Chapter 6: At the table.

11:45am

Cornelia was walking through a corridor of the imperial palace.

Race of insolent ... How did you dare to compare me to Marie Antoinette?

She thought, referring to Marianne, with whom she had previously had a fight.

Absolutism has been the dominant system in the empire since its foundation, and has always worked, perhaps more than the democracy of Euro Universe and the oligarchy in the Chinese Federation! Why should I dismantle it? Just because a pair of idiots take to the streets claiming illusory rights that I do not intend to grant? Well, I do not even think about it!

"Majesty?" A voice called to her.

"What do you want, Yaeko?" She asked, without turning around.

"You had to visit the grave of your sister Euphemia, did you forget it?"

"I'll go there after lunch, now it's almost noon."

"I see…"

"Tell Yurishia to start preparing lunch."

"Yes, your majesty! Do you want something in particular? "

"Yes, ravioli first and sausage with fries for second."

"I'll do it immediately."

12:00 hours

Tony, Anchovy, Carpaccio and Pepperoni were seated at the dining room table and had just started to dine.

"What do you think of the tortellini I prepared?" The gray asked.

"Delicious!" The boy exclaimed.

"And the second will please you even more, I guarantee you!"

"What is it about?"

"Pizza, of course!"

At those words his eyes lit up.

"I'm going crazy!"

"I know, sir! I cooked it on purpose! "

"What kind of pizza is it?"

"Margherita, of course."

"The end of the world ..." He broke off, and his eyes grew dark.

"Tony! What is it? "Carpaccio asked him, surprised by that change of mood.

"What?"

"You're pale as a corpse and you have a funeral face ... Did something happen?"

He initially remained silent. He was not sure he wanted to reveal it, partly because he was not sure that Ajatar was telling the truth, but in the end he decided:

"This morning Leila showed up at my house, in the company of a certain Ajatar."

"Leila? I thought it was in Europe, in Weiswolf's fortress. "

"It has materialized out of nowhere, in my bedroom; there was also Kyoko. It may seem crazy to you, but it is so. "

"Since I was a victim of the geass I am not astonished by anything." Pepperoni stated. She still remembered when she was a puppet in the hands of Lelouch, who could manipulate it as he pleased. Now, thanks to Jeremiah, she was free, but the memory of the abuses she suffered still tormented her.

"What did they tell you?"

"It seems that a certain Gerel, creator of the geass, wants to take revenge for a injustice immediately 2000 years ago. We tried to talk to the empress but she did not listen to us."

"No wonder, given the absurdity of the story ... Are you sure this Ajatar is not crazy?"

"Even if it were like her know the geass? Besides, she and Leila have to know each other, from how they talked. "

"Do you think she tells the truth?"

"I do not know ... In short, nothing suggests the advent of this Gerel. Everything is as usual, there is nothing strange. "

"In that case you should not worry."

"Are you sure? I saw Ajatar so convinced ... "

"If I were you I would not give too much weight to her words ... There is not a single proof that tells the truth." Anchovy said.

"And if she was right?"

"She does not have it, okay? This is not an anime, nor a manga. In reality there are no supernatural entities. "

"Forget that the geass will have to have some origins. And that's real: Pepperoni, Carpaccio and many others were victims. "

At that sentence the two girls looked down.

"Come on, Tony! Where is it written that Gerel would be the creator? "

"Nowhere ... In any case, be ready to leave Pendragon, just in case things go wrong."

"Now do not be a catastrophic just because a girl told you a story."

"Forget that the one unscrewed by Weiswolf over the Atlantic has teleported to my house, here in Pendragon! How do you explain it? "

"I do not explain it! That girl will surely be a friend of Leila who wanted to make a joke."

"Leila is a very serious girl, she does not seem like the type to lend me a joke."

"However, I do not intend to discuss this topic indefinitely! Otherwise the lunch will cool down!"

"Agree…"

With that, Tony resumed eating, even though he did not feel comfortable in his heart.

12:15 pm

Esdeath was having lunch at the minister's canteen in the company of Shiho Nishizumi, her secretary, a woman with long brown hair and eyes of the same color. She was rethinking what happened just before.

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"Listen to me! Do you think it's normal to plunge here and tell me fairy tales about alien gods? "

"But they are not fairy tales!" Exclaimed Ajatar, nervous.

"Now that you said it, I really am convinced ..."

Irritated by that answer, the girl stood up and threw a very strong slap on Esdeath, leaving everyone to stone.

"Ajatar!" CC exclaimed.

"She will arrive! Will arrive! And it will kill us all, including you! Is it clear now, you damn stubborn? "The Scandinavian asked, furious.

Esdeath did not reply for a few minutes, remaining silent and rubbing her right cheek. At one point he stood up in turn, staring at her interlocutor with a murderous look and putting her hand to the gun handle.

"OUT OF MY OFFICE, CRAZY VISIONARY! AND IF YOU REMAIN FOOT TO MY MINISTRY I'LL HAVE YOU GUNNED! "She shrieked, furious.

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I should have had the psychopath arrested for assault ... Other than throwing it out!

She thought, irritated.

"I see you nervous, Minister. Something wrong? "Shiho asked.

"Nothing ... A moody girl presented itself in my office. She wanted to convince me that a certain Gerel, creator of the geass, wants to take revenge on the human race. "

"Who let her in? And how do you know about the geass? "

"She was in the company of Prime Minister Leila Breisgau."

"Leila? I thought it was in Europe. "

"She will be secretly returned to the capital."

"And Leila believes in some nonsense?"

"She seemed skeptical too."

"I see ... And what do you think?"

"In my opinion there is no danger ... On the Moon and on Mars we found only ancient ruins, dating back to centuries or millennia ago."

"I see ... So we can sleep peacefully."

"Exact."

That said he filled a glass of water and raised it in a mocking toast.

"To Leila Breisgau, miserable cowardly and servant of Empress Cornelia. May she burn alive in her fortress! "She exclaimed.

Shiho nodded, remaining silent.