Once Koutarou reached the third floor, wearing his armor, he could only see a sea of flames.
“Where is landlord-san?! Find her!!”
Koutarou worried that too much time may have passed as he ordered the artificial intelligence in his armor.
Since Koutarou's armor was an equipment designed for a spaceship, it functioned like a space suit. That's why he could move around a burning building without any problems, as long as it wasn't for too long. But the same wasn't true for Shizuka and the girl that had been left behind. He had to find them before they both died.
“Life reactions detected. They number two, four meters away in the ten o'clock direction”
“Well done! Let's–”
“The reactions are approaching. Warning, confirmed the generation of a shockwave. Deploying distortion field”
“Uwah?!”
But before Koutarou could find her, Shizuka had already appeared in front of him. The entire door and frame were blown away right in front of him. On the other side of it was Shizuka, holding the girl in question.
“Landlord-san?!”
“I'm sorry Satomi-kun, I wasn't able to properly control my strength. Are you okay?”
“I'm fine, the armor protected me”
Since Shizuka's arms were being used to hold the unconscious girl, she blew the door away using a shockwave sent out from her mouth. Koutarou had been on the other side, but fortunately he was wearing his armor and the barrier protected him. If not, both him and the wall behind him would have been blown away.
“But landlord-san, you look...”
“Ah, this? Uncle Alu saved me. But let's talk about that later! We should get out of here!”
“I understand!”
Koutarou was surprised by Shizuka's appearance, but he obediently followed her instruction. He could roughly imagine what had happened to her. Shizuka's eyes were glowing red, there was a horn on her forehead, large wings on her back and a long tail on the back of her waist. It was a sight he had seen before, and proof that Alunaya's powers were in effect.