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

Ella gave a confident smile to Lotte, who was hiding behind her and about to rush out to cause trouble.

"Have you discussed it? Who will go first?"

A very thin-looking man saw the two men finish their conversation, laughed, and issued an ultimatum.

Zarco glanced at the thin man, who immediately shut up.

"Well, if it were the princess, she would have made the best choice. I know you're level 11, but you're alone against us, and you're unarmed. Even a knight from the Kingdom's Knights wouldn't be able to escape this predicament."

Ella pretended to be nonchalant.

"As the leader of this group, you seem to be quite talkative. Is there a reason for that?"

Zarco was silent for a moment and let out a long breath.

"I'm not their leader. I'm just their organizer. As a former adventurer, I'm not on the same side as these guys. They're only here because they trust my strength and we agree on certain things."

"Oh? As a former adventurer, why would you associate with these hooligans? Don't you have any pride as an adventurer?"

"—I told the princess nonchalantly that what I need is money. And you seem to have misunderstood something. Adventurers aren't as glorious as knights, and naturally, they don't have any self-respect."

Ella blinked, stopped Lotte who was about to step forward with one hand, and put her other hand on her lips, asking a question with a somewhat playful gesture.

"So, if I say I'll give you 20 gold coins, will you come to my place?"

Zarco hesitated, as if weighing the pros and cons, and then slowly rejected Ella's proposal.

"Allow me to decline. I still believe that capturing Her Highness and then searching her for gold coins will yield greater benefits."

The thugs around seemed relieved after hearing that Zarco rejected Ella, and their faces, which were originally full of worry, were covered with lewd smiles again.

Hearing Zarco's refusal, Ella lowered her hand and nodded.

"Is that so? That's the solution then."

Hearing Ella's seemingly compromising answer, Zarco felt relieved and adopted a tone of sincere advice.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Princess. I will try to get these people to behave themselves."

As he spoke, Zarco glared fiercely at the thugs standing around him. They all nodded in agreement with Zarco, suggesting that Zarco must be exceptionally strong among them.

"Hmm? Maybe there was some misunderstanding? I didn't say I would cooperate with you."

"Miss Ella, please let me hold out for a while. This is what I should do as a slave."

Lotte let go of Ella's hand and stepped forward resolutely, standing in front of Ella.

After hearing Ella's words, the thugs began to get agitated, and Zaker shook his head helplessly.

"Is that so? I figured it would be like this a long time ago. I'm sorry, Princess."

Zar didn't say anything else. Since he was taller than Ella and Lotte, he half-crouched and leaned forward. His strong body rushed towards Ella at a speed as if he wanted to knock Ella away with a huge object. He probably wanted to knock Ella unconscious with one blow.

The thugs around them also rushed to follow Zarco towards Ella and Lotte. Lotte lowered her head, closed her eyes, opened her arms, and stood in front of Ella as if to hug Zarco.

Ella pointed her index finger at Zarco, who was rushing in front, and turned her head away as if she couldn't bear to see the scene that was about to unfold.

"Ice Wolf Attack—"

This was a spell Ella frequently used in the early stages of the game. It summoned an ice wolf from her fingertips, charging towards a line of enemies. It was a powerful, penetrating attack. Based on Ella's current knowledge of the world, none of these thugs, generally below level 7, could withstand this attack.

However, the truth was not as simple as Ella imagined.

——I didn’t feel any magic flowing through my fingertips.

Ella quickly looked forward and saw a huge shadow about to hit Lotte who was standing in front of her. Ella pulled Lotte towards her, while her brain was rapidly recalling why there was no magic flowing.

The shadow before my eyes seemed to slow down.

—From Ella's current situation, as long as it's magic that matches her level, no matter what kind, she can use it freely, and there are no class-specific skills in traditional games. This situation is completely inconsistent with our experience so far.

The shadow came closer, and Ella pulled Lotte behind her, seeing Lotte's eyes wide open.

——Could it be that as a swordsman, I can't cast skills from other professions? Impossible. When I cast the "Intermediate Healing" when I first saved Lotte, I didn't feel anything strange. It was even more real than the magic fluctuations I felt in the game.

Ella turned around, squatted down, hugged Lotte in front of her, and faced the oncoming flesh bomb with her back.

- Could it be that this world has a rule like novice protection, which caused me to be at a very high level on my first day, and now that the novice protection has disappeared, I can't use my skills? No, that's impossible. The status bar still shows my level as 50. If it's a time-limited ability, then I should be level 1 now, and it's impossible for me to stay at level 50.

All he could see was the shadow of the flesh bomb, which must be less than half a meter away. Unable to contain the fear of being hit by a huge object, he held Lotte tighter. Lotte screamed "No" and struggled in his arms as if trying to break free.

——Suddenly, Ella thought of the possible reason. After coming to this world, she had never tried to cast offensive magic. She had only used auxiliary and healing abilities. Could it be that she was unable to cast offensive skills?

Her hair stood on end as she thought of the impending pain. An idea suddenly occurred to Ella.

""crystal--"."

"That's it!"

A stern voice interrupted Ella's thoughts.

Chapter 21 The Possibility of a Conspiracy

"That's it!"

"▲●■——『Magic Shield』."

A stern voice sounded, followed by a dull sound of flesh contact.

Lotte broke free from Ella's embrace, stood up first, and understood the situation. She pulled Ella, who was still squatting, up, and then looked at the transparent magic shield floating in front of her. It seemed that this magic shield must have blocked Zarco who had rushed towards her and her master.

Zarco was now lying on the ground, his hand clutching his shoulder, his brow twisted in pain as he struggled to stand. Apparently, he'd been injured by the sudden appearance of the magic shield. The surrounding thugs were also frightened by the shield and didn't dare approach.

A group of armored guards rushed into the crowd, surrounded Ella and Lotte, and roughly drove the thugs into the circle formed by the guards.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Lotte breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her body to face Elle, her messy twintails trembling along with her shoulders.

"Ms. Ella, why didn't you let me stand in front of you? This is what I should do, why did you let me stand in front of you!"

An angry cry burst out of her throat, and Lotte felt a flush rush to her face.

"If, if you really die protecting me, then what's the point of me being a slave?! If you really want to protect me, then live well! If you just leave it like this... then I'll just become someone else's plaything. How can that still be considered protecting me?!"

A warm feeling flowed down her cheeks. This was the first time in her life that Lotte felt so angry. It was like a flood of emotion that broke through the dam of rationality. Uncontrollable emotions were revealed on her face.

Looking at Ella who was stunned and speechless in front of her, Luty stretched out her hand tremblingly, slowly, then suddenly accelerated, and for the first time took the initiative to hug Ella, while bursting into tears.

Feeling Lotte's powerful heartbeat and the overwhelming emotion, Ella didn't know what to say. As a man, even from friends, she'd never been so directly shown concern. This was the first time she'd felt someone's worry so closely. Unsure of what to do, she could only silently accept Lotte's scolding.

"Ms. Ella, I'm sorry I'm late."

A voice came from in front of him. Looking up, he saw that it was the Lord of Kmir. At the same time, standing next to Kmir was Jayne, the president of the Adventurer's Guild.

Hearing someone calling Ella, Lotte's crying gradually turned into soft sobs, then she let go of Ella, lowered her head and stood aside.

After Lotte released her, Ella calmed herself down and bowed to Lord Kmir and Jayne.

"No, I should thank Lord Kmir and Guild Master Jayne. If you hadn't arrived in time, I might have been in trouble today."

Ella was right, because if she hadn't heard the words "That's all," she might have used the fifth-level defensive magic "Crystal Wall" and caused a sensation.

From what Lotte had told her so far, magic in this world was divided into ten levels, with each level being a tier. Using tier 5 magic was like telling others that one was at least level 50. And based on Lotte's knowledge, the top performers in this world were currently around level 70. If others knew I was at least level 50, I'd definitely be unable to live a normal life.

"If Miss Ella had brought a weapon, these thugs would have been no match for you."

President Jayne, who was wearing a blue robe, took over the conversation and looked at the troublemakers who were tied up tightly by the guards around him, and stopped fighting.

Also looking at the group of people who were tied up, the Lord of Kmir seemed to be suppressing his inner anger, and his voice became extremely low.

"After hearing the report about Miss Ella encountering these scoundrels, I immediately notified President Jain and brought the guards here. However, we were almost a step too late. I'm truly sorry, Miss Ella. I will punish these troublemakers severely."

Kemir's gloomy face seemed to be dripping with water, and it was obvious that the city lord was on the verge of exploding with anger. His deep-set eyes narrowed into a thin slit, making people feel as sharp as if being pricked by needles.

Looking at the appearance of Lord Kmir, Ella seemed to have thought of something. She thanked Kmir and Jayne with a smile, then left quickly with Lotte on the grounds of feeling unwell.

Back at the hotel, Ella poked her head out of the door, checked to see if there was anyone around, then closed the door with a very slight movement. She sat on the bed, thinking about the possibilities she had thought of before.

Lotte's eyes were still red. She lectured Ella again, telling her to be in the front when encountering danger and not to protect the slaves anymore. Then she found that Ella didn't respond. Thinking of Ella's previous words about feeling unwell, she felt a little worried, so she poured a glass of water and handed it to Ella.

"Miss Ella, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Looking up, she saw a worried look on Lotte's tear-stained face. She took the cup of water and told Lotte the possibility she had thought of before.

"My previous claim of feeling unwell was just an excuse."

Hearing Ella's low voice, Lotte realized that something must be wrong, so she moved a chair across the room and sat opposite her.

"Is there a reason?"

"Don't you think this is too coincidental, Lotte?"

"It's normal—no, it's a coincidence that's a little off. It's like they found the perfect timing and inserted themselves at the most dangerous moment."

"Yes, that's what I thought. If all this is a conspiracy by Lord Kmir, then it makes sense."

Hearing Ella's reasoning, Lotte placed a hand under her lips.

"If that's the case, what's their intention? I can't seem to find any reason for such an elaborate plan."

Ella hesitated, as if trying to formulate her words.

"I'm completely lost, so I'm thinking about this."

At first, Ella was planning to say that the city lord was attracted by her appearance, but she felt a little embarrassed to say it so bluntly. However, whenever Ella thought of the city lord's sinister face, she couldn't help but feel that the city lord must have some purpose, so she chose a safer statement.

"If there's something you want, wouldn't it be better for you, as the city lord, to choose a more direct approach? Are you resorting to such a troublesome method to win over Miss Ella? But if you're the city lord, you shouldn't be short of troops... Unless you want to achieve something that's impossible right now..."

Lost in thought, Lotte bit her fingers unconsciously.

As if giving up on thinking about something that had no clue, Ella stood up, picked up the sword "Black and White Wings" that she had placed on the bedside and tied it around her waist.

"There's one more thing I need to understand, and it takes priority over the previous one."

Lotte raised her head, waiting for Ella's next words.

"I'm going to understand why I can't use offensive magic. That's why I didn't take action against those thugs before."

Chapter 22 Daily Life in the Forest

*Genesis 6185 August 15th 8:12.18 Barris Coast Forest

The sun, at the height of August's heat, shone through the forest, falling on the two men and the beast.

"Welcome, my God! When we parted yesterday, I promised you I would create a brand new forest, but this is the end result—"

"Ms. Ella..."

Perhaps fearful of the griffin before her, Lotte clutched the hem of her skirt tightly. Ella, watching the griffin bow its head, felt a sense of uncertainty. While the griffin's loyalty was a blessing, she felt uneasy about having to feign omniscience and almightiness when she couldn't use offensive magic.

"It's only been one day. Even if I were here, I wouldn't have achieved anything. Don't worry about it. I came here to confirm something."

"Please explain clearly."

"I'm here to test some magic, and I need you to take me to a place where it doesn't matter if it's abandoned."

"Okay, please come up with this lady."

The griffin straightened itself, indicating that it was ready.

Seeing the griffin's actions, Ella pushed Loti, who was standing beside her nervously, forward. Loti just stood stiffly beside the griffin without any further movement.

"It's okay, get on. Hasn't Lotte ever ridden a horse before?"

"I've... I've ridden one before... but... shouldn't a Griffin be at the top of the chain of magical beasts? To think it's submitting to a human like this... that's something that only happens in stories."

The griffin flapped its wings lightly, seeming to be somewhat dissatisfied with Lotte's words.

"Little girl, this is a god, not something you ordinary humans can compare to."

"You're actually calling her a god... Who the hell is Miss Ella?"

Lotte looked at Ella in disbelief.

Ella felt that explaining it slowly would be too much trouble, and now was not the time to dawdle. Without answering Lotte, she sat on the Griffin's back, then, using her level-added strength, pulled Lotte in front of her. Then, amid Lotte's exclamations, she lifted her up and straddled her.

"If that's the case, I should have been able to use my level bonus to directly use my physical strength to blow that guy named Zarko away. I still lack actual combat experience."

"Ms. Ella, this..."

"Alright, alright, don't worry about it. I'll explain it to you later."