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

"Grace?"

"—I'm deeply sorry, Lady Ella, for letting myself be preoccupied with other matters."

"If Lingran sees you, she'll definitely blame you again. We're about to enter the forest, and while there shouldn't be any monsters nearby, it's best to be careful not to get distracted."

Putting her feet together and clapping her hands to her chest, Grace answered with an unusually serious expression.

"Yes, Master Ella."

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Soon, the two of them walked through the not-so-long woods and, guided by the "Topography Search", arrived in front of a lake reflecting the dazzling sunlight.

In the field of vision, there was a ruin by the lake, which was only left with broken walls due to severe weathering. On the opposite river bank, Lotte, Iris and Alpha were talking about something, while Eve, Nanako and the young maids were weaving garlands. As for the remaining Angeline and Mitis - seeing the two of them, Ella's expression became subtle.

Angelica and Mitis were standing in the shallows throwing water balls at each other. Of course, this could not be considered playing, because each water ball thrown had an extremely amazing momentum. The strong wind pressure even created depressions on the river surface, and when it hit the trees and grass, it would make a banging sound that would attract people's attention.

"Ah, Ella."

Eve, who was the first to notice Ella approaching, stood up, walked to Ella's side, and gently placed the crown woven with colorful flower vines in her hand on Ella's head.

"Mm, beautiful."

"It would be more appropriate for Eve to come instead."

Unable to accept Eve's compliment frankly, Ella turned her head away embarrassedly.

Just as the two were about to walk towards their destination together, Grace suddenly stood in front of them, drew the long sword at her waist and swung it hard.

Snapped.

Perhaps because of the magic blade attached to the sword, the water bullet that was supposed to hit Ella's face fell to the ground powerlessly after hitting the sword.

After doing all this, Grace turned around and lowered her head slightly.

"My apologies, Lady Ella."

"Uh... nothing."

Noticing the commotion here, the main culprit, Mitis, ran over quickly.

"Aila, are you okay?"

"No problem, but luckily it's me. If it were anyone else, they would definitely get hurt at that speed."

"Excuse me. Oh, by the way, are you thirsty? Use this."

Taking out the liquid in the bamboo tube from the storage magic, Mitis handed it to Ella.

Ella took it with a suspicious look on her face.

"It's rare that Mitis actually pays attention to these details."

"Hey, hey, that's really rude!"

"Because Mitis isn't a very thoughtful girl."

After expressing her inner thoughts in a teasing tone, Ella, feeling a little thirsty, uncorked the bottle and took a sip.

There's nothing strange about the taste. If I had to say, it's just a little cooler than regular water.

But Ella always felt that something was wrong, as if she had missed a step when going down the stairs, and she frowned subconsciously.

"Hmm... I feel like something's not right..."

"This is just ordinary lake water. When I got here, I found it surprisingly clean, so I filled some of it."

"Lake? The lake here?"

Ella couldn't help but feel that her tongue was somewhat out of control of her brain. Her gaze kept wandering between the lake and Mitis. She finally remembered what was wrong - before coming here, Linglan had told her that the lake water here was the type that could accelerate female development.

The bamboo tube in her hand fell to the ground, and Ella's purple eyes quickly lost their color, and she murmured in a daze.

“You’re… you’re kidding…”

Chapter 56: Relics

"Hmm? What happened to Ella?"

As if unaware of her mistake, Mitis tilted her head in confusion.

With a snap, Ella placed her hands on Mitis's shoulders.

"I... you actually asked what happened, Mitis, you must have done this on purpose!"

"No, no, what happened? And Ella, it hurts when you hold me like that."

"So that's why you called me here, right?!"

Although she had the strength to break free from Ella, Mitis was frightened by the aura of grief and anger emanating from Ella.

"So what happened? Did it taste bad? But I tasted it before putting it in. It tastes better than spring water."

"Doesn't the lake water on Yoyo Island accelerate women's physical development?"

"Huh? Ella, you're not taking this seriously, are you?"

The broken string in her mind was connected, and Mitis put down Ella's hand on her shoulder with a look of realization, waved her hand and answered with a somewhat amused expression.

"While there is such a legend, Miss Alpha of the Lord has already clarified to us that it is just a legend left over from the past. Look, I am completely fine now, right?"

After saying this, Mitis looked down at her breasts that perfectly fit her body shape - just like before, there was no growth at all. As for the fact that Mitis herself did try this out of a try-it-out mentality at first, she kept it in her heart.

Perhaps realizing that he needed to help out here, Alpha, who was originally chatting with Lotte about some daily topics, quickly came to Ella.

"Well, my Lord, it's true, as Miss Mitis said, the legend about the lake water causing breast growth is just a legend from our ancestors. While we can't rule out the possibility that the lake water once had the effect of accelerating breast growth, at least it no longer has that effect."

Noticing that Ella still looked like she couldn't let it go, Iris beside her said in a very casual tone.

"If it really had the effect of accelerating growth, there would surely be countless noblewomen and princesses from other countries gathered on Yoyo Island by now. Putting aside other things, most men prefer larger types when choosing a partner. If you can make a small breast bigger, spread the word and someone would be willing to buy it even for a single gold coin."

“Y-yes…”

Alpha smiled bitterly. Although she couldn't understand why men were choosing women because she had lived in an environment where women were superior to men for a long time, it was wise to agree with Iris now.

"Senior, you really lack composure."

"Hmm, that's generally the reaction, right?"

Facing Shen Gan's sigh as if he was annoyed, Ella tried to save face for herself.

"Well, anyway, let's sit down and talk. I don't want to stand here for too long."

As she spoke, Mitis, feeling relieved, stretched out her hand to block the sunlight. It was almost noon, and the scorching sun stung her skin like needles.

"Ah, I forgot about Mitis standing in the sun for too long. Let's go to the shade over there."

Although she didn't know why Mitis suddenly looked troubled, Ella chose not to pursue her privacy. She pointed to the shade of the tree on the shore where Lotte had been sitting before and took the first step forward.

Probably to tell something confidential, as they walked towards the shade of the tree, Iris sent Linglan and Grace away, and asked Alpha to take the little maid to a place a little further away to play.

The atmosphere of everyone sitting together was like they were about to have a picnic.

——Maybe we should save this topic for later.

Iris couldn't help but think so, but she had already made it clear what she was going to say, and hiding it would only make everyone feel uneasy.

Iris took out the things she had found in the ruins from the storage items.

"Although this may seem a bit abrupt, I still have to talk about what I just discovered."

"Discovered? Is this also the reason why you sent Tila, Alpha, and the others away?"

"Ah, Ella-chan has become a little smarter. Although I should have told this to only Ella-chan, I really don't think this discovery is worth trusting. I hope everyone won't take it seriously after I tell you."

"Miss Elise just asked Miss Alpha about the history of Yoyo Island. Is that also related to the discovery?"

"It's somewhat related, but it's mostly just out of personal interest. After all, it's a region I've never been to before, so it's normal to want to learn about local legends, right?"

As she said this, Iris brushed her silver hair, which reflected a dazzling luster, behind her and displayed a stone slab about the size of two palms in front of everyone.

"This was found in the ruins—or more accurately, in the ruins. Because there are many stones with seals on them, the writing hasn't weathered away. It was originally part of the wall of the ancient ruins—well, let's get straight to the point."

"Wow, this is an ancient language... I think it was written in the early Demon God period, when there were no elves yet."

Angelica stretched her head to look at the stone slab and blinked her sapphire eyes. The words on the stone slab were different from the common language on the mainland. They were crooked and completely incomprehensible.

Elise nodded.

"Well, this is information written in an ancient language. It's probably something like a heroic epic carved on a wall. Although I've studied the ancient language, I can only roughly understand it. After all, the grammar of the ancient language has been lost. I can only piece together the words from my memory and reassemble them in my mind to understand."

Perhaps because they had never been exposed to any language other than the common language, everyone had a confused expression on their faces, and only Ella nodded subconsciously.

It is indeed difficult to understand the semantics without understanding the grammar. Ella, who has been exposed to other languages ​​on Earth, can understand this feeling to some extent.

"What's written on the slate?"

Mitsis asked.

"Hmm? Mitisi doesn't know? I thought you would know."

"How could you still remember things from the early Demon God Era? The span of time is over ten thousand years."

"Really? Let's get back to the point. The gist of it is that the Creator created bipedal creatures with purple eyes. Furthermore, they were endowed with the ability to withstand harsh environments. As creatures, they are willing to sacrifice everything, including their lives, to the Creator, engraving eternal loyalty in their blood. This symbolizes the Creator as a supreme god in their hearts, surpassing the sun."

"It feels like some religious organization..."

Ella murmured softly.

Seeing Ella's reaction, Iris couldn't help but sigh. The former probably didn't understand the meaning of the conversation.

But the others seemed to understand. Lotte frowned and spoke while thinking.

"Purple eyes mean they belong to the demons, right? The only one who can earn the demons' loyalty is the Demon King... Creator... Could it be that the demons were created by the Demon King?"

At the end, Luti's voice was even a little off-tune.

Iris, who understood Lotte perfectly, smiled wryly and nodded.

"It's understandable that you might find it incredible, which is why I told you not to put too much faith in it. If it were just a magical item, there wouldn't be any problem, but the complexity of living things far exceeds that of any magical item, and this is especially true for intelligent creatures. If the Demon King could create intelligent creatures, then to some extent, they would be comparable to the One God—all things are born under the grace of the One God."

"But it's not necessarily a lie, considering the demons' fanatical worship of the Demon King."

Shen Gan looked at Ella, who was staring at him with her mouth wide open, and sighed deeply.

"If the Demon King is his own creator, then from the demon's perspective, it makes sense. He's like another parent."

“That…it can’t be true…”

Ella swallowed her saliva after understanding the conversation. This was too far-fetched no matter how you looked at it.

Ella's performance made Iris couldn't help but make a joke.

"But I didn't expect this 'engraving eternal loyalty in the blood' effect to be hereditary. Even though Ella is a Demon Queen, she can have the same effect as the Demon King—ah, right, I have to bring this stone tablet back to Camisia. After all, it's a demon relic."

“Wait a minute!”

"Hey, Ella-chan, do you have any questions?"

Iris's words made Shen Gan smack his lips. If the stele was handed over to Camisia like this, she would definitely treasure it as a treasure and spread its words throughout the demon clan as if they were holy words. And given the demons' character, if they knew they were actually creatures created by the Demon King, they would undoubtedly set off an unprecedented wave of faith in their territory—even if it sounded unbelievable. Shen Gan and everyone present, including Ella, could imagine that scene.

Ella snatched the stone tablet from Iris's hand at a speed so fast that it was almost invisible to the naked eye. Of course, since Iris just wanted to play a trick on Ella, she let Ella take it away.

"I'll keep this! Seriously, these demons are so weird, writing all sorts of ridiculous things on the walls."

Not wanting to believe the records on the stone tablet, Ella threw the stone tablet directly into the vast sea of ​​props stored in the warehouse, and tried hard to erase the location of the stone tablet from her memory.

“Puff—”

"What does that smile of Mitis mean?!"

He was practically laughing through his nose.

Finally unable to hold back her laughter, Mitis burst out laughing, holding her belly.

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect Ella to actually believe it. How could a legend like that be true? Only Ella would—hahahaha."

"Does Mittis like Ella because of her simple nature of believing everything?"

Everyone sitting here knew that the liking Angelini was talking about was admiration—everyone was present when she confessed her love in the Empire.

When talking about the embarrassing past, Mitis's whole body froze, and she put her fist to her mouth awkwardly and coughed twice.

"Ahem, if Angelina wants to know, we can talk about it later."