The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - 18

“From today, your name is ‘Feni’.”

“Pi!”

I named the baby Phoenix I was holding up.

“‘Contract with ‘Feni’ has been established. You have acquired [Extreme Fire Resistance], [Purifying Flame], [Medium Health Increase], [Automatic Health Recovery (Medium)], [Self-Healing (Medium)], [Fire Magic (Medium)], [Intimidation (Medium)].”

As before, a voice similar to the goddess Muse flowed into my head.

Klaus: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 16 years

Title: Blessed by the Goddess Muse

Strength: C

Stamina: B

Agility: C

Magic: D

Willpower: C

Luck: G

Condition: Overworked

Skill: ‘Hatching’

Granted Abilities: [Small Magic Increase], [Extreme Fire Resistance] New, [Purifying Flame] New, [Medium Health Increase] New, [Automatic Health Recovery (Medium)] New, [Self-Healing (Medium)] New, [Fire Magic (Medium)] New, [Intimidation (Medium)] New
Taming: ‘Magic Worm’, ‘Phoenix’ New

“Quite a lot of things increased at once…”

Opening my status for the first time in a while, I noticed considerable changes. My ‘Strength’, ‘Agility’, ‘Magic’, and ‘Willpower’ had all risen by one rank, and my ‘Stamina’ had jumped up two ranks.

Thanks to the contract with Feni, various abilities were added to the granted abilities section.

As I thought, my ‘Hatching’ ability allows me to form contracts with the monsters I hatch and use some of their abilities.

“Pi-i-i!”

While stroking Feni, who was seeking attention, I looked at my own condition and furrowed my brows.

Condition: Overworked

Indeed, I had been pushing myself too hard to hatch the Phoenix egg recently.

“For now, it hatched safely, so I’ll rest today…”

But there are various things I want to try first.

“So, I can use these, right?”

I vaguely understood how to use the abilities listed under the granted section in the status screen. I wanted to try a few things before resting.

“Let’s start with this ability.”

With excitement, I focused my consciousness on using the ability for the first time.

“Purifying Flame.”

The next moment, an orange flame enveloped me.

“What a gentle color… and it’s warm.”

My vision was dyed orange, with sparkles here and there. Upon closer inspection, it seemed like something was burning and emitting a white glow.

“Seems like… my body is gradually feeling refreshed?”

Perhaps it’s because I’m enveloped in the purifying flame, but the sticky discomfort of sweat I felt just moments ago and the itchiness in my head are fading away. Suddenly, I look down and see some dirt at my feet.

In the next moment, the dirt emits a white light and disappears.

“So it burns impurities away.”

I’ve never heard of such an ability before. After the flames settle down a while later, my body feels pleasantly warm, like after a long bath, and not a speck of dirt remains.

“Let’s try using it a bit more…”

As I become cleaner, I suddenly notice a strong smell inside the room, just as Celia pointed out. Being cooped up indoors for so long must have caused the odor to accumulate.

I use the purifying flame to clean up the room.

“Yeah, now I should be able to rest peacefully.”

It feels like there’s a sacred atmosphere, like in a temple. The unpleasant smell disappears, replaced by a pleasant fragrance as if incense had been lit.

“Let’s push a little further, shall we?”

Thanks to the purifying flame’s splendid ability, I’m curious to try out other abilities.

I glance at the fireplace. There’s firewood stacked up, ready to be used for warmth.

Casually extending my right hand forward and focusing my strength, magical fire erupts before me.

“So this is what it feels like to use magic… I understand how Celia feels.”

Back at home, when I asked her if it wasn’t bothersome to put water in the bath, she replied, “Using magic improves with practice, and creating something from nothing is enjoyable, you know?”

Manipulating a part of nature is something ordinary humans can’t do. My consciousness is elevated by the versatility of magic.

I couldn’t help but wonder how much more power I could unleash…

“Oops… it wouldn’t be good to let loose like this.”

I approach the fireplace and ignite the firewood with the fire I created.

After a while, the magical fire spreads, crackling as the firewood pops.

Once the fire becomes sufficiently strong, I reach into the fireplace.

“I really don’t feel any heat at all…”

It must be the effect of [Extreme Fire Resistance]. I can now endure extremely high temperatures without any problem. I can feel the flicker of the fire touching my fingers, but other than that, I sense neither heat nor cold.

“Pi!”

Having finished verifying my newly acquired abilities, Feni runs over and jumps into the fireplace.

“Piiii!”

Rolling around happily on the firewood, Feni emits a contented chirp.

As a mythical creature of the fire attribute, bathing in flames must feel pleasant for a Phoenix.

“All the effort was worth it… Now I can finally move forward.”

As I stroke Feni’s head, intense drowsiness overwhelms me.

It’s no wonder. I used both the purifying flame and fire magic in an overworked state.

“For now… I’ll think about what comes next… when I wake up…”

There should still be time for the qualification exam. With such thoughts in mind, I release my consciousness.