Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 4 Episode 1 (section)

===Part 6===

The calm sound of waves was echoing at the sandy beach that was illuminated by moonlight.

The night of the early summer was warm. Even when one was dressed nearly naked, they wouldn’t feel cold by any means.

「…………」

Lux and Lisha, who was wearing a water dress, came to the same beach where everyone was playing at during the afternoon.

They both dipped into the sea until the water reached above their knees, tasting the sensation of the gentle waves surging in.

「Is something wrong, Lisha-sama?」

「……No, how should I say it, I’m a little surprised.」

Lisha averted her gaze from Lux while she embarrassedly fixed the placement of her swimsuit.

「As I thought, isn’t this appearance strange on me?」

「That’s not true at all Lisha-sama, I think you look really cute.」

「-……!?」

When Lux said that with a smile, Lisha was startled and her cheeks blushed.

The moon and stars that were reflected on the water surface were shining like scattered gems.

The white figure of Lisha was reflected among that wondrous scene and highlighted her presence.

「I, I see……. When I heard you tell me to wear my water dress and come to the beach, I wondered what you were planning to do but……」

「Lisha-sama had also expressly bought a water dress for coming here, so I was thinking that perhaps I could play together with Lisha-sama. After all, if it’s me I know about the mark on your stomach, so there is no problem. And if it’s at night like right now──」

Even if anyone saw from afar, it wouldn’t stand out in this dimness.

Making that conclusion, Lux tried inviting Lisha, who was only secluding herself alone during the afternoon while under a pavilion, to come play at this time as much as she wanted.

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「I thought that surely Lisha-sama wanted to have fun, because you had even picked out a water dress.」

「……N, no, I picked a water dress, because I wanted to show it to yo──I, I didn’t say anything-!?」

Lisha was about to say something with a small voice, but midway she went bright red and denied it in a panic.

「……Could it be, I’m being a bother to you?」

「Tha, that’s not true! That’s──thank you, Lux.」

When Lisha-said that mutteringly, Lux stroked down his chest in relief and he showed a smile.

This princess had a childish side somewhere in her, but she was a confident and adorable princess. That was what Lux thought.

「Besides, I also wanted to look properly, at that water dress──」

Different from the afternoon, this time Lisha’s mark under her navel wasn’t being hidden by a cloth wrapped around her waist.

Therefore, Lisha panicked when she realized how high the exposure rate of her appearance was right now.

「E, even though I’m a bit moved here, you lecher!」

「Uwah!?」

Lisha splashed sea water on Lux to hide her shyness.

「Fuh, I’ll do this to a guy like you! Don’t think that you’ve won just because you’re better in a Drag-Ride.」

「I got it. Then I too──!」

Like that, both of them played by splashing water at each other at a depth where the water reached until their knees.

The sea water that was slightly cold felt pleasant on their bodies that still felt the heat from the afternoon temperature and the training.

「Yosh! You’re cornered Lux! ……oops」

「Dangerous-!?」

Lisha’s body was suddenly unbalanced. Lux hurriedly caught her body in his arms.

「Are you okay, Lisha-sama!?」

「Ah, yes……. I’m all right. My leg is only a bit sprained──」

「Please stay still. We have to get out of the water and take a look at it thoroughly……」

Lux held Lisha’s back with one arm, while his other arm lifted her up from behind her knees.

It wasn’t that hard to do that because from the start she had a petite stature.

Lisha spontaneously became red faced due to the posture as though she was treated like a princess inside a story.

「O, oi Lux. This posture, it feels embarrassing somehow……」

「No, it’s no good if we don’t take precautions.」

Lux ignored her and he advanced forward.

Midway, Lux noticed that Lisha’s entranced face was near him and he became embarrassed. When he averted his gaze slightly to the side,

「Wah……!?」

「Wha, what’s wrong Lux?」

「Ah, no, nothing──」

Lux avoided the question in panic while he continued walking.

(This, this posture, Lisha-sama’s breast touched──)

That was so.

Lisha’s breast that was growing well for her small stature touched the chest of Lux who was holding her in his arms. He felt that soft sensation through the water dress.

In addition the white cleavage that was wet from sea water was also near his face, his male instinct was getting conscious of it automatically.

(Wha, what am I thinking!? Right now Lisha-sama’s injury is──)

Lux denied his worldly desire. He then made Lisha sit on the beach and took a look at her leg.

Fortunately she really only had a light sprain and it seemed the pain also receded quickly.

「I, I’m glad. It’s nothing serious.」

「Ye, yep……. But, like before, just a bit more──」

「Eh……?」

「No, nothing at all! Ra, rather than that……」

「Yes. What is it?」

When Lux asked calmly, Lisha hesitated a little and she looked down.

「That……can I, ask something a bit selfish to you, again?」

「I don’t mind, though why would Lisha-sama ask something like that to me?」

With hesitation on her face, Lisha averted her eyes from the puzzled Lux.

「That’s, recently when I’m looking at you, I was thinking. You’re certainly a reliable man, but just because you will listen to anything I ask, someone immature like me isn’t facing my duty as the princess of the New Kingdom, am I not just using you as I please……」

「…………」

She was someone who was abandoned by her real father, Count Atismata who was lauded as a great man, she then swore to obey the Old Empire, but after that, due to adverse fortune, she gained the seat of the New Kingdom’s princess.

Because of that she had an inferiority complex and reluctance in behaving as a princess, but even so she was trying to face herself.

For her to say the words 『the princess of the New Kingdom』, most likely the 『selfishness』 she mentioned was something related to the New Kingdom.

Then──

「It’s not like Lisha-sama to be considerate of me.」

Lux made a smile that was filled with deep affection and stated so.

「Eh……?」

「I am a criminal that has to accept the requests from the citizens but, I’m not doing the work just because of duty. I’m fighting by my own will.」

「──You’re right.」

Lisha let out a sigh of relieve and she puffed out her chest.

「It’s just as you say. It’s not like me to keep being indecisive! Then right away, starting tonight we are going to do the practical test for the new weapon that has been warming up for many years! Commence the experiment!」

「Somehow I feel uneasy from the words at the end there though!?」

Lux was feeling a tinge of unease towards the fully confident Lisha. A few minutes later, the two of them changed clothes, and then they headed towards the island’s Drag-Ride atelier.