Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 12 Episode 2 (section)

===Part 6===
Because it would take time to change clothes, Lux got out of the bath first.

It was only for a few minutes, but Airi who was left alone engrossed herself in her thought.

In the end──she was unable to say her true trouble to her big brother.

She couldn’t let Lux do anything dangerous more than this.

In the previous battle, after she was kidnapped to the seventh Ruin Moon, she was approached with a certain deal from the Seven Dragon Paladins traitor Soffice.

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『There is a way to end this battle bloodlessly. Even though you might not be aware of it, but you are holding the key for that. The next time we call on you, I want you to comply with us.』

After the battle the other day, the black haired girl with a red tattoo on her face told Airi that.

Thinking how she asked Dragon Marauder to steal the Grand Force that the New Kingdom entrusted to Lisha, she should be an enemy without a doubt.

『It might be a betrayal to the New Kingdom from you. But──thinking about the world, this should be the best thing to do.』

The Key’s Supervisor Soffice, and the Moon’s Automata Re Plica who introduced herself as Soffice’s little sister Uruk Septy were showing an intention to save the world in their own way.

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『If you betray us later, I will activate the Moon’s function──the {{furigana|Lunatic Call|Bell of the Crazy Moon}}, gathering all the Abyss and Ragnarok and destroy the New Kingdom. Your big brother will naturally die. If you are fine with that, then you can refuse this deal.』

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They didn’t trust the world alliance and also the Lords. They planned to liberate Avalon by themselves.

At present, they threatened all the countries with the weapons of the seventh Ruin Moon and the remaining Ragnarok, but amidst that Airi was holding the key for their plan.

From here on it was just Airi’s personal conjecture, but most likely installing a Grand Force and liberating the Ruins could only be done by the Arcadia family.

In other words, she was told to give the last push for them to be able to obtain Avalon.

They said that they wouldn’t do anything bad to her as long as she kept her promise to cooperate with them.

If she betrayed them, they would order the Ragnarok using the Moon’s functions to destroy the New Kingdom.

But naturally, in case they had evil purpose in their scheme to rule over the world, it would be Airi’s push that became the cause of the end of everything.

Even so──when Airi almost committed suicide, they let her go without doing anything to her.

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『If possible I don’t want to kill a little sister. In the past, inside that Garden, my important little sister──Uruk was tricked and torn limb from limb. I don’t want to do the same thing like those traitors.』

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Of course, she also couldn’t deny the possibility that Soffice words were just a made up story.

After all, in negotiations it often happened that the talk progressed smoothly not just by pushing, but also by pulling back sometimes.

Prompting cooperation by showing compassion and understanding to the cornered Airi.

There was more than enough possibility of that.

Even after taking that into consideration──Airi decided to comply with their deal.

She didn’t think that it was right.

If her action was found out, she might be given the death penalty in the New Kingdom.

For the time being, she had to skillfully probe for their objective before Avalon was liberated.

「My battle, is from here on.」

Although she couldn’t divulge it to anyone, but the other day a letter from them arrived for her. Inside it was written that the promised time would soon arrive.

Airi exited the large public bath and changed into her uniform, then she signaled Noct who was wearing Drake at a blind spot of the school building.

After Noct stopped using her radar and joined up with Airi, Airi complained about how the Triad brought Lux inside the bath, and then in the end she said that she recalled she had a business to take care of, so she wanted to be alone for a while.

She said that she had business in a hidden room where students were forbidden to enter.

「Yes. I will wait in our room, so Airi, please be careful to not catch a cold.」

The Academy’s surrounding was protected by security Drag-Knights so there was no problem.

Magialca of the Seven Dragon Paladins was also staying at the Academy as reinforcement, but she had confirmed that she had a drinking bout with Relie and she had drunk herself dead drunk.

With this, there wouldn’t be any hindrances.

She had swiped the entrance key at noon when Syvalles’s members were coming and going.

Airi headed towards the fourth Drag-Ride hangar that should be empty already.

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