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

Chapter 24: Dissipating Ice Cone

Ella looked at the flames that appeared in her palms and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that she was not unable to cast offensive magic, so what she needed to study now was why she couldn't release "Ice Wolf Attack" before.

"It still looks the same as in 'F.Wing'; I can't feel the warmth. But even though it's been maxed out, this fireball still looks the same. Why doesn't it benefit from the higher levels like the other skills?"

He carefully stretched out his hand and sent out the small fireball in his hand. The fireball floated out along a parabolic trajectory and dissipated directly after landing on the ground without any special effects.

"The effects are exactly the same..."

After pondering for a while and not getting an answer, Ella decided to cast "Ice Wolf Attack" again.

She raised her right hand, pointed her index finger forward, felt the magic flowing through her body, and imagined the feeling of casting "Ice Wolf Attack" before. A faint mist condensed on her fingertips, gradually transformed into a solid ice cone, and finally formed the shape of a gray wolf about one meter long, almost half the height of Ella.

"Ice Wolf Attack."

In an instant, the ice wolf in front of him pounced forward, leaving only an ice-blue trail that gradually dissipated in the air. The ice wolf slowed down after rushing out for nearly twenty meters, and finally turned into water vapor and dissipated in the air.

Watching "Ice Wolf Attack" dissipate in the air, Ella's doubts deepened.

"I was able to perform it properly this time, but why couldn't I do it before? Is there a limitation? Or do I have to be in the size of a loli god to perform offensive skills?"

Thinking of this, Ella switched her role to Swordsman again and cast "Ice Wolf Attack" again. The result was the same as when she transformed into Loli God before. An ice wolf rushed out twenty meters and slowly dissipated into the air.

"Can it be cast even if it's a swordsman class? Then what exactly limits its ability?"

Sensing Ella's distress, Lotte controlled her body, which had been levitated by the "Floating Technique," and moved towards Ella, bypassing the magic shield.

"What's wrong?"

"I encountered something incomprehensible. The magic that I couldn't cast before when I encountered the thugs is now working again, but I have no idea what's causing it."

Ruthie pondered for a moment and then made a tentative suggestion.

"Perhaps it's because she can't cast spells now that she has a target? But I don't know much about magic, so I'm just choosing by process of elimination. Before, when she couldn't use offensive magic, Miss Ella was targeting that person named Zarko, but now she can cast it against an air target. If Miss Ella's strength remains unchanged, then there are only two options: the first is that that person named Zarko possesses a powerful magic item that can dissipate the opponent's magic before it can be cast; the second is that the target is different."

"A powerful magic item?... Impossible. A magic item that can dissipate someone's magic without warning hasn't even appeared in F.Wing."

"'F.Wing'?"

"Ah, it's nothing, don't worry about it, it's the name of my hometown."

"Really?... What a strange name."

"Let's get back to the original topic. Why did Lotte directly say it was the second one and not the first? I've never heard of this kind of magic item, but it's a possibility, isn't it?"

"That Zarco guy isn't a magician, right? If he doesn't know magic, he can't use magic items."

In this world, without magic, can't magic items be used? Then can restorative potions be used? Well, forget it, let's talk about it later. Ella made a mental note about this and then began to check on Lotte's thoughts.

"Then I'll find a target this time. Lotte, stay away from me and hide behind those shields."

"OK."

After confirming that Lotte was well hidden under the magic shield, Ella cast another spell at a patch of ground farther away.

"Ice Wolf Attack."

Just like before when it had no target, the ice wolf rushed out, but this time it blasted a larger dent in the top of the mountain made of copper ore.

"It can still be cast... Could it be related to distance?"

With a try-it attitude, he adjusted the distance between himself and the ground to the same distance as when he faced Zarko before, and the result was that he was still able to release.

Ella felt the urge to throw herself up in her hands and grumble. She stamped her foot furiously, then, as if to vent her anger, unleashed a barrage of attack spells at the ground. Suddenly, a dazzling array of lights exploded from the summit, accompanied by a resounding roar. Countless clouds of dust filled the air. If this mountain weren't made of orichalcum, or if Ella wasn't using low-level magic, it would have already caused a landslide.

“Cough, cough, cough—”

The smoke gradually dissipated, revealing Ella standing in the pit, waving her hands and coughing.

"I should have used some, cough, brains. Before casting, cough, cough, I should have added a layer of shield to myself, cough."

He controlled his body and floated to Lotte's side in a panic.

"You're just taking it out on something when you can't think of a solution... Miss Ella, you're really too much like a child—although you're also very cute..."

"It can't be helped. If I can't cast offensive magic, what if I run into danger? Then I won't be able to fulfill my promise to protect Lotte from being bullied."

"Even so... Eh? I get it. Miss Ella, how about trying a different target this time?"

"Hmm? What did you think of?"

"Miss Ella, why don't you try targeting me this time?"

Ella's originally relaxed brows instantly furrowed together, and she waved her hands repeatedly.

"No, no, absolutely not. If it were Lotte, any spell would send you to another world. Absolutely not."

"When Miss Ella can cast offensive magic, the targets are always objects, right? It must be because the targets are living creatures, and Miss Ella internally refuses to cast offensive magic that would harm people, so she can't cast offensive magic, right?"

"No, this is too risky. If this isn't the reason, then I'm—"

"It's okay. I can hide behind the defensive magic that Miss Ella cast earlier."

Rudy looked at Ella expectantly, which made Ella think of something rather disrespectful, like the idea that Rudy was actually a masochist at heart. Shaking her head, she dismissed her wild thoughts. After careful consideration, Ella decided to take Rudy's advice.

"Then be careful, okay? If you feel any danger, call me and I'll stop casting magic immediately."

"Okay, okay."

After answering, Lotte obediently hid behind the defensive shield that Ella had initially built.

"Shall I begin then?"

After reminding Lotte, Ella selected Lotte as her target and chose a basic attack skill that was easier to control than the fireball.

"Ice Cone."

An extremely small ice cone appeared in front of him. In terms of the magic capacity of this ice cone, it was not enough to cause damage to any of the shields he had cast before.

With a flick of his fingertips, the ice cone flew towards Lotte at an extremely slow speed, and finally shattered into pieces when it hit the shield.

Seeing the results of the experiment, Ella felt like giving up on herself again.

"It can still be cast. Isn't it a problem of the target?"

Lotte half-stepped away from the shield, her lavender twintails swinging left and right.

"I think it's a matter of Miss Ella's inner thoughts. If Miss Ella knew deep down that she couldn't hurt me, the effect would naturally be the same as when we bombarded the ground earlier—after all, it's better not to have a shield."

"but--"

"Ms. Ella, I've always wanted to do something for you. Now is the time for me to help you. Let me be the target."

"But even if you just aim at your arm, it'll hurt. And I said I won't let you get bullied again."

"This is my own decision, and it's not bullying. Being able to help Miss Ella is Lotte's greatest wish right now."

Seeing that Ella seemed to want to say something, Lotte told Ella her determination with a firm look.

Ella let out a long sigh with mixed feelings and walked to a distance of about ten meters from Lotte.

"Then I really did cast it."

Looking at Ruthie again, Ruthie still looked determined, so Ella no longer hesitated.

"Ice Cone."

The mist on the fingertips slowly condensed, and then—dissipated...

Chapter 25: The journey ahead? Magic school?

"Um?"

Watching the ice cone spell dissipate from her fingertips, Ella tilted her head slightly to express her confusion.

I tried to cast the Ice Cone spell again, and the result was the same as before. The mist dissipated into the air just as it was about to condense into an ice cone.

"So it's the target? How about trying a different spell?"

Ruthie suggested from the other side.

"Then—the 'Light Arrow'."

This time, there was no sign of condensation at all. Just like the Ice Wolf Attack he wanted to use when he first faced Zaker, nothing happened.

"It seems that's because the target is human. Miss Ella is subconsciously unwilling to harm humans, so she can't cast offensive magic."

"Eh? I've been thinking about it, why can't I cast it?"

"If you subconsciously don't want to harm humans, no matter how much your conscious mind tries, it won't work. The reason you need to chant spells to cast magic is not only to mobilize the magical elements within your body and the outside world, but also to subconsciously create the impression of the magic you want to cast. If you can't subconsciously form the desire to cast magic, you naturally won't be able to unleash offensive magic."

"Hey, how can this be?"

Ella began to try various magic spells in disbelief, but the higher the level of the magic, the less likely it was that it could be cast on Lotte. On the contrary, the lowest level ice cone and fireball seemed to have gathered elements, but they always collapsed at the last step.

After repeated attempts to recover, Ella gave up and fell backwards. However, thanks to the Floatation Technique she'd previously applied, she didn't fall to the ground, but instead floated in mid-air. Then, Ella began to roll in the air like a child who'd lost their toy, humming as she went.

[Eh? Am I really that childish...?]

Thinking of this, Ella slowly stopped, thought about her recent behavior, and then froze like a photo.

[Damn it, Loli God! ! ! ! !]

No matter how she thought about it, it was the pink arrow of the Loli God that made her like this. "Maybe that arrow not only turned her into a girl, but even changed her intelligence to some extent." Since there was no record of any abnormal status on her status bar, Ella didn't know how to remove it.

Unable to think of a solution, he could only blush and stand up. He saw Ruthie looking at him with a smile—her eyes seemed to be gleaming with the doting look he had seen in his sister’s eyes before…

「Wow, why are you looking at me like that……」

"Ahem, Lotte, do you have any good ideas for when we encounter the enemy next time?"

Hearing Ella calling her, Lotte came back to her senses from her delusions.

"Is there a solution... Miss Ella? Do you have a transparent, high-defense magic shield?"

"Well... there are a few. What's the matter?"

"You can cast a magic shield for someone first and then use a powerful-looking magic attack. That way you can unleash the attack magic, right?"

"Of course you can, but only to scare the enemy while they're still hesitating..."

"That can't be helped. Miss Ella is a righteous ally after all."

"Allies of justice..."

Ella couldn't help but think of the middle school characters in the original world, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"By the way, didn't Lotte say she knows magic, but her level is very low because she has no money to continue studying?"

"Yeah, my magic level is only about level three."

"Is that so... Then let's try this."

Ella took out a gun-shaped item from her personal storage and handed it to Lotte.

Lotte took the magic item and looked at it from head to toe.

"This is—a magic item? It looks quite sophisticated. What is it for?"

"Eh? In this world—in this country, there aren't any magical items like this?"

Ella was a little surprised by Ruthie's question. Ella always thought that in the magical world, weapons like guns were obsolete tools, but now Ruthie looked like she had no idea at all, which meant that this world had no history of the emergence of technology.

[That's right, if there had ever been a technological age, the living environment wouldn't be like this.]

"I've never seen a magic item like this before, not even in the basement library at home."

"Then Lotte, try injecting magic power into this magic item."

Ella walked over to Lotte and began to give her instructions.

"Infuse magic? Just inject magic like we used to do at the magic academy?"

I wasn't sure what it was like to inject magic during a mana test, but the description seemed pretty similar. While wondering where the magic academy Lotte mentioned was, Ella began explaining how to use the magic spear.

"First, hold the shorter side with both hands, then place your index finger inside the frame. After injecting magic power and seeing the tool glow red, just press your index finger down."

"Hmm? So easy? Aren't magic items usually difficult to control?"

"Forget about that for now. Try what I said. Try it on the ground far away."