Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 7 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 4===

──At the same time. Two hundred members of Sanctuary Knight Order as well as cooperator from new kingdom, Lisha and company who received information of the kidnapping plan, they took their post and performed security with maximum vigilance.

Anywhere in the holy capital that was the capital city of Ymir was important position, but in this day that was the last day of the Pilgrimage Festival, it was the cathedral at the northern part that was the most heavily guarded.

The believers in this country had no method of transportation to visit all the pilgrimage spot.

Most believers would get through with it by staying home or visiting the nearest church. But the nobles whose position as believer wasn’t low had the custom to spend half a day offering prayer in this cathedral to make up not doing pilgrimage.

Furthermore, right now this place was also the residence of the archbishop.

The aim of Dragon Marauder’s kidnapping plan was Pope Nias as well as the archbishop. From that point, a method to not gather the important people in the cathedral to avoid needless danger was also considered.

But, the result of the discussion caused such method to be dismissed because of two reasons.

The first reason, because the stage of the battle would be the holy capital itself, in the case that the important people were scattered everywhere, it would make it harder instead to protect them.

The other reason, was so that the Dragon Marauder wouldn’t realize that their kidnapping plan had already become known by this side.

By all rights, if the noble believers didn’t gather in large number at the cathedral, the enemy would also notice that their plan had been exposed.

Thus, this time Lisha and co were also placed in hidden position..

The waiting place for the four was on a stone balcony protruding out from the cathedral’s third floor.

「Fuu. At any case this country is really cold……, feels like I’ll freeze just by staying outside.」

Lisha blew out white breath to her hands that were rubbing on each other while her body shivered.

She was wearing fur coat on her body, but right under it was her pilot suit.

「How about warming up inside? If it’s keeping watch, we will do it for a while.」

「No, that’s no good.」

Celis beside her was being considerate, but Lisha immediately shook her head.

「Those Dragon Marauder bunches are aiming at this chance, victim might appear even if we are late just by several seconds. Besides──Lux too should be feeling the same coldness about this time.」

Lisha straightened her back and acted tough. Celis’s expression loosened seeing that.

「Consuming stamina before the fight will bring nothing good you know?」

「Both of you, here.」

There, Philuffy who was snacking on cookie at the back presented something with her empty hand.

It was hot rock wrapped in fabric. Lisha and Celis accepted that and said thanks.

「Even so, that ero woman is a willful one like usual.」

Among the reinforcement force from new kingdom, it was only Yoruka who was at the rooftop of the cathedral instead of staying at the designated position.

In order to perform defense, Lisha and co were guided to a place where it would be easy to receive instruction from Ymir’s side, but it seemed Yoruka’s decision was different.

『My objective is to annihilate Aruji-sama’s enemy.』

She asserted that, then said how the field of vision here was bad and left from the designated waiting place.

「Are you worried? Lisha-sama?」

「Wro-wrong, I’m not! No matter what happen to that indecent ero woman, that’s not my business! Just, that──as the representative of the new kingdom, it’s troubling that she is acting as she please!」

Lisha responded slightly panicked at Philuffy’s question.

「How nice. To have someone to fuss for you──」

Celis was watching that smilingly while muttering. Right after that, a voice roared from behind.

「E, enemy attack──a messenger came from the Drake’s defensive line! It’s a large swarm of flying Abyss!」

Lisha and co who heard that tensed their expression and pulled out their Sword Device.

「We are going to finish this before Lux arrive. ──Let’s go, everyone!」

They quickly wore the Drag-Ride they summoned and the battle began.

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