254 - - Art. 254. Uniform Fashion Show and Curious Hair

"Hey, guys, come here for a minute.

When Mina-san called us to gather in the living room, we found a number of boxes on the table.

"What are these?"

"My grandfather sent them to me. He has prepared some things for me to attend the school, and I think there is one for everyone."

The box was actually a gift from Mina's grandfather.

We were so thankful because we thought we had to prepare it by ourselves.

"Wow, your grandfather Mina is surprisingly thoughtful, isn't he?

Mr. Gyro looks a little surprised. As I recall, he is being watched by Mina's grandfather. Something happened in the past?

"Don't worry about it, they're letting you go for their own reasons. I'll open it."

When Mina opened the box, she found a notebook, a pen, a bag, and other tools inside.

"Wow, there are a lot of things here. I'm sorry to have prepared so much for you.

Moreover, these pens and papers are not cheap ones, but proper ones.

I wonder if it would cost a lot to get all of them.

What's in this one?

Gyro opened the other box, and out of it came a number of clothes.

"Are these clothes?"

"Oh, these are school uniforms."

According to Mina, these clothes seemed to be the uniform of the school of magic.

"Oh, by the way, all the students at the school wear this color, don't they?

I didn't know we were allowed to wear uniforms even though we are provisional enrollees.

In my previous life, I was taught one-on-one by a master, so it's kind of refreshing to wear a uniform.

"Hmm, the fabric is pretty good."

Mr. Megli seems more interested in the fabric used for the uniform than in the design.

Hmmm, at first glance, it looks like an ordinary fabric. There is no sign of using special materials.

So, ......

"If it doesn't fit, Grandpa says to go to his favorite dressmaker and have it hemmed."

Mina-san reads the note that came with the clothes and tells her to hem them later.

I had expected her to do that by herself, but it's really very considerate of her to show such concern for me.

"Well then, let's get dressed right away!

""Oh!""

As soon as he said this, the women dashed into their rooms with the force of the wind.

Oh, oh ......"""""

We were caught off guard by their high spirits.

Well, I guess women's fashionable spirits burn up even in school uniforms. ......

"Oh, let's go change our clothes too ......"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"So..."

Liliela and the others are lagging behind, but we decide to go back to our rooms and change into our uniforms.

It's just a normal change of clothes, though, so we quickly finish and head back to the living room.

"Oh, you're here, bro."

It seems that Gyro is the first one to get dressed.

But perhaps because he changed so quickly, Gyro-kun's clothes are a mess.

If I go to the school dressed like this, I'm going to get in trouble with the teachers.

"Gyro, your collar is up. And your tie."

I quickly straighten up Gyro-kun's clothes, and there he is, dressed up in his usual neat and tidy outfit.

"Thank you, brother!"

He smiles at me, just like a new student.

Well, I've never been to the school before, so I'm a new student too.

By the way, where is everyone?　I thought Liliela and the others went to change before us."

Gyro-kun flapped his hands and made a face of dismay.

"They're always late getting dressed, brother. They're probably putting on makeup by now anyway.　Or they're talking about ribbons and accessories."

Makeup?　I'm trying on uniforms!

Well, I don't know about you, but I guess it's not easy for a girl to change her clothes.

After waiting for a while, I finally heard the footsteps of Liliela and the others.

"Sorry to keep you waiting..."

"d*mn it, you're late ......!"

Gyro-kun was about to complain that he had had enough of waiting, but his words were cut off in mid-sentence.

"What's the matter, Gyro-kun ......?"

I turned around to see what was going on, but when I saw the same thing, I also froze.

What the hell is going on?

There they were, Liliela and her friends, dressed in their unusual uniforms.

"How do you like ......?"

If I may say so, it suits me very well.

The practicality of an adventurer's outfit tends to make the fabrics used rugged except for some expensive threads, but this was made in a different way from those, so it looked very fashionable.

I mean, why do they all look different?

Meghri's skirt rises above her knees, Mina's is below her knees, and Liliela's is exactly at knee height.

And the sleeves are shorter on Meghri's uniform. ...... Oh, they are folded and shortened.

Liliela's sleeves are left as they are.

Instead, they have cuffs on the sleeves to accentuate them.

They also wore ribbons and hair ornaments that they did not wear when they went on adventures, which is unusual.

"......"

In my previous life, I had many opportunities to come in contact with princesses and noble daughters, and I have seen many of their serious outfits prepared by the best maids.

They were certainly beautiful, but I was always wary of the way their eyes looked at me from within, so I couldn't see them as purely the opposite s*x.

However, from the girls in front of me, I didn't feel the intimidation characteristic of aristocrats who want me to praise them, nor did I feel any hostile glances that were intended to entrap them.

I am at a loss as to how I should respond to these words that have no backstory.

But I dare say ......

"Um, Lex?"

"......?　Ah, yes!　It's very cute!"

I had to think carefully and give an appropriate answer, but when he called out to me, I just said what was on my mind.

Oh, no!

!　That's right!　Thank you."

"No, no, you're welcome."

It was a careless slip of the tongue, but it didn't seem to offend Liliela at all.

Oh, that was close... ......

"Hmmm, what do you think of this outfit? Isn't it perfect?"

"Oh, oh ......"

I bought a glance to escape from the awkwardness, and I saw that Gyro-kun was being questioned by Mina-san in a similar manner over there.

"Hmm?　That's it?"

Mina-san sneaks into Gyro-kun's pocket and stares at him from a close distance, demanding a proper answer.

Wow, that was hard to escape ......

"Well, it's not so bad, is it?"

Gyro-kun barely managed to get out a blunt answer, to which Mina let out a sigh, but strangely enough, she did not seem unhappy.

"You know, ......, it's okay. I'll take that attitude as a response.

"What do you mean?

Gyro, his face reddening, tries to attack Mina, but she ducks and turns aloof.

"Well, what do you mean?"

Jai-kun and Mina-san started chasing each other inside the room, but it looked like a funny scene, as if both of them were trying to hide their embarrassment.

"Huh?　By the way, where's Norb?"

Then, Mina-san said, "I don't see Mr. Norbu.

I looked around and sure enough, Mr. Norbu was nowhere to be seen.

"Oh, come to think of it, he's not here.

"Hey Norboo, what's going on?"

Gyro-kun, who had stopped chasing after Mr. Norbu after hearing our conversation, called Mr. Norbu, and Mr. Norbu showed only his face hesitantly from the back.

"Well, um, you see, I'm ...... a little ...... dressed... ......"

What are you doing? Come here, come here, come here."

"Oh, wait a minute. ......"

Gyro-kun heads for Mr. Norbu and tugs on his arm, causing Mr. Norbu to lose his balance.

But the sight of him made us all dizzy.

"""""What?

To our surprise, Mr. Norbu was not wearing the men's uniform that we were wearing, but the women's uniform that Liliela and the others were wearing.

"Don't look at me!

Why are you wearing a girl's uniform?

Mina shouted at the unexpected sight, wondering what was going on.

"No, no, no!　The uniforms that were left were women's uniforms!

Then Mr. Norbu screamed back that the uniform he had picked up was a woman's one.

"No, then why did you put it on?"

Yeah, well, you're right.

If you noticed, you should have taken it off halfway through.

"I noticed it after I put it on!　I didn't think it was for women."

"No, no, no, you would have noticed that while you were putting it on. ......"

Well, that's true, isn't it?

"Many priestly uniforms are usually in robe form!　That's why I didn't realize they were for women when I put them on!

"Ah, well, if you put it that way, you're right. ......"

If you put it that way, there are many church people in robes.

Not a few wizards wear robes, too.

It is certainly possible ...... that you did not notice that a uniform you have never worn before is actually for women.

"But ......"

Be that as it may, we stare at Mr. Norb in his women's uniform.

""""It looks good on you. """"

Yes, it looked very good on him.

"No, please stop!

Mr. Norbu says, embarrassed, and runs back to his room.

"Can't I just go in as a girl now?

"Absolutely not!"

Well, I don't like it.

"Joking aside, I'll have to call Grandfather and have him get me another men's uniform."

Maybe I should have told you that in the first place.

"As fast as possible, please!"

Despite such problems, we finished checking our luggage and prepared for the first day of school at the magic academy. ......

"...... hey."

And then Mr. Megli, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up.

I turned around to see if there was something I had forgotten, and there was Megli with her cheeks puffed out.

"Why doesn't anyone compliment my outfit?"

"""""...... was"""""

Sheesh!!!　I forgot because of Mr. Norb's uniform fiasco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"""""Go,sorry......"""""

"Boo."

We immediately apologized to Ms. Megli, but her mood did not subside. We had to praise her a lot until Megli got back in a good mood. ......

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"Huh?　Is there anything left?"

After Megli managed to put us back in a good mood and we finally finished checking our luggage, we noticed that there was something left at the bottom of the box.

"Is this a ...... collar?"

What was left was a rather large collar.

But why the collar?　As I tilted my head, Mina-san picked up the note that was left at the bottom of the box.

"Oh, this is for Fluffy. "Oh, it looks like these are for Fluffy, so that the students can identify them as their pets.

A collar for Mohammed?　Why again?

"Well, since it's unheard of for pets to use magic, we decided that we need to study it and allow you to bring them to the school as a special exception."

Ah, because Mohammed also used magic in yesterday's exam.

But is it unheard of for a demon to use magic?　I'm sure there are plenty of demons that use magic. ......?

Yeah, but Mohammed is a baby demon that I've never seen before, so does that mean it was deemed worthy of academic study?　Does that mean that Mohammed is a surprisingly rare demon?

"But I appreciate this. I thought he would be lonely without us, since he would have to stay by himself."

Yes, it's a pity to leave the baby alone, even if it's a demon.

"""""No, no, no, no, he's definitely not that kind of a guy. """""

But for some reason, everyone strongly denied that this was true.

"Cu-cu-cu."

I'll be fine, Fluffy!　He raises his paw as if to say, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," but it is obvious from his trembling eyes that he is lonely.

I'll be fine. I won't let you be alone.

"Kyuhuhn!"

Usually he looks like he's on his own, but he's still just a kid when it comes to showing his true feelings.

"Cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-cu-da!"

Fluffy flaps her arms in a panic, perhaps embarrassed that her true feelings have been noticed.

Ha-ha-ha, he's so cute.

"Well, I'll be grateful if you let me use it."

So I decide to put a collar on Mohamofu right away.

"But can you put this on Fluffy?"

"What?"

What does that even mean?

"Because a mofo body is ......."

Liliela points to the round body of Mohamofu.

I wonder how much of her body is hair?　It's so fluffy to the touch that the collar might sink into the fur."

Hmmm, you may be right, Mina.

"You don't need to touch it to know that!"

With that, Gyro-kun grabs Fluffy's body and his hands go into his fur.

"Kyufu!

"Hm?　Oh, wow, that's surprisingly hairy. He's got a very thin body.

While I was saying this, Gyro-kun's hand sank down and was buried in the hair up to his wrist.

"What?　You did?

"I didn't expect that."

It's true, I thought that since Mohamofu looks round, his body is round too.

"Let's try it on for now. If it is completely filled in, we can discuss another method.

"Yes."

With that, Mina puts a collar on Mohammed's body.

"Oh, it fits perfectly."

"Yes, it is. It fits perfectly to the lines of my body."

Surprisingly, the collar did not get buried in the fur, but was able to fit snugly around the perimeter of the animal's body.

"Wow. You can put it on properly at ......."

Yes, I thought it would be buried in the hairs and not be visible. ......

""""""Why?

Oh, that!　Why does it fit?

"Hey, Gyro!　I thought the body was thin!　It was stuffed with meat!

Mina says something different to Mr. Gyro.

"No, no, when I touched it, it was all squashy!　Seriously!"

Gyro-kun hurriedly excuses himself by saying it's true, but if the collar actually fits perfectly, it's impossible for the inside of the collar to be scabby. ......

"But the collar fits snugly ...... like it follows the surface.　Hands sinking?"

As Mina tries to deny Gyro-kun's objections, her hand settles on the fluffy fur, and it sinks further and further into it.

"Your hand is sinking ......."

Curiously, Mina's hand sank down to her wrist, just like Gyro-kun's earlier.

"What?　Huh?　Huh?　Why?"

"The collar doesn't seem to be slipping off ......"

What's going on?

His hands are sinking, but the collar doesn't seem to be slipping down at all.

"Oh, maybe he's straining his muscles, or puffing up with his breath?"

Liliela, guessing that Mohamofu might be deliberately inflating his body, touches Mohamofu's body.

"Well, it doesn't feel hard as if he's putting a lot of effort into it."

I'm going to try to touch it and see if I can get a feel for it too. ...... Yeah, it's a little squishy.

"Breathe ......"

"Soo, coo, coo, coo, coo."

You're doing just fine.

I don't even feel like I'm puffing myself up with every breath I take.

I mean, if she had inflated her body on purpose, her body would have become thinner and her collar would have fallen off when Mina put her hand in.

I mean, doesn't the size of the body change every time she puts her hand inside?

"""""What?

We try to put our hands in the fluffy fur again and again, thinking that it is not possible.

This time, our hands touch its body almost before it sinks into the fluffy fur.

"Oh, what's that?　This time it doesn't sink at all?"

Then the next time I put my hand in, it stopped when my hand sank about halfway down.

"This time it stopped halfway down.

""""""......""""""

We looked at each other as we plunged our hands into Mofumofu's body, and our gazes shifted to Mofumofu.

""""""What the hell are you?

"Cuh-huh."

In response to our heartfelt question, Mohamofu let out an amused squeal. ...... I mean, who the hell are you, really?

Wow, I never thought I'd be curious about Mohamofu's true identity again!