"Your Excellency, if you're talking about sisters by blood... no. We met while working together. I'm a demon, and she's a human. Because the shop I worked at closed down, she came with me to work for the demon clan."

"Is that so... But I'm not a noble. I'm just a maid serving Miss Ella."

Hearing Lotte's words, the demon girl who spoke raised her head and looked at Lotte with surprised eyes.

"How could it be! A lady wearing such beautiful clothes is actually just a maid. Even the daughter of Baron Rivlin has never enjoyed such treatment! This kind of clothes looks very expensive."

"These are all gifts from Miss Ella. Miss Ella treats her servants the same way she treats herself, right?"

"Even servants dress like this, how rich must the master be..."

Unconsciously, the two girls' eyes turned into stars of expectation as they looked at Ella, who was walking in front.

"That's because up until now, the only two real maids are Lotte and Nina. And after all, isn't it strange to use clothing to distinguish servants?"

"The only person in the world who would think like that is Miss Ella."

"Isn't it that the maid is very happy to be able to serve such a beautiful, powerful, and kind master?"

The slightly older demon girl cast an envious and admiring glance at Lotte, and Lotte smiled back at the girl's reaction.

"Yes, very, very happy. Um - are you guys going back to the Demon Clan next?"

"Well, I heard that the Eastern Demon Tribe is going to merge with the Western Demon Tribe, so I want to take this opportunity to find a good job. She and I are almost adults, so we need to find a stable job."

The girl gave Lotte an embarrassed smile and nodded slightly.

After hearing what the girl said, Ella, who was walking in front, turned her head and said to the girl.

"Really? In that case, the road ahead shouldn't be a problem. Just keep going down this road. Bandits are only found here."

Perhaps because she knew that Ella was a noble, the girl felt timid when talking to Ella.

"Hmm...hmm, thank you, noble sir... This time I got lost... When I left my hometown a few years ago, it was still a desert, but now it's a forest, so I can't find the way..."

"Eh? Really... I'm sorry."

"No, no, this isn't something you should apologize for, noble sir. We should thank you for your help. As for the reward... could my sister and I save up enough money and then give it to you?"

The girl first put the package on her back in front of her and opened it. After discovering that there were only a few copper coins in it, she looked at Ella with some panic.

"No need for compensation, and I might be able to help you find a good job instead."

I think I can just ask Camisia to help with this matter.

"Your Excellency, this is a great inconvenience to you. We are already very grateful for your help in escaping from the bandits. Now, if you even need help with something like work, we would be incompetent."

The girl's tone was a little anxious, as if she was genuinely troubled by what Ella had said. However, whenever Ella thought of the girl's words, "getting lost because the desert turned into a forest," she couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt.

He waved his hand nonchalantly.

"It's no big deal. From now on, just work hard and make sure my recommendation doesn't go to waste."

"In that case... then thank you, noble sir..."

Perhaps because she really needed a job urgently, the girl stopped insisting and her voice gradually became softer.

Seeing that the conversation seemed to have come to an end, the human girl who had been silent before spoke.

"Um... where did that adventurer with the sickle go?"

"King, this is the beautiful girl Angelina-sama~"

Just as everyone walked into the open space, a petite figure jumped out from the bushes.

"Huh? Angelique is this cute type."

Because Angeline looked a little disheveled before, Ella didn't look at her carefully. Now that Angeline has changed into a new outfit, Ella can't help but feel her eyes brighten.

A small black bow was tied on her long brown hair, and her short blue and white dress that did not cover her knees was also decorated with a black bow with a long tail, as if to highlight this particularly girlish style of the outfit. Even on the back, there was a large black bow with ties on both sides that extended to the calves.

The big blue eyes like sapphires kept blinking, and in her hand lay a huge sickle decorated with gold and pink hearts. Ella was sure that even in the comics she had read, she had never seen such a person who took the definition of the word "girl" to the extreme.

"Hehe, what do you think? Angelique is a beautiful girl!"

Chapter 4: The Good-for-Nothing Elf Who Calls Himself the God of Death

Seeing Angelini holding a giant heart-shaped sickle in one hand and putting the other hand in front of her eyes in a scissor shape to look cute, Ella couldn't help but feel a little upset.

"Will there be a beautiful girl who calls herself a beautiful girl?"

Angelique didn't care about Ella's words and put a finger to her lips.

"If everyone says she's a beautiful girl, then that's an objective fact."

"Hmm... She's a beautiful girl, sure, but it's a bit weird to admit it yourself. Anyway, isn't it a bit of a contrast to dress so cutely and talk about the Grim Reaper?"

"!"

When Ella brought up the bad thing again, Angeline froze instantly. She looked like a child who had stolen a cake and was caught by his parents, not knowing what to do for a moment.

“Ah, wait a minute…”

"Eh?"

"Come with me!"

"Oh, oh, Lotte's waiting for me right there."

Ella was pulled by Angelini with a bad look on her face to a place away from Lotte and the other two girls.

Angelique put her hand on Ella's shoulder, leaned over and said mysteriously.

"Ella-chan, could you please forget about this...even if you can just pretend to forget, please!"

"Hmm... so, the name of the Grim Reaper was just something Angeline added out of personal preference?"

“That’s right~, but please don’t say the word ‘Death God’ again, it’s really embarrassing! Please!”

Because their faces were very close to each other, Ella inadvertently smelled a sweet scent close to blueberry coming from Angeline's long brown hair.

[She's really girly...]

"Little Ella? Little Ella?"

"Eh? Small? Why is it small? We should be about the same size, right?"

"It sounds more approachable if you say it's younger. Don't mention this 'Death God' thing again, okay?"

Angelini deliberately opened her sapphire eyes wide, which looked particularly lovely under the sunlight.

"Hmm...Okay."

"Yeah! Little Ella, thank you!"

“Well, well, I think death—”

Suddenly, Angelica appeared in her field of vision, looking up at her deliberately with tears in her eyes. Ella immediately changed her words.

"Ahem, I think that's kind of cute, but since Angelina said that, let's not bring it up anymore."

With Angelini nodding like a chick pecking at rice, Ella and Angelini returned to the team.

Looking at the robbers lying motionless on the ground in front of her, Angeline poked them with the back of her sickle.

"There's really no reaction at all. What kind of magic is this?"

"It's a common stun grenade. Hasn't Angeline learned it? They should teach it at the academy. It's a basic self-defense skill for healers."

"Ahahaha... I didn't learn that seemingly insignificant skill."

Angelini retracted the sickle, stuck out her tongue, and tapped her head with her hand.

Although this reaction was indeed cute, Ella - well, it seemed that she was not much worse than Angeline - so she didn't react much.

"Is Angeline really a healer?... Using this giant weapon that a healer would never use, and with that pathetic recovery speed, Angeline is actually a warrior, right?"

"What? That's an exaggeration. I really am a healer. However, although I belong to the elf race that excels in using support magic and recovery magic, I seem to be more talented in close combat. I can use magic like healing and acceleration magic, but the effects are not as good as those of ordinary magic casters—"

Angeline opened her arms and turned her back to Ella. She turned back and blinked her left eye at Ella, making a playful expression. Her long brown hair danced as she turned back.

"——Hmm... after all, I'm just a useless elf-chan, hehe☆~"

[Even though it's self-deprecating, it's surprisingly cute...]

The corners of Ella's mouth curled up unconsciously.

However, this feeling disappeared in the next second.

“Ah! It’s here! Little Ella must have thought I was a pretty girl just now, right?”

"no."

"You're lying! That smile on your face must be because you think I'm cute!"

"no."

Ella tried her best to keep an expressionless face. If this were in a comic, there would definitely be an angry cross mark on Ella's head.

Please give me back the feeling that I just had about you being cute.

In the end, it was Luti who was responsible for clearing the situation.

Lotte stepped out from the side and said to Angelique, who was pouting and looking a little angry, with a smile on her face.

"Ms. Angelica is indeed very cute, but shouldn't we deal with these thieves first?"

"Ah, indeed... Then let's tie them up with ropes first, and then stuff rocks into their mouths."

As she spoke, Angelini took out a roll of barbed string from the small bag behind her, which looked very ferocious. She bent down as if looking for a suitable stone.

Ella couldn't help but worry about the robber's life, and a bead of sweat appeared on her face.

"Um... didn't Angeline say something scary just now... Putting a rock in your mouth or something like that? Shouldn't you use something like cloth?"

Normally, shouldn't they be stuffing something like a towel into their mouth? Using a rock or something like that is a bit too much...

But Angelini showed a surprised expression.

"You're using a clean towel on this? As expected, you're a 'princess' so you don't care about these things? Ah~ah~, damn rich people."

"Hey... doesn't Angelique look like a noble lady?"

Ella's words instantly brightened Angelica's expression.

"What? As expected, I look like a young lady, but I'm actually just a commoner. Hehe, I'm born with the aura of an aristocrat."

Ella couldn't help but feel like she didn't want to care about Angelina anymore, so she turned and said to Ruthie.

"As for the bandits, we can just tie them up for now, gag them, etc... but we can deal with them later. But what should we do with them?"

Before Lotte could answer, Angeline interrupted the conversation, still using that energetic voice that you could tell from just the sound of it.

"How about just tying them up and hanging them from a tree? They're just bandits anyway, so nothing will happen if we just leave them there."

"That could be fatal... Even without the monsters, summer mosquitoes are enough to make you want to die..."

"Hmm—Miss Ella, how about tying them up like this and then using the 'Message' scroll to have Lady Camisia come and deal with them? Although according to continental custom, those who become bandits can be executed on the spot without being held responsible, isn't Kepa City currently undergoing expansion? If we hand them over to Lady Camisia, it would be a good way to increase the labor force, perhaps through forced labor or something like that."

Because she couldn't let Angeline and the two civilian girls see Ella's Sole God state, Lotte deliberately used the term "message scroll" instead of direct message magic. At this distance, it was impossible for Ella to communicate directly with Camisia without switching to her strongest state.

Ella put her hand to her lips and thought for a moment.

"Then let's do it. Although forced labor is pitiful, it's the punishment they deserve. They should be grateful that they weren't dealt with like this. Now, I'll leave the tying up to Lotte."

"Yes, Miss Ella."

"Please allow us to assist you as well!"

The two civilian girls who had been silent before showed an expression that wanted to help. Considering that it would take at least an hour for the thieves who were hit by the stun bomb to wake up, there would be no danger in asking the two girls to help, so Ella agreed.

"I want it too, I want it too!"

"If you can promise not to use any weird props, Angelica..."

Noticing that Ella was looking at the barbed string in her hand, Angeline stuck out her tongue and put the string back into her backpack.

"Is it okay now?"

Overwhelmed by Angeline's energetic voice, Ella held her forehead with one hand and waved her other hand at Angeline, making a gesture to drive her away.

“Go ahead, go ahead…”

So the work of tying up the thieves began under the leadership of Ruti.

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