廊下を歩いてると、窓にへばりついてるココを見つけた。
犬耳の少女は窓枠に両手とあごをのせて、外を見つめている。
「どうしたココ」
「あっ、ご主人様ですぅ。雨なのですぅ」
「ああ、雨だな」
ココの真後ろに立って、頭越しに窓の外を見た。
昼間のなのに空は暗く、降りしきる雨が窓を打ち続けている。
「ずっと雨なんですぅ」
「言われて見ると......今月に入って雨が続いてるな」
夏休みの最終日で日記を書くかのように、記憶を辿って天気を思い出す。
すると、一ヶ月近くほとんど晴れた日がないことに気づく。
「ママ様と散歩に行きたいですぅ」
「いけばいいじゃないか、おっさんと台風の中散歩する柴犬もいるくらいだから――って、そうか」
言って、あることを思い出す。
ココは種族的に特殊な体質の持ち主だ。
今は犬耳にもふもふしっぽの柔らかい雰囲気のする少女だけど、水をかぶると人格も肉体も変化して、猫耳でキリッとした空気を纏う少女――マミに変身する。
雨でも散歩行きたがる犬は多いが、ココの場合、行きたくても体質で出来ないんだ。
窓の外を見つめたまま、更に唸る。
わがままをいわない分不憫でならない。
犬が散歩に行けないのはストレスだから――よし。
「なんとかしてやる」
「ご主人様がですかぁ?」
「ああ、見てろ」
廊下を進み、玄関を開けて外に出る。
ココがついてきた。水をかぶることが出来ないから玄関の内側からおれを見た。
いることを確認して、魔力を集中する。
かなり魔力使う、古代の大魔法。
「へくちっ」
どこからともなくかわいいくしゃみが聞こえた。
同時に目の前にワームホールが現われて、魔力の塊が噴出しておれの顔に直撃した。
もはやおなじみとなった。
「バルタサル......」
「わーい、ルシオちゃんだ。ねえねえルシオちゃん、バルはすごくヒマしてるのよ?」
現われた四人目の妻、バルタサルがそんなことを言う。
暗に遊んで欲しいって催促なんだが、正直いってそれところじゃない。
全身が脱力する、魔力をがっつり吸い上げる古代の大魔法が誤作動を起こす。
横殴りの強風が吹きつけ、顔に雨が
何日にもわたってしとしと降っていた雨が、急に台風級の暴風雨に変わってしまった!
「あうぅ......」
ココがまたまた悲しそうに呻いた。
「お散歩ぉ......」
「もう一回天気変える......のは難しいな。古代魔法二連続は打てるかどうか分からん」
古代魔法の上に古代魔法を重ねがけするのは一発目よりも二発目の方がより魔力をつかう。そこにバルタサルのくしゃみで誤作動を起こしてるのだから、ますます重ねるのが怖い。
天気は、おっかなくてもういじれない。
「ありがとうございますぅご主人様。今日もガマンしますぅ」
肩を落とし、耳としっぽも垂れ下がって、屋敷の奥に戻っていこうとするココ。
「まあまて、方法がないわけじゃない」
「本当ですかぁ!」
一瞬で――ダッシュで戻ってきたココ。
やっぱり散歩がしたいんだな。
「ああ、そのためには――バルタサル、ちょっとここから離れてくれ」
「魔法を使うの?」
「うーん。バル、一回くらいなら我慢出来るのよ?」
「ガマンって、くしゃみをか?」
「そんなのも出来るのか......」
なら試してみよう。
脳内検索で見つけ出した代案の魔法は軽いものだ、誤作動起こしてももう一回かければすむ。
「『ウォータープルーフ』」
魔法の光がココを包み込む。
「は......は......はぐっ!」
その横でバルタサルがくしゃみしたくてむずむずしていた。
ものすごくガマンして、挙げ句の果てには指で鼻を摘まんで無理矢理ガマンした。
その甲斐あって、魔法は普通にかかった。
「これは?」
「防水コーディングだ、雨の中に出てみろ」
ココはなんの疑問も抱かずに――って感じで玄関から外にでた。
横殴りの雨に打たれて、一瞬でびしょ濡れになる。
が。
「変わらないですぅ!」
「完全防水だからな」
「やったー。これでお散歩いけますぅ!」
大喜びするココだが。
奇しくも、台風になった。
最初におれが言った「おっさんと台風の中散歩する柴犬」のようなシチュエーションになった。
正直この台風の中で歩きたくないが。
「......」
ココのわくわくする目には勝てなかった。
「お散歩、いくか」
「はいですぅ!」
「バルも、バルもいくのよ?」
ココもバルタサルも、台風の暴風雨なんてお構いなしにハイテンションだった。
おれはココの手首に繋がってるリードを引いて。
台風の中、バルタサルとココと散歩をしたのだった。
When I was walking through the corridor, I saw Coco who was sticking to the window.
The dog-eared girl is resting her chin and both of her hands on the window frame, she was staring outside.
[What happened, Coco] 
[Ah! It's master desu?. It's raining desu?] 
[Ahh, it's raining alright] 
I stood behind Coco, and looked out the window above her head.
The sky is dark although it is still in the afternoon, and the raindrops were falling continuously outside the window.
[It's always raining desu?] 
[Come to think of it......it's continuously raining this month.] 
I searched through my memories, remembering the weather as if I was writing the last day of the summer vacation in a diary.
Doing that, I noticed that there wasn't a clear day for almost a month.
[I want to go for a walk with Mama-sama?] 
[Shouldn't you just go? There's also middle-aged men who would walk within the storms with a shiba inu dog after all--oh, I see] 
I said, and remembered something.
Coco is someone who has a special physique.
She's a girl that has dog ears and soft and fluffy tail with a kind atmosphere right now, but when she gets wet, her personality and body will change, she would become a girl with cat ears that has a crisp air--she would transform to Mami.
There are a lot of dogs that wants to go for a walk even on rainy days, but in Coco's case, even if she wants to go, she can't because of her special physique.
While looking out the window, she groaned.
Because she's someone who wouldn't say spoiled and selfish things, the more it is that it makes me feel bad for her.
It's stressful for dogs that can't go for a walk, so--yosh.
[I'll do something about it] 
[Master will??] 
[Yeah, just look] 
I advanced through the corridor, opened the entrance door and went outside.
Coco followed me. But since she cannot get wet with the water, she's looking at me inside the door.
I checked that she's there, then concentrated my magic powers.
It is the great ancient magic that uses a lot of magic powers.
[Hekuchi!] 
From somewhere, I heard a very lovely sneeze.
At the same time, a wormhole appeared in front of me, and the released chunk of magic powers directly hit my face.
I'm already getting used to it.
[Balthazar......] 
[Wa?i, it's Lucio-chan. Ne?, ne?, Lucio-chan, Bal is soo bored you know?] 
My fourth wife that appeared, Balthazar said something like that.
It's a reminder that says she wants me to play with her in the back of her lines, but honestly, it's not the time for that.
I feel weakness in my whole body, a malfunction occurred with the great ancient magic that sucks up a lot of magic powers.
A strong wind blows through me, the rain was piercing to my face, it's a little painful.
The rain that fell for many days, it suddenly changed into a typhoon class storm!
[Auu?......] 
Coco cried sorrowfully again.
[Walk?......] 
[Changing the weather again......is difficult, I guess. I don't know if I can cast an ancient magic twice consecutively] 
Using ancient magic one next to the other, it would take a whole lot more magic powers when it was casted the second time. And because the ancient magic right now includes the malfunction caused by Balthazar's sneeze, it is more frightening to cast it a second time.
The weather, even though it became worse, I can't do anything about it anymore.
[Thank you very much?, Master. I will just endure for today too] 
Coco returned inside the mansion with her shoulders drooped and her ears and tail hung down.
[Uhh, just wait a second, it's not like there isn't any other way] 
[Really?!!] 
In an instant--Coco dashed, she returned.
As I've thought, she really wants to go for a walk.
[Yeah, for that--Balthazar, can you go far away for a while] 
[Are you gonna use magic?] 
[U?n. Bal, she can endure once at the least you know?] 
[Endure, you mean, your sneeze?] 
[You can do that huh......] 
Then, let's try it.
I searched for the magic inside my head, the alternative magic is only a light one, even if a malfunction occurs, I can cast it once again.
[{Waterproof} ] 
The light of the magic enveloped Coco.
[Ha......ha......haghhu!] 
And on the side, Balthazar was holding her sneeze.
She endured very well, and in the end, she forcefully endured by pinching her nose.
And with all of her efforts, the magic worked normally.
[This is?] 
[It's a waterproof coating, try to go inside the rain] 
Without doubts--Coco went out of the entrance.
She was soaked by the strong rain, she got drenched in an instant.
But.
[I didn't change desu?!] 
[It's a complete water proof after all] 
[Yaaay! I can go for a walk now?!] 
Coco was super delighted, but.
Strangely, it has now become a typhoon.
It became same as the situation I said earlier, "middle-aged men who would walk within the storms with a shiba inu dog".
Honestly, I don't want to walk inside the storm.
[......] 
But, I couldn't win against Coco's excited eyes.
[Shall we, go for a walk then] 
[Yes?!] 
[Bal also, Bal will also go you know?] 
Coco and Balthazar, both of them were in high spirits not minding the strong storm surge.
I pulled the lead that connects to Coco's wrist.
Within the storm, I went for a walk with Balthazar and Coco.
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