Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 11 Episode 1 (section)

===Part 6===
「The Holy Night Festival huh. It’s nice that there will be a fun event in the New Kingdom.」

「It was a festival for only nobles in the era of the Old Empire though. Since the country became the New Kingdom, her majesty Queen Rafi turned it into something that is unrelated with one’s status.」

「The Queen of this country is a good person isn’t she……」

Lux who had just finished dinner was sorting the books inside the library after the closing time due to the request from the librarian.

His body still hadn’t fully recovered, so his chores were also only light work for rehabilitation, but Coral proposed to help.

At first he planned to refuse, but thinking that it was also not a good idea to gather attention from the female students even more than this, he accepted.

「Her highness Princess Milmiette of the Vanheim Principality also doesn’t lose right?」

「You’re right. It would be great though──if I could also act like that.」

「……?」

Lux felt something strangely out of place from Coral’s words and he tilted his head.

He should be the princess’s close associate and a distant relative, but did something weigh him down about it?

「In any case, please take care of me for these two weeks. Though it may be tedious that it’s someone like me who came here.」

Coral who put the last book smiled while saying that. Lux immediately shook his head.

「I might have said it before but, I like everyone in the Academy, however I didn’t have even a single male friend. I’m happy that Coral came.」

「Ah, that……thank you, Lux-kun.」

Coral suddenly looked bashful with reddened cheeks.

It was an unusual reaction from him who usually smiled naturally. For some reason even Lux almost got a throbbing heart.

(Wait, what am I thinking! Even though I am indisputably a man──)

Just because the other party had androgynous looks and a slender body, as expected feeling like this would be inexcusable for him.

Though, thinking back, when Coral’s skin got seen by Lux at the Vanheim Principality, it felt like at that time he was also acting embarrassed more than necessary──

(No, something like this feels strange because I’m overly conscious of it. We are fellow males, I need to interact with him boldly──)

When Lux determined himself like that, a knocking sound came from outside the library.

「Lux-chi, thanks for your work. The bath is already empty right now y’know?」

「Ah, right. Thanks Tillfur. I’ll go there right away so──」

Lux replied to the other side of the door and he slowly stood up.

After all the female students finished entering the large public bath, Lux’s turn to enter finally came.

Exactly because he had decided that he mustn’t get strangely conscious of Coral, Lux intentionally declared.

「The, then Coral. Let’s enter together.」

「Eh!? Tha, that’s──a bit……. No, I get it!」

Coral’s eyes opened wide for a moment in agitation, but then he averted his eyes and nodded.

(Wait, why is even Coral acting embarrassed like this……?)

Lux was feeling the vaguely awkward atmosphere while heading to the large public bath.