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

"Should...shouldn't it be okay?"

Ella didn't dare to look into Ruthie's eyes.

As for what happened later, when Ella learned that the buildings in the royal city needed to be repaired because of Camisia's misconduct, it was another matter.

Of course, thanks to this, there is a symbolic difference between the royal cities of the Eastern Demon Tribe and the Western Demon Tribe - there are many newly built doors in the palace of the Eastern Demon Tribe Royal City.

Chapter 44: The invitation and the subsequent twists and turns

With Camisia's departure, the morning's scheduled time for handling government affairs also came to an end. Although Ella originally wanted to take this opportunity to go to the natural maze to upgrade her level - Mitis, Angelini and others were in the maze, but the message from the soldiers made Ella change her itinerary.

"Your Majesty, Princess Farialuchi of the God-Human Tribe has asked me to tell you that she has something to tell you."

"Got it. Let's go down."

"Yes."

Watching the soldiers gradually disappear into the corridor, Ella put her thumb to her lips and fell into thought.

"Why are you calling me at this hour?"

"Perhaps it's related to the Divine Human Tribe's envoys? I heard from the maids earlier that Her Highness Elise seemed to have had an argument with the leader of the Divine Human Tribe's envoys."

Lotte's words immediately made Ella understand the reason.

"Ah, that's it. Iris told me before that the Divine Human envoys might take this opportunity to bring Iris back to the Floating Island, but why did they ask me to go..."

"Could it be something else? The envoys from various countries will hold a meeting in three days to discuss how to deal with Entarosfiel, so perhaps Her Highness Iris wanted to talk to you about this?"

Lotte tilted her head, and the hem of her maid outfit swayed.

Ella frowned and walked forward, making almost no sound in the red-carpeted corridor.

"It doesn't seem to be related to Entarosviel, is it? Iris still doesn't know Entarosviel's true identity. Well, I have nothing better to do anyway, so I might as well go there."

"Well then, Miss Ella, I'll go to the labyrinth to level up first."

"Eh? Lotte isn't going?"

Ella widened her eyes and turned to look at Lotte beside her, while Lotte smiled sheepishly.

"Well, if you don't work hard to level up, you'll become a drag on everyone. Miss Ella, will you leave the demon clan in the future?"

Although there wasn't much of a sound, the knights standing every three meters on both sides of the corridor visibly swayed.

Ella, who hadn't noticed this, hummed in annoyance.

"Hmm, that's true, but Lotte is so busy studying management knowledge and still has to fight monsters. It seems a bit tiring. Can't you leave it to the old head maid for a while? It won't be too late to study after the trip is over."

"If you slack off now, you'll only be more inclined to slack off later, okay? Besides, it's just this little bit of work, so it's not hard at all."

Although she said so, Ella could probably guess that Lotte had to work hard because of her status as a slave. Even if the demons would not say anything about the head maid being a slave, the nobles in other countries - especially the human countries - would use this as a topic of conversation to ridicule her. In order to avoid this situation, Lotte worked so hard.

"If only there were some way to make Lotte relax. Oh, right, let's ask Mitis later, right? If it's Mitis, the slave contract should be lifted, and then Lotte won't have to worry about her status anymore."

"Relieve, release?"

For some reason, a hint of hesitation appeared on Lotte's delicate, doll-like face.

Is it a surprise?

While still curious, Ella continued to answer Lotte.

"Well, Mitis told me before that if we find her—if we ask her for help, the slave contract can be lifted."

"Release... Is this what Miss Ella wanted?"

Lotte lowered her head and her voice became quieter.

Feeling that Lotte looked a little strange, Ella bent down slightly and tried to turn her head to look at Lotte's lowered eyes.

"Why does it sound like I'm abandoning Lotte... That's not the meaning, um, how should I put it? I just think Lotte might feel more relaxed after the slave contract is terminated. Well, if Lotte doesn't want to, then—"

Before Ella could finish, Lotte immediately looked up and spoke anxiously.

"Ms. Ella, I want to stay the way I am now!"

"Eh? Lotte doesn't want to cancel the slave contract?"

"Well, it's a bit strange to say this, but I really like the feeling right now."

"You like being a slave? But if you change your mind, remember to tell me anytime, okay?"

Ella scratched her head in confusion. Ruthie's words always reminded her of people with masochistic tendencies. Although she had suspected that Ruthie had such tendencies when she first went to the Holy Academy, she couldn't help but feel very strange when she experienced it firsthand again.

【It must be just my illusion, right? 】

"If I ever change my mind, I'll definitely tell Miss Ella, though I don't think that day will ever come."

"It's really unfair for Lotte to say that while smiling."

Not daring to look directly at Lotte, who was as dazzling as the sun, Ella turned her head and looked out the window in the corridor.

Seeing this, Lotte's smile grew even wider, and she bent her knees slightly to salute Ella.

"Well then, Miss Ella, I'll be heading to the labyrinth first."

Ella waved to Lotte, who seemed to be very happy. Her pale purple twintails bounced up and down as she walked.

"Yeah, well, I should go find Iris."

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Calling the guards Lingran and Grace who had been on standby in the royal city since early morning, Ella walked out of the royal city and came to the Noble Street.

The street paved with blue-gray stone bricks was extremely majestic. Not only was there enough width in the middle to accommodate six carriages running side by side, but there were also pedestrian walkways one foot above the ground on both sides of the road to separate carriages and pedestrians. This was the first time Ella had seen this in another world.

There are rows of stone buildings on both sides of the street. Occasionally, you can see a team of patrolling guards coming out of the alley. Perhaps because the coronation ceremony attracted many nobles from other places, there are many people dressed like wealthy businessmen on the street, and carriages are constantly coming and going. Since people living in the Noble Street either have aristocratic status or pay a lot of rent, in this atmosphere, there are almost no open-air vendors on the street. All of them are shops with elegant decorations, giving people a clean and orderly impression compared to ordinary streets.

Looking at the people passing by, Ella spoke to the two guards behind her.

"Are all the people living here nobles?"

"Yes, although anyone with noble status can live in Noble Street, there are still general distinctions between classes. The layout of the Eastern Demon Tribe is similar to that of the Western Demon Tribe. Nobles with higher ranks live closer to the Royal City, and their houses are more sparsely distributed."

Linglan, who was following closely behind Ella, answered.

Ella nodded thoughtfully and stretched herself.

"This is similar to 'F.Wing'."

Although players cannot become nobles in "F.Wing", this does not prevent the character of nobles from appearing in the game. Many official NPCs are nobles. The setting of the Noble Street is the same as the rule mentioned by Linglan just now. The higher the title, the closer the person lives to the royal city.

"Your Majesty, what is F.Wing?"

This time it was Grace who spoke.

"Don't worry about it, I was just talking to myself. Ah, here we are."

Following the guidance of the "Topography Search", Ella came to the location of Iris's light spot. It was a five-story house with a courtyard, far away from the main road of Noble Street. Although it was not large in area, it did not hinder its high-end atmosphere at all.

Seeing Ella standing in front of the door, the God-man soldier guarding the door immediately stepped forward to ask.

"Who are you?"

"I, Elelaya Nott Mistydin, have come here at the invitation of Iris Charle Farialuci."

"I-I'm sorry, it's the Demon King."

He immediately stood up straight and lowered his head. The soldiers of the Divine Man tribe opened the iron gate and let Ella and her group into the front yard.

The road from the iron gate to the house is a winding path paved with cobblestones. Aromatic low plants in purple and green tones are planted on both sides of the path. Judging from the staggered shape, a special gardener must have been arranged to be responsible for pruning the plants, which is a very romantic layout.

"Is Iris in the backyard?... I should go visit the head of the envoys in the room first, but let's go to Iris first."

"Your Majesty, I believe the head of the delegation should have gone out to greet them. It's truly disrespectful of the other party's guards to not proactively report this to their superiors. This is truly disrespectful of you!"

Linglan clasped her hands together and suggested to Ella, her tone very excited.

Ella hummed slightly in annoyance.

"Well, maybe the customs of the God-man tribe are different from ours. I don't mind that."

Rather, that would only cause more trouble. In order to prevent Linglan from acting drastically in front of Iris, Ella turned around and waved to Linglan and Grace.

"You guys stay here. I'll go find Iris on the other side."

""yes.""

Coming to the backyard where Iris was from the many forked paths, Ella saw Iris with silver hair sitting alone on a white chair.

I have to say, if you only look at her back, Iris actually has the temperament of a young lady - if she could control her bad temper of playing tricks on others, she would definitely be within her defense range. Of course, the defense range here refers to the past, and it has no meaning to her now.

Since there was no one else around, Ella walked straight towards Iris without caring about etiquette as usual.

"I thought Iris had run into some difficult problem, but now it seems she's quite relaxed."

"Hoho, is Ella-chan here?"

Without directly responding to Ella's teasing, Iris pointed to the seat next to her.

"Ella-chan, please sit here."

Although he originally wanted to sit opposite Iris, since Iris had invited him to sit next to her, he had no reason to refuse.

"Iris asked me to come over. What's going on?"

Ella casually picked up the teacup that Iris placed in front of her.

"Can't I just ask Ella-chan to come over at any other time?"

"I don't think Iris would make such a meaningless joke."

If it was a prank, Iris would definitely find an easier way to please her.

"Ah, Ella-chan already looks like a demon king."

With an unfathomable smile on her face, Iris brushed her long silver hair behind her. Perhaps because she was in her own house, Iris was not wearing a magic robe or a dress, which was rare for her. Instead, she wore a simple white long skirt, giving people a very fresh feeling.

"He's just an incompetent demon king. Did Iris call me here to talk about the diplomatic mission? I heard that you had an argument with the leader of the diplomatic mission a while ago. Is that okay?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Ella felt that she had talked to the wrong person. These words might be useful to other people, but Iris was probably the type who would not tell others even if she had difficulties.

Maybe Elise has many difficulties.

Ella couldn't help but feel a little ashamed for not knowing the other person's difficulties even though he was a partner she trusted very much. She subconsciously lowered her head and focused her gaze on the teacup in her hand.

Noticing Ella's psychological changes, Iris first showed a strange expression for a moment, and then it turned into a half-smile, as if she was smiling, and she reached out and patted Ella's head.

"What's wrong? With that expression, are you worried about me, Ella-chan?"

It was a bit embarrassing to admit that she was worried, so Ella turned her face away in a sullen manner.

"No."

"Ahhhh, I actually made our Demon King angry. How can I make amends? The biggest apology I can give is myself, but Ella-chan doesn't seem to like it. I'm really troubled."

Although she said she wanted to apologize, Iris's tone sounded like she was just reciting a script, without any sincerity at all.

Feeling Iris's movements trying to peek at her expression from behind, Ella couldn't help but feel a little helpless. She only felt this way when facing Iris. She wanted to resist but didn't know how to deal with it.

Waving the white flag in her heart, Ella slowly turned her head.

"So why did Iris ask me to come here?"

"Hoho, are you trying to change the subject? Ella-chan is always like this, so cunning. Well, let's leave Ella-chan alone for now."

Taking back the hand that was on Ella's head, Iris coughed twice and her expression became serious.

Probably because they were about to get down to business, Ella also focused her attention and stared into Iris's beautiful green eyes.

"Actually, the main reason I asked Ella to come this time was to do one thing."

"One thing?"

"Well, Ella-chan might think I'm joking, but today—or rather, right now—is the best time to do this."

"So what exactly is that thing?"

Putting down the teacup, Iris turned around and faced Ella.

Sitting face to face with a beautiful girl like Iris, Ella felt a little shy unconsciously and subconsciously looked away.

However, Iris didn't care about this. Instead, she patted her thigh and spoke word by word.