his facial expression stiffened from the words the leading man had thrown out.
「Eh? Eh, is that alright?」
Among the men that was holding Kuon down, one with a big body build let out a voice that sounded somewhat happy.
「Yeah. There are some guys that also want to break in rebellious guys, but I want to shut him up right now.」
From the words that the leading man said as if he were spitting them out, the big body build man stretched his hand out to Kuon’s clothes.
「D, don’t touch me!! Don’t you dare touch me~!! Sto, ……Stoppppppp!!」
Even though he desperately tried to resist, with both his hands and feet held down, he was unable to move as he liked.
Before long, the man grabbed the clothes and then, *biribiri*, the sound of cloth tearing and Kuon’s scream resounded within the warehouse.
「Hehe, you’ve got beautiful skin. It’d be a waste not to rape……Hn? This guy……」
The man that tore the clothes showed a smile and at the time he noticed something and reached his hand out toward the now half-naked Kuon, that echoed.
*DOoON*……*DOoON*
All of the kidnappers were surprised by the sound that suddenly resounded.
That was the sound of the warehouse’s sliding-type door being knocked on as if it were being struck.
「O, oi……Why was this place……」
「Wasn’t this place hidden using magic?」
All of the flustered men turned their eyes towards Zephyr.
In response, Zephyr raised the corners of his mouth.
「Silent and Presence Concealment Barriers were certainly put up in the surrounding area……Going beyond that, that guy probably sniffed us out.」
Slowly standing up, Zephyr peeked over at Bernadette.
「Did you lose any underwear over these past few days?」
「……Eh?」
When Bernadette spaced out from not understanding the meaning of the words that were suddenly turned towards her, the sound of the door being knocked on was once again made.
「Literally, he sniffed us out. ……Most likely, with your underwear.」
Zephyr, who cheerfully laughed with a *Kukuku*, walked up until he was in front of the door.
*DOoON*…*DOoON*.
The warehouse door was made of a firm, thick steel sheet that guarded against huge waves.
As a counter-measure for rust, it was smeared with a broth of a medicinal plant called Hakuna Grass and it boasted a thickness greater than that of a person’s arm.
「’ello~, this is the Mikawa store~.」
They heard a voice that didn’t have any energy in it from the other side of the thick, steel sheet door. There was no mistaking it, it was Yashiro Yuu’s voice.
「Explosion」
That thick, steel door was, blown off in an instant.
The heat burned Bernadette’s cheek.
The steel that melted due to the high temperature and turned into a liquid dripped onto the ground.
Looking at it, the steel door was mercilessly destroyed, and outside of the warehouse, it had already transformed into a hell of purgatory.
「Yashiro……san?」
The brightly burning flames thunderously roared and thoroughly burned every living thing.
Naturally, the person whose name she muttered, was not there.
Maybe because he was burned up by the flames, or maybe because he was scattered by the aftermath of the blast, there wasn’t even a trace of Yuu’s figure and there was only the flames thunderously burning.
「……No…way……no way……It can’t be……!」
Tears rising to her eyes, they ceaselessly overflowed.
「Yashiro-san! Yashiro-saaaaaan!!」
Bernadette’s scream vanished within the thunderously burning flames.
As if acting on concert to that voice, within the burning flames, a dazzling light peeked through.
「『Soul Desire』」
That was the appearance of peoples’ desires taking form.
Cutting down despair, becoming a sword that severs the darkness.
「Zeeeephyyyyyyyyyrrrr!!」
Together with a howl that shook the atmosphere, that appeared from within the flames.
「That was some greeting, wasn’t it……You went and made me die once!!」
Appearing with an aurora sword in one hand, and girl’s underwear and a fundoshi in the other hand, there was a single man clad in light.
「I’m sinking you in the Io Bay!!」
Yashiro Yuu. The Preceding, Hero.