The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 61

When scolded by AI-chan, Lily obediently descends from the tree, and Crow-chan also returns, fluttering down to land on AI-chan’s shoulder.

“Um, is that bird also a shikigami?”

Lily asks while pointing at Crow-chan.

“That’s right! If you can sense magic, you’d know, right?”

“Kaw.”

“Yeah, well… I can tell from this distance, but I wouldn’t know for birds flying that high up.”

Indeed, it was flying quite high.

What’s impressive is someone trying to shoot down such a bird with a bow and arrow.

They must have considerable confidence and skill.

“Apologize! Apologize to Crow-chan! Apologize to Crow-chan who was shot down last time!”

“Kaw…”

Aw…

Crow-chan seems depressed.

“Sorry, Crow-chan. Don’t be so down… I won’t try to shoot any more comrades.”

It’s the fault of that fox over there that its feeling down.

“Lily, forget about Crow-chan, are there any other animals around?”

“Huh? Um, yeah. Doesn’t seem like there are many. With this many people, they’d all run away, right?”

That makes sense…

Fish it is, then.

“Well, shall we go further in?”

“Yes, let’s. There might still be something further in.”

We continue deeper.

While using magic detection to search our surroundings, we only encounter other adventurers.

Continuing on, we arrive at the large square with the lake we visited yesterday.

The square is filled with many adventurers, chatting among their groups.

“As expected, everyone seems to be consulting each other wherever we go.”

AI-chan muttered while observing the surrounding adventurers.

“Well, can’t make a profit like this. Probably discussing what to do.”

They time would solve it, but after resting for 10 days, they probably need money.

Not everyone received a request from stampede, and even if they did, it’s only 20 gold coins. According to Natalia, it’s about two months’ worth of living expenses, and winter is coming soon, so they probably want to save money.

“What should people do if they can’t go to the eastern ruins?”

“Hmm? I don’t know.”

“Sounds like it could be a problem… What are we going to do? Do you want to fish?”

“That’s right for me and Alice. We have nothing else to do. What about you guys?”

I asked Natalia and Lily.

“I’ll gather some antidote grass.”

“I’ll practice my bow a bit and shoot around here.”

“Got it.”

I nodded and went with Alice to the lake and sat down. Then, I started fishing with the fishing rod Alice gave me.

Natalia sat down near us and started gathering antidote grass. Koma-chan sat down next to her.

“Lily’s bow, is it a magic bow?”

“Yeah. It’s a pretty good one. My dad gave it to me when we left the forest.”

Lily bragged about her bow to AI-chan.

“What’s a magic bow?”

I asked Alice, who was sitting next to me.

“…You can shoot arrows with magic.”

“Come to think of it, she doesn’t have a quiver.”

I thought she might have it stored in spatial magic, but apparently, she can shoot arrows with magic.

“…Arrows aren’t cheap either.”

Well, that’s true.

“Isn’t magic better if you think about it?”

“…Magic has its drawbacks. It’s overkill, and the consumption of magic power is high. In terms of cost-effectiveness and hunting, arrows are better. If you burn it, you won’t get materials like meat.”

Indeed, there won’t be anything left if you cook it with foxfire.

“But what about the power?”

“…It’s fine. Look.”

When Alice said that, I looked at Lily, who was holding her bow, and next to her, AI-chan was holding a stone.

Then, AI-chan threw the stone towards the lake.

The thrown stone flew far away in a parabolic trajectory.

Alice and I followed the stone with our eyes.

“Ha!”

Just as I heard Lily’s voice, a beam of light flew towards the stone, hitting it directly.

The stone shattered into pieces and fell into the lake.

“Wow! You got it!”

“That’s amazing!”

“Hehe!”

When I and AI-chan praised her, Lily proudly puffed out her chest.

Meanwhile, Crow-chan, who had been watching, moved from AI-chan’s shoulder to Natalia’s back, who was on all fours collecting antidote grass. Natalia, surrounded by dogs and birds, looked out of place.

“…Yuuma, your rod’s pulling.”

Alice informed me, but this pull was the same as yesterday, so it’s probably a poisonous fish.

I tried to reel it in just in case, but it was indeed the same fish as yesterday.

“Lily, want it?”

“I don’t want to eat it!”

Lily, who had been proudly puffing out her chest, got angry.

“No one’s gonna eat it…”

“Of course not. Just catch edible fish. Annie said you two were useless yesterday.”

I looked at Alice after she said that.

“…She wanted to eat fish.”

“Let’s buy some on the way back. We’ll say we caught it.”

“…Let’s go with that. We won’t know once it’s cooked.”

Alright, that settles it.

Alice and I continued fishing for a while, but we only caught poisonous fish.

We were passing the time like that, but today, no other adventurers came to recruit us.

I was wondering if they wouldn’t come anymore when two men approached us.

As the two men came closer to us, they gave us a menacing look.

Huh?

“Hey, didn’t we tell you guys not to come yesterday when Cyrus-san was coming?”

One of the men said sarcastically.

“Huh? What? Yesterday?”

Lily wasn’t here yesterday.

“We didn’t tell you, long-eared girl!”

“Huh? Is that so?”

Lily giggled.

“What are you laughing at!?”

“Huh? Well, because you praised me…”

It seems like having long ears is considered good for elves.

“Lily, just be quiet for a moment.”

These guys are talking to us.

Now that I look closely, they were the ones with Cyrus yesterday.

“Huh? Oh, yeah.”

I silenced Lily and looked up at the two men.

“Sorry, I left halfway yesterday, so I didn’t hear about it. What did Cyrus say?”

“That’s Cyrus-san, got it?!”

Yeah, yeah…

“What about Cyrus?”

“He told adventurers from the West District to not come in.”

Why does Cyrus get to decide?

And why are they only telling us when there are adventurers from the West District we’ve seen around the guild?

“I see. I didn’t hear about that. We’ll leave in a bit.”

“Leave now. Or do you want trouble?”

The man said that and lightly kicked my back.

“Koma-chan, cut it out.”

Koma-chan, who was by Natalia’s side, stood up and was about to pounce.

“What’s with this dog? Wanna fight?”

“Sigh… Let’s go.”

Looking at Alice, she nodded.

“…We should go to the east after all. Annoying.”

As Alice said that, the other man, who wasn’t the one I was talking to, reached out to Alice.

The next moment, something white passed by swiftly in front of me.

“Ugh!”

The man who reached out to Alice was tackled by Koma-chan, sending him flying more than 10 meters, rolling over and over, he lay motionless.

Well, he probably isn’t dead.

“You damn dog!”

The other man got angry and drew his sword.

“Don’t kill it!”

“Shut up!”

I wasn’t talking to you.

The man raised his sword and swung it forcefully at Koma-chan.

“Koma-chan!”

Natalia shouted, but the sword hit Koma-chan’s body.

However, despite being struck by the sword, Koma-chan just looked bewildered and tilted its head.

“What!? What’s with this dog!?”

The man was astonished to see Koma-chan looking bewildered even after being slashed.

“Koma-chan, go!”

As Alice said that, Koma-chan exerted force on its front legs and leaped at the man.

Then, Koma-chan’s head struck the man in the solar plexus.

“Cough! Ugh…!”

The man clutched his stomach and fell forward on the spot.

“Weak…”

Lily looked at the two men and sighed.

“They picked a fight with four women instead of bothering other adventurers. That’s what they get.”

Well, even without that, there’s no way they could win against Koma-chan, a combat Shikigami.

“…Koma-chan, thank you.”

Alice thanked, and Koma-chan nuzzled up to her.

Koma-chan had protected Alice as commanded.

“I was told to avoid trouble, but oh well. Let’s just go back now.”

We wouldn’t be able to relax here anyway, and the trouble would only escalate.

“Yeah… Let’s go back to the guild, report it, and stop by the fishmonger on the way home.”

Yeah…

I hope Annie doesn’t find out.