Chapter 9
Gino Weinberg, now a student at the Ashford Academy and a member of its student council, was peacefully lying on the floor of the student council room with his eyes closed while remembering what happened nearly four months ago.
All the members of the Knights of Rounds were suspended from their duties pending a possible disciplinary hearing by the recently crowned 100th Empress of Britannia Nunnally Vi Britannia. Their actions had been witnessed by the entire world and the gravity of them was far too high to not go unpunished. Nonette Enneagram, Gino Weinberg and Anya Alstreim had to be punished for their actions against the 99th Emperor of Britannia during his brief reign. Although their crime was high treason, Nunnally considered that they certainly did not deserve to be punished for such a thing. Thus their punishment was simply a suspension, a long one nevertheless.
Kouzuki Kallen entered the student council room and noticed Gino lying on the floor. "Skipping classes and slacking off, so much for being the Knight of Three."
"There's no fun in being a student if you don't skip a class or two every now and then." He said with his classic smile. "By the way, congratulations President. I hope you haven't forgotten our deal." Gino had gotten Kallen, albeit somewhat reluctantly, to agree to go on a date with him if she won the Student Council President elections.
"I haven't. I simply have to go on a date with you right?" Kallen replied with embarrassment. "Also, stop calling me like that, it's annoying."
"That doesn't change the fact that you're now the Student Council President." Gino remarked as he stood up.
While they talked about the Student Council's duties, Kallen's mobile phone rang. As she talked with the person on the other side of the line, she became angered. "Fine, I'll be there soon. Bye." She said before hanging up. "Something is wrong with my father, he asked me to go to his house."
"Huh? What's so wrong about your father calling you and asking you to come over?" He asked while noticing Kallen's angry expression.
"Everything. I haven't talked to him for over a year, he shouldn't know my mobile phone number and the way he talked wasn't like him at all." Kallen replied.
"If you put it that way it kinda makes sense." Gino said as he grabbed his bag. "I'll go with you."
Both ran to the Statfeld estate. As they reached the front door both were paralysed and brought to their knees by Euphemia's Geass.
"Isn't it beautiful, my contractor's Geass?" A.A. said with his eyes closed showing his Code. "I am deeply sorry to tell you both that you are unfortunately too late. This Geass of fear and my Code of inversion might be the last things you will ever see in this life. Should you survive today we will surely meet again. Well then, if you excuse me. Lord Weinberg." He bowed in Gino's direction. "Captain Kouzuki." He bowed again, this time in Kallen's direction and uttered some words that made both Gino and Kallen shed tears of fear. "Wrap it up, Camille."
Instantly, Gino Weinberg and Kouzuki Kallen passed out. Though unconscious, they still shivered because of how fearful, literally, the experience had been for both.