[Code Geass] Irregular 22

Chapter 22 – 21. Zero

“As you all know, the plan has all failed. So this lab is also closed.”
“Ha…But!”

At the words of the bald general wearing a monocle, the scholars working in the laboratory lined with various machines shouted as if they were unfair. Bald General. Bartre Ispirius closed his eyes and shook his head at the unfair scholar’s words.

“We have prepared a place in Narita. Let’s move everything.”

General Bartre went on with his guilty face.

“Even though I don’t remember it, it is true that the staff and I left the room with His Highness Clovis. I will be repatriated to my home country and held accountable.

It probably won’t end with undressing. A witch who does not know how long she has been alive. C.C was such an important person that even the emperor paid attention to it.

Scholars who heard the story also nodded their heads with a calm complexion at General Bartre’s words.

“Okay. I’ll prepare right away.”

The lab was busy running. Scholars have everything they can pack. In other words, it started to move quickly from the volume of luggage that a person could pack. One scholar was in a hurry and dropped an experiment paper on the floor.
A lot of photos and A4 paper are good! And covered the laboratory floor.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry!”
“It’s okay. Let’s move quickly.”

Bartre did not criticize the scholar. As much as he himself. No, he was more anxious than himself. Bartre sighed quietly and looked up at a picture.

In the photo, a green-haired woman was looming, fleeing from soldiers during World War I.

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Lelouch’s evening returns to a quiet, serene atmosphere. Lelouch didn’t say much.

“Just now? I learned origami from Sayoko-san.”

Hearing the sound of birds chirping, Lelouch was cutting steak for his younger sister to eat. Lelouch’s younger sister, Nanari Lampelge. Her real name is Nanari Vi Britannia.
The 12th Princess of Britannia.

Lelouch was looking at Nanari with her eyes dripping with honey. But Nanari, blinded by her shock at her mother’s death, doesn’t know it, and she continues to talk excitedly about her.

“If you fold a sheet of paper several times, it becomes various shapes, such as birds and boats!”

Nana-ri continued her meal while talking. She scooped a spoonful of soup and brought it to her mouth, but because of her blind eyes, she must have misplaced it, so the stem of her soup dripped down her chin.

“Ah…”
“Ah. You don’t have to be in such a hurry to talk. I’m not going anywhere.”

Lelouch quickly picked up her handkerchief and wiped Nanari’s mouth. Nanari smiled calmly.

“Thank you. Brother.”
“It was nothing.”
“What a relief.”
“Huh?”

At Nanari’s sudden words, Lelouch made a curious expression. What are you curious about?”

“Last night’s older brother was somehow scared.”
“Did you?”

Lelouch blurted out his words as he thought about yesterday. It was the day she returned after making her verbal mistake with Karen. Guilt for frightening her one and only sister crept in.

“Sorry, I have something to think about.”
“Brother?”
“Huh?”

Lelouch threw away the memories of yesterday and looked at Nanari. Nanari showed Lelouch the paper crane Sayoko had folded.

“It seems that if you fold a thousand cranes, your wish will come true. If my brother has a wish…”
“No… I… Maybe Nanari? Do you have something?”
“Me? Umm…”

At Lelouch’s question, Nanari put on an expression as if she was worried for a moment. Voluptuous brown hair that came down to her waist. In the past, he was caught up in the assassination of his mother, Empress Marianne, and after being shot by her, he could no longer move his legs and had to use a wheelchair. Before her eyes her own mother was hived by her bullets and her death her poor little sister whose shock left her eyes blinded. Since doing her exercises was difficult, her body was thin and she often got sick.
As Lelouch waited for Nanari’s answer, Nanari smiled as if she had finished her troubles.

“I hope the world will become kinder.”

At those words that were so warm, Lelouch smiled like her father.

“By the time you see your eyes, it will definitely be like that.”
“Really?”
“I’ll promise.”

Looking at Nanari, Lelouch thought.

‘Okay. We have limited future choices. Even if she hides here, it is unknown how long the Ashford family will stop it… If her identity is discovered, she will most likely become distant from Shirley and Reval… It will become.’

Lelouch covered Nanari’s hand on her table with his own. Her delicate hands were very warm. Like the owner’s heart in her hand.

‘You have to make it. A world where only Nanari can live happily.’

With this power.

While Lelouch was thinking, Nanari wiggled and intertwined each other’s little fingers with Lelouch’s hand that covered her own.

“Huh?”
“I learned it a while ago. The Japanese way of making promises.”

Nana-ri, who explained, waved her hand up and down her little finger caught between her little fingers.

“Swallow a thousand needles if you lie. Promise with your fingers!”

Nana-ri untied her fingers as she finished her words. Her smile was lovely, but her lines were not.

“It’s scary. Do you have to swallow a thousand needles?”
“That’s right! So you can’t lie?”
“Don’t worry. I don’t lie.”
‘Only for you.’

Lelouch looked at her lovely younger brother and made a promise to her.

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[How is it? School after a long time?]
“It’s boring. Yesterday was history class…”

It’s a sunny day. Karen Stadtfeld was on the phone with Ougi on the roof of the annex of Ashford Academy, where her students don’t come often.
Karen’s face was full of worry.

“Hey… I’d rather go back there…”
[The military is on high alert right now. Wait for it to be quiet there for a while.]
“But… So is the case with that voice.”

The voice Karen speaks of is the unknown voice she used to help her. Thanks to the command of that voice, she was able to avoid annihilation and prevent the worst.

[It’s impossible to find by voice alone. Besides, if you stay as a student, Naoto will be happy too.]
“Ugh…”
[Forget about Shinjuku for a while. I’ll get back to you.]

One-sidedly, Ougi’s phone hung up. Whilst she was suddenly talking about her own brother who died of her. It was a foul. She wanted to return to the Resistance as soon as possible, but she couldn’t disobey Ogi’s instructions… No, she couldn’t disobey her request. And she knew how much she gave for herself. Karen smiled quietly as she felt her heart warm.

‘Shinjuku… I know… Um?’

Karen felt that Ougi’s words at the end sounded like something she’d heard once. Because she hasn’t been in a while.

[Don’t tell anyone about Shinjuku.]

Student Council Vice President. She has a beautiful appearance and a brilliant brain, so she is a celebrity known to everyone in Ashford Academy. Lelouch Lamperzy.

‘No way. The voice at that time.’

Karen decided to check.
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Lelouch was giving a presentation.

“One is the education of the nobles. We nurture excellent rulers by specifically, intensively educating and training the humans to rule. The second is speed.”

Karen used her hand mirror to secretly watch Lelouch continue her presentation. It was possible because Karen was diagonally in front of Lelouch. Karen rummaged through her own memories.

‘Does it look like…?’

Karen shook her head. No. She couldn’t believe her memory of voices. But how do we resolve this suspicion? Why did he suddenly appear in front of her and tell her not to tell anyone about Shinjuku?

While thinking about it, Lelouch’s presentation was over.
Lelouch, who was sitting in his seat, glanced at his own seat, which was reflected in the hand mirror. Karen casually covered her hand mirror. Obviously, he looked at himself. It was a fleeting moment, but through her hand mirror, her eyes met his.

Lelouch’s mind was also complicated. All that was given was information about Shinjuku. However, he was aware of Karen’s identity, and Karen does not know that he knows Karen’s identity. Because her memories of when she was affected by Gears are gone. However, over the radio, she continued to communicate with Karen. No one knew when Karen, who had already become suspicious of her, would identify herself as herself. Lelouch wondered what to do to get out of this crisis. So was Karen.

‘If you know who I am…’
‘If you know who I am…’

As soon as possible…

We have to deal with it.

The thoughts of the two people in the same space, the same time, and different situations coincided.

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The class was supposed to be over anyway. The students in the class were getting ready to go home, and it was the same with Lelouch. It was a little different than usual. It was because he had a number of priorities to address.
A female student with fine brown hair approached Lelouch. She was Shirley.

“Hey. Lulu? Classes are over…”
“Sorry. Do it next time.”

Lelouch, whose head was complicated, didn’t listen to Shirley’s answer properly and moved on. Shirley, who had been rejected in an instant, with a dazed expression on her face, she unconsciously stretched out her arm and barely stopped. Lelouch was walking in the direction of Karen. Karen was surrounded by her courtesy female students and bombarded with questions. It was his duty to wait until the end of the story, but Lelouch had no intention of waiting.

When Lelouch approached Karen, the students who were talking around Karen found Lelouch and gave way. What? What? Ignoring the schoolgirls staring at her with her bewildered eyes, Lelouch stood in front of Karen.

“Can you follow me for a second? I have something I want to talk to you about.”
“Eh?”
“Eh~?”

Shirley was taken aback by Lelouch’s words. No way? It was because it was a line that could be misunderstood. It wasn’t just Shirley who misunderstood. The female students who surrounded Karen also burst into exclamation.
Is that it? I guess that’s it? That’s it!
Lelouch, not interested in what other students were misunderstanding, waited for Karen’s answer. The female students were also nervous. Everyone around was waiting to hear what came out of Karen’s mouth.

Karen woke up calmly.

“I thought you’d call me.”
“Ha!?”

Shirley, who was watching the scene from behind her, was shocked. Starting with Shirley’s awe, the female students around Karen screamed! He shouted.
Karen and Lelouch were calm. It was right that we didn’t hear the reactions around us because we cared about each other. Karen and Lelouch left class without even knowing what misunderstandings were piling up.