The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 53

After parting ways with Clive, we continued to advance into the forest.
Since then, we’ve crossed paths with adventurers many times, but there still hasn’t been any sign of monsters.
As we continued on, we reached an open area.
There was a fairly large lake, with many adventurers resting around it.
“There are so many… this is the first time I’ve seen so many people.”
“…It’s about half adventurers from the West and South districts.”
There are around 30 people… huh?
“Annie’s here… uh, yeah, she’s there.”
Using magic detection, I found Annie’s magical presence, and I pointed to her as she crawled near the lake.
“Oh, you’re right.”
“…It’s Annie in her usual sexy outfit.”
Annie was wearing a short skirt, which, combined with her crawling position, was quite daring.
From here, you could tell that the surrounding men were glancing at her.
“Would it be accurate to call her a pervert?”
“….Sure.”
“Alice! Annie just likes that kind of fashion.”
Well, to each their own.
“Should we go say hi?”
“…Koma-chan, go!”
Alice said that and patted Koma-chan’s back, and Koma-chan dashed towards Annie while wagging her tail.
With incredible speed, Koma-chan reached Annie in no time and sat behind her.
As a result, Annie’s well-shaped butt and exposed legs were no longer visible.
I couldn’t help but feel like the surrounding men were looking at Koma-chan enviously.
“…Huh? I was expecting a tackle.”
Alice seemed to be puzzled by the unexpected outcome.
“Because it’s a good child… it must take after me.”
“It often comes to play on the third floor.”
It doesn’t take after you after all.
As we walked towards Annie, she noticed Koma-chan behind her and began to pet her.
We approached Annie as she was petting Koma-chan.
“Hey there.”
Annie, who was happily petting Koma-chan, greeted us.
“You guys came too, huh? Why’s Koma-chan here? Isn’t its job to sleep on the entrance sofa?”
Seems like an easy job.
Well, it does sometimes guide guests.
“It’s Natalia and Alice’s escort. If it wanted, it could be really strong.”
“I don’t see that at all. It always looks like it wants to play, but it’s just like a dog.”
Its really is just a dog.
“Even though it’s supposed to be a guardian dog… oh well. Are you here to gather too?”
“Yes. I came for work, but it’s no good. Clive and the others were here until just now, but they left in a hurry.”
“We crossed paths with them. They’re going to the capital.”
“Well, that’s to be expected. Others will do the same, and soon our clan will be empty.”
A lonely clan.
“What about you?”
“I’ll be gathering. I can make medicine, so I gather poison antidote grass, process it, and then sell it. That’s enough to make a decent profit.”
She can do that too.
Impressive, this girl.
“Should we gather too?”
“Can you?”
“Everyone has a first time.”
“Well, yeah, but…”
Annie looked up at Natalia, who shook her head.
“Yuuma, which one of these is poison antidote grass?”
Annie pointed to two different weeds alternately.
“They look the same.”
“Um, this one.”
Annie pointed to the right one, but I couldn’t see any difference.
“I see… And then, you dig around like this with a shovel to gather them. Be careful not to damage the roots.”
Annie slowly dug around the surrounding soil with a shovel.
“I see… Can’t we just pull them out by hand?”
“The roots are important, so no. If they break midway, their value decreases.”
“Too much work.”
“That’s what men always say… Plus, you’re a noble, right? It’s impossible for you.”
I understood why Natalia shook her head.
“You can rest, Yuuma. I’ll handle the gathering.”
Natalia said, sitting down and taking out a shovel to begin gathering.
“Eh… So boring.”
“That’s why Clive went to the capital. Why don’t you go too?”
Hmm… I haven’t received Stampede’s reward yet, and it feels like it’s not the right time to go out now…
“AI-chan, do you have a fishing rod?”
I asked the AI, who was diligently drawing maps.
“I don’t have one.”
Right…
“Yuuma, I have a fishing rod.”
Alice said, handing me the fishing rod.
“You have one… Alright, let’s catch dinner.”
I said, taking the fishing rod and sitting down by the lake.
Alice also took out a fishing rod and sat down next to me.
“You’re fishing too?”
“I… I don’t like gathering.”
Yeah, I can sense that. She doesn’t seem to have the patience for it.
“Alright, let’s fish.”
“Mm-hmm.”
We left the gathering to Natalia and started fishing. As Alice and I began fishing, Natalia and Annie silently continued gathering, while AI-chan sat down to draw maps.
Glancing at the tranquil and peaceful scene, I felt serene. Then, suddenly, I felt a tug on the fishing rod.
“Hmm? That was fast. Hey!”
I pulled on the rod, and a fish about 20-30 centimeters long was caught.
“Oh, I got one! Looks delicious. Let’s have Natalia cook it.”
“That… that one’s poisonous, so we can’t eat it.”
“It’s fine. Poison doesn’t affect me, and poisonous things are delicious, you know.”
Fugu is delicious, and it’s usually tastier with its poison. My mother used to say so.
“Yuuma, absolutely do not go into the kitchen.”
“We’re not cooking that. Throw it away.”
“That’s where you feel the cultural differences.”
“No, even his previous world, people didn’t eat poison. That’s something only Master and Mother would do.”
You seemed pretty happy eating snakes before. Those had poison in them too.