The meeting with her younger brother was… satisfying. That's putting it wildly.
The 2nd Princess was finally going back to her Viceroy Building.
She tried to gloss over the supernatural side of things and focus on the rebellion she is planning with her little brother.
They might have a considerable advantage in terms of technology, but they lack manpower. She needs pilots.
"Darlton. When you have time, contact Glaston Knights. We need all the manpower we can get." The Princess decided that she needed all of her assets with her.
"Understood, princess. If we are to rebel… I… well. It's too much to process."
The burly man complained, something Cornelia fully understood.
"I feel the same. However, we have to accept that His Majesty is doing something we can't accept."
"...If I may…how do we know it is true?" The burly Commander asked her, It's a bit too much for someone who recently didn't believe in the supernatural.
"Code R Project. While Clovis founded it and tried to gain the powers of the Code. It was immediately classified by someone and made accessible only to the Emperor.
This project was research of her powers, something Clovis wanted for himself, but my father knew of it the whole time, most likely."
It explains why C.C. told everything. If Charles knew that she was captured and did nothing, let her be tortured and tested, then it is obvious that she is holding a grudge.
That is why Cornelia believed the witch's words. Her Geass power is another proof.
"The rest, why I believe in all of this…is this…" She looked at the commander with her red Geass eye.
Making him slowly nod.
"Supernatural is real, and we must include it in our tactical considerations."
"If we have it, then I am sure His Majesty has more of these Geass users as well." Andreas Darlton said to his Princess.
"I understand. That is why we must unite whatever Forces there are in Area 11.
We can leave that to Lelouch, as he already united some of the powers under him. What we need to do is take as many forces as possible from father before rebelling."
"...That is a viable option," Commander replied.
The Princess nodded as she checked her souvenirs. A phone, another memory stick with data to study, and a laptop for video calls.
Sadly, she will need to return to those Simulation spheres to continue development for her machine.
'Using Geass allowed me to push that machine to a much higher level. To the point that the AI even consider upgrading some of the systems.'
She smirked. It proves that Geass is powerful, powerful enough to improve already ridiculous machines!
"Princess, since we need more manpower, there is a military academy; we can inspect promising talents there," Guilford said to Cornelia.
"Good idea. We can do that."
The princess tapped the armrest in the car as she pondered how to do this. The Emperor has sent her to this place for some reason.
Most likely to draw out Lelouch. But she got no specific orders.
'I can continue to 'pretend' to improve the Area and revenue stream.'
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"Are they finally gone?" Kallen asked as she poked her head from the other Simulation Sphere.
"Yes…" Anna replied as she looked spooked.
"...Did something happen? Did the Britannians threaten you?" The crimson-haired girl asked and started to get aggravated by seeing the nerdy girl scared like that.
"N-Nothing like that! Besides… Marcus would protect me." She swiftly shook her head, making Kallen calm down.
"...Then what is it?"
"...Umm… well, I heard some things that are hard to believe," Anna replied, fiddling with the edge of her skirt.
"Like?" The pilot girl asked, curious what it was.
"...Well, the Britannian Emperor can manipulate memories, and he is planning to kill something called Collective Consciousness."
Kallen looked at her; her gaze was like 'What have you been reading?' Or something like that.
"I heard this from C.C., who gave powers to Marcus and Princess Cornelia."
The crimson-haired girl perked up.
"She can give powers!? What kind of powers!?" She asked the scientist girl.
"Well, Marcus didn't tell yet, but the Princess has supernatural battle instincts. You can check her performance in the simulation sphere." Anna pointed at the sphere.
"Let me check." Kallen swiftly got back into the simulation sphere and checked how well this Princess performed.
She only needed a few seconds of footage to see how absurd the reaction speed was!
'H-How can someone move like that!?' the girl gulped down, seeing her move before the gunshot! It was crazy! Like she was reading someone's mind!
"...This is absurd!" After she exclaimed, the girl rushed out of the sphere and went to look for C.C.
Anna looked at the rushing girl, adjusted her glasses, and returned to her work on developing the Mass Production Mobile Suit Setanta.
She might have all the technology to play with, but she wants to make sure the whole thing is perfected! Because she knows Marcus would praise her for a great job and then…
At that moment, her fingers stopped typing, and she began to smile, a silly, almost giggling smile.
~~~
"C.C., where are you? Damn it!" Kallen checked the relaxation room. She was 100% certain that this sloth would be in this room, enjoying another pizza from Pizza Hut!
'I can't believe he is funding her takeaways because of some plushy.'
The girl complained about the witch's habits! She was fairly certain Assembly Lines was making her pizza, but she switched to takeaways.
'Spoiled woman!'
She can't believe someone of her age would behave like that!
"Legion, where is that woman?" In the end, she decided to ask the artificial intelligence.
[She is in the Creator's room.]
"..."
Kallen frowned as she strolled out and rushed to the corridor that would take her to his room.
A very short trip later, she saw a stand of!
Leila was looking at C.C., who was in Marcus's bed!
"...There you are! Give me the same power you gave to that Britannian Princess!" She demanded, causing the standoff to end.
"I can't. The Geass manifests according to your character, not what you want." C.C. replied as her gaze went to the intruder.
"Besides, I only give them to them when Lelouch asks me." C.C. shrugged as she got comfortable in his bed.
"What are you doing here? This is where I sleep with Marcus!" Leila finally complained as she looked annoyed! The blonde spent most of the day working on the island! She even missed Marcus's meeting with Cornelia!
That was annoying; she wanted to see one of the siblings with whom he has a cordial relationship.
"You forgot that we are all part of his life." The green-haired witch replied with a lazy tone. Not caring about the complaint.
"I am his first girl. I get priority." Leila replied, making C.C. look at her.
"Is that so? Then we need a bigger bed. Besides, I won't be leaving anytime soon." The immortal witch replied with a small smirk.
Leila narrowed her eyes as she flicked her finger, and a hologram appeared before her. She did a couple of things.
There was a map on the screen as she organised something.
"That is fine by me. C.C., but you have no KK unit of your own, and you can't even travel to our base.
I am going to order a house where I can live with Marcus." The blonde flicked her hair while announcing her plan to keep him for herself.
"I am the one with resources here." The beauty smoothly announced, making C.C.'s expression morph into annoyance. The green-haired girl was impressed!
"Interesting. Very well, if this is what you want, we can play this game."
It has been ages since she felt like that.
"I am more interested in knowing where Marcus is." Kallen all of a sudden asked.
The pair stopped competing and looked at her and then at the clock.
"...He should be done with his evening training." Leila, who knows him the best, replied as she knows his schedule like the back of his hand.
"...But he is late," C.C. replied as she got up, her disposition changed, and as she got serious, she looked at the pair.
"He could be training his Geass. His Geass is very strong. I am worried that he could be overdoing it."
The pair slowly nodded, even if Kallen had no idea what this Geass was, she got the overall idea. His power is strong, strong enough for a witch to be worried.
"Then we should check." Leila quickly agreed. She then looked at C.C. with annoyance. " I can't believe you gave him a Geass!"
The witch smiled sweetly at her. "It's proof of his promise to me." She honestly replied, making the blonde frown.
This witch is obsessed with Marcus' quirk of collecting whatever he is attracted to.
He casually told this witch that she was his, and bam! Now this ancient witch thinks that it's some sort of weird marriage thing that's happening.
"Isn't this power dangerous? You kept talking cryptically about being the power of the king, and it leads to a life of solitude." Leila remembered what C.C. said to her.
"Yes. That was before I met this crazy prince who made me realise that I was a bit of a stupid.
He is even crazier than the powers I share." The witch shrugged. She realised that they were meant for each other.
The more she thought about it, the more she was certain.
"...Right." The blonde realised that she should ignore this witch and focus on looking for Marcus. "Let's go, Kallen!"
"R-Right!"
The pair left the room and looked around the dark corridor.
"Doesn't Legion know?" Kallen reminded her about the super-smart Artificial Intelligence.
"No. He can only assist where cameras are. And in the clubhouse building, there are only cameras in key areas." Leila looked around. She immediately decided to check his dojo room.
"...I feel that it's a poor decision." The pilot girl replied.
"I know, but this was built before Legion became self-aware." The blonde replied, making the crimson-haired girl frown at such news.
"...Well, this place is like a palace…" Kallen commented.
"Britannians… what do you expect?" Leila snorted. "But I do know where he should be."
"That's a relief." The fellow pilot sighed in relief.
"Yes, it's his dojo."
The crimson-haired girl perked up! That's a Japanese!
She didn't expect him to have one of those! But then she recalled that he had a Katana.
At first, she thought it was something like a mockery, but it was a real thing! A real sword!
'I didn't think he was that into the whole thing. Well, he does have black belts.'
The pair arrived at one of the doors. It was considerably close to where Marcus is staying with his sister.
Leila motioned at the door, and Kallen nodded seriously as the pair slowly approached and then gently opened it.
What they found on the other side was a room, a room. Kallen's eyes perked up; she hadn't seen an authentic Japanese place for years! This was it! From the flooring to the walls, everything was just like she remembered.
But then their eyes ended up on an individual just staring at a mirror.
Marcus was looking at himself in the mirror. Not moving, not blinking, just gazing at himself. That Geass bird symbol was glowing.
"What is he doing?" The Crimson-haired girl was confused! Maybe Leila knows more, because she has no freaking idea!
"It would seem he is using his power on himself? I mean, one needs to gaze at a person to activate the effect.
That's how my one works." Leila explained, making Kallen look at her.
"You have it too!? That's not fair!" the crimson-haired girl felt that she was falling behind in some sort of race.
"...Yes. I got mine when I was young. Only learned recently that I have a power." She explained to the fellow pilot.
It was not something important to her. So she doesn't put much emphasis on.
Her response made the girl next to her relax slightly. Still, she is curious. After all, such powers give an edge!