[Code Geass] Irregular 88

Chapter 88 – 87. The Princess’ Knight

“He was a devout believer in God.”

It was a graveyard. The weather was not clear. It was full of thick clouds, so it felt like evening even though it was broad daylight. People dressed in black gathered in a corner of the cemetery.

“He was a good friend to us, a good husband to his wife, and a good father to our children.”

The coffin was lying in the ground. The person speaking in front of him was a pastor. A lily was placed on the coffin, and a metal plate was attached a little above it. A name written on a metal plate. Joseph Pennett.

Shirley was silently gazing at the coffin in front of her. Tears flowed, but not sobbing. Yesterday, in Lelouch’s arms, I cried as if the sky had collapsed. That helped a lot.

The pastor continued. The people gathered around him wiped away tears just like him and wiped them with handkerchiefs.

“Let’s pray that he may rest in peace.”

The pastor’s words were over. Next to him, a burial helper raised a shovel. Shovel by shovel of dirt was scooped up and poured onto the coffin little by little. Little by little the coffin was covered by dirt. Shirley was her father’s fading figure, she felt.

“No…Stop it…”

Was the mother People gathered around Joseph Pennett’s memory exclaimed. Shirley’s mother was holding her coffin and crying.

“Please don’t ask me any more… Please don’t bother her husband…”
“Mom…”

Holding onto her coffin, Shirley approached her sobbing mother and hugged her tightly. No one said anything, only the sound of Shirley’s mother sobbing and Shirley comforting her mother.
Ashford Student Council. The people in the student council were looking at Shirley and her mother from a little further back than the crowd. In the end, they couldn’t help but stare at each other without saying a word. It was natural. Everyone knew instinctively that whatever was said here was nothing but inconsolable nonsense.

Among them, there were two people who had the worst expression. Karen and Lelouch. I looked at them with a close eye and sighed softly, so that no one could hear. Lelouch seemed to hear my sighs because he was next to me. He felt his body tremble slightly. I said nothing.

Suzaku had an angry expression. It was clear what the guy was thinking. Suzaku had his own definition, and I knew what price he had to pay to realize it.

Thought Shirley. She had told her father that she was getting married a very long time ago, when she was really her little child. Her father had talked to her Shirley, squatting down and making eye contact with her. Later, she said that Shirley would have someone she really loved, and that if he really liked her Shirley, you would be truly blessed.

Taking advantage of her grief over her father’s death yesterday, Shirley kissed Lelouch. Shirley still had it on her mind. In her own sorrow, she felt guilty that she had taken advantage of Lelouch. After all of her burial procedures were completed, Shirley could see her student council friends who had watched her behind her. It was Lelouch who shocked her the most. Her Shirley guilt deepened. Her Shirley looked at Lelouch, who seemed even more disturbed by her own actions yesterday, with her eyes mixed with regret and guilt.

As I approached the student council members, Karen suddenly started apologizing.

“Hey…Hey! I’m sorry, Shirley.”
“I don’t like it. Why are you apologizing all of a sudden?”

Shirley was taken aback. Because she had no reason to apologize. She didn’t know Shirley why Karen was apologizing to her. Shirley didn’t know that Karen was a member of the Black Knights, and that it was Karen’s Crimson 2 Type that caused her landslide in the Battle of Narita, which was heavily involved in her father’s death.

Karen couldn’t answer Shirley’s question. She couldn’t answer She did not have the boldness to say outright that she was the direct cause of her Shirley and her father’s death. When Karen hesitated, Rivali jumped out and apologized.

“I’m really sorry too! Me too… Watching TV during the Hotel Occupy incident… I thought that even the Black Knights had a bit of a cool side…”

Rival seemed to be flustered even after he had spoken, and he began to become more and more confused.

“That… The news treated it differently… I even wrote a thoughtless message on a bulletin board saying Narita’s job was amazing.”

So… Sorry.

Woojin thought. Ribal bastard. He’s a damn cool guy He didn’t have the courage to say what he did wrong. That too in front of the death of his friend’s father. Rather, it seemed that Rebal was more handsome than Lelouch.

Shirley approached Rival with an embarrassing smile.

“Absolutely not. That… Has nothing to do with it, right? Narita’s work also…”
It was hard to watch Woojin any longer. That Shirley’s smile was forced was enough to tell anyone who saw it. She asked Shirley with her Mirei holding her shoulder.

“It’s really bad to overdo it. You. Did you cry properly? If you overdo it now, it will be more difficult later.”
“Now…It’s okay. Enough already.,,,”

Shirley couldn’t meet her Mirei’s eyes. When she asked if she had cried properly, it was because she remembered what happened yesterday.

“Did you cry?”

Shirley closed her eyes. Had she ever been so troubled? It was then.

“Cowardly!”
“Yes?”

Suzaku couldn’t hold back his anger. He clenched his fists and was talking as if chewing and spitting it out.

“The Black Knights… Zero’s methods are cowardly… They don’t even step forward themselves, but they just complicate the situation by riding on other people’s actions… They’re just arrogant as if they were judges.”

He said no one There were only two people present here who attended the Narita Battle. Suzaku and Woojin. It was only natural for people to listen to Suzaku’s words. It was because Suzaku personally experienced that situation at the time.

“So you can’t change anything. Even though the results obtained in the wrong way have no meaning…”

Suzaku’s last words were bound to cause a stir in Shirley as well. Yesterday’s kiss The kiss that Lelouch forced to take advantage of his father’s death against his will. Shirley’s shoulders shook her shoulders. Mirei, who was putting her hand on Shirley’s shoulder, could sense the trembling. Mirei was quick to notice her.

“Okay! Let’s go now! Shirley? I’ll be waiting for you? In the student council room as usual?”

Mirei smiled softly at her Shirley one last time, she said to Shirley. Shirley then felt her heart melt. Woojin said.

“Everyone, let’s go in. And Lelouch, you should wait a little longer.”

Woojin, who quickly finished what he had to say, started walking first. Mirei saw Ujin like that and she smiled a little. She has so many friends of hers who think of Shirley. She seemed to be telling her that her student days weren’t meaningless.

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ

I turned Shirley from side to side as we exited her father’s funeral home. There was a groaning and terrifying sound. It feels like even the sound of bones colliding since my body grew bigger.
Talking to Lelouch seemed to come a little later. I’m talking to Shirley right now. Lelouch is probably very upset because of me. But it’s not me that’s urgent, it’s him. I thought so. Cecil woke up early this morning and went to her house. Then again, he treated me carelessly. She seemed to be her style.

There was still a lot of work to be done. I couldn’t do anything if I couldn’t talk to Lelouch, but I had to create various foundations that I could start working on right away once the conversation was over. Especially yuppie. Yufi was the most important. This is because Yufi is absolutely necessary to create Japan as a special administrative zone.

First of all, it seemed right to hang out with the student council members today. Lelouch’s mentality must have been shattered, so it would be difficult to see her face today, but when I looked behind her slightly, I saw Karen with a confused expression. Karen made eye contact with me and then she averted her eyes with a startled look on her face.

It must be that it is burdensome for me to make eye contact with the Britannia soldier. He must have already been in doubt as he watched Shirley’s father’s funeral.

Upon returning to the student council room, everyone except Lelouch and Shirley gathered together, but it was very quiet. I deliberately asked Chairman Mirei in a loud voice.

“President Mirei. Aren’t you hungry? Shall we order something?”
“Is that so? How about pizza?”
“Pizza is good.”

I immediately called and ordered a pizza. There were 6 people gathered, so I ordered 4 plates. Then, Chairman Mirei was surprised.

“Why do you order so many!?”
“…Look at my body.”

When I said that, President Mirei glanced at me and nodded as if he finally understood. I am a person who gets full after eating more than one pizza. It’s because I usually do a lot of exercise. Even tonight, if there was information about a gang, I had to go out and wipe it away. The experience is great, but I felt a little tired as I continued.

Anyway, I felt like I should take a break from the student council today and return to the lab. I was sitting comfortably in a chair and leaning back when Suzaku came up to me and started talking to me.

“Woojin.”
“Huh?”
“Can you train me?”
“Huh? Training?”

At Suzaku’s sudden words, I furrowed my eyebrows. From the standpoint of having to lift up Suzaku, I couldn’t help but be very glad.

“Okay. But can you hold on?”
“Yes. Train me until the moment I die.”
“I’m not properly trained, so I can only help with sparring. What you get from it is up to you.”
“It’s okay, though, because it’s much better than not doing it.”

Szark seemed spurred by Shirley’s father’s funeral. Good. Now that it’s like this, I’m going to have to roll it without mercy and make it a little stronger.

But can I teach you well?