“‘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.