The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 78

“Whew, Layla was really scary, wasn’t she?”

After Byron left, Pamela wiped her forehead with a handkerchief.

“That’s her true nature. She thinks everyone except herself is useless.”

“You said that before that before, but it’s true. She doesn’t see people as people.”

Layla’s shikigami snake also seemed to view Pamela and the others as nothing but food.

“That’s probably true. Well, since she seems to want peace for now, let’s leave her be.”

“Yes, it seems best to avoid getting involved with her and leave her alone.”

Literally, a snake in the grass.

“Putting her aside, can we assume this means there won’t be any more conflicts between the clans?”

“Yes. Cyrus and his group might throw a fit, but Byron will take responsibility and handle it. The complaint will be withdrawn, right?”

“Yeah, that’s fine.”

If they come again, we’ll just kill them.

It’s easy to imagine what Cyrus would do next.

He won’t come to me first.

If he does anything, it will be towards our women.

I’ve memorized their magic, and I’ll handle them appropriately if they come near.

“When’s your next job?”

“About that, we have tomorrow off too. Annie wants to process some herbs.”

“Ah, Annie processes and sells them herself, right? We’d prefer she supplies us, but processing them herself fetches a higher price, so it’s probably not possible.”

Exactly.

Anyone would choose the higher price.

“So, we’re planning to go to the eastern ruins the day after tomorrow. We’ll probably leave in the morning, like yesterday.”

“Got it. I’ll be ready.”

Pamela stood up, smiled, and left.

“AI-chan, how’s it outside?”

“It seems they left with Byron.”

So, they left…

“Just in case, have Crow-chan keep an eye on Pamela.”

“Yes… um, Pamela is staring at us intensely…”

When AI-chan said that, I linked to Crow-chan’s vision and saw Pamela glaring up at the sky, and our eyes met.

“Crow-chan, hide.”

With that, Crow-chan flew off somewhere. However, she soon returned, perched on a rooftop, and looked down at Pamela. Again, my eyes met Pamela’s intense glare as she looked up at the sky.

“Master, it might have been better to just escort her.”

True… Crow-chan stands out too much since there are no birds like it in this world.

“Keep an inconspicuous watch. I doubt Byron and his group would harm a guild employee, especially the mayor’s daughter, but just in case.”

“Understood… should we create a new shikigami?”

“Let’s make a cat shikigami and pass it off as a stray.”

It should be fine to have it loiter around Pamela.

“Good idea. Let’s make it cute.”

AI-chan and I went back to our room and started making the cat shikigami. At noon, we all had lunch together, and in the afternoon, AI-chan and I continued discussing what kind of cat to make. Finally, by evening, we had completed the three-colored cat shikigami, Tama-chan. Holding Tama-chan, I headed to the entrance.

When AI-chan and I opened the door, Annie and Natalia were standing there with bags of groceries.

“Hmm? Welcome back. Did you go shopping?”

“Yes, we did. We bought ingredients for dinner. We’re about to start cooking, so please wait a bit,” Natalia answered with a smile.

“Got it.”

“Hey, what’s with the kitten?”

Annie asked, looking at Tama-chan in my arms.

“A stray cat. I’m letting it go now.”

With that, I placed Tama-chan on the ground. But Tama-chan just looked up at me, not moving.

“Come on, stray cat. That way.”

I pointed towards the guild.

“Meow.”

With a single meow, Tama-chan ran off towards the guild. Natalia and Annie watched her intently.

“A stray cat…?”

“She went towards the guild…”

Stop overthinking it.

“She wandered in. I’m sure a good person will take her in.”

Like a beautiful blonde.

“Right. Master, let’s wait for dinner.”

“Yeah. Hey, you two, stop standing there and come in.”

The two exchanged glances and entered the clan dorm, heading upstairs. AI-chan and I returned to our room to wait for dinner. After a while, Natalia came to get us, so we left the room and headed to the common area.

Alice and Lily were already there, and we all started eating dinner together.

“Did you settle things with Hush?”

As we started eating, Annie asked.

“Yeah. Cyrus and his group are banned from approaching. In return, the damage report is withdrawn.”

“Hmm… that sounds pretty lenient. Did you threaten them?”

“Why do you think that?”

“I was working upstairs this morning and felt an enormous amount of magical power.”

It’s the spiritual power of Leila.

“Oh, I felt it too.”

It seems Natalia sensed it too.

Well, it was quite a strong spiritual power.

“…I felt it too.”

Alice said as well.

“I felt it too. I happened to be in the bathroom at the time.”

Lucky you…

“That was Layla. Byron mentioned something disrespectful, so she threatened him.”

“Oh… It’s unusual for her to do something like that.”

Really, she hasn’t done anything…

Even though she’s the clan leader.

“I told her to get her act together since she was being spineless. Anyway, I think everything’s okay now.”

“Do you think so? Well, if you say so.”

Yeah, that’s right.

“You don’t need to worry about them coming near you.”

I’ll take care of that before anything happens.

“Well then, tomorrow’s a day off, and the day after we’re back to the ruins. You guys probably find it boring…”

Annie looked at me and Alice.

“…On the contrary, I’m curious, do you guys enjoy weeding?”

Alice asked with a puzzled expression.

“It’s fun.”

“Yeah, it’s enjoyable.”

“It’s really exciting when you get a clean pull.”

After hearing the three of them, Alice looked at me in silence.

Yeah, I feel the same way.

I have no idea what the three of them are talking about.