Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 3 Episode 5 (section)

===Part 1===

The fourth day of the campus selection battle passed safely, and then today, the final day finally arrived.

「Good morning ladies and gentlemen. With today it’s the last day of the campus selection battle. Pay attention so no serious injuries will result. Everyone, put forth every effort.」

Inside the classroom in the early morning, Instructor Raigree concluded the talk shortly like usual and ended the class.

The moment the instructor exited and the tension inside the classroom relaxed, Lisha stood on the podium in the front.

「My dear compatriots, you have done well fighting hard yesterday. The number of victories and defeats and the score until yesterday has been posted, but I will announce it here right and now once more!」

*ban* Lisha spread out a large poster and raised her voice loudly.

If a first or second year student won against a third year students, it would be three points per win.

If a third year student won against a first or a second year student, it would be two points for them.

Until present, with the pair battles and individual battles combined, a total of 127 battles were carried out. The point were 126 points for Lux’s side, while Celis’s side had 134 points, the difference was closer compared to yesterday.

「What’s left is only to overturn the situation! Everyone, put your spirit into it!」

After Lisha gave that encouragement, ‘WAAAH’ cheers filled the inside of the classroom.

「I wonder why she became something like the leader.」

Krulcifer made her usual cool smile while saying that smoothly.

「At any rate, everything will be decided with the battle today! Oi, Aingram’s airhead girl! You are confident right!?」

「Yes. I’m fine.」

When Philuffy was called by Lisha, she nodded with her own usual pace, however there was no hesitation in it.

「Don’t force yourself too much okay, Philuffy.」

Lux said that to the childhood friend sitting on the seat beside him.

In the battle between fellow Syvalles members, the direct confrontation against Celis became extremely important.

Thus it was a battle they couldn’t afford to lose, but as expected, there was also a worrying aspect.

Of course, Philuffy was also a user of a Divine Drag-Ride, there was no doubt that inside the Academy──no, even inside the country she was one of the prominent powerful people.

But, even bearing that in mind, as expected Celis was strong to an unusual degree.

He didn’t want Philuffy to act recklessly when it became a fierce close combat, which might cause her to get hurt or anything.

(Philuffy is really stubborn after all……)

Normally she looked absentminded, so she was liable to get misunderstood, but since their childhood, she had the nature of not yielding what she had decided on at any expense.

Lux was happy that she was strongly showing such side for Lux, but on the other hand he was also worried.

「Yep. I’ll be fine.」

Philuffy showed a faint smile and replied immediately.

「Let’s do our best. Lu-chan.」

She just replied like that, but Lux could only smile wryly to that.

(As I thought, she isn’t planning to back down……)

Philuffy was quite seriously planning to win the match.

However, Lux was also the one who was wishing for this battle.

In that case, his only choice was to put his best into it.

「Then, let’s go soon?」

「……Yes.」

Lux nodded to Philuffy’s voice and they exited the classroom together.

After having a short briefing session for the campus selection battle in an empty classroom, they walked towards the practice grounds.

–

During that time, for some reason Lux spoke out a question that he wasn’t even pondering.

「Hey, Phi-chan.」

「What, Lu-chan?」

The vacant eyes of the girl walking beside Lux reflected his face.

Asked back like that, even he himself felt doubt why he would ask something like that.

「It’s, you see……. In the past, Phi-chan. Was there something? Like you were seriously sick, or injured, something like that──」

「…………. I don’t, remember anything like that.」

After Philuffy tilted her head and said that, Lux thought that as expected, it was just his imagination.

「I see, nope. It’s nothing. Don’t mind it.」

Lux said that and smiled wryly.

「But, I remember a bit……five years ago.」

「……Eh?」

「Lu-chan. You came, to save me you know?」

「…………」

Philuffy made a faint cheerful smile.

The smile of his childhood friend which normally would relieve him, for some reason caused Lux to feel a strange shudder.

(Five years, ago……? If I remember right, the last time I parted with Philuffy……)

「Uu……!」

*Throb*, a sharp pain reverberated in Lux’s head.

Some kind of baffling scene that looked like a dark underground room flickered at the back of his mind.

It was at that moment,

‘Waaah’, such cheers could be heard from the direction of the practice grounds.

「Let’s go, Lu-chan.」

「Ye, yep……. Let’s hurry, it’s our turn.」

Lux and Philuffy ran and arrived at the practice ground.