Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 12 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 1===
A memory flickered like a flash.

The seventh Ruin, Moon.

It was an enormous castle floating in the sky, looking down on the world.

Ten-odd years before, Soffice Xfer awoke from her sleep there.

「Ni, nice to meet you desu! {{furigana|Xfer|Key’s Supervisor}}-sama!」

「…………Who, are you?」

「I am called, Re Plica desu! Haaa, I’m glad! You woke up properly.」

When Soffice woke up inside a strange capsule, the girl who appeared in front of her was wearing a dress that fitted tightly on her body, with mechanical ears that looked like fox ears growing on her head.

The girl wasn’t human, but the Gear Leader of this Ruin──she introduced herself as the Automata Re Plica.

At that time Soffice was already seven years old, but she didn’t remember anything.

Whether it was her past, or the reason why she was here.

Rather than saying that she forgot, it felt like she couldn’t recall anything.

「My head, hurts……」

When she thought, static like a sandstorm appeared in her vision.

Light flickered.

She didn’t even understand what she should do inside the strange mechanical fortress.

In contrast with that thought, Soffice was adapting to life in Moon.

What she knew was that she was a member of an ancient race called Xfer, the protectors of the Ruins.

She was the descendant of the people who built this Ruin.

「Why, did you wake me up?」

「It’s because there is movement in the surrounding area desu. Doing cold sleep in a pod will stop aging, but you have a duty as a Xfer desu. Also, originally you have to find a person to be your pair and give birth to the next generation desu.」

「…………」

In short, the reason why she was awakened seemed to be because there was a movement of other parties that were interfering with the Ruin, and also so that she could give birth to children of the next generation while she was at it.

Soffice had to get off from this strange Ruin, or even if she didn’t get off she could use the base material of children that was preserved in cold storage to give birth to the next generation.

She was told that she had such duty.

「Troublesome, rejected.」

But, Soffice didn’t want to do it.

「Wai-!? Why desu-!? It’s unexpected that Xfer-sama suddenly abandons your duty desu-. Don’t you think of how your ancestors will feel!?」

「I don’t really know about my ancestors. And it looks like there is no information about that remaining too.」

Soffice who was making an ennui expression replied curtly like that.

「I also have no memory and family except my little sister. That’s why I’m thinking to live with the two of us harmoniously.」

Soffice noticed the existence of her little sister at one point and woke her up. She wished for a life with the three of them.

Soffice, her little sister Uruk, then the Gear Leader Re Plica.

Regarding the matter of leaving behind offspring, Soffice thought that it was something irrelevant.

Even so, because there was nothing to do, she listened to Re Plica’s request and learned how to handle a Drag-Ride.

Uruk herself, also had talent using a Drag-Ride, but because she was unsuited for it, Soffice endeavored with her training in the place of her little sister.

Time passed like that, and Soffice became sixteen, while Uruk was fourteen. At that time, a turning point arrived.

「Hey, Onee-chan. I want to see the world on the ground!」

That sentence was the start of everything.

The fate that the girls unknowingly knitted, and the chance meeting with a hidden fate.

Miraculously, it was also the same beginning as the start of the tragedy that occurred several millennia ago.

The beginning of that wish was going to happen again this time.

…………

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「-……!?」

Cold.

The coldness of the air that felt cutting to the skin caused Soffice to shiver and wake up.

She immediately tried to hug herself, then she noticed the sensation of metal that obstructed the movement of her wrists.

「I, what is……──!?」

Soffice’s personality was normally hard to get perturbed, but as expected now her eyes snapped open in bewilderment.

Her two arms were pulled up above her head in the posture of ‘{{furigana|hurrah|banzai}}’, while her two legs were also connected with chains where each was fixed to a corner of the room.

It seemed that the Sword Device on her waist was taken away along with the sword belt because they weren’t there.

She was completely──taken captive by the enemy.

「Ku……」

But, the match hadn’t been decided yet.

Her prospect was exceedingly thin, but she had to resist even then.

For the sake of her little sister who died wishing for peace, and this world.