The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 208

It’s been a month since we took down Head-Hunter Volker and stopped the demonkin invasion.

Since it was winter during that time, we didn’t really have any work besides occasionally going out to hunt, so I just lazed around in the dorm room.

Today, as usual, we all had dinner together, and after that, everyone is spending their time as they like.

Annie, diagonally to my left, is lying by the kotatsu while making medicine.

Natalia, right in front of me, is knitting, and Lily next to her is carving wood with a small dagger.

Diagonally to the right, Alice is lying by the kotatsu like Annie and reading a book, and Pamela next to her is playing with Tama-chan.

Next to me, Leanne is writing something.

This is the scene I’ve been seeing almost every day for the past month, and before long, we’ll probably start drinking wine or something.

While watching this kind of daily life and thinking maybe I’ll do some sutra copying, AI-chan suddenly popped her face out from under the kotatsu.

AI-chan seems to be in a half-demon form, her fox ears twitching cutely.

“Master.”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“I’ve been thinking about it all this past month, but how long will Master stay in this dorm?”

Huh?

“What do you mean? Is there some kind of residency limit where I have to move out by a certain time?”

“There isn’t~”

“……There’s not,” Natalia and Alice answer.

“If I had to say, maybe it’s just about how long you’re staying in the guest room? Guys are supposed to be on the second floor.”

Annie tilted her head and looked at me.

“I don’t like the upstairs.”

“Well, it’s easier for us though,” Annie resumed her medicine making.

“AI-chan, they said it’s fine if I don’t move out.”

Good, good.

“No, I mean, isn’t it just cramped? You’re going to be surrounded by lots of wives and children from now on, right?”

Ah, so that’s what you meant.

“You really keep pushing this, huh…”

“Because that’s the kind of person you are. You were amazing in your previous life too.”

Well, apparently so.

“Actually, what was it like in my past life? Sure, my mansion was big, but with 12 wives and over 30 kids? And even grandchildren? Wasn’t it cramped?”

That’s an outrageous household.

I’m the one who made it that way, though.

“It became bigger than the mansion Master remembers. You bought the neighboring house and expanded.”

…Truly an outrageous household.

“What a nuisance.”

“Isn’t that why Her Majesty the Empress gave you a piece of her mind?”

I would too.

“Hmph, and you’re saying I should do the same in this life?”

“Even if you were to take over this dorm, Master, don’t you like single-story houses?”

It’s not that I like single-story houses—it’s just that I don’t like two- or three-story ones.

They collapse in earthquakes.

“Well, I get what you’re trying to say. But still, you say it like it’s easy—building a mansion takes a ridiculous amount of money, right?”

“Pamela-san, what do you think?”

AI-chan asks Pamela.

“Of course it’s expensive. Both the land and the building are costly. If you want a single-story house, the land cost gets even higher, you know?”

Well, that’s true.

“Master, let’s work—. Let’s earn money—.”

AI-chan swayed her body.

“Well, I don’t mind, and I do think it’s good to have a goal. But there’s no work, right?”

“It’s not that there isn’t any, it’s just that no one comes…”

Pamela muttered quietly.

“There is? I thought there’s basically none in winter?”

“Well… it just decreases, but there is some. Actually, the adventurers who went to Tretta in the north haven’t come back.”

Tretta is the town that was taken by the demonfolk

The demons should have already been driven out, but…

“Come to think of it, our guys haven’t come back either.”

Since Clive isn’t here, the girls have been making the meals.

They’re tasty, and I have no complaints, but I still end up missing Clive’s cooking.

That’s how creative and skillful he is with food.

“Yuuma-sama, about that, the town is in a state of devastation, so the country is putting up money to hire adventurers for restoration work.”

Leanne explained.

“I see. So, should we work then? Pamela, what kind of work is it?”

“Cleaning, security, hunting…”

I’ve been doing hunting.

But cleaning and security… I don’t like.

“Can you build a mansion with that?”

“Probably not… the pay is more like daily wages.”

That’s no good.

“It’s more profitable for me to just make medicine like this.”

Annie sat up and showed a bottle filled with blue liquid.

“What’s that?”

“A special potion. It sells for five gold coins.”

Annie really is amazing.

“Should we have Annie-san build a mansion with medicine?”

How would that even work?

The name of Kisaragi would cry.

“Even so, we still couldn’t build a mansion. Pamela, is there no good work?”

“Well, it’s not that there isn’t.”

Pamela switched into work mode.

“What is it?”

“An expedition. This country has less work during winter, and you can’t earn much. That much is unavoidable. But in southern countries and such, you can earn without problems, so going on an expedition and working is best. Yuuma-san is A-rank, and this party is B-rank, so I think there would be good jobs.”

I see.

“And you’re okay with that? You’re a guild staff member, right?”

“I’ve given up during this season. If you work when it gets warmer, that’s fine. Or even if you just supply magic stones, that would help.”

Up until now, when I went west chasing dragons or went to the Demon Continent, I’ve handed over all the magic stones to Pamela.

“Natalia, what do you think?”

I check with the vice-leader.

“To be blunt, it depends on Leanne-sama. Without Leanne-sama’s cooperation, it’s impossible.”

Teleportation, huh.

“Leanne, are you free?”

“Because of what happened last month, I’m not exactly free, but we have Kenneth at our place, so it’s fine. Also, if you pick a town that looks profitable and take me there, I can handle the morning and evening transport no problem.”

I see.

“That’s right.”

“If Leanne-sama is willing to cooperate, then isn’t it fine? She definitely has free time.”

“Alright, let’s do that then.”

Honestly, I’m really bored.

These guys probably have things to do, but I’ve got nothing to do during the day.