The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 21

After exiting the gate and walking for a while, I could see the forest ahead.
“Ah, I’m tired.”
Walking is tough.
“……Grandpa, are you okay?”
Alice asks jokingly, laughing as she does.
“Physically, I’m fine, but it’s hot.”
I hate the sun.
“……Why are you wearing such black clothes? They absorb heat and make you hot. And, they’re long-sleeved and long pants.”
Hakama isn’t pants.
“The youkai I banish come out at night. So it wasn’t hot.”
During the day, I either sleep or do paperwork.
“…..I’ll cast a cooling spell for you.”
Alice says so, pointing her staff, and my body starts to feel cool.
“Wow, amazing. It’s cool.”
“I’ll cast a healing spell too.”
This time, Natalia points her staff, and along with the slight fatigue I felt, the heaviness in my head dissipates, leaving me feeling lighter.
“Your magic is incredible.”
This is nice.
“I think Yuuma’s magic is even more amazing, but maybe he’s too specialized.”
“…….It’s better to learn various types of magic.”
Well, that’s probably true.
“What kind of magic can you guys use?”
“We can use various types. We invested in magic as an upfront cost for our job rewards. But I’m particularly good at healing magic.”
Healing magic…
Like earlier.
“Healing magic is great. It really healed me. How about you?”
This time, I look at Alice.
“…..I’m not much different from Natalia. If anything, I focus more on attack magic to balance with Natalia.”
They’re a party, after all.
That’s how I learned magic.
“If magic is so convenient, are there a lot of wizards?”
“No, not really. Sure, with magic stones, it’s easy to learn magic, but people with little magic power can’t handle it.”
“…..The amount of magic power is determined from birth.”
It’s determined from birth?
“Is that so? I’ve been doing various things to increase my spiritual power…”
According to AI-chan, magic and spiritual power are apparently the same energy, just with different outputs, so I think it can be increased.
“Can it be increased?”
“……Tell me.”
I could tell them, but would these guys eat poisonous bugs like centipedes or spiders?
They wouldn’t, right?
“It’s mental concentration. The spiritual power within your body…is your magical powers? Imagine making it bigger. Do it before you go to bed. Also, I have a special medicine, so let’s do it at night.”
Once they lose their original form, those things should be edible.
I’ll mix something later and feed them in dumplings or something.
“Oh, really?”
AI-chan says this via telepathy while diligently drawing the map.
“Is there such a thing? Then, let’s try it.”
“….I’m not good with medicine, but I’ll endure it.”
To say I don’t feel guilty would be a lie, but even these guys surely want to go further.
Yeah, yeah.
As we continue forward, we stop.
Because just ahead, before the forest, there’s a large wild boar walking slowly, its nose touching the ground.
“Is that it… it’s huge, hey.”
It’s easily three times the size of the boars in my world.
Maybe even more.
“I’ve never seen such a big Big Boar. We don’t even see them that big deep in the forest.”
“….There’s an emergency request for a reason.”
Neither of them has seen one this size before.
Meanwhile, AI-chan pays no attention to the Big Boar and just keeps drawing the map.
“Pamela told me not to burn it, and considering the meat, no poison or curse is good.”
It’s fine for me, but if I want to sell it or if these guys want to eat it, poison or curses are bad.
“What do we do?”
“…Should I use Air Cutter to cut its legs? Or should I attack it with Air Hammer?”
Hmm…
It seems the fur can be sold, so I don’t want to damage it too much.
“Alice, can you call it over here?”
“…Even if you throw a stone at it, it’ll attack. It’s a wary monster, but also aggressive.”
“A stone, huh…”
Following Alice’s instructions, I pick up a stone lying around and throw it towards the boar.
The stone arcs through the air and hits the back of the Big Boar, which had its nose to the ground.
The Big Boar raises its head, looks around, and then turns towards us, stopping in its tracks.
“Should I try throwing again?”
Once again, I pick up another stone nearby and prepare to throw it at the Big Boar.
But before I can throw the stone, the Big Boar charges towards us with incredible speed.
“W-what are you gonna do!? Obviously I’m gonna die if I get attacked by that!”
“…Can I shoot it?”
Natalia panics, while Alice, with her usual sleepy half-closed eyes, raises her staff.
“Just wait.”
I say this while pointing my finger at the boar’s feet.
Then, I wait for the right moment to act.
“Hurry! Hurry!”
“…Natalia, stop shaking me.”
Natalia vigorously shakes Alice by the shoulders.
“Well I said to wait… Let’s go—3, 2, 1, Hell Swamp!”
As I cast the spell, the ground around the charging Big Boar turns into a swamp.
The Big Boar, still charging forward, sinks into the swamp and thrashes about.
But the more it struggles, the deeper it sinks.
“No way… It can’t get out from there.”
The Big Boar struggles, trying desperately to escape, but with a swamp spanning 10 meters in every direction, there’s no way out, and it continues to sink.
“This is scary…”
“…I can’t help but think about what it’s like to be done in like this.”
This isn’t something you use on people.
It’s a spell meant to immobilize large youkai.
“Let’s wait a bit until it suffocates.”
Being that big, it might take a while to die.
“That wasn’t even much of a fight… This is the first time I’ve completed a C-rank job so easily.”
“…Natalia made a big fuss even though she didn’t do anything.”
Certainly, it was quite a commotion.
She even had tears in her eyes.