While I was lightly scolding Alice, Laguna-san and Fors-san seemed to
have finished their conversation, as the both of them began
approaching us.
[…Anyway, I'll make sure that you don't go out alone during the Six
Kings Festival, and if you want to go somewhere, I'll send some of my
subordinates to help you around.]
[No problem with that. In fact, I wouldn't step out of my room unless
you asked me to go around. I can just make everything I need to live,
including food. Well then, lead me to a laboratory with a vegetable
garden right away.]
[Like hell there's something like that here!!!]
[What did you say… Then, what am I supposed to do with all these ideas
I have in my head now? Even though I've just come up with a "magic
that could make toenails grow"…]
[No, you can just keep that idea of yours in your head for the rest of
your life. The world doesn't need something like that…]
I guess their conversation ends there, right? Laguna-san, you're not
bringing her over to us because you got tired of dealing with her alone,
right? If it's possible, I would like it if you just take her with you…
As I was thinking about this, Fors-san suddenly moved her gaze
towards Neun-san, and putting her hand on her chin, she murmured.
[By the way, I've been meaning to ask you this… What's with the armor,
Neun? It's not like you're in charge of security, right? It doesn't seem
like you're working today. I heard from Miyama Kaito-kun that you and
the former Demon King and currently a city doctor, Vier-dono…"Former
Vier-dono" in short, are going around with Miyama Kaito-kun today,
right?]
[That shortening sounds malicious, so could you stop that!?]
[…Vier, I understand how you feel, but it's probably useless to say that
to her. Anyway, the reason I'm wearing armor is to hide my true
identity.]
[…Fumu, then why is it that you're using such an inefficient way of
hiding it?]
[Eh?]
When Fors-san heard Neun-san's reply, she tilted her head in wonder.
[If you want to hide your true identity, couldn't you just "dye your hair
or change your hairstyle"? The only existing information about you is
that statue in the Friendship City, Hikari, but that statue doesn't really
show the details of your face, you know? If you just change your hair
color or your hairstyle, most people won't even notice you, right?]
[…N- Now that you mentioned it… that would certainly be the case…]
What she said was an extremely on-point theory. What the people know
is that the First Hero had black hair, so if she just dyed it, people
wouldn't notice it.
[Well then, with that being the case, "Dispel"…and then, next would
be…]
[Eh? Wait!]
As if to say that she had reached her conclusion, Fors-san summoned a
magic circle before her hand, and erased Neun-san's full-body armor.
Surprisingly, the clothing Neun-san had under her armor wasn't a
kimono.
She's wearing a neat-looking white shirt and a long black skirt… It was
a feminine outfit that combined cuteness and coolness, something that
Aoi-chan would like.
But more than that, something surprising had changed.
[Oya? You brought the length of your hair back to how it was back then?
It lookss great, I think this hairstyle really suits you. However, it doesn't
make sense to dress up if you're just going to hide it all under your
armor, right?… Is it about how one should always care about things
even when they can't be seen by others? Hmmm, I don't really
understand fashion.]
[N- No, Fors!? What are you doing… T- This is…]
[Yeah, I guess there's no problem with that area. If I remember
correctly, I've placed that on my magic box… Ahh, here it is! Come on,
look here.]
[…Eh? Arehh? The color of my hair and eyes…]
Yes, the black-haired and black-eyed Neun-san's hair became as pink as
cherry blossoms while her eyes became a bright purple. At first glance,
I even thought she was a different person. A change in hair color
certainly could change someone's impression to a person.
[Yes, this is a magic I developed that changes the color of your hair and
eyes. Creatures who possess a sense of sight could get lots of
information just from color, you see. If one has light-colored hair, it can
make you look more cheerful, right? Having the ability to change color
is very convenient for disguises.]
[H- Hmmm. What do you think, Kaito-san? Does it look strange?]
[No, it's true that my impression of you drastically changed… but I think
bright hair color suits you, Neun-san.]
[T- Thank you.]
With her new pink-colored hair, Neun-san looked a little younger, and I
felt that she became even cuter.
It may be rude to say that she became surprisingly cuter, but she was
more of a beauty before. She's someone who looks great with blonde
hair.
[…Fors… You can develop some useful magic huh… I changed my
assessment towards you.]
[Hmmm. I don't feel like I would like your assessment towards me.
Anyway, this magic was actually developed for the purpose of "changing
the decoration of clothes". I thought that if I had magic like this, I could
look stylish even if I wore the same robes all the time. I know that I'm a
social outcast, but that doesn't mean I've given up on being a woman
yet, so I wanted to pay some attention to my appearance. However, I
didn't really feel like wasting my time that I could use for research to go
shopping for clothes. I have plenty of robes though… Then, I thought of
it the other way. Why don't I just add decorations on my robes to
become fashionable? It took me "5 years" to develop.]
[…I- I see… Can I take back my previous statement?]
[However, what I ended up developing was this magic… It also
consumes a lot of magic power, only one color can be applied at a time,
and the effect wears off in about 24 hours. That monochromatic robe
also felt very fake. I've never had a use for it before, but I'm glad that I
had the chance to use it now. Well, it's much better to use dye to change
your hair color next time rather than use this complicated and highconsumption magic. Well, it can be used for a limited-time disguise, so I
guess I still give it a passing mark?]
[W- Well, this certainly helps me… Thank you.]
In short, she tried to create a magic that allows her to easily make
changes to her clothes because she can't be bothered to go out and buy
fashionable clothes? How should I say this… I feel like she's directing
her efforts in the wrong direction.
Well, but thanks to that magic, Neun-san can go around without armor,
and I'm more than happy if I walk around with her like that… All's well
that ends well, I guess?
Dear Mom, Dad————— As usual, Neun-san was trying to go around
in full body armor, but thanks to a strange magic developed by Fors-san,
she was able to go around without her armor. But how should I say
this… I'm not really familiar with magic but————— Can't we just
use Recognition Inhibition Magic or something like that?