The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 67

In the morning, Natalia, Alice, Lily, and I were eating breakfast together.

“Where’s Annie?”

I asked while tearing my bread into bite-sized pieces.

“Annie already had breakfast.”

She could have eaten with us.

“…Annie takes a long time to get ready. So, she wakes up early when we go out.”

Getting ready?

Oh, the preparations women make.

I think it’s unnecessary when the main job is fighting, but I had similar female subordinates in my previous life.

When it comes to manners and appearance, there’s nothing to say against it, and it’s understandable. Especially since Annie, though she seems like a pervy exhibitionist, is very particular about it.

“You guys are from the capital, but you’re pretty simple.”

“We’re normal.”

“…My style today is this bouncy hair.”

That’s just bed hair.

“And me?” Lily asks.

“Hey, doesn’t your ear get in the way when you shoot an arrow?”

“That’s not related to style! And no, it doesn’t hit!”

I’ve always wondered.

“As long as it doesn’t, that’s fine.”

We continued enjoying our breakfast, and after finishing, we dispersed and headed to the common area in the entrance. While waiting there, the women started to gather one by one. Finally, Annie arrived, and we left the clan dormitory and headed to the guild.

When we arrived at the guild, even though it was early, there were fewer adventurers than yesterday. Only about ten people were looking at the bulletin board with the request slips.

“There are so few…”

Annie murmured as she glanced at the adventurers.

“There were few yesterday, but today there’s even less.”

“Well, it’s not like there’s much work.”

We watched the adventurers for a moment before heading to Pamela at the reception.

“Good morning, everyone. And thank you for yesterday.”

Pamela greeted us with a smile.

“Don’t mention it. It’s better to eat together.”

That’s just the culture here.

“Hey, Pamela, is everything okay?”

Annie asked, glancing at the adventurers.

“Not at all… It’s the same for your clan, but more people are heading to the capital because there’s no work here. It’s not just temporary; some are permanently relocating… haha.”

Pamela responded with a dry laugh.

“By relocating, you mean to other districts?”

“No, they’re leaving this town completely, moving to the capital and other places. They almost never come back.”

A stampede happened, and there’s no work. People who don’t have any attachment to this town are leaving…

“In my experience, this means an increase in bandits.”

When strong people lose their jobs, that’s naturally what happens.

“I know. We’re currently discussing countermeasures in the council…”

Discussions, huh…

The guild, the district mayor, the country…

And this town is divided into four districts that don’t get along.

This will take time.

“I’ll earn some money at the ruins.”

“Please do. And while you’re at it, could you make some maps? We’ll buy them from you…”

The guild’s profits must have plummeted…

“What requests are there?”

“First, there’s the standard request to subjugate monsters. In the ruins, mainly skeletons and zombies appear.”

What’s that?

“What are they like?”

“They’re a type of monster called ‘Living Dead.’ Skeletons are bones, and zombies are decomposed corpses.”

“Couldn’t they find peace?”

“No, they may look human, but they’re not. They’re still monsters.”

Guess I don’t need to send them off to Nirvana. No need for prayers. Well, I don’t remember them anyway, and who knows if they’d work.

“Do we just defeat them?”

“Skeletons carry swords, bows, and spears, so those can be sold. Since they’re metal, they’re melted down for other materials.”

“What about the bones?”

“We don’t need them.”

Guess bones are only good for Koma-chan’s toys?

“And zombies?”

Obviously, we don’t need them. We’ll ask for magic stones.

Nobody’s going to eat rotten meat.

“What other standard requests are there?”

“Collecting medicinal herbs, for example. Natalia and Annie are more knowledgeable about that, so please ask them.”

Let’s do that.

Can’t do it anyway, so let’s leave it.

“What about regular requests?”

“There have been reports of orc-like creatures spotted in the ruins, but orcs don’t appear there. We suspect they might be orcs that fled during the stampede, but could you investigate just in case? You’re good at that, right, Yuuma?”

Well, if I use magic detection, I’ll know. Plus, if it’s not in the forest, Crow-chan can scout from above and find it quickly.

“Got it.”

“Thank you. The reward will be 30 gold coins.”

“Isn’t that a bit much?”

“The ruins are vast. They’re as big as this town.”

That’s huge. It won’t be finished in a day if we do it normally.

“Understood. Crow-chan can handle it quickly.”

“We’re grateful that you’re taking it. It was originally an assignment for the East Ward Guild, but nobody wanted to do it, so it got passed to us.”

“Nobody wanted to do it? You can do it alongside the standard requests.”

“Well, it’s just too vast. Plus, there are monsters.”

I thought it would be done in about two days, but with monsters, maybe not…

“Well, understood. We’ll take care of it.”

Crow-chan should be flying overhead to make maps, so might as well have her search while she’s at it.

“Please do.”

“Okay then, we’ll be off.”

“Take care.”

We bid farewell to Pamela and left the guild, heading towards the East Ward.