'You imbecile!' Zero was livid with Tamaki, one of the earliest members of the Black Knights.

'I-It's not my fault they screwed up!'

'Tamaki, I thought that a simple task like that, bringing a potential recruit for a talk was one that even you wouldn't fail!' Zero sounded about to punch the man in the face. 'And what do you do? You ordered him kidnapped!'

'But you said…'

'What were my exact words?'

'I…'

'What. Where. My. Exact. Words!?'

'Well, you…'

'Tamaki, do I need to use crayons and make you a picture? I asked you my very exact words, or are you so mentally inferior that you can't even remember something I told you just a few hours ago?'

Some other members of the Black Knights who joined together with Tamaki such as Kaname Ohgi or Kent Sugiyama were around, but even them paled under their leader's rage. There was also the fact Tamaki did screw up badly, as even Ohgi couldn't understand where he got the idea of kidnapping the man Zero wanted.

'Bring this man to us and make sure he doesn't find out our hideout or identities.'

'And?'

'He may become a valuable member of the Black Knights, so make sure…'

'Make sure to get him unharmed!' Zero finished the sentence with a cold tone, the pronunciation particularly harsh at the last word. 'And what did you do? You and the other men you got, my men, tried to kidnap him! I even told you of a way to convince him to come, didn't I? What did I say?'

'To tell him… that we could help him with his problem…'

'Exactly! He is a gifted individual beyond a normal man's capabilities, and a genius compared to someone like you! So, he would have understood immediately what you meant and, most likely, followed you here.'

'But he was the one who attacked us!'

'Of course he attacked you, idiot! You tried to kidnap him in the middle of the day! What was he supposed to do, accept his fate? I said he could be a potential member, didn't I? Have you even wondered why? Do you think I would go to such lengths for an ordinary individual? Couldn't you use that tiny little mind of yours to realize that, if I wanted him here to join us, there could be a reason?'

'Well…'

'And you found out the worst possible way: not just he beat you all up like it was nothing, but he also broke your nose! You all are lucky that the police wasn't called or you would most likely be in a torture chamber right now, instead of here, being yelled by me!'

'What did you expect me to do?'

'Tamaki… have you ever heard of talking to someone? No, I suppose not, or you would have done this very thing! Why did you tried to use force instead of your bloody mouth? Is that so hard for someone like you?'

'No, but… it seemed easier to just grab him…'

'And what part of that included shooting him in the head?'

'But…'

'But? BUT!? I gave you very specific and explicit orders! I wasn't hiding my intentions from you when I said I wanted him in the same natural state you found him, without a single bruise! Let's say I forgive your incompetence in bringing him here, which I won't, do you believe I will do it for such a direct order?'

'Are you serious?'

'Yes, I'm serious! I've never been more serious in my life.' He stopped talking for a few tense moments, when it seemed like no one was breathing in the room. 'You are forbidden to go out in the field. You will lose any and all rank you have and will be tasked with cleaning the hideout.'

'You can't do this!'

'Oh, can't I? If you are not satisfied with the way I lead the Black Knights, you are free to leave, knowing what I will do to you if you spill even a words related to us. You made a monumental mistake here and do you expected me to say it is okay, that it was just a silly blunder?'

'I was in this group even before you!'

'And now you follow my orders. Not Ohgi's, not Kozuki, but mine. You agreed to this when I formed the Black Knights, didn't you? So you will do as I say or you can simply leave right now.'

'You know…' Ohgi was trying to find the right words to say.

'Do you believe I was too harsh?'

'Maybe, but we chose you to be our leader and to abide by your decisions. I'm just wondering if… this man is worth this much.'

'Ohgi, do you believe me a good strategist?'

'Well, yes I do.'

'This man possesses skill on par or even superior to me on that field. We think alike when it comes to planning, but have enough differences to have fresh views from one another. Considering this, I believe it is crucial to get him to our side.'

'I see.' It impressed the young man to hear his leader talking so highly about someone.

'Of course, Tamaki's actions made it a lot more difficult, nearly impossible, now. Not just that, but word goes around that the Black Knights, the supposed knights of justice, are taking innocents out the streets, our reputation may suffer a severe blow.'

'I'll talk to him, see if I can cool his head off.'

'Make it clear that it isn't a permanent situation. If he proves himself to me, reflecting on his own actions, he will get a better position. But make it clear that I will always have second thoughts about giving him more responsibilities and that I won't tolerate any mistakes.'

'Understood.'

'All that's left is for you to sign… here.' Lloyd pointed to a place in the paper I was handed.

'So, when do I start?' I got used to my fake signature after working so much at the student council.

'Immediately.'

'That's fast. Isn't a lot of bureaucracy involved with something like that?'

'We are an irregular unit, so it's a lot easier.'

In the end, I joined Camelot. Suzaku's speech to me yesterday was a huge factor for it, but the main reason were the Order of the Black Knights' kidnapping attempt. Zero could know something about my past and the safest way to find that one out was to be in the Military. And despite my instincts telling me to not trust them even for a second, I trusted Suzaku.

'Let's discuss what we found out about you from the exams.'

'Alright.'

'First things first: I must apologize from any and all inadequate behavior… your highness.'

'What?' Both me and Suzaku, who was standing right behind me the whole time, spoke at the same time.

'It appears you have blood ties to the Royal Family… with Emperor Charles himself, actually.'

'This…'

'However, there is one little problem… one of your parents was a number, an Eleven actually. That not just makes you a half-breed, but also makes you a serious political and social problem to the Empire.'

That was a way to put it mildly, at the very least. From what I could see from the way Britannians acted against Numbers, being a half-breed probably wasn't the greatest thing in the world. And the fact I had royal blood made it even worse, raising more dangerous questions about my identity. If that was to leak out to anyone, things would get ugly and quickly.

'I was actually thinking to use this information to… "convince" you to join us, but it seemed like I was worried for… OUCH!' His assistant delivered a powerful punch on the top of his head.

'Had you said that, I would rip your head off.' I thought for a second I could see a devil behind Cécile.

'A-Anyway! Your new work will be simple: here at Camelot, we develop new technologies to be applied to future models of Knightmares, so we need people to pilot them. However, using these prototypes makes them difficult to handle, so we must have suitable people to test them.'

'Yeah, I know. It was in the contract I just signed.' I read it carefully.

'In my experience, people rarely pay attention to what they are signing.'

'Speaking from experience is harsh.' Cécile said, making his smile falter for but a moment.

'You'll also need to go in the battlefield and collect real data for us, since we don't have the actual budget to do it the normal way.'

'That's only because you spend all of it with a single new device instead of dividing it among other things.' Cécile's pained expression told a story of suffering…

'Well, now that we got rid of formalities, there's just one thing left.'

'Cécile… are you sure that you know what you are doing?' I asked her while she was on her knees right in front of me.

'Well, it is my first time doing it, but I will make sure to try my best. How hard can it be?'

'Just be careful to not incidentally hurt me, okay?' I said in a nervous tone as she held my pants with her hands.

'Hey, Rai, Lloyd is… oh, sorry.' Suzaku chose the best moment to enter the room. 'I didn't know you weren't finished.'

'Suzaku, come here and help me.'

'Do you really need help for something like this?' I said, seriously doubting her skills something so trivial.

'Every woman should be able to do such a thing! You know pretty well that a lot of us can do much more, so this must be easy.'

'There are some men who can manage it pretty well. I once saw Lelouch doing it and he was quite good at it.'

'Alright then. Hold it steady here… yes, right here!' She says as Suzaku held the thing. 'Now I can get my hands free.'

Despite of what she was saying, I couldn't believe she was having another person help her with such a simple task. All you had to do was move your hands a bit and it would be over with. Heck, she didn't have to almost none of the tools she picked up, so why was having so much trouble to measure my body?

'Your uniform and pilot suit will be ready in a few days.' Cécile warned me after taking a final note on a small notebook.

'Why did you use those pins when you only measured me?' I said, taking care to take them off without hurting myself.

'Because it looked more professional that way, didn't it?'

'…'

'What?'

'Nothing.' I looked away.

'Well… you can just go home for today. Tomorrow we will start the actual work.'

'Yes ma'am.' I tried to make it more formal by saluting her.

'Before you go.' Lloyd appeared and handed me a bunch of things. 'You should get used to your new fake past.'

'New past?'

'Your surname is fake, isn't it? I'm afraid we will need a bit more than that to not raise suspicious to your peculiar trait. So, I created a whole background for you and even a few references that would explain how you are so good with Knightmares.'

'That's… a lot.'

'Try to read all of it by tomorrow.'

'Tomorrow?'

'Yes. And just mentioning: your status won't be of an unofficial citizen like before. From tomorrow on, you will be a true Britannian citizen, with every single document forged in the right dates and the database.'

'That's… thank you.'

Climbing the side of the ship was easy with the newest technology, gloves that stick to metallic surfaces. Doing so and not being detected by any of the guards passing on the deck was the tricky part of the process. Moving like a shadow, I made my way to my target, whose room was guarded by two strong man carrying military-level assault rifles.

'Ignore everything that happens inside this room for the next hour.' I passed by then without breaking my pace.

'Yes, your highness!'

Inside, I saw the target: a middle-age man like any you could find anywhere in the Chinese Federation. He was sleeping deeply on his couch, snoring loudly for anyone to hear. In an adjacent room, I detected three children playing silently, so they didn't wake up the man, probably. It made no difference to me, as I grabbed my combat knife to finish the service.

'Honey, it's about time for…' A woman suddenly entered the room using the opposite door from where the children were. 'Who…'

I didn't let her speak any further, the knife moving from my hand and lodging itself deep in the middle of her chest. It was strong enough to make her give a few steps back before harshly falling to the ground.

'P-Please…' I grabbed the handle and pulled it out, making a severe amount of blood gush out. 'My… children…'

Luckily, it wasn't enough to wake the target, so no resistance was given as his throat was slit open. I was moving out of the place when a boy that was in the other room appeared, staring at me in absolute confusion. The directives were to leave no witnesses alive, no exceptions at all. And they were absolute.

I made sure to dispatch him quickly, a swift cut at his throat that created a small crimson river down his neck. Moving inside the room, I saw that it was filled with toys scattered all over. One of them gave me a small pause, a teddy bear with a red lace around his neck. Two girls looked at me in confusion for a moment, which turned to horror when they saw the blood on my blade.

They ran and yelled, but the room was made in a way that only the guards at the entrance can hear anything from the inside. With them under my command, it is futile to call for help that way. With cold precision, I followed them to what seemed to be their room. The locked door gave little to no resistance when I broke it down and found them hiding under the beds.

Grabbing one by the leg and dragging her out made me realize how small and fragile she truly was: couldn't be older than five. This only aided on my work as I carved a red smile under her real one, making the body fall like a ragdoll. Her sister was punching me, trying to save the other one, but she fell to her knees when the once living girl became a corpse.

She pushed her, calling for the deceased's name to no avail. A shocked expression was carved when she looked at her tiny little hands, covered in the red of life from the sister. She then looked at me, looming over her and froze over. I saw myself staring down at her on her black eyes. Wearing black clothes and a mask, I resembled the Reaper from the stories. Except I didn't take souls and that my knife was a lot better at dispatching people to the underworld.

Cleaning the dirty blade on the fabric covering a dining table, I made my way outside of the slaughterhouse the private chambers became. The guards even greeted me once I stepped out, probably out of habit, before I moved to the outside. It would take several hours, maybe even days, before they discover my work. More than enough time to leave the country safely. Jumping down from the deck's edge, the cold ocean waters were a satisfying gift after a job well done.

I woke up so suddenly that I managed to fall from the bed, hitting the ground below with a loud sound, hurting my left arm over the process. Shaking like I had never done before, I tried to use the bed as support but my legs felt like jelly and wouldn't obey my commands. It took me several minutes, almost half an hour, to finally get up.

'What… was that?' I said, trying to recall the contents of the nightmare, but only feeling a terrible dizziness down my stomach.

I ran towards the bathroom with everything I had and fell down on my knees and opened the toilet's lid with no time left before everything I ate for dinner came out of my body. Breathing heavily the stinky air coming from the toilet, I tried to recall the dream once more, only for my lunch to join in the fun. Shivers running down my body, I sat down on the floor, my back feeling the cold tiles.

My clothes where sticking to my skin, so wet from my sweat that I took them off to avoid getting a cold. After a time that seemed endless, I rose from the floor and looked at myself in the mirror. It was the figure of pity, drops of dry vomit all over my bare chest, eyes red from all the crying I didn't realized I did and a face of someone who aged ten years in a few minutes.

Grabbing both sides of the sink, I tried to gather my thoughts on what happened without actually remembering what the contents of what I saw where, as my stomach would protest loudly. Whatever it was, it must have been quite the shock to cause such a reaction from my body. Entering the shower, my confused mind got a bit better and I managed to recall bits and pieces of it.

Something about a few children and a ship… were the only things I got aside from a strong headache. Drying myself, I questioned what exactly happened in there and if it had any relation to my past. If it had, what kind of thing would have to happen to trigger such a reaction from me?

Instead of going to eat lunch with everyone, I went to the rooftop and watched over the skyline, over the settlement of Tokyo. From where I was positioned, I could clearly see the difference between the ghettos where the Japanese fought for survival each and every day and the rich and developed Britannian city, where the citizens lived unaware of the horrible things happening just a short distance away. Or they were aware and didn't care, I don't know.

'Guess who?' Suddenly a soft and warm mass touched my back while my vision darkened.

'President.' Consider the size of the mass, it could only be her.

'You are no fun at all.' She sulked a little bit. 'If it was any of the other boys, they would freak out.'

'Maybe I am just too out of it.' I supported my back against the fence separating the roof from certain death.

'The others told me about it.' She moved to my side, watching over the same view I had. 'A penny for your thoughts.'

'I… may have recalled something from my past.'

'That's great!' The way she sounded so happy hurt me a little. 'What was it? Are you a lost foreign prince? An agent from the Chinese Federation? An alien invader from… Rai?'

'It wasn't very clear but… I think… I think I've done something horrible.' I felt a hot path being carved on my face. 'Involving children and… I have no idea what it was, but… it fills my chest with a feeling of anger and… shame! First the Zero tries to get me for a reason I don't know and now… now this! Maybe… maybe I should…'

'Stop!' Her eyes changed from her usual happy look to a serious and mature one. 'You may have been with us just for just a few days, but I saw how earnestly you worked at the Council; how seriously you attended classes despite not being an "official" student; how happy Nunnaly has been talking about how you were teaching her to fold paper; how even Lelouch has warmed up to you.'

'But…'

'Rai, when I met you, I knew what kind of person you were at just a glance. I don't think you could so something horrible even if you tried. You don't know the whole story from your past, so don't be so quick to judge yourself.'

'Even so…'

'And… who cares?' The way she said it made me look at her blue eyes in a different way. 'I never met that person. The one I met was a caring young man, who works hard for others and tries to be kind to everyone, even to a woman who works him to the bone.'

'President…'

'So, don't even think of getting away from here, okay? That would make Nunnaly cry and Lelouch to hunt you down to the ends of Earth.' I smiled a bit at her comment. 'Rai, whatever happens, I swear I will protect you, from Zero and even Emperor Charles himself!'

'I…' No, that wasn't the right thing to say. 'Thanks… Milly.'

'But you have to promise me something.'

'What is it?'

'Promise me that, no matter what happens, you won't just leave. You will stay here until you recover your memories and, if your suspicious have a foundation, you will start a new life.'

'I… I promise.' I got on my knees, as if she was knighting me. 'I swear, my lady.'

'You may now rise, sir Rai Hodges.' When I got up, we both laughed really hard. 'That was a bit lame.'

'Just a bit.' I was feeling better already. 'Thanks for everything.'

'You're welcome.' She said, approaching my ear, her sweet smell filling my nostrils. 'And just to inform you: today is a black laced one, everything included.'

She just walked away from me, who was frozen from the surprise and shock of the sudden mental image she gave me.

'Rai, are you ready?'

'Just a second.' I finished closing the zipper of the tight Knightmare suit handed to me.

To pilot the frames more efficiently, the pilots had to wear a special suit that would stick to your body so their movements wouldn't be restricted in any way. The one I was handed was a bit different from the usual ones used by the regular army, being in the colors blue, white and black. I saw Suzaku wearing the same uniform, but with gold instead of the blue.

'I'm finished.'

'I knew blue would suit you the best.' Cécile remarked when she saw me. 'Looks good on you. Must be your eyes.'

'Thanks.' I moved around, checking myself. 'I'm impressed it was done so quickly.'

'Lloyd… wanted you to start as quickly as possible, so he used his status as an Earl to make it go quicker.'

'Lloyd is an earl?' That surprised me a little. 'Hum, he doesn't act like one.'

'I think he only has science in that developed brain of his.'

'So, let's go?'

For the most part, Suzaku and I were going to use simulators to test the possible applications of the prototypes developed by Lloyd. In truth, we would have to do it in the field, but the budget wouldn't allow it. So, I entered the simulator and made all the preparations to start it.

'Rai, this time you won't be using the Lancelot, but rather the modified Sutherland we are preparing for you. It has a better performance from the normal ones, but not the same components as the seventh generation, so be careful on that.' Lloyd gave me these instructions over the radio. 'So, let's show you the new toys you will be using.'

'Understood.'

'First, there's your Maser Vibration Sword, or MVS for short. It uses vibration and heat to cut nearly anything in its path. Yours will be slightly different from the Lancelot, with a longer handle and the possibility of joining them together, making it like a two-bladed lance.'

'I got it.' I tried using it a bit and get the hand of it. 'It's a little strange to wield, but I'll manage.'

'Next we have your modified personal assault rifle. Different from the standard ones, yours can turn into a precision sniper rifle at will. A "sniper mode" can also be activated if you desire, showing greater precision and control at the cost of spending fifteen times more energy from the frame, so be extra careful when using it.'

'Looks alright.' I tested it by firing at a distant rock, five hundreds meter away, and destroying it.

'Like the Lancelot, you have two slash harkens at your forearms and two at the usual places, in the chest area. However, we couldn't find a way to install the Blaze Luminous system on it, so be careful on taking enemy fire.'

'Understood.'

'Now, let's begin the mission.' Cécile changed her tune to a more serious one. 'I will handle support for the mission. Your objective is to retake a convoy taken by rebels in the woods. The total number of enemies is unknown, but there are at least seven of them. Retrieve the cargo and eliminate all hostiles in the area.'

'Roger.'

'Do we know what Knightmares our enemies have?'

'Burais and stolen Sutherlands. They may have a Gloucester as well, but that wasn't confirmed as of now.'

'Yes, my Lord!' We both spoke before starting moving.

'Suzaku, how we should proceed?'

'The chess master here is you, so you tell me.'

'How do you know that?'

'Lelouch is a bit of a sore loser, even if he doesn't notice it.'

'Well… I think we shouldn't just engage them before knowing their numbers. Second, we must figure out a way to coordinate our attack, as we have never worked together. Let's just measure their forces for now.'

We try to move in a slower and quieter pace to not warn them of our coming and soon enough we found them, moving the stolen convoy through a trail in the woods. Three trucks formed the convoy, with three Burais at the front, two Sutherlands at the middle and a Burai and two Sutherlands at the back. I couldn't see the Gloucester anywhere, but something told me to be careful anyway.

'What do you think?'

'I see two ways we do this. Either one of us moves ahead and we do a pincer attack or you attack the back while I give you support from a distance.'

'I think we should try out your rifle and collect some data on it. It is the only prototype that hasn't been tested.'

'I see…' So we must be mindful of those things when in the simulations. 'Then I will stay around here while you go ahead.'

I switched the rifle and got ready while Suzaku approached the enemies at a higher speed. From where I was, I couldn't hit all the enemies on the front, but at least one Burai would fall. When in sniper version, the rifle turned into a bolt-action one, so the fire-rate was decreased to some extent. Aiming at the cockpit, I fired right before Suzaku came out in the open.

Warned by the sound of the gunshot, they turned around right before Suzaku engages them with his twin MVS, destroying one of the enemies and forcing him to eject. The one I fired at was completely wrecked, not giving it any spare time to eject. I managed to fire a second bullet at another person in the front, decreasing their numbers even further.

'Suzaku, they will most likely go in the woods to get some cover from my sniper, so use this break in formation to eliminate more of them.'

'Understood.'

And just as I said, they moved out of the trail, going into the woods only to be pursued by my partner. Using the sniper, I eliminated one from the middle before he could get to the cover. Suzaku pursued those who went to the left side, leaving the only one who managed to go to the right to me.

Normally I wouldn't be able to hit him while he was moving in the woods, moving in an erratic path and using the trees as cover. But I had the Sniper Mode, so I decided to give it a try. I activated it and the whole screen display changed, showing several information like wind speed and direction. For some reason, the enemy also seemed to be moving slower than before, so I use everything in hand to aim for an empty spot. After firing the bullet, it carved its path and got the enemy right when he was passing, destroying it.

'How's it going on your end?'

'Almost done. Only one of them left.'

'Understood. I'll check the convoy while you do it.'

I underestimated how much energy the Sniper Mode would consume and as a result I only had around 50% left. In the future, I should refrain from using it or I would find myself in a very dangerous situation. All the trucks seemed to be fine and undamaged, which would probably be a plus were it a real mission. Suddenly, I saw something in the corner of my eye and jumped back just before a long lance pierced the air where I was just a moment before.

The Gloucester we heard before retracted his lance and prepared to deliver another assault on me. These were made for melee fights, so I had to be extra careful once they got in range with their lances. I picked the two lance-type MVS and used the left one to slightly parry the incoming attack, and delivering a piercing blow on my own. It only scratched the arm of my opponent as he moved to the same side the lance went to avoid me.

'Where did he come from?' Muttering under my breath, I soon found the answer. 'So they were carrying it on the trucks… probably to save energy in case something like this happens.'

He took the initiative once again and came at me with everything. The thing about some lances is that they are made almost entirely to pierce the target, not to slash them. The lance of the Gloucester was one of such type, limiting his possible moves against me, while my own lances were a lot more versatile. Trying to wait until the last second, I once more parried the attack, but with less success as the tip scratched one of my arms. But because I waited longer, it gave me enough time to slash one arm of the enemy's Knightmare.

With a single arm, he couldn't put as much force in the blows as before and wielding the large weapon was nearly out of the question, so he started to fall back and fire at me with a rifle. I moved after him while joining my two weapons together to increase my reach and get him. In a swift movement, I extended the polearm to its maximum, cutting down his leg and sending him down. The ejection system kicked in and he was sent away.

The words "Mission Accomplished" appeared at the screen and soon the simulator was turned off. Opening the cockpit, I was surprised at how much sweat was covering my body. I go to where Lloyd and Cécile are analyzing the date they got from the simulation.

'Good work on your first day.' Suzaku congratulated me when he sat down in a desk nearby.

'Is it always like this?'

'Most days. Sometimes we may go somewhere with the physical frames, but doing that requires money, which we don't have.'

'Budget issues seem like the real deal around here…'

'We also see real combat now and then. Like in the hotel hijacking from the JLF some time ago.'

'More or less what I expected.'

'So… changing the subject, did you got the History's lesson of today?'

'About the Washington's Rebellion? Yeah, I understood it.'

'Could you please explain it to me?' He clapped both his hands together and bowed his head. 'I didn't get most of it!'

So we spend the next hour reviewing what was taught at History, meaning the Washington's Rebellion. This was an event that happened when George Washington gathered an army and tried to declare the independence of the North America's colonies of Britannia. It ended with his defeat and execution of Washington, together with the "Founding Fathers" of the "United States of America". Years later, the Royal Family of Britannia would be driven out by Napoleon after the Battle of Trafalgar and the Humiliation of Edinburgh.

'Thanks for the assistance.' He sounded a bit embarrassed. 'I haven't gone to school since I was seven, so it gets tough sometimes.'

'It must be rough.'

'I manage.'

'It was a wonderful gathering of data.' Lloyd was in a great mood when he talked with us again. 'With this, maybe we can convince the higher-ups to release a bit more of money, enough to actually build a second Lancelot.'

'That's good to know.'

'So, now I need you two to change clothes and do something of equal importance to me.'

'Did Lloyd… seriously sent us out here just to buy him pudding?' I looked at the shopping list written with Cécile's beautiful letters.

'He does that from time to time.' Suzaku was choosing carrots while I tried to decide between two lettuces. 'Cécile uses these times to ask for a few things too.'

It was the first time I was wearing my army uniform, which seemed a little stupid when I thought how I was buying pudding. It was very well made despite being made just in a day, something that should be expected of Britannia. While we were busy choosing the things, some men got inside the small market with handguns.

'Everybody freeze! We want all the money or someone's getting hurt!'

I looked at Suzaku. Suzaku looked back at me.

'They weren't wrong.'

'Why is that?' Suzaku was using a piece of cloth given to him by the owner to tie both of them down.

'Someone did get hurt when they didn't get the money.'

'Thank you so much!' The said owner was jumping from joy. 'You can take anything you want for free!'

We ended up not paying anything from our groceries' shop, but he wouldn't take a no for an answer and gave us a few other things like sweets and even a frying pan. Carrying it back to the headquarters felt a bit weird, as we were carrying a lot more than the planned.

'How do you feel?'

'What do you mean?'

'About your first day working?'

'A bit tired, but… satisfied, I supposed? I had a rough night, so it's good to distract myself with something.'

'I imagine.'

So started my daily life as a test pilot at Camelot, all in order to find out more about myself. It was the first step of many in a road that could lead to an horrible conclusion, but I decided to follow it. No matter what lies ahead, I wasn't alone.