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

Although they encountered some monsters and adventurers on the way, those monsters were no threat to Iris at all. After dealing with them easily, the two of them came to the extremely busy main road of the city together.

What surprised Ella was that Iris didn't seem to want to speak actively. She had a thoughtful expression on her face the whole time, making it impossible to talk to her. Ella could only look around and pass the time as usual.

Perhaps because the coronation ceremony was about to take place, there were many more carriages on the road than before, and there were countless people who looked like nobles. According to Camisia, all the nobles in the Demon Territory who could be named would come to the Branch of Disaster in the near future. At the same time, there would be some adjustments to the policies in the territory and the titles of the nobles. It felt like a large machine was slowly running.

"Is it a good thing that the statue doesn't look like me?... It would be terrible if I were recognized now."

While curling up her hair, Ella looked at both sides of the street. The vendors who originally sold food ingredients have switched to selling special products of the Branch of Disaster, which is a very business-minded move.

Of course, there is a store called a tea shop here. I went in once out of curiosity. At first, I thought it was something similar to the tea ceremony in my previous life, but I didn't expect that it only sold one kind of tea. Not only that, the method of brewing tea there is exactly what I taught Camisia when I was in the Holy Academy. As Camisia said, this method of brewing tea has become a trend in the Demon Territory.

Moreover, most of the people gathered in the store were demons - or more accurately, fanatical followers of the Demon King, who enjoyed exchanging information with each other every day.

"Having an angelic halo on his head and breathing fire from his mouth is fine, but crushing the Seal of Original Sin with one hand is nothing compared to that. Have I ever done anything so horrible? And claiming the princess of the God-man tribe as my own is just another story. That's going to get me into trouble!"

"what!"

Because she was completely focused on how to curb this development, Ella unknowingly walked to the center of the main road, and as a result, she almost collided with an oncoming horse - fortunately, Iris pulled her back in time.

The driver holding the reins showed an angry expression.

"Hey, walk carefully."

"……Feel sorry."

After all, she had accidentally walked into the middle of the road. Ella apologized softly. Perhaps because the nobles in the carriage were in a hurry, the coachman did not continue to embarrass Ella, but drove the carriage forward.

Watching the carriage go away, Iris sighed helplessly.

"But I was almost hit by a horse while I was distracted. Ella-chan is really worrying."

Looking away, Ella said unsurely.

"I was thinking of something else."

"Then what? Aira-chan, aren't you going to deal with that coachman? With Aira-chan's current power, she can even punish the nobles on the carriage. That person can already be considered an assassination, right?"

"It can't be called an assassination, after all... and it was me who took the initiative to walk up to the carriage."

Elise curled her lips in boredom.

"Yes, yes, I knew Ella-chan would say that. If the same situation happened in other countries, they would definitely be punished immediately - no, the kings of other countries would never go out on the streets without guards like Ella-chan did. Ella-chan is the weird one."

"But isn't that also the case with Iris?"

"Don't look at me like this now. I have many guards in my territory. The harmony among the Gods isn't as harmonious as that among the Demons. Even assassination attempts are possible. Speaking of which, the reason the Gods' royal family inherits the throne with the Eye of Freya is probably to prevent assassination attempts."

Although she had a joking expression on her face, Iris's green eyes revealed a feeling of helplessness.

Perhaps he was troubled by his royal identity. Although Ella couldn't fully understand it, she could understand it to some extent.

Continuing would make the topic become heavy, so Ella went back to what Iris originally wanted to say to her in the maze, and looked up at Iris.

"Iris wanted to tell me something before? She said it was a secret or something."

Elise raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Hmm? This? It's not a big deal. The envoys from the Godman tribe will be arriving in the Demon tribe territory today, so I hope Ella-chan can cooperate with me."

"Cooperate?"

"To be honest, even though we haven't communicated beforehand, I can probably guess who will be coming. They'll definitely be the conservatives in the parliament. They might even ask me to take this opportunity to return to the Divine Human Tribe and take over the throne."

Iris waved her hand, looking quite disgusted.

"Isn't it a good thing to inherit the throne? Iris will definitely become a wise queen."

"Don't you, Aira-chan, want to become a demon king?"

"Iris and I are different. She's a gifted person."

"Really? I think Aira-chan is more suitable. Well, the key issue isn't this, but another additional convention."

"Routine?"

"Well, if a member of the royal family of the God-man tribe doesn't have anyone who can reproduce when they take over the throne, the council will assign them a partner. That's too annoying, so no."

Although Iris's expression now looked very casual - she was just looking ahead and walking normally - Ella always felt that something was different from usual, as if she was suppressing some negative emotions.

"Hasn't Elise found someone like that?"

"Of course."

Contrary to what she had imagined, Yili gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

Ella asked subconsciously, not expecting that there would be someone in this world that Iris would fall in love with.

"Eh...who is it?"

"It's Ella-chan."

"what……"

Looking at the serious look in Iris's eyes, Ella thought for a moment that Iris was telling the truth, but she came to her senses after a moment.

"Just keep jokes to normal times."

"I'm being sincere, okay? Aira-chan is adorable in every way. Her skin is soft and supple, her golden hair has a reassuring sweetness, and she never gets angry even when teased. And sometimes she does things that are obviously stupid but really make people happy. There's definitely no one else like her in the world."

"...If Iris were a man, she would definitely seduce all the women in the world."

To be honest, even I felt a little moved, well, just a little.

Seeing Ella's reaction, Iris paused for a moment and then sighed imperceptibly.

"Who knows?"

"What did Iris mention earlier about coordination?"

"Ah, Aila-chan, do you really want to know? Even if it might cause trouble?"

"For the sake of Iris's praise just now, I'll just listen reluctantly."

Ella made up an excuse and looked away with a red face.

After putting her hand on her chin and thinking for a while, Iris slowly spoke.

"Well then... I hope Ella-chan can help me spread the rumor."

"Rumors?"

"Don't you know, Aira-chan? I only like cute girls like you."

"Hmm... Putting aside other things, wouldn't it be very troublesome if the messenger found out?"

Since the gods and humans are willing to force partners to have offspring for the sake of the royal family, it means that they attach great importance to the continuation of bloodline. As a woman, Iris likes women, and even in the magical world, the purpose of reproduction cannot be achieved. It is normal that this has caused protests from conservatives.

In response to Ella's question, Iris just snorted softly.

"They've known about this for a long time, but nothing out of the ordinary has happened so far, so they haven't asked me for anything. And I haven't finished what I said just now. The specific rumor I want is news like 'The princess of the God-man tribe has fallen in love with the Demon King.'"

"ha……?"

"While it wouldn't be a problem if it were Lotte or someone else, they don't have the power that Ella has. As the head of the demon clan, Ella-chan is well-known to the conservatives. If Ella-chan still finds it unbelievable, I can use another example. If I had asked Ella-chan to cooperate with me instead of her, and instead asked that girl named Ntalosviel who can wield tenth-tier magic, then faced with the choice between the continuation of the royal family and the extinction of the entire race, even the conservatives wouldn't dare to raise a voice of opposition. The end result might be that the God-Humans would completely break away from the royal family and become a completely new system, and I would be free."

Unlike the Demon King who has an absolute blood attraction to the demons, the royal family of the God-man clan only has pure silver hair and is much more talented in magic than ordinary God-man clan. Not only that, the long-standing parliamentary system of the God-man clan has allowed the people to be able to live even if they are separated from the royal command. The royal family is gradually losing real power, which is why Iris cannot fight against the parliament on her own.

Of course, what Iris didn't say was that things might not develop into such a bad situation. If she could find a way for same-sex reproduction in the future, everything would be fine. Not only that, the voices supporting the royal family would reach a historical peak.

"There's nothing wrong with what I said, but wouldn't it be a shame for Iris to lose her royal status?"

Cooperating with Iris would certainly cause many rumors about herself, but those were only rumors. Iris would definitely not turn the superficial cooperation into a real thing, so if this was all that was needed to free Iris from the shackles that would affect her life, then a little trouble would not be a big deal. After all, it was just becoming closer in front of the messenger of the Gods and Humans, and there was nothing else out of the ordinary.

"You can still live without the status of a princess, right? After all, I've always found the identity of a princess of the God-man race troublesome. If I had to choose between all the royal families, I'd rather be a Demon King like Ella-chan is now."

If she said to Iris here, "Okay, let's govern the country together," she would probably start the route of conquering Iris and turning the demons into the most powerful nation on the continent. Ella couldn't help but laugh at the strange idea that suddenly popped up in her mind. If it were in a bishoujo game, there would definitely be a choice here.

But I didn't have such an idea, and first of all, it was too narcissistic to take Iris's joke as the truth.

"Is that so...? What should I do specifically?"

"Actually... things like this are supposed to be improvisations, right? Aira-chan, just cooperate temporarily."

"But that's too difficult for me!"

"Well, if you work hard, you can achieve it. Just avoid showing up in front of the messenger. It'll probably only happen once or twice."

Iris patted Ella's shoulder gently, but this did not make Ella feel at ease at all.

“What if something goes wrong?”

"Don't worry, I'll fix the mistake."

Iris gave Ella a rare smile that showed no other thoughts and continued to walk forward.

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This is a hall with a high dome, a long walkway, and a luxurious red carpet. Whether it is the stone pillars on both sides or the mirror-like floor, you can see its uniqueness - this is a hall used to meet people of noble status. Unlike the small audience hall that Ella has been to before, this place is more solemn and pays attention to details. Both the sense of openness and sacredness are similar to the huge palace "Throne Hall" used for court meetings. In other words, this is something for others to see.

After changing into the extremely troublesome fluffy long skirt with the help of several maids, Ella walked with unfamiliar steps from the side hall to the platform of the audience hall. Below the platform were two rows of knights in full body armor on the left and right, and two warriors in light armor were kneeling on one knee on the only red carpet. Because they came here for only one purpose, Ella easily recognized their identities.

The female one was Linglan, the leader of the Demon King's Guard from the Western Demon Territory, while the male one was Grace, a human swordsman whom he had chosen.

The maid who was responsible for holding up the hem of her long skirt stopped, and Ella turned around with their movements. After Ella was completely facing the two people who were kneeling on one knee, the civil servant next to her slowly spoke.

"Leader of the Western Demon Lord's Guards, Lingran, and former Earl Gaparis's Household Guards, Grace, greet the Demon Lord."

Since she had been told in advance that this was part of the ritual, Ella was not too surprised. Of course, a strong feeling of discomfort was still unavoidable. If possible, she would prefer it to be over with just a few words of explanation. However, the civil servants said that this would be more ceremonial and allow the guards to feel the mission on their shoulders, so it had to be done this way.

「If it weren’t for the words “They’d be happy too”, I wouldn’t want to do this……」

Thoughts aside, Ella quickly brought her attention back to reality.

"Are you the future guards?"

There was no answer, but this was understandable. According to etiquette, if I didn't say "lift your heads", they could neither lift their heads nor answer me.

"Look up, thank you for asking you to come here."

"It is our honor to be chosen by you, the Demon King."

Even though she was kneeling on one knee, Ella could still see Linglan's excitement from her trembling armor. She must be someone who believed in herself very much. Ella couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

[Luckily, we don't have to make them perform the knight's salute, otherwise I feel like there would be trouble.]

The chivalric etiquette here refers to a kind of etiquette similar to kissing the back of the hand. In this world, knights and the people they protect need to perform the hand-kissing etiquette when concluding a contract. However, because the status of the Demon King is too noble, this is not allowed. Ella has just passed the stage of princess, so there is no need to go through so much trouble.

"But then again, is it really okay to finish as planned? Just meeting and then walking away seems a bit excessive... Well, the civil servant said it's okay, so it's okay, right?"

Swallowing her saliva without leaving a trace, Ella pretended to be a queen and spoke in a majestic tone.

"I have some things to deal with next. I'll tell you the details later."

Chapter 31 The Beginning of the Guarding Work

Ella covered her forehead with her hands as she walked out of the palace. The strong sunlight made her feel like she didn't want to step outside.

「But I’m glad I wasn’t surprised...」

At first, he was worried that Linglan and Grace would be surprised because the conversation was too brief, but now it seems that the two of them don't seem to have any special opinions. The evidence is that they are following behind him, and not only that, even their clothes are very ordinary everyday wear.

Iris should be facing the messenger from the Divine Human Clan right now. Hopefully, nothing unexpected will happen. Hopefully, he'll be easy to talk to.

While thinking about this, Ella noticed some strange noises coming from behind her. She turned around subconsciously and saw Linglan with his whole body tense and tightly gripping the sword at his waist.

Is it because the escort job makes her too nervous?

You can see that Linglan's black hair on her forehead is wet with sweat.

I feel like if I just say 'don't be too nervous', it'll just make things more tense. I'd better talk about something else. But compared to Linglan, Grace doesn't seem nervous at all. She looks like a normal guard. Are they really from different races? Well, this makes things easier.

After considering her words for a moment, Ella stopped and walked out of the shadow of the palace.

"I want to talk to you about my future work."

“Yes, yes!”

"Hoo—First of all, I hope you can protect me as if I were an ordinary noble."

“How can this be! You—”

Before Lingran finished speaking, Ella turned around and placed her palm towards Lingran, signaling him to be quiet for a while.