Short A/N

From now on I will start calling Lelouch, Luther. So it won't be confusing.

Living a life full of Lies, Deceit, and Betrayal. This was once Lelouch's life. A never ending circle of war and hatred, diminished by the demon himself. Now born anew, a new circle will start in his life, will this circle continue or break? This is the story of Lelouch Vi Britannia, or rather Luther Velfos.

*Velfos Garden*

*Four years later*

From a baby to a young lad. His eyes were filled with crimson colour, his ash coloured hair and his trademark smirk.

Walking around the garden, wondering about his life. So far Luther was contented with his life, no assassins trying to kill him with several poisons or breaking in his room to knife him down. It was new for him, and he never relaxed like this before in the

A few meters ahead, he saw a table design with a chessboard in the middle, what he saw rather than black and white pieces, he saw Crimson and White pieces. Went he came closer, he saw two figures playing the chess. He saw that the white was losing, but unexpectedly the Crimson King moved in an all too familiar position.

"Ah, Luther!" Luther's father Vaughan exclaimed. "Meet Sirzerchs Gremory, the heir of the Gremory clan." Vaughan added.

"It is a pleasure you lord Gremory." Luther greeted as his bowed. Normally he won't do this kind of thing, but it was to show respect to his father who took care and loved him.

"It is a pleasure to meet you to Luther." Sirzerchs replied. Gazing at the young boy as if he was looking for something. "I'm sure my little sister Rias would be delighted to meet you sometime."

"And the feeling's mutual." He said. "Say, why did you move your king in that position? Won't it risk being captured?" Luther asked, as if expecting him to give an answer to his satisfaction.

"Ah! Why won't you play with Sirzerchs, Luther? I'm sure he would be delighted to play with a player better than me." Vaughan suggested.

'Someone better than Lord Velfos?' Sirzerchs thought. "It is fine with me. Luther?" he replied as if he was ignoring Luther's question.

"If that is what Lord Gremory wants, then I would be happy to satisfy your request." Luther answered. Luther grabbed the Crimson pieces and they started to rearrange their respective pieces.

"Say Luther, which do you think is the strongest piece in chess?" Sirzerchs asked as he moved his E7 pawn to E5.

Luther raised an eyebrow and smirked as he moved his D2 pawn to D3 "I believe it's the pawn. While there are more versatile pieces, the pawn has the potential to match any pieces as long as it is place properly." "How about you Lord Gremory?" Luther asked.

"Please call me Sirzerchs. Well, I believe it's the king. It is because the king's the piece that will determines everything." He replied as he moved his knight from G8 to H6.

"Ah! Would you please excuses me, there are other matters I must attend to." Vaughan suddenly interjected after he spoke with a maid.

After a few hours the game was almost nearing its end, Sirzerchs having only his king, two rooks, a knight and 4 pawns remaining while Luther still has his King, Queen, a knight, two bishops and 3 of his pawns. Luther started to move his king.

Sirzerchs too did the same, even though he had a few pieces left, he was clearly on the advantage and was able to corner Luther's pieces. "And that's checkmate!" he said as he ate Luther's bishop.

There were a few moments that Luther did not remember that he moved his pieces. Ignoring the problem. Luther couldn't believe what happened. Other than Schneizel, he didn't expect he was beaten.

"Alas, I haven't enjoyed a good match in a while." Sirzerchs said as he stood up. "And for your question earlier, if the king does not lead, then how does he expect his subordinates to follow?"

Luther was baffled at the answer. His answer was the exact words he too had said previously. Luther saw a silver haired female murmuring something to Sirzerchs.

"Ah! Grayfia meet Luther Velfos, the heir to the Velfos clan." Sirzerchs said as the maid bowed.

"It's is a pleasure to meet you Master Luther. I am the head of the Gremory clan's servants.

"And she is also my wife!" Sirzerchs added in a cheerful tone as if it was normal.

'Maid? Wife?' there was so much on Luther's mind that he didn't bother to talk about that topic.

"Is your sister coming with you next time?" Luther asked.

"Well yes she is." Sirzerchs replied. "Ah I must be going, there is a sudden urgent matter that I must attend."

"It was a pleasure playing with you Sir Sirzerchs." Luther bowed as Sirzerchs vanished into thin air

*Gremory Palace*

"Mast Sirzerchs, I shall take my leave." Grayfia said.

"Very well you're dismissed for the day Grayfia." Sirzerchs said as Grayfia disappeared from a transport circle. "Phew, for a minute there I thought she saw me cheating." He murmured.

"Fortunately, I did." Grayfia reappeared now with a dress fitting for a wife of a Gremory. With a smile on her face, she started to walk nearer to Sirzerchs.

A loud scream was heard throughout the Palace as Sirzerchs fell into the hands of his wife.

*moments later*

"I can't believe you would hypnotize a child. Really? You would go that far to win over him on a chess game?" Grayfia lectured his husband. "Would you like me to further educate you?" she said with a creepy smile on her face.

"No! I'm fine actually, there is no further need for you to do something troublesome." Sirzerchs sighed. "But I can't believe a four-year old kid is that good in chess." Sirzerchs added.

"Or act older than you for that matter. Let us not dwell on that for a while, your meeting with the King of Hell starts in a few minutes. I can't believe that a person like you is a candidate for the position of Lucifer Maou." Grayfia instructed.

Sirzerchs just pouted at Grayfia. It's going to be a long day.

*Back at the Velfos Palace*

Luther went straight into his room. In deep thought wondering about his geass.

'Why can't I manifest my geass?! I tried to use it on Sirzerchs but to no avail, it didn't even appear!' Luther thought.

"It's because you it hasn't awakened yet. I did promise you that it will remain but, it only appeared when you were seventeen years old. Thus, it will only manifest the moment you turn seventeen. Trust me, it's worth the wait." Abraham suddenly said as he appeared in my mind.

"And why didn't you tell me sooner?!" Luther complained.

"Then why didn't you use it sooner?" Abraham countered. "As much as I enjoy talking to you, I must go. There are other universal matters that I attend to." Abraham said as he disappeared.

"Tsk, he's one hell of a god." Luther sighed. There was a knock on the door. "Who is it?"

There was no reply but the door opened.

"Mother, what brings you here?" Luther asked cheerfully.

"Am I not allowed to see my child?" Zephyra pouted. She walked neared and she raised him up and hugged him tightly. "I can't believe that you're just a four year old. You don't act like your age Luther, for once stop reading books or play chess, and just be a kid for once, there are a lot of kids your age."

"Mother I appreciate your concern but, they are merely playing those toys and stuff bears." Luther replied. He hugged her back as he buried his face on her chest.

(Short A/N this is not perverted in whatsoever, he just missed having a mother for once and forgets that he's already like 24?)

"Well, let's leave it at that, let's go now child, your father's waiting for us to eat lunch with him." Zephyra stated.

"Didn't father say he had urgent matters to attend to?" Luther asked in a childish tone.

"Don't worry, he had a change of heart." Zephyra said with a creepy tone and a monster like smile.

Luther suddenly felt a cold chill enter his spine. 'I should never get on mother's bad side' he thought.

The day passed so peacefully. His life was as peaceful as it could get. No battles constantly being waged. This happy moments felt like it could go on forever. This was the time he was not regarded as the Demon Emperor nor Zero, he was simply the lovable child of Vaughan and Zephyra Velfos.

*7 years later*

*Velfos Garden*

Luther and his parents was spending time together at the garden eating lunch. This moment was the last he ever shared with his parents, there was suddenly a huge explosion at the front gate of their mansion.

"Go inside, hide in the bunker until I tell you to go out." Vaughan warned. He was suddenly wrapped in Silver like light. He was wearing a strange armour that doesn't normally belong to devils.

"I'm coming with you Vaughan." Zephyra stated. Unlike his father, Zephyra was covered in Lightning and the weather changed for the worse. The clouds came and swallowed the light. Thunder could be heard and random lightning strikes started to come down. But before she could finish. Vaughan stopped her.

"No, you must stay with Luther, have you forgotten?!" Vaughan exclaimed. "I must go now." Another series of explosions occurred. This time it went straight to the Velfos Palace.

"Very well, keep safe Vaughan, may Zeus's blessing come thy fort with thee." Zephyra prayed as Vaughan flew towards the said explosions.

"Mom what's happening?" Luther asked. He couldn't understand what's happening. Just moments before he was enjoying life to its fullest. He didn't think that he would have to act sooner than expected.

He first planned on giving a spectacular show to Abraham as soon as his geass manifest. He wanted to first enjoy the life he never experienced. He experienced his father's love.

"Come now Luther, we must go." Zephyra pulled Luther towards the bunker. "This should keep you safe for now, I have already ask Sirzerchs for help, he should be arriving in a few minutes." She added. There was another series of explosions.

"Vaughan! Do you not have the courage to face me?!" An unfamiliar voice shouted. "You think you escaped from you fate?!"

"Oh no!" Zephyra gasped as she saw the man's face.

"Tyr!" Vaughan exclaimed. He didn't wait for his reply and charged at him with a sword.

"You must hide here Luther, no matter what you see or hear. You must never step outside this bunker." Zephyra ordered as she hung a pendant on Luther's neck. "Most importantly, you must never ever lose this pendant. And when you somehow end up in Olympus, show that to Zeus." She said as she activated some kind of barrier in the bunker.

There was a lot of questions appearing in Luther's mind but he decided not to ask what she meant. "You're not going to die right?!" Luther's desperately asked. However, instead of hearing her reply, she just smiled back.

Zephyra then transformed again. Crackles of lightning covering her, causing the sun to be swallowed by the clouds. She looked like a goddess was on Luther's mind. Before she flew, Luther saw a name at the back of her armour. "Eris." He read.

"Goodbye Luther. I love you. Always remember that I'm always with you." That was the last thing Zephyra ever said to her son.

*Outside the Velfos Territory*

"Tsk, why the hell can't we enter?!" Sirzerchs shouted as he tried to break the barrier covering all the Velfos territory.

"Master, I am afraid that this barrier is no ordinary kind, it must have been set up by someone much stronger than the Maou himself." Grayfia stated.

"Vaughan needs my help more than ever! And I can't break this damn thing!" This was the first time Sirzerchs ever lost his cool. He wildly attacked the barrier with Destruction magic.

"I am sorry Master, for us your servants too are helpless against this barrier." Grayfia apologized.

And that's a wrap. Phew now I managed to make sense of the story somewhat. I got 13 favourites and 8 followers. Hmmm 6 reviews good enough. Anyways did you like this chapter? I was going to add more to this chapter, but I decided against it. Since it would be much better if you weren't cliff hanged on what happens next. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Can we get 15 reviews now? It would motivate me so much if you did leave a review for the story. Suggestions are appreciated. And English is not my native language, so there will be mistakes somewhere there, here or anywhere.

To some of the people who reviewed. Some of your questions will be answered on the next chapter? Maybe 3.3

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