Volume 9 Chapter 5 (2/2)
「……Ye, yes Please say what I've done poorly without any reservation!」
「Err, when senpai is baring the chest part of your pilot suit when it got hot, it will help if you do it in a way that won't enter ht Honestly, that's, it was a bit aard……」
「It's about that-!? It's different fro!」
After Lux pointed out looking eot stupefied
「I, I rarely trained together with the opposite sex, so I didn't notice but──, as, as I thought, was Lux bothered?」
「Tha, that's a question that is really hard to answer for me but, that's, well……just a bit」
Lux spoke aone far past being bothered
Celis as a top class beauty even in this Acade that voluptuous and pointed breasts, that hy he would gulp looking at that whether he wanted it or not
Besides, because of the incident before, Lux becah his heart's wall
「I, I understand Is there──anything else?」
「Eerr, after that, it's, when I forgot my water flask, Celis-senpai shared your drink with me, I was very happy」
Lux recalled the training yesterday while saying that Celis puffed out her chest confidently hearing that
「Doing that much is only natural After all it will affect the body if you force yourself in thewithout water」
At that ti 「There is no need to be reserved, please drink water properly」, and she half forcefully made Lux drank the water inside her flask that was mixed with honey and lemon
「Just, at that ti our lips on the sah──」
The moment Celis heard Lux's words, she froze still
「Yo, you don't need to notice even such things! Tha, that's, I too noticed that later on and it got stuck on my mind……」
Celis's face reddened while she confessed incoherently Seeing that, Lux too became even more embarrassed
A gentle at between the two
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Part 4
「……Is that so, then in the end, Lux haven't discovered my flaw yet」
A few minutes later
Celis uely relieved, and perhaps also somewhat vexed
「It's all right Celis-senpai is a after all Surely even this worry will also be solved somehow」
「I a……?」
Celis looked a bit surprised at Lux's words
「Yes In the past I too did nothing but training with Drag-Ride alone, but it was difficult to continue doing so in a place where no one atching I think that Celis-senpai who keep doing it as though it's only natural is really strong and a」
Those words ca
But, Celis azed at empty air with a lonely expression
「──Such thing, is not true」
「Eh……?」
「Perhaps what I' effort But, theis to be able to becoth」
Celis displayed a brittle face seen from the side and continued
「Even when Wade-sensei……, Lux's grandfather taughtthe ene in place of so like that it's easy to understand but, understanding soth is difficult」
「Celis, senpai……」
「Keep it a secret fro like this okay? Even like this I'm the captain of Syvalles after all Now, let's continue this after school Because this afternoon we are requested to exterminate the Abyss that appeared near Cross Field──」
An Abyss appeared near Cross Field that should be quite far away from the Ruin
Could this be also an influence from Sacred Eclipse that would end the world in half year more?
The s staggered
「E, h……?」
The sky was shaking, and the ground was approaching from the side
「Lux!?」
Celis's voice seemed far away
'I'm fine', the words that he should whisper didn't co distant
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Part 5
「N, nn……?」
When Lux opened his eyes, a faht
It wasn't the medical room that he often visited, he was laid down on the bed of his dormitory room
The hands of the clock were showing that it had only passed through noon
He recalled Celis lending him her shoulder until they returned to the dormitory, but after that it seemed a few hours had passed
「How are you feeling, Lux?」
The anxious expression of Celis as looking down on hiht away
「……I' senpai worry It looks like 」
Lux slowly lifted up his upper body and ascertained his body's condition
There wasn't anywhere that was particularly in bad condition, according to what Celis heard froht ane
Nonetheless, it see to return to the classroom for his class
「──I'm sorry, I didn't notice until it become like this」
Celis suddenly spoke those words
「Lux wasn't sleeping much because of the chores wasn't it? My consideration was lacking」
She quietly looked down and said that
(No, I think the cause is surely the training's intensity though……)
In any case, he didn't say it because it would be as though he was bla her
「I will nurse you, so please rest peacefully If there is anything you want, you can say it whatever it is without reservation」
Celis pulled herself together and straightened her back while saying that
Celis's oorry hadn't been resolved, but if she was telling hiallantly like that, then he felt like he could rest easy
「Thank you very much I'm happy with just that consideration」
Lux answered like that and stared at Celis as sitting down beside the bed
Then, Celis too was looking down at Lux as lying down on the bed again with a gentle expression
「Then, can I have an idle talk with you just for a bit? I was reflecting onthat I faintly recalled」
The way she was speaking was unusual for Celis, but Lux nodded
'Thank you veryquietly
「It's a story about ood health, but five years ago──until the old edom, she wasn't really able to come out in the open」
According to Celis, herbirth to Celis alone was the best she could do
Her inability to give birth to a son for Ralgris house that was a noted fa relatives to treat her badly
Within the culture and tendency of male chauvinis time, several tinized as heir
In other words, Celis's training and education that could even be called as excessive, everything was so that she could becoht She wholeheartedly didn't want her mother to feel bitter
「But, it couldn't go well I caused trouble for Wade-sensei, and after that I ihteousness──it would be great if there was other way to help」
Celis muttered with self-mockery
Seeing that, Lux immediately lifted his body
「I think, that's not it」
「Eh……?」
Celis's eyes opened wide at Lux's words that he said out seriously
「In the past, my mother died when I was a child, but if she is alive like Celis-senpai's mother, I would surely try to protect her no matter what──」
Lux paused for a moment, then he stared at Celis once more
「I think Celis-senpai isn't est Drag-Knight in the Academy, I think it will be fine if Celis-senpai think about yourself more At the very least that is what I think」
A small silence filled inside the room
Before long Celis sighed with a smile and slowly took a deep breath
「Lux is a really mysterious boy It's the first ti at ht, I, to you──」
Celis slowly approached in front of Lux as in sitting position and she brought her face closer
That beautiful face which was blushi+ng feverishly soht in front of Lux The distance was shortened until it felt like their lips would touch
Lux's heard july in his chest──it was then he hallucinated that the 's glass seemed to shake
Right after that, a shrillthe head could be heard inside the room
The sound resounded fro simultaneously
It was the sound of bell that arning the attack of Abyss
When the two noticed that, tension ran through them
「──Please rest here I will go looking at the situation」
「Please wait Celis-senpai! I too──」
When Lux tried to get up from the bed, Celis was already rushed outside the room
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Part 6
「There is no horn flute sound, so this doesn't seee」
As a -Ride Lindwurm hurriedly moved toward the second block where the Abyss appeared
The enemy was bird shaped Abyss that appeared from the Ruin Garden──Gryph
It was a monster with atypical appearance of lower body of lion and upper body of eagle with large wings growing from its body
Its torso had bright brown color Only the area around its head that was elint that was covered hite feathers
「Different fro at other place than Ruin's surrounding If this is also Sacred Eclipse's influence, then this is a dangerous omen」
Originally this was an enemy where several Syvalles ht noas an unforeseen situation, Celis prioritized quickness in dealing with it
「GUAAaAAAAH!」
Thatits rage and hostility perhaps because it was being chased by the Drag-Knights of the new kingdom
「As I thought it's more comfortable to be alone like this I can finish this without dragging anyone into it」
Celis calmly warded off the Abyss's threat and took a stance with her special ar Lance
And then, she cal
It was silent for a few seconds
The back wings of the Abyss twitched, and sharp feathers that were like knife were fired
When Celis burned down the countless feathers attacking her fro Lance, the Gryph moved
Its legs that were several ti Celis with a sharp trajectory, then──,
「Divine Gate」
A doht was instantly spread after Celis's quiet murmur
It was the instant teleportation within a fixed distance by Lindwurm's Divine Raiment
Celis dodged the attacking front legs of the Gryph and moved behind it Then she pierced its back with her lance
「GU, AaaAAAAAA-……!?」
The dazzling lightning that surged right after that instantly scorched the large body
The Abyss that got its core pierced and burned exploded and dispersed
「Fuu……」
Celis who ascertained that let out a relieved sigh and relaxed her stance
At thattorn roared from behind her
「GUSHAAAAAH!」
There was one other Gryph hiding behind the cover of a high bell tohere it could look down on Cross Field
It growled and leaped at Celis's back
「……Watch out-!」
Lux as flying in Wyvern hurriedly cut into the Abyss'sobt, it was then──,
「──Lightning Flash」
Celis rotated and thrust her lance The lightning fired from the lance's tip burned the second Gryph and stopped its movement
「Eh……?」
Lux was astonished by the reaction of Celis who should be cohtly
But, at that time his eyes met Celis's eyes
「──Please finish it, Lux」
「Yes!」
Lux
He ran his blade at the shoulder of the bird beast that was enveloped in fierce blaze and broke the core through the shortest route
「GUGYaaAaAAAH!」
The second Gryph screaer had left from the second block
In the end, it appeared that Celis had also predicted the existence of the second Gryph, or perhaps even taken by surprise she would be able to immediately deal with it, in any case there wasn't any need for Lux to help her
As was to be expected froest
「It looks like we are able to safely defeat them」
「Ah, yes……」
They descended on a park from the air nearby the bell tower and dispelled their armor
It was fine and all to save the town fro troubled of what to say and he was at a loss for words
「Say……」
「Eerr──」
After a few seconds like that, both of them simultaneously started to speak, it was then,
「──Ooooi Wait, both of you」
Fro Wyvern, while Noct and Tillfur ca Drake and Wyrm respectively
「So you three also came here?」
「Naturally We too are members of Syvalles you know? The princess and -Ride h Well, even so it's just as expected, fro a turn here──」
Sharis said with a wry smile
「That's why I said it already Celis-senpai is totally enough against enemy of this level」
「No Carelessness is prohibited No uarantee that there won't be any a only the captain to take the initiative and exterminate the enemy will make us lose our position」
Noct denied Tillfur's grief before she dispelled her Drake's armor
She was looking at the Radar on her shoulder was surely because she was confir that there was no Abyss reaction nearby
「The -Ride in order to save our stamina」
「Let's do that I'll search for a coach, so Tillfur, you go look for sweets stall」
「Roooger Then, both of you just rest after doing all the work」
Noct's suggestion was accepted by Sharis, and Tillfur finished up the talk
The three temporarily left froed and it suddenly became a relaxed mood
「I'h Celis-senpai told me to rest, I came here instead」
Lux was s his head Celis suddenly smiled and,
「No, you helped me」
Unexpectedly, she spoke her gratitude with earnest tone to him
「I noticed that second Abyss, but thanks to you I was able to obtain some leeway If the Triad also came, I think ould be able to determine the Abyss's position and number and defeat them more safely」
「Lux, there is one thing that I want to ask Why were you and also those three were rushi+ng here even though you all believed that I would be all right? As I thought, were you all worried about me? Even now after I had discarded my reservation with you──」
「……Surely that's because Celis-senpai is popular as expected, isn't that's why?」
Celis was astounded by Lux's words that he said jokingly
「There isat your side, that's why coathered to you Senpai isn't alone I too am one of those ish to be at Celis-senpai's side after all」
Celis was staring at Lux who said that with a bright smile with a dazed expression
「Lux, is really unfair」
「Eh……?」
「Even though originally it should berelied on as the senior, it isspoiled to you But, I want to accept it completely because it feels really pleasant」
Celis's cheeks abruptly loosened while she was looking embarrassed and vexed
And then she slowly grasped Lux's hand
「I was avoiding fro effort to talk with other so we can understand each other wasn't I? You, Sharis, and everyone else know about that personality of mine, even so you all stepped up tothat this tiirls who are avoiding me, so that I will be able to understand them more That's why──」
She cut off her words tehtforward expression
「When I buain? Though perhaps this willhelp to a boy my junior so many times like this」
「──Celis-senpai can do so anytime I too will rely on senpai after all」
When Lux responded with a soft smile, Celis's eyes turned round in surprise and she averted her gaze shyly
「Then, I'll command you to return to your usual schedule to Thank you very much, Lux」
It was a somearm and aard atmosphere
He was happy that his relationshi+p with Celis deepened once more
「I too want to becouide everyone I will understand those girls' feeling while giving early ──」
「No, that's why I'h of a hurdle is just taken off the table, everyone will get close with senpai right away……」
Lux's retort that he said out while sweating spontaneously didn't see
Just as he thought, this seriousness and clumsiness had to be left alone somewhere
「Bu, but, that's, is it also fine if I ask Lux to accoether with Lux is really fun so……」
Celis muttered that with flushed cheeks a bit fretfully Lux nodded
「──Yes If Celis-senpai is fine with ladly accept」
Lux showed a smile from the bottom of his heart and asserted that
「Understood Then, I'll especially prepare a training menu with my all for Lux's sake next time」
「……Wait, eeeeh!?」
He wanted to refuse it very ht smile, Lux couldn't find it within himself to say it
(As I thought, I too am quite a showoff huh……)
Perhaps the day Celis could guide her new juniors was still far off in the future