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

"You've been standing here... I'm wondering if the layout here isn't to your liking. If not, please be sure to move to my private room!"

"No, I'm just used to the way things are now."

Since the area starting from the ankles was created through illusion, Ella couldn't let her feet touch the ground - that would make her movements weird, and if she wasn't careful, people would see her feet sinking into the ground. In order to prevent herself from being exposed, Ella didn't even dare to sit on the sofa, so she just floated in the air like now, with an indifferent expression.

Obviously not believing Ella's words, a trace of disappointment flashed across Lintlina's face, but it soon changed to a respectful expression mixed with ecstasy.

"This is not the place to talk. Please follow me to the room on the upper floor, Master Entarosviel."

"No, I'm not here to talk about work today. I just want to see how you're doing."

"I, we? Does this include me?"

"certainly."

"That's it."

She seemed to hear Lintelina's joyful laughter, but Ella felt that it must be her illusion. She did not say any words of approval or praise, and there was nothing for Lintelina to be happy about - unless she was mocking her for worrying too much.

Ella pointed to the sofa next to her.

"Let's sit down and talk."

"As the founder of the Chamber of Commerce, you haven't even taken a seat yet. How can I, a mere trustee, take a seat first?"

"The founder of the Chamber of Commerce should be Lintelina. No, now is not the time to talk about this. In that case, I will sit down for now."

Being careful not to let the feet created by the illusion touch anything, Ella first floated above the sofa, and then controlled her body to slowly descend. If Lintelina sat opposite her, the coffee table in the middle would serve as a shield, so the abnormal feet should not be visible.

Seeing Ella take her seat, Lintelina waved to the maids standing by on both sides with a serious expression.

"You two should go down. It's an important time for me and Lady Entarosphiel."

""yes.""

Although she wanted to say that it was nothing important, she couldn't interfere with the order that Lintelina had already issued. Ella focused her attention on the red wine, various fruits and snacks on the table. Because of these, the warm room was filled with a sweet fragrance.

The servant's departure caused the scene to fall into silence. Ella secretly glanced at Lintelina. For some reason, the latter just held her face with one hand, showing a silly smile as if immersed in her own world. Ella, who felt that the scene was a bit weird, began to look for topics to talk about.

"Was Lintrina just handling the business of the Chamber of Commerce?"

"Eh? Ah! Yes, yes. When you came to me, I was considering the purchase of equipment for the underground tower exploration team. It was really my fault for keeping you waiting for so long."

"Nothing. Prioritizing the Chamber of Commerce is the conscious duty of a guild president."

But from Ella's point of view, things didn't seem as simple as Lintlina said. Lintlina now looked like a girl who had just come out of the bath, exuding amazing charm. If you look closely, you can find that the ends of Lintlina's hair are a little wet, and the fruity fragrance in the air also began to be mixed with a faint scent of perfume because of Lintlina's appearance. She must have spent quite a long time dressing up.

Lintelina blushed and curled up her hair embarrassedly.

"You're praising me too much..."

"Have you run into a cash shortage lately? I heard that Lintelina seems to be selling goods to the contracting party, the Mercury Chamber of Commerce, at prices above market value."

"Who told you that?"

For a moment, Lintelina, who had a rather aristocratic temperament, frowned.

"Regardless of the origin, did this incident actually happen?"

"Yes, but I forgot to mention something very important. The food, clothing, and weapons we've been providing them with lately are all high-quality goods that are difficult to find in large quantities on the market. Raising the prices accordingly is a necessary decision for the survival of our guild. The Mercury Guild was your designated ally when we were founded. I absolutely cannot act against your wishes."

"In that case, you should have explained the quality of the product to them beforehand."

"We submitted explanations for each category of items this afternoon, and I believe they will know the reasons tomorrow."

It seemed that Patricia and Lintelina were able to reconcile without her mediation, and Ella couldn't help but praise her.

"Well, Lintelina is indeed born into a noble family. She even considers these trivial matters."

"No, I'm no longer a noble. Now I'm just Lintelina, living for Fii—for myself and my other sisters."

Although Lintelina tried to evade the question, Ella got the point. She had been curious about the existence of Phil for a long time.

"Phil?"

"Uh, d-did you hear that?"

"Well, to be honest, I've heard Lintrina mention Phil more than once. The last time I came here—"

Suddenly realizing she had let the cat out of the bag, Ella quickly changed the subject.

"Anyway, is Phil Lintrina's sweetheart?"

Out of curiosity, Ella searched for someone named "Phil" on the terrain search, but gave up the idea of ​​looking because more than one person was displayed.

Ella's question made Lintlina's face turn red. Her fingers twisted her hair tightly as if she wanted to tear it out, and her eyes wandered across the floor. Seeing Lintlina's panic, Ella immediately understood that she had guessed right.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. I'm only asking as a supporter. Let's talk about something else next."

"No, it's nothing, Fei..."

Lintelina raised her eyes cautiously, as if testing, and looked at Ella shyly.

"Phi... Phil-sama is indeed someone I like."

"Really? Well, you have to seize the opportunity to pursue her, otherwise it will be too late if someone else snatches her away."

Ella gave Lintlina a look of hesitation, and Lintlina seemed to understand. She grabbed the hem of her evening dress with both hands, frowned and looked thoughtful.

"Indeed, there's no one else in the world who is as capable, handsome, and gentle as Fii-sama. He usually appears aloof, but I can tell it's because he's not good at expressing his feelings. It's just..."

"only?"

Lintelina was startled by Ella's words, and she answered hesitantly and tremblingly.

"I just wonder if Phil-sama will accept me now that I'm a commoner. With my current status, am I really...really worthy of Phil-sama?"

At the end of her words, Lintlina's eyes began to moisten, and she looked up at Ella with a pitiful look, and her bright lips trembled slightly, which could definitely arouse the sympathy of most people. In fact, even Ella felt her heartstrings were touched. If she were Ella instead of Entalosfeil, she would probably hand Lintlina a handkerchief, then put her hand on Lintlina's shoulder and say some comforting words. However, she was Entalosfeil, so she had to act indifferent.

Ella crossed her left leg over her right and spoke in a calm tone. She had wanted to take out a fruit-flavored cigarette from her pocket, but she was afraid that she would cough because she was not used to the smell, so she didn't take it out.

"Since you're worried about being a noble, why not become one?"

"What do you mean?"

"Noble status and the like can be purchased with money. Although a lord's position among the nobility is not high and cannot be inherited, it is still a member of the nobility after all."

"Will Master Phil be satisfied with just being an ordinary lord?"

Hope shone in Lintelina's eyes.

"As long as I express my feelings, I think that Phil will consider Lintrina's request. Besides, Lintrina is very beautiful, so she will definitely be a strong competitor."

"……I see."

Although she was clearly giving Lintlina some advice, the fire of hope in Lintlina's eyes faded like the tide, and her expression also became a little worse. Ella couldn't help but feel strange.

"Did I say something wrong?"

“No…no…”

"You look pale. Have you had a good rest recently? Hmm—take these."

After piling the angel crystals on the fruit plate, Ella also took out a few barrels of chocolate as gifts. In addition, there was her previous idea about papermaking. Because she was still stuck at the stage of deciding what materials to use as raw materials, Ella planned to let Lintelina join in and look for suitable materials together.

Ella pushed the blueprint in front of Lintelina.

"This is part of a plan I came up with a while ago. As expected, I can create paper without using magic. I'd like the Chamber of Commerce to help solve the current problem and assist in finding suitable raw materials. If Lintelina can mobilize her people to explore, it should bring sufficient benefits to the Chamber of Commerce."

Noticing that Ella was starting to talk about serious matters, Lintrina became serious.

"Master Entarosviel, who is your partner?"

"For reasons I cannot disclose, Lintelina, just do as I say."

“Okay, I understand—Ah!”

Perhaps because she was very tired from handling affairs for several days, Lintlina's feet shook as soon as she stood up with the documents. Ella quickly teleported and supported Lintlina before she fell.

The moment Ella touched Lintlina's shoulder, Lintlina's whole body trembled.

"Um, Lord Rosefield!?"

"You need to rest more. The guild can't run without Lintelina."

"...Am I that important?"

"If it wasn't Lintrina, the girl we rescued from the underground tower would be in a different state now, right? Where is Lintrina's room?"

"It's the middle room on the top floor."

"I understand. My apologies."

“Eh? Eh hey hey!”

Without Lintlina's consent, Ella held her horizontally in a princess hug. Although this might normally be seen as harassing Lintlina, no one would think that she was the cold-blooded Entarosphiel.

Using magic to push open the door, Ella somewhat forcefully sent Lintelina to the room on the top floor. Although this caused countless gasps from other girls rescued from the underground tower along the way, no one seemed to think there was anything wrong with it.

It seems that others are also very sympathetic to Lintelina's hard work.

While Ella was sighing inwardly at the kindness of the girls, she placed Lintelina, who had been keeping her head down since midway through, on the bed with a canopy.

"Are you so tired that you fell asleep in such a short time?"

Since Lintelina had her eyes closed, Ella could only confirm through words. Lintelina did not respond, but just made calm breathing sounds and lay quietly on the bed.

"Even if you trust me, you can't act so unguarded."

Looking at Lintelina's sleeping face, Ella sighed and pulled the quilt over Lintelina.

"Well, if the Chamber of Commerce is alright, I should proceed to the next step—'Advanced Teleport'."

"Eh?"

When she heard the words "high-level teleportation", Lintelina suddenly opened her eyes and jumped out of bed, but there was no sign of Ella in the room.

His expression gradually became stiff, but his cheeks were flushed due to the rapid beating of his heart.

“You clearly said you were being rude, but you still picked someone up… someone else up and carried them to the room, telling me what to do next… You’re completely lying! You’re a complete liar, Phil-sama!”

Of course, this was just Lintelina's wishful thinking, and Ella had never thought about it that way.

"How should I explain this to my sisters..."

Recalling the envious looks from her sisters in the corridor, Lintlina's whole body went limp. She covered her red face with her hands and fell onto the bed.

“How am I going to face people tomorrow?”

Chapter 25: Concept of Transforming Artificial Puppet

*Genesis 6188 January 7th 00:08 Eastern Demonic Branch of Disaster

"Your Majesty, we are honored."

"Dean is a hero of the demon clan. You don't need to bow when you meet me. I've told you many times, right?"

Ella quickly helped Dean up from the ground. This was one of the most hidden places in the City of Disaster Branch - an underground space for developing artificial puppets.

Except for Ella and a very small number of other trustworthy personnel, even the guards, craftsmen and even magic researchers must be blindfolded and have their magic sealed before entering. In order to prevent infiltration by spies from other countries, those who can participate in the research can only be demons, or those who have been born into the demon clan for more than five generations. It can be said that even the mosquitoes that sneak into the underground space have blood flowing in their bodies that is absolutely loyal to the Demon King.

Ella glanced at the magic researcher who was piecing together artificial puppets in the distance in the huge space, and then turned her attention to Dean who was standing in the corner with her.

"By the way, why is Dean like this?"

Ella couldn't help but confirm the identification skill again. It showed that the girl standing in front of her, who was about the same height as herself, was Dean. Although the magic researcher here had told her not to be surprised after seeing Dean when he brought her here, she thought at that time that it was because Dean was obsessed with magic research all day and didn't take care of his personal hygiene. Now that she saw it with her own eyes, she really didn't know what to say. Although Dean's current body was not cute, the previous image of the old man had left too deep an impression on her, and the contrast made it difficult for her to accept it for a while.

Perhaps because he himself felt that it was inappropriate, Dean just bent his upper body slightly and did not dare to look up.

"Uh... this... how should I explain this to His Majesty?"

"Let's start from the beginning."

Ella believed that this was definitely not Dean's bad taste.

After considering his words for a moment, Dean spoke in a slightly childish tone.

"The story begins last year. After seeing the blueprints for the artificial puppet you designed, submitted by Camisia, I quickly mobilized my staff and worked overnight to create the individual components, piecing them together on the semi-finished core. However, because the blueprints contained much information that our research team couldn't understand, I began exploring the secrets alongside some instructors specializing in magical research. During this exploration, my original body, unable to sustain my relentless pursuit of knowledge, was on the verge of collapse. To avoid hindering my research, I had my subordinates select a suitable vessel from among the recovered corpses."

Unlike Camisia, who gained immortality because of her golden cat's eyes, Dean has been alive until now because he was cursed by God that his soul would never die. And because the curse is only directed at the soul, Dean has to constantly change his body to communicate with people - otherwise he is just a weak half-ghost, unable to even use magic - of course, apart from Dean, only a very small number of people in the world with high soul strength can successfully switch the soul from one body to another like this. Under normal circumstances, the soul will dissipate in this world the moment it leaves the body, which is equivalent to death.

"Is your physical strength up to par? If you're looking for physical fitness, then a young and middle-aged person would be more suitable."

Although it felt a bit strange, since Dean had already stated that the other person was dead, it was somewhat acceptable.