Kallen Stadtfeld stood at the mairance of the academy building, waiting in silence demurely and attrag the awed and lovestruck gazes of the many boys who walked past her.

  There was a graceful elegao her that pulled onto the heartstring of the young male teenagers. She looked almost like a delicate flo a tall cliff; beautiful, sacred, yet untouchable.

  Few had the ce to walk up to her and start a versation in fear of tainting her or breaking the delicate tranquility around her.

  And so, to their safety, they didn’t bother the crimson-haired girl who was inwardly seething.

  Why… Why in the world do I, Zerht hand, have to wait for some traudents in this children’s pyground?!?!?!

  Milly Ashford… The “tyrannical” president of the student cil, had asked her to wait on the raudents that will be ing today ahem to their css, which was tally the same as her’s.

  She forced such a troublesome job onto her with a brilliant smile that Kallen still hadn’t fotten.

  Why did she have to do it?! Why couldn’t any other staff or teacher from the academy do it?!

  And to that, Milly answered with a bright tone.

  “This will be your first task as a member of the student cil~! So do your best!!!”

  She wao reject it using her “frailty” as an excuse. Although it ain to act like a frail, demure girl all the time, at least it was a useful excuse, especially for moments like this.

  But before she could and suggested if Lelouch or Suzaku, the two “healthier” men, or even Shirley could take her pce, they were all unfortunately unavaible…

  Suzaku would be absent for his military duties, while Lelouch apparently had some other busio take care of. And Shirley had m swimming practice.

  Thus, it all fell onto her to do it, and she couldn’t even begin to describe how annoyed she was to be dragged into such a farbsp;

  She had just discovered that her mother… Her real mother was using “Refrain”, a highly illegal and dangerous drug that corroded the mind for a momentary bliss of reliving their happiest memories.

  She and the bights raided a pound that stored and distributed these drugs to the Japanese people, who sought it in their lowest times. And her mother was included in the many victims they found there.

  She was admitted to the hospital and was senteo 20 years in prison.

  It had only been a week, perhaps a bit over a week, sihat happened. And now the bights were also preparing for another operation soon.

  But instead of helping with the preparation, here she was going to school and wastiime waiting for some stuck-up Britannians to e to school.

  How could she not be angry?!

  It took her everything she had to not burst inte and shout out profa the children around her.

  “Hey hey, did you see that car entering the academy?”

  “Yeah, I saw it! Wasn’t that a bck Lambhini Sian? You could only get that car from the mainnd! Whoever it was must’ve imported it!”

  “Damn, I’m so envious! They must’ve e from a rich family!”

  “No shit! If they could e to school in that, you just imagine how rich they are!”

  Kallen overheard the versatioweewo guys excitedly shared as they walked past her, and her mood became even worse.

  There had never been any “Lambhiering the school premise before. If there was, it would’ve been a massive news iire academy, just like it’s being now.

  And anyone could easily ect the dots…

  The one riding that car might be one of the traudents she was waiting for, and the fact made her stomach twist in even more indignation.

  Great… It’s even worse than a stuck up Britannian… It’s a spoiled, stuck up, Britannian brat who could only brag about their mommy and daddy’s riches…

  She ched her hands resting in front of her slightly, digging her nails into her skin, as she pursed her lips.

  To onlookers, she would’ve looked like she was tired from standing there, waiting in silehout pining about her duty, and elicited their pity, passion, and admiration.

  But iy, Kallen was ready to simply walk away and give some excuse to Milly ter about why she didn’t wait for the traudent.

  When suddenly, she heard gasps of shod awe from around her, bringing her out of her daze.

  She looked up, and a crowd she hadn’t realized before had suddenly appeared in the courtyard of the prestigious Ashford Academy.

  …That must be the asshole. I was too te… Damnit!

  She cursed herself for being too slow in her retreat, and she was now forced to hahe obnoxious spoiled Britannian brat from some rich family; a bination that she hated the most in the world.

  Kallen resigned herself to her fate a her eyes forward. She was ready to act as ftly as possible and steeled her heart for her uping tribution so she won’t rip the brat’s face apart or break some bones.

  But as the crowd split to make way for the “brat”, her eyes widened in pure surprise as her pale pink lips parted in a tiny gasp.

  ing from the midst of the crowd, dressed in the Ashford Academy’s jet-bd gold-trimmed uniform, she saw the most handsome man she had ever seen in her entire life…

  A perfectly beautiful expression, atuated by his kind, polite smile. A tall, athletic figure that perfectly barength and elegance. And charisma that separated him from others but not alienate.

  He erfect. Almost too perfect. Such a thing should’ve made her unfortable. She knew all too well that things that looked perfect would’ve had a hideous side to them hidden behind it.

  Yet, she didn’t feel an ounce of unpleasant feelings from him. And before she k, she was staring at him, entranced.

  “Hm?”

  “!!!”

  She snapped out of her daze whe his gaze. And out of habit, she took a step bad put her hands to her side, ready to defend herself just in case.

  She knew how beautiful she was, and based on her past experience, many pyboys would try their lu her, especially since she looked frail and defenseless wheed as Kallen Stadtfelt.

  And the more handsome they are, the more fident and obnoxious they would be.

  Someohis handsome… aremely rich to boot. He must be in the belief that everything in the world was his own, including girls.

  But instead of the lustful, possessive gaze she’d often receive from males, she saw surprise and fusion in his eyes.

  He even tilted his head in fusion, as if w why she’d suddenly act like a deer in headlights.

  He approached her, and with a calm, pleasant smile, he began.

  “It is o meet you. Are you perhaps… a member of the student cil? I was told that someone from the student cil would be here to help me and lead me to my css.

  His deep, smooth, enting voice dazed her for a moment. But she quickly recovered and nodded.

  “Y-Yes, I am. My name is Kallen Stadtfelt.”

  “I see. My name is Alexander Kyrielight. I will be attending the Ashford Academy from today onwards. It is a pleasure to be your acquaintance, Miss Stadtfelt.”

  “Ah, the pleasure is mine. And likewise…”

  Kallen tried her best to pose herself. But it proved to be much more difficult to do that with him right in front of her.

  “U-Uhm, I’m sorry, but we still have to wait for araudent to e. Would that be alright?”

  “Of course. Please don’t mind it.”

  “...Thank you.”

  Kallen looked at the man before her weirdly.

  Normally… This kind of entitled rich kid would barely be able to tolerate being made to wait.

  But Alexander was… weirdly patient about it. Was he just trying to act or show off in front of her to elevate her impression of him?

  …This is not a regur rich brat. I o be careful and not associate with him too much.

  She stepped slightly away from him and prepared herself to seal off her heart from any sort of adva from him, no matter how subtle.

  But… they simply stood in silenbsp;

  Where guys would try and make some versations so they could bee closer to her, he simply stood there in silenbsp;

  …This guy’s definitely strange. Is he an introvert?

  She turned her head slightly, trying to steal a g him. But when her eyes fell onto his face, he realized that she was gng at him, and turowards her.

  Then, he simply smiled and nodded his head slightly before looking away, creating even more questions in her mind.

  …Strange.

  Kallen decided not to mind the strange handsome traudent ao herself.

  And soon, she saw a bck-haired young man, dressed in the academy’s uniform, approag her.

  He had quite a subtle charm to him, but after being exposed to “Alexander”, she had begun sidering any other males to be the same without even realizing it.

  “You must be the member of the student cil I was told to find. It’s a pleasure. My name is Silver Taurus. The udent who will be transferring as of today.”

  Tatsuya bowed his head towards Kallen, and she reciprocated with a demure, graceful bow she was forced to learn as part of her etiquette lesson from her Britannian step-mother.

  “It’s a pleasure. My name is Kallen Stadtfeld. And indeed, I’m here on behalf of the student cil to lead you to your .”

  “Thank you very much, Miss Stadtfeld. And I assume you are also araudent?”

  Tatsuya turowards Yuuji, his face stoiot giving any signs of their retionship.

  “Indeed. Alexander Kyrielight. A pleasure to meet you, Mister Taurus.”

  “Please. Just Silver is fine.”

  “Very well. Then please call me simply by Alex.”

  “Certainly.”

  Yuuji then turowards Kallen.

  “Shall we go now, Miss Stadtfeld?”

  Kallen held herself from fling when “Alexander” called her by her Britannian name, and nodded.

  “Of course. This way.”

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  Yuuji and Tatsuya followed Kallen through the halls of the Ashford Academy towards their css.

  And as they did, Yuuji couldn’t help but think ba the transfer process he experienced.

  It has been… very strange.

  Both he and Tatsuya received an email from the academy, telling them that all of their papers and transfer procedure had been pleted, and that they could immediately start going to css the day of their transfer.

  Given how thh the group chat has been with their iion into this world, Yuuji and Tatsuya didn’t really questio.

  What fused them was the fact that in the email, they were told that they will be lead to their css by a member of the student cil…

  They couldn’t believe what they read the first time they went through the email.

  Yuuji thought they’d be going to the principal's office or the administration and be led by their homeroom teacher. But instead, they’re led by audent…

  Was this anime logic? It’s true that sometimes, traudents are lead by a member of the student cils in anime because the author either wao introduce the student cil members, who’ll be pertio the story, or simply didn’t want to to write about a school staff that would appear once for this purpose and o be seen again.

  But experieng it iy was very weird…

  And what’s even more surprising is that the one leading them was Kallen Stadtfelt, or Kozuki Karen.

  They didn’t expeeet her the first thing in the m.

  Seeing the taciturn girl walking in front of him, Yuuji also couldn’t help but think of her weirdly.

  Yes. In her Kallen Stadtfelt persona, she was a quiet, demure, frail, yet extremely intelligent girl who’s well known for her beauty.

  But… For some reason, she seemed to be strangely on guard with him.

  sidering her background, perhaps it was because he was a “Britannian” and the i suspi she had developed from the numerous enters and experiences she had with the Britannians in the past.

  But she didn’t seem that on guard with Tatsuya, even though he was supposed to be “Britannian” on paper as well.

  Was she specifically on guard towards him? What did he do to piss her off? He just came into this world st night! This was the first time he had met her! Even in the memories he received from the group chat, he couldn’t recall ever upsetting her in any way.

  Even with his genius level intelligend lightning fast through processing, he couldn’t figure out what he did that upsetted her.

  Was this one of those moments? When a girl simply got upset at you without any reason and you just have to accept it?

  He had learned about it from Mira, his sisters, his aunt, and Aika. And he was told that the best way to ha was to simply leave her alone for a while and keep being kind to her and it will resolve itself. So he was going to do it.

  But still… what could he have done…? Was it even something he did?

  Yuuji shook his head. And soon, they arrived in front of their css where a male teacher, presumably their homeroom teacher, had been waiting for them.

  “Sir Ashley, I’ve brought with me the traudents.”

  “Ah, yes. Thank you very much for your hard work, Miss Stadtfelt. Please e in and take your seat. You may also go to the nurse’s office to rest if you wish. You must be very tired.”

  “I am fine Sir Ashley. Thank you very much. Then, I shall be inside.”

  Kallen bowed towards the teacher aered.

  “Well then, wele to Ashford Academy. I’ve read about you from the forms you’ve submitted. I’m gd to have brilliant students such as yourselves here in the academy. And, handsome ds that you are, I’m sure you will fit in just fine.”

  “Thank you very much, professor.”

  “Sir Ashley would be fine. I’m still too young to be a professor. Hahahaha!”

  The brown haired man, seemingly about 27-28 year-old man with a chubbiness and rotund figure, ughed at his own… words.

  “Well then, I’ll be entering first. e in when I call you.”

  ““Yes.””

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  Sitting quietly at his desk, Lelouch put his elbow on his table aed his head against his hand.

  His eyes were closed, and to ead every one of his cssmates and friends, he was asleep.

  But iy, he was anything but asleep. His mind was filled with the operation the Bights will be undergoing in Narita as well as his pns for Shirley’s father.

  Thanks to his [Fht] ability, which allows him to see the future results of his decisions, and his [Mind of the World], he was able to create a far better pn than the one “he” made in the anime.

  Yuuji, Tatsuya, and Satoru’s existen his world now had also made it easier for him. Even without their geass or their abilities, simply having several other people who knew of his secret and who he could trust, would be a tremendous help for him.

  Today would be their first time meeting. And although he wouldn’t show it, he was actually fairly excited.

  It… truly has been a while since he had “friends” he could be truthful towards and trust. Ever sihat tragic “day”, trust was a luxury he couldn’t afford.

  The sound of the door opening and the voice of his homeroom teacher awakened him from his “rest”.

  It wouldn’t, normally, but Sir Ashely’s arrival today would signal Yuuji and Tatsuya’s, or rather, Alexander and Silver’s as well. So, he woke up to see his friends for the first time.

  “Alright. Please settle down, everyone. We will be weling two raudents to our css today.”

  The students all scampered back to their seats the moment their home room teacher entered. But as soon as he annouhat they’ll be having two raudents, gasps and whispers immediately filled the once more.

  “Eh?! C-Could it be…?”

  “Is it the rumored rich traudent who came here in a sports car?”

  “Eh?! Are we really going to have him in our css?”

  “I heard he’s super handsome!”

  “Oh my God~ I’m so excited!”

  Voices of excitement, surprise, and anticipation filled the css until their teacher knocked on the board to get their attention.

  “Settle down. I know you’re excited, but stop with the ruckus. I’ll be letting them in now.”

  The entire css immediately went silent, waiting in bated anticipation.

  “Good. Now please wele our two raudents who’ll be joining us in this css starting from today.”

  The door opened, and the entire css immediately burst into gasps, shrieks, and shock as two young meered the css.

  “Oh my God! It’s really him!!!”

  “I-I ’t believe it…! We got to be in the same css?!”

  “H-He’s even more handsome than I could imagine!”

  The girls all burst iement, while the guys sat in their seats, shocked.

  And this time, it took a while for their teacher to make his css quiet down.

  “Hah… Alright, please introduce yourselves.”

  Yuuji nodded, and with a bow, he introduced himself.

  “It is a pleasure to meet everyone. My name is Alexander Kyrielight. I hope to make your acquaintance.”

  Simirly, Tatsuya also introduced himself.

  “It is a pleasure to meet everyone. My name is Silver Taurus. I shall be in your care.”

  The girls all cheered and cpped their hands, moreso for the fact that they got a new eye dy and one super handsome and rich guy than their introdus.

  And as they did, no one realized the gaze Yuuji, Tatsuya, and Lelouch shared with each other.

  There was no ge in their expression, and their gazes were subtle. But, there was an unmistakable e that was established through their gaze. A e that could only be created through time, or immeual trust.

  Wele to this world, Yuuji, Tatsuya.

  Thank you. Please show us around ter. We haven’t got the time to explore much, having only arrived st night.

  Of course.

  Yuuji’s lips curled into a small smile, which sent the girls even more excited. But they’re soon given the permission to go to their seats.

  And their first day in Ashford Academy officially started.

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