Volume 9 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Episode 6Yoruka Chapter - Aruji-sama's Punishment

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Part 1

Since enrolling into Cross Field's Acade well for Lux

Of course, there were only daughters of nobles around hi the only male

Because of his past as a prince of the old empire──and furthermore because of his role as a chore boy, so to hiet dragged into various turmoil

Even so if Lux's unique status was taken into consideration, it could be said that he had h

That was thanks to the girls around him

Krulcifer who taught hi him the same like in the past

Everyone of the Triad who acted a his reputation at the Academy, and so on He was supported by

But, recently that was one thing that made Lux worry

It wasn't about his current life in the Acade well, it was──

「Lux Arcadia Do you have ti that I have to tell you」

It's weekday at Acade class was over

Instructor Raigree who exited the classroo Lux out to the corridor where there wasn't anyone else

Even Lux who had got thoroughly involved with reat incidents would be a bit nervous if he was called by a teacher

(What could it be? I think I didn't do anything bad recently though──)

Raigree was a self-reliant wole request from her

If this was so or instruction to him, he believed she would act more brazenly but──

While Lux was cautious like that, a sentence about so that normally he put out of his mind came to him In a sense it could be said that it was just as expected

「Perhaps this is soinally should say to you But, about that first year student, the girl who had just enrolled here, what's the deal with her?」

「Aaa……」

The moment Lux heard that, his face turned really complicated

Even without listening to the detail, he understood everything just frole sentence

「This is about That girl from nation of Koto who introduced herself as your servant That assassin of the old empire, Kirihime Yoruka」

In the past she confronted Lux who didn't wish for the revival of the old empire and both of them crossed swords

But, at the end of that, the understood each other's feeling and reconciled Yoruka then swore allegiance to Lux

After that with Lux's intermediation──more accurately Lisha's intermediation that Lux requested, she was enrolled into the Acadee her

Since then Yoruka should be spending peaceful days in the Academy as a first year student But,

「I have told you before, Lux That girl, she isn't blending into the Academy at all」

「As I thought, it's like that……」

Raigree's expression was displeased Lux also responded with a complicated expression

Yoruka's personality was like a fluttering wind that cannot be grasped, her way of thinking and action were also really particular

Further, Lux could easily iine how she would be completely out of place even in the class

But, his little sister Airi and Noct of Triad were also Yoruka's classht that they would follow up on her just barely, but──

「Could it be, Yoruka is feeling troubled because she cannot get used to the Academy?」

「……Do you think so?」

The sree was scary

「Eerr, is everyone around her troubled just as I thought?」

When Lux asked back aardly, Instructor Raigree took out a memo from her pocket

'Ah, I get a bad feeling'

「In theyou and sneaked away as she pleased She isn't talking at all with her classnored the menu and did self-practice willfully At mock battle, she used her partner as decoy to defeat her opponent She won't listen to the instructor She ignores the regulation for sleeping and waking up time She won't reflect even when she is scolded In her clothes she is carrying hidden weapons that she won't part with She took off her clothes as she pleased……」

「I, I get it! It's enough already!」

By the way, it see

Until now Airi as in the same class settled down the troubles, but as expected it seemed that Yoruka's actions couldn't be overlooked anymore

Thus, it seemed that the talk ca her

「But, I have to be the one warning her? Certainly she was calling me her master but, this is more or less a matter in the Academy, so someone like the headmaster Relie-san or even one of the teachers──」

「Do you believe, that girl will properly listen to anyone other than you?」

「I'm sorry……」

He was taking into consideration his position inside the Acaderee's twitching face

「It was Princess Lisha who proposed the enrollht? Take responsibility to look after that girl as her master This is my first request to you」

「I, understand」

Lux could only nod at the coument

After the battle, he wanted to give a new place to belong for Yoruka who returned back to him

Even though he had decided to look after her, and yet he was unable to guide her properly That was his blunder

Before the probleuide Yoruka to act properly no matter what

「──Yosh」

After he had decided that, he immediately took action

Although, for Lux whose class and grade were different fros that he didn't know

Thus, first he had to gather accurate information

Lux who bid farewell to Raigree returned to his classroom and sat down

(Perhaps I should cancel my chores today as much as possible……)

He was thinking of such thing while concentrating on the rest of his class

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Part 2

「And so, because of that Nii-san is finally co to me after this late?」

「Err, yes Well……」

An aard at the cramped room to the brim

He was in a rooirl dormitory after school

It was the shared room of Airi and Noct

It was a request frouide Yoruka so she became accustomed to life in Academy, but first it was necessary to know about the situation of her class in first year

Thinking so, Lux thought to hear about the story from Airi as Yoruka's class than Lux thought

「I'm very happy To think that Nii-san will act considerately to soht that surely Nii-san was foisting the matter of Yoruka-san co at all」

Airi was showing hientle smile, but her smile didn't reach her eyes

In other words, his little sister was proclai about Yoruka quite much since her enrollment into the Academy by Lux's hope

「Let's stop with thatit maliciously」

Noct was sending a tientle intimidation from Airi

But, even with her best friend soothing her down, Airi still puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction

「Noct is spoiling Nii-san too ht about consequences since the past that he should be properly warned toresponsibly, it will make me terribly worried」

「……Perhaps that's also true I was also troubled by Yoruka-san」

「Even though I thought you are helping me-!?」

Lux was crestfallen seeing Noct quickly changed side

But, at the sa her face closer beside Lux

「Forgive ry as she look, so please don't worry」

「Is……, that so?」

「Yes Right now she is saying suchthing, but it was Airi's choice to not tell Lux-san about the probleht now, so I will do so about the internal situation of the Academy』, she said She even came to me to consult about Yoruka-san's matter」

Noct whispered so Within her usual cohtly loosened

Airi who heard her instantly turned red and raised her voice in fluster

「Wai-!? What are you saying Noct!? I, I was just──」

At the end her words turned a it

Recently Lux got a lot of work

In addition of the normal class and practice, there was also his chores in the Academy and his activity as Syvalles member, not just that, as the country's representative──as a Seven Dragon Paladin, he was extremely busy

A for Lux's sake in order to erase the friction between Yoruka and her surroundings

In the end it was always like that

Since Airi grew up, she wouldhim for his rash action, but in actuality she was alorrying about him

「Thank you Airi And Noct too」

「Yes As Airi's close friend, I'm happy if Lux-san will understand」

「Uu……」

Seeing Lux's smile, Airi made a troubled expression and stared reproachfully

After groaning for a while like that, before long she let out a long sigh

「……Haa, I understand Now about Yoruka-san, how much has Nii-san heard?」

Finally the concrete talk began

Yoruka's proble time with her daily in the same class was ree

Fundaainst the Academy's education policy, but here and there she would make a decision that violated the rule

And then, she didn't show any sign of reflecting even if she was rebuked for doing that

In addition she wouldn't et close to them

Even if there was student who talked to her trying to become her friend, it see 『I don't really understand so like that』

Yoruka herself had the past of being a princess of the nation of Koto, but the people around her took distance froe existence that couldn't understand human's emotion

Her ability as Drag-Knight was standing out, but as a hu

「We too are pondering hard of e should do Though when I a with her, she will more or less listen to me because I am Nii-san's little sister」

「Yes It doesn't seem like that she simply doesn't want to listen to what she is told The point is that she doesn't know the way of living for the position of military cadet and how to interact with people」

Yoruka was out of place in the Academy wasn't simply because her individual character

She didn't understand the way to live inside the society called school

The way to interact with classmate, the way to act inside the order called school

It was necessary for Lux as heras a person

「Then, in the end I have to be the one to tell her?」

「Yes Perhaps it would be better for Lux-san to spend as ether with Yoruka-san in the Acadeet too intimate with her, so I ask you to please act with that in mind」

「Noct keeps saying strange thing since soo, please stop it!」

Noct muttered that coolly, which was responded by Airi's yell with a red face

Lux observed their exchange war of a plan

For the ti he proress to them every day and left the room

He would teach Yoruka the importance of rule in the Academy and how to interact with students and teachers

Lux was thinking of how to do that while doing his chores

「But, not just class, even my year is different from Yoruka, how should I make a point of contact with her……?」

Even if he asked her to accompany him with his chores after school, she would be alone with only Lux, so there wasn't really anythat

If possible it would be better if he got the chance to teach Yoruka through class lesson or living together

「──My, isn't this Lux-kun You are ain?」

「Ah……, good afternoon headmaster」

While he eeping at the backdoor of the school building, a fah

She was the big sister of his childhood friend Philuffy, a wo as headram

She as his acquaintance since the past smiled friendlily 'fufu' at him

「Don't be like that, calling me headmaster at this place, it's fine if you call me Relie-san familiarly you know?」

「That's, normally isn't it the reverse?」

Even though they were inside the Acaderound, she was like this

Lux was s wryly at her informal attitude that was unthinkable for someone responsible for an academy of military cadets

He also took the opportunity to try consulting her a little about the o

「I see, certainly that , one has to experience it first before being able to understand it」

Unexpectedly, Relie was giving her endorseether with Yoruka in the same environment

「But, as expected it's impossible Our year is different in the first place, like that trying to have a school life with the same point of view──」

「It's possible」

The moment Lux scratched his head with a wry smile, such reply came to him

「That's right isn't it, even if it's Relie-san, as expected that is…… ──Wait, eeeeh!?」

「Let's try it If it's also the request from none other than Lux, there is no way I can refuse it」

Relie nodded powerfully along with a smile that was filled with confidence

Thus due to a trivial thought and a terrifying coincidence, this uproar begin

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Part 3

An at the classroo

Inside the classroo a stir in bewilderment

Even Airi and Noct were stiffened with a conflicted expression

「E, err…… Then for one week fro to be entrusted into this class Everyone, su, surely you all are confused of various things but, please get along ith each other」

No matter how anyone looked at it, the one as the e of the class

Only a day after he consulted Relie

A special schedule where Lux would receive class lesson for one week in the same first year class with Yoruka was realized very easily

He was told that at the surface that this was for the first year to interact withthe Academy into mixed school at the future

This was an experiment for the first year students to experience that

(Noit I think……)

In order for Yoruka who couldn't adapt in the Academy to know about 『normal school life』, Lux too would really spend a week as first year together with her

Naturally Lux would fall behind schedule with his own class and practice during that ti that, it was scheduled to cover that with the supplementary lessons after school next week

It seemed that Celis, Krulcifer, and Philuffy would help hieneral class lesson, Celis with Drag-Ride practice, and Philuffy in the practical skill of hand-to-hand combat

『Eei, I want to help out Lux in so too-!』

It seemed that Lisha yelled like that when she knew it, but that was another story

And because of that, this attempt that could even be called asof Yoruka, the person in question herself──,

「I'ether If it's like this I can save the tier」

She was obviously the one as the

Far fro perturbed, she moved her desk to stick with Lux's desk beside her and softly nestled her body on him

「Uwah!?」

The warmth of skin and the softness of breast could be felt from above the uniform

At the sa his nose cavity made Lux perplexed

Her upward gaze eh inviting him

Even though she wasn't wearing that black outfit with high exposure rate, her behavior was enough tomelted into puddle

「……What are you doing Yoruka-san!? This is classrooet lovestruckdere dere like that!」

Airi hurriedly leaned her body forward from the seat at opposite side and pulled at Lux's arm

「My? Are you jealous, Airi-san? It's all right I won't take Aruji-sama away from you」

「Tha, that's not what I' at all!? Please understand the time and place!」

Airi who nor lady in the Acade her self-control

「……Say, Noct Could it be that it was always like this in this class?」

Lux looked behind hiht behind him, the Triad member nodded briskly

「Yes ……Is what I want to say, but, No It's more boisterous like this now that Lux-san has come」

He thought that Yoruka would be quieter if he was taking class at the saht the opposite effect instead

Yoruka's abnor out because she was conscious of Lux's existence

The sudden happening of the only boy in the Acade to the first year class

Right after the talk ca here, the first year students turned a curious gaze at him and cheered joyfully, but in this situation where Yoruka was in confrontation against Airi, they were bewildered and watched quietly

「Nii-san too, please scold her You came here for that aren't you?」

Prohened when he noticed, Lux nodded

「Yo, Yoruka, get away a bit froin soon」

「Yes, Aruji-sama」

Her expression flashed into a pure smile and she obediently followed his words

As expected it appeared that she was absolutely obedient to Lux's command

When the scene settled down and the atmosphere relaxed, small voices could be heard from here and there

「Hey, just now that girl, she called Lux-senpai with Aruji-sama──」

「Could it be, no it's certainly that kind of relationshi+p between the two of them」

He wondered ith this atmosphere

Even though he came in order to er instead

(Or rather, if I reht, everyone doesn't know about Yoruka's circumstance in detail……)

The detail about Yoruka's special circumstance was known only by small part of people The headmaster Relie, the members of Syvalles, as well as the teachers

The majority of the fe servant that had been serving Lux since the time of the old empire』

Furthermore hat had happened just now, the students became even more curious about the relationshi+p of the two

While Lux was thinking of such thing, the teacher cleared her throat

「The, then, we are starting our lesson Open the text book──」

「……Oh, no」

Thelesson in the first year students class was decided hurriedly, so he didn't have the teaching materials for it

When he thought of asking Airi to share her book with hiht in front of him

「Here Aruji-sama I will offer you mine」

「Tha, thank you Yoruka──wait, what are you doing giving it wholly to me!? What about yours!?」

「It's unnecessary forfortunate that it can be of help for Aruji-sama」

Even Lux was troubled when she told him that with a cheerful smile

「Err, that's…… I'──but」

「Here Nii-san I'll show you mine」

The ht her desk closer to him

Thanks to that he was able to return Yoruka's text book and safely……well, he couldn't go as far to claim that, but even so the class resumed

「Fuu……」

Lux was patting his chest in relief inside his heart, but beside hi at him reproachfully

Tap tap Her finger was pointing at the corner of her notebook A se ritten there for Lux

『It will be scolding later for Nii-san』

「……Haah」

Lux hung his head down after reading that strong line with dripping ink while passing through the first class

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Part 4

He orried what going to happen with his sudden change of classroo peacefully

A soht after Lux arrived, but after seeing the confrontation between Yoruka and Airi, almost no student appeared to call out to Lux

The students were observing the quarrel of the thile nonchalantly pro at him The atmosphere was reserved like that

「Lux-senpai had participated in the tournauidance at the practice」

「Is the impression in the second year's class different from here?」

「Which one is Lux-senpai's type, a younger or older girl?」

There were juniors ere talking to him here and there, but Yoruak didn't join into that conversation

Rather, she was taking a step back and watching Lux from afar

At the salances from the side

Like this it was scary and the classmates were found it hard to make their move

At time like this Lux was troubled at what he should do

「Come to think of it, what is Lux-senpai's hobby?」

Then, a student suddenly asked such question to him There Lux went into offense

「Err, I was doing nothing but chores so I don't have anything like hobby but, what about you Yoruka?」

He abruptly addressed Yoruka as some distance away

It was his attempt to add Yoruka into the circle of conversation and familiarized her with her classmates, but,

「……I don't really have anything like that」

「Ah, I see……」

She flashed a bright smile and answered instantly

Noct who saw that sighed quietly while Airi held her head

However he wondered why

Somehow, he felt a different impression that was different from usual from Yoruka's answer

「More ihtly ht? You block theand I cannot prepare against attack from outside」

「Ah, right So, sorry」

After Yoruka pointed out with a gentle tone, the girl as standing near themoved away from there

It see froilant toward outside so that Lux wouldn't get aimed by assassin

「Say Yoruka……here is inside the Academy, so you don't need to be that worried」

「That's also true But, although it's not zero but there is still a chance」

「……Bu, but you see, right now is break ti with other friends──」

Please tell her ly

The gaze fro him that was painful

Even so the current Lux was helpless to do anything throughout theclass

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During the two days after that, Lux's endeavor didn't go well

When he was taking lunch together with the first year students, 「This is a good chance so allow htly ate Lux'sit to hi his seat when it was tie clothes into the pilot suit, she would try to change together with hi that it was for his protection, and on top of all that, at the tie, she would put his finger into her mouth to disinfect it

With such loyalty that ot red faced displayed in the open, the first year students atching fro exchange

As the result──Yoruka wasn't developing to open her heart to her class to protect the rule, rather it was as though she was charging fiercely through the path of deterioration

……Strange

Even though this was a plan for teaching Yoruka to be social, and yet her action was growing even worse by Lux co to her side

「Nii-san is naïve Please warn her more severely」

「Yes I' Lux-san too before all the blood vessels in Airi's body burst」

The lunch break at the third day, Airi and Noct finally told him that

But, he wondered why

Lux wasn't really feeling like to do that

「Uht but……」

Making use of his position as herher

Perhaps that was the shortest path

However for so to do that

GOoOON The sound of bell resounded inside the school building, telling the end of the lunch break