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

Looking at the border of Kepa City, which had been transformed into a forest-like environment by Ella's magic, Camisia placed her hand on the luxurious carriage beside her.

"Princess, are you sure you won't reconsider this? I believe that with your abilities, even at the Sacred Academy, there's nothing worth learning."

Today was the day Ella was scheduled to leave the Demon Territory. To prepare for this day, Ella had Ruthie and Nina pack their luggage in advance, and had greeted Camisia and Menea.

Now, standing at the entrance of this forest, there are only Camisia, Menia, Dean and a few ordinary demons who received the favor of Ella in Kepa City. As for why the others did not come, it was because they were driven back by Camisia.

Sitting in the passenger seat of the carriage, Ella put some commonly used simple luggage into the carriage.

"Well, I already said it was because of the magic book. Didn't Camisia agree to let me go to the Holy Academy? If I go to the Holy Academy, I can also get along well with the princess of the God-man tribe, right? Wouldn't that be more beneficial to us?"

This was certainly not what Ella really thought. Ella said this just to find a reasonable excuse for herself.

"Indeed, although there are still many things to deal with due to the miracles created by the princess, we, your subordinates, can handle them. The princess should experience the life that is appropriate for her age."

"Yeah, just like Dean said."

Dean nodded proudly at Ella's agreement with his words, stuffed the "Profound Magic Book" that Ella gave him into his arms, and tried to stop Camisia from continuing to speak, but this behavior only caused Camisia to roll her eyes.

"Dean, I remember you saying before that I was doting on the princess, right? You seem to be doing just as much as I am now."

"This... this is this, and that is that. They can't be mixed up."

"Tsk, let's talk about this later."

Camisia smacked her lips in dissatisfaction, ignored Dean, and turned her gaze to Ella.

"Princess, your earlier proposal regarding improvements to domestic affairs has been unanimously approved by the nobles. However, regarding matters like crop rotation and the use of humus fertilizer... I am not very knowledgeable. I would appreciate a more detailed explanation."

The idea of ​​crop rotation and the use of humus fertilizer was something Ella had casually suggested during her visit to Camisia after meeting Dean that day. During her summer vacation, while wandering through the demonic territory, Ella had noticed the backward farming methods of the common people, so she specifically mentioned it. However, Ella was afraid that the principles of this other world might differ from those on Earth, so she didn't elaborate.

After hearing what Camisia said, Ella tapped her head, got into the carriage and started searching.

"Oh, I've compiled some information about this later. Camisia can take a look. However, since these are ideas that have never been implemented, there may be some special circumstances when they are actually implemented. Camisia should first find a small town to try them out."

Ella took out the scroll with the detailed process from the carriage and handed it to Camisia.

"In that case, let's try it out with us Eastern Demons. Since we're close to the World Tree, it will be easier to cultivate."

"This is something the princess gave to us, the Western Demon Tribe. Dean, you should wait until we succeed in the trial before enjoying the fruits of our labor."

As if showing off, Camisia shook the scroll in her hand at Dean, and the red twin ponytails dancing behind her seemed to express the owner's mood.

Dean frowned and ignored Camisia.

"Princess, we from the Eastern Demon Clan would also like to try this proposal."

"Alright, alright, I have another one here, I'll give it to Dean. Wouldn't it be more effective if we try it on both areas at the same time?"

Feeling helpless about the atmosphere between Camisia and Dean that seemed like they might fight at any moment, Ella jumped off the carriage and stood between the two.

"We, the Western Demon Tribe, will definitely be the first to provide detailed and perfect results."

"We in the East—"

"Ah! That's enough!"

Ella felt as if her head had exploded, and she covered her ears with her hands and shouted in despair.

"Um—I'm sorry, Princess."

"Excuse me."

Reluctantly accepting the two's apologies, Ella jumped back into the carriage.

"Yeah, that's good. And how are the preparations for the portal going? A portal that spans the entire continent would be difficult to activate, right?"

The portal Ella was referring to was used to connect the Eastern and Western Demon Clan. Previously, due to a severance of ties between the two territories, Camisia and Dean had severed their respective connections to the other's portal, causing this portal, which had existed since the Demon God era, to shut down. Now, due to the merger of the two regions, communication between the demons of the two regions had been restored. However, reopening the portal would require a large number of magic stones, which made Ella somewhat worried.

It was Dean who answered Ella's question.

"That's not a problem. The Demon Tribe already has you, the Princess, to inherit the Demon King's throne. Therefore, all the savings from the past six thousand years can be used to restore the economy. There won't be any problems."

"Is that so? That's good, but what about the border issue? If bordering countries knew that a deserted area had become an oasis, they'd probably be on the lookout, right?"

Camisia rolled up the scroll and placed it in the ribbon used as a storage item, then took a step forward.

"Regarding this issue, I have already sent people to build fortifications along the border. Judging from the current signs, there won't be any problems in the short term."

“Is that so…”

Although Ella wanted to ask what to do if something went wrong, she kept silent because she had already thought about what kind of countermeasures Camisia would take given her personality.

"What about Menea? Menea should have something to say too, right?"

Ella tilted her head and asked Menea, who had been standing silently behind Camisia.

Perhaps she didn't expect Ella to call her, Menia's whole body shook, and her pink shoulder-length hair began to tremble. Then, as if to cheer herself up, Menia nodded, hummed lightly, and took a step towards Ella.

"Don't think I'll surrender just because you've purified the entire Unhesir River! Don't worry, I'll challenge you to a showdown at the Sacred Academy next year! And—this is some candy as a farewell gift."

Menia took out a box of carefully wrapped candies from her pocket and handed it to Ella.

With a wry smile, "Is that so?", Ella took the candy handed to her by Menia, and then took out a cardboard box from the car that required both hands to hold. Inside was a box full of angel crystals.

"Hey~hey, this is a little gift for Menea. I'll open it when we get home, okay?"

"What? Even if you give me a gift, I won't give in. Hum—Ah, Camisia-sama, thank you, thank you."

Menia took the cardboard box handed to her by Ella with a reluctant look on her face, but because the box was too heavy, she couldn't hold it firmly, and was caught in time by Camisia who was standing next to her. She lowered her head with a blushing face and thanked her.

Next came the ordinary demons who had received favors from Ella in the city of Kepa. Among these people, there was one that Ella remembered particularly clearly. He was the one who first came to ask her to use purification magic because his wife was about to give birth and there was a lack of clean water. The first one to stand up happened to be that demon.

As if feeling a little embarrassed, the demon male walked out of the team with one hand on his head, holding a basket of unknown fruit in his hand.

"These are the fruits we heard the Saint—Princess—collected in the wild after you left Kepa City. Since there's really nothing worth mentioning, here are all we have... I hope you won't laugh at me, Princess."

Perhaps because he was used to calling Ella "Lady Saint" in Kepa City, the demon did not change his words for a while.

Ella took the fruit basket handed to her by the demon and handed it to Nina who was sitting in the carriage.

"Well, thank you. I will eat these well."

"If you find it unpalatable, you can throw it away, but if you give the princess a stomachache, we will be unforgivable."

"Ahahaha... Let's talk about it then."

"U-Um, Princess, please accept our kindness!"

"Me, me too!"

Seeing that Ella accepted the gift so easily, the other demons, like the first demon who stood up, gave Ella the gifts they had prepared. For a moment, Lotte, who was sitting in the driver's seat, had to help them to accept them all.

After a while of this scene, Camisia clapped her hands to quiet down the noisy crowd.

"Well, let's stop here. However... Princess, do you really not need an escort? If you do, even I can go. Dean can handle all the internal affairs. Although Dean is a bit rigid, he is definitely a trustworthy person."

Feeling somewhat helpless about Camisia's persistence, Ella spoke word by word.

"So, there's no need for guards. Just leave everything to Camisia. I'll come back when I have time."

Camisia stared at Ella's pure purple eyes, and after confirming the seriousness in them, she lowered her head in frustration, exhaled lightly, placed her right hand on her heart, bent down and performed a demon etiquette.

"Well, the road leading to the outside of the forest has been repaired. I hope you can have a wonderful time in the Holy Academy."

“May the princess have a wonderful time at the Sacred Academy.”

Like Camisia, the other demons, including Menea, also bowed in greeting.

"Yeah! Then everyone, let's go back. We should leave too, Lotte—"

"Okay, Miss Ella. Miss Camisia, Miss Menea, Mr. Dean, and everyone from the demon clan, see you next time~"

After saying this, Ella, Lotte, and Nina emerged from the carriage and waved goodbye to everyone.

Just like that, with the sound of Lotte driving the unicorn, the rustling of the breeze blowing through the mountains, and the surging water of the Ankhhil River, Ella ended her long, long summer vacation and began a brand new journey at the Holy Academy.

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*End of Volume 3

Chapter 1: The Turmoil in the Woods

The carriage was traveling along a newly opened forest path.

Although it was a newly opened road with potholes of various sizes, Ella and the other two sitting in the carriage did not feel any particular bumps because the carriage itself had good shock absorption performance.

Lotte held the fruit Ella had just peeled in one hand, and controlled the reins tied to the unicorn with the other.

"Miss Ella, are we just going to drive the carriage through the Bruzia Empire and the Dwarf Territory and slowly walk back to the Holy Academy?"

"That's a bit far off. After all, it's impossible to walk from the westernmost tip of the continent to the center in ten days, even if we travel non-stop. It's better to exit the forest and use teleportation magic at a deserted spot on the border of the territory."

Sitting in the passenger seat, Ella used magic to summon a stream of water to wash off the sugar on her hands because she hated the sticky feeling after peeling fruit.

"Alright, but when I was packing, I didn't seem to see the gift that Miss Ella prepared for Her Highness Iris. Is it ready? Although Her Highness Iris didn't mention it, if it's not prepared, it will probably be very troublesome when we get to the academy."

Ella was stunned for a moment, then immediately came to her senses.

“Eh? — Ehhhh! Oops, I really forgot about that…”

Before she knew it, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on Ella's head.

"Even though Iris didn't say anything, if I don't bring it, she'll definitely use it as a handle to find me. In that case, in that case! Is it really just a gift I can prepare?! But what kind of gift would be perfect for Iris?"

"Well...as for the gift, Iris-sama should be fine with the magic essence...a rare monster that only exists in the labyrinth and can glow might unexpectedly suit you."

Nina poked her head out of the car and suggested with her clear green eyes blinking.

Reminded by Nina's advice, Ella clapped her hands together, making a loud clapping sound.

"Yeah! Let's go with Nina's suggestion! The adventurers gave me a lot of magic elements for my birthday. Let's pick one out of them and give it to Iris, Nina. Excellent job."

“Hey hey hey…”

Nina smiled embarrassedly. Although she didn't understand what Ella meant by her last sentence, looking at Ella's expression, she was definitely praising her.

Patting Nina's head, Ella switched her character to the appearance of the Loli God, opened the terrain search, and checked how far she was from the border.

"Are we close to the border... Hmm? So many people? Their status—eh? HP decreasing?"

Noticing Ella's uneasy expression, Lotte tilted her head slightly.

"Miss Ella, what's wrong?"

"Hmm... There seems to be a battle going on up ahead. About a dozen level 5s are surrounding three people."

Not surprised by Ella's description of the crisis, Lotte placed her index finger on her chin.

"They're probably bandits. These kinds of things happen all the time on the border, and it's hard for the country to manage. If we send troops, it'll easily alert other countries."

"Uh, that's not it. If we continue down this path, we should run into them."

"Even so, Ms. Ella, blindly helping others isn't a good idea."

"But if I don't go, wouldn't it be very hard if someone died because of this? Wouldn't it leave a psychological scar if I didn't go even though I could have helped?"

As she spoke, Ella took out the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment from the storage through her dimensional backpack.

"I don't think it's a big deal. Besides, those people don't necessarily die. Bandits often sell the captured people as slaves after having fun with them. That kind of thing happens a lot."

"Having had enough fun or something... Anyway, let's go check it out."

"Well, I knew the outcome the moment Ms. Ella said her first words."

Lotte also took out Hela from her dimensional backpack, then drove the unicorn and quickly rushed to her destination along the trail.

Because the distance was not far, the carriage quickly arrived in front of the battle area.

In the middle of the road lay a huge tree, about the size of a man and woman, and because the broken end looked fresh, it must have been cut down by thieves specifically to block the road.

Faintly, there was the sound of metal colliding from the front, and from time to time there was a man's muffled groan mixed with the sound of arrows breaking through the air.

Ella jumped off the carriage and glanced at the terrain search again. There were three people who had a dispute with the bandits, but only one was actually fighting. The other two were hiding in a blind spot, seemingly being protected by the person who was fighting.

Although the person in the battle's HP will recover slowly after it decreases, the speed of reduction is accelerating as his magic power and physical strength decrease. It seems that he will not be able to hold on for much longer.

After Lotte also jumped off the carriage, Ella snapped her fingers in the direction of the carriage.

"'Mass Concealment', 'Absolute Defense', um, alright, Nina, stay here. Lotte and I will go up to help. This is a completely safe place now, so Nina, you can stay here without worry. Keep an eye on the carriage and don't go out, okay?"

"Yes, Master."

Nina nodded with a serious look, as if to say, "Leave it to me."