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

"If I just go there, won't it cause trouble..."

"...Of course, if you don't want to cause any trouble, please put on your cloak and spices."

"Ah, I see."

Shen Gan's reminder made Ella look as if she suddenly understood something. She took out a black cloak and ordinary spices from the storage, and then put them on with Lotte's help.

"I have a feeling... that if I walk down the street like this, people will look at me strangely..."

Since this is a hooded cloak used to protect against the rain, wearing it on a sunny day would probably make anyone look back at you as if you were a criminal—and it might even attract the attention of the guards.

"Rather than causing a commotion, Aira-chan, please be patient and wait until we reach the throne room."

"Iris, you just want to see me make a fool of myself, right?!"

"Really? I don't have that idea at all."

Lifting her long, silky silver hair casually, Iris turned around inconspicuously, with an undeniable sincerity in her tone - but considering that Iris would never use this tone normally, she must be pretending, Ella judged so.

"Little Ella, hurry up."

Angelica, who had rushed to the front at some point, waved to Ella and her group.

Seeing this scene, Ella could only put on her hood again and sighed helplessly.

"Yes, I hope we won't run into any trouble."

Chapter 3: Lolita Girl Elelaya's Caravan

With Camisia leading the way, the group quickly walked from the deserted city wall into the city.

Perhaps due to its location on the city's main thoroughfare, the neatly paved street, paved with blue stone bricks, was wide enough for ten people to walk side by side. The architectural style differed from the typical two-story stone city buildings. Besides brick and tile residential buildings, there were also single-story commercial buildings constructed of wood.

Looking around, you can see the throne room in the center of your field of vision and several clock towers in the corners of the city. Combined with the exaggerated patterns carved on many buildings that seem quite old-fashioned, it feels like medieval Europe in the movies. Of course, compared to the dirty and gloomy environment on Earth, it is much brighter here.

It must also be said that due to the ingenious ideas of the city designers, people standing on the main road can look along the street to the sea at the end of the road. If someone looks down from above, they can find that the overall layout of the city of Mistin is very neat, and many streets lead directly to the beach.

As for the people walking on the street, most of them had smiling faces. There were almost no children wearing only tunics or slaves with sad faces. Although many people had patches of various sizes on their clothes, at least there were no people who were only wrapped in cloth and had no shoes.

The streets are lined with open-air shops, and the sounds of hawking and bargaining are endless. From time to time, you can see teams of lightly armored guards passing by. The whole city is full of vitality. This is probably what it means when people have hope for the future.

Angelique, who was wearing a blue and white dress as usual, kept looking around and seemed very excited. Her brown ponytails fluttered up and down with her jumping steps.

"Amazing! It feels like I'm back at the Holy Academy."

"Senior Angelini, haven't you noticed that the Holy Academy doesn't have this kind of positive atmosphere? Not only are slaves rare, but even sick people are rare."

"Sick? Can Fuka-chan tell they're sick?"

With her clear blue eyes wide open, Angelica looked at Shen Gan with admiration.

Perhaps he was not used to the look in Angelica's eyes that seemed to be praising him, so Shen Gan, who was walking at the back of the team, turned sideways and hid in Luti's shadow.

"...I just haven't seen anyone with a bad look on their face. If someone is sick, they'll be listless, right?"

"Oh~oh, I see. If you look closely, it's definitely different from the Sacred Academy."

"It seems the demons have banned the slave trade for a long time. Even we, the gods, haven't done that."

Glancing at the demons around her who kept looking back at her long silver hair, Iris sighed.

"And they don't even look at me with hostility just because of our race. Really, what on earth does Camisia instill in me?"

"No, I was only following the Demon Lord's orders. The ban on slavery was a law that existed even when the Demon Lord was still alive. Slave trading within the Demon Tribe's territory was a serious crime. Initially, even foreign slaves were not allowed to be brought in. It was only since the generation of Wisdom that communication with the outside world was reopened, allowing travelers to bring slaves into the territory, in order to allow the Demon Tribe to return to the stage of the continent."

Having said that, Camisia glanced softly at Lotte, who was following closely behind Ella in front of her in a maid outfit.

"Although others strongly opposed Wisdom's actions at the time, believing that they went against the Demon Lord's will, it now seems that this might be a good thing."

If slaves were prohibited from entering the Demon Territory, Ella would not have been able to bring Lotte to the Demon Territory in the first place. Camisia had a vague feeling that if she could not bring Lotte into the Demon Territory, Ella would definitely choose to give up the Demon Territory and stay in the Holy Academy.

Noticing the gaze behind her, Lotte turned around.

"Miss Camisia, do you have anything to say?"

"No, I just remembered something. Don't worry about it, head maid."

"Is that so... Ah, Miss Ella, look, that's your caravan."

"ha?"

Ella, wearing a hood, turned around and looked at Lotte.

"My caravan? What's that?"

"Um... If I remember correctly, didn't Miss Ella meet Marudo Marudo, the son of Viscount Marudo of the Bruzea Empire, when she was on Dragon Island?"

"ah…………"

After stopping and thinking for a while, a white light flashed in Ella's mind, and then her mouth expanded to the size that seemed to be able to swallow an egg in one bite.

"Wait, wait! The Marudo Lotte was talking about, is that Marudo?!"

I still have some memories of Marudo - mainly the fact that their first and last names are exactly the same, which I remember very clearly - when I was on Dragon Island, I once saved Marudo from a shipwreck at sea. After that, I helped Marudo eliminate pirates and funded merchant ships and gold coins so that Marudo could rebuild his caravan. The most impressive thing was the caravan flag that Marudo asked me to design - ">_<".

While repeatedly shouting "No!" in her heart, Ella slowly looked up in the direction Lotte pointed.

—On top of the building, a flag half the size of a wall fluttered in the wind. Embroidered with gold thread were patterns of ">_<" on the blue fabric.

In addition, Ella could also see a line of small words on it.

—The caravan of Demon Lord Elelaya.

Ella couldn't help but feel her vision darken, she covered her face and lowered her head deeply.

“What the hell just happened…?”

"After you, Princess, funded the reconstruction of Marudo's caravan, Marudo, the second son of the family and unable to inherit the family business, left the empire and established a caravan independent of the family. Many of the people in the caravan were slaves you rescued from pirates, so out of gratitude, they became the first human caravan to maintain contact with the demons."

"But then, with Ella-chan's name, they won't have to worry about not being able to sell their products."

Looking at the small words on the flag, Iris kept waving her hands as if to shoo away flies. She knew that the goods could be sold steadily without considering their quality. This would not be a good thing for the demons in the long run - humans were a race that would take advantage of anything that offered a bargain.

As if she understood Iris's thoughts, Camisia added as she walked.

"Regarding Elise's concern, the quality of each batch of goods is checked by different people, so there's no need to worry about inferior products being mixed in."

"But... Miss Camisia, if this continues for a long time... there might be some problems."

"Don't worry, head maid. We're only doing this to change the inherent image of the demons in human countries. When the time is right, we'll naturally come up with a new plan."

Without listening to the politically charged conversation, Ella's heart was completely filled with the emoticon she had casually drawn. Besides feeling ashamed, she was also thankful that she had only used an emoticon that no one else could recognize. If it had been a middle school name like "Spark of Blue Flame" or "Key of Destiny", she would probably have found a box to hide in.

Suddenly, she felt someone pulling her sleeve. Ella sobbed twice, adjusted her emotions, and slowly raised her head.

"Senior, Angelina has already gone to that store to get something to eat."

The place Shen Gan was talking about happened to be the shop with the flag of the Marudo caravan.

"Ahh... Fukagan."

The hand that was grabbing Ella's sleeve was held by both hands, and Shen Gan showed a troubled look for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"Just pretend you didn't see this and leave Angelina here?"

"But Angelina-senpai has already spent all her money on the way. If I leave it behind, the store staff will force me to do hard labor..."

Just as Ella was thinking about how to get Shen Gan to agree to leave Angelini behind, Iris's voice came from the side.

"Ayla-chan, why don't you go and take a look? A caravan bearing your name."

"Iris can go in my place."

"Hoho? Are you shy? Are you embarrassed? Yeah, yeah, I have to go."

As she spoke, Iris placed her hand on Ella's shoulder.

"If you try to escape, I'll expose Ella-chan's identity, you know? In a place like this with so many people, Ella-chan will definitely be very popular—"Long live the Demon King!" Like that?"

“Ugh…”

In this way, the princess of the God-man tribe found new evidence against the Demon Princess in the Demon tribe's territory.

Chapter 4: Surging Malice?

"Welcome."

As the group reached the door of the shop, a male attendant slowly bent down.

Perhaps because he noticed Iris's long pure silver hair, the male servant lowered his head even deeper.

"Excuse me, ladies, what may I do for you? We have rooms reserved for nobles. If you require accommodation—"

"That's not necessary, we're just taking a look."

Even though the conversation was interrupted by Iris, the young servant did not feel any dissatisfaction. He pushed open the wooden-framed glass door, which was very different from the surrounding shops, and extended his hand to make a gesture of invitation.

"Well, I hope you are all satisfied. Thank you very much. If you have any questions, please let me know."

"I'll call you if there's anything."

Iris handed a silver coin to the servant, waved her hand, and then led everyone into the door.

The layout of the entire store is no different from that of an ordinary hotel, with an ordinary area that can accommodate more than a dozen people dining at the same time, wooden floors, tables and chairs, and stairs leading to the rooms on the second floor. Although the lights hanging from the ceiling are not lit, you can still vaguely tell that they are magic props. Perhaps because it is past breakfast time, there are very few people dining in the store, with only two or three diners sitting in the corner.

If there is anything worth mentioning, it is that the overall environment inside the store is very clean. You can tell that this is a newly built shop. Not only that, there are bards hired by the store playing music. The sound of the shamisen and pipa makes Ella feel nostalgic.

After taking a quick look, Iris turned around and seemed to be in a good mood.

"It's quite different from human countries. Are all inns in the demon tribe like this?"

"Did you just give the guard some gold coins?"

"Ah, it's just the silver coins, or is Fuka-chan upset?"

"Nothing, I'm just surprised by someone's deep-seated bribery."

"Oh wow, this is the basics of the basics."

While Iris covered her mouth and chuckled, she came to the counter of the store. A female clerk who looked obviously new was looking at everyone nervously.

"Please, are you staying at the hotel, or...?"

In order to ease the clerk's tension, Ruthie stepped forward to help.

"Any dishes you'd like to recommend?"

"Ingredients, dishes...ah! Miss, please look at this!"

"Hmm? Surprisingly formal."

Taking the simple menu made of durable paper handed to her by the waiter, Iris leaned on the wooden counter with one hand and began to read the few dishes on it.

"Remember that Aira-chan likes things that are slightly sweet and spicy, right?"

"I've already eaten. Just order what you like, Elise."

Because Iris heard Angelina say that she wanted to save her stomach for the demon clan, she didn't eat much breakfast out of curiosity.

"In that case, let's order some simple dishes—yeah, and some sweet drinks. I don't need any sugar in mine."

"Okay, okay! I'll send it right away, Iris-sama!"

"Um?"

The excited voice of the shopgirl made Elise raise an eyebrow.

It's not surprising that she could tell that she was a princess of the God-man clan. Only the royal family of the God-man clan had long pure silver hair. As for her name, it can be known from the conversation with Ella just now that the reason Iris was interested in it was entirely because of the other party's excitement. This is the territory of the demon clan, and it would naturally be strange to be addressed as "Your Highness" by a demon she doesn't know.

"You're a demon, right? Won't your companions shun you for calling me 'Your Highness'?"

Being stared at by someone who was much prettier than herself, the female clerk lowered her head in embarrassment.

"No... that's not the case. My father is a member of the God-man race... If I exclude him, everyone around me is a nice person and won't mind that I'm a half-blood..."

"yes."

Iris looked away with some sympathy. Intermarriage between the gods and demons was a very rare thing. The magic power of the gods was naturally gentle, while the magic power of the demons was extremely destructive. Under the conflict between the two, the offspring born were often unable to achieve great success in magic, and even their quality as warriors was worse than that of ordinary people. Not only that, due to historical issues, it was difficult for mixed-bloods to be accepted by people of both races. If they did not want to live in a mountain village far away from the world, they would eventually have no choice but to live a life of being bullied.