ではでは。楽しい事だけ思い出してほしいので、
武器より日常的なものを。
いつか消え去る時が来ても、これくらいは残るはず。
お気に入りのジャケットと、いちばん最初の贈り物。

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自分にも似合うだろうか、とか、
もっと派手に着飾りたい、とか、
そういう利己的な考えじゃなく。

『明るくて、軽やかで、優しい色。
　ああいうモノが似合う神さまに倣えるよう、
　私は心と体を形成したんだ』

とはいえ、神さまたるもの、人類社会の娯楽品を
欲しがるのは卑しいというものです。
その行為自体が神さま落第と考えて、我慢して、我慢して、結局我慢しきれずに買いに行ったら買えなくて。
わりと本気で落ち込んでいる時に、

「良かったらどうぞ。これが似合いそうな、
　貴女に似た人を知っているので」

髪飾りはもちろんだけど、嬉しかったのはその言葉。
『似合いそうな人』がどんな人物であるのかは、
親愛に満ちた瞳で分かりました。
自信も自覚もなかった自称・神さまは、その時、お願い・頃合い・やり甲斐などを手に入れたのです！

―――その後の紀行については、またいつか。
もらった信頼に応えようと努めていたら、あっという間に終わったけれど。
私、最後まで太陽のような笑顔だったでしょ？

Now, I'd like you to remember the fun times, so instead of a weapon, here's something you can use in your normal life. Even after I'm gone, whenever that happens, this should stay with you. It's my favorite jacket, and my very first gift.

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I bought it without thinking about anything like whether it'd look good on me or wanting to show off for someone's benefit. Bright, easy, gentle colors... I shaped my heart and body in hopes of being a god who fit those colors.

That said, being a god, I figured desiring luxuries of human society would be...vulgar. It could demean my godly status, so I was really, really, REALLY patient! I almost bought it so many times, then didn't! But one day, when I was really feeling down in the dumps, they said...

"Please, take this. You remind me of someone who would have looked good in it."

I liked the hairpin too, of course, but the mention of reminding them of someone who would have looked good in it was what really made me happy. I could tell what that someone was like from the deep affection in their eyes. That's when this self-styled god, who hadn't learned to be confident yet, came to understand feelings like desire, temperance, and satisfaction from a job well done!

As for where my travels took me next, that's a story for another day. Maybe I'll tell you someday if you work hard to reward my faith in you. Even though it all ended in an instant...I had the biggest, sunniest smile on my face until the very end, didn't I?