Multiple stacks of papers, files, and dots rested atop a wide, mahogany desk within the office of the current ruling Subviceroy of Area Eleven.

  Sitting behind the table was a beautiful young woman with light pink hair, the color of cherry blossoms which signified spring and new beginnings. At least, withiion now called Area Eleven after her homend stole its nd, resource, culture, and name by forbsp;

  She was dressed immacutely in her royal, official attire. Her posture, aome of elegahat befitted her station and royal birth. Even as she was pleting her official duties, writing and stamping the various dots, letters, as that seemingly never ended, her demeanor that she had honed sihe moment she could walk and talk, never crumbled.

  However, iy, it was far from the truth.

  The third royal princess of the Britannian Empire, Euphemia Li Britannia, had been w from the moment she woke up ‘till the moment she fell asleep for a few weeks now. All for the sake of realizing her wish to stop the flict that had been raging within the nd she was currently on.

  She k was her empire and her… family that had enacted on the nd. However… She never wanted any of this to happen.

  The only thing war could achieve was bringing suffering onto the on people, and began the spiraling cycle of death, hatred, and revenge. A never ending cycle of suffering.

  However… As a mere third princess of an empire, she had no power over such a thing. She wasn’t even a general that could somewhat affect the dire of the war. Even her current position as the sun viceroy of Area Eleven was only given to him because her brother, Clovis, passed away and she was the only oh royal blood avaible.

  She had no power to stop the war. And the fact ate at her heart when she khat blood illed and lives taken every passing moment in the nd she was standing on.

  But perhaps… all hope was not lost. Perhaps, with her limited power and influence she borrowed from her elder sister, elia, she might be able to alleviate the suffering of the Japanese people… At least some of it.

  To give them… No, to return their nd and rights to govern themselves, however limited it may be, aurn their name, culture, and identity.

  To create a sembnce of peace, where at least the on people wouldn’t o suffer otlefield and die as mere numbers.

  And to aplish this… she he people, the Japanese people, to believe her promise. She hem to be willing to give her a d prove her siy and her wish to truly end the war and their sufferings.

  However… as the princess of the empire that had brought upon the war onto their nd in the first pce, it would be extremely difficult for her to aplish this.

  Who would trust her to begin with? Perhaps, they might think of this as a ploy to make them submit to the empire’s rule by trolling their “self ruling gover” from the shadows. Or perhaps, to gather all Japanese en masse so they wouldn’t o try and find them to kill all of them.

  It was… a near impossible challeo aplish. For orust was lost, it would be extremely difficult tain it.

  That is why… she had made a decision that many of her advisors and subordinates have tried to dissuade her from.

  “Yhness, I beg your fiveness for having disturbed you during your duties.”

  A voiing from the inter in her room resounded. It was the voice of the officer in charge of guarding the office she was within.

  “I don’t mind it. What is wrong?”

  “The guest you have summoned has been brought to the pace.”

  Her eyes widened ever so slightly before her lips curled into a relieved smile.

  “Bring him to my office.”

  “Yes, yness.”

  A few moments ter, a voiing from behind her door resounded, announg the arrival of her guest.

  She opehe door from the button near her desk, and saw the figure of the young man she had been waiting for.

  “Yhness, we have brought Private Suzaku Kururugi, as per your order.”

  The two soldiers, including Suzaku, stood at attention and saluted the royal princess of the Britannian Empire.

  “Thank you. The two of you may leave now.”

  “... Will that be fine, yhness?”

  The soldiers looked hesitant. While it was the order from the princess herself, they did not want to leave the “eleven” aloh the princess. Even if he was an honorary Britannia, leaving a “number” with a member of the royal family would be extremely dangerous, as there was no telling what they would do.

  However, Euphemia simply gave them a reassuring smile and waved her hand.

  “It is fine. Just go. I wish to speak with him alone.”

  ““Yes, yhness!””

  The two soldiers saluted, turned around, and walked out of the room, leaving behind Suzaku aloh the third princess of the Britannian empire.

  Silence fell within the room as the two exged gazes for a few moments. Then, Euphie stood up, walked around her desk, and greeted him with a soft, warm smile, just like the ones she had given him during their little outing.

  “It has been a while since we st met face to face. How have you been, Suzaku?”

  Suzaku flinched and straightened his posture, even more so than he already had, and answered her stiffly.

  “I have been well. I thank you for the you have given to one such as myself, yhness.”

  A sad smile fshed across her face before she waved her hand in a dismissive gesture.

  “There’s no need for you to be this formal, Suzaku. There’s only the two of us in this room. You just speak rexedly.”

  Suzaku hesitated. But seeing euphemia’s warm, assuring smile and her insistence, he finally relented.

  “... I uand.”

  “Good. Fufu~ Seeing you again makes me remember about the day we went expl the city during my little escapade. It… ended as well as I would’ve expected, but I still ehat day. I’ve seen and experienced so much more new and enjoyable things in those short few hours than I’ve had years prior to it.

  And… it also opened my eyes to the things that o be stopped.”

  Suzaku could see the happiness aement brimming in her eyes and voice as she talked about the day he first met the third princess of the Holy Britannian Empire he's serving him without knowirue identity.

  It was aremely enjoyable day for him as well. But then, her voice turned mencholic as she spoke of how the day ended.

  Going to the Shinjuku Ghetto and seeing the aftermath of the nd Britannia had destroyed in the name of quest first hand remihem of the harsh reality they’re currently living in.

  It was shoved directly into their fabsp;

  “Seeing such a thing first hand pained my heart more than I ever could have imagined… In truth, I was barely able to hold my posure back then.”

  “...”

  Suzaku agreed in his silence as his eyes lowered down to the ground and his hands ched into fists by his side.

  “That is why… I wish to ge it.”

  His eyes widened and he looked up to see the figure of the kind ale princess standing with a strong vi behind her eyes.

  A sight so beautiful that it stunned him to the very core.

  “Kururugi Suzaku. The bravery and prowess you had shown had made you the subject of admiration and respeany Japanese people. And you have also proven your loyalty to the Britannian Empire for having fought and been a signifit factor in multiple decisive battles. Oher hand, I am just a powerless princess with nth nor influence. Moreover… None of the Japanese people have any reason to believe in the siy and the words of a princess who came from the nation that put them in such a state. That is why…”

  She looked at Suzaku, her eyes filled with determination and siy, as much as she could muster, and lowered her head.

  “Please lend me your strength. Be my knight, a me show my siy to the Japanese people, so that I return the name, nd, and identity my nation had stolen from you.”

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  “Has she goo sleep?”

  “Yes. Though, I don’t know how long until she realizes I’m gone, so I don’t have much time… How is it?”

  The four members of the Multiverse Group Chat, including Yuuji who had just arrived, sat around the couches within Tatsuya’s room in the mansion. They’ve gathered i in the middle of the night to not alert C.C of their presenbsp;

  C.C had already met Tatsuya and Satoru when Leloud Yuuji introduced them not too long ago. She khat they were Ainz and Silver, respectively, and khat they both possessed Geass.

  But, the reason why they’ve gathered i was still a secret to her, because it has something to do with the Group Chat. And Yuuji was in charge of making sure C.C was asleep before slipping away from her embrad joining them afterwards.

  Thus, still dressed in just a light t-shirt and short pants, Yuuji sat down beside Tatsuya and turowards Lelouch.

  “Ah… I got my answer. It’s… quite surprising, but not at the same time…”

  Lelouch let out a sigh and leaned back, surrendering his entire weight on the soft cushion of the sofa.

  The reason why they’ve gathered here… was to use Lelouch’s [Mind of the World], an ability from his [Archivist of Universal Knowledge] SSR, to find out the reason behind Suzaku’s ued summon by the military.

  And true to its description, it gave him the truth.

  “He’s summoned by Euphemia… to be her personal knight.”

  If the room was silent before, it was a vacuum now. Lelouch’s words felt like a tremendous weight that had just suddenly befallen them.

  Suzaku being Euphemia’s personal knight… This was exactly what happened in the anime. Which means…

  “Lelouch… Does that mean…?”

  “Yes… I used my remaining two questions for the day to firm my guess… And I was right.”

  Lelouch let out a tired sigh and tinued.

  “I used my sed question to ask why Euphemia made Suzaku her knight. And it answered “to show her siy to the Japanese People.” And my st question… I asked why she o show her siy to them. The answer was…”

  “To establish the Special Administrative Zone of Japan…”

  Lelouodded at Yuuji’s answer as Tatsuya and Satoru wideheir eyes. Fshes of memories from the Code Geass ahey’ve watched, and the tragedy that gave Euphemia the niame “Bloodstained Euphie” appeared in their mind.

  “B-But that tragedy won’t happen, right? After all, now that we know about it, Lelouch won’t actally give her that order anymore!”

  “That’s right… But this might work in our favor.”

  Tatsuya brought out his phone, pressed a few buttons, and id it oable for everyoo see.

  On his s were the missions they’ve been given by the Group Chat. Five out of the six missions have been pleted. And the st mission they o plete was to “Liberate Japan from the Current Oppressive Britannian Gover.”

  Yuuji and Lelouodded in unison, uanding the meaning behind Tatsuya’s words.

  Their missioailed them to liberate Japan from Britannia’s “current Oppressive Gover”. Meaning, the success of the Special Administrative Zone of Japan would teically be “liberating the Japanese from the current oppressive Britannian gover.

  But of course, they weren’t naive enough to think the Group Chat would sider it that way.

  After all, while Euphemia might intehe zoo be a pce where the Japanese could rule themselves as they see fit, iy, the Britannian Gover would still be “ruling” them from the shadows.

  If the Japanese accepted being a part of this Special Administrative Zohen that would be equivalent to surrendering aing them be ruled under Britannian w disguised as Japanese w.

  The only reason why many Japanese chose to simply accept being a part of the Special Administrative Zone in the anime was because they’ve lost hope with the fall of the st General of the Japan Liberation Front.

  But now… Although weakehe Japan Liberation Front still existed and were still amassing their strength for a terattabsp;

  If Euphemia failed to show her siy to the Japanese people and ensure plete autonomy of the Japanese Gover within the zohen… there ossibility that it would spark another war.

  Although she won’t be the one pulling the trigger, Euphemia might still retain her niame as “Bloodstained Euphie” for the war she had incited by establishing the Special Administrative Zone of Japan.

  But… there is a way.

  The Bights simply o bee the oo ehat Euphemia’s promises to the Japanese people bee a reality. To be the oo make sure the Britanniaheir promises, even if it had to be by forbsp;

  “We’ll o start our preparations… Fast.”

  Yuuji o Lelouch’s words.

  “If the special administrative zone succeeds, then Japan would gain the mueeded time for them to heal, amass their military and political strength, and expand their influence. Perhaps… they might even be able to bee allies with Britannia iure…”

  Yuuji knew full well how optimistic he was by saying those words. But… Such a thing might not be impossible.

  Thanks to their as, Britannia’s seemingly unstoppable military advand quest had been halted, and the Japan Liberation Front, which should’ve disappeared along with the death of General Katase, still existed.

  These two factors alone would force the Britannians to think twice before they decided to double down on their read it even more resources to this quest.

  Even then, if things did e to that point, Lelouch, Yuuji, Tatsuya, and Satoru still had many “otherworldly” methods they could use to halt their advanbsp;

  Thus, the Special Administrative Zone of Japan might be the best way to liberate Japan from its current oppressive Britannian rule with the least amount of blood shed.

  “Well the’s hope this goes well…”

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