Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 12 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 7===
「The negotiation with her, is still impossible……」

Lux exited the underground prison of the Drag-Ride hangar and muttered to himself.

He had also heard from Airi that although Soffice’s attitude had softened somewhat, she would become completely obstinate when it came to the crux of the matter.

Perhaps that was only natural.

She was trying to obtain Avalon that she went as far as turning the whole world into her enemy, so her resolve mustn’t be something half-baked.

(However, why? It feels like she herself is hesitating.)

He had no concrete basis about that, but that was what Lux’s instinct told him.

Even though she actually wanted to talk frankly, but she put on a mask of logic and suppressed her feelings.

Lux was feeling such impression from her.

However, Lux didn’t know what to do so that she would open up.

He didn’t understand what he should do to break her resolve.

If he was going to have discussion, he wanted to talk not with Dragon Marauder, but with Re Plica who was remaining in the Moon, but that was impossible to do.

He thought that at the very least Soffice might listen to Krulcifer who was also a Xfer, but Krulcifer didn’t have any memory about her childhood, so he also thought that it might not be really effective doing that.

While he was thinking of those things, he felt his back getting tapped.

「Lux-chiii, what are you doing at this kind of place?」

「Uwah!? Wait, Tillfur? Wh, why are you here?」

「Ohooh, you look flustered about something theree. Are you meeting with a girl perhaps?」

「U…… no err──I just have a chore here.」

Lux was startled in his heart hearing Tillfur hitting the bull’s eye.

He immediately made a smile to gloss over it, but he was looked at with an even more dubious gaze.

「Nnn, my bad hunch is right on the mark I think. But, we confirmed already that Lisha-sama and the others aren’t here at all. Don’t tell me, Lux-chi’s lover candidate is a third force!?」

「What are you talking about-!? Or rather, Tillfur yourself, what are you doing here!?」

Lux retorted to his female classmate who was starting to think seriously for some reason. Then the girl grinned as though recalling something.

「Riight riight, tomorrow is the event day so I’m thinking to tell you that. The Holy Night Festival’s game!」

「That’s, don’t tell me it’s what Relie-san──」

His bad premonition was right on the mark.

「Yep! Its name iis, Lux-chi Present War! Waaai, clap clap clap─」

Lux stiffened with his face half twitching. Tillfur was really in high spirits in front of him.

If he didn’t persuade Soffice during tomorrow, then the next morning Magialca would come but…….

No rather, perhaps it was Lux who did bad because he couldn’t do anything within these few days.

It seemed that the event was held because the present for Lux was too many and not all of them could be handed to him, but he wondered just what were they going to do?

「──And, what do I need to do specifically at that event?」

「Nn, it’s a secret right now. Well, just focus fully on that the whole day tomorrow okay? I don’t know whose request you are accepting but, we have the preferential right here.」

「Ah……ye, yes.」

Now that he was told that, certainly he had previous engagement with Tillfur and the others.

Besides there was also no way he could talk about the matter of Soffice, so Lux could only nod.

「Theen, do your best tomorrow! Everyone is looking forward to it sooo much after all.」

Tillfur parted from him while waving her hand smilingly. Lux let out a deep sigh.

(This isn’t the time to do that kind of thing though.)

Although it was only for half a day, but it was regrettable that so much time to persuade Soffice would get taken away. During that time he would have to ask Airi to watch over Soffice, so he was troubled.

But, currently he had no plan to solve it, so either way he felt like he wouldn’t be able to do anything.

By the way, one Seven Dragon Paladin member was dispatched to the royal capital and the Academy each for security, but Magialca departed to Marcafal Kingdom last night.

「I wish someone who can be trusted to a degree will come.」

Or rather, as long as it wasn’t Singlen, anyone would be fine.

He would feel reluctant in various senses having that man watching the present event for Lux.

Perhaps he had recovered enough composure to be able to think of such trivial things.

In any case, the situation would move in a big way after tomorrow.

He was also concerned about Lisha and the others, but Lux had finished visiting all of them.

「It will be great if nothing happens though──」

He went to the hangar one more time to look at Soffice for the last time before he returned to his own room.

And then, the day of the Holy Night Festival event finally arrived.