CH 5

[I Want a Special Equipment, After All]

“That’s probably ‘Lord Fire God’ (Hinokami).”

“‘Lord Fire God’?” I tilted my head, to which the Mayor nodded while stroking his beard.

“Yes. He is the god of fire, who has lived in the mountain of Magrid since ancient time, and I heard that His form is that of a majestic bird.”

“Lord Fire God, god of fire…” It was kinda confusing. (TL: In the raw it, the above line basically says hinokami-sama, hinokami-sama.)

“Yes. In this world, other than the Goddess who bestows skills upon us humans, there are gods who ruled over 5 elements, and according to the legend, one of them—— the god of ‘fire’, is Lord Fire God who resides here in Magrid.”

“I see.”

“So, did Lord Fire God really grant you power…?” the Mayor asked modestly.

“Oh, yes. Most likely…” I replied. I thought of showing of showing my power as power a proof, but. “Err, if by any chance this house gets burned, you’ll get angry, won’t you?”

“What? That’s… I will.”

“I thought so… Then, let’s move to the garden first…”

“Yes, I understand.”

We moved to the garden just in case.

By the way, I was still wearing the large towel brought by the shrine maiden, but well, I didn’t want to buy an equipment and immediately turn it into charcoal.

Until I finished the experiment completely, I’d keep wearing things that would be okay even if they got burned like this.

By the way, the shrine maiden was also present as though it was normal for her to be here, but I wondered if her temple duty was fine.

Well, let’s just take it that it was fine.

“Alright, I’ll start. ——Oryaah!”

――Blaze!

““——!?””

The moment I screamed, a crimson flame wrapped around my whole body, and at the same time I transformed into a phoenix. (TL: The kanji used for the phoenix here is different from the one used for Phoenix in the description of Exa’s skill. The former is 火の鳥, which literally means fire bird, and the latter is 不死鳥, which literally means immortal bird, but both means phoenix in the dictionary.)

Although I felt that my line of sight became a little higher, I didn’t feel any unnaturalness anywhere in my body.

I was sure that deep down I had accepted it as it was.

“No way, something like this…”

“Yes. I was also surprised when I first saw it. This majestic figure——it is exactly like Lord Fire God described in legend.”

“Umu… Moreover, this… ah, is it okay to touch?”

“Yes, it is okay.”

“Well then… ohh, to think you can directly touch it…”

“Yes, it is really surprising.”

The two of them touched my body together.

It felt a little ticklish, but it seemed that the flames covering this body didn’t cause any harm to people.

I was glad that that was confirmed. “Then, is this enough?”

“Y-yeah, thank you very much.”

“Thank you very much.”

After seeing the two nodded, I undid my phoenix transformation.

It looked like my waist towel didn’t get burned either, so maybe, wearing equipment wouldn’t be a problem.

“Hmm, I never thought I could meet the legendary Lord Fire God while I am still alive.”

“No, well, in fact, I seem to be his ‘agent’, though.” That was what was written in the skill column.

“If that is the case, it seems that we have to give ‘that’ to you.”

“……‘That’?” I made a puzzled face, and the two nodded to each other and guided me to the basement of the mansion.

They opened difficult-looking gimmicks on the way, but could this be a secret passage?

While thinking about that, we went down dim stairs and eventually arrived at a place like an underground lake that was shining faintly.

“Please look over there.”

“Ohh……” What the Mayor pointed at was something red that was sealed by a spherical seal made from the water of the underground lake.

“——‘Phoenix Robe’. A legendary robe that is said to have been worn by Lord Fire God’s agent.”

“Phoenix Robe…” What the, it sounded extremely cool, wasn’t it? “C-could it be, you’re going to give this to me…?”

“Yes, but only if you can break the seal.”

“…I see. In other words, it is to proof my identity as the agent, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.” The Mayor nodded.

For now, I turned my back to him and tried to approach the seal.

When I looked at it closely, I could certainly see a brand new-looking robe with red basic tone floating inside the seal.

The problem was how to break through the seal, but there was no way it would break with just a poke, right?

――Poke.

For starter, I tried to poke the sphere.

It was as elastic as a rubber.

“Well, of course it won’t break with just that…” Haah… I sighed, but.

――Splash!

“““——Wha!?”””

The water sphere burst up after a delay, and the Phoenix Robe shone.

And then,

――Bashun!

“Uoooh!?” For a moment, the robe scattered like particles, and immediately after, it fitted itself on my body perfectly.

The robe flawlessly matched with my size, as though it had been tailored just for me.

“U-umm, the seal’s broken, but…” I didn’t know why, but when I looked back, I felt like the Mayor and I had the same feelings.

“T-that seems to be the case…”

“Y-you look great, you know…?”

Ahaha, all three of us were feeling awkward.

That being said, there was one fact that I hadn’t told them.

It was nice that this robe donned on its own, but considering this soothing feeling, I thought it probably didn’t come with an underwear…

Or rather, I was certain of it…