
Downstairs, there are decor-related shops, bookstores, and grocery stores. I did not buy anything in particular, and when I looked around──.
“Aa fire! There's apiii!”
"Huh?"
One of the customers suddenly shouted that out. The other customers who heard the voice looked surprised and doubtful at first, but when they saw smoke pouring in from upstairs, their expressions changed.
“U-uwaaaa!”
"Hi! Don't push me!”
“Have come down!”
After we looked at each other, Ryo hurriedly took out his smartphone and called Kaede and the others.
“...Not good, I can't contact them!”
“A-ano! Which floor is burning?”
I asked one of the customers who was heading for the exit, and it seemed like the fire had been blazing in the corner of the game center. If that were true, we would have to rush out and wait for the fire engines, but we would have gone up the escalator to get to the top floor.
“Game center... Kaede and the others are up there! But with all this smoke..”.
“A-what should we do!?”
As Ryo said, the smoke was stronger than I expected, and the heat could be felt near escalators and stairs. But I spontaneously moved once I got to the escalator location.
“Yu-Yuya! Waitaminute! Hi!"
“Eeehhhh!?”
I could hear the shocking sounds of Ryo and the others behind me, but I had already run up. Come to think of it, I should act more calm and thoughtful. But once I realized that Kaori and the others were in danger, I could not keep quiet.
“Kuh!”
The heat gets stronger and stronger on the way up. My clothes are now only uniform, so I don't have any protection. If I go to them at this rate, I will die too. Then I suddenly remembered that I had just been able to use magic.
“That's true... magic will be useful in situations like this!”
At first, I thought of making large amounts of water, but I ignored it because I thought the floor might collapse because of the weight of the water when it was brittle due to fire.
So first of all, I used magic to put a thin sheath of water and air over my body. At that moment, I was free from shortness of breath and heat.
“Alright, now..!”
In front of the raging flames, I jumped with determination. The central floor of the game was already entirely burnt, and if I didn't have magic, I wouldn't be able to continue at all. I immediately activated my [Presence Detection] skill and checked to see if anyone around had failed to escape.
"There's no one on this floor ..."
As soon as I made sure no one was there, I ran upstairs again. While searching for Kaori and the others in this way, I detected three marks that were frozen in place. As I rushed to the location, I found Kaede and the others fainting in pain.
“Kaori! Kaede! Rin!”
“Yu-Yuuya..kun...?”.
The three of them were right in front of the women's toilet, and they might not be aware of the fire. The fire alarm did not even ring in the first place, so it might be broken, or no one pushed it. They have to take care of it properly!
I can't help but swear, and I checked my skills to see if anyone else was left. It seems like it's just Kaori and the others, and if I save the three of them, everything will be over. But the three of them fainted when they saw me, so I had to hold them alone.
I used my own uniform jacket, Kaori, and another jacket, and first tied Kaori to my back to secure her in place. Then I held Kaede and Rin on each of my shoulders and hurriedly ran away from the location.
They must have inhaled too much smoke. I had to hurry and get out of the building. But it was impossible to jump into the fire on the central floor of that game with three people like this in my arms.
"…All right."
After thinking about it for a while, I will do something very careless that only I can do because this is me now.
It was for──
“──... destroy!”
I stepped on the floor as hard as I could. A hole in the floor made us go straight down. Moreover, instead of smashing one floor, I also smashed the floor right below it.
I fell faster and faster with the three of them in my hands, passing through the central floor of the game where the fire originated in one fell swoop and approaching the first floor.
But if I land like this, I might give the three of them a tremendous impact. I used my magic as I imagined my body being wrapped in the wind. Then, just before we landed, our falling speed slowed down, and we managed to land gently. Then, when we landed, I immediately ran to the exit and kicked the door open.
“Wah!” said someone outside.
By the time I got out, the firefighters had arrived and were trying to put out the fire.
"Huh huh…"
"Are you okay? Hey you! Bring stretcher!”
When I left Kaori and the others with the paramedics, I fell in place.
“Haaahhh! I made it in time!”
I loosened my uniform tie and exhaled as hard as I could.
“Yuuya!”
“Yu-Yuuya-kun!”
Ryo and the others, who had escaped safely, rushed into my helpless body.
”You... don't be rash! I'm so worried about you!”
"That's right!"
“Ah... well.. sorry.”.
Ryo and Shingo-kun were right; my actions were quite frivolous. Even if I myself, had some leeway due to my ability to use magic, it would look like a suicide mission to others who did not know about it. Sure enough, the firefighters were very angry with me.
The fire was put out safely, and we were safe for a while. Later I learned that the reason the fire alarm did not go off was not because of poor maintenance, but because of bad luck.
However, the center of the game where the fire began to appear appeared to be caused by a mishandling of the cables. After all, Kaori and the others who were transported to the emergency room woke up safely. Thanks to that, Kaori's father, Kaede, and Rin's parents flew in after receiving a call from the firefighters, and then they gave me an incredible sense of gratitude, she said, and I feel grateful for that.
“Thanks to you, Kaori is safe. Thank you very much…!"
When I saw her telling me that with tears in her eyes, I felt soft and lonely at the same time ... I have no family to worry about me anymore ... I felt a little moody, but I had to answer that question about what happened at the time of the fire.
But when the topic of why I could save the three of them safely appeared, there was no way I could say I used magic, so it was very difficult to cover it up. Finally, I came to the conclusion that I was very lucky, which is also not as realistic as magic, but if I did not tell the truth, no one would know the truth.
I managed to go home, get chided and thanked for it.
"I'm home…"
"Woof!"
Then Night greeted me.
“Night... Have you been waiting for me?”
"Woof."
Night rubbed his face against my chest as I hugged him. Inevitably I hugged her tightly because of her cuteness.
"Thank you."
"Woof."
“Alright, then, let's eat.”
"Woof!"
Now I have the Night of my life. I smiled because I loved her very much.