The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~-Chapter 11 - New Life
We were offered a ride in the carriage of two Celian adventurers, and decided to go to town. AI-chan and I got into the carriage, but Natalia and Alice also followed us inside.
“Hey, who’s going to drive?”
What are we going to do now that we’re all in here?
“This carriage moves automatically. The horses have proper intelligence.”
Hmm.
That’s convenient.
“Hmm. How long will it take to get there?”
“I think we’ll arrive by tomorrow, so just wait until then.”
It’s boring, but it’s better than walking.
“Okay. AI-chan, feel free to play around.”
“Please let me fly Crow-chan.”
Crow-chan?
Ah, you want to fly it around for fun.
“Sure.”
I took out a talisman from my pocket and summoned the shikigami crow.
The crow cawed “Caw, caw” as it flew out of the carriage and started circling around the area.
“Leave the lookout to me.”
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She said it was a lookout, but she probably just wanted to enjoy the scenery from above.
Well, it’s boring, so she might as well do as she pleases.
“…Hey, hey, is that otherworldly magic?”
Alice came up to me and asked.
“That’s right. Apparently, the magic in this world is different from the magic in my world.”
“…What about the Air Cutter from earlier?”
“I don’t know this Air Cutter.”
“…Like this.”
Alice pointed her staff outward.
Then, a wind blade shot out from the tip of her staff with incredible speed and sliced through the trees in the forest.
“Ah, that one.”
It was the magic the maid used yesterday.
Indeed, it might be similar to the Kamaitachi technique.
“…The power and speed were beyond this. Or rather, I couldn’t see it. Teach me.”
“Do you think you can learn it just by being taught? Besides, you don’t need it. Kamaitachi has power, but it’s a close-range technique. The killing range is less than 10 meters. Air Cutter is better.”
The power of the Kamaitachi technique diminishes significantly with distance.
This girl didn’t seem capable of close-range combat at all, and it would be better for her to cast magic from a distance.
“…Do you have any other magic?”
She’s persistent.
“Alice-san, you should be careful. That person is a die-hard womanizer. Before you know it, you’ll have a big belly.”
What is AI-chan talking about?
“…Eh?”
“Eh?”
Alice and Natalia subtly moved away from each other.
“Don’t say stupid jokes.”
“…Was it a joke?”
“You scared me.”
I was scared too.
“No, it’s true, isn’t it? There were more than ten wives and over thirty children.”
“Ten?! Thirty?!”
“…I’ve never heard of such a thing among royalty or nobility. It’s at a level where I can only respect it.”
I respect myself for that, too.
Although I’m mostly repulsed.
“I still can’t quite believe it. What kind of life did he lead to end up like that? It’s not unusual for a head of a family to have concubines or mistresses, but having more than ten is just stupid. And having a wife who’s 50 years younger than you is just cringeworthy.”
“Fifty years younger?!”
“…He was 99 years old when he passed away, so she was 49.”
It’s sad for a 49-year-old woman to lose her husband.
Well, maybe that crappy grandpa who yelled over a fried egg deserved to die.
“To be precise, there were twelve. The 50-year-old wife was an orphan Master picked up. She was an excellent onmyoji and Master’s disciple, but she had no relatives or backing, so Master took her in.”
I see.
“Hmm… Why didn’t he just adopt her?”
You lecherous old man!
“The wives objected to adoption. To be blunt, she was more excellent than the children. That person was Master’s top disciple. Master was a strict person even to his family, and there was a risk of a succession dispute. That’s why the wives took action. They knew from personal experience that Master was a loving person.”
No, you wouldn’t make an adopted child your heir.
I don’t know if my father is still alive, but my long-lived mother is probably still alive, and she would object if the heir wasn’t of her bloodline.
“Was I really that strict? I’m super nice though.”
Even though I say so myself, I was well-liked by my younger brothers and sisters.
“Master was a serious person, so he just fulfilled his role as the head of the family. A person in a position of authority must be strict. In fact, after the eldest son succeeded him and he retired, he became a grandpa who just doted on his grandchildren. The wives and children were exasperated because he was so strict with them, but he was all sweet and doting towards his grandchildren.”
He was just an ordinary grandpa.
“I don’t remember.”
“It’s better that you don’t. It’s not just good memories, and it’s unnecessary for Master’s second life.”
“Is that so? I can’t remember their faces or names, but a cute wife, children, and grandchildren…”
They were important members of the Kisaragi family.
“That would be a hindrance. Let’s say Master meets a nice person now. But at that time, the memories of his previous family will flash in his mind.”
“Ah… I see.”
Indeed, that might make me hesitate.
“The other person would also be compared. It wouldn’t feel good.”
“Yeah, in that sense, it’s better not to remember.”
“Yes. The 34th head of the Kisaragi family, Yuuma Kisaragi, lived a full life. He worked hard for the country and his clan, and accomplished his mission.”
My previous life has been literally ended.
Is that why my memories are fragmented… Did you erase them?”
“Yes. Master was a serious person. Although he had an abnormally large number of wives, he loved them all equally, along with the children and grandchildren. I have decided that such a master will definitely be dragged down by those people in this life. Master’s new life will continue from now on. I’m sorry, but I processed it as an error.”
I think you’re doing some outrageous things, but since I don’t have any memories, I don’t feel anything about it.
Well, it’s for the best I suppose.
“Being reincarnated is tough, isn’t it?”
“…It’s a difficult problem.”
Natalia and Alice, who had been listening to the conversation, looked at me with sympathetic eyes.
“I don’t mind. If there’s nothing I regret, then it’s not a problem. But what about other reincarnates?”
“Hmm, I’m not sure. There are famous people, but I don’t know about the others.”
“…Even if they’re reincarnates, they’re not as obvious as Yuuma, so it’s hard to tell.”
Clothes…
The clothes these girls were wearing were quite different from my kimono and AI-chan’s.
“Is it better if people don’t realize I’m reincarnated? In that case, let’s buy some clothes in town…”
“I don’t think it matters.”
“…Yeah, I don’t think there’s a particular problem.”
Then I’ll just stay as I am.
I like these clothes, and since AI-chan is a shikigami, clothes are a hassle for her.
