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

After hearing Ella's answer, Menea lowered her head again, making an unwilling clicking sound.

"Tsk, I failed... completely. I thought I'd be recognized as a mutant before you, so I'd have more experience, but I didn't expect such a complete defeat... Compared to me, you're more worthy of being called a mutant. You've completely deviated from the common sense of the demon race..."

"Well, don't say that. I'm only here for a week, I don't have that many thoughts."

After Ella finished speaking, Menia, who was originally struggling to walk with Ella's support, suddenly stopped and turned her head to look at Ella's face.

"A week?"

"Well, in a week we'll be going to the royal capital, Mistin, to meet the acting Demon Lord, Camisia."

"Camisia? What do you want to see Camisia-sama?"

"Well... it's because of various things. Some time ago, at the Holy Academy, due to my healing magic, the demons there mistook me for the Demon Queen. They told me to come to the Western Demon Tribe to lead them. Plus, the Holy Academy doesn't allow students to stay in the free dormitories during the summer vacation, so I decided to come and explain to the acting Demon King that I'm not the Demon Queen. After all, having a demon guarding me all the time would cause all kinds of trouble..."

Perhaps recalling the time at the Holy Academy when the demons had surrounded her and prevented anyone from approaching, Ella let a wry smile slip across her face. She reached into her dimensional backpack and pulled out an Angel Crystal from the storage compartment, handing it to Menea.

"If you're thirsty, eat this."

In the end, Menea did not take the thing that looked like a golden apple. She did not have the feeling of having just recovered from a serious illness. Instead, she stretched out her hands and grabbed Ella's shoulders, keeping her forehead to Ella's, and spoke word by word.

"Are you saying that the reason you're going to see Camisia-sama is because you're the Demon Queen?!"

Ignoring Ella's dazed look, Menea released her grip on Ella's shoulders, turned around and talked to herself.

"So that's how it is! So that's how it is! If that's the case, then everything makes sense. Why can I cast purification magic so easily on water with an 'inhibitor' added? Why can I use healing magic that demons can't use? If that's the case, then everything is explained!"

"Eh—eh? I suppose... even if they can use healing magic, it has nothing to do with the Demon Princess's situation... Iris said that in the history of the Demon Tribe, no one who can use healing magic has ever appeared. Even the Demon King can only use offensive magic. And what about that 'inhibitor'? What is that?"

Ignoring Ella's questions, Menea continued to talk to herself with her head down.

"If it's the Demon Queen... losing wouldn't matter... Rather, losing to the princess... would be an honor..."

I have a feeling that things are developing in a strange direction. Are the demons really worshipping the Demon King as a god?

Trying to call Menea back from the strange state of talking to herself, Ella split the angel crystal into two halves, letting the sweet fragrance in the angel crystal spread, and then took one of the petals and walked around to Menea.

"Ms. Menea?"

"Hmm? Oh, ahem, ahem, anyway, regardless of whether or not you're the Demon Queen, Elelaya, I lost to you this time. However, I won't give up the title of 'Saint Lady' just because of this."

Completely unable to understand what Menea meant by losing, Ella blinked.

"Lose? Did we ever compete in anything?"

"You—Hmph, never mind. Just remember it."

After saying this, Menia glanced at the angel crystal handed over by Ella, hesitated for a moment, snatched it away, bit it hard as if to vent her anger, turned around angrily and walked forward alone.

"Ms. Menea, you've only just recovered. If you walk so fast—well, as expected…"

Before Ella could finish her words, Menia had already put her words into practice. She trotted over to the fallen Menia, then continued to support her despite her reluctant expression.

"Tsk, I won't thank you. Also, what was that fruit just now? Even as a count, I've never eaten it. And after eating it, I felt like my strength was restored. Did they add some magic potion?"

"Well... this is a food called Angel Crystal."

"What? Angel Crystals?! The kind that only come from the territories of the God-Humans and cost a hundred gold coins each?"

Hmm—why does this world always regard Angel Crystals as so precious? They're something you'd get tired of if you ate too many. But even though Miss Menea said she wouldn't thank me, she didn't correct me by calling me "Miss Menea."

Thinking this in her mind, Ella straightened the sapphire crown that held her blonde hair in place and answered Menea.

"It should be the kind of thing Miss Menea mentioned..."

"Huh? You actually ate such a precious magic potion like that? It can restore your health, vitality, and magic points at the same time! And it can restore your health to full, and you actually ate it without any threat... Are you an idiot?"

Menia stared at Ella with wide eyes. After seeing Ella's bewildered expression, her original feeling of disappointment in her became even more intense. If she had not had the qualities of a "Lady Saint" for a long time, Menia would even be sure that she would use a word that symbolizes stupidity to describe Ella now.

Covering her mouth with her hands, Menia carefully recalled the sweet taste from before, and she began to feel a sense of regret in her heart - if only she had asked the civilian in front of her what this was before eating it.

Thinking of this, another question arose in Menia's mind.

"If you have this, why did you say no when I asked you if you had any magic potion?"

"Eh? Wait, isn't this just for filling your stomach?"

"You... how many do you have left? And it sounds like you ate all the Angel Crystals for dinner like this before?"

Obviously, Menea should still be in a weak state, but for some reason, she seemed to suddenly gain strength. She grabbed Ella's clothes, shook Ella, and fell into a crazy state.

"It's such a precious magic item. If I had it, the water purification work would definitely go much more smoothly. And with it, I could try other medicinal formulas. And yet, they ate it like that! They ate it like that! Ahhhh!"

"Wait, wait, if Menea wants this, you can give it to her, give some to her!"

Feeling breathless from Menia's tearful shaking, Ella quickly reached into her pocket and took out an angel crystal from the storage and handed it to Menia.

The shaking stopped instantly, and Menea, who had a gleam in the corner of her eyes before, immediately stopped her gaze on the angel crystal in Ella's hand.

"This... is for me?"

Menia, who had been acting like a haughty young lady before, became like a child after seeing the angel crystal in Ella's hand, her gaze wandering between the angel crystal and Ella's face.

"Yes, please keep this, Miss Menea. Just don't tell anyone about this, okay? Well, if it puts Miss Menea in danger, then it's fine if you tell anyone."

After all, I could use my relationship with Iris to explain it. Angel crystals were only produced by the Divine Human Tribe, and as a princess of the Divine Human Tribe, it wouldn't be unusual for Iris to give them to others. Furthermore, I was the only friend Iris had publicly claimed to have. Given Iris's personality, I doubt she would say anything bad about me if Iris used her name. Whether this would lead to other negative thoughts for me was another matter.

Menia snatched the angel crystal from Ella's hand, and instead of turning around like before, she tilted her head to the side.

"Menea."

"Um?"

"I said, no need to add 'Miss' at the end."

"Eh? Eh?"

"What?! I've already said this. From now on, just call me Menea. I won't call you by the commoner name, Elelaya anymore."

"Hmm, so that's what you mean. Then Menea, just call me Ella. Please take care of me from now on, Menea."

"Tsk, who needs to take care of you? It's only a week at most anyway."

As if she was angry, Menia didn't look into Ella's eyes when she spoke, but kept looking away.

Is this considered tsundere? Hmm… there's no standard sentence structure, but reality is still reality, right? Those kinds of sentences only appear in comics and games; it's a bit too demanding to expect them in real life.

Menia, who was trying to look away, would never know what Ella was thinking at the moment.

Perhaps because she found that Ella did not react as expected, Menia felt a little embarrassed. She coughed dryly and looked at Ella with a serious face.

"There's one more thing I need to clarify, Ella, and that's the purification magic you used."

"The purification magic I used?"

"Yes, Ella, while your intentions in using purification magic are good, it would be best to change your habit of charging fees arbitrarily. Free services without asking for any profit will likely become seen as an obligation over time. While I don't think such a perception will develop in a week, it's still best to keep an eye on it."

So there's such a thing... I completely failed to notice the potential consequences, but that's probably due to my lack of common sense—no, I definitely wouldn't forget something like this. Even though I was a bit of a homebody back on Earth, I still know a thing or two about this. So, is the reason still the Loli God's arrow?!

Whenever Ella thought of this, her expression would involuntarily turn into one of horror.

Frightened by this horrifying expression, Menia began to wonder if she had said something that made Ella unhappy. She half-knelt down and looked up at Ella with a worried expression.

"E-Ella? As I said earlier, if you're unhappy, it's okay to just say it, right?"

"Eh? Sorry, I was thinking about something else. Um—can I take Menea's behavior just now as a sign of concern for me?"

"How, how is that possible! I don't care about you, idiot."

“Ahahaha…”

It appeared! This kind of sentence! Menea really would say that! Ah, it turns out that even in reality, there are people who say things like that.

While Ella was amazed in her heart, she touched her cheek a little embarrassedly and was about to move forward, but she found that Menia, who was walking in front of her, suddenly stopped. She looked at Menia curiously - Menia was pointing ahead with her mouth wide open in surprise, and she looked so shocked that she couldn't speak.

"what is that?"

What Ella saw was the fortress city of Kepa, dormant in the desert. But Kepa today was very different from before.

Even from a distance, Ella could see countless soldiers standing outside the city of Kepa, holding flags with ferocious purple inscriptions. These soldiers, dressed in standard black armor, stood in two rows, intersecting the flags in their hands with the flags in the hands of the soldiers opposite them, forming an extremely long passage.

"That's... Camisia-sama's Demon King's personal guard... an elite force composed of powerful warriors who are at least level 20..."

As if answering Ella's words, Menea continued to murmur in the same posture as before.

"Huh? Why would the acting Demon King descend at this hour? Are the demons' communication magic so advanced? They're coming just because they heard about the Black Tide."

"No...they definitely wouldn't deploy their Royal Guards just for the Kuroshio. Something this serious must have happened, at least on the level of a territorial war."

For some reason, a sense of foreboding rose from the depths of Ella's heart. This feeling continued to spread within her heart—not fear, but simply a feeling of oppression. This ominous feeling even made Ella want to leave here immediately and hide in the corner of the continent.

"Menya, go back first... I'll wait a while before—"

However, before Ella could finish her words, a red ball of light visible to the naked eye rushed towards the two of them in the distance and smashed into the ground like a meteor. The strange thing was that although the speed of the red light ball seemed to be very fast, it did not cause the ground to collapse when it landed, and even the dust it raised was only a very small amount.

Gradually, the red ball of light revealed its true appearance.

"Welcome home, Demon Lord—"

It was a girl kneeling on one knee, wearing a dreamy pure white dress and red twintails.

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Upgraded to Gold today! Thank you all for your continued support, Yomi will definitely work harder to write more interesting stories in the future!

Chapter 25: Unexplainable Identity

Menia looked at the girl kneeling on one knee in front of her in shock.

"Ka, Lady Camisia?"

This is a woman whose abbreviation "Red" would not be an exaggeration. She is called Red not because she is dressed in red. On the contrary, the only red color on the girl's body is her twin ponytails tied with black ribbons. However, this red is made even more eye-catching by the dreamy white dress she wears.

When the girl heard Menea's words, she tilted her head towards her, and the two lumps on her chest began to shake.

"Oh, it's Menea. She's actually walking so close to the Demon King ahead of me."

“Uh, eh——no, Lady Camisia, you are…”

"Standing next to you is the future Demon King, the current princess, Eleraya Nott Mistotin—"

Before Camisia could finish her words, Ella, who had been in a short-circuit state, interrupted her.

"No, no, no, this hasn't been confirmed yet, right? And I don't have any memories of being a princess at all! After all, I came to the Demon Tribe this time just to clarify that I'm not a princess. Also, what's with that strange name?"

"Princess, Aisi has already given me a sample of your hair for testing. With this level of magical purity and purple eyes, you must be the Demon King's daughter. Your lack of memories is undoubtedly due to being sealed away by the One God for too long. As for your name... that's a title that belongs only to the Demon King. Could it be that—Princess—doesn't like it? If so, it would be somewhat unfair to the Demon King, but as his only blood relative, even if you wish to change your title, that's fine. Finally, if it's you, just call me Camisia. No one in this world deserves your honorifics."

Without any hesitation, Camisia raised her head and looked at Ella with her purple eyes. Apart from loyalty, there was nothing else in her eyes.

This is really troublesome... What should I do in this situation? Hmm - should I let Camisia get up first?

She felt a little unsure and didn't dare to agree with Camisia's claim that she was a princess. Ella even wondered if Camisia would punish her as a liar with some punishments unique to the demon clan if she found out that she wasn't really a princess - although, she didn't volunteer to become a demon king.

"A-Anyway, Camisia, please get up first. I have no idea what's going on right now!"

"Yes, Princess-sama... Tsk, that damned One God, not only has he deprived Princess-sama of her freedom for six thousand years, he's even wiped out every last bit of her memory."

"Um...Camisia, what did you just say?"

After Camisia stood up, Ella always felt that Camisia, who had lowered her head just now, seemed to have whispered something extraordinary. This feeling made Ella's whole body tense.

Camisia simply answered Ella's question with a blank expression.

"No? Princess, shall we go back now? There are many things we can't discuss outside. Menea, let's go together."

"Eh? ...Yes, it is, Camisia-sama."

As if waiting for Ella to take the first step, Camisia stood in front of Menea, looking at Ella. Forced by the necessity of moving first, Ella swallowed her nonexistent saliva and took a cautious, tentative step forward.

Isn't that right? This is definitely weird! If Ai Si and the others mistook me for the Demon Queen, I could say they were mistaken, but now, no matter how I look at it, I've been identified as the Demon King! Are all the demons like this?

"Princess, what's wrong?"

"Hmm? No, nothing. Keep going."

No, no, could it be that I was actually a princess of the demon clan, and that all the previous events had happened in a dream? But if that kind of office worker life was just a dream, then it would be too tragic, no matter how you look at it, right? Even the things I dreamt about were so sad...

Afraid that she had made some mistake, Ella walked forward stiffly step by step. The only sounds in the entire desert were the gurgling sound of her throat and the rustling footsteps of the three people.

Without any extra words, the three of them soon arrived in front of a road formed by two rows of soldiers wearing black armor.

Ella stopped and looked back at Camisia, her expression as if asking, "What should I do next?"

Camisia bowed her head and saluted.