ファッションリーダー
朝の玄関、魔導図書館に行こうとしたところ、ベロニカが屋敷の奥からやってきた。
「まってルシオ、一緒に行きますわ」
頷き、ベロニカと一緒に外に出る。
屋敷を出て、朝の王都を一緒に歩く。
様々な人が行き交い、今日もラ・リネアは活気に満ちあふれている。
ちらっと横を歩くベロニカを見た。
彼女はフリルがついた黒いワンピースドレスに白いタイツ、それに首元には赤いリボンがつけられている。
シルビアとナディアに比べておめかしが得意な彼女は、今日も彼女らしく上品で、かわいいと綺麗がハイレベルで共存してる格好をしてる。
「その格好も似合ってるな」
「あ、あら。そうですの?」
「ああ、よく似合ってる」
「ま、まああたくしにかかればこれくらいのおしゃれ朝飯前ですわ」
そう話すベロニカ。褒められたのはまんざらでもないようだ。
「最初にあった時の格好も色っぽくてよかったけどな」
「あれは流行でしたのよ」
「流行?」
「そう。脇腹と背中を黒いレースで、見えるかどうかのラインで隠すのが流行ですの」
「ああいうのをもう着ないのか?」
「あれはレディのたしなみ、この姿でする様なものではありませんわ」
「ああ、なるほど」
いわれてみたらそうだ、レースで脇腹と背中を透かせる格好とか、子供にはやる訳がないもんな。
「あなた、流行に疎いんですのね」
「悪かったな」
苦笑いする、たしかにそうだ。
流行には疎い、というかわからない。
転生前からそうだ――だが。
「流行には疎いけど、流行を作り出すことなら出来るぞ」
「流行を作り出す?」
「ああ、見てろ――『メイクトレンド』」
魔法を唱えた、目の前に光の塊が出来た。
その塊にイメージを込めて、解き放つ。
やがて、光の玉が小さな粒子になって町中に飛び散っていった。
「これでよし」
「どうなりますの?」
「見てな」
しばらく歩いてると、ある建物のドアが開いて、中から一人の少女が出てきた。
少女はおれ達と同じくらいの歳だが、ドレスを着ている。
そのドレスは露出が大きく、脇腹は黒いレースで透かして見えるって格好だ。
はじめてあったベロニカ、大人版の彼女と同じ格好だ。
「あら、偶然ね」
「偶然じゃないぞ」
「え?」
離れた所を指さす、そこに違う少女がいて、今度は背中をレースで透かす格好をしてた。
朝の町中は徐々に人が増えていった。大人や男の子は特に変わらないが、小さい女の子は全員、ベロニカっぽい格好をしてた。
はなからお嬢様っぽい子も、男の子と遊ぶ元気な子も。
「おはよう、今日もかわいいわねマリーちゃん」
「えへへ、そうでしょう。今一番流行ってる格好なんだ」
「そうなんだ。はい、これおまけね」
果てには買い物袋を持っておつかいをする子も、みんな似たような格好をしてた。
「こんな感じで、流行を作る魔法だ」
「す、すごいわね。相変わらずあなたの魔法は」
「そうか?」
「他の流行にも出来ますの?」
もう一度魔法を使う。光の玉がでて、それをベロニカに見せた。
「これにイメージすればいい。やってみるか?」
「いいんですの?」
「ああ。後で魔法で戻すから、気にしなくてやっていいぞ」
「でしたら遠慮なく」
ベロニカが念じて、光の玉が飛び散った。
しばらくして変化が生まれる。
全員が頭の上に鳥の巣を乗せるようになった。
男も女も、大人も子供も。
全員、鳥の巣――鳥が入ってる――を乗せていた。
「すごいですわね。こんなのも本当に流行してしまうだなんて」
「お前の発想の方がすごいよ」
頭に鳥の巣を乗せるとかどういう発想だ。ペガサス盛りも真っ青な発想だぞ。
「しかし、なんというか」
おれはまわりを見回した。
「流行するといっても、色々バリエーションがあるんだなあ。乗せてる鳥も結構みんな違うし、巣からしていろんな色があるな」
「へえ、そういうもんか」
「これはあなたの魔法ですが、通常ならここから色々変化が生まれて、更に新しい流行が生まれていくのですわ。自然に、緩やかに」
「それを生み出せるのがファッションリーダーになりますのよ」
「おれには無理な芸当だな」
そういって、魔法を唱える。
流石に目の前の光景はおれからすれば違和感あるし、一通りやったから、流行を元に戻そうとした。
「ルシオじゃないか」
「この声は――イサーク」
立ち止まり、話しかけられた背後に振り向く。
そこにイサークがいた。
イサークは頭にクジャクを乗せていた。
いつもの派手な貴族っぽい服に、頭はクジャクとその巣を乗せてる。
ビックリするくらい自然だった、いつも通りのイサークだった。
「どうしたルシオ、兄の美貌に見とれたか?」
「ルシオ......」
ベロニカと視線を交換する。
行き交う通行人は全員イサークに尊敬とあこがれの眼差しを向けている。
流行は、戻さない方が彼にとって幸せかもしれない、そんな風に思ってしまったのだった。
Chapter 72 - Fashion Leader
Morning in the entrance, when I was about to go to the Grimoire Library, Veronica came out from deep inside the mansion.
[Wait, Lucio, I will go with you] 
I nodded, and went outside with Veronica.
We went out from the mansion, and walking together in the royal capital in the morning.
Various kinds of people passed by each other, and La Linea is full of life today too.
I took a glance at Veronica who is walking beside me.
She is wearing a black one piece dress with frills and white tights, and she has a red ribbon on the neck.
She who is better in dressing up than Sylvia and Nadia, is wearing clothes where cuteness and beauty combined in a high level, and it is very elegant and like of her.
[Those clothes also look good on you] 
[A-Ara. Is that so?] 
[Yeah, it looks very well] 
[W-Well, dressing up this much is not even breakfast for me] 
Veronica said it like that. It looks like she did not dislike that she was praised.
[The clothes that you wore when we first met was sexy and good too] 
[That was the trend] 
[The trend?] 
[That's right. With black laces in the side and the back, the fad was the line of when it is about to be seen or not] 
[You're not going to wear something like that anymore?] 
[That is a lady's etiquette, it is not something to wear in this appearance] 
[Ahh, I see] 
It is just as she has said, see through clothes like laces on the back or the side, it isn't something that a child would wear huh.
[You, you are unfamiliar with trends are you] 
[Sorry about that] 
I laughed wryly, it's just as she said.
I'm unfamiliar with trends, or rather, I don't know.
It was like that even before I reincarnated--but.
[I'm unfamiliar with trends, but I can do something to make one] 
[Make a trend?] 
[Yeah, look--{Make Trend} ] 
I chanted the magic, and a lump of light appeared in front of me.
I placed the image within that lump, and released it.
And finally, the ball of light became small particles that scattered all over the town.
[With this, yosh] 
[What is going to happen?] 
[Just look] 
After we had walked for a while, the door of a certain building opened, and one girl went out from inside.
The girl was only about the same age as us, but she's wearing a dress.
The dress was largely revealing, it was clothing that you can see through the black laces on its side.
It's the same clothes with what Veronica wore when I met her the first in her adult version.
[Ara, what a coincidence] 
[It's not a coincidence] 
[Eh?] 
I pointed at a place a little far away, there was a girl there that was different from the one earlier, and this time, she is wearing clothes with laces at the back that can be seen through.
The people in the morning town gradually increased. There were no particular changes on adults or boys, but all of the small girls, they are wearing Veronica-like clothes.
Even the Ojou-sama-ish girl from the start, and even cheerful girls that would play with boys.
[Good morning, you're cute as usual, Marie-chan] 
[Ehehe, I know right. This is the most popular clothes right now] 
[Was that so. Here, I'll give you this free] 
Even the girl that was going on a shopping errand, every one of them is wearing similar clothes.
[Just like this, it's magic that makes trends] 
[H-How amazing. As usual, your magic is] 
[Is that so?] 
[Can you make other trends?] 
I used the magic once again. A lump of light appeared, and showed that to Veronica.
[You should just put what you imagine here. You want to try?] 
[Is it alright?] 
[Yeah. I'll return it later with magic, so you don't need to hold back] 
[Well then, without reserve] 
Veronica invoked, and the ball of light scattered.
After a while, a change happened.
Everyone has a bird's nest placed on the top of their head now.
Whether they are male or female, old and young.
Everyone, they have a bird's nest in their head--one that has birds inside.
[Amazing. To think that something like this would really be a trend] 
[It's your way of thinking that is amazing] 
To make people place a bird's nest on top of their head, what kind of thinking is that. It's an idea that makes the unicorn hairstyle look cute.
[But, how can I say this] 
I looked around.
[Even though it's called a trend, there's a lot of different kinds of version huh?. The birds that everyone has, they're entirely different, and there's also different colors of nests too] 
[He?, it's like that huh] 
[This is your magic, but normally, different kinds of changes would happen from here, creating new trends. Slowly and naturally] 
[And the one who could create that would be the fashion leader] 
[That's an impossible feat for me] 
I said that, and casted magic.
Well, I feel discomfort in the scene in front of me, and since we were done with it already, I was going to return the trends to normal.
[Isn't it Lucio] 
[This voice is--Isaac] 
I stood to a stop, and turned around to where I was called from.
And there, it was Isaac.
There is a peacock resting on Isaac's head.
Wearing his usual nobility-like flashy clothes, he is carrying a peacock's nest on the top of his head.
It was surprisingly very natural, it was the usual Isaac.
[What is it, Lucio, were you bewitched by your elder brother's beauty?] 
[Lucio......] 
I exchanged looks with Veronica.
Everyone that was passing by were looking at Isaac with great admiration.
The trend, it might be the best for him if it didn't return to normal, I thought of it just like that.
Manga wo Yomeru Ore ga Sekai Saikyou ~Yometachi to Sugosu Ki mama na Seikatsu~
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