Kousuke had visited the 46th Floor with Colette and Kouhi accompanying him.
The reason was to check the status of the installed Fire Fairy Stone.
It was known that installing the Fire Fairy Stone would allow Ranwa and the others to acquire Fire Magic and the Fire Attribute, but he had come to confirm the summoning of Fire Fairies mentioned in the explanation.
He had visited the 46th Floor several times to check for any changes, but there had been no particular changes until now.
He brought Colette along so that she could converse with Ranwa and the others, who possessed Fairy Language.
For now, Kousuke decided not to head directly to the Fire Fairy Stone, but to observe Ranwa and the others first.
Compared to his previous visit, the number of Seiwa and Seiran had increased.
The total number of Ranwa and the others seemed to remain unchanged.
At least, no summoning had occurred, but he hadn’t grasped whether they were increasing naturally.
At the moment, when summoning, names should be assigned, so if there were any nameless familiars, it would indicate natural growth. However, he had not found any nameless familiars.
While the number of individuals evolving into Seiwa and Seiran was increasing, the skill levels had not surpassed their previous upper limits.
It felt like they weren’t evolving as well as Nana or Wanri.
Conversely, it could be argued that Nana and Wanri were abnormal.
However, considering the wolves on the 91st Floor, he thought that placing them in a high-level environment might lead to success, but he didn’t feel like taking such a gamble at their current level.
For now, he had simply confirmed that no further evolution could be expected from Ranwa and the others.
Even Ranka, who was growing the most, showed almost no skill growth.
It was possible that they were a species that couldn’t grow any further, so he decided to leave the rest to fate.
While petting Ranka, who was acting affectionately, he headed to the installation location of the main event, the Fire Fairy Stone.
There were no differences from his previous visit to this area either.
Ranwa and the others were still playing around in the vicinity, but nothing else was happening.
“…Hmm.”
Kousuke tilted his head and muttered, but that alone wouldn’t provide an answer.
“I can certainly feel the power of the spirits,” Colette said, tilting her head next to Kousuke.
With so much power dwelling within, he expected something more to happen, but it didn’t seem any different from before.
It just seemed to exist quietly in its place.
Because of the Ranwa and the others surrounding it, the Fire Fairy Stone inexplicably began to look like an egg to Kousuke.
However, its shape bore no resemblance to a typical egg.
“…It looks like an egg.”
“An egg…!? Yes, an egg!!”
Colette reacted to Kousuke’s mumble for some reason.
“Huh? Did you understand something?”
“It’s not that I understood something… it just feels like this Fairy Stone isn’t so much containing the power of spirits, but rather like something is about to emerge from it?”
“R-really…?”
Kousuke felt the spirit power emanating from the Fire Fairy Stone once more.
And indeed, he felt as if it were contained within a shell.
“Hmm… now that you mention it, perhaps?”
“Right? …Based on this feeling, I think something could break through the shell-like structure with the right trigger…”
Without knowing what that trigger was, it would end up being the same as before.
Incidentally, the trigger in this case and the condition mentioned in the explanation were the same meaning.
“…A trigger, huh…”
After muttering, Kousuke casually reached out his hand towards the Fire Fairy Stone.
And the moment Kousuke’s hand touched the Fire Fairy Stone, a hard “crack” sound was heard.
“…Huh!? No, no, wait, wait, it was that simple?”
Colette looked at a bewildered Kousuke with a sideways glance for some reason.
It was a look that said, “He’s done it again.”
Ignoring the two of them, the Fire Fairy Stone began to crack following the sound, and eventually shattered.
Afterward, two beings that appeared to be fairies remained.
They seemed to be desperately trying to communicate with Kousuke, but unfortunately, Kousuke could not understand the Fairy Language.
He had thought that, like Esena, fairies could speak, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
Looking at Colette, she seemed to have understood their intentions and began to converse.
It seemed that if one had Fairy Language, they could communicate, and a conversation of sorts was continuing among the three (?). Kousuke could only watch from the sidelines, spaced out.
The conversation-like exchange continued for a while, and when it finally ended, Colette looked towards Kousuke.
“It seems that by the way, Kousuke touching it was the condition?”
“Eh? What do you mean?”
“It wasn’t just touching it, but rather that power flowed into it when you touched it, acting as the trigger?”
“…Power? What’s that?”
To Kousuke, it was just a normal touch, so he didn’t think he had infused any particular power. However, he suddenly recalled the moment he touched it.
“…No, wait a minute?”
Thanks to his recent efforts in crafting Divine Tools, he had developed a habit of emitting Divine Power the moment he touched an object.
Now that she mentioned it, he might have unconsciously emitted Divine Power when he touched the Fire Fairy Stone.
“It’s… rather fitting for you, Kousuke. And it seems it’s not just any kind of Divine Power that works,” Colette said.
“Hm? What do you mean?”
“I think it has something to do with you being an Avatar, Kousuke. Just a hunch based on what I heard.”
It was Kousuke’s Divine presence as an Avatar that touched it, acting as the trigger for the creation of the fairies.
“I see… so it meant you had to be an Avatar, right?”
If one thought about it, it was an incredibly demanding condition.
“Who knows? They don’t seem to know that much.”
“Hmm… Well, I guess there’s no point thinking about that.”
Since he was already an Avatar and had cleared the condition, he decided there was no point in dwelling on it.
“Also, these Fire Fairies have a request for you.”
“A request? What is it?”
“They want to express their gratitude to Ranwa and the others, who protected them when they were still Fairy Stones.”
Indeed, it was Ranwa and the others who had been hunting the surrounding monsters.
In that sense, it could be considered protection.
However, the fact that monsters would attack Fairy Stones was something Kousuke was only learning now.
“If that’s the case, I don’t mind at all… but what kind of reward are they offering?”
“Who knows? I couldn’t ask that much.”
“…Well, that’s fine. You can tell them that I don’t mind.”
When Colette conveyed Kousuke’s answer to the two Fire Fairies, they joyfully flew towards the Seiwa and Seiran standing beside them, respectively.
It happened in an instant, before they could be stopped.
One of the fairies flew towards Ranka and, the moment it touched her, disappeared.
“Eh!? What was that just now?”
Kousuke exclaimed in surprise, but the fairies who could answer were already gone.
And what remained were Ranka and another fairy, who had touched the Seiran, Ranze.
Kousuke hurriedly checked Ranka’s status.
Name: Ranka
Species: Phoenix
Unique Skills: Body Slam LV5, Flight LV7, Beak Attack LV7, Evasion LV6, Perception LV7, Fairy Language, Comprehension (Familiar) LV4, Fire Magic LV5, Undying Flame LV1
Heavenly Skills: Telepathy LV5, Fire Attribute LV2
Title: Kousuke’s Familiar, Holy Beast of Flame
Ranze had almost the same skills as Ranka, with the species name changed to Phoenix.
Seeing this, Kousuke involuntarily thought, “Phoenix, I see,” but managed to keep it to himself this time, so no one commented on it.
By the way, you don’t need to be an Avatar to meet the condition.
However, if you can’t use Divine Power, it’s another matter.
