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

"Noble, they have all been bullied by the nobles to some extent, so they are afraid of you..."

Zain lowered his head guiltily as he explained, then waved anxiously at the children.

"This noble sir is someone you can trust. There's no need to be so afraid."

"Don't be fooled by them, Zain! I ended up like this because I trusted the nobles!"

Lisa, who was shielding all the children behind her like a hen protecting her chicks, shouted to Zayn.

"What's it like now? Are you talking about the eyes?"

Ella looked at Zain. Lisa, who was speaking, had one eye covered by a dirty piece of cloth, and it looked like she was blind no matter how she looked at it.

Zain lowered his head even further.

"Yes, noble sir. Lisa once followed the noble to the countryside, believing in his promise of food. He ended up throwing her into the mountains, and when she came out, she had lost an eye..."

"Tsk."

Ella clicked her tongue, even she felt a little angry.

"Is that noble a demon?"

"No...it's the human race."

"Is that so?"

Ella secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"In that case, I'll heal your eyes. Will you trust me then?"

"Don't try to fool me! Even the temple priest said no—"

Before the girl could continue, Ella pointed the tip of the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment at her.

"'Basic Healing Technique'."

In order to highlight her own abilities, Ella deliberately increased her magic output, as if to blind her own eyes, and the golden light instantly filled the entire room.

After the light faded, Ella spoke with a relaxed look.

"Is this all right?"

But before Lisa could answer, the boy Zain walked up to Lisa.

"Lisa, this is too much! Not only did the noble come to our aid, he even paid our protection fee. How could you treat your benefactor like this?"

"But who knows if he's lying to us."

"T-This is the Demon King! How could he possibly deceive us?!"

At the same time, the dirty cloth covering Lisa's eyes slowly fell down, revealing her golden eyes that had been covered. Perhaps because of the newly grown flesh, the skin color around the two eyes looked a little different, but what was certain was that Lisa's eyes had regained their luster.

Her left eye was suddenly exposed to the air, and Lisa immediately lowered her head and covered it with her hand.

"Aiya! Help me pick up the cloth!"

"Wait, Lisa, your eyes?"

As if he had seen something incredible, Zain hurriedly held Lisa's hand that was covering his eyes.

The same scene was seen by other children.

"Lisa-san...are your eyes healed already?"

"It's not as empty as before."

"That must have been magic, right? It's the first time I've seen it, it's amazing..."

"Lisa-san is finally no longer sad about her eyes."

Hearing the voices of the children around her, Lisa stopped covering her eyes with the cloth and moved her hand away hesitantly, carefully, and little by little.

The beautiful golden eyes were gradually exposed, but because they were not used to the light, they closed again reflexively. However, Lisa obviously did not want to experience the feeling of blindness again, so she forced herself to open her eyes again and repeated the action of closing and opening them.

Perhaps it was because her eyes were sore from not adapting to the light, or perhaps it was for some other reason, but tears gradually seeped out of Lisa's eyes.

"I can see again... Zayn, Zayn, can you see? Are your eyes still there?"

As if to confirm whether the eye had really grown back, Lisa carefully touched the skin around her left eye with her fingers, her lips trembling with excitement.

Facing Lisa's action of grabbing his shoulders, Zain just nodded affirmatively.

"Yes, of course. I told you, the Demon King would never deceive us."

"Demon Lord? Are you saying she's that Demon Lord?"

As if struck by lightning, Lisa froze in place, then timidly shifted her gaze little by little, focusing on Ella behind Zain.

She briefly thought about the Demon King statue in the capital, and compared it to Ella in front of her, they were not the same person no matter how she looked at it.

"That's totally unlike..."

"Never mind that, just say thank you."

"No, I just want to get you out of here."

Ella looked away and waved. If Lisa really thanked her, she would definitely feel embarrassed. At the same time, Lotte also put the hand mirror in Lisa's hand. For those who are eager to confirm whether their eyes have recovered, this is definitely the most effective method.

“I actually managed to heal you… Thank you so much, Demon Lord! Whatever it is, please allow me to make amends for my previous disrespect!”

Lisa continued to bow deeply, tears of joy streaming down her face.

[So, I told you there's no need to thank me...]

Feeling a bit of a headache, Ella scratched her blonde hair in annoyance.

"Is this the Demon King?"

"Looks like she's the same age as Lisa-san."

"You don't seem like a demon king at all. You seem to be very easy to talk to?"

"And he cured Lisa-san's eyes."

"The Demon King must have black bread for every meal... How wonderful."

"Amiya, it's rude to say that in front of the Demon King!"

When they heard the word black bread, the children all looked at Ella with envy.

Feeling a little embarrassed by the sight, Ella took out some of the stored food from the warehouse - some dried meat and instant cakes, which she would use as a midnight snack.

Since there was no table in the room, Ella could only hand the food to the children one by one. However, strangely, most of the children just kept twitching their noses to taste the smell without putting it into their mouths.

"What is this? I've never seen anything like this before, and it smells so good."

"This has to be something better than black bread, right? I heard that children from wealthy families can eat something called cake. This must be it, right?"

"If I could fall asleep smelling this, I'd definitely dream of lots of cakes. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water!"

"You're already drooling!"

"Hey, El, why did you eat it? The Demon King hasn't said he'd give it to us yet. It would cost several silver coins to buy it!"

[So that's why you didn't do anything...]

Looking at the children holding the dried meat and desserts in their hands and constantly wiping their saliva, Ella couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"These are for you, eat them quickly."

"Such a precious thing is actually said to be given to us. No wonder the demons I met before admired the Demon King so much. I would like it too!"

"Thank you, Demon Lord!"

"Mmm! So sweet! They must have put a lot of sugar in it!"

"This, this is the taste of animal meat, right? It's completely different from the taste of rat!"

[A rat...huh...?]

Watching the children wolfing down the dried meat and desserts while sighing with tears in their eyes, Ella felt an indescribable emotion rising in her heart.

“Mmmmm!”

"Amiya, I told you not to eat so fast. Where's the water? Hurry and bring some water!"

It seemed like someone choked because he ate too fast. Seeing this, Lisa, who had been chewing slowly and happily beside him, immediately put down her dessert and ran to the door, scooping water with a tattered wooden ladle.

Ella quickly stopped him.

"Wait, is this for Amiya?"

"Yes, Demon Lord."

"Uh... let's use this, 'water'."

Unable to accept that this foul-smelling liquid, even mixed with dead insects, was water, Ella picked up the small bucket that had previously been used to store the "Tears of the Dark Elves" and summoned clean water.

"Wow, so clean, not bitter at all."

"What? I want to try it too!"

"Me too, me too!"

The children turned their attention back to the water in the bucket.

Lisa narrowed her eyes slightly as she watched the scene, then came to Ella and lowered her head embarrassedly.

"Thank you, Demon King. These children haven't had normal food in a long time."

"This is what I should do. Later, I would like to take you to live in the royal city for a while. I will set up a facility specifically for adopting these children. There will be someone responsible for their safety and daily food, and the living environment will be the same as that of an ordinary family. Is that okay?"

"Of course!"

If Lisa hadn't been concerned about her own status, she would probably have jumped for joy and hugged the people around her, Ella thought. If she were in Lisa's position, she would definitely do the same. The long-standing burden was taken away, and there was no need to worry about the future life. Anyone would feel liberated.

"Then Lisa and Zain, please wait here for a moment. Lotte and I will go get the guards. They will take care of the arrangements according to my instructions. I have some other things to do now, so I won't be able to visit you until tonight."

Although they showed a timid expression for a moment, Lisa and Zain nodded.

"No, no problem."

"Well, see you tonight then."

After leaving some food and clean water, Ella and Lotte left the room.

Before she knew it, it was already noon, and the scorching sun made Ella wipe the sweat from her forehead.

“I feel like I’ve done something remarkable.”

"It's not just a feeling, it's a feeling, right? Miss Ella should be happy."

With her purple twintails swaying, Lotte smiled and tilted her head as she walked beside Ella.

But Ella scratched her cheek worriedly.

"But the reason no one else did it was probably because it was difficult. Maintaining the orphanage for a long time would require a lot of manpower and financial resources. Making such a decision on your own..."

"But didn't Ms. Ella suggest increasing crop yields? If we can solve the food problem, we won't have to worry about many other areas."

"That's right..."

But he was not sure that the methods of the original world would work in this world. More importantly, in addition to food, there would be some problems in other aspects, such as workers' wages, the cost of building facilities, protection for children after they fell ill, and where to go after leaving the orphanage. These were all things that needed to be discussed.

[Well, let's show Camisia some of the unused items in the warehouse later. Gold coins and ores from the Demon God era... If we use all of them at once, it'll probably destroy the continent's mineral industry. It's better to use them bit by bit.]

Thinking about this, Ella stretched lazily while walking under the eaves. Completely different from the heavy mood she had when she came, Ella felt light and wanted to jump.

Chapter 22: The Story of Gold and Purple

*Genesis 6187 August 3rd 13:12 PM Disaster Branch East District

Perhaps because it was a seaside city, the Branch of Disaster was not as hot as imagined at noon. Of course, having said that, it was actually not hot enough for people to walk under the sun. Ella kept fanning herself with her hands, taking shelter from the eaves.

"Ahh, it's so hot, I wish I had ice cream."

After solving the children's problems, Ella and Luty returned to the East District. Fortunately, there were not many people on the street, so they avoided the trouble of squeezing in the crowd.

Hearing the new words, Lotte blinked.

"Ice cream? What's that?"

"Uh...it's a dish made with ice and sugar."