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

"I see."

And just like that, the meeting came to a temporary end due to a maid's distraction.

Chapter 27: All parties gather together

*创世纪6187年8月5日 上午08:05分 王都灾厄之枝

Two days have passed since the meeting. According to Dean, today is the day when the envoys from the Church of Enstanit of the Papal States will arrive. In other words, it is the time for Eve to arrive. Although the envoys from the Church of Enstanit had arrived outside the city yesterday, they had other appointments yesterday - the envoys led by Princess Tifarian of the Kingdom of Baris arrived earlier than Eve, so Eve's arrival was postponed until today.

According to the conventions of this world, two delegations cannot be accepted at the same time on the same day. Although if Ella wanted to, no one in the demon tribe would say no even if two delegations entered the city at the same time, but that would seem too disrespectful, and Ella still cares about this.

Wearing a gorgeous dress that made it difficult for her to move, Ella and the guards lined up on both sides stood quietly in the royal city facing the west gate. Normally, someone of a lower rank than Ella, such as Camisia and Dean, should have come to greet them. However, Eve had already been waiting outside the city for a whole day, and she still had to stay in the throne room to meet her. This was not acceptable in any way, so Ella specifically asked to do it herself.

[Luckily, I managed to create some light clouds ahead of time... This weather is really unbearable.]

Wiping the sweat from her forehead imperceptibly, Ella raised her head - the sunlight was still as strong as ever. After all, whether in the east or the west, Ella had hardly ever seen cloudy weather in the demon tribe. It was usually either scorching sun or heavy rain, which was very consistent with the characteristics of summer.

"Is that Eve the Saint Eve?"

"Yes, but her personality and preferences have changed a lot compared to before, so she is both Miss Eve and not Miss Eve."

The voices of Tifarion and Lotte, who were standing a little further back, could be heard. After the events in the Kingdom of Barris, Tifarion no longer had to worry about her and Lotte's sisterhood. However, despite what she said, there were still very few people who actually knew about it. In the eyes of others, Lotte was probably just fulfilling her duties as a maid.

"But I heard she's a ghost, right? Wouldn't it be frowned upon to have a ghost head the diplomatic mission?"

"Ms. Eve is a friend of Ms. Ella, and neither the Enstarnit Church nor the demons discriminate against the undead, so there won't be any problems—and besides, asking questions here all the time will only lower your opinion."

"……Um."

Tifarian's voice sounded a little lost.

Maybe it was because he liked Lotte so much that he wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to her. Ella could understand this feeling. If it were her, if she met Lotte after not seeing her for a long time, she would probably hug Lotte excitedly without caring about what others thought.

Ella glanced towards the city gate and saw a group of small silver spots appearing in her field of vision. They were the light reflected from armor. Ella had seen them in the holy city of the Enstanit Church. The knights there all wore silver-white armor, which was very conspicuous in the sun.

The signalman who also noticed this scene waved his command flag, and then the honor guards standing on both sides of the team began to blow long trumpets, and the atmosphere instantly became solemn.

[If only we could skip all these rituals...]

Ella couldn't help but back down in her heart. It was Camisia who met Tifarian yesterday, so today was her first time appearing in a formal occasion of the Eastern Demon Clan.

"After all, Eve and I aren't in charge of government affairs, yet we're acting like this. It's really weird."

Unlike Tifarian, who was an envoy with real power, although Eve was a saint of the Church of Enstanit and served as the head of the diplomatic corps, it was not Eve who actually completed the mission of the envoy. If one had to say, Eve's current position was similar to his own, that is, she held power but actually did nothing. In terms of managing the country and the church, both of them needed a long period of study and experience. As to whether they were really learning well, this was still debatable.

With the naked eye, a carriage escorted by nearly a hundred knights slowly approached Ella.

According to the process described by Luti, the opponent's knight should come to her first to introduce his identity, and then she should walk down the stairs.

Keeping these things in mind, Ella stood in the middle of the line of guards, looking down motionlessly at the delegation that had already arrived at the bottom of the stairs. However, unlike what she had imagined, the knight who was responsible for delivering the message had just taken a step when he stood still as if he had heard some instructions.

How is this going?

Ella felt a little uneasy. Things were developing completely differently from what she had planned, and she felt so lost that she lost her direction.

Should I just stand there and wait for the other knight to come up? But the knight didn't seem to want to move.

How about going down to greet them myself? As a demon princess, with countless loyal guards standing on both sides, going down rashly might reveal my ignorance and lower my country's reputation.

[Ahh, just thinking about this gives me a headache! ]

Not knowing what to do, Ella could only stand there motionless while complaining in her heart.

Of course, the only one who felt that the time was long was Ella, the person involved. In fact, from the time the knight retracted his foot to now, only less than three seconds had passed.

Just when Ella was at a loss, the carriage with exquisite carvings finally moved - someone could be seen lifting the curtain from inside, and then a girl with medium-length gray-white hair, a delicate face and ruby ​​eyes appeared in Ella's sight. Even without looking at the red and white priest's uniform with a hem that was so short that it seemed a little strange, Ella could recognize that this was Eve.

Perhaps because ghosts don't grow up, Eve still looks the same as before - except for the smile on her face.

"Ella."

Even though she could only see the lip movements, Ella could tell that they were calling her name. Instead of answering, Ella nodded.

It was obvious that the joy on Eve's face became more intense. She walked up the stairs one by one. Although the scene was very strange - there was no loud announcement, which was completely different from the usual smoothness, the strange thing was that no one expressed any doubts. Not only did the demon guards on both sides not speak, even the knights standing below did not speak.

But this is understandable. To the demons, everything Ella did was the rule. There was nothing strange about it being different from the usual practice. They just needed to do their duty well. As for the knights below, there was another reason. Before leaving, Pope Theria had specifically instructed the Knights to cooperate with Eve no matter what she did. Therefore, the current accident was completely expected. The two "unreliable" teams encountered each other and developed a strange tacit understanding. This could probably be called fate.

Eve opened her arms and hugged Ella.

"Two months."

"Well, two months. Can we go inside and talk first?"

"Then, Ms. Ella, leave the rest to me."

"Yes, please."

Loti took a step forward at the right time and took over Ella's position. Now Loti not only held the position of head maid, but also the identity of the royal city manager temporarily given to her by Ella for convenience. Although there was not much change in the things she handled, the significance was completely different. At least she had the status of being able to receive the deputy captain - the person who actually handled things.

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Finally freed from the burden of formalities, Ella, feeling an immense sense of liberation, skipped the meeting and took Eve to her companions' room.

Iris, Angelica and Shen Gan were staying in the well-lit room. For some reason, even Tifarian came along.

When Angeline noticed Eve and was about to put the snack into her mouth, her eyes suddenly widened, and she jumped up from the sofa like a rabbit, and came to Eve in two or three steps.

"Oh oh! Little Eve, I haven't seen you for a few days. You're still the same as before."

"Yeah, Angelina."

"Even the way you talk hasn't changed..."

After stuffing the cookies into her mouth in a few bites, Angelique took Eve to sit on the sofa. Perhaps because Angelique and Iris were watching the reception ceremony just now, two chairs could be seen placed next to the glass wall. As for Shen Gan, he was sitting alone in the corner of the sofa tuning his instrument as before - it is worth mentioning that the instrument in his hand was not a xylophone, but a harp specially prepared by Ella.

"Eve-chan actually ordered the knights to retreat. It seems the people of the Holy City are no different from the demons."

As if she had had enough, Iris, who was standing by the window, waved her hand and turned to walk towards the empty sofa in front of the table.

Facing Iris, Eve smiled faintly.

"Everything is fine."

"Yeah, it would be great if we could skip all that formality."

"Yes, yes, Aira-chan really treats Eve-chan like a daughter. If they hug in public, it will only exacerbate the rumors that are already there, right? Even Lotte-chan hasn't done that."

"Who said that? Iris doesn't need to worry about that kind of thing."

She almost said that she had already had this experience with Lotte, but she was afraid that Iris would tease her about it, so she quickly changed her words.

"By the way, isn't Eve-chan unable to leave the Holy City too far due to health reasons? Is it okay for you to come to the Demon Tribe like this?"

"Three months."

"So, as long as we return within three months, we'll be fine... Including the journey, we can stay in the Eastern Demon Territory for a month, right?"

"A month? Remember Eve is thirty—huh? Already level 36? That makes her one level higher than Iris."

Thanks to Angelica's extensive looting two days ago, Iris also reached level 35. Angelica and Shen Gan, who were originally of low levels, directly reached level 27. In comparison, Ella and Lotte were the lowest levels, with Ella at level 23 and Lotte at level 25.

"Compared to slowly leveling up like us, Eve-chan is just trying to regain her former strength, so it's only natural that she's leveling up quickly. But does Eve-chan still remember her combat skills? Just having levels doesn't mean she's that powerful anymore."

"Um, I, healing magic."

Elise's words made Eve puff up her cheeks, looking angry.

"So, I'm in the same position as Ella-chan... I feel like I'll be overshadowed by Ella-chan."

Iris, who was already sitting on the sofa, looked at Tifarian who was still standing by the door.

"Where's Tifarian? There's no need to hide your true nature here."

Iris's words made Tifarian instantly retract her gentle princess demeanor and sit on the sofa in a daze.

"Me? What does the princess of the God-man tribe want to say?"

"It's just a rare opportunity to meet, so I asked about your strength. By the way, Tifarian, this is the first time you've met Eve, right? Can you introduce us?"

Tifarian showed an expression of annoyance for a moment, smacked her lips, and then spoke to Eve.

"Tifarian Zeos, the princess of the Kingdom of Barris and Lotte's biological sister, was originally an adventurer, so please forgive me for any rudeness in my words and actions."

"Well, Eve Enstanit, it's a ghost."

"Even more concise than me, this guy is the type of person who doesn't talk much."

The second half of the sentence was directed at Ella.

"Eve just woke up not long ago, so it's normal for her to be not good at languages."

Although she heard Eve's dissatisfied voice for a moment, Ella still answered Tifarian according to her own impression.

"Is that so? Then, to answer the question the God-man princess asked earlier, I'm a level 24 warrior, armed with a rapier, and I'm good at fighting monsters. Is that all right? However, besides solving Entarosphiel's problem, I just want to spend some time with Lotte. I don't want to get involved in anything related to combat."

"Ah, what a pity."

Although she said this, Ella couldn't feel that Iris really had any regrets. She probably just wanted to arouse Tifarian's interest. Thinking about what she did with Iris yesterday, Ella could imagine what Iris would say next.

Tifarian raised an eyebrow.

"Pity?"

"I finally had a chance to level up quickly, but now I'm letting it go—"

Picking up the tea on the table, Iris breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm sure Lotte-chan will be participating too. It's a shame Tifarian can't come."

"Lotte will be participating too? What does that mean?"

"Elise-senpai just wanted Tifarian-senpai to go to the underground labyrinth with us. There's nothing special about it."

Perhaps because he felt that this question-and-answer format was too cumbersome, Shen Gan gave a direct answer.

"Underground labyrinths? I've heard of them before when I was an adventurer, but isn't it called the Land of Death? Not only are there powerful monsters, but there are also countless traps and bandits. And I remember that everyone here, except for Angelina, is a princess or princess, right? You guys are really strange for choosing to go to a place like that when you can't live like a noble."

"No... I think Tifarian is the only one here who can't say that."

"Too."

Ella's words made Tifarian chuckle for a moment.

"So you decided to drag me along? Let me be clear, I'm the type to not care about anything else when I'm fighting."

"No problem. With Maou here, the danger level of the monsters will be strictly controlled, and they will level up quickly. If you want to hone your combat skills, you can find Camisia or Mitis, or challenge the real maze directly."

"Mao? Mitis? A real maze? What is that?"

"It's too troublesome to explain them one by one. You'll understand once Tifarian sees it. Anyway, it's a place where you can level up quickly. Eve can also take this opportunity to train."

"reject."

Before Ella could finish her words, Eve refused without hesitation.

"Eh?"

"I, Ella, am satisfied."

He must be saying that having her is enough. Ella couldn't help but feel a little speechless.

"...Battle skills are something you must learn. Eve will have to return to the Holy City later, right? If you can quickly improve your strength, you might become even stronger after you return to your human body, right?"

"Hmm...then, Ella will go too."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely go."

"Um."

Eve nodded in satisfaction.

Feeling a little dry in the mouth, Ella took off the long gloves of her gorgeous dress, walked to the table and picked up a teacup.

"Well then, we can start as soon as Mitis and Tina arrive."

"Little Ella, that's my cup!"

"What Angelina said is totally fine."

"But I have a problem!"

Suddenly, Ella paused and blinked at the teacup in her hand.

I don't seem to regard Angelina as a woman at all...