[Code Geass] Irregular 85

Chapter 85 – 84. Prominence

“So Shirley didn’t come today?”

I asked. Most of the time, Shirley was in the student council room, so Mirei was the president, so I could see her every time she came, but in Shirley’s case, she was with the swimming club, but she could be seen constantly in the student council room. At my question, Mirei laughed excitedly.

“Today? Shirley must be busy preparing for a date with Lelouch today?”
“A date?”
“Yeah! I got tickets from her father for a play and told her to see me with Lelouch! Lelouch agreed. Will the two of them be dating soon?”

Mirei’s eyes lit up like a girl watching her love story. I was a little different. If today were a date day, Shirley would find out that her father died today. Lelouch must have headed somewhere else to meet Kyoto 6-chome.

“Okay.”
“Huh? Woojin? What’s wrong with your voice? No way…”

Mirai asked with a worried face if she felt my voice tone lower. I don’t know why she was worried about President Mirai, but I thought I shouldn’t tell the truth. For Shirley, it was news of her father’s death. I am in third person. To her own friends, she did not think it would make sense for anyone else to tell her father’s death.

“It’s hard to tell you right now. Maybe… Sooner or later you’ll know why I’m doing this.”
“Oh yeah?”

Due to my calm atmosphere, Mirei couldn’t keep the tension as high as before. She was just trying to have a good time with Mirei, even though she was wary of Nina. It’s a bit jarring for her to have Ribal, but she’s Ribal. Come to think of it, he’s also a bit pitiful. She must have known that Lelouch and herself were best friends, but isn’t that a character who was abandoned right after Suzaku arrived?

I wondered if I would take care of it, but I’m too busy right now because I have too many people to take care of. There are other friends anyway, so I decided that it was unreasonable to care about him, so I erased the sudden thought from my head.

I changed the atmosphere to liveliness and smiled broadly at Mirei again. Mirei seemed to know that I wanted to change the mood, so she smiled broadly. I had no choice but to spend a lively time in such an atmosphere. Shirley should be happy, but she couldn’t help but feel the pain. She is because Shirley likes Lelouch. She said that if Shirley could continue to live, if she had to like Lelouch, she would have to be sick, hard, and in pain. Only then would she have hope for Shirley.

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

I left the student council and headed back to the lab. Shall we go see Karen’s mother? She was worried, but Karen’s mother still can’t speak properly. No matter how much you talk on the sidelines, it’s just like talking to yourself. Karen must have gone to see Kyoto 6th Street with Zero by now. Since there was no one I could meet, I just gave up and went to the lab.

In the midst of it, Cecil could be seen checking Lancelot’s data by herself.

“Huh? Why is Cecile alone? What about the others?”
“Dr. Lloyd and Mr. Inoue are on a business trip. It seems that Count Lloyd is trying to teach Inoue-san something this time?”

Did Lloyd teach Naomi something? That’s really sweet. Perhaps because Naomi studied and trained with world-class scholars here, her skills were getting better and better. Lloyd said not yet, but in Cecil’s case, Naomi’s miniaturization technology was said to be very impressive.

It would be much better for Naomi if she learned directly from Lloyd.

I thought so and sat on the sofa in the lab. A sigh came out. It was because of his worries about Shirley.

Upon realizing that I was sighing, Cecile approached me with a curious expression on her face. I flinched. Memories of last night came to mind. Big…

“What’s wrong?”
“I have something to ask you.”
“Yes. Tell me.”

Cecile paused for a moment in Lancelot’s maintenance and sat down next to me. It seemed like they were a little too attached… She couldn’t tell because it was obvious that Cecil would be embarrassed if she told her to get away from here. And I didn’t even want to. Cecile was also a great beauty. There is no man who would hate a beautiful woman sitting next to him…!

“If you said you could change the future, would you change it?”
“Yes? That’s an absurd question all of a sudden?”

After Cecile answered my question like that, she put on a thoughtful expression. She could be seen tapping her lips with her index finger.

“Does the future look bleak?”
“Maybe?”
“Then won’t you change?”
“But what if there is no guarantee that you will be happy even if you change?”
“Why?”
“Then it won’t be the future you know. It will be the future you don’t know.”
“Um… But I think I’ll change it.”

Cecile smiled broadly and said, I was wondering.

“Why?”
“Isn’t that obvious? Rather than a future that you know but have certain unhappiness, isn’t it better to have a future that you don’t know but you can’t know? You can be happy, right?”
“Right?”

I stupidly tilted my head at Cecil’s question. Are my ears thin? Or have you become stupid? Just like the last time we fought during the Refrain Incident, you shouldn’t bother using your brain more and more…
Still, it was definitely a little better thanks to Cecile. I can’t help but worry about it. Even though I’m determined to change the story, I can’t seem to get my hands on Shirley.
Among the people I met here, Shirley is one of my three most kind people. The first is, of course, Yuffie. She is an angel The second is Naomi, maybe not really Naomi, but she gave me more points because she’s definitely on my side. Third is Shirley. Should she say Shirley is she really she’s a well-bred sweet girl without angular spots? When she died, she cried so much that she was not worth her age.

Um… My head hurts.

Cecil chuckled as I frowned.

“What’s wrong?”
“Hmm… It’s a headache if I do, and I have a headache if I don’t.”
“Where’s the trouble even if you put it!”
“Eh? Why not?”

Are you here?

At my question, Cecil smiled calmly.

“There’s nothing wrong with doing it. There are things that make me feel uncomfortable when I don’t take responsibility for what I do.”

“Is it?”

“Yes. Woojin is a person without a solution. You can say that if you don’t do it, it will be a headache, but you mean you don’t?”
“I have nothing to say when you say that.”

Cecil seemed right. Even if I intervene in Shirley’s affairs, I can’t afford to be responsible for Shirley and take care of her. So it was a concern. If not? Shirley will suffer for her story. Shirley is the person who took the most Gears in her work, despite being a normal person. A trampled child with no powers she has no way to resist.

Is it so frustrating just looking at it?

No fuck

When did I act like that?

I don’t know why she’s bothered that she’s getting better here, but that’s what she thinks.
Anyway, whether it’s here or in reality, aren’t we living to eat well and live well?
It was only then that I realized why I ignored the story and rushed into the correspondent department. I wanted to escape from the dreaded Shinjuk ghetto.
I was the one who dared to step in and throw shit at a problem that could be solved by just doing nothing and spending time. Why? Because I wanted to eat well and live well.
I felt that something had changed inside. Lately, why have you started worrying about useless things?
It’s my life anyway, so why shouldn’t I do what I want to do while paying attention to others?

Isn’t it ridiculous when you think about it? It’s not like someone else will live my life for me, so I don’t know why I acted with so much concern. My eyes suddenly opened.

I jumped up.

“Come to think of it, is that so? Cecil? No. Cecil noona.”
“Huh? Eh? Yes?”

When I called Cecil noona, Cecil’s face turned red. I sincerely bowed my head to Cecil.

“Thanks to my sister, my eyes were opened. Thank you.”
“Huh? What? What did I do?”
“I’ll go out for a while.”
“Yes? Mr. Woojin? Mr. Woojin!”

I overheard Cecile calling from behind and went outside. It was raining outside. I don’t know where the two meet. It seems to have been a park, but it seemed like I should visit all the parks in the concession.

Continued to run As the time got shorter and shorter, I even used the wire to look for Shirley. And I was able to find Shirley. It was a small park closest to Ashford Academy. Shirley, brightly dressed, was seen with her head bowed in her rain. I went straight to Shirley.

“Hey.”
“Uh…Huh?”
“Are you waiting for Lelouch?”
“Uh… Yeah… By the way… Woojin? Is that the original way of speaking?”
“Uh. Now I’m not going to pretend to act.”
“Uh… That looks nice.”
“You don’t look very good.”
“Haha…Really?”
“Huh.”
“…”

After that, Shirley went quiet again. I didn’t ask Shirley to keep her out of the rain. After just standing next to me in the rain, she said to Shirley.

“Lelouch hasn’t come yet, has he?”
“Huh…”
“Wait, I’ll catch you.”
“What?”

I ignored Shirley and left the park. Anyway, Zero will change his clothes and crawl out of Ashford Academy. This pair of twins. Make a woman wait?

I walked along and moved toward Ashford Academy. Fortunately, I found it right away. Lelouch, who was walking slowly while blocking the rain with a black umbrella, appeared before I had even walked. It looked like we were almost at the park. I got a fever

“Hey. You twin labor bastard.”
“Huh? Ujin? But the way you talk…”

Lelouch seemed to be taken aback by my harsh tone. The answer was too extravagant for this bastard. I strode over and grabbed Lelouch by the back of his neck and lifted him up. Surprised, Lelouch lost his umbrella. I didn’t care and walked back to the park where Shirley was waiting for me, and Lelouch, who was dangling from me, started shouting.

“Calm down! Talk about this! What’s going on!”
“Shirley’s waiting in the rain, so get yourself in the rain, too, bastard.”
“And what’s wrong with the tone! You didn’t use that tone originally!”
“Shut up Zero.”
“…What?”
“I told you to shut up.”

I growled at Lelouch. Lelouch’s eyes trembled as if he was taken aback by my bloody eyes. Why do I care about the story? This is the world I live in now. It doesn’t matter if I know some people’s identities. I don’t have to brag about what I know, but there’s no reason to hide it either. Why did you want to fall out with the main character? There was no need for that. Because zero is dangerous? Not at all. Even if I was the only one who became a fugitive, my ability was enough to survive even if I fell anywhere in the world. Why me?

“I know you are zero.”
“Haha… Even kidding…”
“C.C.”
“…How did know?”
“You don’t have to tell me. But you bastard.”

I continued to glared at Lelouch. There was so much to say, but there was only one thing I wanted to do right now.

“If you really want to make Nanari happy, take responsibility for what you did.”

Don’t turn away from the person who got involved because of you.