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

"We are maids hired by Miss Elelaya to work in this mansion. My name is Xica. Since the other sisters are difficult to identify, you can just call them Xi Er, Xi San, Xi Si, and Xi Wu."

“Eh, really…”

Lotte's eyebrow twitched slightly, as she disagreed with the art of naming. Then, as if remembering something, her expression became serious.

"Well, my name is Lotte, and I'm the head maid appointed by Miss Ella. This is Nina, Miss Ella's second personal maid. Please be kind to me."

When Lotte spoke, she deliberately emphasized the tone of the head maid, which made it sound strange.

"We are here. Please give us your guidance, Head Maid."

The two maid representatives bowed to each other, but for some reason, there was a strange feeling between them. If Nina had to describe this smell, she could only recall the one she often smelled in Yajie's alchemy workshop.

After the greeting, Luty was the first to open the iron gate and walk into the courtyard. The stone-paved road was covered with all kinds of vines, and the branches of countless shrubs stretched directly to the middle of the road as if to block pedestrians.

Frowning, Lotte took out a large pair of scissors from under her skirt, cut off the branch in front of her with one knife, and looked back with a smile.

"I just bought this house today, so it looks a bit messy, but please don't mind."

Xica hesitated for a moment because of the tone of Luti speaking as if she were talking to a guest.

"That's nothing, this is exactly what we maids are supposed to do, isn't it?"

Sica, the leader of the five maids, came back to her senses from her stupor, and responded to Lotte with the same smile. She took a sickle-shaped tool from her sister standing behind her and also started weeding.

"Yeah, that's right."

The sound of plants breaking could be heard continuously as the two men laughed and talked about seemingly insignificant things while slowly moving towards the main gate.

Nina, who was squatting on the ground nearby clearing vines, saw this scene and couldn't help but whisper her thoughts.

"Somehow... it looks scary..."

This seemingly harmonious atmosphere, yet for some reason it made her feel frightened, made Nina shrink back.

"Um...can I go clean the main entrance first?"

"Of course, Nina-chan."

Sika, who looked somewhat young, reached out and brushed off a few leaves from Nina's head. Then, Lotte took out a bottle of potion of unknown function from under her skirt and handed it to Nina.

"Be careful of the poisonous insects here. They might bite Nina accidentally."

"good……"

Unable to bear this atmosphere, Nina took the medicine bottle from Lotte and, taking advantage of her petite body, passed through the branches extending into the middle of the road and walked to the main entrance.

At the main entrance, there is a statue with two horns on its head and devil wings on its back. There are also several buttons under the statue whose functions are unknown. Focusing her attention on the buttons of the statue, Nina found something that might be useful.

"These words mean... weeding? If I press it, there shouldn't be any problems..."

With a gentle press, the statue instantly emitted a green light. Then, amid the exclamations of Lotte and the five maids, countless green wind blades flew out of the statue, cutting off all the larger branches in the courtyard.

After a while, Lotte and the five maids came to Nina.

"Oh, Nina-chan is smarter after all."

"Nina, you did a great job this time."

Sica and Lotte reached out to touch Nina's head at the same time, and then when they noticed that the other was doing the same thing, they withdrew their hands at the same time.

"whispering sound."

"Tsk."

In this way, the house cleaning work began in an atmosphere full of gunpowder.

Chapter 11: Bathing in the Demon Territory is a Difficult Task

Opening the main door of the mansion, Ruthie and Sika walked into the house together. In an instant, an unbearable musty smell mixed with the smell of rotting animal corpses hit them in the face.

"Although I know that Baron Flainita's house hasn't been used for a long time, I didn't expect it to be in this state. Let's start cleaning first."

Covering his nose with his hands, Xica frowned, then took a broom-like object from the maid behind him and began to clean the cobwebs in the house.

"Well, I have to agree with this."

Ruthie took out several clean white masks and gloves from the dimensional pocket under her skirt and handed them to Sika. However, Sika just stared at Ruthie blankly and did not take these things.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"Uh, no, to give such a clean cloth to an ordinary maid, wouldn't Miss Elelaya tell the head maid?"

"No, you know? If Miss Ella comes back and sees that I haven't distributed these things, she'll be angry. Miss Ella is not that stingy."

After hearing what Ruthie said, Sica looked at Ruthie's expression again, then took the tools hesitantly, distributed them to other maids, and continued to clean.

"By the way, head maid, do you know the former owner of this mansion?"

"What's wrong?"

"Well, it's like this. I didn't mean to mock you. My behavior in the courtyard earlier was just a momentary impulse. I hope you can forgive my rude behavior."

After Luti nodded, indicating that she didn't care about the matter, Xica continued.

"Actually, the original owner of this mansion, Baron Fleinita, was an extremely extravagant noble. After wasting a large sum of gold on building this mansion, the baron was discovered by the acting Demon Lord, Camisia-sama, and hanged. Therefore, no one dared to buy this mansion. To be honest, when I first saw this mansion, I hesitated for a long time, but in the end, I agreed because the salary was so high."

"Eh... Really? In that case, it's even more necessary to clean thoroughly. Miss Ella seems to have never been good at dealing with scary things. Oh, and before she left, Miss Ella told me to prepare dinner and bathing supplies. Let's finish cleaning quickly and start preparing."

"bath?"

When Sika heard the word "bath", her expression became strange. Curious, Lotte turned her head and glanced at the other maids behind Sika. She found that the other maids were also looking at each other with strange expressions. It was not until Sika coughed that they returned to normal.

"Taking a bath?... Miss Elelaya must be quite wealthy, considering she was able to buy Baron Fleinita's mansion. It's unavoidable that she has such a hobby."

Although she noticed that Xica seemed to be mumbling something, she didn't stop cleaning, so Lotte didn't ask her in detail.

"By the way, Nina, do you have any handy potions to get rid of this musty smell? Ms. Ella said that the items in the backpack can be used freely."

"Hmm... maybe, I guess."

"Then let Nina take care of removing the musty smell from the room. Sica and I will be in charge of cleaning the upstairs, and the other maids will be in charge of cleaning the first floor. Is that okay?"

"No problem." Nina and the five maids answered in unison.

In fact, there was one more thing Ruthie hadn't said, and that was the cleaning of the basement and escape passage. A noble mansion like this, whether it was used as a library or as a warehouse for storing grain, would have at least one basement space. And based on the status and character of the noble himself, he might also prepare an underground escape passage in advance. Considering what Sica had said about Baron Flaynita's behavior before, it was very likely that he would really prepare something like an underground escape passage. However, because this might involve some important things, Ruthie didn't intend to tell others about this, but wanted to wait until Ella came back and then explore with Ella.

So, in front of the five maids' wide-open eyes, Lotte lifted the hems of her skirt with both hands and shook them gently, and countless cleaning tools slid out from under her skirt.

After distributing the tools to the maids one by one, Lotte clapped her hands.

"Then let's get started."

It took a whole afternoon for everyone to clean the dirt on the floor and corners of the main house. Now they were wiping the stained glass windows in each room with wet rags. Luty asked Sika, who was also wiping the windows.

"Was Shika originally a maid?"

"Well, when I first became a maid, I worked in the household of Baron Fleinita, but I later resigned for other reasons."

"So, Xica is very familiar with the structure of this house?"

"Yeah, yes."

"In that case, I'll take care of the cleaning, okay? Sica will go to the kitchen and prepare dinner and bathing supplies with the other maids."

After hearing what Luti said, Xica was stunned for a moment, then put the rag into the bucket and lowered his head slightly.

"Okay, head maid."

……

It was not until the sun began to set that Ella came out of the City Lord's Mansion where she had handled the house transfer procedures and returned to the mansion. Looking at the cleaned courtyard, Ella nodded happily.

"Hmm, they're professional maids indeed. Lotte and the maid team did a great job."

"Are you Miss Elelaya? I heard the owner of the Yorozuya describe you."

As she was nodding, a maid carrying several thin dry branches came up to Ella and slowly bowed.

I remember that this maid was one of the maids I hired.

"Well, that's me. Why are you carrying these branches?"

"This is for the wood we need to boil water. We'll need this as fuel for dinner and the bathing equipment."

Huh? Is bathing such a hassle in this other world? I remember not seeing the landlady prepare anything like this when I first arrived in Ryan Town. Could it be that the living habits of demons are different from those of humans?

Thinking this in her heart, Ella reached out and put down the dead branch that the maid was carrying. Although the maid looked confused, she did not resist Ella.

"I'm a demon who originally lived in a human country, so I don't know the customs of the Western Demon Territory. Isn't it customary to use flint instead of branches in the Western Demon Territory?"

"Flint? That stuff is only slightly cheaper than water stone."

As if she had seen something surprising, the maid opened her mouth wide and looked at Ella with an expression of disbelief.

Huh? Are all minerals in the Demon Territory very scarce? Judging from the maid's behavior, that must be the case.

He reached into his pocket and took out a handkerchief from the storage and handed it to the maid.

"Wipe the sweat off."

"This precious white cloth again... Could it be that Miss Elelaya is richer than Baron Fleinita? Not even Baron Fleinita has ever given such precious white cloth to his servants."

"This isn't particularly valuable in human lands, so take it."

Ella waved her hand as if feeling annoyed.

"Thank you, thank you Miss Elelaya, thank you Miss Elelaya."

As if she had obtained some rare item, the maid held the handkerchief in both hands, carefully put it into her pocket, and then pulled up a corner of her clothes to wipe the sweat off her face.

Although Ella really wanted to say that there was no need to cherish the handkerchief so much, considering the cultural differences between the two sides, saying so might offend the other party, so she could only smile bitterly, turn around and not look at the maid, and walk towards the main door of the house alone.

As soon as she entered, Ella heard the sound of brisk footsteps not far away—the sound that represented Lotte. Sure enough, Lotte appeared on the stairs.

Lotte looked incredibly cute in her maid uniform, and her twin ponytails danced as she walked.

"Ms. Ella, the cleaning of the second-floor dormitory isn't complete yet. Please wait in the hall for a while."

Lotte saluted Ella like a maid.

I feel like Lotte looks particularly serious today...

Looking around the room, the decoration with light yellow as the main color looked pleasing to the eye. The magic chandelier fixed on the ceiling had been charged in advance by Loti and emitted a soft light. The sofa and table looked completely new, perhaps because Loti had arranged them not long ago. There were even some snacks bought at the Holy Academy on the table. The faint smell of honey filled the whole room, which reminded Ella of the Wadong Pastry Shop. Although there was a large empty space on the wall where the artworks should have been hung, it did not affect the elegance of the whole room at all.

"Wow, Lotte finished cleaning in such a short time."

"No, it's just that this is the first place to be cleaned, so it looks neater."

Although she said this, the twin ponytails shaking slightly behind Lotte betrayed her inner thoughts.

Are you still happy after all? I should praise you again.

"I'm happy, huh? I just don't seem to see the other maids. Where did they go?"

"Well... when I was cleaning the room, considering it was getting late, I asked them to prepare dinner and water for bathing."

"Is that so? Then let's wait here for them to prepare dinner—wait, didn't you say you were preparing water for the bath?"

"Yes, is there anything wrong, Miss Ella?"

Ella's entire body suddenly froze, a look of "Oh no!" appearing on her face.

I forgot to tell Ruthie about the demon tribe's water shortage. It would be fine if the maids just spent money to buy clean water, but if they used buckets to fetch water from the Ankhshil River that flowed through the city, then I would feel uncomfortable inside. I clearly have countless water stones on me, but I still asked others to fetch water. It was too much.

What's even more terrifying is that if the maids have already prepared water for bathing, should I use it? If I use that water to bathe...

Thinking of this, Ella looked at Lotte with a serious expression, who looked puzzled.

"Lotte, where are they now?"

"Hmm—I think it's in the kitchen."

"Okay, I'll go find them now."

"Eh? I'll come too, Miss Ella."

As Ella stood up, Lotte quickly followed behind Ella and started running.

With the help of terrain retrieval, Ella quickly found the location of the kitchen.

In the huge kitchen that could accommodate about a dozen people working at the same time, three maids were piling up dead branches, while the other two were preparing dinner. As for Nina, she looked like she was mixing some potion.

Noticing Ella's arrival, the five maids stopped what they were doing and saluted her at the same time.