Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 9 Episode 6 (section)

===Part 8===

The next day.

The fifth day where Lux was spending time together with Yoruka and others in the first year classroom──the last day. Then after school.

Yoruka was quieter than usual when in the classroom. In order to talk with her, Lux borrowed a parlor of the school building.

*Knock knock* When Lux heard the knocking sound, he invited her inside.

His heart was beating fast from wondering if she would come with an amazing appearance again, but she was wearing her usual black clothes.

「Good evening, Yoruka.」

「Thank you for your hard work today, Aruji-sama. What business do you have with me today?」

Her appearance stood out under the lamp’s light.

Her asymmetrically colored eyes, her black hair, her smooth white skin.

The air of the young man’s servant who possessed a bewitching beauty was different from usual.

「That’s, there is something that I want to ask……it’s about the incident the day before yesterday.」

「Yes. I understand. I will accept any kind of punishment willingly. Even if it’s expulsion from this Academy──」

Yoruka responded immediately with a smile that didn’t regret anything.

But, Lux’s words were different.

「──I’m sorry I didn’t notice, what happened at that time.」

「Yes……?」

Yoruka tilted her head with an astonished expression that she rarely showed.

「You hit away the Wyvern flying toward me with the intention to avoid incident right? Because you understood that I was planning to catch that girl’s Drag-Ride, you went to help to avoid the worst case from happening.」

「…………」

「There was a report from the mechanic in the Drag-Ride hangar. The base of the Blade that the girl who got blown away was holding had a crack on it that was hard to see. Perhaps it was fractured because it received a strong impact. If I caught her at that time, the blade might break from the impact. It was possible the fragment could stab me. That was why, you tried to prevent that right?」

「…………」

Certainly Yoruka was worrying about Lux’s safety, but when he gave her a command, she would entrust it to him to a certain degree.

As expected, there was a reason why at that time she reacted overly.

Even Lux didn’t notice it until Noct told him.

「──It’s not something that Aruji-sama has to apologize for. It’s the fact that I broke your order.」

Yoruka made a troubled smile and muttered that.

「Rather than that, why didn’t Aruji-sama tell me to keep away from you during these few days, just like your younger sister advised? I’m wondering about that.」

‘So she asked’, Lux smiled wryly inside his heart.

It was quite dangerous to keep a secret from this girl who was able to erase her presence.

「If Aruji-sama told me stop guarding me, don’t fuss about me, just ignore me──if Aruji-sama only told me anything like that, I would do so as you commanded. And yet, Aruji-sama didn’t say anything. Why is that?」

「Because, if I do that, surely it would be harsh for Yoruka.」

Yoruka asked Lux while tilting her head. In respond to that, Lux smiled with a lonely look.

「It’s the only thing that Yoruka  feel you want to do so much. Telling you to not do it is the same like denying you something that you think you can do. That’s why, I cannot just one-sidedly tell Yoruka to stop when it’s something that you do because you like it.」

「…………」

This girl decided that herself was a toll and served Lux who was her master.

He gave her his opinion and order in regard to her method and the detail.

But, giving an order to her to stop doing that act itself, that was the only thing that he didn’t want to do no matter what.

Continuously being an even better tool due to their contract as master and servant.

That was the only connection possessed by Yoruka who was said that she 『didn’t possess human heart』. Lux didn’t give that order because he knew that.

「But still, if something like this time happen, tell me properly. Surely you were covering for me so that it won’t become my miss, but I won’t understand something like a weapon is in the verge of breaking if you don’t tell me. That’s why, can you just promise me to do that from here on?」

「──Yes. I swear, Aruji-sama.」

Yoruka formed a faint smile on her lips, and then she reverently kneeled and bowed to him.

With that, the case this time was concluded.

「……Haa, it can’t be helped.」

The moment Lux thought that, there was a presence outside the door that made a voice.

The presence entered inside the parlor. It was the two girls who were deeply involved with the case this time.

「Airi!? Also Noct too, why are you two──」

「Because it’s Nii-san who is really soft on girl that we are talking about here, so there is no way we can entrust this to you isn’t that right? That’s why, we only came to check on the situation for a bit.」

「Yes. Though I think you can just say it honestly that you are worried about the two of them.」

「Please just stay quiet Noct-!?」

Airi was flustered to hide her embarrassment, then she turned back toward Yoruka and,

「Well, at the very least I understand that you are really taking action for Nii-san’s sake. So just for this time, I’ll specially forgive you. Also──」

Airi coughed once and then continued.

「Just this once, I’ll become your friend only for form’s sake. Because if I don’t do that, it doesn’t look like you will be able to go through the school life properly.」

「Yes. I also feel the same. I too am not good in social relations but, best regards.」

「……Is it alright, Aruji-sama?」

「Yes. I’m also requesting you, please become these two’s friend.」

After Lux smiled, Yoruka quietly stared at the face of the two girls.

「Please take care of me. I don’t understand anything about what I should do but──」

Yoruka’s words were like usual.

Even so, it might be a step forward just from having her recognizing other as friend like this.

「That’s great.」

Lux let out a sigh of relief, but right after that, Yoruka suddenly turned her gaze toward him.

She quietly drew close to him and her finger stroked his chest. Then she smiled bewitchingly at him.

「But, it’s a bit unfortunate. Even though this time I was holding expectation that Aruji-sama will personally punish me.」

「-……!? Tha, that’s, this time there was that after all……, as expected next time──」

「Nii-san want to do it if there is a chance? That kind of indecent punishment, to Yoruka-san?」

The moment Lux spoke ambiguously, Airi whispered smilingly with shadow covering her eyes.

「Wait, why do you know about that!? Even though it was only me who went there!?」

「Yes. We helped out with the tidying up. I thought that it wasn’t Lux-san’s hobby but──the nature of man is something deep.」

「You are wrong-!? I only wanted to say 『next time let’s choose a different way of punishment』, that’s all!」

「My? Does Aruji-sama think up of a way to better disgrace me than that? Then, right away──」

「That’s why!? I’m telling you that’s not iiiiit!?」

For some reason, even Yoruka joined up Airi and Noct at teasing him.

The first interaction that was fitting for fellow friends was created between the girls.