The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 73

After leaving the ruins, we spent another two hours returning to the town of Celia.

By the time we returned to town, it was already evening, and the surroundings were dyed in a crimson hue.

“Yuuma, Alice, we have shopping to do for dinner, so we’ll head back and prepare it. You two can go to the guild first.”

Returning to the western district, Annie made this suggestion.

“Alice and I?”

“Yeah. The two who are useless.”

That’s pretty harsh.

But true.

“Lily, you’re with us, right?”

“…Yeah. Come here.”

Alice and I beckon Lily over.

“Why!? Don’t judge people based on appearances! I can help out properly too!”

Is that so?

I assumed you couldn’t…

“Just go with the two of you. Come on, let’s go.”

Saying that, Annie and Natalia, Lily, and Koma-chan headed towards the clan dormitory.

“Shall we go then?”

“Yeah.”

“…useless.”

Alice starts walking towards the guild, a little hurt.

“You can cook, right?”

I asked Alice, who was walking along gloomily.

“…I can, but whenever I do it, Natalia immediately says she’ll do it herself, spoiling me, and I don’t get to do anything.”

And thus, she becomes useless…

“She’s at fault right? Always trying to do everything herself.”

“Yeah… That’s how she’s always been. She’s a real expert at making people useless.”

Seriously, seriously.

Today, she even took away the dismantling job from us, who had nothing else to do.

“Says the two useless people.”

Oi, little fox.

Your source is a really useless fox who does nothing but eat and sleep all day.

“I think I could manage to cook fish.”

“But you can’t fillet them… You have to scale them, you know?”

Come to think of it, fish do have scales…

But I think you could eat the scales if you tried hard enough.

“Should we have sashimi?”

“That’ll upset your stomach…”

Mine won’t be upset.

It’s never been upset.

As we talk nonsense, we arrive at the guild and go inside.

Inside the guild, there were only a few adventurers, as expected.

“How did it go?”

Pamela notices us entering the guild and calls out.

“It went okay.”

We go up to the reception, and Alice reports our results.

“Oh! That’s the top result for today!”

That’s sad…

“For that much?”

“That’s how it is… How about the mission?”

“Wait a bit for the map. It seems only half of it is drawn, so I’ll hand it over when it’s finished.”

The guild doesn’t need just half a map.

“Understood. What about the orcs?”

“Well, Crow-chan checked from above, but we didn’t spot any orcs. We’ll search again next time, but if we still don’t find any, I think we can conclude they’re not around.”

“I see… Well then, please continue searching next time. We’ll consider the mission accomplished with that report.”

That should be fine.

“Got it. Also, we ran into Cyrus’s gang again.”

“Huh… At the eastern ruins, right?”

“Annie says he’s a stalker. Well, he seems to hold a grudge for being knocked out by Koma-chan yesterday.”

He probably tailed me because I said I was going to the eastern ruins tomorrow.

“Sigh… I wish he would channel that passion into his work.”

“I agree. Also, um, it seems he’s involved in attempted murder and attempted assault.”

“Huh? What’s that about? And ‘seems’?”

Pamela tilts her head.

“…He looked at us with a grin on his face, saying he would make us suffer. I felt extremely threatened. Then Yuuma stepped in to stop him, protecting us. But Cyrus attacked.”

Cyrus had been in a bad mood the whole time and didn’t seem to smirk and laugh, but if the victim felt that way, then it must be true.

“Um… That’s not just against the rules; it’s a crime… He should be jailed for that. So what happened then?”

“…Yuuma kicked him and knocked him out with one blow. It was cool.”

Well, yeah.

Alice has a good eye for people.

“And then?”

“…That’s it. Cyrus went down, and we left him behind with Pat and Rick. Please report to the soldiers and lodged a complaint at the guild in the South District and guild 【Hash.】”

Come to think of it, they were called Hash, that clan.

“In this situation…?”

Pamela makes a displeased face.

Well, it’s likely to become a decisive conflict between us and the South District, especially since problems are already occurring.

“…..I can tolerate the usual harassment and entanglements. But today clearly crossed a line. He acted just like a bandit, and attacking Yuuma makes him a criminal. We can’t just sit back and do nothing.”

“Well, yes, that’s true. First, there will probably be an interrogation… Both of you, please return home immediately and report this to Layla-san.”

Layla?

“She’s not here. She’s in the capital.”

“Oh, no, she actually returned around noon. She said she was going home to rest, so she should be there, right?”

She’s back…

“So, should we report to Layla first?”

“Yes. We will also take action here, but first report to your clan leader.”

Is that how it goes?

“Alright, got it. I think we’ll have a day off tomorrow, but we’ll be in touch for work again.”

“Yes. I’ll probably come over tomorrow, so…”

Coming over?

Does she want to have a meal?

“Okay, then I’ll head home.”

“Yes. Good job today. Oh, and here’s your reward.”

After settling our accounts with Pamela for herbs, weapons, magic stones, and such, we left the guild and headed home.