Nanali's emotional outburst made both Ilan and Lelouch a little scrambling, and the two big men had to squat beside her left and right, holding her hand, and letting her cry enough before speaking.

After Yilan repeatedly promised that she would stay tonight, the little girl finally returned to the bedroom with peace of mind. Ilan leaned against the door frame and watched as Lelouch carried his sister to bed, covered her with the quilt, and finally said goodbye to goodnight.

"Brother Huang spoils her too much." Ilan sat down on the sofa after returning to the living room, and said a little helplessly. "It's only nine o'clock."

"So what?" Lelouch poured out the tea in the teapot. "Qimen? Or Darjeeling? Not long ago, I bought some number twos, and I don't know if that guy lied to me. ”

"Darjeeling, thank you." Ilan said he could accompany him for a tasting. "I mean, Nanali is fourteen years old, and going to bed at nine o'clock is the routine of a ten-year-old."

Lelouch smiled noncommittally. Skillfully brewed a new pot of tea, poured two cups, put it on the tray and served the coffee table, and sat next to Ilan, his arms casually resting on the back of the sofa.

"My craftsmanship is not as good as that of the maids in the palace, so I'll just drink and see."

"Where." Elan bowed.

"You're really, it's just, there's no change at all."

Elan certainly knew what he was talking about.

"It's the imperial brother, I haven't seen him for seven years, well... It's a lot rougher."

"It's the same if you stay in the colony for seven or eight years." Lu Luxiu sighed, isn't it, when he was still in the palace, didn't he also see Mr. and Miss, Your Excellency.

Ilan picked up the teacup and admired the pure orange and yellow color of the soup like amber.

"Still no sugar?" Lelouch asked with a smile.

"That's."

"I can't agree with that." Lelouch picked up a piece of sugar and put it in his teacup, took a sip, and closed his eyes in satisfaction. "Your taste buds weren't normal since you were a child."

Ilan shrugged and took a sip, then opened his eyes a moment later with a little surprise.

"It's ・・・・・・"

"Doesn't it resemble the taste of the palace?"

"This is the No. 2 Darjeeling exclusively for the palace."

"Well, that guy didn't lie to me." Lelouch nodded in satisfaction. "It's been seven years, and I'm not sure about that taste anymore."

"Can you buy things in the palace on the black market?"

"It's not bought, it's earned."

"Gambling?"

Lelouch made a gesture holding a chess.

Ilan immediately understood. Speaking of which, his chess was also taught by this imperial brother.

"Speaking of chess, I've never won against Brother Huang."

Ilan's fingers slid over the rim of the glass, his eyes flashing with nostalgia for the past.

"I can't win now." Lelouch smiled. "The sooner you learn something like chess, the better, I want to be exposed to it much earlier than you, and when you reach the age of seventeen or eighteen, your chess ability will be basically fixed. Those who can't win can never win, and those who have won can win the other party for a lifetime. Doesn't it say that 'if you don't become a national player at the age of twenty, you will have no hope for life'. ”

Ilan held the teacup in his hand and leaned back on the sofa.

"If you can't win, you'll have no hope for life・・・・・・ is the royal brother sure that he can win Britannia?"

"Not sure, but you have to win." Lelouch said firmly.

"What is the concept of the so-called 'win' of the royal brother? It's not such an empty phrase as 'ruining miè Britannia', but what exactly does it mean? ”

"The government and army of Britannia have completely collapsed, the emperor has died, and the royal family has lost its veins." Lelouch gave the answer he had been preparing for a long time.

"Then why don't you become emperor yourself?" Ilan looked at him puzzled.

"Do you want to sit in the seat where that stinky old man sit?" Lelouxiu's face was full of disgust, as if the thought of that person made him sick. "Anything that has bacteria on it has to be burned."

Ilan shook his head, he didn't agree with the idea.

"You also know about my royal brother, so you shouldn't doubt my determination to see Britannia perish, right?"

"What? You really want to be emperor. Lelouche's brow furrowed.

"No, I want the imperial brother to be the emperor. At least sit in that seat for a while until my plan is complete, as long as Britannia is not destroyed. ”

Yilan said, picking up the black tea and taking a sip.

"What do you mean?"

"So, now there are three poles in the world, Britannia, the EU, the Chinese Federation, and if suddenly there is one less pole, how many are left?"

Elan asked a very simple question.

"One." Lelouch replied without even thinking about it.

"That's right, if Britannia is destroyed, the remaining two will definitely fight before they even have time to divide the territory. In the eyes of the royal brother, who will win in the end? ”

"The Chinese Federation."

"I think so too. The Chinese Federation is one less heavyweight than Britannia, but at least twice as strong as the EU. The multi-ethnic alliance of the EU parliamentary system does not have many and strong cohesion, and the weapons of each member state cannot be universal. The number, the command system, the personnel are all different, and the language is not the same. There are even various historical contradictions between countries. This kind of organization was originally formed to resist the other hastily formed motley armies of the other two poles, and the reason why it has survived so far is only because the other two are unwilling to make the first move, forcing the EU to unite with the other. If the Chinese Federation is sure to win the war, the strength of the Chinese Federation, which annexed the EU and Britannia, will surely skyrocket, and even far exceed the heyday of Britannia. For me, this is the worst-case scenario. ”

Ilan sighed, then continued:

"The first truly world-ruling power in the history of mankind will arise, and the Commonwealth of China, having lost its rivals, will focus all its attention on the flames of rebellion, and will use the power of the whole world to extinguish it at the slightest sign of resistance. In this case, the possibility of me trying to kill those eunuchs again is almost infinitely close to zero・・・・・・"

"You want to borrow Britannia's power to destroy the Chinese Federation?" Lelouch finally understood what he meant.

"It's not to destroy, it's to rebuild." Ilan shook his head and corrected Lelouch's statement. "As long as that group of eunuchs is dead, then it doesn't matter to me whether it's a republic, a federation, or a parliament, at least it's fresher than this smoky court."

"・・・・・・" Lelouch bowed his head and pondered.

In other words, does Ilan want to help me defeat Britannia first, and use Britannia's power to complete his revenge on the Chinese Federation after I ascend the throne? I thought that my plan was already bold, but this kid actually ・・・・・・

"I think of the Son of the Heavens."

Ilan threw a bombshell with a calm face.

"You?!" Lelouch looked at his brother again, as if he had known him for the first time.

"At least I am the legitimate prince of the Chinese Federation in the imperial register." Ilan shrugged, looked indifferent, picked up the teapot and filled himself with another cup.

Lelouch finally remembered Elan's code name in the palace, the only person in the world who didn't need to see the Emperor or the Son of Heaven, or even kneeled down - because the other half of his blood didn't allow him to do so!

The one who has the dual status of the heir to the throne of Britania and the prince of the Chinese Federation.

Eastland Rex Britannia - King of the East and the Empire.

The prince who shouldn't have saved zài.

"Mother was forced to abdicate by the palace by that group of eunuchs, and was sent to the palace in Britannia by the group of old immortals in the court, just for their own position to sit firmly, so that the emperor could praise them a few words, they sold their master, ・・・・・・and they forced their mother to die in a foreign country ・・・・・・ them."

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and a crack appeared in the teacup in Yilan's hand.

Ilan forced herself to take a deep breath, trying to control her killing intent.

"I can understand the imperial brother's mood of wanting to destroy Miè Britannia, but I want to destroy the imperial court's mood is no less than that of the imperial brother. I believe that with the wisdom of the imperial brother, you will definitely understand what I mean, I don't care what you want to do with Britannia, and you shouldn't care what I want to do with the Chinese Federation, as long as the imperial brother agrees to send troops to help me after becoming the emperor, then I will naturally do my best to help the imperial brother ascend to the throne. After that, I will never ask about Britannia again, and the royal brother can do whatever he wants to do with the empire. ”

Ilan was very sincere, and Lelouch listened very carefully.

This is a surefire deal for Lelouch, for whom ruining Brittania and ascending to the throne are essentially the same thing, and as long as he nods, he can get a lot of help from Ilan・・・・・・

Lelouch looked at the teacup in his hand, countless thoughts flashed through his heart, and even for a moment he thought of using his hole cards against Ilan, turning him into his right-hand man, rather than a powerful and unstable factor. But in the end, he rejected all these ideas one by one.

If nothing else, for him, he can be called a family member except for Nanali, only this younger brother who is one year younger than himself and has a rough background.

Lulu breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he wanted to spit out all the distracting thoughts in his heart. Finally made up my mind.

"Do you have a place to stay now?" Lelouch relaxed and leaned back on the couch.

"Huh? No, I just arrived in District 11 two months ago. ”

"What do you think of here? Ashford Students' Union? Lelouch asked with a smile.

Ilan was stunned for a moment, then laughed too.

"It's pretty good, so is the dormitory, and so is the black tea."

"Then let me say hello to the chairman, your identity is going to be changed. Hmm・・・・・・" Lelouch opened the laptop next to the couch and typed it quickly, and from the code it seemed to be some kind of backdoor to hack into the system.

"What do you think of the surname Lamperouge?"

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"Eastland Lampelugi, also known as Ellen"

Ilan wrote her name on the blackboard, put the chalk back in the pen holder, and looked at the class with a perfect social smile behind her hands.

"So do you have any questions?" The teacher gave everyone time to ask questions.

The teenagers and girls in school uniforms raised their arms almost in unison, and a tall girl with long orange hair sitting in the back row was particularly excited, almost lying on the desk, her arms standing straight.

"What is the relationship between Ilan-san and Lelouch-sau? Twins? Is the hair dyed? ”

"This can also be seen from the surname, but we are not twins, we are half-brothers. As for the hair, I'm just a teenager white. ”

Well, this is actually a hereditary albinism that is unique to the royal family of the Chinese Federation, and other diseases such as fragile respiratory system and sensitive skin are incidental attributes of this disease.

"Then you're..."

"Charlie, Charlie Finnet." The girl's gaze kept shifting back and forth between him and Lelouch, as if the next wave of questions was brewing.

"Why didn't Lelouch tell us about Ilan-kun? By the way, you can just call me Livar. The dark blue-haired boy had an excited look on his face that wanted to hear the revelations.

Because it will take him about half a century to introduce all his brothers and sisters to you.

"I was born in District 3, my father was gone when I can remember, and my mother was ・・・・・ last year," Ilan said with a sad face, as if he didn't want to bring up the sad past. "I also got the news that there are blood relatives in District 11 some time ago, so I came to defect."

Of course, this is all the confession he and Lelouch had made last night.

"That's ・・・・・・" The orange-haired girl's eyes were instantly full of sympathy and motherhood.

Lelouch's family is quite miserable, Nanali is too, so is Lelouch, and so is this boy named Ilan. It looked like he was a little younger than Lelouch, and he was already full of gray hair.

"Why is it called Eastland?" Another classmate asked a question.

"My mother is of Oriental descent."

"Coming to run means you want to live in the student union?"

"For now."

"Hey, that's enough." Lelouch, who had been looking out the window, couldn't help but speak.

"Lulu, you are not allowed to interject!" Xia Li immediately stopped him with an astonishing momentum.

Ay? lulu？ Lelouch? Can you call him that?

"That's it, let's ask Yilan again, the sleepy king shut up! Who is older Elan or Lelouch? Lelouch? ”

"Yes, I'm going to be a year and two months younger."

"Huh?! Did you skip a grade? ”

Looking at the classroom with bright windows, childish faces of teenagers and girls, and all kinds of idiotic questions, Ilan suddenly had the illusion that he was old. In terms of mental age, he and Lelouch together should be more than a hundred years old.

But he still kept a relaxed and cheerful tone to answer their nonsensical questions, such as whether they hugged and cried bitterly when they met Lelouch.

Sure enough, ignorance is happiness.

No, it's not that they don't know, they just don't want to know how many Aboriginal bodies are buried under this classroom.

At this moment, the door to the classroom opened, and the figure of a red-haired girl stood in the doorway.

"Teacher, I'm sorry I'm late." The girl said in a soft, weak voice.

"It's okay, isn't it okay to be in the body?"

"Well, it's a lot..."

Just as the girl's gaze fell on the freshman who was introducing herself, her body froze instantly. And the other party was also staring intently at her face at this time, as if a flower had grown there.

Time seemed to stand still, and nothing in the world mattered, and the two just looked at each other and stared at each other affectionately.