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

Ella hesitated for a moment.

"Well... although I say that, I'm not particularly anxious..."

"Hey, hey, let's split into two teams, ok?"

"Angeline-senpai simply wants to go on an adventure."

Shen Gan, who had been standing nearby, explained.

Ella sighed helplessly.

"Yes, yes, then we'll split into two teams. Regarding the strength distribution, I, Lotte, and Eve will be on one team, and Iris, Angelica, Fuka, and Mitis will be on the other."

In this way, no matter which side encounters the disaster beast, they can deal with it unscathed. As for why Angelica and Shen Gan were put together, it was to let Shen Gan keep an eye on Angelica and prevent her from doing anything risky.

But not everyone recognizes this team - such as Mitis.

"Oh... so cute Miss Eve, please, can I switch with you?"

Mitis stared at Eve with pleading eyes as if she was about to cry at the next second. Her expression was like that of a puppy abandoned by its owner. Even Ella, who knew it was an act, couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

However, asking Eve was a decision that went without thinking.

As if to show off her ownership, Eve hugged Ella's arm. Although her face still looked emotionless, everyone could read the smug and condescending look in it.

"don't want."

"Grunt."

It was as if someone had hit her with an air pestle, and along with the wings behind her, Mitis drooped down, looking listless.

"Isn't it too pitiful for Little Mittis?"

"That's also Angelini-senpai's fault for suggesting the split into two teams."

“Eh…”

Ella, who also felt a little sorry for Mitis, coughed dryly twice.

"Ahem, the fork in the road will appear about 300 meters away. Don't fall behind before then, okay?"

In other words, they will not separate until a fork in the road appears.

Mitis came back to her senses in an instant.

“Ah, I, I get it!”

"Mitis-san has quite a lot of expressions..."

Looking at Mitis's satisfied expression, Luty sighed softly.

Iris couldn't help but smile when she caught these words.

"This is what a girl in love looks like, right? Mitis-chan's behavior is the most normal."

Chapter 64 Out of control?

After making preparations to go deep underground, everyone soon arrived at a cave that was emitting purple light. It was more like a large-diameter vertical shaft with a slight slope than a cave. From a distance, the entrance looked only a small spot, but it was extremely wide after going deeper, with a diameter of at least ten meters.

"Although there's a damp, chilly air in the air, it's generally clean. Is there any magic inside to purify the air?"

Lotte, wearing a mask, murmured softly. Because the light in the cave was extremely dazzling, everyone could only wear masks to ensure their vision. The effect was probably the same as sunglasses on Earth.

"After all, this is a place where fruits that can evolve monsters are hidden. It would be strange if there weren't basic magic circles set up."

Elise, who was slowly descending with the "Fly" magic, spoke with a rope tied around her waist. The slope inside the Death Cave was very steep, and one could easily fall if not careful. Therefore, everyone had to resort to the "Floating Technique" to reduce their weight, while those who could fly carried the rest of the group down.

Ella, suppressing her fear of heights, let out a long breath.

"We're already two hundred meters away..."

"The light here is too bright. I can't see what's down there. Are you sure it's only 300 meters?"

"Well, after landing, there will be two forks in the road. Lotte, Eve, and I will take the left fork, and Mitis and you will take the right fork. If you encounter anything while moving forward, immediately use the 'Message' magic to notify the other party—"

"What kind of treasure is hidden here..."

It was clearly an adventure with a bit of tension, but in Angeline's eyes it became a treasure hunt game, and Ella couldn't help feeling speechless.

"Well... originally, we were just looking for the stone tablet. Maybe it's okay for Angelini to think that way."

"Ah, Miss Ella."

Although Lotte only called out her name, Ella understood what she wanted to say - her feet had already landed on the ground.

"Ella, left."

Eve untied the rope around her waist and pointed to the left, where there was a very obvious semicircular cave entrance at least five meters high. There were a lot of rubble and things like animal bones scattered in front of the cave entrance, giving people the feeling that the owner of the cave was warning visitors not to get close.

“Ugh…”

Ella was certain that if it were just her and Lotte, she would definitely choose to turn back. The presence of animal bones in the cave made it certain that some ferocious monster lived inside.

"Miss Ella, would you like to come in?"

"Hmm... now that we've come this far, there's no going back..."

"Little Ella, shall we go first? Don't get scared and cry~"

"Angeline-senpai, take care of yourself first."

As the echo grew weaker, Iris's team walked into the cave on the right and disappeared in the white light that could not be detected by the "Terrain Search".

Forcefully ignoring the scattered bones on the roadside, Ella took a deep breath.

I saw nothing... I saw nothing...

"Ella?"

"Ah, come on in, I'm ready."

"Peace of mind."

Eve patted her chest, which was not much of a rise or fall despite being a young girl, and stepped into the cave first.

Just like outside, there was no unpleasant stench of corpses or turbid air in the cave. If it weren't so dry, Ella would even feel like she was in the outside world. In addition, the purple light that filled the surroundings gradually disappeared, and the vision gradually dimmed as the distance increased.

Lotte took out a lantern from the dimensional space under her skirt and showed a thoughtful expression.

"It seems the purple light is due to the magic circle engraved at the fork in the road. But why would they engrave a magic circle that only emits light in such a place?"

"That looks like a magic circle used to gather magical energy."

Looking at the display on the terrain search, Ella replied that after entering the cave, the terrain search showed the area that was originally blank, and it felt like unlocking a new map.

Judging from the current terrain search, the magic circle at the door is absorbing the magic power from the nearby earth veins and spewing it into the air - most of it is absorbed by Youyou Island, and only a small part is scattered nearby.

Lotte, who was walking in front, turned around, and the lavender twintails behind her also spun around.

"Gather magic power? Why do we need to gather magic power?"

"It looks like they're sending magic power to Yoyo Island. I've seen similar magic circles gathering magic power in underwater ruins before, but why are they sending it to Yoyo Island?"

"float."

"Even if Eve says so, Yoyo Island can't possibly be a magic item. It would be too strange for it to float in the air on its own."

“…Yuyu?”

Eve tilted her head cutely, but even Ella couldn't understand what Eve wanted to say at the moment.

"Is it related to Youyou?"

"Pray, Yoyo, float, energy body."

"Hmm... Miss Eve is probably saying that the girl's prayers gave Youyou the ability to float. And since Youyou is an energy being, the magic circle sprays magic power into the air to provide you with power, right?"

"Yeah, Lotte."

Eve nodded slightly happily. It seemed that Ruthie had guessed what Eve was thinking.

But it's clearly still lacking in logic.

"No matter what, it's impossible for Yuyu to be carrying the island. Putting aside other considerations, how many Yuyu would it take to make the island float..."

Ella found it hard to imagine.

As if remembering something, Lotte smiled bitterly.

"And it requires a girl's prayer to work. Yuyu-san has become a bit perverted."

"Hmm."

Eve pouted unhappily, looking like she was in a bad mood.

"Intuition, trust."

"Yes, yes, I trust Eve's intuition—ah, we should be here soon."

After passing the only corner in the cave, everyone's vision suddenly broadened.

This is an underground space that is hundreds of meters high and at least larger than dozens of football fields combined. The area around the cave is filled with crystals emitting little glows. No matter which kind, they are extremely precious rare minerals. The brilliant scenery like the starry sky made Ella and the other two stunned for a moment.

"Miss Ella, that's the stone tablet, right?"

Lotte, who was the first to come to her senses, pointed to the wall on her right. Although it was difficult to see clearly due to the dim light, if you looked closely, you could still see that there was a black stone tablet about the size of the wall of an ordinary house.

"As expected... there's an engraving exactly like Miss Ella's. However, the inscription is in an ancient language that only Miss Iris can decipher."

Everyone who came to the stone tablet looked up. Even after so long, the words on the stone tablet still showed no signs of weathering. At the bottom of the long paragraph of ancient language, there was a lifelike carving of a girl who looked almost identical to Ella. Of course, because it was a carving, the hair color could not be identified.

"Is Miss Ella really a demon king or a demon queen?"

Reaching out to touch the pattern on the stone tablet, Lotte exclaimed softly. From the small nose to the extremely cute eyes, even the lips that exuded a hint of temptation and the long eyelashes, everything was the same as the current Ella. It can be said that except for the expression, movements and clothes, it was completely another Ella.

"How is that possible? No matter what, I can't possibly do something like that."

If Ella is currently going for the cute look, then the girl on the stone tablet is definitely going for the seductive look. Her extremely revealing clothing, suggestive eyes and movements, make her the type who can control all men. If Ella had to describe her, she'd be a bit like Iris when she first met her.

Of course, having said that, for Ella herself, seeing a girl who looked similar to her doing something lewd, she felt an indescribable complex feeling in her heart - not a feeling of "I can actually do such seductive things", but a feeling of "this is really too embarrassing".

"Ms. Ella, do you need to notify Her Highness Iris to come over now?"

"Eh? Wait, there seems to be some writing on the side."

Because she noticed that Eve was frowning and looking at the side of the stone tablet, Ella also looked over there - there were words written in the common language of the continent.

『0017 Fire Moon Metal Hour

I really don't understand why that guy wants me to use her language. Isn't mine easier than her creations? She's such a child, trying to compare herself to me. Sigh—maybe this is the trouble a ruler should have, after all, they created something like that.

"I feel like this is the diary of the person who carved the stone tablet. Since the person on it looks so much like Miss Ella, let's just assume she's the previous Demon King for now. I really don't think Miss Ella could do something like that."

"Wouldn't that make her my mother?"

Ella's mood became more complicated, and she continued to look down.

『0017 Fire, Moon and Water Time

I finally finished this painting of Genesis. If she saw it, she'd definitely be jealous and laugh at me. Well, there's really nothing I can do about it. This is also the trouble of being a ruler. So if she really laughs at me, it's better to pretend I didn't see it. If I leave it alone, she'll come looking for me in a few days—is this called tsundere? Hmm... It seems like a word invented by those idiots, so I'll just treat it as a new word and use it.

"I feel like I'm reading Mitis's diary..."

"Is Miss Mitis's diary really that lively? Judging from the diary alone, the former Demon King was actually a very cute person."

"No... even if Lotte says so..."

The mood seems to be more complicated.

『0017 Fire, Moon and Earth Time

That guy actually said the Calamity Behemoth I created wasn't cute enough?! He even said he wanted to create something cuter to fight against the Calamity Behemoth. That's unforgivable.

But she seems to have discovered that I'm secretly writing something. To avoid being discovered, it's better to come here less often in the future. Well, I also need to cast an undetectable barrier. Even she will definitely not be able to detect my confident work.

Seeing this, Ella finally couldn't help but scream out loud.

"Huh? The Behemoth of Disaster was actually created by the Demon King? What a perverted guy the Demon King is!"

"Ms. Ella, look at this."

Since Lotte's expression looked somewhat ominous, Ella immediately looked at the words at the bottom of the stone tablet.

『0041 Year Wood Moon Wood Time