Vol 2 Prologue (1/2)

Prologue – Lux Contest

Part 1

“Haa…Haa…!”

Lux was running in the school building on a bright day after school

As if being chased by an invisible predator

Or, he was running gasping for breath as if running down an endless steep slope

Now everyone else was the enemy

In an overwhel

He ran out of the Principal’s rooh the familiar corridor and went up the stairs

Isn’t there any good hiding place somewhere?

Though he thought so in the corner of his head, he immediately realized that there was no place where he could feel at ease

Therefore, Lux could not help but keep running

“Phew… I souess––”

The corridor of the school building's third floor where the neatly tended green courtyard could be seen from the

When there was finally no one around, Lux heaved a sigh of relief and stopped

At that moment,

“Oh! Found you!”

The female students who appeared from the corner of the corridor shouted as they saw Lux

“Over here! Everyone, come help catch him!”

“Wait!? It’ll be bad if you call even the third years! Otherwise, they’ll monopolize him!”

Immediately after, several female students appeared one after another before him

“Wai…!?”

What’svarious tools

Staffs for self-defense and ropes for arrest

Furthere it to even) to a huge catching net, handcuffs and a collar

(What the hell do they intend to do tome…!?)

He could not help but think so

“Fufufu We finally cornered you Just let us catch you without resisting”

“Right, right You’re usually monopolized by the Princess and company after all You should occasionally become our toy… not that You have to do decent odd jobs––”

“You, you’re drooling…?”

To the irl beside her retorted

As Lux reflexively stepped back, before he are of it, other female students made a wall even behind him

“Oops!?”

He was coht in a pincer attack

“You have nowhere to escape Give up”

The large nuirls smiled as they were convinced of their victory

Afterwards, it was no longer the outcoirls

But, a fight between girls to knoould get the reward from the victory

With the ht, Lux immediately put his hand on the side of a

“W-Wait a minute!? This is the third floor, you know!?”

The eyes of the female students who had cornered him stared in surprise

“I’m sorry I’ht”

Immediately after, Lux juh the open

“Aah!?”

Small screams rose from the female students ere there

Lux kicked the outer wall in the middle of the fall, seized a branch of the tree on the other side in an instant, and landed after reducing the impact of the fall

“Kuh…!? I-I guess the third floor was reckless indeed…”

Although he considerably reduced the ihout his body fros

“But well, with this, I’ve considerably bought time––”

As Lux heaved a sigh of relief as such,

“He’s there! Over here!”

The feathered from here and there

“There are hjust jumped down!”

While resu in the corner of his head

(W-Why do I have to go through this––!)

To know the cause of this festival, we o––

Part 2

“Lux-kun How do you spend your school life?”

One day after school in May

It was Principal Relie Aingram who called Lux to her room

The Royal Military Acade in the first district of the Fort City Cross Feed

It was an acadehts who had not been trained due to the system of excess androcracy of the Old Empire

It was about only teeks since Lux as a Prince of the Old Ee of a certain incident

An exceptional ad demand, and the consent of the head of the academy Relie

Lux, whose existence was accepted as the only male student at present in anticipation of a future coeducation, probably had troubles and problems in the field of cohabitation

Hence, Relie called him like this to ask about it

“I think I’inning though”

Lux’s anshat he really thought

Princess Lizsharte and inally had a hostile relationshi+p with Lux treated him kindly now

Even a the third-year students who ca surprised at Lux’s presence, there was no one who raised an objection to Lux’s ad told stories about the fact that he evenly matched Lisha in a duel ,and that he protected the students from the Abyss attack

It see

“Well, it ht be thanks to the fact that Celis-san’s return was delayed”

Relie said so at last with a bitter smile

Celestia Ralgris, the top of the third-year students, the strongest of the acadehter of a renowned Duke House

She, as from one of the four Great nobles and see)=”” a=”” man-hater,=”” was=”” left=”” in=”” the=”” capital=”” for=”” a=”” little=”” while=”” for=”” the=”” subjugation=”” of=”” insurgents=”” discovered=”” over=””>

Therefore, Lux was able to lead a peaceful school life for now, but––

“But you know, Lux-kun Many students’ coathered now at my place”

“Eh…?”

Relie suddenly sighed with a troubled expression

Did I do so?

Or were there after all objections a Lux’s enrollment––

When such an uneasiness crossed Lux’s chest,

“Ta-da! Yes, this!”

Bang

With a smile all over her face, Relie slapped a thick bunch of papers onto the desk

There were probably more than 100 sheets

“Errr… Could it be that these are––”

The crined a certain contract at the sadom

The obligation in which he must undertake odd jobs from anyone of the nation, and do works as a “Chore Prince”

That as currently perfor the requests of this acade student's”, but––

“These are odd jobs requests to you There are too many, eh… Therefore, it was decided that you would handle theh priority But, if they pile up this much…”

“…………”

As Lux stiffened with an indescribable expression, Relie showed a mischievous smile

I-I’ve a bad feeling…

Fro this face, was always thinking about nothing good

“B-But, it can’t be helped––”

When Lux tried to explain in a hurry, shouts from female students could be heard somewhere

“…………?”

The source of the voices see and the school premises, but––

“I know that That’s why I’ it to the students The event that I planned –– the “Lux-kun contest”, that is”

“…Huh?”

As Lux looked puzzled to these words, Relie spread one red request form on the desk

“An event of canceling dissatisfaction of students whose requests aren't received by you “A special request form, whose request is able to have priority over Lux-kun for only one week” –– in other words, the girl who snatches this away from you within a time limit can monopolize you for one week”

“I-It’s a joke, isn’t it!? Don’t tell me you seriously––”

Lux’s face unintentionally became stiff

Relie, not answering his question, showed a smile all over her face

“The game’s time is one hour from now I leave this request form to you; so you won’t have to hear orders froe to hold on until the ti-Rides, so youladies hurt themselves as much as possible, okay?”

“P-Please, wait a minute!? To suddenly say that––”

No matter how you put it, it’s unreasonable

When Lux was going to rebut so, a sound like that of the ground ru could be heard outside of the Principal room

“Oh my? Everybody seemed to have coht immediately”

“What are you thinking, really!”

The next an to run

Soon after, shouts arose fro up the stairs of the school building

Thus, the “Lux contest” which was Principal Relie’s plan started

Part 3

And, after having run around the school premises from place to place for about 40 minutes from the start, he was at last cornered in the corridor of the school building and he jumped off outside––

In addition, Lux avoided the feathered there and fled

Since it seemed to be a violation of the rules to leave the school preer always remained

“Haa…, haa…!”

It was good that he somehow escaped from the predicament, but as expected he was out of breath

Even though he had sta odd jobs since a long tieted by the female students in the academy

There was also the option where he could let hiht and hand over the request forirls were in a festive mood, it looked like he would be made to do a ridiculous request and he felt like it was bad

“…!? That’s––”

Lux who found a fairl promptly hid behind a weedy thicket

“…Fufu”

When she lightly winked as she caught a gli different fro

(That place is––)

“…………”

Lux understanding that the girl’s as a signal to hi stares

And he ran into the big building where she entered

A large stone-built space where the smell of metal and oil drifted

In front of the central work unit, a s with a smile

“Yo”

The chief of the building greeted as she raised one hand

Lizsharte Atismata

The girl, as the New Kingdo-Rides, looked at Lux who entered and showed a sweet smile

“Errr…, um”

“Don’t be so scared You want help, right? You can hide here for a while if you want”

Lisha said so and once again moved her look to the work unit

“T-Thank you Then, I will accept your offer”

While heaving a sigh of relief, Lux sat down on the nearby sofa

Other unrelated students couldn't enter the Machine Dragon development atelier without the permission of Lisha as the chief

In other words, it was the safest place now in the school premises where the “Lux contest” was held

As long as Lisha herself did not set up so––

(Well, I don’ think that Lisha-sama whom I’m usually with a lot would participate in this contest, but––)

Thinking so, Lux suddenly relaxed his whole body and slightly leaned down

“Are you ain?”

A disasse-Ride was put on the work unit before Lisha

“Ah, this is a new experiment”

For a sreatly stuck out her chest replied so

“…An experiment?”

“Yes Shall I show you a little?”

As Lisha suddenly smiled, she picked up a Sword Device on her side

At that h the surface of the sword blade shone with a pale light

“Capture him!

“Eh…?”

Gashi+!

The -Ride which was on the work unit changed into the shape of a huge arrappled hold his body

As Lux stared in wonder at the unexpected occurrence,

“Fufu You fell for it, Chore Prince As expected, you’re too soft-hearted”

Like a child whose trick succeeded, Lisha turned an innocent smile

And with a finger, she morosely poked at the waist of Lux as raised in the air

“W-What is this!? This Machine Dragon –– or rather do you possibly intend to catch me…!?”

“Well, yes It didn’t feel like I could catch you by squarely running after you I used a technique still under study where I can operate a Drag-Ride to so it”

“Wasn’t the use of Drag-Rides prohibited in the rules of this time?”

“Yes Like I said, I’ it, look”

(T-That’s plainly cheating…!)

Lux wondered whether that was the way of thinking of a Princess, but now that he was captured by the Drag-Ride like this, there was no helping it

“Or rather, even if you don’t participate in so like the “contest”, haven’t I properly received Lisha-sama’s requests until now!?”

As Lux said so, trying to persuade her,

“I-It isn’t really like that Iback s to consider in the future, and I can’t hand you to other people––”

Lisha who blushed bashfully twined the fingers of both her hands and muttered so

“W-With that said, resign yourself Even if it’s you, you can’t escape froon’s restraint without equipment”

Lisha thrust her hands into Lux’s clothes and began to touch them as she looked for the red request form

“Let’s see That request thing, where is it––”

“H-Hey, please stop…!? I surrender!”

To the touch of her san to feel strange, but, he somehow endured it and spoke

“The request is in on’s hand, so––”

“I see All right, I understand”

Lisha raised the Sword Device and ht

The moment when the restraint of the

“I’m sorry Lisha-sama––”

“…Wha!?”

Lux slipped through the Machine Dragon’s hand by using that slight opening

He kicked the stone-paved floor at the sa, flew and quickly went out of the atelier

“Thats sly, Lux! Waiiiit!”

“We’re even!”

Lux ran as to shake off Lisha chasing him with teary eyes

As he shook off the chase of the female students ere outside, and somehow hid between the bush of plants and the wall of the Machine Dragon Hangar,

“…Ah, it’s Lu-chan”

“Uwah!?”

A young girl was standing on the side of the brick wall

“What the, Philphie!? Why are you here––?”

Lux’s childhood friend who always had a fluffy, loose atram

The i a snack-like rusk

As Lux unintentionally halted at thisin an unexpected place,

“It’s Phi-chan, right?”

While expressionless, she said so in a voice htly sullen nuance

A his close friends, she asked for a relationshi+p where they called each other by their nicknames

It was less objectionable now since there wasn't the public eye, but it was pretty e because he was coerced even in the classroom

“S-Sorry… But, Phi-chan Why on earth are you in such a place––?”

Since Philphie had for better or worse an easy-going character, it was hard to think that she would participate in this event

When Lux asked so as he was puzzled,

“It’s for cake gulp…”

“…Yes?”

Sing the rusk which was in her hand, Philphie said so which he did not understand well

“It’s because Onee-chan said that she would give ht Lu-chan”

“W-What is that person thinking…!?”

Lux was bewildered at Philphie’s mutter

Going as far as to incite her own little sister; is she really the Principal?

(…No, Even Philphie who is lured by one cake is also to blah)

“With that said, I’”

Philphie took a stance with unhurried movements

In the Royal Military Acadeht, but also taijutsu and fencing for self-defense

Lux had never properly seen Philphie fight, but––

(Philphie is a girl and she seee with s)

Thinking so, Lux planned to breakthrough head on

Since he would be found by other students if he dodged her too greatly, he planned to forcibly go through Philphie’s side

“Phi-chan It’s dangerous, so be careful”

“Yes Understood”

As he urged her so, Lux started running

When he was going to slip through Philphie’s flank as he kicked the hard ground and changed the trajectory––

“I’ll be careful not to hurt you”