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

"Then - Mitis will come with me, and Angeline will protect Kagamika. Is that okay?"

With Angelini's strength at level 30, there shouldn't be any problem.

"I'm fine!"

"I know Mitis is fine. I'm asking about Angelini."

"Well, I checked it out when I went out with Fukagan before. There are very few monsters nearby, and they are the type that won't actively approach people. It should be fine."

"Where's Kagami? If you don't feel safe enough, let's go out together and look for chocolate when we come back."

"No, you don't have to do it just for me... and I really want to find a chocolate dish too."

Jinghua lowered his head and said hesitantly. As for the last sentence "Kusi probably won't blame me for wanting to eat chocolate", Ella pretended not to hear it and put it out of her mind.

"Then let's split up here."

No one raised any objections. Ella and Mitis followed the smell to find the chocolate, while Jinghua and Angelica headed towards the city gate - as long as they reported Ella's name, leaving the city would not be a problem.

"Did Mitis smell it?"

After crossing two street corners, Ella asked, the vampire's sense of smell is much more sensitive than hers, perhaps only when she is in the swordsman state can she surpass Mitis's perception ability.

"We're almost there."

Mitis pointed across the street.

"It's in the house across the street. Wait... is that the alchemy workshop?"

"Mitis, aren't you trying to say the chocolate smell is coming from the alchemy workshop? Are there any dishes in that kind of place?"

"No, no... Let me feel it again."

Mitis waved her hands guiltily, twitched her nose a few times again, and her expression became strange.

"It's definitely in the alchemy workshop. Could it be that the food was accidentally produced during the alchemy process?"

"Well, even though it seems unlikely, I'll still go and take a look."

After walking a few steps to the door of the alchemy workshop and confirming the wooden sign hanging on the door - which read "Alchemy Workshop" - Ella knocked on the door gently.

no respond.

Feeling a little confused, Ella listened carefully. There was indeed the sound of metal knocking against each other and the muffled sound of liquid boiling. It didn't seem like there was no one there.

"Excuse me, is anyone here?"

"no."

"Well……"

The female voice coming from inside the door made Ella pause. Mitis frowned and knocked on the door hard.

“Isn’t that an answer?”

"If you say no, then you mean no."

“This guy—”

"We're sold out of magic potions here. If you want any, go somewhere else."

Before Mitis could forcefully open the door, the wooden door suddenly opened by itself, and a dragon girl wearing a witch's pointed hat came into view. Because of her petite figure, the pointed hat looked unusually large, and combined with her exposed wolf ears - or maybe cat ears - she had a very cute feeling. However, because of her deep dark circles and lifeless tone, Ella had the impression that she would collapse at the next second.

"Only basic alchemy materials and refining tools are left. If you don't need them, go back."

Although she said this, the girl yawned and closed the door, as if she believed that Ella and the other girl would definitely leave.

"etc!"

Chapter 24: Bitterness?

Just as the wooden door was about to close, Ella reached out to hold the door open. A look of dissatisfaction flashed across the face of the dragon girl wearing a witch's pointed hat.

"Why? This isn't a place for children to play house."

"We're not here to buy magic potions!"

Pushing one side of the wooden door open with her shoulder, Ella straightened the wrinkles on her clothes.

The view passed over the dragon girl and one could see a large pot of boiling medicinal herbs in the room, with the sweet aroma of chocolate emanating from the pot.

"We are the ones who buy alchemical materials."

“…Is that so? I understand. Come in.”

After taking a quick look at Ella, the dragon girl - it would be more appropriate to call her a witch - turned her gaze to Mitis next to her. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes that were almost falling asleep, but the witch did not speak. Instead, she opened the door and turned to walk into the store.

"Although the magic potion has been bought by the lord, we still have a lot of basic alchemical materials. The powdered horns of the rare unicorn rhinoceros and the eyeballs of rock bats are for sale. But if you want to sell the materials, I hope you can give me some magic cores."

For some reason, there was an indescribable certainty in the witch's tone, as if she already knew that Ella and the other girl possessed magic cores.

"What's in here? Is it also a product of alchemy?"

The identification skill showed that the viscous liquid in the pot was "?", so Ella couldn't be sure.

"It's just a failed experiment, nothing special. Or are you interested?"

"Well, can you tell me what's added to this?"

"It's no big deal to tell you. I originally wanted to make a better adhesive, but the new ingredients weren't very effective, so I added slime, swamp spider skin, white tree sap, and a base adhesive. I also bought some 'Kuk' from Kumi who was passing by. Although it's originally a food, I thought it would be perfect for reconciling conflicting ingredients. Are you an alchemist too?"

"Is it? I've never received any qualification certification or anything like that, so I'm not sure..."

Ella carefully moved the large stone spoon in the pot, but the witch was not angry.

"If you can make the adhesive, you can break free from your apprenticeship and become a full-fledged lower-level alchemist. That person over there should be your teacher, right?"

The witch looked at Mitis who was looking around in the store, her eyes constantly wandering on Mitis's wings and eyes.

"It's the first time I've seen a vampire with demon eyes."

"Ahaha, can you show me the Kuku?"

If I'm not mistaken, Kukui should be the chocolate in this world, after all, the witch said "it was originally food".

"Kuku? Yes, I have it. Do you want it?"

"Um!"

Ella nodded vigorously.

The witch leaned against the counter with a thoughtful look on her face, then looked towards the wooden door and approached Ella with an extremely cautious look.

"Do you have any magic cores? I need a magic core of intermediate or higher grade. If you can give it to me, I will give you the remaining kuk in exchange."

"We don't have an intermediate-level white iron magic core...

Intermediate-grade tin magic cores are a rarer resource than medicines in many kingdoms. Theoretically, they should be sold to the officials of the Kingdom of Untermier upon entering the city. This is also reflected in the demon maze. Of course, one of the reasons why Ella had no intention of selling it was that she only had one intermediate-grade tin magic core left.

The witch clasped her hands together and lowered her head in a gesture of request.

"Please, even if you handed it over to the authorities when you entered the city, you should at least keep one or two, right? If that doesn't work, I'll give you some extra money. Alchemy can't do without magic cores. Besides, those Kumi left town yesterday, and my family is the only one left with Kuku. I paid a huge price to buy them from them. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you have magic cores. That's the rule for us alchemists."

Although the request was directed to Ella, the witch kept glancing at Mitis from time to time.

After hesitating for a while, Ella quietly took out the intermediate-level tin magic core from her pocket through the storage.

"There's only one, and I want all the Kuku."

"That's too difficult. You want to take away all the Kuku with just one pill."

"If you think it's too little, then we'll have no choice but to give up cooperation."

Ella spread her hands helplessly. Apart from this one intermediate-level white iron magic core, the rest of her magic cores were at least of advanced level.

The witch's brows were tightly furrowed, as if she was considering whether to agree or not. After about a minute, she extended her index finger towards Ella.

"Add another magic core of a different level and we'll be done."

"it is good."

Before the witch could react, Ella quickly grabbed a handful of magic grains the size of sugar from the storage and stuffed them into the witch's hands. These were the magic cores she had obtained in the underground tower before. Because the magic power contained in them was too low and almost useless, she had placed them in the corner of the storage. Even adventurers who lived for money would not bother to pick up such magic cores the size of sugar grains.

"Eh?"

The witch was stunned for a moment, and then her face was full of regret - because Ella agreed too quickly, the witch felt that she had suffered a great loss. However, when the witch saw the palms full of white magic particles, the regretful expression suddenly turned into surprise.

"This... this is... It's tiny, but I can sense the presence of magic. If I could remove the impurities, it's at least equivalent to three low-grade galvanized iron magic cores. This is the first time I've seen magic cores like this. Where did you get them? Judging by their size, even someone as incompetent as me could collect them. If I could make them into medicine, I'd definitely make a ton of money and never have to make this damn adhesive again."

Carefully pouring the magic particles into the backpack on her waist, the witch cast a fanatical gaze at Ella.

In order to prevent the witch from having too much expectations, Ella could only tell the truth.

"There are many underground towers in the city of Semorabi in the Papal Kingdom."

"Damn it, it's the Papal States?"

The witch smacked her lips, but quickly turned her attention back to Ella.

"Do you have any more magic cores like this? I'll take them all, two silver coins a handful."

"It's only worth six silver coins. There are too many of these magic cores in the underground tower. Only people who can't afford to eat would pick them up and exchange them for money."

Hearing this, the witch bit her fingers angrily.

"To waste precious magic cores! These guys are truly reckless and should be punished!"

"But can these magic cores really be used? Aren't there too many impurities?"

From my own perspective, it's basically useless.

"Once purified, it can perform the same function as a low-grade white iron magic core. Don't you know? It's a necessity for alchemists in the kingdoms."

"Can the magic core also be purified?"

"Of course, this is the alchemy primer that explains the purification method. One silver coin."

The witch took out a wrinkled thin book from the backpack at her waist and handed it to Ella. Then she beckoned to Ella to put a silver coin in her hand.

Since there was no knowledge about purification in the book she learned about alchemy, out of curiosity, Ella handed the silver coins and magic particles to the witch without objection.

After weighing the amount, the witch withdrew her hand with satisfaction, then handed the bittern in the paper bag to Ella, and told her a piece of noteworthy news.

"If you want more Kuku, I suggest you leave the city quickly. The Kumi said before they left the tunnel that they had to quickly offer tribute to the Saint Lady. If you don't catch up quickly, you'll have to wait a long time for more. I remember the last time they came here was two years ago."

"Thank you. I understand."

While thanking the witch, Ella opened the paper bag and sniffed it - although there was a subtle animal odor mixed in, it was indeed the smell of chocolate. With a little more processing, it could become real chocolate, I think.

After finishing the conversation with the witch, Ella and Mitis walked out of the alchemy workshop. In order to thank the witch for the information she provided, Ella placed a high-grade tin magic core on the low cabinet by the door before leaving.

You will be pleasantly surprised when you find out.

After muttering something in her heart, Ella left the alchemy workshop holding the paper bag.

Chapter 25 Encounter Again

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

After coming out of the alchemy workshop, Ella gave a small piece of bittern to Mitis, and now the two were walking on the street out of the city.

“Hmm…”

Mitis's expression was a little subtle. The brown-black bittern was actually not that delicious. Although it was a taste Mitis had never tasted before, the animal stench mixed with the sweetness made Mitis feel nauseous. If Ella hadn't looked at her with an overly cute expression of expectation, Mitis would have definitely vomited it out.

Resisting the discomfort, Mitis swallowed the bitter taste and forced a smile.

“It’s…very delicious…”

"Ugh, it must taste terrible."

Noticing that Mitis's mouth had become wavy and tears were welling up in her eyes, Ella guessed that it must have tasted terrible.

"It does need processing, but we can't try it with just this. We still have to find those Kumi first. It would be great if we can buy it from them."

While handing the drink to Mitis, Ella put the paper bag into storage. The chocolate the witch gave her weighed less than half a pound. If it was distributed to her companions, it would definitely be eaten up in a few bites, and this did not include the loss after processing.

With the drink diluting the lingering discomfort in her mouth, Mitis quickly recovered and reminded while flapping her wings.

"Could the Kumi who escaped be the Kumi that Lord Minorino was talking about?"