Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 10 Epilogue (section)

===Part 1===
The destruction of the world by Sacred Eclipse that was prophesied to happen five months later.

Before that, the series of dangers that were approaching the New Kingdom finally came to an end.

The captured Servants had horn flutes in their possession and they confessed about their part in attacking Triport.

Furthermore, with the testimony of Rosa Granhide regarding the King of Vices, the world alliance judged that the case this time came from the internal strife of Heiburg.

An official that was selected by the alliance entered Heiburg for investigation and the situation calmed down while aiming for normalization.

In the international conference that gathered the representatives of every country, it was decided that it would be bad if the matter was aggravated under this situation where every country had to cooperate with each other. It seemed that it was decided that Rosa’s action would be monitored and restricted, but she would return to her seat as one of the Seven Dragon Paladins like before.

In the first place, she was someone who was threatened by Calensia and forced to act evil.

It seemed that it was the truth that a backroom dealing with Dragon Marauder was really taking place, but Heiburg had already severed its ties with them and no proper clue could be obtained.

And then──

「You have worked hard on this occasion, my lover. Did you have fun on the trip with my favorite pupil? Hm?」

The woman who possessed both the appearance of a young girl and a mature atmosphere.

Magialca who ordered the infiltration mission this time was whispering to him with her lips crooked obscenely.

Inside the hidden room underground the Academy’s library.

Countless bookshelves were lined up like a labyrinth. Inside the room made from stone that was surrounded by a fireplace, work tables, and experiment utensils, she was listening to Lux’s report.

「I’m sorry that I couldn’t be present when Babel’s Ragnarok appeared. If that Heiburg lot didn’t lie about the date when they would arrive at the deepest part, I would come as reinforcement but──. When you are an owner of a large company, there will be various circumstances.」

「I’m not really bothered by that though──」

「Is that so? No no, don’t be so reserved, let me console your tired body. Now, if it’s now there won’t be anyone looking at this place you know?」

Magialca who liked men that was child faced with feminine features was sending Lux a bewitching smile while licking her lips.

「……Phi-chan is waiting for me outside the door though?」

When Lux tried to evade her invitation with a really conflicted expression,

「Oh my, that will make me even more excited though! ……Don’t make that face. I was just joking a bit, chih!」

She was clicking her tongue without even trying to hide it while averting her gaze.

After Lux was sighing in exasperation, she pulled herself together and straightened her posture.

After all, prosecuting Heiburg as a traitor had lost its meaning.

Dealing with this matter secretly without letting it get leaked to the Lords would be less problematic.

「Even so, I heard that you had placed the Grand Force inside Babel but, did anything strange occur?」

「……No, from what I could see, there was nothing particularly strange──」

「I see.」

Her messing around attitude until now changed completely. Magialca was staring at Lux seriously.

But, at this time Lux was lying.

After everything was over, what Lux saw with Grand Force in hand was──

–

Lux was heading towards the highest floor of Babel where the outer wall was destroyed because he saw someone’s silhouette.

The man that was clad in the bottomless atmosphere of a powerful warrior that equaled his eldest brother Fugil.

The representative of the Blackend Kingdom, the vice captain of the Seven Dragon Paladins, Singlen Shelbrit.

His dark and deep black eyes that was like a swamp without bottom, and his haughty bearing, they were worthy of the alias of Blue Tyrant.

But, in the series of incidents that surrounded Babel this time, he shouldn’t be involved at all.

「What is your intention? Why are you here?」

「Oh, how unfriendly my compatriot. I’m the vice captain of the Seven Dragon Paladins where you are also a member. Even though I had hastened here when the New Kingdom was in danger.」

「Enough with the pretension! I’m asking what is your true objective!?」

What Singlen was wearing, was a Divine Drag-Ride with a form that would remind anyone of an enormous sea dragon──Leviathan.

But, right now Lux was also on guard while wearing Bahamut.

He had no spare strength to fight properly, but he must not get pressured even then.

「Fuh……」

Singlen grinned scornfully at the defiant Lux and pierced Lux with a provocative gaze.

Lux had an idea of what that could mean.

Rosa was ordered by the King of Vices to destroy the partitioning wall of the room a floor below──the place where Metatron was staying. She was commanded to liberate the Ragnarok.

Even though Rosa was stopped from doing that, for some reason Ragnarok was still liberated.

「Was that, your work? You used Heiburg’s scheme, to make the New Kingdom──」

「Oo, scary scary. Don’t give me such unjust suspicion, hero-sama. It’s only that I have my own objectives, several of them.」

His throat quivered slightly, and the face under the hood made a crooked grin.

「Even so, I underrated you. Originally, I wanted to save you all from your predicament and make you owe me, but of all things, the Ragnarok was defeated with just you all. Although, you all must be unable to move properly for a while after that.」

「────」

He was seen through.

The accumulation of fatigue inside Lisha and the others who were exposed to constant battle against the Abyss for these two weeks, wouldn’t recover that easily.

Starting from Philuffy’s Typhon, the Divine Drag-Rides of everyone were terribly damaged until now.

「Oops, don’t glare at me with that kind of eyes. I gave you some help you know? Whether it was making the conquering of this Babel faster than planned, and also guiding you to here──」

Singlen who said that suddenly turned his back on him and started walking deep into the room.

Although it was the summit of Babel, the space was quiet wide, so from his position he couldn’t see everything.

Inside where the light of the Ruin was illuminating the place, there was something unexpected lying on the floor.

「──!? This is!」

That was the remains of a girl with its four limbs and neck severed into pieces.

Lux immediately glared at Singlen, but the person in question jerked his chin to point at it as though it wasn’t anything special.

「What a cowardly man when you are just simply facing a corpse. Look carefully, that thing isn’t human.」

「This is──the Automata of Babel!?」

The Gear Leader that was managing the Ruin.

The automatic machine that swore obedience to the commands of the blood relatives that was Xfer and to the Lord.

As though to be proof of that, a something like the sensation of ant was growing in that head that had stopped working completely.

(But why!? Why is she destroyed until this far?)

In contrast with Lux that was standing still half dumbfounded, Singlen was continuing to walk.

「Your face is saying that you don’t understand anything huh? Let me give you a warning from my kind heart. Next time if you happen to see this thing, destroy all of them. These guys will resurrect after some time passed, but like this they cannot be aware of us for a while……these guys are insurance for the Lords. If we don’t beat them to the punch and destroy them, sooner or later something that cannot be undone would happen.」

「What are you saying? What are you doing, Sir Singlen!?」

The perplexed Lux yelled, but Singlen didn’t answer that question and simply returned a fearless smile.

「More importantly, quickly put the Grand Force. With that the conquer of this Babel will be completed. After all, one of the switches to pass to Babel will be inserted with that.」

「…………」

When Lux was hesitating from his vigilance, Single dispelled his armor.

It was a display of intention that he wouldn’t do anything like stabbing him in the back. With that, Lux inserted the crystal into a hollow at the deepest part of the room.

「Aah, that’s right──give the command 『lock』 while holding out the crystal in your hand. With that, this Babel will become unable to receive other interference. This city will also stop getting exposed to the danger of the Abyss anymore.」

「────」

For an instant Lux got suspicious whether he was getting deceived, but after worrying about it, he tried thinking 『lock』 in his mind.

……*Goun!* Along with such vibration, the Babel was shining faintly and the presence of the Abyss was pulling back.

With this, following after the Arc and Gigas, the capture of the third Ruin was completed.

There were four remaining, including the Moon which whereabouts were unknown. They had to defeat four more Ragnarok.

「Now then, perhaps you have noticed it vaguely but──, there is only three Ragnarok remaining.」

Singlen casually declared that to Lux who was breathing out in relieve after finishing the task.

「What, do you mean?」

「Aah, there is no need to play dumb. There are only the two of us here. But, if this fact leaked out from somewhere, the new kingdom will be pushed into a predicament.」

「…………」

「Farewell chore prince. One day I’ll have you cooperate with a certain matter. Don’t worry, you will have no choice to listen to me whether you like it or not then, as long as you are aiming to become something like a hero for this country that is.」

Singlen sent him a grin with eyes of bottomless darkness and pulled out a different Sword Device. He equipped a Wyvern and left.

The Grand Force that Saniya was searching for in the Academy in the past.

Now that it was mentioned, Lux wondered how the New Kingdom obtained it.

If Singlen knew about it──

–

「Are you listening, Lux?」

「……Eh. Ah, yes!」

Lux who was immersed in his thought returned to his senses from Magialca’s voice.

「In any case, you have worked hard this time. Here, the thing I promised.」

When he noticed, in front of him Magialca was holding out something that was wrapped with a red cloth to him.

While he was staying in Heiburg, he was asked about the reward he wanted through the Triad.

He was told that he would be given anything he liked from among the merchandises that Magialca handled. And this was what Lux wished for.

「Just as you asked, the design is the same like the thing from the Academy. I had it made with the highest quality. ……But, you too are actually a man without greed. Are you satisfied with something like this?」

「Yes. Thank you very much.」

Lux confirmed the item that he received and he smiled in satisfaction.

The content was the replacement for the sword belt that was broken at the same time when the lock on his Sword Device was destroyed in the battle against Rosa.

Lux wrapped that thing that was made from brand new and smooth leather around his waist, while he wrapped the remaining sword belt inside the cloth.

「Fuh. You are still motivated to fight huh. The world is in this state, but your body won’t hold if you don’t rest for a bit. And so, how about it? If you like, you can rest for a while in my villa with just the two of us──」

Magialca displayed a bewitching smile and traced her fingertip slowly on Lux’s back.

「Wai-!? What are you doing!?」

Lux’s face turned bright red and he jumped back. Right at that moment, the door behind him opened and Philuffy showed her face.

「Lu-chan, is troubled. I’ll stop master.」

「……-!? Phi-chan!?」

Philuffy who had recovered somewhat was taking stance quietly in front of the door.

「……Hohou, you are raising your fist against your teacher? I’m not going to be merciful even while you are weak right now.」

「Then, we’ll run. Bye bye, master.」

The moment Magialca responded fearlessly, Philuffy carried Lux beside her like a bag and quickly ran outside.

「Well, this time I’ll concede it to my cute student.」

Magialca was grinning fearlessly while seeing off Lux and Philuffy.

Lux and Philuffy escaped from the underground room while feeling the gaze of the dissatisfied woman on their backs.