BokuMonogatary
Phoenix

What did you think after seeing that?

Bawdy. A pervert.

That's a normal thing people think about. Normal things that normal people think about.

Just like me, I would also consider myself to be someone perverted for the time being. But, was it the same as the mind of a Chuuni, a person with a wild mind?

I don't know.

I didn't know it. If you think about it, what do I think about Chuuni? Hm... Little I can say. That, that,

A little boy. A free man. Wildly. And, crazy.

That's what I infer from them. But what does this have to do with my problem?

Didn't I tell you? They are unique characters. They are different from others. They are not special, nor are they normal. They just...

Unichowo.

Is correct. To trick them in a unique way like them.

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"Who is that?"

"Hey, why is he standing there with just a piece of cloth on his waist? Did we meet any freaks?!"

"My cloak doesn't exist!!"

They bring out their own thoughts. No one decided to talk to me. I kept quiet while watching them.

Moments later, one of them decided to speak to me. "Who are you? What are you doing here? Or, are you from the demon lord's army?"

"Yes." I raised my hand to greet them. "Before answering that, I want to ask. Those red eyes, you guys are like my party mates, Megumin. Did you have anything to do with him?"

"Megumin? Did you say party friend Megumin?" Ask one of the men I took his cloak. If not wrong, his name is Bukkororii.

"Yes. Small and short."

"Ah, it turns out Megumin's friend, yes." After saying that, the male paused for a moment, then nodded, and did the pose of Chuuni.

"My name is Bukkororii. The greatest shoemaking boy defeated the red devil. An arc Wizard and an advanced magic ruler!"

My guess is right.

"Oh, hello." I said, doing the pose of Chuuni as well. "My name is Araragi Kiyomi. Coming from the shadows, out of the darkness. The dark people who are after evil."

"Oh! You even know the greetings from among the red devils! As expected of Megumin's friend!"

"Thank you. And please help, Bukkororii." My word. Then I ran forward with a bit of force, and patted him on the shoulder. Maybe I was just running, but in their view, I disappeared and suddenly appeared beside him.

"Huh?! Yea?" The three men were surprised. They didn't follow my movements at all, couldn't respond to me.

"Then, about the previous question," I clenched my hand and threw my fist into the air very quickly, "I was training in the forest, and now I'm lost."

"..."

They can't respond to my words at all. So I asked back. "May I ask where this is?"

"Uh? Yep. Here is the forbidden forest, and close to our village, the village of red devils." The answer.

I know it. But to look unsuspecting, I pretended not to know.

"so." I'm nodding. Right after that, there was the sound of birds. I raised my head. A bird with a flame blazing all over its body, flew straight over the blue sky.

"Kiee!!"

"Hey, isn't that the legendary fire bird, the Phoenix bird?!"

A phoenix? It seems I've never read LN Konusuba the existence of a Phoenix bird.

"No way! Why is he flying around here? Did the demon lord manage to conquer that Phoenix?"

Thats impossible. Perhaps even for a demon lord to be unable to tame such a level monster.

"We must give this to the village chief! Araragi, you better come to our village for a while."

"..." - ".The bird flew very fast over the sky. It is very fast to cross different continents...

"The perfect vehicle!" Shouted me, ignoring them completely. Then without saying much more, I flowed my Mana all over my body. My body is full of power.

Bending my knees, I ran after the Phoenix a few steps before jumping.

I lifted my eyes from the air pressure.

That's..!

"Ughhh!" I caught the right leg of the Phoenix, hanging. That Phoenix flame continued to burn through my body, and my body continued to regenerate. And that's what I feel with no end.

Feeling something at his feet, the Phoenix bird kicked at his feet, trying to make me fall. Since my level is now so high, I have no problem as my body swings around.

"All the Orcs I fought before had a lot of Exp. I thank all the stupid Orcs, Hahahaha!"

I laughed out loud. The pain of the Phoenix heat was still felt. My body was the same, burning and regenerating continuously.

"Kieee!!" Angry and upset curves. The Phoenix bird twisted its body, flapping its two wide wings as it changed its flying direction to straight up.

The flaps!

The Phoenix bird continued to fly straight up. I was suddenly dizzy, and the air supply in my lungs was getting thinner. At this very high altitude, I was weakened.

Crack... Crack...

My heart rate is slowing down. But, after a while, me, my body quickly adapted to the air-deprived environment.

As my mind recovered slightly, the Phoenix bird, which flew straight up rapidly, suddenly twisted its body which made my grip slip apart.

In the process, I was thrown up like cotton. Then the Phoenix bird raised its head.

I looked into those fiery red eyes.

Screeching, the Phoenix bird opened its mouth, exhaling a breath of fire as I began to fall from the sky above its head.

What a smart bird!

The fire spreading in the sky struck towards me. There is nothing I can do in the air. I just opened my eyes wide as the fire engulfed my entire body.

The heat! the heat! the heat! the heat! the heat! the heat!

My eyes burned and my vision disappeared. Black — Unusual fire, melted my flesh and skin, until I looked like a skull, as I came out from that gust of fire.

Even so, I am an Immortal. After that, one second after, my body had healed without leaving any scratches.

"Kiee?!"

"You surprised? Haha. What a bird joke." I said, as I filled my fists with Mana. And with that chance, I hit his beak.

Crack down!

The Phoenix bird's beak cracked, and because of the unexpected force from my fist, which looked small in his eyes, the balance was broken, and we fell.

But, in just a few seconds, he was able to spread his wings, as he regained his balance. And at the same time, his beak was healed.

As expected of the legendary bird.

Phoenixes. Or, the eternal bird.

Stretching out my hand, I was about to grab the bird's beak, but the Phoenix bird's head dodged. With his large head, he was able to move quickly.

Then, at that moment, at an odd speed again, the bird turned its head and bit my left arm.

My hand disappeared up to my shoulder, and I hung with my left hand that was almost severed on the edge of his beak. I once again survived because of my high level, which made my body strong.

"Hahaha, nice!" I don't feel any pain because of my high andrenaline.

Using intact hands, I strengthened my five fingers with Mana. Then, with a strengthened finger, I stuck it on the other side of the beak. The hard beak went through until my whole finger sank.

"Kiee!!" The Phoenix bird shook its head and tried to open its mouth.

But before the Phoenix can open its mouth, I lock its beak with my foot. Looking at my left shoulder, I pulled it hard, and "Krek!" my arm's broken. The next second, my hand grew.

Without waiting, I strengthened my newly grown hand and pointed it towards the edge of the Phoenix's beak, locking it with my legs and hands.

Then, just as I was about to twist the neck of the Phoenix bird by twisting my body, I felt a warm feeling in my chest.

And after that, I could feel all sorts of feelings coming straight from my mind as if something was connected to me.

Grief. Remission. Tribute. Allegiances. And some other things that I can't vaguely understand.

I'm loosening my body. Then he climbed up and stood on his beak, and looked into his eyes directly.

His eyes were red like flames.

"Kiee!"

Shouting that, suddenly the forehead of the Phoenix bird shone, then it let out a light, and then the light entered into my chest.

Down, I saw my chest shining. As if the light was painting, a reddish-golden tattoo began to form and stick to my chest.

? — I don't know what that Phoenix bird did, but I'm sure this isn't something bad.

And without me noticing, the light disappeared, and on my chest, I saw a reddish-golden tattoo that looked like a pair of flaming bird wings.