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

"You can't just say you understand the princess's actions. You're ignorant."

“But no matter how I look at it, it feels so unnatural—Hey, hey, what are you doing?! Why are you dragging me out? Hey!”

The sound gradually faded away, and the diners who were still in the house watched this scene and laughed. After a while, from a distance, there were occasional begging voices such as "I was wrong" and "I will never say bad things about the princess again" and the dull sound of flesh contact.

Ella didn't notice this scene. At that moment, she was immersed in the happiness of "not having to cook for herself".

After the joyful atmosphere lasted for a few minutes, a middle-aged man in a light blue robe walked into the inn with two armored guards. When the inn saw the man's appearance, the originally noisy inn instantly became quiet.

After the leader spoke a few words to the aunt in the hotel, he glanced around the restaurant, then fixed his eyes on Ella who was eating, and walked straight over with two guards.

Ella, immersed in happiness, did not notice these things and continued to savor the delicacy from another world. It was not until someone sat down on the chair opposite that she realized that everything around her had become quiet, and the person who had only secretly looked at her before was now staring at her without any concealment.

Aila was stunned when she found that there was an extra person sitting opposite her. Then the other person started to introduce himself.

"Greetings, Miss Elelaya from afar. I am Kmir Asasi, the mayor of this border town. Miss Elelaya, you can just call me Kmir."

“Um, um—”

Ella stopped eating and swallowed the food in her mouth.

Kmir, who claimed to be the city lord, just watched Ella's actions quietly without saying a word. The guards behind Kmir just stood quietly on both sides, alert to the surroundings.

[City Lord? What do you want from me? Is this the first stumbling block that often appears in works about other worlds?]

After getting into position, Ella asked her own question.

"Just call me Ella. May I ask what Lord Kermir wants from me? I don't think I'm worthy of your attention."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ella thought of the reason why she was being noticed. It should be related to the level she reported at the city gate before.

The middle-aged man in front of him, with sunken eye sockets, thin lips and a somewhat sinister look, revealed his purpose.

"I heard from the guards at the city gate today that a swordsman who appears to be the daughter of a noble has arrived in the city, so I came to visit. May I ask which noble's daughter Miss Ella is? I'm not very knowledgeable, and I've never heard of such a family. Don't worry, I mean no harm. I came here today simply to ask you to move to my residence. This is not a place for nobles to live."

"You don't look like a good person! And what bad person would admit to being a bad person?"

Ella complained in her heart, but pretended to be calm on the surface.

"Lord Kmir, please don't ask me where I am from. I just want to travel around the continent. I have no intention of using my noble status to do anything, nor do I plan to live here permanently. So, I'd better not bother you, Lord Kmir."

Hearing Ella's refusal, as if he had expected this to happen, Kemir smiled nonchalantly and said

"Well, I apologize for my rudeness. I visited Miss Ella without informing her in advance, and ended up interrupting her meal. I'm truly sorry. Please come to my house tomorrow. I, Kmir, will definitely treat you well as a token of my apology."

To Ella, Kmir's smile looked incredibly evil, as if he was about to eat her. Thinking of the atrocities committed by noble thugs against young girls in movies, she couldn't help but feel a chill. If she hadn't secretly used the "Advanced Appraisal" technique to confirm that the three men's levels posed no threat to her, Ella would have turned and fled.

"No need. Just let me wander around the city by myself. Lord Kmir, don't worry about it."

Ella continued to politely decline.

Kmir raised his eyebrows. In Ella's opinion, this action, combined with the sinister aura emanating from Kmir, was simply a signal that good words had failed and he wanted to take action.

"Well, due to the commotion in the coastal forest this morning, I have a lot of official business to attend to, so I'll take my leave now. If Miss Ella encounters any trouble in the city, please inform the guards. Simply state your name, and they will report it to me immediately. I will then provide my utmost assistance."

With his expression back to normal, Kmir stood up and bowed to Ella.

Ella also bowed like Kmir.

"Thank you, Lord Kmir. I hope you will take good care of me when the time comes."

Kmir turned around, waved to Ella, and walked out of the hotel with two guards.

After the short conversation, the hotel suddenly became noisy, and the focus of the topic, without exception, was on the two people who had just talked.

Unable to bear this scene, Ella got up, paid the bill and left the hotel, thinking about how to deal with Kmir in the future.

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*Three figures appeared in the dark alley. The leader was wearing a light blue robe, and the two behind him were wearing armor. The leader frowned, as if pondering a very difficult question. He walked slowly, and the armored figure behind him asked in a low voice:

"Sir, what should we do next?"

The leader stopped and thought for a moment, then said with a heavy nasal sound:

"I'll need to continue to send people to monitor this. I need to find another way to deal with this matter."

"Yes."

The night grew darker.

Chapter 12: The Girl Imprisoned in a Small World

*创世纪6185年8月14日晚22:39分 巴里斯王国

After leaving the hotel, Ella began to think about how to deal with Kmir.

"Why did he come to me? Was it because of my appearance? That's possible... but then why did he come to visit me beforehand? Was he wary of my strength and background and couldn't take direct action, so he resorted to a soft strategy?"

A cool breeze blew on the deserted summer streets.

"That's not right. Anyone with a bit of common sense wouldn't think a girl who looks only thirteen or fourteen would fall in love with such an old man. Besides, the city lord doesn't seem to be a brainless person."

"Could it be that he really just came to visit me with no ill intentions? But that yin vulture's look and that smile... he doesn't look like a good person at all."

While enjoying the cool breeze on the street, Ella looked up at the night view of the other world.

"Never mind. If there's an emergency, I'll just adjust my level and stun them all before leaving. Speaking of which, will a skill that originally only had a stun effect only have that effect at a higher level? I'll have to try it sometime."

There are two reasons why she chose to just stun Kmir and the others. The first is that Ella didn't want her journey to the other world to become heavy. If she killed anyone, she would definitely be wanted. Moreover, one of the people she killed was the town manager. Ella wouldn't think it was an exaggeration even if she said she would be wanted nationwide.

The second reason for using only dizziness was that, having lived in a highly civilized world, Ella had never experienced killing anything other than insects. She felt she wouldn't be able to accept the random killing she experienced in the game. Games were games, and reality was reality; Ella was well aware of that.

After making the worst-case scenario plan, I stopped thinking about these complicated things, stretched myself, and deliberately told myself in a relaxed tone:

"Let's go to the night market first."

Then his expression was filled with helplessness

"Night market—huh? There's nothing here..."

Speaking of visiting the night market, I used to just enjoy the night view alone on the small path filled with the cold light of street lamps. I originally thought that the night market in this rough other world should be very lively, but I didn’t expect it to be even more deserted than my original world. There were not even street lights.

"So, is it a good thing that there's no curfew like in the story? I'll probably get a lot of flak if I go back now, so I better keep walking."

With a light sigh, Ella continued walking on the street, relying on the sparse firelight leaking from the small windows of the surrounding buildings.

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*It was pitch black before my eyes.

This was Luti's first reaction after opening her eyes.

"hot--"

Her throat made a hoarse sound, but no one paid any attention to her, but this was within Lotte's expectations.

Maintaining the side-lying position for a long time made Ruthie feel sore all over. She moved her limbs carefully, trying to change her position with the slightest movement possible.

"hiss--"

Her shoulder touched the edge of this small world, and the piercing pain made her gasp. She stopped struggling. Although this wasn't the position she wanted, she felt that this mere soreness was better than continuing to let her body touch hard objects.

How long had she been trapped in this small, dark world? She hadn't eaten in two days... Lotte closed her eyes, wanting to continue sleeping. However, the small, hot world, the pain all over her body, the protests from her stomach, and her extremely dry throat made it difficult for Lotte to fall asleep.

Scenes from the past flashed before my eyes.

She was the fourth daughter of the Earl of Lutwich in the Kingdom of Baria. Although she was destined not to inherit the family business and could only become a political tool for marriage between nobles, her father still hired a teacher to teach her - this was something that ordinary nobles would never do. Private tutors were usually only hired to serve the eldest son in the family.

He lived up to his father's kindness and by the age of ten, he had mastered all subjects except combat to a very high level. However, during a sea trade, the ship his father and eldest brother were on was attacked by monsters, and only a few people on board managed to escape.

After inheriting the family business, the second brother failed to restore it to its former status, and was instead marginalized. Even his own efforts to help were of little use. Eventually, the family fell into decline, and the heavily indebted second brother committed suicide, leaving him a slave. Only the third sister, who had been driven out by their father long ago, survived.

After becoming a slave, she was able to use the knowledge she learned to ensure the most basic three meals a day at first. However, after a few months, the first master also fell into trouble and she was sold to the second master. The second master was a sadist. No matter how much she begged, she could not get food from this woman. She could only rely on eating wild grass and fruits that fell from the trees to fill her stomach.

The woman tore her hair, scratched her face, beat her body, and locked herself in a dark room for days without sunlight. The more she cried, the happier she became. But due to her slave contract, she couldn't escape and had to obey her commands. Eventually, Lotte became numb and no longer cried. The woman seemed tired of this mute doll, so she was sold again.

The last time I was awake, I remember that I was knocked unconscious, and now I am trapped in this small, stuffy, dark world.

“——”

I opened my mouth to speak—but all I heard was the sound of air passing through my vocal cords.

Is my throat so dry that I can't speak? Why haven't I died yet? Why have I persisted until now? I've been trying so hard to survive, even though death is the end. Why do I keep trying?

Dying like this is my fate.

This kind of life - enough is enough, it's time to end it.

I closed my eyes and tried to squeeze out a tear—but my tear glands had already dried up. Finally, my consciousness gradually sank, and I fell into endless darkness.

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*Ella walked quickly on the street late at night, waving her hands beside her.

"Ah~ah, this is so annoying. That's why there are mosquitoes in the summer!"

The white swordsman's suit she'd worn before seemed to have a protective layer, so she hadn't felt the heat or been bothered by summer mosquitoes. Now, with only a robe on top, she finally felt the summer air, which was causing Ella great pain.

"I've reached the West District without realizing it. Since it's a free market, there should be a night market. I'll walk down one more street and then I'll leave."

I turned and went into a small alley nearby. Not long after I walked, I heard the unique noise of many people gathered together in front of me.

"Hmm? There's a night market after all. I was thinking, it's a town after all, how could there not be a night market?"

Ella gathered her courage and walked towards the source of the sound.

“…Why is it a shop like this?”

Ella arrived at the front of the store and saw rows of scantily clad women standing on the attic balcony. She couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand and sigh - occasionally glancing at the women standing in the attic.

After I found Ella, the woman standing at the door, who should be the receptionist, spoke to me with heavy makeup.

"Little sister? Why are you here in the middle of the night? Are you looking for a man? We also have such services in our shop, right?"

Seeing that Ella didn't answer, the woman continued in that sweet voice.

"Could it be someone from that side? Here, you can do whatever you want, except for abusing the girls. There's nothing we can't do, you know?"

After hearing the woman's last words, Ella's eyes lit up as if she had thought of something.

"Is it just something you couldn't imagine? Well, then, I want to ask you something."

"Excuse me."

"Aside from that kind of stuff, do you have any fun places here?"

Usually, this kind of place should have entertainment venues, and this principle also applies to my original world.

The woman's smile deepened after hearing Ella's question.

"Of course I do, but you don't look like someone who would come to my place, little sister?"

Although Ella was only wearing a brown-black robe, she looked no less striking than in a swordsman's attire. If Ella in her swordsman's attire was a snow lotus, then she was now a clump of blooming wisteria. This kind of appearance, which subconsciously evoked a protective urge, combined with an indescribable elegance, was surely not something a commoner could possess.

"I'm from afar and want to experience all sorts of fun things. Am I not welcome?"

"Of course you're welcome, as long as you don't cause any trouble..."

Maybe he is worried about my background, I thought to myself

"It doesn't matter. No one will know I was here, of course, as long as the people here don't tell anyone."

"Could you please take this with you?"

She no longer called Ella "little sister" but used honorifics. She probably thought Ella was the daughter of some noble family. The woman pulled out a silver mask that covered her entire face from behind her and continued,

"Don't worry, this mask has never been used before. Of course, you will have to pay a little for it—"

"Just to ask beforehand, is there anything fun here besides that?"

"Absolutely, I guarantee it. However, whether these things that make common people happy can satisfy you, a noble person—whether you can satisfy your noble status—is unknown."

The woman's smile became extremely flattering. Ella took the mask and handed over a gold coin.

"Don't bother looking for the rest. Just take me in."

"—That's natural."

After saying that, the woman asked someone to take her place and personally led Ella.

Chapter 13 Gambling