The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 217

We leave the guild and go around to the back.

There, we find an inn with a signboard.

“Tsukikage-tei… is this the place?”

“………It is behind the guild, so isn’t it here?”

While Natalia and Alice look up at the signboard, Leanne and Annie look at the price list posted near the door.

“Expensive…”

“Places like this tend to be on the pricier side. This is probably the cheaper kind.”

“It can’t be helped… it looks like a safe area.”

Leanne looks around.

There are adventurers, but it doesn’t have the vibe of being full of rough types.

“It’s behind the guild, after all. You’d know best, but adventurers who get on the guild’s bad side have it rough. Same goes the other way.”

“Well, that’s true…”

Thanks to Pamela and Leanne, we’re getting a lot of preferential treatment.

Even when I treated them to a meal before, Kenneth thanked me.

Because of that, I’ve gotten busier, but the guildmaster has mellowed out and that’s been a relief…

“Yuuma, should we go with this place?”

Lily asks.

“Well, it was recommended. Let’s check it out.”

When we enter the inn, there’s a girl cleaning.

“Welcomeee. Staying overnight? Just resting? If it’s just resting, please go to another innnn.”

What kind of greeting is that?

Also, what does “resting” mean?

Isn’t this an inn?

“Overnight. We arrived in this town today, and the guildmaster out front recommended this place.”

“Ohh, from Guild No. 5… Are you a high-ranked adventurer, mister?”

“A-rank.”

“Oohh… so that’s how you can gather such a group.”

The staff looks over the women.

I’m getting used to this kind of reaction too.

“Yeah, something like that. I’d like to rent a group room.”

“Understood. What about dinner and breakfast?”

“No, we’re good.”

We’re going home anyway.

“Okay. Then, it’s Room 201. One night will be 3 gold coins.”

The clerk returns to the front desk and brings out the key.

“I’ll ask just in case, but isn’t that expensive?”

“The labyrinth city has high prices for everything. We’re doing our best even with this.”

Seems like Annie was right.

“Got it. We’ll take a look at the room and then head to the labyrinth.”

“Please be careful. We’ve had quite a few customers who said that and never came back.”

From the clerk’s point of view, that must leave a bad taste.

“Yeah, we’ll be careful.”

We go up the stairs and enter Room 201.

It’s definitely a group room and quite spacious.

At this size, 3 gold coins seems understandable.

We head to the back, where there’s a low table surrounded by four sofas, and take a breather.

Funny enough, we end up sitting in the same spots as we do at home.

“Master, for now, we’ve got our base.”

AI-chan, sitting next to me, stretches both arms.

“Yeah. Leanne, thanks for everything up to now. You really helped.”

I thank her as I pat Leanne’s head.

“No, something like this is no trouble at all. Well then, I’m thinking of returning to Celia once and then heading to the royal capital. I’ll come pick you up here around evening.”

Hmm… if we’re late, she’ll have to wait. If we’re early, we’ll be the ones waiting.

“Leanne, take Bee-san with you.”

I take out a charm and release Bee-san.

Of course, not the big version — the tiny bug-sized Bee-san.

Bee-san buzzes around Leanne, then lands on her clothes.

“Ooh… why is it? The small one feels more likely to sting.”

“Bee-san’s gentle, remember? He wouldn’t do that.”

He hasn’t even developed a taste for flesh and blood yet.

“Is this how you communicate?”

“Yeah. The shikigami are connected with AI-chan.”

“Understood… Hey, if you need to notify me, fly in front of me. Absolutely no stinging.”

When Leanne said that to Bee-san, it flew in front of her and drew a circle.

“He says it’s fine. You can use my room however you like, so wait there with Pamela.”

“Understood. Then, I’ll excuse myself here. Please be careful.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“Well then…”

Leanne disappeared in an instant.

“Master, what shall we do?”

“It’s a good time, so let’s eat lunch early and head to the labyrinth.”

It’s a bit early for lunch, but better than eating inside the labyrinth.

“Oh, I made a bento.”

Natalia takes out the lunchboxes and hands them out to everyone.

“You made it by yourself?”

“Nope. Lily and I made it together.”

Good girls.

“Alright, let’s eat then.”

We all start eating our lunch.

“Bento in the labyrinth, huh?”

“Well, Leanne-san’s not with us, after all. If she were, we could just return home, which would be convenient.”

That’s true.

But she’s busy in her own way.

This time, it’s not a royal request — it’s completely our own job, so we can’t force her to come along.

“Wouldn’t we eat in the safety area? Or take turns?”

“Something like that…”

After finishing our lunch, we take a short break.

Then, we do a final check.

“Alright, let’s try going to Labyrinth 5-1.”

When I say that and stand up, everyone else stands up too.

“Yeah.”

“………Our first labyrinth.”

“Let’s do our best!”

“I thought I’d never have anything to do with one in my life…”

We leave the inn and walk through the city while looking at the signs.

Since Leanne is gone, Annie is riding on Koma-chan.

“Master, there sure are a lot of signs.”

Just like AI-chan says, pillar-like structures are built everywhere, with signs covering them that guide people not just to the labyrinths, but also to the guild, government offices, and even shops.

Most likely, it’s because buildings were put up haphazardly, making the streets complicated.

It’s an incredibly messy city.

“Probably because the city got complicated as adventurers gathered.”

There’s absolutely no urban planning.

We can’t laugh at Celia’s town now.

“Without signs, you’d get lost easily.”

“That’s probably why they built that huge clock tower in the center. You can see it from here.”

“So it’s a landmark… not really a good city to live in.”

Yeah, I definitely wouldn’t want to live here.

It’s completely a town for migrant workers.

“Lily, don’t get separated.”

“I’ll be fine~”

Lily says that as she comes over to me.

Then, as we follow the signs as directed, we pass through a building and come out into a plaza.

“Is that the labyrinth?”

AI-chan asks.

Sure enough, we can see a cave ahead at the end of the plaza.

However, since the area is a plain, it’s clear that it’s a vertical shaft.

“There’s nothing else that looks like it, so that must be it.”

“There are even street vendors.”

There are only a few, but they’re gathered near the labyrinth entrance, and some adventurers are browsing them.

“Must be good money. Anyway, let’s go check out that cave.”

We walked across the plaza and approached the cave that appeared to be the labyrinth entrance.