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

Since no water was found, Ella breathed a sigh of relief.

"You haven't prepared the water for bathing yet, have you?"

After the five maids looked at each other, the most steady-looking maid stepped out and lowered her head to answer Ella.

"Yes, I'm very sorry, Miss Elelaya. Because water and fuel are both very scarce resources in the demon territory, we have only prepared dead branches as fuel. Water is not yet ready."

"Huh, that's good. Ah, I don't mean to blame you. If it's just water, just use the water stone. As for fuel, use the flint. Here are the water stone, flint, and magic power injection tools. After putting the water stone or flint in and placing your hand on it, it will automatically produce the corresponding effect. Use this for everything you need from now on."

Reaching through her pocket, Ella took out several thumb-sized blue stones and a lantern-like magic item from the storage and handed them to the maid who stood out.

"How, how can you give so many precious magical ores to a maid you've only known for a day!"

The maid with long brown hair and wearing a linen short-sleeved shirt quickly waved her hands with a panicked expression.

There is no other way, I can only explain my identity.

Clearing her throat, Ella revealed her disguised identity.

"Actually, I'm a merchant from out of town. This time, I've come to the Western Demon Territory specifically to sell magic ore. This little bit of stock is of no importance to me. I'd rather get something clean than this little bit of magic ore. Got it? So, take these magic ores and use them as you please. If you need more, you can come back to me later. Even if it's for personal use, that's fine, as long as you don't sell it."

"Not only did she casually give away rare silk gloves and masks, but even precious items like water stones to her servants. Is Miss Elelaya really a merchant?... The foreign merchants I've met are all so stingy that they're even strict with themselves."

"Then I guess I'm the special one. Please don't tell anyone about this. I don't want a bunch of servants coming to my house because of this."

Thinking about her own bad attitude towards rejection, Ella could already imagine her house being filled with maids.

The maid in front of him looked very hesitant, and she was reluctant to take back the hand holding Shui Shi.

"B-but... after giving us all this, we still ask you for a salary..."

"Really, don't worry about it. Just work hard to repay me in the future. Okay, I'll be leaving now. Remember to call me when you're ready for dinner."

Without paying any more attention to the maid who still looked unconvinced, Ella turned around and left the kitchen.

Sigh.

Oh my, taking a bath in the demon territory is really a difficult thing.

Chapter 12 Daily Life in the Fortress City

Awakened by the scorching summer heat, Ella opened her sleepy eyes, got up from the bed, put on her clothes, and opened the curtains a little. Suddenly, strong sunlight shone into the room, forcing Ella to raise her hands to shield her eyes.

"Ah, it's so hot."

After pulling the curtains again, Ella snapped her fingers, and the magic light in the bedroom lit up.

"It's unusual that Lotte didn't wake me up early today."

She slowly moved to the mirror, tidied up her messy hair, and recalled some of the questions she had asked yesterday.

According to Xika's response, while the Demon Territory appeared to be in dire straits, it wasn't as dire as one might imagine. First, the Demon Territory's primary trade route was by sea, and the further east the region, the poorer it became. Therefore, even if it were stated that Kepa, the fortress city at the easternmost edge of the Western Demon Territory, was one of the cities most in need of financial assistance, no one would question it. Second, while the Demon Territory's minimal tax revenue on trade might seem to undermine its economic stability, the Demon Territory actually did not rely on tariffs as its primary source of income.

The survival of the demons mainly depends on self-sufficiency in agriculture and animal husbandry and the export of labor. Although several human countries near the west of the continent do not like the demons, there is less such racial discrimination in the center and east of the continent. Therefore, most demons can choose to go to the Holy Academy in the center of the continent, the Papal States, or the Council Kingdom, the Elves' Territory, and the God-Human Territory in the east of the continent by sea to work.

Foreign commodity trade mainly involves selling part of the grain collected by the country each year. It is worth mentioning that no one in the demon clan seems to be willing to take the initiative to become a businessman going out to do business, so the demon clan's foreign trade is almost entirely conducted by the state.

"Well, it's time to go out and take a look."

After Ella finished combing her golden hair, she picked up the white crown inlaid with sapphires on the dressing table, put it on, stood up, and walked out of the room.

After going out, Ella glanced at the door on the side - there was no movement, so Lotte must have gotten up long ago.

When assigning rooms last night, Ella had left Lotte in the room to Ella's left on the second floor, saying, "If the maid doesn't live with her master, wouldn't it be troublesome when she's needed?" Nina slept in the room to Ella's right. As for the five maids, Ella left the choice to them. Since there were many rooms in the house, it didn't matter if each of them had their own room. In the end, the five maids chose a total of three rooms on the inner side of the first floor.

"Breakfast... I don't really feel like eating breakfast... The food that Shika makes... always feels weird."

Thinking of last night's dinner, Ella couldn't help but reveal a very subtle expression on her face.

Perhaps due to the customs of the demon tribe, the dinner prepared by the five maids last night was something similar to shikiyaki. Although Ella did not refuse to eat this kind of food, as the cooking method of grilling an entire animal was used to maintain its shape, the object of the grilling made Ella feel that it was difficult to swallow. The ingredient used for shikiyaki was a food called "Kpa Bat". As the name suggests, there was not much difference between it and the bats in Ella's hometown.

Although Ella hinted that it was okay to buy more expensive ingredients, Sika replied that this thing was a specialty of the city of "Kepa" and was a very delicious food. With the feeling of not wanting to hurt Miss Sika's kindness, Ella reluctantly tried a bite and came to the conclusion that although this food tasted really good, its strange appearance really made her not want to eat it a second time.

Thinking of the appearance of the bat, Ella's face turned pale. She drove out the feeling of eating last night from her mind, took small steps through the well-lit corridor, and came to the hall on the first floor. She happened to see Loti wearing a maid uniform and directing a group of sweaty demon men to move something into the house. She walked to Loti curiously.

"Good morning, Lotte. What are you doing?"

"Ah, Miss Ella, good morning. I'm moving some necessary decorations into the house. A lot of the artwork that should be hanging on the walls of the hall is missing, isn't it? So I wanted to decorate it while Miss Ella is still in Kepa."

"I see."

Ella glanced at the many decorations wrapped in linen that were still piled outside the house and continued.

"Then I'm going to go out and see if there's anything good to eat in the city of 'Kep'. Where's Nina?"

"Nina is in the other building. She said she wants to try a new alchemy plan. Miss Ella, please wait a moment. Everyone, please stop. I'm going out with the master now. Please rest for a while. I'll have the maid prepare lunch later."

"No problem, head maid. I'll take care of lunch."

Hearing the order to rest, the group of demon workers who were carrying the decorations carefully placed the decorations on the ground, wiped the sweat from their heads with the back of their hands, and showed the kind of smile that was unique to people with simple personalities. "Please, Lotte."

Ruthie responded to the resting worker with the same smile.

"sure."

"I feel like if I could just see the head maid's smile, I wouldn't have to eat lunch, hahaha."

"That's nothing, Uncle Peter is just being too kind."

Lotte turned to face Ella.

"Then, Miss Ella, please allow Lotte to travel with you from now on."

"Ahh, let's go together."

……

Although the city of Kepa is an important gateway to the outside world for the western demon territory, there is actually no tense atmosphere at all. This can be easily seen from the casual attitude of the guards at the gate.

Walking on the dusty street, Ella covered her mouth with one hand and made a muffled sound.

"The environment here is really terrible."

"Miss Ella, what did you say?"

Maybe because Ella covered her mouth while speaking, Lotte didn't hear clearly what Ella said.

"Nothing, let's go this way."

This time, Ella directly opened the terrain search, pulled Luti into an alley, and came to a place that looked much better than the previous street.

Because there is a little green grass covering the street, there is no dust flying in the air like the previous street, but on the contrary, there are also a lot of people gathered on this street, and the hawking sounds from the roadside stalls mixed with the bargaining sounds reach the sky.

"Ah, I got it, I got it. This looks like corn soup."

Pointing to a small stall on the roadside, Ella excitedly took Lotte to the stall.

Corn soup is one of Ella's favorite foods. Ever since coming to the other world, Ella has been thinking about this taste.

"Corn soup? Miss Ella, what is corn soup?"

"Eh? You don't have any idea about corn? Corn is a food from my hometown. They dry the raw materials, grind them into powder, cook them into porridge, and then add a lot of sugar to it and you can eat it."

"Shouldn't salt be added normally?"

"Um--"

Lotte's words made Ella think.

I've always eaten corn soup with sugar. I've also heard of adding salt. But if I tell Ruthie about this method, given her diet habits, she'll definitely not make corn soup with sugar too often. So, if that's the case—

"No? They all have sugar added to them, huh?"

"Is that so... Okay, Ms. Ella, I'll keep that in mind. I'll investigate the source of the raw materials later."

So this was the way it was done.

Chapter 13: Long Live the Saint!

"Two of these, please."

"Okay, please wait."

After handing two copper coins to the vendor selling corn soup, Ella and Lotte sat on the table and chairs prepared by the vendor and waited for the corn soup to be finished.

It is impossible to tell how long the table has been used because it has turned a little black. The only way to tell is based on the degree of decay of the legs. If someone sat on it at this moment, they would probably step over it.

The table in front of her brought back a bad memory. Ella, who had been bending over to observe the table legs, suddenly stood up and walked to the vendor who was mixing corn soup with a long spoon.

"Excuse me, is the water used to make this from the Unhesir River?"

"Um, yeah?"

The vendor stopped what he was doing when Ella asked him the question and looked at her with a puzzled look.

As expected, even the water used to make food comes from that river.

While Ella was still sighing in her heart, the vendor glanced at Lotte who was sitting on the chair next to her and showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh, you're a foreign demon. Using the water from the Unghir River is unacceptable. It might seem unusable to you, but it's perfectly acceptable to us locals, you know? After all, it would be a waste to ask Master Doshi to use purification magic just for such a small matter."

"If I can provide clean water, can you make another one? Of course, I will compensate you accordingly."

The urge to eat corn soup, which she hadn't had for a long time, roared in Ella's heart.

"Of course not."

"Hmm—do you have any water ready? The Unhesir River would be fine."

"Yes, it's right here."

The vendor opened a cloth-covered bucket, revealing clear water except at the bottom. This must have been the result of filtering the water before it was drawn and then deliberately left to settle in the bucket for a few days. It seemed the vendor was at least making every effort to keep it clean.

Ella folded her hands together, placed them on top of the barrel, and silently recited the skill.

"Purification."

A faint white light appeared from Ella's hand and finally slowly sank into the water. In the blink of an eye, all the impurities in the bucket, including the sediments that had previously settled at the bottom of the water, disappeared, leaving only water in the bucket that was so clear that the patterns on the bottom of the bucket could be clearly seen.

The vendor opened his mouth, looked at the bucket, then looked into Ella's eyes, and spoke with a stutter as if he was in disbelief.

"Demons? Purification magic?!"

"Shh—get your things ready first. All this water is yours."

"Okay, okay."

After hearing Ella's words, the vendor nodded mechanically and began to heat the purified water while muttering something.

Pretending nothing had happened, Ella returned to her chair and began discussing the future schedule with Luty.

According to the schedule of the Holy Academy, school will not start until mid-September. During this period, I need to reserve at least half a month to negotiate with the acting Demon King, Camisia. Although it only takes half a day at most to explain that I am not the Demon King's daughter, considering that the acting Demon King may have many pre-arranged reasons, it would be safer to arrive early.

Apart from this half month, Ruthie and I only have about a month to squander. Since we have already seen the scenery on the way here, it will be no problem to use teleportation magic directly on the way back. So what to do in the next month is a more important matter.

"Hey, Smith, how come your water is so clean today? Did you use a water stone? Or did you ask for help from Master Doshi, you idiot?"

A rugged man wearing half leather armor and looking quite like an adventurer smiled and patted the vendor's shoulder.

Noticing the vendor didn't respond, the burly man widened his eyes, moved closer and shouted.

"Hey, you, are you really going to ask Doshi-sama for help with this?"

"No, no, no, it's not that, Doshi-sama... Purification magic is..."

Frightened by the burly man's pat on the shoulder, the vendor came to his senses, his lips trembling, and his eyes wandered in the direction of Ella.

"Isn't that the purification magic used by Doshi-sama?"

Following the peddler's gaze, the burly man's eyes stayed on Ella for a second, then moved to Ruthie. Unlike the peddler's trembling reaction, the burly man's voice became very loud.

"Could it be this human using purification magic? How could he possibly be using magic without even a short staff?"

"No... no... a mutant, a new one..."

"Huh? Are you saying a new demon has appeared that can use purification magic?"

The burly man's loud voice instantly covered the entire block, and after just a few seconds, the entire block became quiet.

"A new mutant?"