"I'm entrusting my child to you. Please..."
The Fire Phoenix Tree quickly turned to ash and scattered, its soul rapidly fading away, on the verge of disappearing completely. The slumbering Little Phoenix was suddenly startled awake. It looked up at the Fire Phoenix Tree that had protected it, now bare and about to vanish at any moment, and scrambled to its feet.
Because it was extremely weak, its tiny body swayed, and it nearly fell to the ground.
"KEE... KEE..."
It cried out, its eyes welling with tears, full of reluctance to part with the Fire Phoenix Tree. Perhaps it had known all along that this tree was the incarnation of its mother. Now that the Fire Phoenix Tree was about to disappear, it meant the mother who had guarded it was about to leave.
"Goodbye, my child..." It revealed a faint smile and vanished completely.
