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

And this group of people have one thing in common.

That is, they all murmured something and looked at Ella with expectant eyes.

Iris and Camisia, who noticed the presence of this group of people, looked at each other and stood in front of Ella as protectors. However, because Ella had her back to the group, she didn't pay much attention to it and continued to ask questions to the Cheshire Cat.

"Trouble? What's that?"

"Hmm... There's a story circulating in the dream world that those who capture a vampire will find happiness in their next reincarnation. Everyone has unfulfilled wishes from their previous lives, and after satisfying them in the dream world, they choose to leave and reincarnate. So, having a 'tool' like a vampire that can bring happiness in their next life is the dream of the residents of the dream world... Plus, the ceremony to form a contract with a vampire requires only holding the vampire's hand, so... things are already looking a bit ominous."

It seemed as if a bead of sweat appeared on the Cheshire Cat's face. The Cheshire Cat raised its head towards Ella and pointed at the group of people behind Ella.

He took a look at the terrain search - the light spots representing the crowd were gathering towards him at an extremely fast speed, and judging from the number, there were at least close to a hundred people.

Like a rusty machine, Ella slowly turned around.

"Yes, it's a vampire! The fangs and ears, there's no mistaking it!"

"I heard she can even conjure up apples!"

"Catch her and you'll be happy! Everyone, hurry up!"

"""oh!"""

Like the adventurers' cheers as they toasted, the inhabitants of the dream world began to surge towards Ella like a tide.

Chapter 40: The solution to the trouble?

“As expected, it’s still like this!”

With a cry that was almost a scream, Ella began to retreat in the direction of the crowd.

"Princess, please leave first. Leave this to me."

Camisia quickly took out the Sword of Disorder from the ribbon. The pitch-black giant sword smashed onto the ground with a loud bang, which paused all the residents of the Dreamland who wanted to rush over.

Although being held on both sides by Lotte and Angeline, Ella turned around and called out to Camisia.

"Is it okay? That's a resident of the dream world who can create anything. Even though Camisia has surpassed the heroic realm in strength, she's still very dangerous!"

"It's all right, please trust me. Iris, I leave the princess to you."

"Haha, I'm a little upset that Camisia has snatched away the most important mission, but since it's been taken away, there's nothing I can do about it. Leave it to me."

"please."

Camisia nodded to Iris who took out the magnificent staff.

"Hey, hey! Can't the Cheshire Cat stop them?!"

"I'm deeply sorry, but there's no hierarchy in the dream world, so I can't stop the residents like the nobles do in the real world... Also, I think there's nothing wrong with signing a contract. It's Lady Ella's behavior that's the odd one out. The contract itself doesn't have any side effects."

"You're talking about side effects... Never mind, Ella-chan, let's go first. And Fukagan."

Glancing at the Cheshire Cat impatiently, Angelique took Ella and ran to the other side of the corner.

As the Cheshire Cat said, the contract itself does not produce any side effects, but that is just a side effect. The forced contract itself is a problem. Not to mention the "master-slave contract" of slaves, even the "equal contract" with equal relations between the two parties has the limitation of being able to read the other party's superficial thoughts, and such a limitation is almost an invisible shackle.

Ella looked at Camisia behind her with some worry, and fled quickly under the push of Iris, while the residents of the dream world stopped when they were about five meters in front of Camisia.

"Hey, there's no harm in making a contract with that vampire, right? Why are you stopping us?"

"Will I allow people like you, who come from unknown places, to pass through against the princess's will?"

Purple lightning entwined the blade of the Sword of Disorder. Camisia plunged the sword heavily into the ground, relying not on imagination but on her own strength to create a massive crater. Seeing Camisia's display of strength, the residents of the Dream World took a small step back, but seemed unwilling to give up their persuasion. One person in the crowd said sheepishly.

"Concluding a contract won't cause any trouble for that vampire..."

"You won't cause trouble? I won't believe it until I confirm it. If you set foot in here, I will regard you as my enemy."

As if giving a warning, Camisia glanced at the dent made by the giant sword and pulled it out of the ground.

"Tsk."

……

Because of Camisia's obstruction, the residents of the dream world failed to catch up with Ella, but on the way to escape, someone recognized Ella's identity. It was not until after several turns that Ella got rid of the group of people and came to a completely deserted alley.

The alley was very crowded. Even when there was no debris, it could only accommodate one person in a single file. Ella was in the front, followed by Angelica, Lotte, and Iris. Everyone stopped to rest for a while.

"Huh, finally, there's no one here."

Ella kept gasping for breath, supporting her knees with her hands. Running such a long distance in one breath was too much of a burden for a healer. If she hadn't cast auxiliary magic in the middle, she was sure that she would not have been able to run here smoothly.

“Is Camisia alright? Iris actually let Camisia stay there. Even if Camisia is powerful, this is a dreamland where anything can be created!”

"H-h-h, the Land of Dreams, the Land of Dreams isn't that great a place."

Although the passage was crowded and Ella and Iris happened to be at the two ends of the team, Ella could not see Iris at the end of the team, but from the tone of Iris's voice, Ella could hear that Iris seemed to be just like herself, constantly panting because of running wildly, and it seemed that because she did not know auxiliary magic, Iris seemed to be more tired than herself, and even her speech felt intermittent.

In order to help Iris finish her explanation quickly, Ella cast the "Blessing of Vitality" on her to relieve her fatigue.

After feeling relieved, Iris thanked Ella and continued explaining.

"In the Dream Realm, only objects that already exist in this world can be created—that's the first restriction. The second restriction requires a sufficiently specific imagination, building upon the first condition. Furthermore, there's another prerequisite: the inhabitants of the Dream World were originally people from the real world. These three factors combined make it impossible for them to defeat Camisia, which is why I agreed to let Camisia stay there alone."

After listening to Iris's reasoning, Lotte nodded thoughtfully, while Angelica looked confused.

"What? Why are all three of them destined to be no match for Camisia?"

It was Lotte who came back to her senses after she came out of her thoughts and answered in Iris' place.

"Miss Camisia is one of the few people in the entire continent who has surpassed the realm of heroes. Her strength is already extremely strong. The residents of the dream world, when they were alive, could hardly surpass Miss Camisia's strength. Therefore, magic created by imagination cannot pose a threat to Miss Camisia. Even if they want to use their imagination to weave high-level magic, it will fail due to their own lack of imagination or the fact that such magic does not exist in reality. Is this reasoning correct, Your Highness Elise?"

Lotte turned her head to confirm with Iris, who nodded approvingly.

"It's probably just like Lotte said, so instead of worrying about Camisia, Ella-chan, you should worry about yourself. A forced contract that can be executed just by holding hands is too troublesome no matter what. Since we don't know how to leave the dream world on our own initiative, the only ways to deal with the residents of the dream kingdom are to escape or kill them. I don't mind the latter, but Ella-chan will probably object, right?"

"Um……"

Ella groaned for a moment. Iris was right. She was indeed very resistant when Iris said the word "kill". Judging from the commotion, the people chasing her were at least half of the city's population. To kill with that number... only the devil in the story would dare to do it.

But the current problem is that no matter who you sign a contract with in the dream world, the result will be troublesome. Although it is passive, the only option is to escape.

From time to time, the voices of residents encountered along the way could be heard from outside the alley, shouting, "Where is that vampire?"

Trying not to think about being found, Ella responded to Iris.

"Let's just run away. This location is relatively safe now, so it's fine to stay here for a while. But, isn't there someone missing?"

"Eh? Come to think of it, I didn't see Fukakan-chan during the whole process. Did he leave without permission because he said 'this dream is too noisy'?"

"Well, that child doesn't have a troublesome identity like Ella-chan, so he won't be in danger."

Elise seemed a little tired as she said this. She turned around slightly, leaned against the wall, and thought about something. Her long silver hair, which was a little messy due to running, hung down casually.

Seeing Iris like this, Lotte's orange-red eyes showed worry.

"Escape?... With Iris-sama's physique, using the 'Blessing of Vitality' too much will lose its effect, right? Is there a better way?"

"A better way? Hmm—"

Angelini had a giant golden sickle engraved with pink hearts in her hand at some point. It looked exactly the same as the one she usually held. It should be something she had just summoned based on her imagination. Seeing this scene, Ella couldn't help but think that Angelini might have outstanding performance in imagination.

The severity of the situation made the always energetic Angelini quiet down and fall into deep thought. After a while.

“Hmm… I understand!”

Angelica shouted as her eyes lit up and she suddenly became excited.

"Angelina has an idea? It's not something stupid, is it?"

Ella's distrust of herself made Angeline raise her eyebrows and look a little angry.

"How rude! I was thinking about this seriously! The solution is—why not have one of us sign a contract with Ella-chan beforehand? Each person can only sign one of the same contract, right? And the method is simple enough that anyone can do it. So, no matter what the contract is, as long as we're all on the same side and don't invoke contract restrictions on each other, then everything will be fine, right?"

Chapter 41: Transformation

"Wow? Maybe such conditions are actually feasible? If someone has already signed a contract, the residents of the dream world will naturally give up, and even if they want to sign a contract, they won't be able to do so... Angelina's idea is worth a try."

Iris's interested voice came from the end of the team.

After thinking about the feasibility of this plan, it seemed that there was indeed no problem, Ella muttered as she thought.

"Perhaps it is possible..."

"So let me be the one to make the contract."

"Uh, no, no, let's just forget it. Putting aside the Master-Servant Contract, even if it's an equal contract, being able to passively read the other person's surface memories is going to be troublesome anyway."

Seeing that Iris seemed to want to squeeze through the narrow alley, Ella quickly moved a few steps away from the group. Fortunately, the alley was only wide enough for one person to pass through. If Iris wanted to come over, she had to let Lotte turn sideways first, and then she could turn sideways to barely squeeze through - but Lotte's body seemed to be frozen, and she didn't show any desire to move.

Waiting for Lotte to make way, Iris pretended to be nonchalant and spoke frivolously.

"I don't mind having my surface memories read, you know?"

"I'll care!"

And after all, with Iris's personality, she might be able to hide her surface memories, making it impossible for me to read them—or even disguise them to confuse me. If the target was Iris, maybe she could really do it.

If the target was Angelina, allowing her to read his thoughts at will would be a very risky thing. Although Angelina would not reveal anything that he had instructed her to do beforehand, there was no rule that she might be careless.

——For example, talking nonsense after being drunk is not uncommon. When the bride's training ended, in order to celebrate, Camisia brought a bottle of wine called "Blood of Zulongte" that she had collected since the Demon God era. After taking a small sip, Angelini passed out drunk at the banquet and said some ridiculous remarks such as "The gears of fate have already turned, and the rhapsody to destruction has already sounded."

Although Lotte was the one she felt most at ease with, Ella was still a little worried about one thing.

It was about the fact that he wasn't actually from this world, and keeping it secret was an instinctive fear. Although he could only read the surface of his consciousness, he couldn't rule out the possibility that he might think of it at some point. If Lotte read it... it might just happen that he least wanted to see it happen. In that case, he might as well choose Iris.

"Then how about Miss Ella choosing me? As for me, no matter what the contract is, it will still be your strongest offensive magic, just like it is now. Miss Ella is my master—absolutely, that will not change."

Luty took a step forward and stood behind Angelica who was standing in the middle. She placed her right hand on her chest, and her eyes were filled with nothing but expectation and some other complex emotions.

Trouble...

Ella screamed in her heart.

In this situation, Ruthie's request is the most difficult thing to deal with. Although it is okay to refuse, it will definitely hurt Ruthie. Even if Ruthie says she doesn't care about this matter, based on past experience, Ruthie will definitely blame herself for her lack of ability, but the problem is entirely on her side and has nothing to do with Ruthie.

How to answer?

The glint of emotion in Lotte's orange-red eyes made it impossible for Ella to refuse. The thought of signing a contract meant their bond would become even closer, inseparable. A strange, complex feeling stirred within her, and she even considered that revealing all the secrets of her past life to Lotte might be all right.

Not daring to look at Lotte's eyes, Ella lowered her head in silence and began to hesitate between the two choices.

"As expected... am I not good enough..."

Lotte's deep voice was the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing Ella to raise her head.

"I and—"

"If it's so hard to choose, why not just pick me? Come on, come on."

Because she was sandwiched between the two silent people, Angeline, who was somewhat dissatisfied with the silent atmosphere, puffed out her chest and patted it confidently at the critical moment, then stretched out her free hand to Ella's hand.

"No!"

"Why were you so decisive when you rejected me?!"

"In that case, why don't you choose me, a reliable senior?"

This time, Iris changed her route and used flying magic to fly into the air. However, the alley was too narrow, so Iris didn't dare to fly too fast and slowly stretched out her hand towards Ella.

"Hey, hey! Can you guys please respect my opinion for a moment?"

"Ella-chan has no say in this matter, you know?"

Looking at the hands of Angelique and Iris getting closer and closer to her, Ella kept backing away.

"Here! The vampire lady is here!"

"Oh! It really is Miss Vampire! Come to me quickly, I'll find a way to get you whatever you want, okay?"

"Go away, it would be better if you come to my place."

"Hey, they seem to have run away!"

"No, it looks like her companions are chasing her too. Stop talking nonsense and go after them!"

A tide of people once again poured into the alley, which was only wide enough for one person to pass through, and began a game of cat and mouse.

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