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

——If possible, it would be better to block it with rapid cooling ice magic.

Although I thought so in my heart, it would be very troublesome if this magical weapon was the type that would react to a sudden drop in temperature, so I couldn't take it lightly.

Ruthie aimed the iron pick at the lid of the box and drilled slowly, quietly and carefully as possible.

If gas gushes out, just seal the opening with pre-cut airtight material before the air pressure changes. Even if there is some leakage, it is within the error range of volume change caused by thermal change.

While I was thinking of countermeasures, a tiny hole, so small that it was almost invisible, was opened on the lid of the box.

No gas leaked out of the hole.

——There is no gas detonation mechanism.

Lotte breathed a sigh of relief, feeling so certain.

“Hoo—Hoo—”

While breathing heavily, sticky sweat seeped out of his body.

The next things to worry about are vibration, heat, and light sensing.

Generally speaking, vibration sensors are too sensitive and can easily cause unexpected explosions, so even if they are set up, they are quite loose settings. As long as they are not kicked away or picked up, they can be considered safe.

As for thermal sensing, the black box means that it absorbs and releases heat quickly. When punching holes in the box, it was confirmed that there was no insulation material, so it can be determined that there is no thermal sensor that can respond to human body temperature.

——In other words, the remaining issue is light sensing…

Light sensors, like vibration sensors, can become irritating to the person setting up the mechanism if they're set too sensitively, and they also need to be careful when carrying and setting them up, so they're not very appealing. They shouldn't react unless the amount of light reaches a certain level.

"But in this critical situation, there's no such thing as 'should' or 'assumption'..."

"Don't overthink it. Lotte, just think about what you would do if you were setting up the bomb yourself."

Ella, who had been watching Lotte's movements silently, offered words of comfort.

"--Hmm...If it were me, I'd do that."

Beep, beep, beep.

Shine the magic lamp infused with magic power through the small hole opened earlier, and you can hear a faint beeping sound similar to a warning. As the intensity of the light changes, the speed of the sound also changes.

"That's right. First of all, there's no doubt that a light-sensing magic device is installed."

There are three minutes left. If you want to run, now is the only time.

But now that we have come this far, we can only continue.

——I don’t know how far I can go by just groping with my hands…

After simply wiping off the sweat, Lotte picked out one of the many tools and began her battle with Iris.

Chapter 71 Exchange - Endgame

*Genesis 6186 December 17th, 06:07 AM, Eastern part of the Holy Academy

Thick winter fog enveloped the plains east of the Holy Academy. Perhaps the academy deliberately set the destination on this exposed plain in the east in order to allow students to learn from each other.

However, because there is still a whole day before the end of the assessment, there are not many people here right now - except for the five magic casters hidden in the thick fog.

"Captain Oak, it's the time we agreed to with Miss Elelaya. Can we begin the attack?"

One of the companions asked.

Although Oak had already told his companions about their mission - the purpose was not to defeat Princess Iris Charlotte Farialuci, but to weaken her abilities as much as possible and hold her back long enough to create opportunities for Ella's team, the main attackers - his companions still looked very interested.

Whether you can pass the assessment depends on this step.

Oak sighed imperceptibly.

For me, this assessment is actually not as important as it was at the beginning. What I want to do now is just to help the thin blond figure as much as possible.

He was born in a commoner family. Although they were not so poor that they could not afford food, their life was still tight. Even so, his family still tried their best to send Oak to the Holy Academy to study magic.

After the first year of classes ended, I returned home and went monster hunting with my sister who taught herself magic and wanted to become an adventurer to make money. However, I didn't expect that the actual battles were completely different from those in the academy. After just a single encounter, the monsters I summoned were torn to pieces by the prey. At that time, I was in the same situation as when I was attacked by the nest beetle yesterday, and I was doomed to die.

In order to escape from the predicament, the younger sister broke through her limit and used magic far beyond her level, temporarily resisting the monsters, so that she and her younger sister were able to escape, but instead, the younger sister lost her ability as a magic caster and became an ordinary person.

From that moment on, Oak's magical training became fraught with a new mission: to earn enough money to purchase the "Elixir," a legendary item that could restore his sister's magical abilities. This was a major reason why Oak showed little interest in anything other than magic during his time at the academy.

And yesterday, Oak made the same mistake again.

Thinking of this, Oak couldn't help but bite his lower lip.

Yesterday, when the nest beetle cast a third-level magic to attack him, Ella not only blocked it for him, but also used an attack of that intensity to counterattack.

When they were discussing their strengths before, he already knew that Ella's real level was only eighteen, and forcibly opening three layers of magic shields in a row like that would put an unimaginable strain on the body, not to mention that unimaginable pestle attack.

If not handled properly, it could very well lead to serious consequences like being unable to use magic. No, considering Ella's strength was only level 18, sequelae were almost certain. It was a miracle that she didn't die directly from having her vitality drained due to the forced use of magic.

The best proof was the blood that kept flowing from the corner of Ella's mouth.

The reason why Ella had to bear such a heavy burden was that he did not listen to Ella's advice and escape at the first moment, so he was the culprit.

This was the second time this had happened, and that was why his strong-willed sister had lost her magical abilities.

At that time, my sister also stood in front of me and said, "It's okay, trust me," but she ended up like that. Although Ella said that she used the "panacea" to repair the sequelae, the panacea is something that is difficult to buy even with gold coins. If she couldn't stand in front of me without hesitation at that time, if she wasn't very kind by nature, she would never have behaved so recklessly.

——Thinking about it this way, Miss Elelaya is clearly a demon, but she can use healing magic. Is she really so kind that she can even change her racial characteristics...

Unconsciously, Oak overlapped Ella's appearance with that of his sister in his mind.

——The two of them look alike no matter how you look at them... Although their appearances are very different, their smiling faces are exactly the same... Ah, she is such a cute girl, but I let her get seriously hurt. How hateful!

Guilt mixed with a feeling he had never experienced before filled Oak's heart.

The little figure in the cave stood before him, not even taking a single step back even though injured and bleeding... What on earth was this strange feeling?

Oak began to rack his brains to find the right adjective to describe the wonderful feeling in his heart.

"Captain Oak? Captain Oak?"

Oak came back to his senses when his companion patted his shoulder.

"Huh? Oh, attack, huh? Let's begin! We can't let Miss Elelaya's kindness go to waste."

"certainly."

Focusing his thoughts on reality, Oak commanded his team - a magic team consisting of three light elves, five evil eyes, and five fire lizards, and a diversionary team consisting of seven puppet golems and ten living armored knights, forming a beast tide and rushing towards Iris's location.

"How much magic power do you have left?"

"I can no longer summon monsters, Captain."

“Is that so…”

Oak held the magic potion in his pocket tightly. This was an extra bottle of magic potion that Ella gave him just to be on the safe side. If anything unusual happened later, he would use it without hesitation.

However, if there are so many monsters, even if the target is the princess of the God-man tribe, it should be possible to contain them for a long enough time.

"It's up to you now, Miss Elelaya."

"Ah, Ella-chan has found an ally after all, but it's not that little brat but a magic caster? Wow, interesting."

"Who?"

The thick fog that originally served as a cover now seemed extremely obstructive. Oak and his companions kept looking left and right, but they could not see where the target was - it was natural, as the current visibility of ten meters was already a very good level.

"I'm your target, Iris Charlotte Fariaruchi, but it's a summoning type... I need to prepare some third-tier magic, ○◆■◆..."

Wearing a magic robe dominated by cool colors, Iris lowered her flying altitude to a position where she could be seen by Oak and his group.

"It's Her Highness Fariaruchi! Evil Eye, Psychic Shock!"

Oak's companions immediately asked the Evil Eye who had returned to use mental shock on Iris, but this first-level mental magic seemed to have no effect on Iris. After the transparent light wave of the mental shock hit Iris, it only made the brooch on her chest flash, and the chanting itself did not stop.

"That's... an item that grants immunity to mental magic?!"

"Hey, hey, do you even have tools like this..."

"Don't just stand there, let the monster attack!"

While Oak yelled at his companions, he directed the Evil Eye to charge directly at Iris. Since mental magic didn't work, he would simply use physical attacks to interrupt the chanting. This way, even if the opponent was the strongest magic chanter among the third graders, he should be forced to stop.

Seeing Oak's behavior, his companions came to their senses and began to command the Evil Eye to charge towards Iris in the air in different directions. At this speed, if Iris did not cast magic to stop it, she would definitely suffer considerable damage.

But... Iris's chant has ended.

"—[Reverse Cross Thunder]."

Just like lightning exploding before his eyes during a thunderstorm, intense flashes of light filled his eyes, and then Oak felt the connection with his summoned beasts being lost one after another, leaving only two light elves that had almost lost their combat effectiveness still floating in the air.

After the flash, there was a landslide-like explosion. The huge sound seemed to break through the eardrum and reach the brain, even making people feel deaf in both ears.

"All destroyed? Ah~ah, how many summoned beasts are left? Is there still one who can stand up? Well, I don't expect to take them all out with a single spell. Now that we've contained her here, I should go find Ella-chan over there. She's probably busy with 'that' right now, right?"

After casually glancing around the battlefield, Iris waved her hand and began to slowly walk towards the clock tower.

——It can’t end like this.

The voice from the bottom of his heart appeared on the surface of Oak's consciousness.

I've already failed twice. How can I lie on the ground like this again?

Even though she was a girl, she was still fighting, yet she looked so inappropriate.

We've already agreed to hold the enemy back for a sufficient amount of time, so it would be too much to end it with just one strike, right?

A small phantom of the blond hair seemed to appear in Oak's mind.

The object is such a kind and lovely girl, how can I just break my promise? Ah, yes, I can't just lie down like this, that kind of feeling... that kind of feeling should be the feeling of "wanting to protect someone" that bastard Karan said... Then, I can't just let it go...

Striving to squeeze out the remaining strength in his body, Oak stretched out his trembling right hand and reached into his pocket, stuffed the magic potion given by Ella into his mouth, bit open the cork, and then grasped the staff that had slipped out of his hand due to the lightning.

If that's the case...if that's the case—it should be possible to stop it.

There's a small price to pay, but since even they can use it, there's no reason why I can't.

The orc moved his lips and chanted in a voice so dry that his throat felt like a knife cutting every time he recited a spell.

“●○, □▼, ◆●□, △◆●, △◆●△, ○◆△■——”

The voice was so hoarse that it couldn't form a complete sentence, but the miracle was that the spell didn't break at any point. Finally, Oak raised his face, which was charred by the electric shock, and revealed a slightly hideous smile of satisfaction.

"—Summon the Nest Beetle. Go, stop her."

After giving his first and final command, Oak closed his eyes and lost consciousness.

Instead, there was Iris's somewhat surprised murmur and the roar of the nest beetle.

"Huh? Looks like it'll be a little late."

Today is Ella's birthday~

Because I was worried that posting it at the end of a chapter would give people the impression of padding the word count, Yomi specially opened a chapter here. It has been nearly half a year since I started writing the book, and I feel like time has flown by so quickly. I didn't expect that the birthday I casually set for Ella would actually be celebrated one day. It's a cause for celebration.

Last night, before going to bed, Yomi was still thinking: When I wake up, will I find myself in a white world and become Ella? Although the wish is beautiful, unfortunately, I am still sitting here typing. Perhaps only after I finish writing this book will I be called by God.

Well, to avoid making the congratulations seem shabby, I’ll stop here. Today is Ella’s birthday, so the first thing I want to say is

Happy birthday, Ella!

Happy birthday, Ms. Ella~

Happy birthday, Ella!

Happy birthday to Ella~

Happy birthday, Princess.

Happy birthday, senior.

(Please use your imagination to figure out which character's blessing 0v0 is above)

Although I don’t know if you can see it, a thought is a thought after all.

Also, seeing the birthday wishes from everyone in the group yesterday, I always felt very happy. Here, Yomi wants to make up for the words of thanks that I forgot yesterday——

Thank you very much for your blessings.

The daily comments from Xiaomomingjun, Maho-kun, and Yuzujiang (laughs) always give me a lot of motivation.