On the same night, I waited for Sylvia to come to her room so I can discuss things with her privately.

"Okay, here I am, Lelouch. What was it you want to talk to me about?" she arrived.

That's when I pulled a pistol at her, and Suzaku has arrived just in time to tie her down to prevent her escape.

"What is the meaning of this?" she demanded.

"I'm sorry, Sylvia, but I knew you're not going to listen to a lecture I'm going to give out to you, so I have no choice but to pin you down," I replied. I started my topic. "Let it go. You've got to forget about hating Ange."

"What?" she demanded with anger. I just knew she won't like this.

"Believe me. In my world, I met a lot of people who feel the same way you do. Trust me, for those who followed the path of hatred, it never ends well," I explained and all I can see in her is anger. "You'll only tear yourself apart. Besides, even if the Norma that was your sister is dead, then what? Nothing, emptiness."

"Shut up! What makes you think you know anything about it?!" Sylvia started yelling. Good thing no one else could hear this conversation. "It's easy for you to talk about this, so you have no idea!"

"Just calm down," I ordered.

"What if I can make a younger sister, if you have one, hate you for being in a different race towards her?" she started a suggestion. "Maybe I will listen to you because now you know how I feel!"

"Hmm, interesting theory, but you're too late to put that to the test, right, Suzaku?" I turned to my best friend about this.

"Right, Lelouch," he understands.

"Besides, my younger sister already has hatred on me for being in a different race towards her, and she found love on me once again," I said with a pleasant smile, which what I said is true. I remembered Nunnally proclaimed that she loves me before I passed away. My statement brings Sylvia to a surprise. "I've been living longer than you have, kid, and I've seen my share of troubles. You're not the only one who knows what's it like to hate someone who was a part of your family for something that she didn't mean to do."

Sylvia started to put her head down from this.

"So, neither of us have easy lives, but still we have a few friends and family that we can trust," I explained as I signaled Suzaku to untie her, but I keep my gun at my hand.

"Why, Lelouch? Why do you care so much about me to let go of my hatred on my sister?" Sylvia asked.

"Because the way you two fought each other as enemies, it reminded me on how I used to fought with my little sister as enemies. I won't let this kind of history repeat on my watch," I replied with sadness and she looks surprised.

"Lelouch, if what you say is true, then what is a human? What is a Norma, and what should be the fact of the two races when they crossed each other's paths?"

"Those questions will be answered by someone else."

I opened the door, and Sylvia is in for a surprise. It's her parents, and they're alive and well; all thanks to me. I just knew that Clovis-lookalike would try to get them killed, so I'm prepared to save them. Because of their deaths being faked, they showed up with casual attire instead of their royal clothes.

"Mother, is this really you?" she asked.

"Yes, Sylvia, it's me," was the reply.

"Mother... Mother!" Sylvia cried and hugged her mother who hugged her back.

"And you started to hate Ange because you thought she killed her?" I teased her a little.

After a few seconds of this scenario, they let go of the hug. "Father, Mother, why? Why did you let her be born to this world even if she's a Norma?"

"Because we wanted to change the world into making our people accept them," the former Emperor replied.

"Sylvia wanted to know what is a human, a Norma, and the fate of the two races," I started asking the couple the questions that the girl needs to know.

"I see... Let us tell you this little story, Sylvia. Think of this as your bedtime story," the former Empress started. "You see, when your sister is born, your father and I immediately knew she is a Norma from infancy when she destroyed our Light of Mana. We don't care about this because she's still our child. That's what we define ourselves to be human."

"So you still love her even if she's a Norma?" Sylvia looks taken aback from the revelation. "I don't believe this."

"This is a talk between family, Sylvia," Suzaku talked to her. "Try to keep up."

"Anyway, we spent a lot of time with her more than you and Julio because we wouldn't want you two to discover she's a Norma," the father takes over the story. "For 16 years, everything was fine until he ruined it."

"Julio..." Sylvia realized.

"Exactly. All we know is that not everyone hate Norma because they're just decent women trying to live in peace even if they can't use Mana. That's what defines a Norma. Anyway, your brother ruined it all by exposing your sister to the entire country."

"But I decided to defend her, so I ran away with her. When we got cornered by the guards, Angelise got trapped by the Light of Mana, but she believed about her being a Norma was a joke, so she unknowingly broke the light to prove she's a Norma," the mother takes over the story. "I sacrificed myself trying to defend her when she inadvertently disabled my shield so I got shot. I told her my last words for her to live on. I thought I was gonna die until a brown-haired boy came to my rescue and healed my wound."

"I thought I was gonna die by Julio's hand by being executed, but the same boy saved my life."

"You two can thank Suzaku for this," I said with a smile.

"Thank you, Suzaku, for saving us both," the Emperor said to him with a grateful smile.

"No problem, Your Majesties. Lelouch knew what Julio will try to do, so he ordered me to save you two," Suzaku is grateful with their thanks.

"Now, Sylvia, our wish before our 'deaths' was to have humans and Norma get along with each other. That should be the fate of the two races together," the Empress concluded the story.

"I see..." the little girl is starting to believe in what they have to say.

"Now, Sylvia, it's up to you to decide what your path should truly be," I stated. "Will you continue hating Ange? Or...?"

Sylvia's POV

At the moment I heard this question, I closed my eyes to reflect on the past.

I remembered the time when I rode on a horse with Angelise. It was a fun moment until she pushed me off the horse that we were riding together. Next thing is that I remembered her saying apologies for the incident.

"I'm sorry, Sylvia. It's my fault," she said with a sad tone.

"It's not your fault," I reassured her with those words while I'm in bed. "Please take me afar again, sister."

If only I remembered those words...

Next in my mind comes with Angelise trying to rescue me, and of course, my betrayal on her. I remembered renouncing her.

"You're not my sister or anything. You monster!"

"Bring back Mother! I hate you!"

Those words... how could I have said those mean words to her?

Lastly, I thought back on Angelise's words before she left her former home once again when she turned to me.

"Thank you, Sylvia. You showed me the true, filthy nature of human beings."

Now I got my thoughts gathered altogether, so I opened my eyes to state my decision and this would be final.

"I made my choice. I won't let my sister's love for me, and Mother's sacrifice for her become like it's for nothing!"

Lelouch's POV

As she said the words I needed to hear, the parents are surprised, and so is Suzaku. If I'm not mistaken, Riza heard the entire conversation so she is surprised by the statement.

This is truly a change of heart for Sylvia. She has broke free from the Mana user's programming of hating Norma.

"Well, that settles it," I smiled easily.

"I agree with her decision," the mother smiled.

"Same here," the father added.

"We're leaving everything else to you, Lelouch. Take care of Angelise from now on."

"Why don't you go see her right now? This is your chance," Sylvia asked her parents.

"No, we tried to do everything on our own and we failed, so this time, we decided to leave the matter onto someone else," the Emperor said. "Lelouch, take care of Sylvia."

Those are his last words before he and his wife left the castle to have a peaceful life without their true identities being discovered.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. She's in my hands," I reassured before I noticed Sylvia is crying with tears on her face. "What's wrong, Sylvia?"

"Angelise... I told her she's not my sister, I blamed her for my paralysis and Mother's death, and I yelled I hate her for all this. I don't know if she could ever forgive me for betraying her and saying those scornful words," so this is what she's crying about.

"And that's the second surprise I'm going to show you, Sylvia," I hold up the Zero mask in front of her. "What is this?"

"This... is a Zero mask," she replied.

"Exactly. The truth is, Sylvia, I'm Zero," I stated.

"Really?" she looks surprised when I said that.

"Really. As of this moment, you will be the new Zero."

"Me? As Zero?"

"Yes, if you want to gain Ange's forgiveness, you must help her not as yourself, but as someone else. I think being Zero will help you."

"But that's completely impossible," Sylvia is in for surprise. "I don't know how to fight, and I can't walk."

"I can bring you to someone who knows how to fight train you," I know Tusk will be up for the task. "As for the fact that you can't walk, you can. You just love to blame Ange for this so quit being a baby, and try to walk."

As I said those words, she tried to overcome her trauma and gets out of her wheelchair to walk with her two legs. It looks like it's a successful moment.

"I did it, Lelouch. I can walk," she is happy to see this result.

"Now, are you ready to be Zero to gain your sister's forgiveness?" I asked her with a smile.

"Yes, I'm ready," she replied with determination.

We spent the whole night turning her wheelchair onto a powered armor that could make her as tall as me. Next, I told her to discard her princess dress and wear the clothes Ange wore when she tried to rescue her. Once she puts on the armor, she is surprised that of how she has become as tall as me. Of course, that's Zero's height. Next, she examined her movements while wearing the armor, and they worked on her. She wore the Zero costume underneath it to cover the armor. Lastly, she puts on the black half-mask on, and then she wears the Zero mask.

Now, the new Zero is born.

"Lelouch, I..." Sylvia spoke, and it's not her voice coming out. It's mine. "What? Is that my voice?"

"No, that's my voice. Of course, Zero needs to sound like a man, so I modified my helmet that whenever you talked under the mask, it's my voice that is coming out, not yours," I explained.

"I see..."

"Tomorrow, I'm going to let you see someone who could train you."

Sylvia's redemption is just the beginning. I hope Ange would live long enough to know her little sister said that she won't let her love for her become like it's for nothing.