Euphemia Falls from the Sky (5.5K)
With her outstanding military command skills, the technological leadership and immense national strength of the Britannia Empire, and her own courage in leading from the front, she gathered a group of talented individuals under her command who were also fearless and valiant.
"It's over... In that case, the Area 18 can be established."
Taking to the battlefield herself, Cornelia, with the superior performance of the Knightmare, almost single-handedly defeated an entire army of Middle Eastern nations, facing their cumbersome war machines.
The last stronghold in the desert was reduced to scorched earth by the bombing of Britannia.
Amidst thick black smoke and scorching heat, Cornelia's Royal Guard, the cloaks on the backs of the Knightmare fluttered in the wind, emblazoned with the Imperial flag and the sigil of Cornelia's mother's family.
"Your Highness, what is our next plan?"
On the Knightmare's internal communicator, Cornelia's adjutant, Andreas Dalton, asked.
Facing her capable assistant, who was also her military mentor, Cornelia's cold and aloof face softened slightly.
"I'm sorry to have you help me clean up the mess my foolish brother left behind. Bringing you from the battlefield to Area 11 means we can't be as carefree there as we were on the battlefield."
"No, Your Highness! Where you are, is where our hearts yearn!"
Dalton placed his hand on his chest and gave Cornelia a standard knightly salute.
Cornelia smiled and nodded, muttering to herself in a voice Dalton couldn't hear, "... I must find you, Zero! For Clovis's revenge...! And for the teacher... I must find you!"
Thinking of Lelouch, Nunnally, and Nunnally, who had once taught her Mahiro to fight, Cornelia clenched her fists.
Eight years ago, her teacher, Yotsuba Mahiro without a trace. Then Princess Marianne was murdered, Lelouch and Nunnally were sent to Japan as hostages, only to disappear again during the war...
The successive blows caused Cornelia immense pain, so she devoted herself to expanding the empire's territory. Seven years of continuous war were her way of trying to forget the pain of that time.
However, unexpectedly, in this almost forgotten time, news of Mahiro's whereabouts spread in Area 11, and Clovis, who was also searching for Lelouch and Nunnally, was killed by terrorists at this time!
"By the way, Your Highness..."
Dalton suddenly seemed to remember something, and hesitated before speaking.
"Tell me, Dalton, what happened?"
Seeing her adjutant's appearance, Cornelia was also curious about what had happened, knowing that Dalton would never hesitate under any circumstances.
"It's like this, Your Highness. News came from home not long ago, but because you've been on the battlefield, I didn't tell you... Princess Euphemia has gone to take up her post in Area 11."
"Euphemia li Britannia?"
Cornelia was startled and quickly said, "Didn't I say not to let Euphemia li Britannia leave Pendragon?"
Dalton looked embarrassed and said helplessly, "I'm sorry, Your Highness. Princess Euphemia won't listen to reason, there's nothing we can do."
"Never mind..."
Cornelia knew that although her younger sister was gentle, she was actually strong-willed. Once she made up her mind, even Cornelia herself might not be able to make her give up, especially since she was a princess and her subordinates could not stop her.
"Then we need to speed things up. As for Euphemia li Britannia, I'll deal with her when I get to Area 11!"
Although her tone was somewhat angry, Cornelia's face showed no anger, but rather affection for Euphemia.
Dalton remained silent; he knew perfectly well just how much his lord doted on Euphemia li Britannia.
In situations like this, silence is the best course of action.
"It's done!"
A man in a white lab coat looked at the reassembled Lancelot Z-01 in front of him and let out a strange and exaggerated laugh, "Ahahaha."
The man wore frameless glasses and was very tall, but he appeared rather thin.
The hands that were moving looked very slender, and one could imagine that the legs under the pants were the same, with a sickly look that had never seen the light of day and had not been exercised.
However, his tone was very energetic, carrying a strong emotion.
Lloyd Asplund is the man's name. He was the director of the Special Dispatch Guidance Technology Department who appeared in Shinjuku earlier, responsible for supporting Clovis, and also the developer of the latest Knightmare Lancelot.
His family, the Asplund, was one of the most prestigious families to support the second prince, Schneizel!
He had thought that his Lancelot had been lost and was even preparing to rebuild one based on the blueprints stored on the computer.
But just two days ago, Lancelot, whom we had lost, was carelessly abandoned in front of the Governor's mansion!
Although he had been reduced to a pile of parts, the joy of finding him again compelled him to reassemble the parts and bring Lancelot back to life!
They even enhanced the machine's performance based on the data they obtained in Shinjuku last time!
This is truly a double celebration!
"Mr. Lloyd, don't you find it strange? The machine was disassembled and transported away before, so why is it being sent back now?"
The speaker was a very beautiful female military officer.
She had shoulder-length blue short hair and a very dignified and delicate appearance.
Although she was wearing a uniform, she had a serene demeanor and an intellectual air about her, which made her instantly likable.
Not to mention, her tone was very gentle.
"Well, what does it matter, Cecile? There's an old saying in the Chinese Federation: 'A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.' Even if Lancelot hadn't been sent back, we'd still build a second one, wouldn't we?"
Moreover, I have checked all the parts, and there is nothing wrong with them.
What's more, Lancelot's best part has been acquitted, isn't that the best news?!
Lloyd breathed in the fresh air and gazed at the distant city, muttering to himself.
Lloyd's face was filled with excitement.
Besides the fact that Lancelot regained everything he had lost, there was also the fact that Cornelia, the witch of that empire, was about to become the governor of Area 11, with her sister Euphemia as the vice governor, and Euphemia had already arrived in Area 11.
In other words, his Lancelot will have another chance to fight and gain even more new combat data!
"That's true, but..."
The female officer Cecile hesitated for a moment, but ultimately swallowed her words.
Lloyd is not wrong.
Suzaku Kururugi, as the pilot, is the most crucial component of Lancelot, because Lancelot's performance is so powerful that it is practically impossible to find a suitable pilot to control it.
An existence like the Suzaku Kururugi is one in a million, something you can only encounter once in a lifetime.
And this morning, he was acquitted by a military court...
However, Cecile always felt that something was wrong, especially the fact that Lancelot, who had been disassembled into parts, was sent back.
This caused her some inexplicable worry.
Chapter 252 Euphemia Fell From the Sky (5.5K)
"Suzaku Kururugi, Eleventh First Division, No. 107, is hereby released without charge due to insufficient evidence regarding the suspicion of murdering His Highness Clovis!"
After the presiding judge finished reading the military court's approval document, he kicked Eleven, who had been loafing around for a few days, out of prison.
After leaving prison, Suzaku Kururugi returned to the military camp only to find that he had also been discharged. Suzaku Kururugi went to the dormitory to retrieve his personal belongings and left the army where he had fought for years and suffered discrimination.
"What on earth happened? All of a sudden..."
After leaving the military camp, Suzaku Kururugi wandered aimlessly through the streets, completely baffled by the series of events that had befallen him.
First, he was framed, then he was inexplicably saved by ZERO, and then he was inexplicably invited to join the terrorists.
Although he had already refused, now, the charges that were originally well-documented have been dropped, he was declared innocent and released in court, and then inexplicably kicked out...
As he was reflecting on his experiences over the past few days and passing by a luxurious mansion, a black sedan suddenly sped up from behind.
Grumble--
A dark burn mark was left on the road, and the car swung violently toward Suzaku Kururugi like a dragon swinging its tail.
Fortunately, at the last moment, Suzaku Kururugi took a step back and stepped back onto the sidewalk, barely escaping disaster.
But his driving style still gave him quite a fright.
Immediately afterward, a young man with black hair got out of the black luxury car after it came to a stop.
The man exchanged a few glances with Suzaku Kururugi, then looked up and surveyed the building in front of him, seemingly letting out a sigh of relief.
"Phew~ I made it! Thanks, Alpha."
You're welcome, please be careful.
A light, airy voice came from the driver's seat, and a wisp of shimmering gold hair could be glimpsed through the gap. After the car door closed, the car sped away.
However, the young man did not leave; instead, he walked straight toward Suzaku Kururugi.
With a polite smile on his face, he greeted her softly:
"Don't get distracted while walking, kid. If you wander around the streets again, you might get sent to another world by some incredible luck!"
"???"
Suzaku Kururugi slowly typed out several question marks.
For some reason, even though the other person's tone was very gentle and calm, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze, there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in their words.
Does this seem to be targeting me?
Upon closer inspection, the other person also had an ELEVEN face, but their clothing was different from other ELEVENs, and could be described as luxurious.
She exudes elegance from the inside out, no less so than any noblewoman.
Who exactly is he?
That would naturally be Yotsuba Mahiro.
Upon receiving news from Ashford that Euphemia was about to take up her post as Vice Governor of Area 11, and then from the Shadow Garden that Euphemia li Britannia had already arrived in Area 11, Mahiro immediately set off and rushed to the Vice Governor's Mansion.
Because there is a very important plot point here, which is the first encounter between Euphemia li Britannia and Suzaku Kururugi.
He didn't care whether Euphemia li Britannia and Suzaku Kururugi knew each other, but he needed to be present!
Although Yotsuba Mahiro is a generous and magnanimous person, being attacked by minotaurs is not within his magnanimity.
Do you really like Euphemia?
That's only natural. Back in the Aries Palace, his favorite and the ones he took care of most often were the three sisters, Nunnally, Euphemia li Britannia, and Cornelia.
As for what Euphemia li Britannia thinks of him.
Mahiro didn't know, nor did he care.
Fortunately, he arrived in time. Judging from Suzaku Kururugi's disheveled appearance, he hadn't met Euphemia li Britannia yet.
But just then, a soft yet anxious female voice came from above them.
"Excuse me, it's dangerous!!!"
Looking up, I saw a girl covering her long skirt with her hand to prevent any accidental exposure, rapidly falling from the window of the mansion building next to her.
Without thinking twice, Suzaku Kururugi instinctively wanted to run over and catch the girl.
But the next instant, Suzaku Kururugi suddenly felt his vision go black, and a very clean shoe sole was rapidly growing larger in front of him, instantly obscuring his vision.
With lightning speed, he stomped hard on his upturned face.
The wound on his face hadn't fully healed yet, and this sudden rupture reopened the old wound, instantly staining his nose red.
"Wow!"
Euphemia, falling from the sky, screamed with her eyes closed. In mid-air, she secretly regretted choosing this way to escape the mansion.
Although I was often trained in physical fitness by my teachers when I was young, I never thought that I would become so rusty after so many years that I couldn't even grab the bed sheet that was swinging out of the window!
But at this point, she had no time to regret it. With her eyes tightly closed, she was about to receive the impact of her bottom hitting the ground when a pair of strong arms caught her in mid-air.
With strong, powerful arms, Euphemia lost her balance when she landed in the man's arms and ended up lying face down in his embrace.
An unusual masculine scent filled her nostrils, and his broad, warm chest made her want to lean on him.
But Euphemia quickly realized that she had fallen into a man's arms, and in a princess carry no less!
Startled, Euphemia shoved herself as she landed, leaping out of Mahiro's arms. Without thinking, she adopted the etiquette of the Area 11 residents, bowing and apologizing, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't know there were people down there!"
Euphemia's cheeks were slightly flushed, a mixture of the tears she had shed for causing trouble for others due to her willful behavior, and the shyness she felt from being hugged by the man earlier.
However, the person did not respond to her immediately, but instead apologized to the people behind him.
"Sorry, I was in such a hurry that I used your face for support."