"See Your Majesty."
"No courtesy." Charles slowly walked down from the high platform and walked up to Xiao Ran majestically. He placed his deep eyes on Xiao Ran and said in a deep voice: "Knight Lelouch, welcome back."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Ran bowed his head slightly and expressed his gratitude with a faint smile. As if he did not see the deep meaning in Charles' eyes, he said calmly: "Although the final result was a little unexpected and not full success, but fortunately Fortunately, we fulfilled our mission and stabilized District 19 and regained all the lost territory. We repelled the resistance and completely drove their core force out of that continent."
"Accident?" Charles raised his voice slightly and emphasized: "What kind of accident can cause almost all the soldiers in District 19 to be wiped out?"
Xiao Ran smiled and said nothing. This was Charles's intention. How could Charles not know what happened in District 19? The purpose of saying these words was more or less deliberately embarrassing, but it was definitely It is not the reason to continue to make things difficult for Xiao Ran and take down Xiao Ran, because as the emperor of Butaria and the person who holds all the rights in this country, Charles does not need any reason to make things difficult for Xiao Ran. He can do it without any reason with just one sentence. There is no need to find any reason to take down Xiao Ran.
Of course, this is what Charles thinks so, so these words are just the beginning. Charles continues to use his pressure to oppress Xiao Ran: "In that battle, why did you, with your powerful power, not play any role?" , and did not even directly face the machine called Pendragon. What is the reason that made you, as a Knight of the Round Table, choose to retreat when faced with a powerful force? Tell me, Knight Lelouch."
Xiao Ran shook his head: "Because that makes no sense. I can't gain any advantage over Pendragon by driving such a machine. At that time, I must exercise restraint to avoid irritating the other party. Show respect for the strong with actions and fear of power." Let our people have more chances to survive, and prevent those excellent pilots who have lost their bodies from being affected by the battle. After all, the opponent's target is not only our Butalia, but also the EU. Among the attack targets, a certain amount of strength can be preserved, at least my strength can be preserved, and it can also make EU maintain a certain degree of awe towards us in the future so that they do not dare to attack again."
"Is this your reason? If you haven't tried, if you haven't worked hard, if you haven't fought, you know you will fail. Then can I also think that the final failure of District 19 is because of your deliberate indulgence?" Xiao Ran nodded when Charles spoke. Nodding, he glanced at Xiao Ran indifferently and said: "An organization that rose from District 11 actually had such power under Euphilia's nose. It caused the empire to suffer huge losses and lost its direct access. eu's opportunity, the empire invested countless energy, manpower, and resources in a war that ultimately ended in failure."
"Knight Lelouch, as a Knight of the Round Table, what do you think of Euphilia's dereliction of duty? What do you think of your own dereliction of duty?"
Bimax was silent, and his eyes were also fixed on Xiao Ran. Luciano's eyes were wandering around, like a fly flying around in front of his eyes and falling into his own world, while Schneizel, carrying He showed an indifferent smile with his hands, and his eyes moved back and forth between Charles and Xiao Ran, but it was impossible to see his true mental state.
"What do you think?" Xiao Ran smiled slightly: "I don't think I have done anything derelict in my duty, because it was only in District 19 that I could persevere and regain the lost territory. I also occupied more territory and almost divided it equally with EU. The extent of the African continent, and Her Royal Highness Euphilia has not neglected her duties. Since the Black Knights can have such a powerful body, either they are powerful themselves, or the same organization as the Scarlet Knights has joined them. Among them, no matter which one it is, it cannot be dealt with by the strength of District 11. How can they, who have hidden it from the empire and even the entire world, reveal their flaws so easily for Her Highness Euphilia to catch them. "
"But if Your Majesty insists on letting me express my opinion, I have some ideas." Xiao Ran chuckled and said: "The whole world has now fallen into absolute chaos, and inexplicable and mysterious organizations suddenly appear and plan. Targets unknown to others possess powerful capabilities beyond ordinary military power."
"But because of the ambition of some people, those who have no ability to resist or resist are forced to stand on the front line of chaos, waiting helplessly for death and sacrifice that will come at any time. If this continues, the world will become more and more complicated. The more weak people sacrifice, hatred, hatred, and various emotions will be completely entangled together, making the world full of more contradictions, and a world war will be imminent."
"Whether it is Butaria or EU, or any country in the world, the final result in this world war will only be failure and endless pain, putting countless people in danger and sorrow, turning the world into a doomsday with only hatred and war left. The people who can have the last laugh in this environment will only be those with the most powerful power, but among these people there are absolutely Excluding you, Your Majesty, who has status and identity but does not have the ability to match it, you will only become a bargaining chip and a puppet in the hands of these powerful people."
"So if we want to avoid this kind of thing happening, and to prevent this world from falling into endless wars and countless sacrifices, we must restrain all battles from now on, and buy more time to develop stronger power. We must put aside prejudice and unite all the forces that can unite, so that Butalia will no longer become the most threatening enemy in the eyes of other forces but a friend. Only then can we ensure that Butalia can last for a long time and become more and more powerful."
"But I want to do this, I want to change everything..." The corners of Xiao Ran's mouth raised, Schneizel on the side narrowed his eyes, Luciano's eyes also stayed on Xiao Ran, Bimax just said He frowned and tensed his body reflexively.
"Then the only way is to fundamentally change the most critical point of this country, and that is you... Your Majesty, the only way is to change the leader of this country to another person, and let the contradictions that Butaria has accumulated now accompany your departure. And leave, let the original development trajectory of this country change because of your departure, let your departure and replace it with another person make those numbers truly agree with Butaria, let another person completely change Butaria's core and philosophy , then at least this country can continue to be peaceful for a long time, and it can also buy more time for development after the mutation before gaining real power."
"Bold."
Before Charles could speak, Bimax's expression changed dramatically and he shouted. In addition to the nearby guards, a group of soldiers who had not been in sight before all rushed out with weapons raised, and immediately surrounded Xiao Ran. .
Luziano's face looked a little confused. He looked at Xiao Ran with a question mark face, but his body movements consciously blocked Charles's way. He looked at Xiao Ran in a daze, never thinking about why he was suddenly like this. The situation has become like this, and Xiao Ran actually said such treacherous words.
Luciano really didn't know why it happened like this. Bimax didn't tell him this when he was in the car, but his loyalty to Butalia and the emperor made him act reflexively. But he was still full of confusion in his heart.
Schneizel stepped aside with a smile, raising his hands to show that this had nothing to do with him, although even if he didn't do this, there wouldn't be a gun aimed at him.
Xiao Ran was very calm. Seeing the countless soldiers who appeared pointing their guns at him, he didn't react or fluctuate at all. He just kept smiling and looked at Charles, and the atmosphere became quite strange.
Luziano was still a little hard to accept Xiao Ran's change. When he was in District 19, he had regarded Xiao Ran as the object of his worship. After coming back to his senses, he looked at Xiao Ran with a complicated face: "Lelouch Knight, do you know what you are talking about? Please tell your Majesty that is not what you mean."
"Little guy." Xiao Ran laughed and said to Luziano: "There is no need to make such a disguise in front of me. The fear of powerful power can make you maintain awe and respect for me, but you can at this time It's a bit unexpected to say something like this. I always thought you were just a 'vampire', but vampires are not so emotionless."
"I hope that one day, as a knight, you can have the faith that truly belongs to the knight."
Xiao Ran looked at Charles and said with a faint smile: "Your Majesty, you can't bear it anymore. When we first met, it was like using geass to modify my memory. From that time on, you have always had feelings for me. Are you suspicious and distrustful? It's just that your ability can modify other people's memories, but you don't know if you can check other people's memories. Maybe you can't do that much. This is the reason why you didn't attack me in the first place. In addition to being able to use Besides me, you also want to see if you can find more secrets from me?"
"Now that the Scarlet Knights have been crippled, EU did not dare to go to war for a short period of time because of the Black Knights, and the whole world fell into peace for a short time. This is a good opportunity for you to try to take over the In your eyes, the Scarlet Knights no longer have the ability to resist, so I, who you knew from the beginning, is not loyal to you at all, have lost their use value. Next, you will choose to capture me, and then try to use Yuffie Leah came to kidnap me, right?"
"Innocent." Xiao Ran waved his hand gently. Following Xiao Ran's wave, all the people holding weapons present seemed to be slapped from the front by a huge force, and flew back screaming from where they were standing. All the weapons were separated from their hands and floated in the air without anyone holding them. The guns were turned and aimed at Charles, Bimax and Luziano.
Bimarck's eyes stared, both eyes widened, with a look of disbelief on his face. He couldn't believe it. Not only him, but everyone present also showed similar expressions. It's just that Bimax Si's face just stood out even more.
"Surprised? Because you can't predict any of my moves?" Xiao Ran glanced at Bimax and smiled: "Geass's ability to predict is indeed an excellent ability, but you are not a real god, so what? Maybe you can predict everything. There are many things in this world that are beyond your ability. Even if you can predict them, it doesn’t mean you have the ability to deal with them."
"Geass." The surprise on Charles's face quickly disappeared, and he calmed down again: "You are also a user with the ability of gaass."
"Yes, but there should be some differences from what you expected. The target of geass ability is generally the spirit or soul. Soul-related abilities are extremely rare. The princess is a rare soul ability user, although her ability is a bit It’s just trash.”
Xiao Ran raised his hand and pointed at the floating weapons with a smile, and said: "But this ability is not a geass, but another ability. Compared with your ability to modify other people's memories, my ability is better than yours. It has the qualifications of a king. It is an ability that allows others to remain loyal to me without violating their own inner wishes. Moreover, even if the geass ability is wiped out, as long as it is maintained for a certain period of time, there is no way to change their attitude toward me. loyalty, because at that time their allegiance to me was no longer the result of any geass, but their own will."
"I should be pretty good with this ability. By the way, I don't know about other people, but if it were me, my ability can also be used on people with geass ability. Do you want to give it a try? ?”
Xiao Ran lowered his head and smiled softly, shook his head and said: "I promised some people to let you live, as long as you can live comfortably, so I will not kill you, but using my abilities on you should not be within the scope of my promise. You, His Majesty the Emperor Charles, do you also want to try the feeling of having your mind controlled by others, knowing that we are enemies but being unable to do anything but be loyal to me?"
Charles took a deep breath and wanted to open his mouth to speak, but he was shocked to find that his mouth was held down by some force and he couldn't open it at all. How could he speak clearly if he couldn't even open his mouth? Charles didn't know how to ventriloquism. In the end, he could only frown and stare at Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran waved his hand indifferently: "Don't look at it. I am basically immune to all geass abilities. Even if I look at it for a hundred years, it will be useless."
"Bah bang bang." Applause suddenly rang out. Schneizel, who had stepped aside, clapped his hands and slowly walked to Xiao Ran's side, saying in a praising tone: "So this is your confidence besides those powers. , it’s interesting, but if you want to control this country, just controlling him may not be enough.”
Xiao Ran nodded, and after calculating the time, he smiled slightly: "It's not just that. At this time, all the important facilities in the capital should have been under my control. It is estimated that the palace will be in these few minutes. Your Highness Schneizel, now that things have reached this point, I don’t think you will have any hesitation anymore, right?”
"To be honest, although a game like this is fun to play, the opponent is so bad that I really can't muster the energy to continue playing tricks."