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

"Huh? What? Did I hear wrong—"

“Cough, cough, cough…”

To cover up the stall owner's loud mouth, which was almost like a trumpet, he could only cough violently to hide it from Lotte. He hid the book against his chest and turned back to look at Lotte. Fortunately, Lotte was in a state of concentration. In this state, Lotte was hard to be disturbed by anything other than him, so she didn't notice him.

Say it again to the stall owner.

"Yes, that's right, I bought it myself."

Perhaps the stall owner was too shocked by what he said, and he was unable to recover and answer him for a while.

About two seconds passed.

"Ahem, this book, this book isn't sold to girls your age. Let's look at something else."

“Ah… is that so…”

While feeling somewhat disappointed, I could faintly hear the stall owner saying something like, "In today's world, how come even girls of this age start reading this kind of book? Shouldn't he display the books more discreetly in the future?"

It turns out that there is also a grading system in the other world...

While I was thinking, I heard footsteps behind me.

"Ms. Ella, have you picked any books?"

"Huh? No, nothing..."

I quickly hid the book behind my back and pretended to smile as if nothing had happened.

"Really? If you like it, you don't have to worry about saving money, okay?"

"It's really nothing!"

As Lotte stretched her head to check behind her, she shifted her body along with Lotte's movement—but it seemed the shift wasn't successful...

"Oh, so Miss Ella likes reading storybooks set in the age of demon gods."

Lotte looked away, her expression showing sudden realization.

"Eh, really? Ah, yes, I do like reading storybooks like this, hahahaha."

I don't know why Lotte mistook that kind of adult publication for a storybook, but since it's considered a storybook, let's just go with that.

"Then I recommend this book, The Legend of the Hero and the Demon King?"

"Then let's buy this one. Have you bought the Adventurer's Guide? Once you've bought it, let's go."

Ignoring the recommended book in Ruthie's hand, Ella held the adult magazine in one hand and put it behind her back, and with the other hand pushed Ruthie's back as she walked out of the bookstall. Then, while Ruthie was paying, she threw the book in the corner of the bookstall, and walked out of the free market with a smile on Ruthie's face.

……

"Really... I'm glad I sewed storybook covers on the backs of all these books as a disguise..."

The stall owner picked up the book from the stall, patted it and put it in a hidden place on the stall.

"From now on, I'll wait until customers ask about this kind of book before bringing it out."

Chapter 41 The second confession?

*创世纪6186年4月27日 上午8：54分 至圣学院外圈

The "Supreme Saint Academy Outer Circle," designated within the Supreme Saint Academy's territory, is a dangerous zone with complex terrain. While the Supreme Saint Academy could easily eliminate these complex terrains and the dangerous monsters that exist there on its own, it has chosen not to do so. The reason for this is that these dangers are preserved for the purpose of training its students.

However, because of this reason, the outer circle also attracted many adventurers who wanted to make money and magic chanters who wanted to collect special magic materials, thus making the economic circle in the middle layer more developed. Therefore, many people speculated that this might be another reason why the Holy Academy did not know the dangers of the outer circle.

And now, Ella and Lotte are teaming up to explore the "Holy Valley" within the outer circle.

According to legend, the bottomless Holy Valley is one of the relics left over from the war between the One God and the Demon God. Due to the rich magical power during the war, many magnificent wonders and rare materials have emerged in the canyon, and the "ice" required for this adventure mission is one of them.

"I didn't think much of it when I heard the mission description, but now the more I think about it, the more strange it becomes. Why would ice grow in a lava cave..."

Walking on the rocks covered with only sparse bushes, Ella used the staff as a walking stick and couldn't help complaining.

For safety reasons, Ella changed her academy uniform this time into the "Healing Miracle" that came with switching roles. The pure white priest uniform with excellent temperature control and defensive properties and the sapphire-studded crown made Ella look like a saint - albeit a saint who only knew how to sleep.

Lotte, who had changed into the same battle suit as Ella, the 'Hymn of the Elves', walked slightly ahead of Ella, carrying the same backpack that Ella had originally given her, and holding a thin booklet in her hand.

"It's said that this kind of ice grows specifically in places like deserts and volcanoes where water is scarce. Because of this characteristic, it's used as a fireproof material in armor crafting—that's what the Adventurer's Guide says."

"Ah, I really want to say something like 'Will this ice still be useful after it melts into water?', but that's not something I can comprehend. I'll just consider it a mission accomplished."

Turning the pages of the booklet in her hand as she walked, Lotte continued.

"To reach our destination, we have to overcome three obstacles. The first is to descend into the canyon from the ground, the second is to walk along the lava path, and the third is to deal with the monsters that may appear at any time. However, except for the last one, the other two are not very dangerous."

"Yeah, it would be nice if my attack magic could be used on living creatures."

"Hmm—this may sound a bit awkward, but if Miss Ella knows offensive magic, then Lotte will be useless, right?"

Lotte looked back at Ella with a serious expression on her face, not seeming to be joking at all.

—Hmm… I've always thought Lotte wasn't the type to joke around, but I've never taken her constant talk of "becoming my strongest offensive magic" seriously. Now it seems she's really working towards that goal. Come to think of it, none of Lotte's magic has been supportive so far…

"Well, that's right. If I knew offensive magic, wouldn't Lotte just be a housemaid? So Lotte, work hard towards that goal."

Rarely, Luti didn't answer herself with words, but nodded at herself.

Although Ella felt that her words might be closer to the weight of an "order" to Lotte, it would not be a bad thing if Lotte could become stronger because of these words, provided that she kept a close eye on her and did not let Lotte study and train day and night.

But then again, there was something she had always cared about. With this thought in mind, perhaps something Ruthie hadn't thought of, Ella quickly walked to Ruthie's side.

"What method did Lotte use to get down into the canyon from the ground? We had a rope prepared, but since it's a canyon, a rope of that length wouldn't be long enough, right?"

"Hmm—this is written on the first page of the Adventurer's Guide. Among the essential items for adventurers is something called a 'Parachut.' It's used by adventurers to move from high to low."

Parachute? It feels so familiar, but I can't quite place where...

"Plus, this item is cheap to make. Compared to teleportation magic, which requires extremely harsh conditions to use, this thing is a true product of wisdom."

Lotte's voice sounded a little excited, as if she was fascinated by this cleverly designed tool, but Ella noticed something else.

"Is teleportation magic difficult to use?"

In F.Wing, there are three main types of teleportation magic. The first type is portals established by the System GM at various key locations. These portals require a certain amount of gold to use, and they are also used in the Sacred Academy. However, compared to F.Wing, the Sacred Academy portals require you to inject magic yourself, and the distance they travel is also much shorter.

The second method is to use a teleportation scroll. This can be used in situations such as those where magic power is insufficient or the "Silent City" prevents the use of magic. While this method is convenient—just open the scroll—it also has obvious drawbacks: it's expensive to create and can only teleport to a pre-set location. Ella has also tried this type of teleportation scroll in other worlds. For example, during this adventure, Ella specifically purchased a teleportation scroll just to be prepared for any eventuality. Not only did it cost her all her gold coins, but the location she could only teleport to was the middle level of the academy.

The third method is for the magic caster to use magic to teleport himself. Compared with the first two methods, this method not only saves costs, but also allows the user to teleport to any location at will. However, the price is that it requires a high level of magic power from the user. Magic casters who do not reach a certain level cannot use this magic.

I couldn't help but wonder what teleportation magic, performed by a magic caster in another world, would look like.

"Yes, up to now, I have only heard of people using teleportation magic in legends. I have never heard of anyone using it in the real world."

"Ah... If teleportation magic is so difficult to use, then won't we be able to use it freely in the future?"

"Does Ms. Ella know teleportation magic?"

Perhaps she'd given Lotte so many surprises that she'd become numb. Lotte was only slightly surprised, not completely taken aback. Ella, feeling somewhat sorry for missing her chance to showcase herself, replied with a somewhat lost tone.

"yes."

"Uh... that would save the money for a magic scroll. When we get back, Miss Ella can just use her own teleportation magic and tell others she actually used the teleportation scroll, right?"

"Yeah, anyway, I'm just an idiot who's only strong in magic."

He shouted loudly and gave up on himself.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ella felt something rubbing against her head. She looked up and found that it was Lotte, who was smiling and touching her head.

"Don't you think Ella-san looks even cuter this way? And as I said before, if Ella-san could do everything, Lotte wouldn't even be able to keep her position as a maid."

"Ah~ah, Lotte, have you been treating me like a mascot lately, just like those seniors at the pastry shop?"

Being touched on the head by the senior students in the pastry shop was one thing, but being touched on the head by Lotte actually made Ella feel that her position seemed to be in jeopardy, and she couldn't help complaining.

But Lotte just touched it once and then left, stepping happily on the exposed rocks, making a clattering sound.

After jogging a few steps, Lotte put her hands behind her back, her purple ponytails floating gently in the breeze, tilted her head and turned to face herself and smiled.

"Who knows? Miss Ella is my favorite person."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away again.

"Ah, is this Lotte's second confession? Come to think of it... that time in Ryan Town, I still haven't asked Lotte what she meant by 'like'. Well, I'll find a chance to ask her after this adventure."

Ella raised her hands and patted her slightly flushed cheeks, then trotted after him, her mumbling voice disappearing in the world of just the two of them.

Chapter 42: The Maid and Parachut

*创世纪6186年4月27日 上午9：31分 至圣学院外圈

"Um... Lotte, is there really no other way..."

"Yes, Miss Ella. Before I came here, I heard from other adventurers that this is the only way to get to the bottom of the rift."

After hearing Luti's answer, Ella's face turned pale and she stood at the edge of the Holy Canyon, not daring to get closer.

The so-called Holy Canyon is actually an extremely long and deep crack. Its width is so wide that even with flying magic, it would take a long time to fly across. In addition, the darkness at the bottom is completely invisible - this kind of place is too challenging for Ella.

Bending down, lowering my center of gravity, I approached the edge of the crack in a twisted, almost upright position. I carefully stretched my neck and peered down, then quickly retracted my head the moment I saw it. Finally, to increase my sense of security, I simply lay flat on the ground, grasping the edge of the crack with both hands and looking towards the bottom again.

"Really... Is there really no other way?"

Perhaps attracted by Ella's cute behavior, Lotte felt a little amused as she looked at Ella's head sticking out of the cliff, and answered Ella's same question for the seventh time.

"Yes, Miss Ella."

"But, but, if we go down here, we'll die! We'll definitely die!"

He couldn't help but recall the images he'd seen back on Earth, of people being smashed to pieces. A chill ran down his spine. He timidly retracted his body, carefully inching closer to Ruthie, and sat directly on the exposed rock. Then, as if remembering something, his frown relaxed.

"Oh, by the way, didn't you say earlier that there's something called a 'parachut' that can easily move around in canyons like this? If it's something convenient, it must be something that can reach places in a flash, right?"

"Well... it's convenient, but it probably won't be as fast as Ms. Ella said it would be."

"Don't worry about that for now, just take it out and have a look."

Just how convenient are things in this other world? Ella couldn't help but feel curious, yet at the same time, she was happy that her fear of heights had finally been saved.

Lotte put down the backpack behind her and looked for something. After a few seconds, she took out something that looked like a bed sheet.

"This is Parachut."

As he spoke, he unfolded the thing in his hand, and a round umbrella-shaped object appeared in front of Ella. However, looking at the object in front of her, Ella's face, which was already pale, became even paler.

This thing...isn't this thing a parachute?!

Ella looked at Lotte seriously, which was rare.

"Lotte, have you ever used this thing?"

"No? This is new, huh?"

Seeing Lotte's puzzled expression, Ella thought that maybe she asked the question in the wrong way, so she asked again.

"I mean, does Lotte have any experience using this thing called Parachut?"

Lotte propped her chin up with her index finger, as if searching her mind for past memories, and then answered in an innocent tone while looking at her expectant eyes.

"No?"

"Let's go back."

He stood up decisively, crumpled up the thing called a parachute, which was actually called a parachute, and stuffed it into the dimensional backpack. Then he put it on his back and took a step back the way he came.

However, Ruthie still didn't understand the current situation.

"Eh?"

"Let's go back."

"Um... didn't we agree to use the money earned from completing this adventure mission to improve our lives?"

"It's okay. I think Angel Crystal is pretty good too."

The taste of the angel crystal came to my mind. After swallowing hard, I chose to leave here and take a step forward.

"Is it really okay? This mission isn't like deciphering a forbidden book, where you don't have to pay compensation even if you can't complete it, you know?"

Her foot, about to land, suddenly stopped, and Ella froze there like a photograph. A full minute passed before she slowly turned around, like rusted machinery.