Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 4 Episode 1 (section)

===Part 1===

「Uu……. I feel sick……」

The boisterous sound of waves and the cry of sea birds could be heard.

Lux was turning over with a pale face on the bed inside a cabin where sunlight was shining in from a window.

The truth was that it had been a few years since the last time Lux had boarded a ship for real.

Or rather, perhaps this was actually his first time.

There were several occasions when he was helping with carrying and managing ship cargo when he was doing odd jobs at the harbor.

But, this time he wasn’t boarding a small ship that was going to fish, but quite a large ship that was heading to a far away destination. Lux had never experienced something like that since he was born.

It was fortunate that there was a cabin for personal use in the ship because the ship was a large military ship of the New Kingdom.

Lux didn’t wish to worry his female classmates by showing his pallid face to them, and what’s more everyone else seemed to be fine in general, so this problem was also a concern about his personal honor.

「Nii-san. I’m coming in.」

The door of the room was opened after a knocking sound. Lux’s little sister Airi showed her face from there.

「Yes……. Airi is all right……?」

「So there is something else that Nii-san is poor at other than your relationships with woman.」

Lux tried to smile, but he was unable to make a good expression, which caused Airi to smile wryly.

「N, no, it’s not like, I’m that weak ab──」

Lux felt mortified because his little sister was all right for some reason despite the two of them being placed in the same environment, so he tried to say his objection, but then,

「I only heard this just now but, because of the sea current and the wind, it looks like our arrival might be delayed for a few days.」

「…………」

Lux’s head dropped down dejectedly after seeing Airi’s smile.

「I’m lying. It looks like we are going to arrive at the island soon, so how about Nii-san come out to the deck to look at the scenery?」

Lux nodded「Ah, right」 at Airi, who was showing a teasing smile, before he stood up.

When he tried to go outside with staggering footsteps, he suddenly became concerned about something and turned his face to Airi.

「Say, Airi. About that girl called Hayes──」

「……I, don’t know anything as well.」

Perhaps expecting Lux’s question, Airi answered with a complicated face.

「If what Nii-san saw was correct, then I think that there is almost no doubt that she is one of the imperial family of the Old Empire. But──」

「……I see.」

A few days ago, the special forces of Heiburg assaulted the Academy.

The Black Marketer, a girl called Hayes was currently placed as the strategist of that Heiburg. Her silver hair and eyes resembled Lux and the others, the Imperial family of the Old Empire.

When Lux was a child living in the imperial court, he had seen the faces of all the members of the Imperial family of the Old Empire.

But, it was like only the face of that girl named Hayes didn’t exist in his memory.

At the coup d’etat five years ago, the Imperial family of the Old Empire died with the exception of Lux and Airi. There shouldn’t be other living members of the Imperial family except the two of them.

From the story of queen Raffi of the New Kingdom, not to mention the Imperial family inside the castle, even most of the important people who were related to the Imperial family were assassinated.

Lux’s eldest brother, Fugil was the only one whose whereabouts were unknown, but could there be other members of the Imperial family who were still alive?

Lux discussed the matter with Airi, and the other day they sent a secret message to queen Raffi for confirmation, but the reply was still the same as five years ago.

No answer came out even after thinking about it.

Perhaps there would be no other way to find the answer except capturing that girl called Hayes and asking her directly.

「Then, I’ll go out in a bit.」

Lux stopped the talk and he climbed up the stair to come out to the deck.

「Uwah……」

Lux unconsciously held his breath from witnessing the superb view that couldn’t be seen at Cross FieldFortress City that was located inland.

The weather was clear without a single cloud in the sky, with the beautiful sea that was reflecting the blue color of the sky on its surface.

And then the dazzling sun of the early summer was highlighting their destination this time clearly.

The island floating in the ocean that was in the New Kingdom’s territory, covered with the greenery that was the unique vegetation of the island──Ries Island.

 

For one week starting from today, Lux and co. would make the boardinghouse on that island as their base.