Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 8 Episode 1 (section)

===Part 2===

「It’s been quite long, I need to do the chores too──」

Airi was exasperated when Lux said that he would do the afternoon work at the very least.

「Nii-san will be laughed at if you said such thing.」

He immediately understood the reason while looking around the school building.

In each classroom that was decorated with colorful ornaments, there were unfamiliar signboards set up.

It seemed that each classroom was doing refreshment booth or some kind of performance.

In addition the indoor practice ground was remodeled like a dance hall, red carpet and chandelier were beautifully decorating the place.

At the courtyard, stands were lining up like a fair with students dressed as shop staff. It was unclear how everything was made, but everyone was talking to each other and preparing various merchandises.

「This is amazing……」

Lux himself thought that his line sounded stupid, but he could only be astonished like that.

Different from before his departure to Ymir Theocracy, inside the Academy’s ground was vibrantly decorated several times more than usual.

When the female students saw the surprised figure of Lux, they waved their hand in greeting.

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「Hey hey, which project Lux-kun will participate in?」

「Won’t you come to our place, this is our first time doing things like cooking or serving customer!」

「Decided it quickly okay, specialized booth can be made depending on you after all! Imagine, something like a room where you can have Lux-kun whispering sweet nothings to you for three minutes just by paying money──」

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「Eeerr, what does that mean……?」

When Lux was bewildered that such voices were calling at him frequently, Airi beside him gave the answer.

「In the campus festival, there is a rule that everyone without exception has to participate in an event or a project. By the way Nii-san haven’t decide that, so please choose it within today.」

「……I, I see.」

By the way, it seemed that Lisha and others had decided what they would participate in since before.

It was only Lux who was practically unknowing about this.

(The festival of the Academy……is it?)

At the era of old empire, as an imperial family member, he was only watching the country’s festival from afar.

In his chore lifestyle that span across five years, there were several times when he helped out with festival’s preparation.

But, fundamentally it was only behind the scene work that he was doing in earnest. Getting heated up like this with everyone was something that he had never done.

「How should I participate I wonder……」

He felt somewhat unfamiliar with this, or rather, somehow he was feeling giddy.

While he was thinking so, a familiar voice suddenly called him to stop.

「Oi, Lux! You’re going to join my place. Come over here right away!」

The one who waved her hand while speaking loudly was the princess of the new kingdom, Lizsharte.

Her characteristic blonde hair sidetail was swaying, unable to repress her excitement.

So that she wouldn’t disturb Lux’s time with Airi and Triad, until now she held back herself from calling out to him.

「Haa. Lisha-sama is just like as always.」

「Then, how about we listen to her?」

Lux also smiled wryly toward Airi’s sigh and then they moved toward Lisha.

Drag-Ride’s atelier.

That place which was managed by Lisha who was the chief developer there would be opened to public when it was campus festival.

Lux had entered inside the atelier with relative frequency to check on Lisha’s condition, but the interior was completely different from before.

「Uwa……」

A small voice of admiration leaked out from the mouth of Lux who saw it.

Chimeratech Wyvern that combined two types of general purpose Drag-Ride, and a Drag-Ride with armor thickness that was twice the normal.

They were the original Drag-Ride that Lisha independently remodeled and developed.

In addition, there were rare parts that were heavily guarded being displayed.

It was a performance that caused even Lux who had handled Drag-Ride for a long time to be unconsciously watching in fascination.

Surely they didn’t simply have functionality, but also had their outer appearance’s beauty paid attention to.

「How’s that? Quite something aren’t they? I haven’t shown it to anyone yet, but this is special for you.」

Lisha folded her arms while proudly chuckling ‘fufuh’, emphasizing her largish breasts.

For a moment Lux’s heart skipped a beat seeing that cute gesture she was doing without self-awareness──,

「You are filthy, Nii-san.」

「-……!? So, sorry!?」

Lux spontaneously returned to his senses hearing the retort Airi gave him along with a scorning gaze.

「Nn……? What’s up?」

Lux turned back his gaze to Lisha who was cutely tilting her headand he spoke his impression about her work.

「This is amazing. Could it be that Lisha-sama was also working hard until late yesterday was for the sake of this?」

「Fuh, naive. This is only me lining up my results until now. Of course I won’t show my real ace in something like a campus festival.」

Lisha made a self-assured and cocky smile and proclaimed that.

Even Lux who saw that got swept into her pace and returned a smile.

「I’m looking forward to it, Lisha-sama.」

「Ah, right……. The, then if you will also accompany me together in operating the show at the big day──」

「But this, they will get stolen by putting them inside box like this you know?」

「What did you say!?」

When Lux lifted up a display box that was filled with a rare part, Lisha spontaneously raised her voice.

「It’s a glass that can be seen through even from outside, but if it’s smashed then that’s it. It will be troublesome, but I think it will be safer to use box of iron bar for the weapon and have it fixed onto the stand.」

「I, is that so……?」

When Lux did odd job as security, he had experienced the exhibited goods getting stolen several times.

「If I remember right, there was metal fixtures for use of repair in the Drag-Ride hangar, so I’ll bring them here. The tools there can also be borrowed, so please wait for a bit.」

After saying that, Lux went outside with a little jog.

After that he quickly finished fixing the display and Lisha said thanks to him.

「I’ve shown you a slightly uncool side of me there. But you saved me.」

「Please don’t mind it. This kind of thing often happens when you get engrossed into something.」

「Is that so. As expected you’re my knight huh. Whi, which reminds me, before this, you with Krulcifer……」

「Now then, let’s go look around to the next place now, Nii-san.」

「Wa, wait! My talk is still──!」

When Lisha tried to follow right behind, she was stopped by Relie coming to the atelier for inspection.

Lux got a bit curious about what she was going to say, but without stopping he visited the other places.

There was a specially set up stage in the courtyard, it seemed that an even would be held there.

The classroom wasn’t only used for food stand that mimicked street stall, there were also a lot of places where the students exercised their ingenuity until the interior design.

Next he arrived at the stand where Airi was participating──the museum that was specially set up using the library.

The history from the old empire until it changed into new kingdom.

Simple map and facility of Cross Field. Furthermore the excavated Ruins and Abyss, the data of Drag-Ride. All those were displayed in the way that was easy to understand. Even from Lux’s view point it looked interesting.

It seemed that at the appointed day Airi would also serve as librarian who gave guidance and explanation.

「But, it’s amazing. Even though here is more or less an academy for military cadet──. Does other place also has this kind of festival?」

「No way they have it.」

Airi smilingly asserted without hesitation.

「I too have never attended any other school than here, but according to what I heard from the students around me, it seems this kind of event is rare you know? I believe that surely this is the influence of headmaster’s love for festival.」

「I see……」

Even Lux was in acceptance with Airi’s guess.

There were also times when he was troubled by Relie’s playfulness, but he was happy with this kind of event.

Lux who usually was unable to be brazen and participate in festival felt like he could be accepted as a member of these cheerful students in this event.

He could even feel vague exaltation from Airi who was usually playing the act like an Ojou-sama.

The two of them were holding complicated circumstances since their childhood, but only in this time right now they were able to be immersed in feeling of freedom.

「…………」

Both of them deviated from the bustling path side by side and headed to an area of trees where there was no sign of people.

Airi’s expression changed into a serious one in that timing that accidentally came to them.

「Come to think of it, what happened with the documents that Nii-san and others got hold of?」

Her voice’s tone suddenly dropped.

Her way of talking was roundabout, but Lux immediately guessed her intention.

It was about the case the other day, the data related to the Lord and the Ruins that they brought back from Ymir Theocracy’s Hall.

Because this time the Automata Ney Louches deciphered the ancient language for them, they were able to grasp the content right away.

「Hm……. I had looked through it with Krulcifer-san and others, and the document had also been sent to the royal capital but──」

「Was there, something?」

Slight nervousness was transmitted from Airi’s voice.

Surely she was more bothered about the Lord rather than the matter of Krulcifer who was a Ruin’s 『supervisor』.

Silver hair and grey pupil that were the distinctive traits of the old empire’s imperial family.

Did Hayes who had those distinctive traits was related somehow? That was the question, but,

「No, currently we still don’t know for sure──」

「Is, that so.」

Airi sighed looking somewhat relieved.

「But, please be careful. In the summit that will be held soon, that person is likely to also come after all.」

「……I know.」

Lux intended to respond naturally, but he was aware that his voice was tense.

The imperial princess of the Lord who proposed a talk with every countries, Listelka.

When she declared who would be accompanying her as guard and also aide, the name of that Fugil came out.

Such thing could be predicted from the fact that he was around Hayes since before, but this time he would be confronting Fugil in the same place of conference.

The reason of the betrayal at that day when he resolved to destroy the old empire in the past.

And then, the reason why Fugil was assisting the clan of Lord right now.

While the two of them were thinking about those matters──, a loud voice and footsteps came to be heard.

「Someone──!? Catch that girllllllll!?」

「──!?」

A group of students were running noisily.

Ahead of them, was a girl wearing showy red mantel running.

She was a petite girl with distinctive hairstyle of orange hair tied into the shape of ring, but her feet were strangely fast, no one could catch up to her.

「That’s──, a girl coming from outside to observe?」

She didn’t look like a student of the Academy, on the other hand it was also hard to imagine a girl trespasser.

But, why was she being chased by students?

While Lux was perplexed, the girl who was running fast opened her mouth with a fed up look.

「Aah geez, how troubling. Even though I only knocked down a bit something that came falling──, the lot here is too sensitive with trivial thing.」

The girl looked around restlessly while running further to shake off her pursuers.

But, the three members of Tria suddenly blocked the girl’s path.

「Please stop the girl over there! You are already surrounded! By this Academy’s well-known vigilance committee, the Triads!」

The leader Sharis stood in the way of the girl and introduced themselves.

Calling themselves as well-known was somewhat doubtful, but it somehow it looked like she was having fun.

「Yep yeeep. If you don’t stop right away, later you will be sentenced with tickling punishment you knooow.」

「Yes. These two are like this, but they are serious so surrender immediately.」

In addition Tillfur and Noct pressed from two other directions, surrounding the girl. The girl in mantle sighed.

「Oh dear. Even though I shouldn’t raise my hand toward students.」

「Resign yourself and──uwah!?」

「Hiah!?」

「……-!?」

But, that moment when the Triad grabbed at the girl, suddenly the three’s body floated in the air and they were flipped down on the lawn lightly.

Rather than saying that the girls were sent flying, it only looked like their body was merely twisted a bit.

And yet suddenly the three were knocked down with a movement that was like magic.

「Everyone!? Are you all right──wait, uwah!?」

Lux immediately called out in worry about the three’s well being, but the Triad members who were flipped over had their skirt lifted. Lux averted his gaze in panic.

「Fuh, you all are still lacking in training.」

The escapee used that opening to run away in the blink of eye.

Even Lux and Airi were taken aback seeing the Triads were instantly defeated.

「That girl, who in the world──?」

「Yeah. Her appearance is like a normal child, but she isn’t an ordinary person.」

A body movement that was like a master controlling the opponent’s motion with the slightest movement.

It felt like Lux had seen something similar from somewhere, but he couldn’t remember.

「Lux-kun! Please take care of the rest!」

「Can’t go one anymoreee, I’m tireeed.」

Sharis and Tillfur immediately stood up, but they asked for help like that.

「Err, but without using Drag-Ride, it feels like I also won’t be able to catch her though……」

After Lux smiled wryly, Noct who stood up the last muttered calmly with reproachful eyes and blushing cheeks.

「No. About the case of casually watching the panties of us three, if it’s now we will give forgiveness but──」

「Sorry! I’ll go catch that girl somehow!」

Airi reacted to what Noct pointed out and her gaze turned cold.

As though escaping from there, Lux started running in pursuit of the escaping girl.

Although he had said that, he was already losing sight of that small back.

But, thinking that he had to at least give it a try, Lux went toward the back of the campus building. There his collar was suddenly caught from behind.

「……-!?」

He let his guard down for an instant──no, he should be on guard already, but he was still easily caught.

However, before Lux could turn around, he heard a voice from behind.

「Oi, you. My bad but can you hide me for a bit? A frightening fellow has been aiming at me since some time ago……」

Lux immediately noticed the reason why the voice sounded somewhat scared.

When he noticed, before him there was a girl wearing black foreign outfit standing.

「It has been a while Aruji-sama. How are you doing? My apologize for being unable to take part in the banquet just now.」

The one who bowed in greeting to him with a smile was the first year student, Kirihime Yoruka.

In the old empire, she was a Drag-Ride who was called as the Empire’s Assassin Blade. Right now this assassin girl called herself as Lux’s loyal servant.

Glossy black hair and differently colored eyes of blue and violet.

He became somewhat uneasy seeing her smile that was giving off bewitching allure, but his heart was strangely beating hard.

Lux took a deep breath so that the agitation of his heart wouldn’t be noticed and he straightened his back.

「Err, did you come here to expressly meet me?」

When Lux asked timidly, Yoruka’s expression burst into a bright smile to him.

「Yes, of course──is what I wished could say, but unfortunately that’s not it. It appears that I too have to participate in this campus festival something, so I was doing rehearsal.」

「By rehearsal you mean……?」

When he became curious and asked, Yoruka lowered her eyes and nodded,

「Yes. I was entrusted with the performance of 『Knight of Foreign Country』 by myself. Actually in my nation of Koto, instead of knight they were called samurai though──」

「I, is that so?」

What’s this?

Lux wasn’t knowledgeable about the culture of the nation of Koto so he didn’t understand what the performance was about, but there was intense smell that Yoruka who had no spirit cooperation at all was being driven off as a troublesome person by other students.

Well, Yoruka herself also didn’t have the personality that would be bothered by that though.

「Eh? But if you are doing rehearsal──, are you going to do something like a knight?」

「Yes, just now I was chasing the criminal who broke an implement of the Academy. She is a girl wearing showy red mantle but, does Aruji-sama know anything about it?」

「Err──」

At that instant, the girl who was hiding behind him right now was sending him instruction by tracing letters on his back.

The massage was a simple 『Save me』.

「…………」

Honestly, if he was going to capture this girl, then he should present her forward here, but in this situation, he got the feeling that it would be better for him to persuade the girl.

「Tha, that, just now it looked like she went to the other side so──」

「Oh my? Is that so.」

Yoruka responded with her usual smile at Lux’s lie.

But, the coloring of her violet eye also looked like it was shining slightly.

「Then excuse my leave. Let’s meet again later, Aruji-sama.」

Yoruka left along with a smile that was filled with affection.

「……Perhaps she noticed just as I thought.」

The moment Lux thought that and muttered, the girl she saved also released a relieved sigh.

「Fuu, thanks to you I’m saved. I’ve got to thank you.」

「No, it’s fine but──, more importantly what did you do that got you chased?」

Lux faced the girl once more and questioned her.

He thought that she might be a child from her body build, but from the vague adult atmosphere her body was clad in, perhaps her age was fairly higher.

「Right. It’s not like I did anything big. Just now there was a stall imitation that did some kind of event, so I tried giving it a try for a bit. But then I mistook the target and an expensive looking vase furnishing got wrecked.」

「……I was mistaken I’m sorry I caught the criminal.」

With a dry face Lux quietly grabbed the girl’s hand. Seeing that the girl with small stature yelled.

「Uwa! Even though the situation finally calmed down! What are you dissatisfied with!? I’ve said that if it’s money I’ll pay it later!」

「…………」

Well, she might say the truth about paying seeing from her unique getup, but he somehow understood the reason why the students were angry.

「Then, I’ll apologize to everyone, so for now let’s at least talk to the headmaster──」

After worrying for a bit, Lux gave a suggestion to solve the problem with his way, but the girl in mantle scoffed.

「Headmaster you say? Then you don’t need to worry, Relie Aingram is my old acquaintance.」

「Eh……?」

The moment Lux blinked in surprise, the girl quietly moved her hand and caressed Lux’s cheek with strange hand manner.

「However, I was negligent and only noticed just now but, you have quite the beautiful look. Your feature is especially child-faced which is my preference, I want to thank you, so won’t you tell me your name?」

「E, err, I am Lux Arcadia, but……」

Lux’s cheeks reddened in embarrassment having his face suddenly touched.

It appeared that the girl before his eyes was pleased with his reaction, her eyes were sparkling even brighter.

「Oo! So you are the rumored ruined prince! This is……, what convenient chance this is!」

The girl licked her lips *slurp* with a voice that was shrill from excitement.

The moment Lux was stared by those eyes that were lighted with flame of lust, he got some kind of bad premonition.

One of her hands that was wrapped with white glove quietly went around Lux’s neck, at the same time her other hand crawled around Lux’s chest and abdomen.

「Your appearance is slender, but your body is reasonably tight. This feels like it will be pleasant to be embraced by this body.」

The girl was making a wicked smile that looked somewhat flirty.

「Wai-, what are you suddenly──!?」

「You, from your reaction you’re inexperienced aren’t you? I don’t think it’s possible but, are you inexperienced with woman even with that face?」

「Wha-……!?」

Lux’s face was getting increasingly red from suddenly asked with strange question.

About his experience, did he have something like that?

If she referred to something further than a kiss, then it was true that he was inexperienced though──.

「My god, to think that a feast this delicious is still lying untouched! If possible I wish to devour you five years later while you are still young but, even you right now is satisfactory. Oi Lux, you──how much it will be to purchase you for one night?」

「…………Yes?」

After thinking for a full few seconds, Lux was bewildered because he didn’t understand the meaning of her question.

But, the girl was gazing up at Lux’s face with a grin that looked vaguely obscene.

「You have a lot of debt remaining correct? Rather how about we skip that directly to you become my lover and move into my house?」

Even Lux finally noticed after getting told that much.

He noticed what this girl with nice getup wanted to buy him for.

「Wait, what are you saying!? There is no way I can do such──」

Lux’s cheeks blushed and he refused in panic, but the girl’s finger traced Lux’s chest with an even more wicked grin.

「Kukukuku……. You, despite your appearance you are skilled at haggling aren’t you? I get it. I’ll properly look after your little sister too. Don’t worry about the matter of the livelihood of you two.」

「What are you talking about-!?」

The moment Lux reflexively retorted, his body suddenly floated and he was pulled backward.

「……-!?」

Someone who appeared from behind lightly embraced Lux’s body and leaped, taking distance from the girl before their eyes.

There, Lux finally noticed the existence who caused that after getting handled that far.

He noticed the identity of the other girl who cut in between him and the girl and separated the two of them.

「Phi-chan!?」

His childhood friend who possessed hair of cherry blossom color and big breasts, Philuffy Aingram.

From a glance she was a my pace girl who seemed to be expressionless and taciturn, but right now in this moment she moved swiftly and confronted the girl before them.

「Hou……. What a contemptible greeting to perpetrate rudeness to the master you are reunited with. It seems that Relie is pampering her little sister like always.」

「Even if it’s Master, I won’t hand over Lu-chan.」

Philuffy quietly took a stance. In respond the girl smiled fearlessly.

「Hohoo, so it’s something like that. Now that you mention it, I heard that you’ve got childhood friend or something huh.」

Was the two acquainted with each other?

Faster than Lux could think that, the thinking that he had to stop this emerged in his mind.

In contrast to her appearance, Philuffy was an expert of martial arts with outstanding physical ability, but this girl was also considerably skilled.

Thus, it would become terrible if the two clashed directly.

「Wa, wait you two, I don’t know what’s going on but sto──」

When Lux who guessed that tried to stop them with his all, the air suddenly relaxed.

「Fu……, it can’t be helped. Let’s stop the game here. As expected, it will require much effort to take on these two simultaneously.」

「Two……?」

Right after Lux tilted his head, he immediately noticed what she meant.

Behind the girl who was confronting Philuffy, the third year student who was the Academy’s strongest, Celistia was putting her hand on the handle of her Sword Device.

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Her expression was tense like the usual Celis, she wasn’t showing the slightest opening.

「You are the representative of Marcafal Kingdom, Magialca Zen Vanfrick-sama correct?」

Celis quietly spoke that name without taking off her eyes from the girl.

「The manager of Vanfrick company which possess market that cross many countries and enormous fortune……, and then right now, the number one in World Rank, and the captain of Seven Dragon Paladins.」

「──!?」

Lux’s expression spontaneously stiffened hearing that identification.

This person who looked young in a glance was the Drag-Knight who stood at the top of the world.

He thought that she wasn’t an ordinary person from the way she moved her body, but to think──.

「Did you come to test Lux’s strength? If that’s the case, your joke has gone too far.」

But, Celis didn’t even show any sign of timidity toward such fact and she spoke with an aloof attitude.

In respond Magialca let out a chuckle and shook her head slightly.

「No way, this is really just a coincidence. My bad if I have made you misunderstood. It’s not like I intended to cause a commotion.」

She lifted both her hands and closed her eyes, taking the pose of surrender.

And then when Philuffy and Celis lowered their stance, Magialca faced Lux once more.

「In the first place my birthplace wasn’t from Marcafal Kingdom. I’m a person who doesn’t even belong to any country, but currently I’m being temporarily employed as the captain of Seven Dragon Paladins. Best regards from now on okay, Lux.」

「Ah, yes. I too──」

Magialca held out her right hand. In respond Lux also reacted and shook her hand.

Her body looked delicate from her appearance, but it seemed that it was really trained.

「However, you are a really interesting man just like the rumor. Even though you are the only man in an academy full of girls, it seems that you are really skilled in handling girl.」

「N, no……」

‘You are also a very strange person for the captain of Seven Dragon Paladins though.’

While Lux couldn’t say anything like that, the woman before him made an indecent grin and whispered「As I thought, won’t you come to my room later?」.

「Lady Magialca. Please don’t say anything strange to Lux. Further touch than that is not permitted.」

Celis who saw that put a stop to it with firm attitude.

But, Magialca didn’t look particularly bothered at all, the end of her eyebrows lowered down and she turned a teasing smile at Celis.

「Oh, I heard that the daughter of Ralgris house is a man-hater and serious girl, but it looks like you are really different from the story huh. You ──, don’t tell me that you are falling in love with this man?」

「-……!?」

The moment she heard that, her mask crumbled for a moment.

However, Magialca didn’t pursue any further and changed the topic after letting out a sigh.

「Now then, my business today is to talk with the headmaster, let’s meet again later in this campus festival and the summit. At that time I’ll depend on you two okay──. Aah, my favorite pupil too, let’s have a tea next time slowly.」

Magialca only said that before turning on her heel and then she left without pause.

「So that’s the captain of Seven Dragon Paladins. The martial art teacher that Phi-chan mentioned, could it be──」

「Yep. That’s master. It has been a long time for me too since I met her last.」

Philuffy nodded shortly and affirmed it.

This was the person who taught Philuffy who was surpassing the rest by far in unarmed combat, so he imagined that she must be considerably strong, but he never imagined that she would also be an extremely rich person who managed a company.

「But, she is an acquaintance of Relie-san and Phi-chan, so she isn’t a bad person right?」

「……Don’t know.」

「Eh……?」

Philuffy’s unexpected immediately reply caused Lux to ask back reflexively.

「I think that master is perhaps acting only for her own sake you know?」

「Is, that so……」

Because she was expressionless and taciturn, Philuffy was thought to be really unconcerned with her surrounding, but actually she was really good at seeing through people’s true nature.

In other words, her judgment could be trusted.

Regardless of whether Magialca was good or evil, in any case she was someone they couldn’t let their guard down against. That seemed to be the correct stance to take.

「Also, Celis-senpai too, thank you very much. I was saved──」

「N, no……, I was just, passing through the place where Lux was at by chance after all.」

「……?」

Lux tilted his head seeing Celis suddenly averting her gaze with flustered expression.

Strange.

Even though she was a dignified senior like usual until just now, her attitude suddenly changed completely.

「Are you feeling unwell somewhere? It’s unusual for Celis-senpai to──」

The moment Lux approached her, Celis backed away in a flash.

「Eh……?」

When Lux tilted his head, Celis averted her gaze with blushing cheeks.

「Wha, what’s the matter, Celis-senpai……?」

「N, no, it’s nothing. I, it’s just a bit of coincidence! That, m, my business is still not finished so, I’ll take my leave here!」

After she asserted that in complete panic, Celis dashed away.

Without slowing down at all, she vanished completely from Lux’s sight.

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