Chapter 252 – 251. Rehabilitation
“Hey. Cecil, look at your balance.”
“Can’t you see I’m doing this?”
“I’ll do it. Let’s not get angry.”
“Without the Count, there is no one to be angry with.”
“It’s too much…”
In the hangar of Ikaruga, Britannia’s correspondent was busy moving. Among them, Cecil was the busiest, and Lloyd was the most free. Naturally, Cecil’s hysteria was directed at Lloyd.
Lloyd was taken aback, and she moved to do what she was supposed to do. It looked like a meerkat. She glared at Lloyd with the expression that Cecile didn’t like her.
“It seems Cecil and Lloyd are really close.”
“Does this look familiar to Suzaku?”
Suzaku, who was sitting next to him and watching Asura’s transformation, smiled and said something, but then flinched at Cecile’s bloody expression and stiffened his body. Suzaku laughed awkwardly.
Haha… Aren’t you close?”
“Cecil and I have known each other since college.”
“And me too.”
Rakshatha, who had been inside Asura’s cockpit, stuck her head out and joined her conversation. Suzaku sighed and nodded his head.
“Are all three of you classmates from the same college?”
“To be precise, Pudding and I were classmates, and Cecil was a junior.”
“I wish you wouldn’t call it pudding.”
“Ah! I’m sorry. I didn’t put Count on it. Pudding ‘Earl'”
“Okay…”
Lloyd made a sound of pain at Rakshata’s words, but she didn’t argue anymore. When Rakshatha saw Lloyd like that, she snorted. Suzaku didn’t know that there was someone other than Cecil who could catch Lloyd like a mouse, so he looked at Rakshata and made a surprised expression.
“To think that there was another woman besides Cecil who could hold Count Lloyd’s hand… I’m surprised.”
“I’m nothing compared to that person. Senior Rakshata once shot Count Lloyd in college.”
“A gun?”
“Stop. Don’t talk about that anymore.”
Suzaku, genuinely taken aback by Cecil’s words, shouted in surprise, and Rakshata, who crawled out of Asura’s cockpit again, stuck out her head to give her a warning. Cecil is yikes! He made a sullen expression and raised his hand while smiling awkwardly at Suzaku. It was a gesture that he couldn’t talk anymore.
“You can’t throw away your old style either. You made a good machine that kills pilots like this.”
“What? No scientist cares about pilot safety like I do?”
“That’s why it’s a mess.”
“Pilots don’t die, right? Pilots are great, but Lloyd would have died right away if he had made Asura out of the cockpit you designed?”
“…Woojin might be able to live…”
“Hmph. You guys who designed Britannia’s cockpit design and pilot suit should be hanged. How can it be so unpilot-friendly. That’s why the Nightmare is that shape.”
“You leadern scientists couldn’t even make Core Luminous.”
Lloyd, furious at Rakshatha’s sarcasm, refuted, even forming veins on his forehead. This time, veins formed on Rakshatha’s forehead. Core Luminous is the core technology of Britannia and the Correspondent. Now it is possible to commercialize it yourself.
“I finished what you guys wrapped up for Hadron Po. Didn’t you guys create a radiation wave engine?”
“It’s so inhumane.”
Lloyd shrugged. Rakshata felt the heat rising. It was because the humanitarian scientist’s motto was to properly feed himself. At this point, we’re about to go. I never thought I would say something like that when only Asura’s final adjustments remained. Nina, who had been quietly doing her own thing until now, when the door to her hangar opened and Biretta appeared, she shouted at Rakshata and Lloyd.
“Biretta-san is here!”
“Eh? Biretta?”
“Hello…”
When Lloyd turned her head, Biretta, wearing a light blue dress with straps on her shoulders, quietly bowed her head. Suzaku also stood up and bowed her head. Lloyd smirked at her Biretta.
“Pure-blooded lady of yojo. How is the wise mother and wife here?”
“…Count Lloyd.”
“Ah. Okay. Got it. Kkeaaaaagh!”
Cecile’s crystal punch finally exploded on Lloyd, who greeted Biretta while touching people’s heart again. The form of holding on to the collar and punching only the eyelids seemed to be Cecile’s will to turn her into a panda without fail today. Lloyd, who had been beaten for a long time, finally asked Biretta again with blue bruises on both of his eyes.
“So? For what purpose?”
“That…”
“Feel free! I, Lloyd, am a gentleman to his ladies!”
“I’m not here to see Count Lloyd.”
“Eh?”
Lloyd let out a dumb exclamation when he heard that Biretta wasn’t looking for him. Rakshatha, who had been listening in Asura’s cockpit, snorted at her and woke up.
“Fool pudding. You’re looking for me, right?”
“No. Not even Mr. Rakshata.”
“…”
“Put.”
“This is real!”
Lloyd’s sneer was heard by the roughly dazed Rakshata. Rakshatha, now truly helpless, came down from the cockpit and ran towards Lloyd. Startled, Lloyd ran away from Rakshata. It was because Rakshata’s right hand was holding a smoking pipe. At this age, it was not acceptable to be beaten like a cane with a smoking pipe. Could it be that Nina, who was silently watching her beside her? She asked with a look on her face.
“Then…Then should I go?”
“No… No.”
“Ah…”
This time Biretta felt guilty too. Because Nina drooped her shoulders and trudged toward her asura. Biretta, thinking that she had to tell her business quickly and finish her mission, opened her mouth while looking at Cecil.
“That… Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Crumi? Do you have time?”
“Yes? Me?”
“Yes.”
Biretta nodded her head, and Cecile tilted her head with a puzzled expression. She went over to Cecile and whispered in her ear as Biretta put on a very apologetic expression.
“That… Princess Euphemia calls. Naomi-san…”
“Uh…Uh…Uh…”
Cecile, unable to understand Biretta’s words in her ears for a moment, was startled as she turned pale when she heard Naomi’s story. If Naomi and Cecil were related, there was only one story to come out.
A story about Woojin.
But Princess Euphemia wanted to talk about it.
No matter how much she was designated as a traitor and became a fugitive, that did not mean that Princess Euphemia’s right to succeed to the throne was lost. Even though she was from the imperial family without the right to inherit the throne, as long as Britannia was in good health and she had not joined the Black Knights herself, Euphemia was a distant superior to Cecil.
“Ser… Is it because of that?”
“…”
Nod Seeing Biretta’s affirmation, Cecile put on a serious expression. Suzaku, who watched the scene from a little distance, asked curiously.
“What are you doing?”
“No! No! Is Suzaku there?”
“Ah yes.”
Cecile, startled, shouted out loud, and Suzaku, embarrassed, sat down again scratching the back of his head. Cecile silently nodded her head as she looked at Biretta. It means go It was also funny that Princess Euphemia had called for it, so she wouldn’t go. She also has Princess Cornelia here. There is also Prince Schneizel, her direct superior. Even though they were hostages, Schneizel and Cornelia would not let go if they ignored the youngest of them in a place where there were three members of the royal family. Besides, Princess Cornelia Li Britannia is the real sister of Princess Euphemia. She might tear herself to death.
“Let’s go.”
“Thank you. Really. And I’m sorry.”
“No.”
Seeing Biretta look apologetic, Cecile shook her head. I knew that Satan like this would come one day. After she hooked up with Woo-jin, she would have been Woo-jin’s woman if he hadn’t been imprisoned. Although now the position has become embarrassing to each other.
“Count Lloyd? I’m coming!”
“Okay~ I don’t know what’s going on, but take care of yourself~”
“…”
Lloyd casually waved his hand and saw Cecil off. When I shook it like a flutter with both eyes blue, I felt somehow nasty. However, for now, Princess Euphemia should come first. Cecil left the hangar with Biretta.
After the hangar door closed and Cecil and Biretta disappeared, Rakshata, who lost her stamina while chasing Lloyd, stopped chasing Lloyd and climbed back into Asura’s cockpit. Lloyd was heading for a chair to take a break.
“Where do you want to rest? Don’t you know that the final adjustment will be over in a little while? You’re the one who hasn’t worked the most so far. Hurry up and work!”
“Ha…”
Lloyd, who was on the verge of sitting down at Rakshata’s merciless treatment, sighed and stood up again. Then, he headed towards the table in front of Asura and the computer on top of it.
“Hurry up and rest. Huh?”
“That’s what Count Pudding has to work hard on.”
“His pudding. Pudding… I’m going to go crazy.”
“Will I really drive you crazy?”
“No.”
Lloyd no longer aroused Rakshata and put his hand on her keyboard. He really hates to do it, but when he gets on the keyboard, his hands quickly tap the board. Lloyd, too, realized that he had no time to rest unless he finished this.
“Yes. You’ll do well if you do.”
Rakshata smiled contentedly at Lloyd’s appearance.