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Episode 3: The Girls' Reward Part 1

The next day, the international tournament──All-Dragon Battle's first day was finally held.

The place was the Drag-Ride arena nearby the castle.

The scale was even larger than the academy's practice ground. A great number of citizens and n.o.bles were gathering there.

It was scheduled for three days. In order to limit the Drag-Knights' fatigue to the minimum, there would be one day of rest in between. The tournament was divided to the first half in the first day and the later half in the second day and it was carried out under special rule.

The tournament this time was a round robin event that was performed by the seven partic.i.p.ating country.

Three battle in the first half, and three battle in the later half. A total of six battles would be carried out.

The compet.i.tion rule against a country was a maximum of the three matches, the one who took the first two victory in two matches won the battle. It was fundamentally based on the rule of the capital's tournament.

There was two kind of matches, a one-on-one individual battle, and a two-on-two pair battle. The side that settled two wins first would win at that time.

In the case the result was one win and one loss, both camps would choose a member who still hadn't fought and the last individual battle would decide it.

It was only after all the members had performed once that the team could choose once more between all their members.

Therefore the comprehensive strength of the team was stressed here. It was a system where it would be hard to be victorious by depending on the great effort of a single powerful member.

When the members of the new kingdom gathered inside the waiting room in the arena, the leader of Syvalles Celis stood in front of everyone.

「The three battles today will be against religious country Ymir, Turkimes Confederation, and Blackened Kingdom. About the first battle against Ymir, I believe we will carry it out without our four Divine Drag-Ride users as arranged.」

「Aa, if I'm not mistaken this is what you called throwing a match right……?」

Tillfur of Tria who heard that spoke sounding somewhat dejectedly.

「No. It's what you call a strategic bargaining. Or rather, please don't bring up again the matter that has been decided from previous discussion.」

Noct immediately retorted and lightly clapped on Tillfur's back.

The new kingdom ide ended up borrowing Krulcifer who was a prominent Drag-Knight from their allied country Ymir.

Therefore, it was the moral principle for the new kingdom to not put Krulcifer in the first battle against Ymir, and they also couldn't show a stance of doing their all to win by investing their other Divine Drag-Ride user.

Because of such reason it was decided to enter the users of general purpose Drag-Ride only against religious country Ymir.

In this aspect, it was the instruction that came from the capital government's strategic bargaining rather than the selection members themselves, so there was also an implicit understanding part in it.

And then Tillfur was planned to enter the first match, the individual match of this battle.

「But of course, you don't mind if we actually won this battle right, captain-dono?」

When Sharis said that, Celis nodded with a serious look and,

「Of course. The member's placement is already decided, but that's all the restriction imposed on this battle. Please go and win, Tillfur.」

「……Roger!」

Tillfur strongly nodded after a slight hesitation.

「If it's Tillfur then you will surely win.」

When Lux called out from the side,

「Right, thanks. I'll do my best for instructor-sama's sake too okay~」

She laughed jestingly.

「Then, if there is no more question we will end this talk here. I won't mind if each of you watch the battle or take rest by your own decision, but I order all of you to grasp the schedule and return here when it's time. Understood?」

Everyone nodded at Celis's words.

At the end Relie who was at the room's corner stood in front of everyone and gave the concluding speech.

「Everyone──you've worked hard the other day. And then, thank you. Today fight for the sake of this new kingdom and for the sake of none other but yourself, okay?」

「Yes!」

Everyone raised their voice before breaking up.

And then thirty minutes later, the All-Dragon Battle finally began.

Part 2

OOOOOOOOOOoooo!

The moment Lux exited the waiting room into the venue, cheers that shook the earth overwhelmed Lux.

Perhaps it should be said as expected from the All-Dragon Battle, even Lux who had partic.i.p.ated in the mock battle here several times had never seen the place this bustling.

「It's finally starting huh──, our battle that is.」

When Lux sat down on the spectator seat for the partic.i.p.ants, Krulcifer quietly took the seat beside him.

Krulcifer's turn would be at the third battle, so she still had leeway for time.

Everyone else was spending their time tuning their Drag-Ride until the very last minute or heightening their focus for the match, but for Lux he wasn't arranged to appear today.

Because he was still recovering, it was better to not force himself to partic.i.p.ate. Or rather, that was the cover reason that Airi told to everyone, but in actuality it wasn't the true reason.

From late at night tomorrow until the dawn──, he would do his best to accomplish his decoy role that was ordered to him from the government in order to obstruct the imperial capital recapture plan. That was the true reason.

It was kept secret from other selection members so to not make them worry, but Krulcifer had sharp instinct and mind, so Lux was anxious whether he was seen through by her.

「Somehow, it feels difficult to fight against our allied country Ymir isn't it?」

「I wonder? I'm all right though. Because I've come to a clean decision about it.」

When Lux spoke while watching the battle, Krulcifer responded with a cool smile.

'As expected', Lux thought while smiling wryly inside his heart.

「It looks like a candidate of Seven Dragon Paladin from Ymir also partic.i.p.ate. Though I don't know the detail as someone studying abroad in the new kingdom.」

「Is that so?」

「Yes. I heard about it from my family's butler, Alterize. This candidate is a powerful person that is the best by far even among the officer cadets, and that she is number one even through the successive generations.」

「……It's that girl, isn't it?」

Lux sent his gaze at the arena's ring and asked.

It was a girl with platinum hair and small stature that could be mistaken as a child.

「Mel Gizalut. She is the top student at the faith military academy, a Drag-Knight who is crowned with the nickname of Subjugator.」

The girl Krulcifer talked about was maintaining a composed smile from start to end while cornering the new kingdom's selection member with skillful tactic.

The Drag-Ride she was using was EX Wyvern, but looking from her skill, it was certain that she also had the strength to skillfully use Divine Drag-Ride.

「It seemed that there was a bit of dissent between her house and my Einfolk house regarding Ruin. Well, it's something that is not really related to me who is shunned from my house though.」

「Such thing──」

Hearing that self-depreciation that was rare for Krulcifer made Lux spontaneously spoke.

「But, even if someday a chance to fight with her come, I don't have any intention to lose.」

「Becoming a first cla.s.s Drag-Ride. Continuing to be strong──even if I'm alone. Those are targets that I imposed on myself, because they are necessary for me to live.」

Krulcifer, the girl who was discovered inside the Ruin of religious country Ymir.

Because she had such past, she felt sense of alienation toward her family and other people even after she was adopted by Einfolk house, therefore, she was looking for accomplishment in order to be recognized by her family.

「I don't plan to be like before anymore. And I have trained just for that.」

The before that she meant was about the battle at the Ark.

She must be talking about one of the Ragnarok, Yggdrasil.

「About that, it couldn't be helped. Even I only managed just barely that time. That victory came because there were various coincidences and luck.」

「Perhaps that is so.」

Krulcifer agreed with Lux's words once, before she suddenly smiled.

「But, it's vexing. It doesn't matter even if the opponent was a Ragnarok that human couldn't match, I cannot be satisfied with that result. Lux-kun, you see, even though I look like this I'm really a sore loser you know?」

「Is, is that so?」

Krulcifer slowly brought her face closer with a mischievous smile. Lux's heart unconsciously jumped.

「More accurately speaking, I have several things that I absolutely don't want to concede, and I really hate to lose in regard to them. That's why, I have a request for you. At the country founding anniversary tomorrow, can you spend a bit of time with me?」

「Eh──?」

Lux raised a surprised voice because the talk was suddenly brought to a different direction.

「That's my special request from your reward to me. Will you accept?」

「Tha, that's, could it be──」

The request of Krulcifer to spend time together at tomorrow's country founding anniversary.

So to speak wasn't this that thing called date?

Thinking so, caused Lux's heart to beat fast inside his chest.

「Tha, that……. It seems that our butler Alterize also come here as one of the delegation leaders of Ymir. I want to show to her that it looks like our relations.h.i.+p is going well.」

「Ah, is, is that so. Then, perhaps it's that thing again──that 『lover case』?」

「Ye, yes, that's right.」

Krulcifer nodded while showing a somewhat embarra.s.sed expression.

Once, in order to avoid the political marriage that her family the Einfolk house forced on her, she made a request of acting 『Krulcifer's lover role』to him.

The eldest son of one of the four great n.o.bles Balzeride lost his standing, and that case was safely washed away but──,

「……But, in the end what happened with that? Alterize-san misunderstood us as real lover, and she said that she will endorse me as Krulcifer-san's fiancée but──」

「About that──it's really not a problem. It's going well, so it's all right if Lux-kun doesn't worry about it.」

「Is, is that so……」

Lux felt some kind of implication from Krulcifer's tone, but perhaps it was just his imagination.

「And so, in order to make her believe that even now our relations.h.i.+p is continuing, that……it will help if you can act as though it's a date between lovers.」

「……Right, I understand. I'm a bit nervous, but if it's with Krulcifer-san I feel that it will be fun.」

「Is, is that so……? If you say that, then it's also worth it for me to rely on you.」

Krulcifer averted her gaze and for some reason her cheeks were blus.h.i.+ng.

The air felt embarra.s.sing somehow, but when it flowed between the two──,

OOOOOOOOOOOH!

A conspicuously loud cheers rose from the surrounding audience seats.

『The third one-on-one matches is Ymir's victory. With two win and one loss, the first battle of block A goes to religious country Ymir's victory!』

A Drag-Ride commentator raised his voice using Drake's function to magnify the voice.

It went mostly as expected, but all the same the defeat felt regrettable.

「Unfortunately, it looks like we lose.」

「Yes. How about we return for now before the next match begin?」

Lux and Krulcifer stood up from the venue's audience seating where the enthusiasm was still continuing.

Their expression had returned back into seriousness.

Although their first battle ended in defeat, the second battle against Turkimes Confederation ended up safely in victory thanks to Celis and Philuffy's great contribution.

And then, continuing to the third battle. Against Blackened Kingdom, Krulcifer won the first match, then the pair of Lisha and Noct at the second match also progressed through their match dominantly, but midway a bit of accident occurred.

The special armament of Divine Drag-Ride Tiamat that Lisha controlled, Legion. One of it misaimed and flew toward the audience seat.

In front of each spectator stand there was Drag-Ride stationed for defense. They deployed wide range barrier, so there was no particular damage, even so it was judged to be a dangerous act and Lisha received a warning.

After that the new kingdom's side advanced the match dominantly without any particular problem──and settled it.

『Because both the pair member of Blackened Kingdom are unable to continue fighting, it's the victory of the new kingdom's pair! Because they have obtained two win, the third matches become the new kingdom's win!』

The spectator stand at the new kingdom's side was greatly excited from the second victory of today.

Lux hurriedly went to the stone pa.s.sage that connected toward the waiting room to welcome the pair.

「Thank you for your hard work, Lisha-sama.」

When Lux called like that to the two who had already dispelled their armor and walked toward him, Lisha responded 「Ye, yeah……」 with her expression looking bewildered.

「What's the matter?」

「That, I think you also noticed but, in the middle of the match──my Drag-Ride's control temporarily stopped working. I wondered what was it but……」

「Yes. I judged that surely Lisha-sama did that purposefully.」

「Are you stupid!? Even for luring the enemy, there is no way I'm going to do something like sending my Legion flying toward the audience seat even purposefully isn't it!? Even I am──, more or less the princess of this country after all.」

「Is that so……」

Lux who heard Lisha's words whispered seriously.

Certainly he thought that it was an unnatural action, but it seemed that even Lisha herself didn't understand the cause.

Tiamat was a Divine Drag-Ride, losing control because of the degree of difficulty piloting it and the intensity of exhaustion──the danger of 『rampage』 existed from the beginning.

But, recently Lisha's control skill, physical ability, and her mental strength were increasing. Because of that something like rampage indication couldn't be seen at all from her.

(Something, bothers me……)

「We, well, it doesn't matter. Rather than that, I have something I want to talk with you for a bit……is it okay?」

Lisha looked up at Lux's face looking somewhat discomposed.

「Aa……! Come to think of it, me too. Then, after returning once to the waiting room, let's──」

「We, well then, after I change clothes……I'll be waiting.」

Lisha said only that before leaving with a jog.

The first day of All-Dragon Battle came to an end without a hitch like this.

Part 3

「It has been very long since I last entered the capital's atelier.」

After the simple meeting in the waiting room where they looked back at today's battle was over.

Before returning back to the inn that was the base of the selection members, Lisha called Lux to the Drag-Ride atelier that was inside the castle's ground.

Lux had visited that place many times at the old empire period. A great number of Drag-Ride were lining up there, with characteristic metallic smell drifting in the air.

Inside the atelier where one could somehow felt its history, Lisha and Lux were sitting in front of a pedestal while slowly drinking tea.

「I see. However, it's great that this place is reserved for us during the All-Dragon Battle, but as I thought a new place feels unfamiliar. When things like the tools or the positioning of the work table are different, it will bother you no matter what.」

Lisha grumbled while sipping the herb tea that was prepared by a maid.

Lisha was wearing a white robe similar like when she was at the academy's atelier. It seemed that she was completely feeling like a developer.

Lux was relieved that she wasn't bothered anymore by the rampage that occurred at the previous match while he smiled wryly.

「But, for Lisha-sama to call me here, have you created some kind of weapon or Drag-Ride again?」

「No, after all as expected these few days there is no time at all. Checking the Drag-Ride that I'm using, then──. That, there are various things like training and so on, like the speech for your introductio……」

「Eh……?」

The last part was said with low voice, so Lux couldn't hear it. When he tilted his head in puzzlement,

「I, it's nothing! ……Right! Open your schedule for tomorrow night no matter what okay!? I called you here to say that!」

「Tomorrow night……is it?」

「Ye, yeah……. That's, if possible, I'll be happy if you can also go around with me at the country founding anniversary but──」

「Ah, I'm sorry. For that it's a bit……I still don't know my schedule.」

「Mugugu……. It must be that Krulcifer again anyway. Good grief.」

Instantly Lisha guessed something and she muttered with a pout.

She pondered looking troubled for a while, but she immediately pulled herself together and turned toward Lux.

「Well fine. Those bunches has the special request right so it can't be helped. But, come properly to where I am before the anniversary is over okay?」

「Ah, yes. I'll go without fail, Lisha-sama.」

After Lux nodded, Lisha also crossed her arms in satisfaction and puffed up her chest that was quite large for her small build.

「……And, just what kind of business you have with me?」

「Err, that──it'll be great if this is possible……」

Lux brought his mouth closer to Lisha's ear and whispered 『a certain thing』 that he thought up last night.

When he finished talking, Lisha looked at Lux with a dubious face.

「……What's with that? What's the meaning of purposefully doing something like that?」

「I don't know. I cannot guarantee that it will surely be helpful, but──by some chance, it could be the key for the battle this time. Please, can you do it?」

Lux told that toward the bewildered Lisha with a serious expression.

「──Its performance being the same like usual is okay right?」

Lisha closed her eyes and groaned for a while, before at the end she said that.

「It can be done!?」

「I don't know how far I can do it, but I'll manage somehow. After all that kind of playing around that isn't related with actual function is totally my specialty. But, the customizing that you ask, it will be a gamble whether it will look like it or not──」

「Thank you very much, Lisha-sama!」

When Lux grasped Lisha's hand in grat.i.tude, Lisha went 「Wa-……」 and showed an expression that was a mix of bewilderment and embarra.s.sment.

But, after keeping that posture for a few seconds, Lisha's cheeks were turning faintly red and she glared at Lux with an upward gaze.

「……Well, I certainly accepted that request. But, putting that aside──how should I say it, you, recently are you mistaking me as a handyman or a toolbox?」

「Eh……?」

For a moment Lux tilted his head in incomprehension of the words' meaning. Lisha continued speaking further.

「No, it's not that I'm particularly dissatisfied with your request just now. ……But, like, sometimes I wish that you will ask me for something different. Specifically things like, you want to go to a date with me, of you want me to make you lunch, if you are asking me something in that direction……so far, I'm also learning cooking bit by bit, and yet」

Lisha was whispering such thing with a low voice while fidgeting and entangling her fingers in embarra.s.sment, but,

「A, as I thought it's nothing! Forget what I said just now!」

Midway she yelled somewhat panicky and in the end she left it vaguely.

「Yos.h.!.+ I'll do the matter you ask without fail so leave it to me! By the way, today there was a dummy arm for Drag-Ride sold at the capital's commerce and industry district, this is a rare chance, so I'll remodel your Wyvern with six arms──」

「Please don't! My request just now will be meaningless like that!」

「I see──then, what if two from that six are turned into drill?」

「What kind of standard you are using to compromise!? I'm begging you, just do like what I said before──」

「I get it. I'll back down this time for your sake.」

Her cheeks puffed up in dissatisfaction, and yet she immediately took out the diagram that recorded the Drag-Ride's parts and began staring it while putting on a monocle.

「Then, I'll start working on it after this, so you just go do your own work. I'll do my best properly too.」

「──Yes. I'm looking forward to tomorrow night, Lisha-sama.」

Lux answered firmly to that alone and he left the Drag-Ride's atelier.

In the end, he still didn't tell anyone about the imperial capital recapture plan even to Lisha.

In any case Lux's resolve to play the decoy role by himself didn't change, and right now he wanted to concentrate to All-Dragon Battle.

(There is no doubt regarding that. But──)

But, inside Lux there was something bothering him.

The case with Greifer that occurred yesterday, and Tiamat's rampage that occurred today.

It was only a fragment of faint out of place feeling that was too much to be called suspicion.

As the result of taking those into consideration, he thought to ask Lisha to do something for him.

「Next──there's only one left, huh.」

He was only concerned of the movement of Hayes who escaped at the previous fight, but at this point of time he wouldn't understand anything even if he thought about it.

Right now he had to do what he ought to do.

First, he had to hear about the special reward request from Philuffy and Celis.

「Well, as expected I don't think that I'll receive more invitation for date though……」

Lux muttered to himself while going outside, and he hurried on through the evening capital's street.

Part 4

And then the next morning.

The country founding anniversary of the new kingdom finally began.

At the All-Dragon Battle's schedule, today was the second day that was for a resting day. The partic.i.p.ants were basically free whether to rest or to look around the festival.

Lux received a request from Krulcifer to 『go around the festival together』 as the reward for finis.h.i.+ng her a.s.signment at the training camp.

Krulcifer was already waiting when he headed to the entrance of the inn where they were staying.

Krulcifer wasn't wearing her usual cool smile, but she looked slightly awkward with a complicated smile.

In the middle of All-Dragon Battle, there was a rule that the partic.i.p.ating selection members had to wear their uniform when going outside, so the two of them also wore their uniform, but Lux's concern didn't lie there.

「This, I'm sorry Krulcifer-san. I never thought, that it would become like this──」

「I'm not planning to blame you. I'm only exasperated with my own carelessness. In a sense, it should be easy enough to predict that this day will turn like this.」

When Lux apologized, Krulcifer responded curtly.

Actually yesterday, when he left Lisha's atelier and headed toward the practice ground inside the castle's site, he received an outrageous request from Celis who was there.

『Lu, Lux. I have a special request for you. It's──I want you to accompany me at the anniversary tomorrow!』

Honestly, it was troubling.

He already had previous engagement with Krulcifer in that day, the request from the three who finished the a.s.signment wasn't ranked differently against each other, and it also wasn't first come first served.

For the time being, he talked with Celis that he received the same request from Krulcifer.

『Ho, how could this be!? I, I understand. In that case I'll accept half the time so please. Normally I'll be patient but……at the moment it's, there is an important talk I need to have with you so──I cannot concede here!』

She strongly insisted, so in the end Lux agreed with the condition that he would consult Krulcifer too of what to do.

After he returned to the inn that was their base, he immediately headed toward Philuffy's room and he unexpectedly encountered her inside her room dressed in negligee.

Lux's heart was throbbing hard toward that stimulating figure while he asked Philuffy about the special request that she would want to make. He also talked about the request he received from Krulcifer and Celis, and then──,

『Then, tomorrow, go on a date with me too.』

『Eh……!?』

Yes, Lux was completely shocked from hearing Philuffy speaking with her usual absentminded and serious face was because of the very shocking request.

No, of course there was a possibility that Philuffy too would say 『I want to look around the festival together』 to him, but for Philuffy who gave childish impression to say such thing was something that Lux had never even imagined.

『Eh, ah, right……. That's──fine though.』

Lux was shook up by Philuffy who said that straightforwardly with her serious face and carefree tone stayed unchanging. His cheeks reddened while he consented.

Since the past the two of them had played together many times, but this was the first time she called it a 『date』, so he somehow felt embarra.s.sed.

『Then it's a promise, okay.』

In the end after that, Lux wracked his brain to make the schedule with Krulcifer and Celis got by somehow and he wasn't able to really sleep.

With such complicated sequence of events happening, all of them consulted each other once, and the result was that he would walk around together with Krulcifer from the morning until the lunch.

「Well, putting that aside, let's depart soon. If I'm not mistaken, Alterize said that she will return to Ymir's inn at afternoon after all.」

「Right. Please take care of me, Krulcifer-san.」

Lux who returned to his senses from those words pulled himself together and responded.

If he kept worrying without end, it would be inexcusable to Krulcifer who had shown her understanding of Lux's position.

Thinking that, they started walking toward the capital's street.

And then, the second date with Krulcifer began.

Part 5

A large mansion located in the capital──Moon Lamp Mansion. It was the first time Lux entered inside it.

That facility which was mainly used for the party of n.o.bles was divided into three floors. It had a bar that also offered meal, and a lounge with chic atmosphere.

Its main attraction was the dance hall that was decorated with gorgeous furniture and chandelier with beautiful craftsmans.h.i.+p.

People could also borrow outfit there although it would take some money. It was a famous social meeting place that anyone would show their face at least once there if they were a n.o.ble at the capital.

Especially at this period when the country founding anniversary was on going, the venue was really crowded and enveloped in hustle and bustle since the daytime.

After lightly viewing the bar and the lounge, both Lux and Krulcifer rented outfit for themselves and changed into it.

When Lux who changed into a white ceremonial clothes was waiting at the dance hall, the door of the changing room opened and Krulcifer in dress appearance made her appearance.

「I've made you wait. I chose a slightly reserved piece however──what do you think?」

Lux spontaneously held his breath after taking a glance at her appearance.

She was beautiful.

She was wearing a smooth jet black dress that made the whiteness of her skin that was like powdered snow became prominent.

The area around her neck that was wrapped with black choker opened widely until her chest, showing the curve of that slender stature even more beautifully and charmingly.

Her long blue hair that was like silk was gently bundled with hair clip and ribbon, spreading downward in a gentle arc.

His feeling was paralyzed because he had gotten used at seeing her from nearby daily, but when she dressed up properly like this, he felt further from her a beauty that was in different dimension.

「Suddenly choosing a dress on the spot is really difficult isn't it? It's good that I can somehow make it look appropriate but──」

「Ah, it really suit you Krulcifer-san. I thought that you are a princess from somewhere.」

Lux spoke with honest intention, but Krulcifer chuckled and she brushed up her hair with a hand that was wrapped in black long glove.

「If it's you a former prince who say it, then I think I can take it a little seriously.」

「Err, sorry Krulcifer-san. It's hard for me to say it but……I, never really attend this kind of party.」

Lux honestly confessed that he had no confidence in taking the lead here, but Krulcifer only showed him her usual cool smile.

「If it's a simple dance then I know it, so it will be all right if you match my movement. Let's go.」

「──Right. Please take care of me, Krulcifer-san.」

Lux took Krulcifer's hand and they headed toward the dance hall.

And then they enjoyed a wonderful time for a brief moment.

Part 6

「Aa, I'm tired……」

A few dozen minutes later, Lux and Krulcifer who exited the Moon Lamp Mansion sat by sat under the shade of tree of a s.p.a.cious public park. They were eating skewered roasted meat and fruit pie that they bought from stalls while taking rest.

Lux made mistake several time even though it was a basic dance, but he wished to believe that around the third dance he was starting to get good enough.

Several times at between, some n.o.ble asked Krulcifer for a dance, but she decisively refused all of them.

「How unexpected. Even though you almost never act tiredly even when you usually did that much ch.o.r.es.」

「This is because of nervousness, surely.」

When Lux smiled wryly like that,

「But, there was also gain from this you know? I noticed when we danced together but──Lux-kun's height, it looks like recently that it's growing a bit isn't it?」

「Krulcifer-san! Really!?」

Lux looked listless because of the fatigue, but hearing that he reflexively bit at it.

Seeing that Krulcifer showed a slightly surprised expression. And then she gently put her hand on Lux's head before averting her face.

「……I'm sorry. It seems that it was just my imagination.」

「Krulcifer-san! That's cruel!」

Hearing Krulcifer's seemingly sad voice made Lux yelled with teary eyes.

「Don't be that dejected. Lux-kun has a lot of other lovely virtue right?」

「Wait a second!? Don't crush the possibility of my height growing in the future arbitrarily like that! I'm still in my growth period you know!?」

「Ye, yes……. You're right, it'll be great if that day will come someday.」

「Don't say it with that kind of distant look!」

A few seconds after Lux unintentionally raised his voice and gasped for breath.

Krulcifer who was smiling lightly put her hand on Lux's head once more.

「I'm sorry, I teased you a bit too much. It was the first time I saw Lux-kun's eyes sparkling like that, so I unconsciously enjoyed it too much……」

After Lux stiffened with a complicated expression, Krulcifer took a deep breath and slowly stood up.

「Thank you for accompanying me today.」

「Yo, you don't need to thank me. I also had fun, that──」

Lux also stood up and faced Krulcifer. Then refres.h.i.+ng wind flowed from between the gaps of the abundantly growing tree, gently shaking the greenery at the surrounding.

「Say, Lux-kun. I have one last personal request, can I?」

「Eh……?」

「I told you that my house's butler──Alterize is coming to the capital, but she has been watching us all the time through this date.」

「I, is that so!?」

The shocked Lux reflexively ran his gaze around him. Then he noticed a presence of something moving behind the cover of the wide public park's bushes.

When he focused there, he was able to immediately find its true ident.i.ty thanks to the unique butler uniform.

(Wait, since when she came? Alterize-san……)

「You don't need to be too bothered. I think that we surely have accomplished our objective today nicely.」

「Yes……I guess.」

Lux didn't know since when Alterize was watching them, but the objective of the request this time was 『pretending that his a.s.sociation with Krulcifer is continuing』. He believed that they certainly had done it well.

「But, I think that it's still slightly insufficient to completely trick her. That's why for the last──let's see. Can I ask Lux-kun to kiss me from your own initiative?」

「──Eh? Eeeeh……!?」

Lux was fl.u.s.tered hearing Krulcifer's speech that was muttered with a slightly embarra.s.sed look.

「Of course, I don't mind if you only pretend. If you brought your face closer to me to a certain degree, I think that will be enough to trick her.」

「Ah, ri, right……. The, then, Krulcifer-san──be careful.」

Lux turned his gaze around and checked whether there was any other gaze than Alterize's, after that he slowly brought his face closer toward Krulcifer whose eyes were lightly closed.

After confirming the position of that small and glossy lips, Lux also closed his eyes and stood on his tiptoes, at that moment──, 「……-!?」

*chuu-*

The touch of a soft sensation surprised Lux and his eyes snapped wide open.

Even though he had definitely stopped just before his lips touched, when he noticed both their lips and firmly piled on top of one another.

There was the aroma of sweet and graceful perfume, and the aroma of Krulcifer's own hair.

The soft sensation of the lips felt pleasant, making his instinct hesitated to get away from it immediately.

In the end they separated after exchanging kiss for a few second. Krulcifer whose eyes were opened lightly licked the corner of her lips.

「──It looks like, our positioning was slightly off.」

「Ah, so,sorry. That's──」

Seeing Krulcifer smiling with her cheeks unusually blus.h.i.+ng, the shaken up Lux started to say something before,

「You don't need to apologize. This is the first time I received a kiss from your end but, as I thought──the sensation is completely different.」

Krulcifer averted her gaze from Lux and whispered with a voice that was filled with a hint of intoxication.

「Krulcifer, san?」

For some reason it made the girl who was right before his eyes until now to look unthinkably s.e.xy. Lux's heartbeat was pounding fiercely.

「I wish that in the future you will do it for me by your own will. Then, I'll go report to Alterize so──see you later.」

Krulcifer only said that and she turned around and slowly walked out of the public park.

A few seconds later after he saw her off, Lux sat down on the spot.

After waiting the heat left from his completely flushed face, he left to fulfill his next request.

Part 7

「Eerr, if I remember correctly, right now Celis-senpai's schedule is──」

Lux was walking on the bustling street of the royal capital while checking the request schedule that was written on a paper.

He promised to go around the country founding anniversary from the afternoon until the sunset with Celis, but she said that she was going to train at the practice ground inside the castle ground until right before Lux came to pick her up.

When Lux went to the guard's place, Celis wearing her uniform was already waiting in front of it. She turned his way and smiled.

「Thanks for coming, Lux.」

「Good afternoon Celis-senpai. I'm sorry to make you wait.」

「No, I too only came just now. However that's──, it's a little troubling.」

When Lux approached, Celis's tone dropped a little with her condition looked unusually restless.

「……? What's the matter?」

「That's……, I made a blunder in picking our meeting place. I cannot calm down unless I train every day, so I only did basic training and sword practice but──」

Lux tilted his head hearing Celis's tone that gave a hint of frustration.

「It's fine. After all Celis-senpai is giving off the nice smell of soap.」

「That's not it! I'm not talking about the matter of sweat! Be, because there is this date with you, I properly washed myself after I finished my training so──tha, that's not it, it's」

Lux smiled wryly seeing Celis who was showing him her fl.u.s.tered self. After that he noticed what she actually wanted to say a bit late.

Countless gazes were directed toward them from the shadow of the castle wall and bushes. The sound of stifled breathing came from those directions.

The reason for that wasn't merely because the castle was nearby and there were many officials there.

Lux instinctually comprehended the reason that showed it.

「Celis-senpai, how well do you know about the terrain of the capital?」

「Eerr, I know enough in general. When I was a child I also lived here to some degree, last year and the year before that too I also came here when summer vacation came.」

「Then, what's left is only about the concern of stamina. Can senpai run right now?」

「I have difficulty to understand Lux's question but──……-!? Is it something like that?」

Celis tilted her head in puzzlement for a moment, but she immediately noticed and held her breath.

After exhaling lightly, she showed a confident smile and started walking.

「Then, I'll take the lead, but we're going to walk slowly until a street where there is few pa.s.serby.」

「Ah, please go easy on me……」

Recalling the training camp the other day, Lux said that while smiling wryly.

Celis who had imposed a strict raining on herself since she was little possessed a stamina that would make even man lost their face.

「Then let's go, Lux.」

Saying that they walked side by side. Immediately after, the countless presences hiding around there started moving simultaneously. (So……it's as I thought.)

The gazes that were focused on Lux and Celis since some time ago.

Most likely they were people of the palace who were trying to spy their movement.

In order to shake off those observers, Lux suggested that they took 『escape』.

「Could this be, because of my fault?」

Lux spoke his question while walking on the stone pavement outside the castle.

Currently they were still walking at the level of fast-walking, but they were gradually moving in the speed like running children.

「No, this might be my fault. After all it seems there are people scheming various things behind the scene in the current government office so──」

「Scheme?」

They bought distance at the straight line of the main street where the visibility was nice, turned into a narrow back alley, and shook off the pursuer.

Their speed wasn't affected at all even while they were conversing normally.

「Perhaps it's better to call it a scramble for interests, and following after that is the factional strife. What I want to talk with you today is also related to that──oh, I think this far should be fine don't you agree?」

Celis suddenly stopped and looked behind her.

The presence of countless people following them from the castle had entirely vanished within a few minutes.

「I, it seems so……」

It was pathetic if he who was a man lost his breath first, so Lux pretended to be composed, but he was fairly tired.

「However, this strategy is half failure. Even though I've expressly washed off my sweat, now I'm soaked in sweat again.」

As expected it would be like that if they ran with their all on the street at summer.

「You're right. I'm also sweaty──……-!?」

When Lux was about to agree, he saw it.

The figure of Celis who slightly opened the breast area of her blouse in order to take in the wind, which caused her skin to look flushed.

Perhaps because this was a back alley with the surrounding enclosed by houses and shops, she became somewhat defenseless.

The valley of Celis's b.r.e.a.s.t.s that proclaimed their existence strongly even when they were within the uniform caused Lux's gaze to be reflexively attracted in.

「What's wrong Lux? It looks like you are in a daze since just now? Don't tell me your health is」

「N, no, it's nothing at all! Ra, rather than that, about Celis-senpai's talk for me──?」

Lux averted his gaze in panic and asked once more.

Celis was lightly vigilant toward the surrounding while she slowly started talking.

「Lux. There is one thing that I want to ask you. What do you think about me?」

「Eh……?」

Lux was bewildered against Celis who suddenly displayed a serious tone and expression.

And then, after thinking a bit for a few seconds,

「I think Celis-senpai is really serious and just a little bit awkward but──you are someone that is really reliable.」

「That's, I also think the same of you.」

When Lux told her that with a small smile, Celis immediately replied back.

「I dragged along the tendency of the old empire, feared to make a mistake, and kept away male at distance. You saved me who was like that. For me, you are a really reliable boy friend who I was able to make for the first time.」

Celis put her hand on her chest and whispered earnestly.

「And so I want to talk about this. I received instruction from my father through a letter telling me to win you over. He instructed me to use my position as the leader of Syvalles to put you under my observation and jurisdiction──」

The instruction from one of the four great n.o.bles, Dist Ralgris that came to Celis.

Lux instantly predicted the general objective and meaning of such instruction.

「No matter what kind of thinking father have, I don't intend to follow his instruction this time. In the case that we come to a confrontation, I'll plead to him directly to withdraw that instruction. ──But, he might bring trouble to Lux somewhere outside my sight. I still don't know what to do about that, but……」

「It's fine senpai.」

「Eh……?」

Lux smiled to a.s.sure Celis who looked confused.

「I'm happy that Celis-senpai are worried about me, but it'll also pain me if you come into a dispute with Ralgris house. I think it will be fine if you just pretend to follow the letter's instruction moderately.」

「But that's, my father might come to interfere with you directly then……」

「It's all right. I'm used to something like that since I was a child. Besides──, I already resolved myself to get involved with this country again, not only as a criminal imposed with odd jobs, but also in different shape.」

Lux declared with his gaze staring straight at Celis.

「Lux, you──」

「In the first place, it became like this only because I did things that made me stood out every time, just like Airi always told me, this is me reaping what I sow.」

When Lux smiled wryly, Celis's eyes opened wide in surprise,

「This is troubling. I talked of this with the resolve to be blamed by you but──my worry is cleared up already.」

Celis slowly casted down her eyes and made a small smile.

「I understand. I'll carefully handle the matter of putting you under my jurisdiction, but I'm thinking to reply back that I don't want to force you. But──if, in case that my father tries to do something, please talk to me anytime. I won't permit you to stay quiet. After all I also want to become a senior that you can and ought to respect.」

Saying that, Celis slowly offered her right hand.

「……I will, I promise.」

When Lux gently took that hand, the tension of the two abruptly felt loosened.

「Even so, it's unfortunate.」

Celis suddenly muttered when they were about to exit the back alley into the main street.

「What is?」

「No, I was thinking that if my talk with you finished early, perhaps we can look around the festival for a bit──」

Lux noticed when he saw Celis running her gaze around looking vaguely dispirited.

Several messengers in the palace were investigating into Celis's movement with Lux.

Although they had shaken off everyone just now, if they enjoyed the festival in a place where there was many people, they would immediately get found out by those people.

「Ah, ……it, it's not like you have to worry about it because my objective has been accomplished! It's not like I want to have fun looking around the festival slowly for sure this time because until now I have never gotten the chance to look around the festival properly, there is no such thing at all so──」

When Lux noticed that and sent his gaze at Celis, Celis threw out her true feeling in the open in panic.

「Ahaha, please wait a second. I'll think a bit so──」

Lux smiled wryly and retorted so, then he got an idea.

(But this, we might need a bit of help from someone……)

When Lux was thinking that, he caught sight of a trio of girls walking on the main street.

「……Ah, it's Lux-chi and Celis-senpai. What's up? At this kind of place──」

Tillfur of Triad noticed them and called out.

It seemed the three were also sightseeing the royal capital for relaxation from the All-Dragon Battle.

「What a coincidence. However it smell a bit suspicious that you two are having date at that kind of deserted place you know?」

「Yes. I think I have the duty to report this to Airi as her best friend.」(TN: A bit of reminder. When Noct said yes or no at the beginning of her sentence, in the raw she isn't using j.a.panese word like 'hai' or 'ie', but she is actually using English word of 'yes' and 'no'. She also said 'my lord' at English)

「You don't need to do that! It's not like we are hiding anything that make us feel guilty I'm telling you──!」

Lux objected at Sharis's grin and Noct's mutter while he lightly explained the situation.

He told them about how he wanted to look around the festival with Celis and how several spies were searching for them.

「And so, I want to ask a bit of help from everyone──」

Lux consulted his thinking of how to shake off the pursuer to the three people of Triad, then,

「That's good and all, but somehow I'm not motivated~. Even us here are bored with a lot of free time. And yet doing that will only make Lux-chi and Celis-senpai to get a great date without anything in it for us in the end~」

Tillfur nodded her head in the beginning while showing a complicated sulky face at the end.

In respond Sharis plopped her hand on Tillfur's head and spoke admonis.h.i.+ngly.

「Fuh, Tillfur too is still young. At this kind of time it's more sensible to make them owe us without getting strangely obstinate. Especially because Lux-kun is the type who will return the favor properly.」

「Yes. I judged that cooperating with Lux-san and Celis-san here will be a worldly wise decision. After all the two of them are really capable people.」

When Noct also continued like that, Tillfur showed her usual bright smile.

「That's true. Then~, there is my acquaintance dressmaker nearby, so wait a bit here.」

(I, it feels like it'll be scary later but……well, it's fine I guess.)

「However, Lux. Just what could you possibly think about?」

Tillfur showed up once more faster than Lux could explain to the puzzled Celis.

「See that shop, you can enter from the backdoor so no one will know. I've talked to them so it's fine.」

「Thank you──let's go, Celis-senpai.」

Lux smiled and pulled Celis's hand, heading toward that dressmaker shop.

──Thirty minutes later.

A n.o.ble lady and a butler were standing in front of the dressing room inside the shop.

「Wha, what do you think──Lux? Does it look like we can hide well like this?」

A girl wearing pure white proper and prim dress, and a hat with wide brim of the same color on her head.

The outfit was reserved and not showy, but it didn't harm the elegance possessed by the girl wearing it at all.

Thanks to the thin dress that made the body line stood out distinctly, Lux received a charming impression that was several level above the usual uniform appearance.

The parasol the girl was holding was decorated with ornament, which gorgeously gave color to the whole body that looked slightly meek.

The parasol's purpose was to prevent sunburn, but it also functioned as a props to hide Celis's face.

「Uwaaa……. I don't want to do this~. She is too beautiful that I'm feeling down just from looking~……」

Tillfur who helped with the clothes changing hung her head down with a complicated look.

Fundamentally the selection members were obligated to wear their uniform when going out during the period of All-Dragon Battle, but in order to avoid the observers' gaze right now, Celis dressed up like a n.o.ble young lady who came to the capital.

「However, it's beyond expectation when Celis is dressing as a lady like this. Lux-kun also look suitable in that. If it's this then it will do somehow.」

Even Sharis who came together with them praised the finished up appearance of the two in satisfaction.

「Ahaha. Though this appearance is really stuffy……, I'll do my best.」

On the other hand, Lux was wearing a butler uniform with black basic tone.

His standing out silver hair was hidden with black wig, so Lux's impression was greatly different from usual.

Furthermore he felt the heat a lot because the black suit had little skin exposure, but it couldn't be helped.

By the way the Triad at first tried to dress Lux in woman clothing, but this time he refused it with all his strength.

「Yes. With this both of you are a n.o.ble lady and her butler that came to watch the festival. Please enjoy it to your heart's content.」

When Noct concluded their tactic this time at the end, Lux showed a smile and nodded.

「Right. Thank you everyone. We are off.」

「Thank you for your cooperation. The, then Lux──please treat me well.」

Lux and Celis thanked the Triad and left the dressmaker shop.

The promised afternoon date resumed.

「Well then my lady, is there somewhere you wish to look around at?」

「N, no that's, I'm the senior here. I've been living longer in the capital, so I'll be the one to show you──」

Lux smiled wryly seeing Celis suddenly showed her usual seriousness.

「Right now senpai is just a n.o.ble lady. Then, how about we look a around a large place?」

They traveled to the direction of the central block using a coach before looking around a crowded place that was centered on a main street with many street stalls.

「Ah, there is a stall of baked sweets over there. How about it, my lady.」

「N, no! As the leader of Syvalles, I'll refrain from food that makes you fat. And so, something like a conduct of eating sweet thing is not permitted.」

「It will be fine if it's only a little. Also Celis-senpai, you aren't fat at all.」

「Is, is that so……? N, no──as I thought it's no good! I won't be able to be example to other people if I don't comply to a discipline that I imposed myself.」

Right after she said so with an obstinate tone, Celis stared fixedly at the stall's direction with a longing expression.

「Haa, the aroma of baked sweet is torture……. I was scolded by father when I ate too much of it as a child, so I haven't eaten any properly for many years. But, there is also no way I can break the rule──」

「The, then, I want to eat so I'll go buy it!」

Celis was whispering with a depressed expression that looked really down, so Lux stood up in the stall's line resolutely.

And then he bought a tart with the biggest size, split it into two, and offered it to Celis.

「I'm sorry. I blundered and bought the large one, so can senpai help me eating it a bit?」

「I, is that so? Then, just for a bit……」

Even like that Celis accepted the baked sweet with reservation, but after taking a bite, she showed a melting expression that was incomparable with her usual dignified expression.

「……It's happiness. Being able to eat sweet thing for the first time in several years. Lux, thank you very much.」

Seeing Celis feeling so happy that she was moved to tears, Lux felt glad that he bought it forcefully.

(Or rather, Celis-senpai, you held yourself back too much……)

Lux felt that this older girl who was serious and awkward like usual was charming. After that their date continued.

Until the middle so that they didn't stand out they walked and talk while focusing on sightseeing the events, but when they got used to it they also went to place like auction market or divination stall at the public place. They also partic.i.p.ated in wine tasting convention (Celis mistaken it as normal drink) that was done outdoor, and became infatuated with the enthusiasm that was unique to festival.

The atmosphere that couldn't be experienced in the normal academy life, where rank was put aside that could only be experienced in festival day.

Also thanks to the role of young lady and her butler that they acted, they cut loose a bit and enjoyed the anniversary festival that was done once a year.

「Here, water. ──Also if there is something senpai want to eat, I will go buy it from the stall.」

Lux made Celis sat down on a curb at a public park because she was staggering from drunkenness. He said that with a gentle smile.

The sun was already mostly setting down, the time was changing from the dusk into the night.

「Thank you very much. It has been a long time since I feel like this. I want to taste this atmosphere more as long as the time allows.」

After Lux handed over a cup that was filled with water, Celis smiled and she suddenly turned her gaze at the surrounding.

Her flushed skin that was dyed red and her disordered breathing looked strangely captivating. Lux felt his heart spontaneously skipped a beat just from looking.

After that, Celis looked like she suddenly became aware of herself and she straightened her back in hurry.

「N, no……. As I thought it's no good. Because I have responsibility as the older one, I cannot trouble you for more than this. After this I'll properly escort you back as your senior.」

It was Celis's usual dignified tone.

But, she was drunk so it was funny how she slurred. Lux smiled wryly.

「I understand. Then please take care of me until our inn, Celis-senpai.」

At the end Lux also responded while stopping the acting of being a young lady and her butler.

With the surrounding getting darker it also became hard to see, so Lux also took off his black wig.

(It's really hot……)

There was also no sign of observer, the possibility of them getting discovered must be low. But just in case they chose back street where there was few sign of life to return back to their inn's location.

The cool evening wind felt pleasant against their body that was flushed from the heat of the festival and sunlight.

「Lux, is amazing.」

「Eh……?」

Lux spontaneously reacted to the words Celis muttered beside him.

「You are working really hard for everyone's sake. Even though you are the only boy in the academy, you are idolized by everyone. Unlike me, you aren't feared or avoided.」

「……There is no such thing. I'm only being helped by my current environment.」

「But, I too cannot lose. If you are doing your best to persist in your ideal, then I too have to work hard to get closer to my own ideal. I don't want to lose you like that time with Wade-sensei, where you will have to shoulder everything by yourself.」

At the practice time in the Ries Island last time, Lux who had a bout with Celis and saw her movement deliberately didn't give her any instruction.

A Drag-Knight with strength that was perfected to Celis's level had no weakness that stood out.

Whether it was her handling of her Divine Drag-Ride Lindwurm, and her heavy attack by doing simultaneous offensive with her one Drag-Ride, also her swift thought that calculated the optimum solution in every situation by the book, her every skill and ability was at the level that was nearly at the peak.

Then, there was only one thing that he could a.s.sign to her.

Once, Lux developed three kind of hidden techniques by continuously exploring the operating technique of Drag-Ride that in a glance only looked reckless.

When he instructed Celis, he also told her to seek for that.

And then a few days after they returned from the training camp──when Lux woke up from his sleep that was due to the exhaustion caused by Over Limit, Celis mastered that technique.

That was the reason Lux decided that he would accept a special request from her as her reward.

「Therefore I won't lose, Lux. I too will continue to pursue the path of Drag-Knight using you as the model.」

「Yes, please take care of me from now on too Celis-senpai. ……──!?」

Right after Lux responded so to Celis's muttering, he felt a kind of presence and tension ran through Lux's spine.

「……? What's the matter, Lux?」

「──Be quiet. Please follow me, this way.」

Lux lowered his voice as much as possible and spoke with a strong tone. He then pulled Celis's hand and led her into a back street with no sign of life.

Celis who was a little drunk didn't notice, but Lux undoubtedly heard several footsteps following them.

The footsteps were following when he escaped.

It seemed that they noticed Lux and Celis as expected regardless of this darkness.

(The footsteps are heavy. And then, this faint sound of sword guard, don't tell me──!?)

This wasn't the observers that were chasing Lux from the castle.

If these people had weapon hanging on their waist, then they might be thief or perhaps a.s.sa.s.sin from the rebel army.

「Kuh……!」

Thinking about Lux's decoy role that would begin tonight and Celis's match for the next day, he wished to avoid a battle here.

Lux kept holding Celis's hand and entered into the other side of a small shed nearby as though to follow his inevitable thought.

「Lu, Lux? Wha, what are you doing taking me to this kind of place?」

「Shh, hold down your voice. The enemy will pa.s.s through here so──」

Saying that, Lux entered the gap between the furniture left behind there to hide Celis behind him.

But, because it was dark and he couldn't see under his feet, he stumbled on something like a squared timber and Celis's body tilted.

「Uwah……!?」

In order to save Celis who was falling face up, Lux also got carried by the momentum and he fell.

Fortunately there was something like an old sofa behind Celis, so the impact wasn't hard.

But, Lux's body was accidentally sticking close on Celis's body, as though he was pressing down on the body of the collapsed Celis.

The body warmth of the drunk Celis and the sensation of the voluptuous breast flattened under him.

The unique sweet aroma that could be felt from nearby girl made Lux's head seethed.

「Lu, Lux……, this is──!」

「Ple, please endure it just for a bit more. The pursuers' footsteps are approaching near.」

Inside the darkness of their shelter where he couldn't even see the front well, Lux told Celis that while repressing the fast beating of his heart and his excitement.

Honestly he knew only too well just how bad their posture was, but it was dangerous to stand up right now and made a sound.

He could only resolve himself here and waited for thing to pa.s.s.

(The number of footsteps is three──. They are close but, they should be still unaware of our location……)

Lux made such judgment while deciding that in any event he had to stand up even if it was only himself. He slowly tried to lift his body slowly so to not make any sound.

In order to do that, his hand was going to push on the sofa while his body was still covering over Celis, it was then──,

*munyu*

「Fuah……!?」

Celis's voice leaked out along with soft elastic sensation in his hand.

It seemed that because he couldn't see his hand really well, it touched Celis's breast instead of the sofa.

(Wait, this is bad! At this rate──)

Lux tried to remove his hand, but at that moment, countless footsteps became louder. Lux became even more fl.u.s.tered and in panic his hand fumbled around in order to push on the sofa.

Midway he could hear Celis's stifled voice, but a few seconds later Lux somehow stood up.

When he hurriedly put his guard up to his surrounding, the presences and footsteps were vanis.h.i.+ng.

「……We're saved, aren't we?」

After looking out and checked around, Lux turned around and offered his hand to Celis who was pushed down.

「Celis-senpai. Are you okay? Your hand──」

「Ye, yes……. I'm fine, but」

After grasping her hand tightly and pulled her up, she breathed roughly.

Lux tilted his head. Celis averted her gaze from him and her face reddened.

「Ple, please don't rub my breast so many times like that. I, if that is continued more than that, I'll become strange……」

「I, I'm sorry-!」

Lux who noticed the true ident.i.ty of the softness that both his hands felt before this yelled so in panic.

(No, no wonder it felt really pleasant……. ──Not that!)

When Lux worried how he was going to apologize with his chaotic mind,

「I, It can't be helped. Fro, from the story that I heard, it seems that a girl has to be resolved to some extent when a male led them to a dark place, so I'm resigned.」

「No, I'm saying that's not it! It's not like I brought Celis-senpai here with impure thought──」

Lux tried to justify himself toward Celis who was starting to interpret the event somewhat peculiarly but,

「By, by all rights it feels like this kind of deed must not be done because it's still too early but, today Lux has been a really great help to me so……I, I'll specially permit it.」

Celis arbitrarily understood it like that, so Lux too gave up explaining it for more than that.

「The, then let's go back Lux. Your childhood friend is surely waiting in the inn right now.」

Lux nodded to Celis who showed him a small smile and they started their way back once more.

After that they were able to return to the inn safely without any problem.

Part 8

「My my, Lux-kun, you are slightly late. Philuffy has been waiting long you know?」

After Lux changed back to his uniform and entered the inn, the headmaster Relie

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