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Chapter 5: The Way Out of The Woods
Lelouch carefully signs the document before sighing deeply. Tomorrow she would be away from here, from everything she had ever known. Shaking her head, she leaves the document on the table and lays down to sleep. Under the moonlight, the name in which Lelouch signed under curiously wasn't Lamperouge…
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A girl with pretty dark brown eyes stares out from the carriage window, looking at the passing spectacular garden. The coachman opens the door and 3 girls went out of it, looking in awe at the beautiful mansion before them. A butler ushers them inside and they looked to see a stylish woman who looked at them with a critical eye. She nods to herself and opens her mouth to address them.
"I am Lady Amy Weinberg and I am the mistress of this house. You have been chosen from thousands of applicants and I expect you live up to my expectations. You, on the left will be stationed to tend the gardens. The one on the right, in the kitchen and you in the middle will be our personal maid. That's all, Mary! Show them to their rooms!" she sneers at them and turns to a stern-looking woman who beckons them to follow her.
Upon arriving in front of her room, the girl traces her name that was plated in gold.
"Saotome Leonelle "
Carefully opening the door, she lets out a beautiful smile at seeing how pretty the room was. Setting down her stuff, the woman looks out from the window and mentally catalogues that her room was just a few feet away from the garden backdoor.
Nodding absent-mindedly to herself the young maid made her way to the bathroom after taking small black pouch from her luggage. She stops in front of a mirror and puts down the pouch on the sink. She makes a move to touch her eye using both hands.
Taking two brown contact lenses off the young maid's eyes revealed beautiful amethyst orbs.
"Gods, if I had known how irritating these would be, I would have made myself half Britannian to spare myself the trouble… But no wait... He had this brilliant idea to make me a Japanese woman named Saotome Lelonelle for my sake. How am I supposed to survive running around every day, catering to their needs when my own stamina is already abysmal?" she sighed and looked at the mirror again. Lelouch Jiang could be seen in its reflection.
'How did I end up like this in the first place?'
Flashback
Making up her mind just a few days prior, Lelouch decides to go to the Academia's rich library. She remembered finding a book about how to get out of China in a slightly illegal way as you were not allowed out of the country unless you have a valid reason to do so. That and if you have the right papers on hand. Meaning: mountains of paperwork.
It was actually well-known that ever since Alicia, her mother's death in the hands of the terrorists, her father made going in and out of China near impossible. (He tried to use this method in order to find who killed his wife but sadly, said terrorists seemed to have vanished in thin air…)
She had just finished skimming 10 books and as she was going through the 11th one, a voice suddenly breaks the comfortable silence.
"Ms. Lamperouge, what brings you back to the Academia? If memory serves me right, you already graduated… And it's not even a mere month since the graduation ceremony was held…" Xiao Fong looks fondly at one of the very few students that he was friends with.
"Mr. Fon, don't scare me like that! I think you halved my lifespan with that surprise attack. I was actually looking for a book." She saw the teacher looking at the spines of the stacked books that she had created herself.
"Could it be that you are looking for the book that gave you instructions on how to get out China in an illegal way? The titles of the books you were viewing were all about life outside the country…" Lelouch sighs and smiles wirily.
"I can never hide things from you, can I, Mr. Fon?"
"Indeed, but you are out of luck Ms. Lamperouge. That option has long since been discovered by the government and the passage has been zealously guarded." The man informs her and Lelouch suddenly feels the strangest urge to bang her head on the table in frustration.
As if sensing her thoughts, Mr. Fon pats her head in a comforting manner. "Now, now calm down. Mr. Stadfelt would be angry with me if I don't stop you from hurting that pretty little head of yours…" Lelouch blushes slightly at the compliment. Sure, other people have complimented her but having the man you see as a parental figure do it was a different matter and that made her blush.
"And besides I have another way of getting out of China." This statement causes Lelouch's mind to jumpstart. She takes out a dagger from her right boot and points in on the man in front of her.
"Who are you and what have you done with Mr. Fon?! The man I know would never give out his trade secrets even when he had assassins on his trail." The imposter raises his hand in a universal sign of surrender.
"I can explain but perhaps we should take this discussion elsewhere?" Thinking it over, Lelouch grudgingly nods with eyes full of suspicion. Fon raises an eyebrow at how fast Lelouch's mind was going through all the possible scenarios.
'Just like chess...' he muses to himself amused. Somehow they ended up going to the School Clinic and Lelouch stares at the man expectant, dagger still aimed at the man.
"How can I prove to you that I am Xiao Fon, Ms. Lamperouge?" The man irritatingly calm despite having a dagger in front of him. But when the previously defensive girl lowers her dagger without explanation, Lelouch sees the man she knew to be constantly calm show an expression of complete surprise.
"Don't bother. Tell me, Mr. Fon, why you suddenly decided to divulge your trade secrets you always keep hidden when you never even told Naoto anything even when you known him longer? Why are you helping me now?" Lelouch hides the dagger once more and tucks a stray hair behind her ear.
"I am an excellent secret keeper, Ms Lamperouge, but before that I am a man who lives to serve his beloved country." His explanation was clear but his words were cryptic.
"What are you talking about?" Lelouch takes a step back in confusion.
"I am part of the Chinese Federation and as such, I am obliged to help my own Empress especially when she's looking for a way out of the country she was supposed to rule." Fon explains, eyes gentle.
"You knew?" Lelouch realized that the she had just been found out and her secret had come to light.
"I am one of China's best physicians but I am also the Palace's best detective. Crown Princess Lihua has ordered an extensive investigation regarding the death of the Empress Lelouch. Imagine my surprise, your highness, when the computer informed me that someone had a 99% facial match with the supposedly deceased empress studying inside the very Academia."
"…" Lelouch said nothing, face emotionless. Fon sighes tiredly, knowing he made things awkward between them.
"Besides, you just confirmed my suspicious right now .I didn't think you actually were the Empress…" he chuckles slightly at seeing the irritated disbelief look that Lelouch sent to his general direction.
"Fine you found me out. What are you going to do next? Perhaps send me back to the Palace? Then I warn you right now, I will fight back. I will fight back and I have no qualms about using underhanded tricks if needed to be."
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"I am loyal to you and the Royal Family only, no one else. I would never expose your secret should you not want me to. " Fon kneels one leg on the ground and a hand reaches to take Lelouch's hand into his own. He kisses the back of her palm for a brief second before looking directly into Lelouch's eyes.
"For you are my Empress, after all…"
A/N: And that's a wrap! Hope you enjoyed the chapter... R'n'R, if you can~~
Until Next Time!