“I know. Geez, you're so strict...”
Crimson hurriedly chased after Green. She was now having conversations she used to have with Maki with Green. Crimson secretly felt disappointment that her position hadn't improved even after Maki had left.
“Koutarou, should I chase after them!?”
Seeing the two run away, Sanae got really worried, and thought of chasing after them with her astral projection.
“No, protecting yourself takes priority right now! Don't force yourself!”
Koutarou stopped Sanae, worried for her safety. When Sanae-chan astral projected herself, t he left behind Sanae-san's spiritual energy greatly decreased. In this kind of situation when the enemy was all over, reducing her spiritual energy was too risky.
“But...”
”Sanae, you don't have to force yourself to become a hero! There's still something we can do!”
“...Okay”
Sanae wanted to be of use to Koutarou, but in the end she was persuaded and stayed here. Remembering what she had spoken with Koutarou about, Sanae knew that being that told that she didn't need to become a hero was the same as being told she was loved.
“Alright, Love Love Heart, Eternal Beat!”
If she couldn't chase after Crimson and Green, she could at least defeat the enemies near Koutarou. Burning with motivation, Sanae unleashed an explosive amount of spiritual energy. The vast amount of spiritual energy warped the laws of physics and glowed to the point of normal humans being able to see it. She looked like she was wearing a golden glowing robe of feathers.
“Eternal Angelic Shoot!!”
While wasting spiritual energy with her glowing robe, Sanae fired off arrows of light made out of spiritual energy. They flew straight forwards and stuck into the humanoid weapons in front of her. The massive spiritual energy was released and torn the automated weapons asunder. Thanks to her appearance, Sanae looked like a heroine from her one of her beloved anime.
“That girl... Sanae, just who is she?”
“Have you forgotten already Uncle? She's the former ghost who used to live in Corona House”
”I know that, but I can't imagine that's all”
“She really is amazing. To think a normal human could do that much...”
Shizuka smiled wryly as she crushed the automated weapons with her fist. In terms of simple combat prowess, Shizuka was far above Sanae. However, that was because she had the power of the Fire Dragon Emperor within her. Shizuka's own strength was within the human limits of a martial artist. In contrast, Sanae was exceeding the limits of man on her own. It was only obvious that Shizuka and Alunaya would be surprised. And because of that, Alunaya began suspecting that Sanae wasn't just a normal human.
“I'm jealous, her weight doesn't increase either”
”Then let's finish this up quickly”
”You don't have to tell me that. Let's go, Uncle!”
”Understood!”
Shizuka began swinging her fists again. Her appearance when fighting enveloped in flames gave of the feel of power.
“Satomi-kun, I'm casting a spell on the sword!”
“Please do, Sakuraba-senpai!”
Koutarou and Harumi were also working together, though in a different way from Shizuka and Alunaya. Since they were pursuing Crimson and Green, Koutarou had been equipped with Saguratin, as Signaltin was too powerful and would be detected. They were then ambushed, and Koutarou never had the time to call out Signaltin, so he was fighting the weapons with the sword he had in hand. Harumi was supporting Koutarou. While the sword was different, her role was the same.