Chapter 11.202 Unexpected

Cornelia walked out silently, before heading towards her own room. There was a lot for her to take in.

She sighed to herself.

When Lelouch had disappeared that night a few months ago, she had been having so many questions in her mind that remained unanswered. And as much as half of those questions she could find its answers from Nunnally, half of the rest remained a mystery. Since those were mostly about Zero.

When Lelouch came back, she thought that it would just be her simply getting the answers that she has been waiting for so long. Cornelia didn't expect to find out half of the 'truths' that she had been going after. Not this kind of 'truth'.

"Was something bothering you?"

Cornelia turned around as she was greeted by the sight of Anya Alstreim, the current Knight of Six. And by the hint given by Kallen and Lelouch earlier, she tried to look towards the girl's eyes for the hints of red around the iris. To her surprise, there was indeed that uncharacteristic red glow around her eyes. Something that never crossed her mind to question earlier, but not it did bother her.

"So... it was true what they said, that you-you're really—!"

The girl gave her a very particular kind of a knowing smile, one she never thought she could see again. And come to think in the past she had been wondering about why the girl had seemed so familiar to her.

"I can't believe it... this cant be real!"

The 'girl' sighed before turning around to head towards the upper floors. Once they reached the aerial garden, the girl turned around to face her again.

"Unfortunately, anything that Lelouch would have told you before this would have to be true."

Cornelia felt as if someone had just pulled a carpet from under her very feet. How could this be the truth? After all the time she spent to find out what truly happened at the Aries Villa... to end up to this revelation...

"How could... you still be alive... in this form? So back then... the reason why Schneizel took your body away—"

'Anya' nodded. "It was just in case it was still possible for me to retake that body back. Though right now, such things didn't matter anymore."

Cornelia frowned. "Because now you have Lelouch paving the way towards the future? What was that Ragnarok Connection plan was supposed to be for anyway? Was that why Father was not bothered much when Clovis was killed? When Euphie... was killed?"

Anya didn't answer as Cornelia sighed.

"Regardless... I had to agree with Lelouch. That plan of yours... would not be something that Euphie would wish. It's not what I... would wish for. That's not the kind of world that I would fight for."

"Is that... what you've come to decide as well?"

Cornelia nodded silently before glancing back towards Anya.

"That aside... why did you never tell me this before? If I knew... I could've been able to protect Lelouch and Nunnally much better than how I did,"

Anya just shook her head. "No, you wouldn't have. Not back then or even now."

Cornelia frowned as she continued staring at the girl.

"You wouldn't have been able to fully grasp how dangerous V.V.—or even the whole Geass Order—could be or how they could affect the workings of this world."