The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 75

After talking with Layla and deciding to go meet the Hush guild in the southern district tomorrow to discuss matters, Layla returned to her room.

Afterward, Natalia and the others made dinner and brought it over, so we ate together and then went to sleep.

And then, the next day.

The day we were scheduled to go talk to the leader of Hush. But since we had decided to go in the afternoon, we slept in.

I waited in the room with AI-chan, lounging around.

“Um… Master, do you have a moment?”

AI-chan, who had been reading a book, looked up.

“What is it?”

“I’ve been flying Crow-chan around the town as a lookout since this morning, and there’s a report that your wife is walking with an unknown man near the guild in the west district…”

Wife? Who’s that supposed to be…

“I don’t get it.”

“Um, let me link up and check, so please wait a moment… Ah, it’s Pamela.”

Apparently, Pamela was my wife.

“Why is Pamela my wife?”

“That seems to be how Crow-chan perceives it.”

That birdbrain.

“So who is this unknown man?”

“Well, I don’t know him either… Judging by his demeanor, I think he’s probably an adventurer. He has a sword, after all.”

“So, it’s just work.”

As a guild receptionist, such things happen.

Besides, Pamela is working at this hour.

“That might be true… But the concerning part is that they’re walking in the direction of our place.”

Here?

Pamela and that adventurer?

“They came from that direction, huh…”

“Probably. Pamela did say she was coming yesterday, so that’s likely the case.”

Well, I suppose that saves us the trouble of going.

“Is she alone?”

“Pamela is walking with one person. However, there are a few suspicious individuals behind them.”

They’re easy to understand.

“AI-chan, hurry and call Layla. Also, tell the women not to go outside.”

“Understood.”

AI-chan stood up and quickly left the room.

I also left the room and headed to the communal area in the entrance hall.

“Koma-chan, Koma-chan…”

I shook awake Koma-chan, who looked more like a familiar spirit than a shikigami, sleeping on the sofa that had become his usual spot in the communal area.

Koma-chan’s eyes opened, and he peered at my face.

“Go to the third floor and play with the women. If, by any chance, someone attacks, kill them.”

It’s the third floor, so it’s unlikely, but just in case, I’ll have them guarded.

Koma-chan nodded obediently, got off the sofa, and ran toward the stairs.

As Koma-chan was heading up, Layla came down to replace him.

“Since when did we start keeping pets…”

Layla said with a wry smile as she approached.

“The women are fond of it. Especially Annie.”

She often throws it bones.

“Well, I don’t mind, but what’s up with that shikigami? Did you make such a cute shikigami just to attract women?”

What a terrible thing to say.

“I don’t remember, but apparently, someone said my guardian dog shikigami wasn’t cute, so I changed it. Probably my wife or daughter.”

“Hmm, it’s nice to see you get along well.”

Compared to you, any family would seem harmonious.

“Anyway, I think we have guests coming.”

“I heard from the little fox. It’s Byron, right?”

Byron?

“Who?”

“The clan leader of Hush.”

“Hmm, so he came to us?”

“I anticipated this. That’s why I suggested going in the afternoon. It’s a hassle to go to the south district, so I thought maybe he’d come over.”

You could have told me…

I might have still been sleeping.

“Pamela is heading this way with him. And there are a few suspicious individuals behind them.”

“Doesn’t matter. Whether it’s a few or a hundred, it’s the same.”

Well, that’s true, but I can imagine you talk like this to your own people too.

“I’m going to meet Pamela, so you wait here.”

Saying this, I pointed to the communal area.

“We have a reception room too, you know.”

“No need to be so formal with someone who shows up unannounced. Just offer them some water at most.”

“Water, huh… I’ll go get some.”

“Oh, make sure to serve tea to Pamela.”

She’s a guild employee and the mediator, after all.

“…That’s why people say you’re a womanizer.”

Layla said this and walked towards the stairs.

Then, AI-chan came over to replace her.

“What’s the matter, Master?”

AI-chan, who had walked over, tilted her head.

“Apparently, I had twelve wives, right?”

“Yes, you did.”

AI-chan nodded firmly.

“What did people think about that?”

“I think it’s just as master imagines it. If anything, it reached the level where Her Majesty the Empress gave scathing messages or advice.”

That’s more than I imagined.

“Anyway, let’s go meet Pamela.”

“There’s more, though…”

So it’s not just “if anything.”

“Enough. Come on, let’s go.”

I pushed AI-chan’s back and left the clan dormitory.

Linking my vision with Crow-chan’s, I saw that Pamela and Byron were very close.

As I waited, a tall, long-haired man appeared around the corner with Pamela.

When they turned the corner, they saw me waiting at the entrance and stopped.

Byron looked a bit surprised, and Pamela, after spotting Crow-chan in the sky, looked at me with an exasperated expression.

“She’s thinking you could easily be mistaken for a stalker.”

“No, that’s a face that says Crow-chan is convenient.”

I’m sure of it.