Xiao Ran slowly put down the cup in his hand, looked at Cornelia who was sitting firmly on his chair and shook his head slightly. "I'm sorry, I don't have much familiarity with Area 19. The only knowledge I have is that this place is currently experiencing a very dangerous situation."
"The entire Area 19 has always been dominated by you Princess Cornelia, controlling everything as the governor, and commanding the soldiers of the empire to resist the war pressure from the EU and Resistance Organization in this bad situation. I think Princess Cornelia you have done a good job. Most other people with excellent abilities may not be able to maintain the current situation, although it seems to be a disadvantage., but it also restrains more of the EU's energy here, which will more or less help the entire empire's military strength, and the longer it persists, the more it can reduce the military pressure on other places bordering the EU. From this point of view, Princess Cornelia is successful, and there is nothing wrong with the management of the entire Area 19. Maybe even I may not be able to do better than you Princess Cornelia."
"I don't have any idea about the position of governor of Area 19. Let's just say it bluntly. Rather than becoming the governor of Area 19, I would rather return to Area 11 and stay in Princess Euphemia, for me, war is not something I want to happen and carry out. I am even more opposed to inflicting violence on those who have no power to resist. Just like NUMBER, in front of your eyes Princess Cornelia NUMBER is always just NUMBER, but in my eyes, they are relatively equal people like us, not inferior people with only numbers. Princess Euphemia agrees with me on this point, but Princess Cornelia You are not, a governor position with many things and problems that may go wrong at any time is not more attractive to me than changing Area 11 with Princess Euphemia, so I'm sorry."
Cornelia took a deep look at Xiao Ran, but was very surprised in his heart at Xiao Ran's answer. He never expected that Xiao Ran would actually say such words, and treat the governor of a district who holds the power of military and political life and death with such indifference. However, it seemed that all this was taken for granted, and a person with strong power seemed to be so indifferent to rights.
The whole restaurant was silent for a while, then Cornelia suddenly said in a deep voice, "What if His Majesty insists on letting you become the governor of Area 19?"
"I guess this is unlikely. The main reason why I am touring the districts this time is to thank His Majesty and Knight Bismark for their appreciation and allowing me to become Knights of the Round. I am also willing to contribute some of my own strength to the empire and use this opportunity to stabilize the anxious situation in the empire's border areas and slightly suppress the growing reputation of Crimson Knights in the border areas."
"However, this does not mean that I will do something I am not willing to do. Becoming the governor of Area 19 makes no sense to me. So far, becoming Knights of the Round and me coming here are more like a transaction between the empire and me. You give me something in return, not because I am truly loyal to the empire and the emperor. Emperor, on the contrary, I should be the one who is really being used. Whether it is His Majesty or Bismark, their attitude towards me is just using me. It is just because of my force that they have to pay enough attention to me on the premise of using it. Princess Cornelia, you should be able to see it more or less."
"The only person I am willing to follow is Euphemia, because only Princess Euphemia treats each other sincerely and has the same dream as me. I am very happy staying with Princess Euphemia, If I have to become the governor of Area 19, for this kind of thing that I am unwilling to do, then I would rather leave Knights of the Round Table and guard Princess Euphemia as a civilian."
"Euphemia..." Cornelia suddenly smiled and looked at Xiao Ran: "On behalf of Euphemia, I would like to say thank you to Knight Lelouch, thank you for being able to do that You are so interested in Euphemia, but if you become the governor of Area 19... then don't you think it would be more beneficial to you to actually have a Military Strength in your hands that completely obeys your orders."
Xiao Ran tilted his head slightly, raised his head and looked at Cornelia with squinted eyes. "I don't quite understand what you are talking about Princess Cornelia."
"Lelouch, with the help of the girl at Euphemia, it's called Nanalie, right?" Cornelia stood up, took out a pistol from under the table and pointed it at Xiao Ran said with a stern face, "Lelouch, Nanalie, I happen to have a pair of exiled brothers and sisters who became Area 11's protons a long time ago, but they lost their lives for unknown reasons. Now Euphemia has become the governor of Area 11. A man named Lelouch suddenly appears and brings a girl named Nanalie into the Governor's Mansion, and Lelouch happens to wear a mask every day and dare not show his true face to others, and the girl named Nanalie is about the same age as my sister. Don't you think it's a bit of a coincidence!"
Hearing Cornelia's words, Xiao Ran's mood did not change much, and he did not show any surprise. He smiled leisurely and said, "Princess Cornelia, do you think I am the Lelouch in your mouth, and that Nanalie is also the Nanalie in your mouth?"
Cornelia didn't speak, but his eyes were fixed on Xiao Ran, and the trigger of the weapon he was holding was pressed tightly by his index finger.
Xiao Ran smiled, slowly took off his mask, and faced Cornelia with his eyes closed. "How about Princess Cornelia? Am I the Lelouch you are talking about?"
"Lelouch may not be Lelouch, but Nanalie must be Nanalie." Cornelia walked away from the table with the gun in hand and slowly walked towards Xiao Ran: "I never thought you were the real Lelouch, but you must have a very close relationship with the real Lelouch, otherwise my sister Nanalie would not be able to stay in the Governor's Mansion because of your relationship, and that Lelouch would not be so confident in entrusting Nanalie in your hands."
Xiao Ran put on the mask again, wondering where the problem was, but he didn't want to keep denying it, and just asked, "Why?"
"Why did you discover this problem, or why do you want to expose this?" Cornelia smiled without any surprise and said, "It's just some intuition and some investigation. I often communicate with Euphemia. She told me about you, a person named Lelouch There is actually a girl named Nanalie next to, which makes her feel that the world is really full of coincidences, but Euphemia has never doubted you, but I am different, I will investigate anyone who has doubts around Euphemia."
"Your appearance is too coincidental, and the appearance of Nanalie and Lelouch at the same time is also too coincidental. It makes me have to doubt something. I originally just doubted it, but now you have given me a definite answer, right?"
Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows and smiled. Indeed, now he has given Cornelia the most direct answer, but the process is completely unimportant.
Cornelia said in a deep voice, "Tell me Knight Lelouch, why do you use this name? What is your relationship with him? Is it you who caused Clovis's death?"
Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders and did not answer Cornelia's question, but asked with some interest, "I find it very strange, why do you want to bring this matter out? Pretending not to know is the most helpful to your current situation?"
"If it were you, would you want someone with an unknown purpose to lurk next to you?" Cornelia raised the muzzle of his gun, which was a complete threat to Xiao Ran, and then said, "Tell me, what is your answer? I have no intention of continuing to mess with you."
"Okay." Xiao Ran stood up. This action also made Cornelia immediately take two steps back to maintain the distance from Xiao Ran. He stared at Xiao Ran, and he was ready to pull the trigger at any time.
"Well, because my name in this world is originally Lelouch, I don't want to use his name. Of course, Lelouch and I did know each other, and we still have a very close cooperative relationship. As for the death of Clovis, of course it has nothing to do with me. As for the purpose, haha."
"Our goal is to make Nanalie or Euphemia become the emperor of Britannia, end the endless wars of Britannia, and let this decadent Britannia has been truly reborn. In addition, Lelouch also has some goals that need to be achieved and some questions that need to be resolved. Are you satisfied with these answers Princess Cornelia?"
Cornelia was stunned for a moment, took a step back again and asked with a little bit of disbelief, "What did you say? You want Nanalie and Euphemia to become emperors!?"
Xiao Ran relaxedly spread his hands. "Yes, according to our idea, Nanalie and Euphemia may become the queen of Britannia at the same time, or maybe only one of them will become the queen. Of course, there is no clear idea of how to do it, but at least it is certain that Charles will This country must also change, and the first step is to let Lelouch become the emperor of Britannia first, let him completely change this decadent country, attract all the hatred and conflicts to himself, and finally pass the emperor's position to the two of them and disappear forever. Those hatreds and conflicts will also disappear with the disappearance of Lelouch."
"I might as well tell you more. The real purpose of why I agreed to Charles to travel to various border areas is to achieve complete control of all the border areas I have traveled through this mission. Area 19 was an accident. I never thought I would come to Area 19, but since I am here, of course Area 19 will also be among my goals."
"Do you want to know what method I will use to achieve my goal?" Xiao Ran slowly took off his mask, revealing his completely non-human eyes to Cornelia without any cover-up. In front of him, when Cornelia saw Xiao Ran's eyes, his breathing suddenly stagnated. His eyes were completely in disbelief, and the expression on his face was even more complicated, with shock, panic, and fear mixed together.
The next second, Cornelia wanted to pull the trigger and shoot the guy in front of him who didn't look like a human being. But what made Cornelia even more horrified was that he obviously wanted to pull his finger to press the trigger, but it seemed to be blocked by something and he couldn't pull it. Along with it, her body was completely out of his control.
"Can't move?" Xiao Ran smiled slightly and put the mask on the dining table, then walked up to Cornelia and raised his hand to take down the pistol in Cornelia's hand. "It's okay if you can't move, because this is my ability to control others, and although this toy will not bring any threat to me, it will be troublesome to make any noise in this situation."
As he said that, Xiao Ran looked at Cornelia's horrified eyes and laughed again, "What are you thinking about? Are you thinking why you can't make a sound? So what if you can make a sound? There is no one ambushed outside, only the maid guarding the door. Why would I say these words without any concern? Isn't it because you just want to threaten me, so you just prepared a recorder in this room with no communication function at all?"
Xiao Ran returned to the dining table again, took out a small recorder from the vase on the table, and crushed the recorder into pieces with a gentle squeeze.
"It's strange why I know this. It's nothing. Because the moment I came in, everything about this entire building was hidden from me. A special power was used to scan the building thoroughly, which was clearer than an X-ray machine."
Xiao Ran walked up to Cornelia again, sighed lightly and shook his head and said, "Actually, I didn't originally want to use this special method to control you to achieve your goal, because after all, you are Euphemia's sister, but I wanted to use other methods, preferably a way of cooperation, even if I agree to you some conditions to ensure your status and rights."
"It's just that I'm not impulsive, but you, who should be more prudent, chose a way that I shouldn't have chosen. To be honest, it did make me a little embarrassed."
Xiao Ran is indeed helpless. He does not want to achieve the purpose of forcibly controlling Cornelia in this way. What he said about wanting to cooperate is also his real idea. After all, he and Lelouch Once the goal is achieved, Euphemia, whom Cornelia cares about most, will also be the most direct beneficiary. If we can have a good talk, Cornelia may not refuse, but the current problem is a bit troublesome.