The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 210

“Layla, you there?”

As I came up to Layla’s room, I knocked on the door and called out.

“Hmm? What is it?”

“I have something I want to ask.”

“Hmm, well, sure.”

Since I got permission, I opened the door.

Then, Layla was at her desk, writing something.

“What are you doing?”

I asked as I approached.

“A letter came from Clive and the others in northern Tretta. I’m writing a reply.”

“Oh yeah… what does it say?”

“Seems like it’ll still take some time. They wrote that it looks like they won’t be able to come back during the winter.”

Must be pretty tough.

Well, that place was occupied by those savage demons, so I guess it can’t be helped.

“I hope they do their best.”

“Also, they wrote, ‘There’s a huge crater and it’s a big topic.’ Seems a meteorite fell.”

Yeah yeah.

“It was AI-chan; Fox Demon’s Eternal Hellfire.”

“So it was you guys after all… Haa, well, fine. What do you want? Isn’t this the time you’d be with the girls?”

What an unpleasant way to put it.

Even though it’s true.

“I was just talking about future plans. So, I was thinking of going to a town called Lian in the Axa Republic.”

“Lian? The labyrinth city?”

The clan leader sure knows her stuff.

“Yeah yeah. Pamela said if we’re gonna earn this time of year, that’d be the place.”

“Certainly, that area has a warm climate, and you can earn at the labyrinth year-round… But didn’t you say you were going to take it easy this winter? You already out of money?”

“AI-chan said we should build a mansion. Well, it’s better to have a goal anyway.”

“Ahh, yeah yeah. Your grand harem palace would need space after all.”

Unpleasant way to put it.

“It’s not a harem.”

“Same difference. You planning to build an apartment or condo or something?”

“I want a single-story house.”

“Single-story… uh, wouldn’t that need a ridiculous amount of space? You collect women as easy as you breathe.”

How rude.

“I don’t collect them. It just happened with people I met by chance.”

“So, twelve in your past life. And six now? How many will it be next year?”

Don’t know.

“The future is unknown.”

“You, going to Lian… well, if Natalia and the others are okay with it, then fine. You came to report that?”

“That’s part of it. First, Leanne and I will go, and then I think we’ll go as a party. Clive and the others aren’t here, so this place will be left unattended.”

It means there won’t be any clan members here.

“I see. Whatever the reason, I won’t stop a clan member who wants to work.”

“Annie, the sub-leader, will be going too. Is that okay?”

“That one no longer has a trace of her sub-leader days. She has bad taste in clothes, but she was talented and capable, and I thought she was an independent woman, but she got hooked on a guy and completely fell apart. Sometimes there are those kinds, you know? The moment they get a man, they suddenly become super clingy.”

No, it’s the kotatsu…

“Anyway, we’ll be away.”

“Got it. I don’t have any plans to go out, so this place won’t be empty. Do as you like.”

“Sorry. Also, have you ever been in a labyrinth?”

“I have. I’ve also been to Lian.”

Oh, she’s been to Lian too.

That’s just perfect.

“Really? It’s a foreign country.”

“I became an adventurer when I was around thirteen. Then I just kept traveling for ten years. After that, I returned to my country and formed this clan.”

“Huh… were you bored?”

Hard to believe someone could travel for ten years.

“Yeah. I’m bored. There’s nothing to do. No matter what world or what country you’re in, you gather women and make a stupidly huge family. Just like that, no matter what world or what country I’m in, I’m alone.”

She’s really laying into me…

“You should make a family too. There’ve gotta be guys out there that would make a good husband.”

“Impossible. No matter how excellent a person is, they can’t win against the dead. Besides, during that ten years, even if it was temporary, I did form parties and took care of some young ones… the stress was insane.”

Well, she thinks everyone but herself is incompetent, so of course it was rough.

And since that’s pretty much true, there’s no saving it.

“You’re really something…”

“That’s why I am where I am now. Doing nothing is best.”

Like a snake lying still.

“Every person has something good about them, you know?”

“For you, that only applies to women, right?”

Ugh, this is pointless.

Our personalities are so different, we just can’t have a proper conversation.

“Whatever. Do as you like. So, I wanted to ask about the labyrinth. I asked Pamela about how it works, but I didn’t understand anything.”

“I don’t get it either. If they say ‘that’s just how it is,’ then just accept that it is. It’s like trying to explain Onmyoudou in this world. The culture’s different, and the world itself is different.”

Well, if you put it like that, then yeah.

“Is it profitable?”

“Depends on the person. Even if you say ‘labyrinth’ in one word, there are ones for beginners and ones for advanced. Naturally, the advanced ones are more profitable.”

Probably because the people who go there have more money and better equipment.

“If I die, the person who gets my belongings is out of luck.”

“Because you don’t have any weapons.”

Just otherworldly clothes and talismans.

“Can our members handle it?”

“Since you’ve only got rear guards, the advanced ones would be tough. But if you and your shikigami are there, I don’t think it’ll be a problem.”

Looks like it’s time for Koma-chan.

“Then we can go to the advanced ones too.”

“Well, talk to the local guild about that. They’re the labyrinth pros over there.”

Leave mochi-making to the mochi-maker.

“Got it. We’ll go with that plan. Sorry for bothering you so late.”

“It’s part of the job. And just in case, I’ll warn you—it’s a foreign country, alright? You can’t use Leanne’s authority, and over there, the clans and parties don’t know about Wind’s Wings either. Your party’s made up of nothing but women in their prime, so be careful.”

Ohh… Layla’s acting like a proper clan leader.

“If we get into trouble with another clan, will leader come bail us out?”

“If I’m allowed to kill them all without question, sure. We don’t know anything about foreign countries either, after all.”

Yep, definitely Enju.

I left Layla’s room and went to the kitchen to get wine and enough glasses for everyone.

Then, when I returned to the room, there was a wooden fox ornament placed on top of the kotatsu table.

“Look, look, Yuuma!”

Lily, who had been quiet since this morning, pointed at the fox ornament with a happy expression.

“That’s amazing. You’re really good with your hands.”

As expected of an elf.

“Ehehe… Ah, I’ll give this to you. Yuuma, you like foxes, right?”

I’ve never thought I liked them, but…

“Thanks. Next time, make a snake for Layla. She likes snakes.”

“Heh… a snake? That sounds hard.”

Do your best.

Also, thank Natalia for cleaning up the wood shavings.