Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 12 Episode 5 (section)

===Part 4===
「Haah, haah! Is Relie-sa……headmaster here!?」

「My? What’s the matter Airi-chan? Has Lux-kun and Phi got on together I wonder?」

When Airi rushed inside the headmaster’s office, Relie who was doing her paperwork in her witch outfit was there.

There were so many things she could make a retort at the statement from just now, but right now wasn’t the time for that.

「Soffice Xfer’s Sword Device was entrusted to Relie-san right!? She has vanished from the prison underground the Drag-Ride hangar!」

「……!」

Even Relie understood the situation from the urgent voice of Airi. Her expression immediately turned serious.

「……I see, so she escaped. When did you notice it?」

「Just now! Today I was busy with the party’s preparations, and when I finally went there── Nii-san is in danger! If we don’t quickly call and hide him……」

「Calm down a little Airi-chan. Is there any traces of an intruder from outside? Like the prison being damaged or something.」

「N, no, there is no traces like that. I think that most likely Soffice herself took off the chains.」

「I understand. First, I will try asking the guards around the Academy whether they had seen anyone suspicious, and then, can you gather the Triad for now?」

「Wai-, please be serious! If we let her escape, the New Kingdom’s future will be──」

「There is that, but it’s useless even if we panic. You and Lux-kun should have been resolved with the girl escaping like this too when you two took her under your responsibility.」

「──!」

Relie’s calm attitude.

It wasn’t because she wasn’t serious. Airi noticed that it was her acting mature in her own way and she fell silent.

Certainly, it was just as Relie said.

Even Lux and Airi had acknowledged that there was a high possibility of the girl escaping.

「It’s strange to say this, but the time while there is an event in progress is also accompanied by danger, so the security in the area should be carried out tightly. Drakes with radar are constantly being alert of the surroundings, so even if it is Dragon Marauder, they won’t be able to easily approach.」

「Then, she is still inside the Academy──?」

「Yes, the rest is just as you predicted I believe. She won’t be able to summon her Vritra without the Sword Device. In other words, she will be trying to ask someone who knows the location in order to find it, so it will be Airi-chan who is the likeliest to get targeted.」

「I……see. But, what should I do?」

「Either way, the Sword Device is hidden underground the library, so it won’t be found out for now. That’s why, I recommend Airi-chan to hide here, but if we want to capture Soffice, then there is also another way.」

*Knock knock*.

At that time the door of the headmaster’s office was knocked on.

「Come in. Just in time. If it’s him who is from an allied country, there won’t be any problem, so let’s request him.」

「You are──Coral-san!?」

「Good afternoon Airi-chan. I’ll be in your care again.」

Airi’s eyes snapped open in surprise.

The one who was there dressed in a butterfly figure was a beautiful girl──or rather, an androgynous young man.

His light green hair wasn’t braided and instead tied up into twintails that drew a curve.

The positioning of his skirt that was doubtfully risqué didn’t look out of place on him at all and looked lovely.

「……Wait, what’s with that appearance!?」

「Sorry. I’ll be happier if you don’t question that too deeply……」

Coral muttered with a conflicted gaze that was looking distant.

When Airi listened briefly about why he was here, Coral came to the New Kingdom as Magialca’s substitute, but because he came at the timing when the costume party was in progress, it seemed he was toyed around with by the Triad.

Relie’s thinking was to talk about the situation this time to Coral who was the aide of the Seven Dragon Paladin of the Vanheim Principality that was allied to them, and asked him to be Airi’s guard.

Originally, the matter of Soffice’s capture was a top secret even within the New Kingdom, but they couldn’t pay attention to outward appearances in this emergency situation.

Airi hesitated a bit before nodding, then she asked for his cooperation.

「But, in a sense this is convenient. It looks like Coral-chan’s face is known to Soffice, so if you are dressed like usual you will get found out immediately──」

「Err, headmaster……. Even though I look like this, I am a man though……?」

After Coral retorted with his face somewhat twitching, they immediately moved into action.

The Triad would be on guard at Lux’s surroundings, while Airi and Coral would search for Soffice without getting near Lux as much as possible.

「I’m sorry to involve you Coral-san into this kind of trouble.」

Airi said that while walking in a corridor. Coral shook his head slightly in response.

「I don’t mind. Besides, it was you all who first captured Soffice Xfer, so it’s not something that I could personally say anything about.」

Coral said that and smiled with the appearance of a female butterfly fairy.

From Airi’s view, he wasn’t an androgynous male anymore. He looked completely like a female.

「Besides──I’m also curious about the matter of Soffice Xfer.」

「Is that so? Certainly, she is an existence with a lot of mystery but……」

Airi reflexively replied.

The face of Coral that she saw from the side while walking looked the most serious she had seen until now.

「{{furigana|Xfer|Key’s Supervisor}}……the successor of the will of the ancient race. And yet, regardless of that, the girl showed no signs of being connected to the Lords at all. I want to know about her circumstances. Just what happened in her past.」

「…………」

「And also, there is no more time for this world. Depending on the situation, we will have to deal with her just as ordered. Even if that is unrelated to my original intention──」

「Coral, san?」

Airi tilted her head in puzzlement. Seeing that Coral’s expression let go of his tension.

「Sorry. I’m getting lost in thought. I’ll walk a bit away from you, so Airi-chan, can you pretend to search for Lux-kun like just now?」

His aim was to intentionally make Airi to be alone and defenseless, and when Soffice targeted her, he would subdue her then.

Airi who understood the strategy nodded and separated from Coral.

Coral followed behind her while putting his hand on the second Sword Device hanging on his waist.

「In the worst case that Dragon Marauder also came, just EX Wyvern won’t be enough. I won’t have any other choice but to show my Divine Drag-Ride too……」

Coral’s monologue was vaguely mixed with tension.

It gave a hint that this mission for him wasn’t just the cooperation with an allied country.

「Lux-kun. I──」

That murmur which had an uneasy sigh mixed in it wasn’t heard by anyone. He blended among the bustling female students walking in the corridor and vanished.