123話 妖精さん
「あ、遊びに来ちゃったの?」
「うんっ! 来ちゃったのー!」
わ、わぁ......来ちゃったのか......。
「そ、そっかぁ......」
嬉しそうに飛び回るフゥを見て、ソレしか言えなかった。
部屋の電気を点ける気さえも起きず、暗がりの中で踊るように俺の周りをクルクルする『
「タロん? タロんはフゥと会えてうれしくないのー?」
何の邪気もなく、純粋に不安そうな表情をされたら、そりゃあもうこう答えるしかない。
「うれしいよ。でも、ビックリしちゃって......」
「んふふー♪ 妖精がニポンに来たのはひっさしぶりだもんね!」
にぽん......日本かな。
あぁ、なんだか。頭がパンクしそうだ。
「姉......起きてる?」
俺はフゥを引き連れ、姉が寝ている部屋のドアをノックする。
「なに、太郎? 入っていいわよ」
許可も得たので、ゆっくりとドアを開ける。
「ちょっと話があるんだけど......」
「さっきのニュースが怖くなって、一人じゃ眠れなくなったの? いいわ、来なさい」
そう言って、姉はペロリと薄い掛け布団をめくりながら、一緒に寝ようと誘ってきた。パジャマ姿の姉は、うん。俺がもし他人だったらヤバいだろうなーって思うぐらいの色香は放っていた。
なんというか普段は凛としているのに、ゆるいパジャマのデザインのせいか、今はちょっとだけ幼く見える。けれど俺の身体とは違い、胸の双丘が、くびれた腰が、どうしても視線を吸いつけてしまう。
って、そんな変な事を感じてる場合でもない。
フゥにも姉の部屋に入ってもらわないと。
「えーっと......姉。驚かないでって言う方が無理かもしれないけど、その、驚かないで」
「なに、どうしたの?」
「ふ、フゥー、こっちにおいで」
姉の疑問に答える代わりに、俺は『
「はーいッ!」
すいーっと滑らかに、天真爛漫な笑顔で入ってきたフゥ。
そんな元気爆発な妖精を見て、姉の目が点になった。
「わぁ! タロんのおねえさん、こんばんは!」
中空でぺこりと頭を下げ、礼儀正しく挨拶をしてくる妖精に姉はしばらく茫然自失になっていた。
「は、はい......こ、こんばんは?」
キョトンとしつつも、小首を傾げておずおずと返答する姉。
いつもは泰然として、頼りがいのある姉だけど。
今回ばかりはかなり動揺したらしく、不謹慎ながらも、珍しい態度が見れたと内心でおかしく思ってしまったのは秘密だ。
まず最初に気になったのはゲームで俺と行動を共にするフゥと、
「げーむ? なにそれ!」
俺の疑問にフゥは何もわからないといった
姉が俺の問いを補足するように、VRゲームとはなんぞやとフゥにわかりやすく噛み砕いて説明していく。
それを聞いたフゥは目を輝かせ、心底興奮していた。
「なにそれ! すーっごく! たのしそ! タロんと探検!」
「えっと、一緒に冒険した記憶はないの?」
「んん? だってフゥは、げーむなんてしてないよ?」
「じゃあ、どうして俺のところへ来たの?」
もし仮にフゥが、ゲーム内のフゥと全く関係がないのならどうしてココに来たのだろうか?
「フゥだけ、仲間よりも早く進化したのっ! そしたら、タロんの事を思い出したの!」
「それはつまり、『
』に?」
ではもちろんのこと、俺はフゥと接点なんてない。そもそも、今日まで妖精がいるなんて思ってもいなかったし、間違いなく世界がおかしくなっていると感じている。それなのに、現実のフゥは俺に関する記憶があると?
「どんな事を思い出したの?」
「んーっとね、タロんは大事なお友達ってこと!」
「それだけ?」
「うん! それだけー! でも、とぉーってもじゅうようだよ?」
うん、そこは重要だね。
色々と......。
「ミソラがいうにはー、たましいのつながりがあるのかもーって! 『会いに行ってきなさい』って言われたん♪ だから来ちゃったん!」
もちろん、たろんに会いたかっタンタカタン♪ と、姉のベッドの上でステップを踏み、華麗に踊り始めるフゥを見て俺達の疑問点は増えるばかり。
「ミソラさんも
姉は結論を出したようだ。
それから俺は次々に疑問に思った点をフゥに尋ねていった。
なぜ俺だけがフゥに質問をするかといえば、姉が何を聞いても『ごめんなの、タロんいがいには言いたくないの!』の一点張りだったからだ。
まず、フゥの
一体、日本人が何をしでかした事になったのだろうか。
ゲームとのそれらしき繋がりを思い浮かべるのならば、先駆都市ミケランジェロ周辺の歴史だろう。古き時代、妖精と共生していたのがテアリー公のご先祖さま。そこへ、欲におぼれた人間の王が、妖精の作りだす結晶に目をつけて侵略したと。その際に、加勢するはずだった周辺の人族は、こぞって狂王に屈し手助けをしなかった。その罪を悔恨し、忘れぬように『妖精の舞踏会』を開いていたって設定だったはず。
「ニポンだけじゃない、人族、ぜーんぶこわいっ!」
「いちばん、こわいの、えいごの人族っ!」
フゥが言うには、人族から姿を隠すようになったのはおよそ2000年程前から始まったらしい。森の守護者であったエルフと一緒に、結界魔法を駆使して自分達だけの郷、『
妖精の楽園
どうして妖精たちが人族を恐れるのかと言えば、やはりソレは妖精が生み出す宝石が原因だった。
ゲームでは特別な結晶だったけど、
その、妖精が生みだす富を巡って争いが絶えなかったようだ。
辛抱強く聞き出すと、どうやらイギリスの事らしい。
しかも産業革命期の話らしかった。
わずかに残っていた英国の妖精たちもここで姿を消したそうだ。
「イギリンはまだいい。でも他のえいごのとこ、もっとこわい。おふねで来たとおもったら、さいしょから住んでた妖精どんどん殺していったの」
これも細かいところまで質問すると、アメリカの話だった。
先住民である妖精たちの宝石を奪い尽くし、出さぬならもっと出せと殺し尽くしたそうだ。先住民迫害と言えば、インディアンはどこにいったとツッコミたくなった。
「アメリンのお話はあまりしたくないん......」
人類の歴史が、妖精って要素が加わっただけで、だいぶ変わったしまったように思える。大筋は変わってないけど、なんというか、こうもファンタジーな解釈で世界に妖精が定着しているとか、やばいと思った。
「どこもかしこも、宝石よこせ、せんそーてつだえ、ばっかり! だから、妖精はかくれたのん」
そこは日本も例に漏れず、エルフの
詳しく聞いてみると、織田信長はニポンで数十匹しか残っていない妖精と親しい仲であったらしい。妖精に知識を授かり、その知恵で世界は広いという事実を知り、妖精の宝石で富を蓄え、鉄砲を買いあさり武力を整えた。そして、誰でも自由に商売が行えるという『楽市楽座』など、商業の特権を持っていた当時の豪商たちを納得させる際にも、妖精たちの宝石は役に立ったようだ。
妖精と仲良く
「でも、にぽんもアメリンとせんそー? で森もたぁーくさん切っちゃうし、妖精の力を借りようとしたから、こわい!」
太平洋戦争の事ですかね。
そのへんで日本を完全に見限った妖精は、一匹残らず姿を隠したようだ。
ここまでのフゥの話からわかるように、政府は一般市民には妖精が残っている事を隠していた節がある。なにせテレビのリポーターは遥か昔に妖精はいなくなったと言ってた。
でも実は、肝心な場面で政府の要人なり国の代表が、少数ではあるけど密かに残り続けていた妖精の力を借りるべく、協力を要請していたのかもしれない。
「ねぇ、太郎。だいぶ妖精さんたちの事は理解できたのだけど、そうなるとコレは非常にマズイんじゃないかしら」
そう言って、姉はフゥを指す。
「マズイと言うか、驚きの連続で頭がパンクしちゃいそう......」
「わたしも同じ気持ちだけど、太郎、わかってるの? さっきのテレビリポーターが言ってた内容を検討するに、この子、フゥちゃんは
「しかも太郎。妖精たちに嫌われる人族の中で、あんたは唯一、こうやってフゥちゃんと普通にお喋りしたりできるの......この意味、わかる?」
「あんたが、『妖精大使』として、政治関係に巻き込まれる可能性だってあるわ」
「え!?」
姉は深い溜息をついた。
そして、さらに続ける。
人差し指をピィンと立てる姉に、俺は首を傾げる。
「それを説明する前に、太郎......話の分かるあんたの親友二人と、他に信用のおける
125 123 Stories, Fairy.
"Oh, you came to see me?
"Ugh! He's here!
Wow... you're here...
"Oh, wow..."
Seeing Hu flying around happy, all I could say was Sole.
I don't even get up to turn on the lights in my room, and I even stare at The Wind Maiden (Silf), who circles around me like dancing in the dark.
"Tallon? Isn't Taron happy to see Fu?
If you don't have any evil, purely anxious look on your face, then ah here's the only way to answer.
"I'm happy for you. But I'm surprised..."
"Nfu, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
to Pong...... Japan I guess.
Oh, I don't know. My head is going to flat.
"Sister... are you awake?
I take Hu and knock on the door in the room where my sister sleeps.
"What, Taro? You can come in."
I also got permission, so I slowly open the door.
"I need to talk to you for a second..."
"I got scared of the news earlier, and I couldn't sleep alone? All right, come on."
That said, my sister invited me to sleep with her, turning a thin duvet with Peroli. My sister in pajamas, yeah. I had enough color incense to think that if I were someone else, I would suck.
I don't know, I'm usually Rin, but I look just a little young now because of the loose pyjama design. But unlike my body, the two hills on my chest, my limp hips really suck my gaze out.
That's not even if you're feeling weird.
I need Hu to go into my sister's room, too.
"Erm... sister. I might not be able to tell you not to be surprised, but, uh, don't be surprised."
"What, what's wrong?
"Phew, Phew, come here"
Instead of answering my sister's questions, I invited in Wind Maiden.
"Yikes!
Sooo smooth, he came in with a naive smile. Huh.
Seeing such an energetic and explosive fairy, my sister's eyes dotted.
"Wow! Good evening, Talo lady!
My sister had suddenly lost herself for a while to a fairy who would bow her head in a hollow and greet her politely.
"Ha, yes...... good evening?
My sister replies by leaning back on her neck, even though she is a Kyoton.
I'm usually a dependable sister, though.
He was pretty upset all this time, and while he was careless, it's a secret that he felt strange inside that he could see an uncommon attitude.
The first thing that bothered me was whether Hu was the same person or creature who acted with me in the game and appeared in reality (this way).
"Huh? What is it!"
My question was, "I don't know anything," and I was asked the other way around.
As my sister supplements my question, I will explain to Fu what a VR game is and chew it up easily.
Hearing that, Hu was eye-glowing and heartfelt excited.
"What's that! Wow, that's great! Explore Taro!
"Uh, don't you remember having an adventure with me?
"Hmm? 'Cause Hu, what the fuck, huh?
"Then why did you come to me?
If hu has nothing to do with hu in the game, why did he come here?
"Only hu, you evolved faster than your people! Then I remembered Taro!
"What's that?
"Huh? Where?
But in reality (this way), of course, I have no contact with Hu. In the first place, I never thought there'd be fairies until today, and I definitely feel the world is going crazy. And yet you think reality hu has memories about me?
"What kind of things did you remember?
"Mm-hmm, Taro means he's an important friend!
"That's all?"
"Yeah! That's all -! But that sounds like a lot, doesn't it?
Yeah, that's important there.
Various......
"Mithola said there might be a connection! They said, 'Go see me'  That's why I'm here!
Of course, we miss Tanta Catan  and our doubts just grow when we see Hu taking steps on her sister's bed and starting dancing magnificently.
"Is Mr. Mithola in reality..."
My sister seems to have come to a conclusion.
Then I asked Hu one question after another.
When it comes to why I'm the only one asking Hu a question, no matter what my sister asks, she says, 'I'm sorry, I don't want to tell Talo!' Cause it was a strain.
First of all, the address of Hu (Sumika) was "sky".
What the hell did the Japanese do?
If you think of such a connection to the game, it would be history around the pioneering city of Michelangelo. In the old days, it was Lord Theary's ancestors who were symbiotic with the fairies. There, the greedy king of man invaded with his eyes on the fairy's crystals. In doing so, the surrounding tribes, who were supposed to join, did not succumb to the Mad King. It should have been set to regret the sin and not forget that we were having a 'Fairy Ball'.
"It's not just Nipong, people, whoa, whoa!
"The most frightening, eh people!
According to Hu, it started about 2,000 years ago when he started hiding from people. Along with the elves who were guardians of the forest, they used the magic of the junction to build their own home, Fairy Circle. But still, in the woods normally, there seems to be a lot of collective symbiosis with people.
Very few people lived in Japan, but they all moved to Fairy Paradise (Fairy Circle) in the early 1900s.
Speaking of how the fairies feared the people, Sole was still caused by the gems produced by the fairies.
It was a special crystal in the game, but is it a gem in reality (this way)?
That, there seemed to be constant strife over the wealth created by the fairies.
When I asked patiently, apparently it was about England.
Besides, he seemed to be talking about the Industrial Revolution period.
The only remaining British fairies also disappeared here, he said.
"Englyn is still fine. But the rest of Aego, it's more frightening. If I had come here, I would have killed more and more fairies who had lived there since then."
When I asked the details of this, too, I was talking about America.
They took away the gems of the native fairies and killed them if they didn't. Speaking of indigenous persecution, the Indians wanted to scratch where they had gone.
"I don't really want to talk about Amerin..."
It seems to me that the history of mankind has changed a lot just because fairies have been added elements. I haven't changed my major muscles, but somehow, I thought this was also a bad idea with a fantastic interpretation of the fairy anchored in the world.
"Everywhere, a gem. Give it to me. - No, just! That's why he gave me the fairy."
There, Japan did not leak as an example, and the people who imitated the Elf's martial arts (Takeshi) and named him Samurai continued their fierce force struggle.
If you ask me in detail, Nobunaga Oda seems to have been close to only a few dozen fairies left in Nipon. Knowing the fact that the fairy had been given knowledge and that the world was wide with its wisdom, he had accumulated wealth with the fairy jewels, bought iron cannons and prepared force. And the fairies' jewels also seemed useful in convincing the then luxury merchants who had commercial privileges, such as "Rakuma Rakuza," where anyone was free to do business.
Nobunaga Oda, who gets along (deflected) with the fairy, is too surreal to say... "If it doesn't ring, let me kill you, fairy," as there is a Hotogis analogy poem, but did you get along with the fairy?
"But Pong is also with Ameline? So did the woods - I cut a lot of them, and I tried to help the fairies, so I'm frightened!
Are you talking about the Pacific War?
The fairy, who completely confined himself to Japan, seems to have hidden himself without one left.
As can be seen from the stories of Hu so far, the government has a verse to hide from the general public that fairies remain. Anyway, the TV reporter said the fairy was gone a long time ago.
But the truth is, on a pivotal occasion, government dignitaries and representatives of the country may have asked for help in order to harness the help of a small number of fairies who remained secretly.
"Hey, Taro. I understand a lot about the fairies, but then I guess I'm very upset."
That said, my sister refers to Hu.
"I'd say it's a mess, or it's going to flake my head in a series of surprises..."
"I feel the same way, Taro, you know? To consider what the TV reporter said earlier, this child, Hu, is also a national treasure."
"And Taro. Of all the people the fairies hate, you're the only one who can chat normally with hu like this... you know what I mean?
"You could be involved in a political relationship as a fairy ambassador."
"Huh!?
My sister took a deep sigh.
And go on even further.
I tip my neck to my sister, who pins her index finger.
"Before I explain it, Taro... gather your two best friends and other trusted mercenaries (players). We'll talk about this... we'll have a meeting."
I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie
美少女になったけど、ネトゲ廃人やってます。
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-became-a-beautiful-girl-but-im-still-an-mmo-junkie/
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