(Tip before viewing, after reading this chapter, it is recommended to learn "Phoenix Language" to level 4 or above. If you are not proficient, please prepare your own dictionary or ask my translator)

"...Zhizhi?"

"Chirp! Chirp...Chirp!"

"squeak..."

In a very hidden secret tree cave, there are two fiery red birds, one big and one small.

The fiery red of the former is just the natural color of the wings and fur, but the fiery red of the latter seems to be moving, like real balls of swaying flames.

However, this does not prevent the two young birds from communicating and playing. Now they each hold a small tree branch in their beaks. You can see that there are more broken branches on the ground around them.

The clear and crisp sounds of chirping kept coming from the tree hole, as if they were arguing about something. Then, in this sound, the broken branches on the ground were pieced together bit by bit to form the prototype of the bird's nest.

However, the good times did not last long, and the outline of the bird's nest was built, but there were obviously not many branches left in the tree hole, and it was not enough.

"Chirp chirp..."

"Squeak! Squeak!"

"Chirp!? Chirp!"

A slightly larger red bird waved its wings towards the tree hole, as if saying goodbye. At this time, another bright red bird, although slightly smaller, could tell that it was extraordinary at first glance. I thought about it several times.

Step out of the tree hole and follow the other person to the outside world.

But she hesitated several times, but in the end she didn't dare to take this step. She could only stay on the edge of the cave entrance, waving her wings with a slightly lonely and expectant expression.

They looked like two children who were dragged back by their parents after playing until dusk, and then made an appointment to play together again tomorrow.

In this way, day by day passed, and the larger red bird never missed its promise. Every time it took some branches from outside, and then came to the secret tree cave it accidentally discovered.

Although the number of branches that can be picked up each time is limited, so the efficiency is very slow, but over time, the bird's nest is gradually approaching completion.

However, maybe this is a malicious joke played by life, or maybe it is just such a dramatic coincidence.

On the last day of completion...

"Haw?"

"Chirp?"

The bright red magical bird almost didn't sleep all night. It was waiting at the entrance of the tree hole early in the morning, waiting for the other party. However, when the appointed time came, the other red bird did not appear for a long time.

"Chirp!?"

"Chi...chi!"

As time went by, the red bird began to become more and more impatient, constantly hovering on the edge of the tree hole. Unknown to her, the temperature in the secret tree hole seemed to begin to rise with her emotions.

Ever since she was born, there was a voice telling her that she could not leave here. However, the redness all over her body became more and more restless. In the end, it even seemed to really come to life and turned into a real flame. She gritted her teeth and broke through the memory in her mind.

With the warning, for the first time, I stepped out of the tree hole and came to the outside world.

She spread her young wings and was about to start her first clumsy flight. She flew crookedly in the forest, trying to find that familiar red figure.

But what she didn't realize was that as she gradually began to move her body, the bright red on her body completely turned into flames. Every time she flew over a place, she, who had not yet been able to control her power, would turn the flames on her body.

, or scratched, or stained everywhere in the forest.

"Hey!" Finally, she caught the familiar figure, and she happily flew towards him.

But.

"Squeak! Squeak!!" The other person looked at her like a stranger, and then showed fear, panic, and even fear.

It flew away from her as if to escape, leaving behind only broken branches on the ground and... the corpse of a small monster that was finally hunted.

And when she didn't understand, felt angry, and felt aggrieved, when she looked back lonely and saw the forest behind her turned into a sea of ​​fire, she froze.

The big tree in the sky collapsed under the flames, the ground was ignited, and countless forest creatures fled in panic in the flames.

"Chirp... chirp... chirp... chirp!"

The more she shook her head and retreated in fear, the more unstable her mood became, the more power overflowed from her body, and the monstrous flames seemed to devour more forests.

At this moment, fortunately, a sigh sounded.

A human woman wearing a hood whose appearance could not be seen clearly appeared in front of her. Even though it was just the first time she met, her holy temperament and maternal radiance prevented her from being hostile at all.

The uneasy mood that was originally fluctuating has stabilized due to this.

"Get some sleep."

"When you wake up, you will understand your own power."

The human woman waved her hand at her, and then she felt her eyelids immediately start to fight up and down, endless sleepiness surged up, and finally her vision went dark and she fell into the other person's arms.

I don’t know how long I slept for.

And when she woke up again, she found that she was back in the original tree hole, but the difference was that this time her body had become much larger, and the small tree hole seemed to have no space enough.

Memories emerged. Although she was afraid of walking out of the tree hole and seeing that the outside had been burned by her and turned into a scorched forest, she still had to leave because of her growing size.

However, when she actually walked out, what shocked her was that the lifeless wasteland in her imagination did not appear. On the contrary, the forest burned by her fire had undergone changes for an unknown amount of time.

Finally, it exudes stronger vitality.

Under her flames, the giant tree in the sky did fall down, but because it blocked the sunlight, a large area of ​​vegetation below that was about to die became alive instead.

The ground was indeed ignited, but the ashes from the burned leaves and debris turned into nutrients, making the land even more nutritious.

The reorganization of the ecology has also led to the migration of more diverse monsters and beasts.

She was extremely happy at this scene, and she jumped for joy, but soon the joy gradually faded away, because she found that no one could share this happiness with her.

Because the only thing that hasn't changed from before is the way other monsters run away in fear, panic, and fear after seeing themselves.

She finally realized that she was different.

"One day, I believe, you will also be able to have a companion, but not now." A familiar gentle voice sounded.

The sacred and noble human woman before appeared behind her lonely figure.

"Because before that, you must first learn to control your own power and find the meaning of your existence as a taboo object."

"Haw?"

"Well...you have to learn how to speak." The mysterious woman under the hood paused and then added.

"Chirp?"

"How about it, are you willing to practice with me? I will teach you how to control power, teach you how to speak, and teach you some basic common sense."

"Chir... chirp!?"

"No, no matter who you are, the "meaning of existence" cannot be taught by others. You can only find it yourself."

The bright red bird, whose whole body was wrapped in flames, took one last longing look at the forest, and then decided to fly on the shoulders of this mysterious human woman.
Chapter completed!