is that so? If Ella-sama knows anything, please tell me."

"Yeah, I understand."

Ella nodded. Apart from what Mitis said about not telling Nanako about the Lover's Game for the time being, Ella didn't hide anything else from Nanako. But from Ella's personal point of view, there might be no problem in telling Nanako. Although there were some differences in their feelings, when she told her friends about the Lover's Game, she didn't encounter any waves at all. If she had to say something, it was just that Angelina sighed and said an ambiguous "one more".

"Then I'll leave it to you, Master Ella."

"Of course I should. Oh, by the way, where is Mitis?"

Rather than slowly observing as Nanako suggested, it would be more direct to ask what exactly happened.

"Is Ella going to ask Mitis to name plants again? Is she a demon..."

Angelini looked apprehensive. Naming a plant was a mental drain. Would it sound bad? Would the name accurately convey its function and appearance? Would people laugh at it? It was all very cumbersome.

"How could we possibly go so early? And even if we were to name it, we'd already explored the area thoroughly."

“Ah, is that so…”

"Lady Ella, Lady Mitis should return to their tents."

"Yes, thank you, Nanako."

Ella smiled and nodded at Nanako, then waved at the two of them.

"Then I'll be leaving first."

Chapter 35: The Beginning of a Date and a Prank

Standing in front of Mitis's tent, Ella stretched out her hand, ready to symbolically knock on the curtain to tell Mitis that she was ready to go in, but her hand stopped halfway. Mitis had emphasized several times before that there was no need to pay so much attention to details and was angry about it - although it only seemed so - thinking of this, Ella changed from knocking to pushing, pulled open the curtain and walked into the tent.

The view reflected the image of Mitis wearing only black underwear - the vampire's smooth and white skin had a fatal temptation.

And then—Ella came to her senses.

"ah--!!!"

He immediately covered his face with his hands and prepared to turn around and walk out of the tent.

"what?"

Then Ella shouted, and Mitis's tone was full of confusion.

"What happened to Ella?"

When Ella didn't answer, Mitis threw the luxurious long dress in her hand onto the table and changed back into the corseted mini dress she usually wore.

Normally, it would be very troublesome to put on clothes if you have wings on your back, but Mitis had obviously adapted to the process, and the time it took to change clothes was less than three minutes. Then she walked behind Ella, patted her, and Ella, who was about to leave but felt it was inappropriate, stood at the door.

"What's wrong? Is there anything surprising?"

"You... you, you, Mitis has been changing clothes in the tent this whole time!?"

The burning sensation on her face gradually faded away, and Ella turned around and checked through her fingers to see if Mitis had put on her clothes.

"What's the problem?"

As if she was talking about something very normal, there was an unquestionable meaning in Mitis's casual tone.

"That's a big problem!"

"...This is the first time I've met someone who screamed in surprise after discovering I was changing clothes. If it were a man, it would be fine—no, it would be strange if it were a man. Didn't Ella and I have a candid conversation in the hot springs?"

Leaving Ella where she was, Mitis walked back to the table. Although the entire tent was not as big as Ella's and her group's tent, it looked very empty because there was a lack of decoration inside and Mitis was the only one living there.

Ella put down her hand, but it was obvious that she had not yet recovered from what had just happened.

"...That's true, but this is this, that is that... After all, as a woman, changing clothes in a tent where outsiders can come and go freely is the weirdest thing!!"

"Ah, that's what I'm talking about. Except for Nanako, the soldiers always report in advance and only come in with my permission. Since no one has ever crossed the line, I've taken changing in the tent for granted. But then again, Ella actually yelled when she came in. I'm afraid the people outside might think I did something to you. How childish!"

Mithis joked, looking very happy.

Not wanting to continue on this topic, Ella looked at the luxurious long dress that Mitis had thrown on the table. It was a dress with red as the main color, with a large black ribbon and the same color fabric mixed together. It was paired with the long black gloves that Mitis had not yet taken off. In short, it was a formal dress that would only be worn when attending important occasions.

"Um—where is Mitis going?"

"Hmm? Ella, are you talking about... this?"

Mitis's body visibly stiffened for a moment.

"Um."

Ella nodded.

“Ugh… this…”

Her eyes wandered around the tent, looking hesitant, like a girl confessing her love for the first time.

"Uh-huh……"

"As expected, Mitis looks strange."

Recalling what Nanako had just said, Ella opened the "Low-level Appraisal" and began to check if Mitis had encountered anything bad.

"Eh? Weird? Uh no, nothing strange, just some difficulties..."

"difficulty?"

Ella raised her head. Nothing strange showed up on the "low-level appraisal" screen, so physical problems could be largely ruled out.

The wandering gaze gradually stabilized, as if she had made some kind of decision. Mitis sat down on the wooden chair behind the table with great momentum, then pointed to the front of the table and motioned Ella to sit down facing her.

Although she was a little confused, Ella still followed Mitis's instructions and sat down in her seat.

"Is there something on Mitis's mind?"

Considering that Mitis often talked to her about love, and that Mitis looked hesitant and had an embarrassed blush on her face, Ella couldn't help but ask.

"Did you meet someone you like?"

"ha?"

It was a purely subconscious cry. Mitis looked at Ella, but when she found that Ella was looking at her, she immediately looked away.

"No, it's not that."

"what is that?"

"It's just... I'm picking out clothes that will be suitable for going to Carlo Town..."

"..."

Ella didn't understand what Mitis meant for a moment, but Mitis hadn't finished speaking yet, so the conversation continued.

"I've never paid attention to this before... I only have clothes for battle and formal wear for the Imperial banquet, so... so..."

Perhaps it was her pride as a woman that was at work, but Mitis rested her hands on her knees, looking quite embarrassed.

"What? So that's what you're talking about. If we're going to Carlo Town, why not just wear your normal clothes? Mitis is beautiful the way she is now, and it feels a bit strange that you're suddenly talking about changing clothes."

There was no need to look at her, Ella's tone was very certain.

It is not a lie that Mitis is beautiful. It would be correct to say that she is a beautiful girl who walked out of a painting. If there were idols in this world, they would have been contacted by agencies from the moment they were born.

Mitis added with an unnatural look on her face.

"So, this trip is completely different from the usual ones. This is a... a date..."

"Dating?"

Ella blinked in confusion. It had just been confirmed that Mitis didn't have anyone she liked, so the date she was talking about now would not be anyone other than herself. Thinking of this, Ella couldn't help but feel embarrassed and became nervous all of a sudden.

"H-I see... As for me, it doesn't matter what Mitis wears... Why did Mitis suddenly want to go on a date?"