Volume 15 Chapter 3 (2/2)
「Perhaps it will be better if I go back to the bar early ──……-!?」
The instant he muttered that, a sound suddenly came from the bush behind Lux closed his mouth with his hand in panic
Lux watched out at his surroundings and killed his presence, then he hid behind the shadow of a tree nearby
(It's not just sound It's a human voice What's more, it's a woman's voice──)
Lux walked carefully so as to not ressed towards the direction of the voice
Then, he saw a lone girl standing under a tree at the center of the square
「──That's right I wanted to speak to you」
Lux gasped the instant he saw the girl
Under the e tree and repeatedly spoke so to herself
The honey colored blond hair, the bulging out voluptuous breasts and tight waist
The feminine beauty that had balanced proportions looked radiant inside the darkness of the night
Celistia Ralgris
She was his senior in Syvalles, and also Lux's aide in the Seven Dragon Paladins
She was an older girl with striking dignity while also e loveliness at the same time
Lux's heart danced at the nostalgic reunion with the existence who he felt respect and affection towards
He was feeling a sweet throbbing in his heart was surely because he was harboring a reirls
Lux was about to walk towards her right away, but he hesitated when he guessed that Celis was talking to herself
(Wait, to talk to herself even at this kind of tied at all……)
Because she didn't have anyone who she could consult or co to an object or an animal sometimes It seemed that habit still hadn't been fixed
Though he thought that recently the nu partners had increased, like Sharis or the members of Syvalles
She had a personality that made it easy for others to s to be aher heart towards Lux
(But, if she is worried about soive advice──)
Thinking that Lux approached her It was at that tiue clearly
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「──Lux I love you」
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Lux was taken by surprise and his feet──no, even his thoughts became blank and halted completely
The instant he was doubting that he , Celis continued her words further
「Not as ht I love you as a man」
Celis continued with a sweet and easeful se breast
Celis hadn't noticed Lux's existence
However, Lux finally guessed that Celis wasn't choosing a large tree simply to make her complaints
(This is, don't tell me…… Celis-senpai, towards me is──?)
Celis took a deep breath, held her breath, and exhaled out white breath in the winter air several times
But, her expression didn't look like she was feeling the coldness at all
Flah she was delirious with fever
「……As I thought, I cannot get used to it I think that as the older one I aht to say it but, I'et rejected, it feels like htened hard」
Celis slipped out those words along with a wry smile after a pause for a while
Lux spontaneously turned speechless seeing fro with a heartrending look
「This is scarier than before any fight But──I have to su that makes me want to speak selfishly」
Celis e tree finished
It see at was close to the lodging place of Lux and the others
Lux unintentionally heard her confession because he slipped out from the party on a whim
A deep sigh slipped out fros
The breathed out sigh was terribly hot
「Celis-senpai…… I──」
There were several times when he was conscious of her as a woman
But, until now Lux was a criminal asn't even allowed to il, that feeling didn't grow so far until it took shape
In addition, Lux himself would naturally create a wall towards an environment where he was considered as special or towards the love from other people
But, the battle at Avalon was over now and his criminal collar would be taken off at the last day of the parade
Lux asked to hiirls
After standing still at that place for a while, he returned to the bar
The night of the parade's first day was getting late
He made merry with everyone fro into a tranquility that was like a dream
Even amidst that, Celis's words wouldn't leave from his head
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Part 4
Inside the darkness of night, twoin the Royal Capital
One of the a dark blue tailcoat suit He was a man with handsome features
The otherblonde haired man with a somewhat shadowed expression
He earing a plain cloak while his eyes glinted sharply
This place was a part of the residential area that was crushed underfoot by the Fifth Ruin, Gigas in the past
The collapsed houses were gradually rebuilt fros, but an untouched block turned half into a slu was abandoned because it was hard to lived in even in such an area
「Won't we getin this kind of place? I don't want to get unjustly suspected by the supporters of the New Kingdom you know?」
Thea tailcoat suit s over his eyes
The man's name was Waybra Hemt
A distant relative of the Old E this man was an adopted child of a kin
He looked like he was in the middle of his thirties, he was tall with a well featured face, but he was enveloped in a dangerous atmosphere that would make other people feel anxious
「Don't worry, no one will approach this kind of garbage du in nu on like this」
「The scar of the great war is really deep Her e debt not only towards the Four Great nobles, but even towards all the feudal lords Of course you too──aren't satisfied with just that, correct, next family head-dono?」
「Fu──」
The blonde haired man slipped out a smile at the question of the man in a tailcoat suit
His na Kreutzer
He careat feudal lords of the New Kingdo, the house of Kreutzer tastedtime
The second son and the next successor of the house was this man
「Our house also uished ourselves in this war But, it's still far away until the debt from reat ancestors if it ends like this You are also the saht?」
There was no doubt that the house's position was restored soainst the Lords
But, in the end that was all
With the house's position that was looked down at as traitors, the result this tie for the better
The ambition of the house of Kreutzer that was chosen as the next terdom
Their longstanding desire to obtain the technologies and legacies of Avalon and stand at the top in the end closed it's curtain as an ephemeral dream
The house of Kreutzer's standing to interfere with the distribution of Avalon's legacies was also endlessly little
Aris which was the one with the greatest distinguished service, so the house of Kreutzer also couldn't expect any rewards in the future
With their inability to obtain the ht to use the Ruins, it could be expected that it would be a really long road to restore their house in the future
But, that was before this ure before the house of Kreutzer
Sieg thought that this man was like a vulture──no, a poisonous snake
He lurked in the darkness and polished his poisonous fangs while pretending to be harmless
Having said that, it wasn't like this ht or the horn flute to control the Abyss
What the rasp, was a secret
He was covertly hiding a fiercely poisonous fang that could shake the structure of the New Kingdom
Although, until noasn't useful because of the difficult problems like Sacred Eclipse or the Lords
It possessed ht nohen peace had come after the world scale threat went away like this
「And, are you able to prepare the private army to pretend as the rebel army?」
「Yeah, only around thirty Drag-Knights, and their skills are also not ainst one of the s to」
In reality, even in the 's subordinates were dressing as security guards and observed the event
But, they were unable to detect Yoruka's presence at all using radar, so they didn't do anything suspicious
「But, it's fine like that It will be worth it to steal theer they are」
「I see, so your preparation is perfect As expected」
Waybra lightly bowed, but Sieg's expression was unwavering
「Keep the flattery for later If you want to curry favor froy succeeds No me that aforementioned trump card you have」
「But of course Then, just as pro to your EX Drake Please prepare」
Waybra pulled out the Sword Device of a special equip-Ride Drake in his sword belt and summoned it
In response Sieg Kreutzer also wore the strengthened type EX Drake and used its function The transfer of the recording started
──Five years ago
It was a certain scene that happened at the other side of the incident where the Old Empire collapsed due to the revolution
It wasn't a scene that happened at the side of the Old Ereat man Count Atismata
The recording was projected at the vacant land of the abandoned building before their eyes and it began playing
Sieg finished confirs that Waybra recorded
He had heard about it beforehand, but there was no mistake about it
If this fact becadom would crumble
「──Fu, hahahaha! Great! As expected politics has to be like this! This is exactly the field where I can display ! With this the house of Kreutzer can take back our glory! No, trivial things like ma can be erased and I'll be able to take this country!」
Sieg formed a malicious smile that was filled with conviction and his thin body shook with the joy that elling up inside him
Just now the execution of the plan that he was sche was decided
「So what do you think, new fadoo?」
Waybra threw a question at his satisfied employer
「It's possible to handle anything I already obtained the support from the Old Empire faction that wishes to take back the political power frootiation breaks down, I will obtain this country with a legitimate means」
「Then, let's carry it out in the h my ability may be」
「──I'll rely on you, ht hand man who cuts open the way for my path of conquest」
Thus, a new spark of conflict was born in a corner of the Royal Capital
No, wrong
The embers of karo──and even longer before that had blazed up with a dom
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「……Target, found nanodesu」
A girl covered hite robe that hid even the eyes was looking down on the
The lifeless robotic eyes and the growing irl's inhu hidden
The , the sa like the wheel of death and rebirth On the other hand, they didn't notice the a in wait
If a crack entering the system was also an inevitability of the era, the exa destroyed inside the darkness also existed in a number of ways
Just like how the Old Elory like that in the past