The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 106

After our conversation at the guild ended, we returned to the inn and rested in our room.

Then, Natalia and Alice brought Koma-chan to my room.

“Oh, Koma-chan. You weren’t stopped by the staff?”

“I explained, and it was fine.”

Is that so?

“But you came back quickly, didn’t you? Weren’t you going to visit your family?”

It’s not even evening yet.

I thought you might stay overnight.

“I just gave them the souvenir, had some tea, and that was it.”

“……It was the same for me.”

Ehh…

“That was pretty brief.”

“Well, it’s not that far.”

“……It’s before winter, so everyone is busy. I just gave them some money and came back.”

I guess they have to prepare for winter.

“Is that so…”

“How did it go on your end?”

“Ah, I’ll explain after Annie and Lily return.”

It’s better to explain everything at once.

“That’s true. Oh, I’ll make some tea.”

Natalia started preparing tea.

“Sorry about that.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine.”

As Natalia began preparing tea, the door opened with a click, and Lily entered the room.

“I’m back!”

“You could at least knock.”

Annie entered as well, offering a reproach.

“Sorry! I got so excited because the royal capital was so much fun!”

Lily apologized cheerfully.

“It’s fine, but what happened?”

“The royal capital is amazing. They sell all kinds of things.”

Lily answered as she sat down, and Annie also took a seat.

Then, Natalia brought tea for everyone, placed it on the table, and sat down.

“Maybe I’ll go see it tomorrow too.”

“Let’s go, let’s go! I want a strange ornament!”

What is this strange ornament…?

“Well, let’s do some shopping while we’re sightseeing.”

“Yay!”

What a fickle person.

“I’m getting clothes. So, how did it go?”

Annie casually asked while making a request.

“It wasn’t a formal audience, just some tea, so it didn’t take much time. Well, I’ll go when I’m called.”

“Weren’t you recruited?”

“I was, but they backed off quickly. Maybe the letters from the district mayor and Pamela had an effect?”

“Could be… Well, as long as there’s no problem.”

Annie seemed relieved and started drinking her tea.

“But the guilmas was a surprise. Just a kid.”

“Ah, that. I know about it too. It’s famous in the royal capital.”

“…A chibi guilmas. Chibi-masu for short.”

Natalia and Alice, who are from the royal capital, seemed to know about it, but that’s a pretty harsh nickname.

“She said she’s a reincarnate”

“Eh? Really?”

“…I didn’t know that.”

Apparently, that was news to them.

“Pamela said she can recognize reincarnates, but I can’t tell at all.”

“Yuuma is easy to spot, though.”

Well, that’s because of the clothes…

As we continued chatting, evening came.

After having dinner, we disbanded and rested.

The next day.

With Natalia and Alice as our guides, we all toured the famous spots in the royal capital.

And, as promised, I bought things for everyone.

Lily was delighted when I bought her that really strange ornament she mentioned yesterday.

Annie was satisfied when I bought her clothes.

Alice wanted something called a pocket watch, so I bought it for her, and she kept looking at it.

Even Natalia, who had been holding back, timidly asked for a book after seeing everyone else getting something, so I bought it for her.

Finally, after buying a souvenir for Pamela, I decided to do my own shopping.

“What do you want, Yuuma?”

A cheerful Natalia asked.

“Rice.”

“Oh… you mentioned that.”

“…They sell it at the market, so let’s go check it out.”

We headed to the market where food is sold.

I’ve been to the market in the town of Celia to buy fish, but the scale of the royal capital’s market was different.

There were many shops lined up, selling all sorts of things, most of which I had never seen before.

“Yuuma, how much rice do you need?”

How much…

“How long can rice be stored? I think it should last about a year.”

There is new rice and old rice, either one probably lasts.

“It can be stored normally, but you should buy enough to last through the winter. You can always come back to buy more.”

I see…

It’s not that far, so as AI-chan says, I can just buy more later.

“Why not put in a request? If you have enough to give us gifts, you could make a request to the guild.”

As I was pondering, Annie suggested.

“A request?”

“Well… it’s the kind of work we usually do. There’s no rule saying adventurers can’t make requests.”

I see…

“A request to buy rice?”

“Yeah. There are also delivery requests and merchant escort requests, so they might buy it for you while they’re at it. You could also ask a merchant heading to the royal capital. Want me to introduce you to one I know?”

I’m glad I added Annie to the team.

“You know a merchant?”

“I’ve lived here for 20 years and have taken on escort requests before.”

“Please introduce me.”

“Sure. But it’s going to be difficult in winter, so why don’t you buy enough rice to last through it?”

How much would that be?

“Let’s go with that.”

“Sounds good.”

AI-chan nodded in agreement.

“Hey, hey, Yuuma, why do you want rice?”

Lily asked.

“In my country, rice was the staple food. I never ate bread until I came here. Well, bread is good too, but after eating rice for so many years, I still want to have it.”

“Ah, a soul food, huh.”

“Something like that.”

Rice, fish, pickles, miso soup.

Miso… they probably don’t have that here.

“Do you have something like that? Other than bugs.”

“Elves mainly eat potatoes. But they’re not particularly tasty, so I prefer bread.”

“Aren’t potatoes good?”

I like them. I used to roast them over a campfire.

“They have no flavor. When I came to town and ate human food, I was amazed. I can’t go back to that diet anymore.”

No flavor, huh…

Maybe it’s because they live in the forest and don’t have salt.

That would be tough.

“Alright, I’ll make you some rice balls.”

“Master, before that, you need to find someone who can cook rice and install that knowledge.”

“You’re right.”

That’s important.

“If it’s rice, Clive can cook it, right? I remember him making something before.”

Annie told me as if she just remembered.

“Really?”

“…I don’t remember.”

“I don’t know either.”

Seems like the three of them didn’t know.

“It was before you all came. He made it as practice.”

“Oh, really? How was it?”

“It was pretty good. But since rice is expensive, he said he couldn’t serve it in the shop and stopped making it.”

The transportation costs must be high.

“So, I just need to give it to him, right?”

“Yeah, he’ll probably cook it for you.”

I’m glad I treated him yesterday.

“Alright, let’s buy the rice and ask him!”

But that means I could’ve had rice without coming to the royal capital…

After that, we bought the rice and returned to the inn.

Seeing rice again after such a long time made me a bit emotional.