【Oops】Karen only felt cold sweat on her forehead.

She has always appeared in front of outsiders as a poor girl, and now, this sick and weak girl who wants to ask for 'sick leave' from time to time actually shows a quick reaction comparable to that of a professional soldier, and the person who saw this scene is her fiancé, and he is also the long-time enemy of his organization, one of the twelve Knights of the Round Table of the Bunitanian Empire. She wouldn't be naïve enough to think that the other party wouldn't see anything.

"Ah~~~" Kalian suddenly snorted softly, covering her forehead with one hand, and the whole person lay on the table, as if she was about to faint. The hand that caught the bottle loosened weakly, and the bottle slowly slid to the ground, rolling gently on the ground.

"Karen, is there anything wrong?"

Luca, who was stunned, reacted and hurriedly helped Karen up.

"I'm sorry for the sudden exertion just now, and I'm a little dizzy now," Karen replied, pale (frightened), and weak.

For such a thing as pretending to be sick and arrogant, she has reached the point where practice makes perfect, and all kinds of sick situations come to say.

"Because it's a gift from Luca, I don't want it to break"

"What a fool," Lukka looked at him with emotion, and then turned to the servant of the Shutadfeld family.

"Take the young lady back to her room to rest."

"Yes." After the waiter saluted respectfully, he summoned two maids and wanted to send Karen back to her room.

"I'm sorry," Karene seemed to be trying to say something.

"Don't talk stupid, rest is the most important thing now." Lukka spoke first, then watched as Karen disappeared from sight.

[Have you been deceived? Karen, who returned to her room, was uneasy.

[Anyway, he's about to leave here]

And at this moment, Luca, who had left the Shutadfield house, had a gloomy face.

Although Kalian behaves like a sick and weak daughter, he believes that Karen is definitely not as weak as she appears from the outside.

When holding Ka Lian, he deliberately held Ka Lian's wrist and silently tested the pulse speed of the other party, but the result was: very normal, and it can even be said that it is much stronger than ordinary people.

A normal person's pulse rate is the same as the heart rate, but a well-trained person has a significantly slower heart rate than the average person, and Karen's pulse rate is even close to her own.

When he stopped Karen's shoulder, he obviously felt that the other party's shoulder muscles were compact and tough, not like those daughters who looked slender but were soft in nature. Combined with the nervous reaction she showed when she caught the falling bottle, Lukka assured her reputation as the Eighth Knight that Karen was definitely deceiving herself.

But

[For what?] 】

Lukka couldn't think of a purpose for Callen to hide her true condition.

If you are terminally ill and forced to smile, this is acceptable. But pretending to be sick and weak even though he has a healthy body is logically unreasonable.

Lukka thought of a possibility that he couldn't believe anyway.

How is it possible? There is no way or reason for the Empire to help the terrorists. 】

In the eyes of almost everyone, the terrorists in Area 11 are absolute believers in racism, and it is impossible for them to accept an aggressor who clearly enjoys privileges on their side.

[Be sure to pay more attention to it in the future.] 】

As Karin judged, Lukka may be suspicious, but he will never tell outsiders about it. As long as he doesn't show his feet before he leaves, the crisis will naturally be over

In the deep darkness of the sea, a huge submarine slowly shuttled by.

"What the hell is this mission?" Asahina, one of the Four Holy Swords, said in a complaining tone to Diethart and Rakuchata in front of him.

"Do you want to hear something more direct, or something that's been embellished?" Diethardt looked at the information in his hand and shrugged his shoulders very casually.

"I'm not interested in this kind of meaningless multiple-choice question."

"Let's be more blunt, this time the mission is to rob the cargo ship." Diethardt was also very direct and unadorned with the answer.

"Hey~Hey~ Aren't the Black Knights messengers of justice? When did you start making cameos as pirates in Somalia? ”

"Asahina!" Looking at Asahina, Fujido Kagami, who was a little overdone, finally spoke.

"Tell me about the specifics."

"The cargo ship is the property of the Duke of Elsdale's family"

"Duke of Ellsdale?" Diethardt's introduction left everyone at a loss.

"The only daughter of the Duke of Ellsdale's family, Nishinomiya Ellsdale, was engaged to the Tenth Prince some time ago, and this route also appeared after the other party returned to his own country in Bunitania."

"Dirty political marriage?" The Four Holy Swords and Fujitang muttered quietly.

"However, if it is just an ordinary trade route, does it deviate from the purpose of the Black Knights?"

Fujido's words woke up Dietharder.

[The current purpose of the Black Knights - Friends of Justice.] The definition is too vague and vague, and although the Black Knights do crime-fighting, the Resistance is also very colorful. It is necessary to remind Zero to clarify the future policy as soon as possible, otherwise it will inevitably lead to disagreement and confusion within the team over time. 】

"If it's an ordinary trade route," Diethardt was stunned, and Lakuchata, who was puffing green smoke, finally spoke.

"What do you mean?"

"The Duke of Ellsdale's family was an important Knightmare manufacturer in the Bunitanian Empire, and although the family also had many side businesses, the production of Knightmare occupied an irreplaceable position." At this, Racuchata smiled a little funny.

"In other words, this family doesn't have any need to trade with this place other than Sakuraishi?" Fujido pondered for a moment before giving his answer.

"The only daughter of the Ellsdale family is a research freak who claims to be married to the laboratory, and I really suspect that the reason why the two were able to get engaged is actually because they can stay in the laboratory with complete peace of mind in the future." Rakuchata couldn't help but chuckle as she said this.

"Of course, these are all off-topic. However, the other party deliberately chose the inconspicuous place of Genjin Island as a trading port. Don't you want to see it? What did these two people do that was surprising? ”

These words immediately made everyone present cast their inquiring eyes at each other.

"Is this Zero's order? Or is this your arbitrariness? At this moment, Fujido questioned.

Both Rakuchata and Diethart are highly self-conscious beings, and this mission is so personal that it's hard to imagine that it could be Zero's order.

"Rest assured, this mission has been approved by Zero, and you can ask for it in person afterwards." Diethart raised his hands slightly, signaling Fujitang to relax.

"And what about Zero?"

"It seems like we're in some minor trouble."

It's not that Lelouch doesn't want to come, but time permits. After Camillo's personal guard was transferred to his class, Lelouch had to restrain his usual unbridled absenteeism.

[There are only 10 days, bear with me] Lelouch who was lying on the rooftop endured

"Lelouch"

A familiar and friendly voice came from behind him, but this voice made Lelouch feel a chill rising from the bottom of his heart

The turquoise water, the golden sand, the bright sunshine, and the girl who is playing on the shallow waves.

Around the corner of the beach, however, the exact opposite is revealed.

"I said, what is this? There shouldn't be this thing on the reservation."

Standing on the beach, looking at the black mech that had been carried down, Kamiyu asked Jeremiah behind him.

"This was ordered by General Bartley from Dr. Lloyd, and because of the large number of checks required, he had to borrow this Gawain druid system. Originally, it was enough to just be the core, but "

"It's just that Lloyd refuses to dismantle this machine, it's really his style." Kamiyu said the rest of the words for Jeremiah, and at the same time indirectly expressed his intention to acquiesce in this matter.

"What about the 'key'?"

"I've been escorted over." Kamiyu glanced back at C.C., who was immersed in joy, and then nodded his head.

"Let's go, then!"

"However, Your Highness," Jeremiah looked at C.C., who was frolicking on the beach in the distance.

"What are you?"

"Let her play for a while, maybe this is the last time 'she' is in the dark" Jeremiah didn't understand what Kamiyu meant, but Kamiyu didn't continue, and as a courtier, he naturally couldn't ask more.

“Code· The time seems to be coming when Geass will unravel the truth"