Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 7 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 18===

「-……!? U, a……」

Lisha was buried under the mass of snow, but she noticed the sensation of being carried by something and her consciousness returned.

「Lu, x……?」

「How unfortunate. It’s not actually just as you wishes.」

When Lisha opened her eyes weakly with vague consciousness, she saw before her Yoruka wearing black pilot suit.

「You──, ……-!?」

A beat later, Lisha grasped the situation.

Yoruka’s Yato no Kami that let go of its Blade was rescuing Lisha using its armored arms from the snow.

「Wh, y? Did you get Drakkhen?」

「If I overlook you getting buried alive, then that might be actually what happened just now.」

Yoruka formed a smile on her lips with a tone that was unusually cynical.

Right after Drakkhen shook off the snow on the cathedral using sound wave, Yoruka didn’t continue her attack and came to rescue Lisha.

The action of the girl who wouldn’t get along with other people at all and swore loyalty to only Lux caused Lisha to reflexively doubt her own eyes.

「Kukukuku. This result is unexpected. Well, thank to that my victory is set in stone so I’m saved though.」

Drakkhen’s laughing voice came from above the cathedral.

Even Lisha managed to understand the meaning of her confidence.

「O, oi ero woman, that Drag-Ride──!」

「Yes, she really is a wary enemy. It looks like the aforementioned slime is also inserted into the snow above this building since who know when.」

The armor of Yato no Kami was already covered with a lot of Chaff Slime.

If the armor had been completely covered by this much, no matter how excellent Yoruka was in handling Drag-Ride, she was surely unable to fight like this.

But, Yoruka too should also understand such thing.

「Why……, for the sake of just me──」

「It’s simple.」

Yoruka answered with her usual smile toward the dumbfounded Lisha.

「You are one of the special and beneficial existences for Aruji-sama. ──I was able to decide that there is no mistaking that. It will be a waste to let you die here, that’s all there is to it.」

The reason for Yoruka’s action was for the sake of her master Lux until the end.

But it wasn’t like before, where she was only protecting Lux’s existence. The feeling of her master Lux──for the first time Yoruka took it into consideration and acted.

「……Yoruka, you」

Lisha noticed that and she was about to say something, it was then,

「Besides──you have an important work to do. It’s not desirable for the candidate bodies that will give birth to Aruji-sama’s heir to be reduced even by one.」

「Whaa-……!?」

Yoruka’s words that she spoke with a carefree smile caused Lisha’s face to turn red spontaneously.

「Do, don’t say strange thing so suddenly-! Just what do you think I am──?」

「My? So you don’t have any inclination for that? Even though it looks like you wish to be married for life with Aruji-sama and think really strongly of him.」

「Tha, that’s……! Tha, that isn’t it, there is various order to everything you see. Spe, specifically, in the next date, if I can progress until holding hand together──」

When Yoruka pointed out to Lisha, her face blushed and she averted her face while entwining her fingers together.

At the same time, Drakkhen who was watching that situation finally grew impatient and she was descending down.

「Looks like you two are really composed there but, you guys don’t have combat force remaining anymore──. With this, it’s the end!」

She lifted up the claws on both her armored arms, then she swung them down while falling.

Even now in this situation where she couldn’t move because of the Chaff Slime, Yoruka’s smile didn’t crumble.

「Yes, the end is also near it seems. ──For you that is.」

「──!?」

Right before Yoruka’s murmur was over, Drakkhen held her breath in sudden realization.

A crossing of Drag-Rides happened within an instant along with the roaring sound of slicing wind.

*GAKII-!* Asp’s sharp claws that were lifted up narrowly blocked that attack.

Lux wearing the black violent dragon, Bahamut was slashing toward Drakkhen.

「──Ku, you bastard-!? You are saying you’ve finished off that Mel!?」

Drakkhen groaned with a shocked look, but Lux wasn’t perturbed.

Without pause Lux finished swinging his sword to the end forcefully, sending Drakkhen flying from midair toward the snow field in the distance.

「Lux! So you came──. -……, your wound!?」

Lisha showed her joy that her knight came running to here, but her face instantly became clouded.

The wounds that he got after covering Krulcifer from Mel’s attack resulted in thin cut from his shoulder until his chest, and blood flowing from his head. His silver hair and half his face were dyed red.

「I’m sorry for my lateness. Also, please don’t worry. I’m all right.」

But, Lux didn’t show a pained expression at the slightest and replied with a bright smile.

His expression immediately turned serious. A firm fighting spirit could be sensed from it.

「……Got it. Beat up that fiend to your heart’s content. I’m leaving it to you, my knight.」

「Yes, as you will.」

After Lux responded with a gentle tone, Lisha seemed to reach the limit of her exhaustion. Her eyes closed quietly and she fainted.

Lux turned his face toward Yoruka who was carrying her in the arms of Yato no Kami.

「Yoruka. Can I ask you to protect everyone in the cathedral while I’m fighting?」

「That’s an easy request, Aruji-sama.」

Yoruka nodded while a delighted emotion vaguely showed through from her. She then headed toward the cathedral.

A lot of Chaff Slime was clinging throughout Yato no Kami, but if it was with her ability, she would surely be able to hold out to some extent.

「Also──thank you. For saving everyone of the theocracy and Lisha-sama.」

「…………」

Yoruka was always wearing a smile, but her eyes unusually turned round hearing Lux’s words.

But, she immediately wore her usual smile and quietly casted down her gaze.

「I feel ashamed. Originally this is not something for Aruji-sama to be bothered with, I would have deal with that bandit too while I’m at it. That was my essential duty. But──」

She opened that asymmetrical pair of eyes once more and murmured with a feverish smile.

「I’m feeling content right now just from directly receiving your words of praise. ──Take care, Aruji-sama.」

Lux nodded at Yoruka’s words and turned his gaze toward Drakkhen.

In respond, Drakkhen used the tone of horn flute to order the Chaff Slime inserted into Asp’s armor, removing them from the Drag-Ride’s frame.

「Are you intending to carry some kind of plan again?」

「No-pe, this is the opposite. I’m throing away the plan.」

Drakkhen smiled and shook her head toward Lux’s question.

「The amount of Chaff Slime is already insufficient to cover the whole armor of your Bahamut. Then, it’s not a good plan to keep weighing down my own Drag-Ride. After all it seems your Bahamut has quite the firepower.」

In other words, it was a plan to concentrate only to her battle against Lux.

At the same time, it also meant that until now Drakkhen devoted herself wholly to move soldiers and Abyss while she hadn’t shown her individual combat strength.

「Fifty Abysses and sixty Drag-Knights that I was leading are now out of combat huh. For me to be cornered until this far in a battle under this condition──the bunches from new kingdom also ain’t half bad.」

Drakkhen muttered fearlessly wearing her Asp. She lifted the sharp claws on her armored arms.

Even now when she judged that her force was completely annihilated, her expression was composed.

「You dragged in a lot of unrelated people, you tricked Mel who didn’t know anything, are you calling that a respectable battle?」

「Don’t spout out idealistic things here mister hero. What is called war is always like that, even if it looks like there is no blood flowing in your view, there will be someone somewhere who is hurt and lose something. Just like how us in the past were also forced to fight with absurd reason and condition by incompetent noble big shots.」

「──Understood. If that is your style, then I will just capture you, with my position and method as Seven Dragon Paladins.」

Lux brandished his great sword and stared straight toward Drakkhen.

In response, the female mercenary grinned fearlessly and readied the hard claws growing from both the armored arms.

「Let’s start this anytime now, Black Hero. Dragon Marauder’s Human Dragon division commander, Drakkhen Megistry, and Divine Drag-Ride Asp──will take you on-!」

At the same time with that announcement, Asp’s four legs moved and rushed forward with a leap.

The armored arm with sharp claws growing was held aloft, and an attack from overhead was unleashed.

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