"Brother! Don't leave me! Please!"

A familiar voice called the slumbering former Emperor of Britannia. He was lying on his bed with a pained expression even though he was still asleep.

"Lelouch!"

And then a pair of cold amethyst eyes opened. He sat up and placed a hand to his throbbing head.

"A dream?" Lelouch questioned himself with doubt before he sighed deeply in solemn.

He thrashed the blankets off him and removed himself from his bed.

Lelouch walked to the mirror and saw his appearance. His messy raven hair partially covers his eyes. His thin lanky body reminded him of one of his weaknesses.

Anyway, only one thing disturbed him a bit about his appearance ever since he was born. He has the body of a nine years old.

Yep. A grown man living in a child's body. Lelouch found it awkward for him to be a child again but ruled it out as his punishment for his crimes in his previous life.

"Lelouch! Wake up! You'll be late for school!"

An old woman's voice echoes across the whole house which made him smile.

Lelouch had always been grateful of her since she took care of him as her adopted son. She was an old widow who took an abandoned child on the street under her care.

"Don't worry, I'm already up, Ellie."

"Don't you call me that, Lelouch. Or you're gonna get it. And come down here. Breakfast is ready."

"I'll be down there in a sec."

Lelouch stepped out of his bedroom before walking downstairs to the dining room and when he reached his destination, he saw a table filled with breakfast for him and Ellie.

There is a woman with grey hair that reaches her shoulders was leaning by the sink.

She wore the usual casual clothes for women her age. This woman is known as Ellie. The same person who adopted and raised Lelouch.

"You know, you better cut that hair of yours, Lelouch. It's making you look like a sissy emo." Ellie commented as she took a seat.

"Just leave my hair alone. I like it." Lelouch replied as he took a seat as well.

"Suit yourself. You're not gonna find a girl with that hair of yours."

At this, Lelouch smirked confidently, "Oh, I think you'll be surprised."

"You're already full of surprises, Lelouch. So, that practically means that any surprises coming out from you wouldn't really surprise me at all."

Her reply earned a scowl from Lelouch. Actually, Ellie's mouth sometimes reminded him of the green haired witch known as CC. Always knows how to burn him 24/7.

Ellie picked up her spoon and fork before beginning to eat her food while Lelouch did the same as well.

After that, Lelouch went to the bathroom to take a shower. He then grabbed new clothes from his closet and put it on himself in his bedroom.

Right now, Lelouch is about to step out of Ellie's house but Ellie stopped him with a hand placed on his shoulder.

"Oh, right. I noticed that you haven't been interacting with our neighbors a lot. So, how about this; you go befriend that girl Yuno Gasai or you don't get your precious chessboard. Deal?"

"Oh, come on. That's unfair."

"Deal?!"

Lelouch groaned in annoyance as he grits his teeth before finally relenting, "Fine."

"That's my boy."