Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 12 Epilogue (section)

===Part 1===
That night, after the matter with Dragon Marauder was concluded.

The talk with Soffice was settled due to Magialca who came to check on the situation.

At the same time the danger that was approaching the New Kingdom also came to an end. Queen Raffi was also liberated from the heavy responsibility temporarily.

Magialca listened to the story from Lux and Airi and accepted Soffice’s surrender.

Because Soffice’s relationship with Dragon Marauder was only being their employer temporarily, she refined a plan to allow Soffice to be accepted by the countries.

In short, for the sake of capturing Dragon Marauder, Soffice intentionally acted hostilely to the world alliance under Magialca’s orders. That would be how they explained it.

Of course, the alliance wouldn’t accept it with just that after all the confusion they were thrown into.

But in addition to the annihilation of Dragon Marauder, the remaining two Grand Forces were also obtained. Exactly because they obtained such ideal results that it became a material that could possibly persuade the countries.

Right after Lux and Soffice defeated Deus ex Machina, the employer of Dragon Marauder seemed to escape right away, leaving the Moon completely deserted.

There was also Re Plica who returned to her senses, but it seemed the details of the events were erased from her memory and she couldn’t recall them.

After that, Soffice entrusted the management of the Moon to her and it was decided that Soffice would be left under the Academy’s watch for a while.

………….

In the end, the mastermind who moved the Moon at that time was still shrouded in mystery.

Even so, from the chain of events until now Lux had a suspicion of the true identity of this person who was moving behind the scenes.

「Fuu……」

Deep at night, Lux was looking up to the ceiling of his own room in the girl’s dormitory alone and sighed.

He was also worried about the matter of Coral.

From the story of Lisha and the others, after participating in the battle against Dragon Marauder, it seemed Coral got injured by the explosion and died. But when they searched after that, for some reason they couldn’t find his corpse.

Was he really dead, or else──

「…………」

In any case, now that they had all the Grand Forces collected, arriving at Avalon was the priority right now.

The abandoned capital at Marcafal Kingdom, Gelsera. (TN: Now it’s back to Gelsera again, so I guess the previous one was the author’s mistake)

Magialca already built a base near that old castle. It seemed she was arranging logistics from all the countries of the world alliance starting from a Drag-Ride hangar and food.

A swarm of powerful Abyss was clamoring around Avalon, and even more complex traps were set up inside the old fortress. That was the report they received from the scouting force.

The capture of Avalon by Drag-Knights dispatched from various countries and the Seven Dragon Paladins was finally going to start from next week.

Lux was thinking of such thing while starting to take off his clothes.

He was unable to enter the large public bath today due to time circumstances, so he would only wipe his body using a towel that was soaked into hot water.

It was a bit unsatisfactory in this season where the winter was at its peak, but he couldn’t ask for luxury.

After wiping his face with a hot towel, he continued with his neck, chest, shoulder, back──and then, the moment he untied his belt and pulled down his trousers──*knock knock*. A knocking sound could be heard.

「Err, is someone inside?」

「Ah, yes. Right now I’m in the middle of changing, so can you wait for a bit?」

Lux hurriedly replied at Soffice’s voice that he could hear from behind the door.

Lux was recalling about the barging events that repeatedly happened in this room while feeling relieved that this time an incident was somehow averted.

But, in contrast with that expectation of Lux, Soffice spoke out an unexpected sentence.

「I see. If it’s just the young man inside, that makes it much easier.」

「Yes. I’ll be thankful if you──huh……eeh!?」

The door of the room opened at that moment and Soffice wearing her usual pilot suit leaped inside.

Lux reflexively tried to hide his body, but his towel was taken away.

「Wai-!? What are you doing Soffice!? I told you I’m in the middle of changing──!?」

「I know. I’m in your debt young man, but that is that, this is revenge. Because you had seen my embarrassing moment, I’ll have you, young man, to show me yours too.」

「That was an act of god! This will be bad in various meanings if someone sees us!」

Lux said that while hiding his body in panic, but Soffice attempted to tear off his clothes from him.

「Show it to me properly, it will only be balanced with that.」

Lux’s face was reddening while he desperately prevented Soffice’s hand from taking away his underwear.

After a desperate offense and defense that spanned several times was unfolding, the two of them were sitting down when they realized it.

「A, also, that’s, in order to deepen relationship as friends, naked association is necessary……」

「That is for fellow males you know!? Where did you hear that kind of knowledge from!?」

「I, is that so? I, didn’t have a proper friend so I didn’t understand……. Err, is it fine, me becoming the friend of you, young man?」

For some reason Soffice averted her gaze with her cheeks dyed red. Lux sighed in response to that while nodding.

「There is no doubt about that. I really think of Soffice as a friend.」

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「……Thank you, young man.」

Soffice’s blank face was cold like a mask.

Even so the slightly bashful atmosphere caused Lux’s cheeks to loosen.

「The, then, I’ll consider the case of you seeing that as you owing me.」

It seemed she had given up on seeing Lux’s lower body. Soffice muttered so and stood up quickly.

In that moment, Lux got taken aback from noticing something. He spontaneously averted his eyes and shut his mouth.

「What’s the matter? Is there something?」

「No, that, it’s a bit hard to tell Soffice right now……」

「……? It’s fine so don’t be reserved, if you think of me as a friend then──」

「Err, that──slipped off.」

「…………?」

Soffice tilted her head in puzzlement, but a few seconds later she noticed.

The cloth on her chest that was clinging to her brown skin shifted from the previous quarrel, and the feminine undulation of her chest became exposed.

「──N-, NOOOoOOOOOOO-!?」

Soffice raised a high-pitched shriek and ran away at full speed.

After that she declared 「Relationship break off」. A total of one hour was needed to run around the girl dormitory until 「Reconciliation」 was reached.

Also it went without saying that during that time, everyone of Syvalles including the Triad became aware of it and a trouble occurred from that.

In the end, everyone gathered in the dining hall and opened a welcoming party for Soffice.

The night of the Holy Night Festival with the lively girls was advancing.