Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 13 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 3===
「Haa, haa……-!」

On the other hand, around that time──underground the old castle in the abandoned capital Guernica.

A few minutes after Celis and Philuffy were defeated by Mishis, Sacred Eclipse appeared, and then parting with Lisha and Krulcifer who came in pursuit.

Lux and Aeril who left behind the Abyss plant on the surface level floor continued their search in order to discover the portal to return to the old castle.

But, there was also no way they could take a breather in the passage where the Abyss were prowling in swarms. Since then they fought countless Abyss while wandering in the underground that was like a maze.

The more Lux looked at the interior of Avalon, the more he thought that it was a mysterious structure.

At a glance, it had an atmosphere that was like an ancient underground passage, but on the other side of that crumbling wall he could see a silver colored wall surface that was glowing faintly.

Furthermore, inside several small rooms and spaces that they found midway, they saw spaces that were modeled after a great variety of shapes he had seen existing inside other Ruins until now.

Forest, river, or even a desert.

If not for his current position and situation, he would stop unconsciously and stare at the sight.

「Aeril, are you okay? That wound, we have to treat it first somewhere──」

「……No, just this much is okay. More importantly, we finally got away from the monitoring. Let’s advance as much as we can for now.」

Aeril acted strong even though her breathing was rough. She hurried ahead wearing Zahhak.

But, midway she finally fell on her knee and her armor was dispelled.

「-……!?」

「Don’t force yourself! Let’s rest for a bit, if there is a room nearby somewhere──」

「Sor, ry……」

After Aeril said that with a gasping breath, Lux held her and he started searching for a small room.

But, Aeril shook her head and stopped him.

「Because, I don’t want to get found out……. Perhaps right now, the possibility is high that we aren’t being eavesdropped anymore──if my conversation with you, is known by Nee-san it will be bad.」

「I get it. Wait just for a bit more!」

Lux laid down Aeril’s body on the passage’s floor, then he scooped up water from the nearby room──a place with a terrain that was modeled like a valley.

「Nn, uu……」

When Lux hurriedly returned to the corridor, Aeril’s eyes were closed while she was letting out feverish breath.

Did she faint because her string of tension snapped from the extreme fatigue?

Lux reached out his hand to her pilot suit to treat her side that was cut.

He was reluctant to strip the clothes of a sleeping girl, but with the situation as it was he had no other choice.

「Sorry, Aeril.」

He only stripped off the upper part of the pilot suit that was the only thing covering her, then he laid her down face up on a towel that he spread on the floor.

The radiant naked body even in the darkness caused Lux’s eyes to be glued to it.

He saw her back completely when he was staying in the same room with her in the Vanheim Principality, but this time he felt like her sensuality was increasing even more than that time.

Perhaps it was because the girl’s magic that was faking her own existence had been dispelled.

Or perhaps it was because Lux was starting to get conscious of Aeril’s own existence itself?

「Nn, Lux……kun」

Aeril, whose eyes were still closed, was moving her right hand around with pained gasp.

「It’s all right, Aeril.」

Lux naturally took that hand and calmed her breathing. She then continued to sleep.