“Eh? ......?”Lightly shaking his re

“Eh? ......?”

Lightly shaking his red hair, Souji Alkasha put the tea before the girl sitting on the sofa. The girl

was the master of the mansion Souji worked in.

“That’s right, it seems it will be revived soon.”

“Hee, is that the information from Count Narios that came a while ago?”

“Ee.”

In the noon of the day, Count Narios, who held intimate business relationship with Crowtail,

came to the mansion Souji worked in to have business talk with the mansion’s current master,

Yoyo Yatsugi Crowtail.

The talk advanced smoothly as they each exchanged profitable information. Among them, the

thing that piqued Yoyo’s interest was .

“ is the old feathers of the bird of fire, the lord of 【Asanath Volcano】 in

the south, that is peeled off at the time the bird rejuvenate, right?”

“Ee, it is said that the peeled off feathers would immediately turned to ash. The firebird, Feniche,

itself has not been seen for several years now, so its ash is a considerably rare material.”

“I see. I also heard that things created from that ash have almost permanent durability and

would not deteriorate. That’s why, the weapon and armor called are sold

expensively.”

Normally, the firebird, Feniche, was living inside the volcano, no, the magma. Following that, it

went out of the volcano once in several years to laid egg somewhere. However, the probability

of the egg hatching was so low, around one in several thousand, even one in several ten

thousand.

Also, the immortal bird called Feniche itself died every 20 years by being wrapped in flame that

came out of its own body. As­is, it died only to be revived after a while. The flame that was used

by Feniche once every 20 years was called and just as the name

stated, it immediately began to bud a new life after the bird died.

In other words, although it was said to be dead, the Feniche itself didn’t completely disappeared

from this word. With this as the reason, the birds that have low risk of extinct had a really low

birthrate. And naturally, the number of Feniches only increased every time an egg hatched.

However, the number of Feniche that had been confirmed were only three. Following that, even

though Feniche was said to be immortal, that was only referring to the natural lifespan. They

certainly could be killed by external factors.

In the past, a lot of people came to 【Asanath Volcano】 for Feniche hunting, and the hunting

of Feniche was also recorded in history.

Thus the Emperor, who judged the already rare Feniche must not extincted, forbid hunting

Feniche to all over the world.

Those who still hunting it would receive severe punishment, thus everyone stopped the hunting

due to unable to go against the Emperor. The only thing permitted was to gather the ash that

appeared on its revival day that was once in 20 years. And only the ash.

“Looks like the year is just right, huh.”

“Seems so. Count Narios also said that he wants to see at least once in his life.”

“Doesn’t Ojou­sama think so too?”

“I am, I indeed am want to see it at least once, but I am not as enthusiast about it as Count

Narios.”

“Well, it will only be a great nuisance to the Feniche after all.”

“That’s right. There’s no way one will find it pleasant to have others invading his dwelling and

took a fragment of him.”

“Normally, such people would be driven away, but the Feniches are cowardly in nature. I also

heard that the Feniches would soon run into the magma if they perceived human’s presence.”

“Fufu, and indeed normal human would not chase after them into the magma.”

“Ahaha, but I also want to see the firebird, Feniche, flying gracefully in the sky at least once.”

Souji imagined that the appearance of a huge bird like Feniche soaring in the sky would be so

charming, so eye­catching.Though not as zealous a Count Narios, he wanted to see the

Feniche.

Thus as he thought so, the door of Yoyo’s study where the two were was opened with a slam.

“I have heard it, Souji Alkasha! So, let me realize that dream of yours!”

The person that appeared was seen by Souji and Yoyo with cold expressions.

“Wh­What’s with you two! I, Femme D Dresoj, have come here, so react a little!”

To be noted, they did reacted. They thought another problem had come...... they wanted to

droop their shoulders.

Beside Femme was an expressionless beauty, wearing maid uniform, who bowed her head.

She seemed to say long time no see. The one who first entered after the door opened was a blonde girl named Femme. She had

kidnapped Yoyo before because she wanted Souji to become his subordinate in exchange for

Yoyo’s safety. At that time, it resulted in Souji made her cried.

Next, the woman with light­blue hair whose emotion couldn’t be seen was Testarossa, and

although her external appearance was completely of a human, she was a . A weapon­type that held high combat prowess.

The two were defeated by Souji’s magic and Yoyo overlooked them with a condition that they

would not trouble Yoyo and Souji again. Since then, Yoyo and Souji didn’t hear anything about

her, so the two were relieved because they thought she had given up on Souji, but it didn’t seem

so.

With a big sigh, Yoyo reluctantly moved her lips.

“You, you used magic to come here again, huh. Didn’t I say it before? You must not do it again.”

Yoyo’s glare made Femme’s shoulders trembled slightly and,

“I­It’s not like there’s other way! A­After all, you wouldn’t let me enter even if I come to the

entrance. So I can only reach here using magic.”

Femme’s magic was 『Transparency』 magic. Its effect was strong that she wouldn’t be found

out once she becomes transparent, even her existence couldn’t be felt. Moreover, it was a

cheaty ability that even made those she touched transparent too.

“Haa, looks like you are mistaken about something.”

“Heh? Wh­What do you mean?”

“If you come normally as guests, then you won’t be treated unkindly no matter who you are.”

“...... is that so?”

“That’s why, please come formally from the entrance the next time you come to visit. The thing

that happened before didn’t matter for me.”

“Eh, ah, that...... um...... thank you.”

“............ a great joy.”

Shyly, Femme said her thanks. Testarossa also had guessed Femme’s feeling thus she

muttered so. However, once Femme came to her sense, she grits her teeth, pointed at Yoyo

and said,

“Th­That thing doesn’t matter! Souji Alkasha!”

“...... what is it?”

“Fufufu, do you want to see it? The appearance of flying Feniche, I mean.”

“Eh? Ah, indeed. Well, though I said I want to see it if possible....”

Fufufu, Femme laughed that even her shoulders shook. She somehow scarily eerie.

“Then, I will let you see it!”

Not only Souji, Yoyo also opened her eyes wide due to those words. That was natural. After all,

the currently confirmed Feniches were only three in number. Following that, it was forbidden to

hunt them. That’s why it attracted their interest when she said she would let Souji see it.

“Can I ask how are you going to do it?”

“Oh my, so even the absolutely perfect, present master of Crowtail is interested in it?”

Femme said so that obviously mixed with a feeling of superiority. However, Yoyo didn’t mind her

and answered,

“Ee. I am thinking about confirming whether you are all bark with no bite.”

“W­Who is all bark with no bite!”

Apparently, Yoyo actually minded it a little, so she revenged.

“Good grief, you are as impudent as usual. Okay, let me hear your words.”

Femme raised her index finger and began to talk, boastingly.

“Fufufu, actually, I have found it a long time ago!”

“............ can I ask what is it?”

When Souji asked so, Femme, with sparkling eyes, said,

“Feniche’s egg!”

She made an astonishing declaration.