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

===Part 6===

「Aa, I’m tired……」

A few dozen minutes later, Lux and Krulcifer who exited the Moon Lamp Mansion sat under the shade of a tree in a spacious public park. They were eating skewered roasted meat and fruit pie that they bought from stalls while taking a rest.

Lux made mistakes several times even though it was a basic dance, but he wished to believe that around the third dance he was starting to get good enough.

Several times in between, some nobles asked Krulcifer for a dance, but she decisively refused all of them.

「How unexpected. Even though you almost never act tiredly even when you usually do that much chores.」

「This is because of nervousness, surely.」

When Lux smiled wryly like that,

「But, there was also gain from this you know? I noticed it when we danced together but──Lux-kun’s height, it looks like recently that it’s growing a bit isn’t it?」

「Krulcifer-san! Really!?」

Lux looked listless because of the fatigue, but hearing that he reflexively bit at it.

Seeing that Krulcifer showed a slightly surprised expression. And then she gently put her hand on Lux’s head before averting her face.

「……I’m sorry. It seems that it was just my imagination.」

「Krulcifer-san! That’s cruel!」

Hearing Krulcifer’s seemingly sad voice made Lux yell out with teary eyes.

「Don’t be that dejected. Lux-kun has a lot of other lovely virtues right?」

「Wait a second!? Don’t crush the possibility of my height growing in the future arbitrarily like that! I’m still in my growth period you know!?」

「Ye, yes……. You’re right, it’ll be great if that day will come someday.」

「Don’t say it with that kind of distant look!」

A few seconds after Lux unintentionally raised his voice and gasped for breath.

Krulcifer who was smiling lightly put her hand on Lux’s head once more.

「I’m sorry, I teased you a bit too much. It was the first time I saw Lux-kun’s eyes sparkling like that, so I unconsciously enjoyed it too much……」

「…………」

After Lux stiffened with a complicated expression, Krulcifer took a deep breath and slowly stood up.

「Thank you for accompanying me today.」

「Yo, you don’t need to thank me. I also had fun, that──」

Lux also stood up and faced Krulcifer. Then, a refreshing wind flowed from between the gaps of the abundantly growing trees, gently shaking the greenery in the surrounding.

「Say, Lux-kun. I have one last personal request, can I?」

「Eh……?」

「I told you that my house’s butler──Alterize is coming to the capital, but she has been watching us all the time through this date.」

「I, is that so!?」

The shocked Lux reflexively ran his gaze around him. Then he noticed a presence of something moving behind the cover of the wide public park’s bushes.

When he focused there, he was able to immediately find its true identity thanks to the unique butler uniform.

(Wait, since when did she come? Alterize-san……)

「You don’t need to be too bothered. I think that we surely have accomplished our objective today nicely.」

「Yes……I guess.」

Lux didn’t know since when Alterize was watching them, but the objective of the request this time was 『pretending that his association with Krulcifer is continuing』. He believed that they certainly had done it well.

「But, I think that it’s still slightly insufficient to completely trick her. That’s why for the last──let’s see. Can I ask Lux-kun to kiss me from your own initiative?」

「──Eh? Eeeeh……!?」

Lux was flustered hearing Krulcifer’s speech that was muttered with a slightly embarrassed look.

「Of course, I don’t mind if you only pretend. If you brought your face closer to me to a certain degree, I think that will be enough to trick her.」

「Ah, ri, right……. The, then, Krulcifer-san──be careful.」

Lux turned his gaze around and checked whether there were any gazes other than Alterize’s, after that he slowly brought his face closer towards Krulcifer whose eyes were lightly closed.

After confirming the position of those small and glossy lips, Lux also closed his eyes and stood on his tiptoes, at that moment──

「……-!?」

*chuu-*

The touch of a soft sensation surprised Lux and his eyes snapped wide open.

Even though he had definitely stopped just before his lips touched, when he noticed both their lips had firmly piled on top of one another.

There was the aroma of sweet and graceful perfume, and the aroma of Krulcifer’s own hair.

The soft sensation of the lips felt pleasant, making his instinct hesitate to move away from it immediately.

In the end they separated after exchanging a kiss for a few seconds. Krulcifer whose eyes were opened lightly licked the corner of her lips.

「──It looks like, our positioning was slightly off.」

「Ah, so,sorry. That’s──」

Seeing Krulcifer smiling with her cheeks unusually blushing, the shaken up Lux started to say something before,

「You don’t need to apologize. This is the first time I received a kiss from your end but, as I thought──the sensation is completely different.」

Krulcifer averted her gaze from Lux and whispered with a voice that was filled with a hint of intoxication.

「Krulcifer, san?」

For some reason it made the girl who was right before his eyes until now to look unthinkably sexy. Lux’s heartbeat was pounding fiercely.

「I wish that in the future you will do it for me by your own will. Then, I’ll go report to Alterize so──see you later.」

Krulcifer only said that and she turned around and slowly walked out of the public park.

「…………」

A few seconds later after he saw her off, Lux sat down on the spot.

After waiting for the heat to leave from his completely flushed face, he left to fulfill his next request.