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

"Capture her? Wouldn't it be better to just tell Aira-chan that she's the missing princess of your demon clan? Wouldn't using coercive measures offend Aira-chan? From the look of her face, she doesn't realize she's a demon princess, does she?"

Out of curiosity, and considering that the two sides were not enemies, Iris took a few steps forward and kept them face to face.

"But since we're going to capture her, how about letting me help? Your demons' destructive magic means you can only use offensive magic, right? If I, the princess of the Godman tribe and the headmaster of the academy, can help, I can increase the success rate of the capture without harming Ella-chan, right? Of course, the price of my assistance is that I want Ella-chan to stay with me for a week."

After hearing what Iris said, Ai Si fell into deep thought. He had considered using soft tactics to persuade Lady Elelaya to return to the demon clan, but the acting Demon King, Lord Camisia, said that Lady Elelaya must be brought back. If Lady Elelaya had no attachment to the demon clan, then informing her in advance would only allow Lady Elelaya to prepare for battle in advance, or even directly leave the Holy Academy so that he would never see her again. Thinking this way, the best effect would be to use forced capture from the beginning.

As for Iris's proposal, he only felt that it was an opportunity given to the demons by the only God. He was worried about how to capture Lady Elelaya without hurting her. Now this proposal could solve this problem. Compared with the failure of the mission or hurting the future Demon King, just agreeing to let Lady Elelaya and Iris stay together for a while was already the best result. What's more, he could also propose some other additional conditions, such as giving the final choice to Lady Elelaya.

In the end, it only took a moment for Ai Si to end the battle in his mind.

"Hmm—alright, I don't want to cause unnecessary damage by using the 'One-Strike Secret Treasure', but I can't decide Lady Elelaya's actions on my own. This time, I'm only responsible for bringing Lady Elelaya back to the Demon Tribe. So, whether Lady Elelaya will go with Her Highness Iris is something that needs to be determined by Her Highness. Even if Her Highness agrees, the duration will be reduced from one week to three days. Furthermore, to prevent Her Highness Iris from using mind control magic on Lady Elelaya, I must be allowed to visit at any time during the trip. Is that okay?"

"Okay, deal."

You've taken the bait! Ella-chan, I won't let you get away this time, okay?

She agreed without hesitation, and a cunning look appeared in Iris's green eyes, as if she had already seen Ella falling into her hands and being teased, curled up in a ball.

Chapter 51: The Defeated Demon King and the Unharmed Hero

*Genesis 6186, April 27, 3:37 PM, Lava Cave outside the Holy Academy

This is the deepest and largest part of the lava tube. Unlike the lava-filled lava tunnel you might imagine, the cave is dominated by a house-sized, snow-white iceberg, its cool air bringing the temperature down to normal.

Ella put on the gloves she had prepared in advance, picked up the pickaxe and smashed it into the iceberg. As a result, the ice layer that looked very hard on the surface was easily knocked down by simply relying on her physical strength.

"Hmm—Lotte, can this ice cube be stored in the dimensional backpack?"

"That doesn't seem to be possible... The mission says this kind of ice needs to be exposed to the heat. If it's kept in a room temperature or cold place, it will melt."

Lotte took out a box for storing ice from her dimensional backpack and placed it next to her. Perhaps because she understood the mission requirements very clearly, she answered Ella directly without looking at the guide.

"I wonder if it can be put into 'storage'..."

Weighing the ice in her hand, Ella thought of her personal storage. She'd previously conducted an experiment, lighting two torches simultaneously, one stored in the storage, while the other burned freely outside. The result: when the torch outside burned out, the torch in her storage remained freshly lit. She then conducted a series of similar experiments, ultimately confirming that the items in the storage were unaffected by time and other external factors. More precisely, even time itself was frozen in time.

However, ordinary dimensional backpacks only used a very small space to store larger items, and did not have the ability to freeze items. Therefore, it seemed that this storage was the limit of storage magic, after all, the space inside the storage was so vast that the end was completely invisible.

He put the large piece of snow-white ice in his hand into storage, and then kept a close eye on the condition of the ice - just like other items, there was no sign of change.

Ella breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that her previous experimental results were correct, and then she put the ice cubes collected by Lotte next to her into the warehouse.

"Huff, this way I don't have to play the devil while carrying ice. Lotte, how many ice blocks do we need to collect for this mission?"

"It's not specified, they just say the more the better."

"The more the better? Then..."

“Eh? Eh hey hey? How come you put all of it in?!”

The pickaxe that Lotte was about to swing suddenly stopped in mid-air, and she stared at Ella with wide eyes in disbelief.

Ella looked at Lotte with the same surprised look, but that look made her look more like a child who had done something wrong.

"Uh... no, no?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Ella. I lost my composure."

As if admitting her mistake, Lotte lowered her head, her voice filled with apology.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just want to know if this ice cube can't be stored all at once?"

Looking at the cave in front of her, which seemed empty because the entire iceberg had been stored by her, Ella really felt that she had done something wrong.

"Lotte... I don't know about this, but ice isn't a herbal ingredient, so it shouldn't matter if you take it all. Lotte's previous loss of composure was probably because Ella-san's storage magic could actually hold something this large..."

Is that so? I had no such awareness at all. In F.Wing, I had even collected the corpses of much larger dragons. It seemed like something I could do easily. But then again, no matter how I looked at it, this world seemed like a weakened version of F.Wing.

"Alright, alright, what were you doing when Lotte left?"

"Are you talking about the lava path, Ms. Ella?"

Since the recycling work had already been handled by the warehouse, he chose a spot to sit on a rocky outcrop within the cave. He glanced at the locations of the light spots in the terrain search—they were all clustered near the lava sea, still some distance away. He then chose to remove his priestly uniform, revealing the wings that constantly signaled his presence in his Lolita God state.

These wings are obviously useless, but they are so sensitive that they can even clearly feel the flow of air. So it is very uncomfortable for me to fold them and hide them in clothes all the time.

With a light breath, Ella tucked the golden hair that had flowed to her forehead behind her ears.

"Huh, yeah, could it be that Lotte actually completed that magic circle?"

The magic circle that Ella was talking about was the first magic circle that she drew incorrectly because she was too proud and lost her concentration.

"Hmm... It was a bit tricky, but it was finally done. I have to say that Miss Ella is truly skilled in setting up magic circles. It took Lotte a while to understand."

Like herself, Lotte also chose a relatively flat position. After gathering her lavender twintails at her waist, she sat down next to herself and continued to supplement.

"The trick is that at the location that Ms. Ella outlined last, neither 'Magic Concealment' nor 'Magic Encryption' could be combined with the existing barrier, so I tried to combine it with physical traps, and ultimately found that only a triggering spell was the most suitable solution."

"Really? It actually worked..."

As for the techniques that Luti mentioned, she had no idea what they worked on, so she could only apply them according to the skill mechanisms in the game. However, if she succeeded, it would mean that her previous work would not be in vain - wait, did she forget something very important?

"Um... Lotte, success means we now have two no-fly barriers, right?"

"Yes, Miss Ella."

Bang—Ella covered her face with her hands. She had obviously only wanted to set up a one-time no-fly barrier to test the wisdom and courage of the heroes. However, now there were two no-fly magic circles at the same time, and she had failed to use flying magic twice in a row. Unless the opponent was a fool, he would choose not to use flying magic anymore, right?

Ah, I have failed miserably as a demon king.

Now Ella felt that as a game maker, she had created an utterly disgusting game that was simply designed to confuse players. This feeling of failure made her feel so guilty that she was embarrassed to look up.

"What's wrong, Miss Ella? Did Lotte do something wrong?"

"No, it's nothing... This isn't Lotte's fault."

This should be entirely blamed on my own stupidity. I didn't expect that Luti could really turn her failure around.

No, the most important thing now was to see if the heroes suffered any casualties. Regardless of their motives, if their deaths were truly caused by my own mistakes, I would surely live in the shadows for the rest of my life. Unsure if resurrection magic would still work, and unable to directly reincarnate people into another world like the Loli God, this outcome was truly awful.

I hope the result I imagined didn't happen...

He quickly stood up, put on his camouflage, and focused his attention on searching the terrain.

"Huh? There's no consumption at all. Tsk, I, the Demon King, have truly failed. Well then, let's prepare some more gifts for the heroes!"

Ella began to imitate the demon kings in the comics, opening her arms and shouting in a strange tone - although it sounded very childish no matter how she spoke.

However, just as Ella finished reading, those light spots moved towards her at an extremely fast speed. Before she could react, those light spots had already rushed to the front of the deep cave.

"The target has been found, and the arrest is underway. This time, it's up to you, Your Highness."

Soon, he and Ruthie were surrounded by a group of men in black.

Chapter 52: Turning Point

"Ah, what?"

Ella was a little overwhelmed by this sudden change. How could the group of people who were so far away from her suddenly run in front of her - until she accidentally caught a glimpse of the green shadows left under their feet.

I actually forgot that the other party can use magic.

While wondering why I always encounter such troubles, I try to communicate with the other party.

"Who are you?"

While Ella was still asking questions, the person standing at the front of the group of people in black, holding a gorgeous staff in his hand, walked out. Instead of answering the questions, he pointed the staff at Ella and Luty and began to chant magic.

"▽◆●——『Wind Binding』"

Visible blue ropes rushed towards Ella.

Hey, hey! Even a hero challenging a demon king would say a few words to the demon king before challenging him, right? Why did it end so violently in another world?

While complaining in her heart, Ella casually took out a magic wand from the warehouse. While dodging the rope, she pretended to chant spells to deal with the attack.

If Ella hadn't previously taken away the iceberg that occupied most of the cave, it would have been impossible to perform a wide-angle evasive maneuver in such a small space. While secretly rejoicing in her heart, Lotte also took out Hela to recharge.

"'Disaster', reload."

Attracted by Lotte's words, Ella looked at Lotte in surprise as she was also trying to avoid being caught by the magic rope.

"Disaster" is a fire attack magic that focuses on damage among the magic that Ella gave to Ruthie. This magic can maximize the damage while consuming less magic power, but at the same time, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the range of the attack is not under one's control. If you are lucky, it may be a large-scale annihilation magic, but if you are unlucky, it may just be a single fire magic.

Choosing to use this magic in a cave like this, regardless of whether the final outcome is a wide-area annihilation magic or a single-target fire magic, will not benefit Ella's side. Since it is a magic cast using a magic weapon, the area damage is uncontrollable. Wide-area magic is likely to accidentally injure their side, and single-target magic cannot produce excellent results in such a one-on-many battle. Therefore, Lotte's choice to use this magic at this time is tantamount to a gamble - perhaps she guessed that she could not use offensive magic, so she chose a gambling-like one-hit-kill combat plan.

Ella smacked her lips lightly. If she or Lotte were accidentally injured, the consequences would be too extreme. Even though she was still in her Lolita God state, her magic damage was almost ineffective, but if that happened, the camouflage clothes she had put on while surveying the terrain would definitely be burned up. If her strange race was discovered, she would definitely be captured by everyone in the continent and used as a test subject...

"Lotte?"

However, just as Ella was about to use magic and make a move before Ruthie, Ruthie stopped casting magic on her own initiative, and a trance appeared in her eyes. Following Ruthie's gaze, she saw the person who was holding the gorgeous staff and casting the wind binding spell. After looking carefully, she found that none of the masked men in black led by the other party had any intention of taking action. They all stood there blankly, waiting for the person holding the gorgeous staff to speak.

"Magic Shield."

He used the magic shield to temporarily block the attack of the magic ropes, and then dragged Lotte, who was still in a trance and about to be caught by the ropes, behind the magic shield.

Is it mind control? Even mind control magic involves chanting spells. Of the people Ella had seen so far, only she and the Loli God had the ability to cast magic without chanting.

So is it because of the magic props?

“Bang—”

The magic shield was shattered by magic of unknown origin, and the impact of the explosion caused Ella and Lotte to be thrown back a distance.

"This staff, hmm, is it Iris?"

The loud shouting did not stop the opponent from attacking, but instead made him chant the spell faster and faster.

This reaction made Ella even more certain that the person chanting the spell was Iris, because of the gorgeous staff in Iris's hand.

Before, when Luti and she were returning to the dormitory area and were ambushed by unknown people, Iris appeared with this gorgeous staff in her hand. Coupled with the speed of chanting spells and the power of magic, it was definitely something that only the top students in the academy could do.

Combining these two conditions, the possibility that the target was Iris was extremely high. And if the opponent was indeed Iris, then the trance in Lotte's eyes would be understandable - she must have been affected by Iris's "Eye of Freya", preventing her from using offensive magic against her.

The magic circle Ella had left behind on the lava path contained a barrier called "Curse Nullification," specifically designed to prevent Iris's natural passive skills from being activated. But now that the barrier had been broken, the effects of this skill were becoming undeniable. As for why he wasn't affected, it was probably because his level was too high.

Using the staff in her hand, she cast a defensive magic at the critical moment to offset Iris's attack. The paralysis caused by the magic impact made Ella's hand holding the staff tremble slightly.

"Tsk, this feeling of not being able to escape pain is really annoying."

He muttered to himself that hiding like this was not a solution and he should be ready to look for an opportunity to fight back.

But if the other party was really Iris, why would she resort to such tactics to surround him? As the princess of the God-man race, Iris's appeal to even Hela should be extremely limited. No, that's not right... Uncle Wadong had warned me before to be careful with Iris, and considering the behavior of the girl following her at the time... Could it be that Iris actually liked girls, and I was one of her targets?

But... if it's love, shouldn't the correct approach be to cultivate feelings gradually, rather than resorting to coercion? Could it be that Elise is actually awkward with relationships? Uh, no, no, the question before this should be why Elise likes a girl?

"○◆△■——『Lightning』."

"'Power', 'Magic Shield'."

The first-level defensive magic under the state of controlling magic output is completely incomparable to the second-level attack magic released by Iris in terms of performance, causing Ella to be directly knocked to the ground by the lightning from above.

Iris didn't seem to be choosing to use third-level magic, so Iris's goal should not be annihilation, but to capture herself and Lotte. Therefore, there is no need for her to reveal her true level. It's just that this passive feeling makes her feel impatient and anxious.

He quickly got up and prepared for the next attack, but Ella also discovered a problem because of this.

If he continued his magic exchange, he would definitely be captured. While he wouldn't be in any trouble, and even if Iris's goal was as he imagined, it might be a blessing—no worries about money, a carefree life, and even adventures on the mainland when he got bored. However, Lotte would undoubtedly fall under the influence of Iris's "Eye of Freya," gradually losing herself completely, and that was something he absolutely didn't want to see.

Take a long breath.

At this point, the only option left is to use high-level skills, right? I'll explain that later. If I can't enter the ending where I'm captured, then I can only choose to resist.

Putting away the terrain search that had been blocking my view—hmm? This is... the Lava Lord? Could it be that Iris's "Eye of Freya" has evolved to the point where it can even attract non-living monsters? Ahhh, this gives me a chance.

In the terrain search, a light spot moving extremely fast, representing the Lava Lord, was rushing towards the battle.

Chapter 53: Choice

The Lava Lord has the habit of devouring minerals rich in magic, and this target is not limited to minerals. As long as the target's magic content is high enough, even living things will be devoured. Therefore, as long as you actively cast magic and be devoured when the Lava Lord appears, you can temporarily escape from your current predicament.

As for the question of explanation afterwards, it can be completely attributed to the magic props. As long as you take out a piece of armor from the warehouse and give it to the Holy Academy as an explanation, you can easily get away with it.

As for how I got the armor, it can be said that it was obtained during the adventure. Even if I was asked why so many people who came before me didn't notice it, but I found it on my first visit, I can just answer "It was just luck". After all, no one can know that I am a resident from another world, and this explanation will not attract curious people to surround me and ask questions.

Having made plans in her mind, Ella began to look for an opportunity to switch places with Iris, but she was unable to move because Lotte was behind her. Judging from the passionate tone of the spell Iris was chanting, the next magic spell would be something she could never withstand given her apparent level - the chance to decide the outcome would be when Iris's next magic spell appeared.