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

===Part 5===
「Tsuu-……!」

Aeril felt pain and opened her eyes.

When she looked, she was laying down on a simple bed that seemed to be carried out from a safe zone without her knowing.

Lux was sitting on a chair beside her.

A bandage was wrapped on the wound on her side and she was laid on the bed upside down.

「Ah, you woke up. It looks like your bleeding stopped, but it will be better to not move for a while you know? There is also the burn injury──」

「Yes……」

Aeril powerlessly nodded hearing Lux telling her that.

「It seemed you had a nightmare but, did your wound feel painful?」

「My old wound, just for a bit. It was eight years ago already──no, it was a matter of several hundred years ago though……」

But, there was no other old wound on Aeril’s body that was standing out.

Lux wondered if perhaps she was referring to an old wound in her heart rather than her body.

「Did, something happen?」

「…………」

Aeril hesitated towards Lux’s question, and before long she formed her words with a small voice.

「Hey, why did Lux-kun treat my wound?」

「Eh……?」

Lux asked back in bewilderment at that sudden question.

「Your Wedge won’t shock you just because you didn’t help me. It should be fine even if you just left me alone. No, I even exposed your comrades to danger, so why──」

Aeril asked like that with an expression that looked gloomy.

「Is it because you will be troubled that you won’t be able to move if I die? Or perhaps──」

「Err, I don’t really understand myself.」

Lux who heard her words showed a troubled smile and stared at Aeril.

In response, Aeril’s eyes turned round in puzzlement.

「But perhaps, it was because I thought that maybe Aeril helped us. Before this you predicted that Sacred Eclipse’s position was near us. That was why, perhaps you spread Zahhak’s whip around and searched for the Sacred Eclipse, and then lured it there, in order to change that situation.」

If he thought like that, then the reason why Aeril got hit by Sacred Eclipse’s attack at the beginning would also be explained.

Furthermore, thanks to that, it also became natural to ask for help from Mishis.

「…………」

Aeril fell silent at what Lux pointed out.

In other words, what he said was correct.

She was trying to save Celis and Philuffy even though they were enemies.

She paid meticulous attention so that Listelka and Mishis wouldn’t suspect her and helped them out even though she had to brave danger.

「That’s, just Lux-kun’s wild idea right? You didn’t actually see me doing such thing, and there is no proof at all. Am I wrong?」

「I guess.」

Aeril’s words sounded sulking, but Lux replied while playing the fool.

「But, that’s fine. Because──I believe like that.」

「Why……」

Seeing such Lux, Aeril suddenly raised a depressed voice.

「Why is Lux-kun like that? Do you believe in people that much?」

「Aeril?」

「I, I cannot do that. Whether it’s believing in someone, or throwing away my own position. Isn’t someone from the imperial family, something like that?」

「…………」

Lux hesitated to say something toward Aeril’s words that were filled with indecision.

「How was, Lux-kun able to destroy the Old Empire? Even if the revolution succeeded, there is no way everyone will praise Lux-kun. No, far from that, you might even have been resented unjustly and killed by the people, and yet──」

「That’s because, I met a person who saved someone like me.」

Lux quickly answered Aeril’s question like that.

When he was a child, Lux’s grandfather admonished the emperor. Lux and his family received unjustified resentment due to that and they were banished from the imperial court.

When his mother who became seriously injured due to a coach accident was abandoned by the common people, Lux cursed the whole world. At that time, Philuffy came to meet him.

Lux who got back on his feet because someone was there to be his ally aimed to create a country where Airi and Philuffy and others could live peacefully. He tried to change the country with every means available.

「That was why I was thinking about what I could do as an imperial family member. When I was a child, I was a puppet who only obeyed what my father……the emperor said. But, I became unable to endure that. Nothing will change if I don’t start taking action from myself, I won’t be able to obtain what I want. Because I thought that──」

「I see. As I thought, Lux-kun is strong.」

Aeril who listened to Lux’s words sent him a bright smile.

「That’s not true. It’s thanks to everyone.」

「No. That’s it.」

「Eh……?」

「You being able to become friends with various people like that, is something amazing.」

After Aeril told him that, Lux pondered for a moment before returning a smile.

「Then that’s great. I can also become friends with Aeril.」

「…………」

Aeril was spontaneously dumbfounded by the words that came from Lux’s mouth.

She reflexively covered her face with her hands to hide her blushing cheeks and averted her face away.

「Geez, really, just what are you thinking, making that kind of surprise attack……」

「……? What’s wrong, Aeril?」

「No, nothing! More importantly, let’s go soon. We still haven’t accomplished our objective.」

「Yes. Ah, but, that’s. Before that, if you don’t wear your pilot suit properly──」

「U, WAAAAAH!? Don’t look over here-! Lux-kun you pervert!」

Because she lifted up her body quickly, Aeril’s upper body became exposed and Lux reflexively averted his gaze.

Strictly speaking he already got a clear view, but he didn’t say it.