Chapter 4: There's no harm in trying.
10:15 am
"We made a hole in the water ..." Tony said, while he and the others walked through the courtyard of the building.
"Obtuse... The world is in danger and she pretends not to see!" Ajatar exclaimed furiously.
"Not the blame ... A stranger appear into my house and tells me an absurd story, worthy of a film. At best I'd throw it out. "Kyoko said.
"And now what do we do?" Asked herself CC.
"We could inform the defense minister, or the president of the United Federation of Nations." He proposed Edward.
"And what would they do? Marianne has a purely honorary role, and Esdeath would be as skeptical as Cornelia, if not more so. "Leila replied, depressed.
"You are the prime minister, are not you? Can not you do something? "
"The army command is firmly in Cornelia's hands."
"You can always warn the world."
"Yeah, I could ... But without proof they would take me crazy. Moreover, Cornelia would be able to remove me for creating an unmotivated panic. "
"So we have our hands tied."
"Unfortunately, yes, Eddie ..."
"Magnificent…"
"It's a bigger thing than us, admitting the danger is real."
"It's real! Why do not you want to believe me? "Ajatar asked, irritated.
"I can not believe something I do not see."
"Excuse me!" Said a voice.
Everyone looked up and saw Marianne standing a short distance from them.
"Is the empress at the palace?" She asked them.
"Yes, we just had an interview with her."
"Then you will have to have a second round with me."
That said, the woman passed between them and walked towards the door.
Already the weather depressed me ... To make matters worse you put the unscrewed one with her fables on the creator of the geass!
Cornelia thought, annoyed.
"Majesty?"
"What is it, Cecile?"
"I'm worried after what Ajatar said, or what the hell is called."
"There's no reason."
"I would not be so sure, majesty. What if Gerel was behind the destruction of the Eowyn moon base and the disappearances? "Loyd asked.
"Even if it were trapped on the moon. It can not reach Earth. "
"I really hope so ..."
"Majesty?" Sayoko called her.
"What else is there?" She asked nervously.
"Marianne would like to talk to you."
Too her, now!
"I do not want to see ..." She stopped when she saw that the woman had already entered.
"I do not want hear you!" She said.
"Well, you'll have to."
"If you came to ask for a more active role of government, the answer is no! Be satisfied with the presidency of the UFN! "
"It is an insignificant task, equal to that of free time secretary! I'm sick of turning my thumbs, I want to make myself useful! "
"Get it out of your mind!"
"And why should I?"
"Because I do not trust you ... You were involved in the crazy project of my father, Charles! CC explained everything to me! "
If I take it I cut her tongue.
She thought the shiny lightning.
"That project would have avoided the rise of Lelouch and many other troubles."
"I repeat: you will have no other task, apart from what you already have. Remember that I am the empress of the world. "
"Great empress! The people are calling for reforms in the liberal sense, the European, Asian and African provinces want independence and you can only respond with repression! So you do nothing but throw fuel on the fire, increasing instability and dissent towards imperial politics! "
"I seem to hear that spineless of Leila."
"That girl is not wrong ... Absolutism is an antiquated system, and the current situation demonstrates this. You'd better make concessions if you do not want to end up like Elizabeth III, or like Marie Antoinette. "
At these words Cornelia assumed a grim expression.
"Cheeky whore!" She insulted her.
She started to slap her, but Marianne stopped her.
"Do you think she can not defend me?" She asked.
"Now calm down!" Sayoko exclaimed, worried.
The two women glared at each other, then Marianne let go.
"Now go away, you've made me alter it enough!" The purple-haired intimated her.
Out in the open Marianne saw the group of people still there, as if waiting for her.
"It did not go well, did you?" Asked CC.
"Unfortunately no. But what are you doing here? "
"We wanted to inform the empress of a serious danger looming over the Earth."
"Danger?"
CC briefly explained the story told by Ajatar and Gerel, the creator of the geass.
"I see ... Sincerely speaking, this is the first time I hear about this Gerel. Neither Charles nor VV ever mentioned it. "
"Evidently they did not know it existed. Centuries have passed since his last visit to Earth, if not millennia. Also, there is no written evidence since the Finns did not know the writing, being immobilized in the Neolithic for a long, long time. "Kyoko hypothesized.
"So the testimony of this event has been lost over the centuries?"
"Exactly, Leila."
"Look, Kyoko ... I have to pay a visit to a person. Can you walk home? "Tony asked.
"With pleasure ..."
"One moment! And we? "Ajatar asked.
"If you want advice, go to the defense minister. If you can convince Esdeath she could put pressure on Cornelia. "He replied.
"What do you think, Leila?"
"Kyoko, Esdeath is even more skeptical than Cornelia. However, trying does not harm. "
"Then we go!"
That said, the group of Ajatar (which Marianne had joined) set off.