"――Advancing any further beyond the Thirty-Fifth is not permitted."
One warped, minacious voice resounded from an unseen face.
All of a sudden, it was as if the air had frozen.
Whether that was due to the masked figure's intensity, whether it was due to the possible intent veiled behind his words of warning, or whether it had something to do with an entirely alternate factor altogether, the rigid atmosphere's origin had already proved an irrelevant concern.
"...I beg your pardon?"
Quietly, calmly, the sakura maiden's voice flowed.
"Beyond the Thirty-Fifth you say. And so, what is it that emboldens you so to order me to stand down?
Her eyes, clear as freshly-wiped glass and bearing that completely unthreatening hue, narrowed towards the unfamiliar stranger, her thin and neat likewise pink eyebrows naturally following along to furrow just above.
The masked man had undeniably worded a threat towards her just now.
'Do not ascend beyond the Thirty-Fifth Floor.'
