After our reconciliation, I decided to help out Tusk in fixing the Villkiss while Angelise and Vivian are searching around the area for a place we could stay for the night. Because she now knows who I am, I no longer needed to wear the Zero mask.

Now, I know which is the true Sylvia Ikaruga Misurugi. The kind younger sister from before she found out her older sister is a Norma.

"So you're sisters with Ange again, huh?" he asked.

"Yes, that's the happiest event of my life," I said with a smile while helping him. I took off a glove from my right hand to see that my armored hand has a screwdriver option in the index finger. With it, I managed to do my job in fixing the machine so easily.

Just what other modifications Lelouch had done with the armor made from my wheelchair?

Tusk sneezed and we looked at the sky to see snow falling on us.

"No wonder I felt cold," he said. Before he noticed, I took off my cape and put it on his shoulders to warm him up.

"Here," I said. "This should help you warm up."

"Thank you, Sylvia," he smiled.

"No problem. I already felt warm by the armor and costume I'm wearing right now," I said with a smile.

"Tusk, Sylvia," Angelise arrived with Vivian. She said with an energetic smile. "I found something awesome."

What is the awesome thing she found this time?

For the night, we're staying at a place known as Hotel Mulaflaga. After giving power to the place, we went a look inside to see this place has everything we can possibly want.

"We have a roof. And beds! And a bath!" Sister looks excited and I never thought she could be this happy before ever since she is exposed as a Norma.

"It's miraculously well-preserved," Tusk added.

"It must have been a prestigious aristocrat's castle. I have to thank Vivian for finding it."

"Really?" I added with a smile. "I say it doesn't look like a castle. It's more of a hotel."

"That's funny of you to say that, Sylvia," Sister laughed at my suggestion of the place. "I'm going to take a bath. Clean up, please, Tusk."

"Sure, princess," Tusk agreed for the job.

"As much I wanted to take a bath, I'll help clean up the place," I suggested as I took off my Zero costume and Mana-powered armor, showing the clothes I'm wearing right now are the same ones when Sister came to my fake rescue.

We started cleaning up the place. After this is done, I took a bath with Sister and Vivian. While she is scrubbing her head, I'm scrubbing her back. It's nice to be with the one that was my only family in the world. I have my old family back and that is Angelise. I also have a new family with is Lelouch, my guardian, and Vivian, my sister. After taking our bath, I was sleeping together with Vivian, and before you know it, I'm sleeping on her belly. This is quite comfortable.

At last, I found peace with my biological sister, and gained an adopted sister who is a DRAGON.

Ange's POV

"Thanks, Tusk," I said my thanks while I looked out the window. "For everything. You know a lot of things, and you're always rational and kind."

I turned to him.

"I can depend on you. I'm no good. I get emotional right away. And I'm stubborn. And I panic."

"I can't blame you. Anyone would be that way in a situation like this," Tusk added with a smile on his face. "You were a princess, and then you were a Norma, and then a soldier fighting DRAGONs, and you were dropped into a crazy weapon. Next, it's five hundred years in the future."

"You're right," I continued looking out briefly before sitting to bed. "Too much has happened, but it's not all bad. I got to meet you and Vivian. I learned a lot of things."

I thought about my brother, Julio, regarding on exposing me, capturing me, and my attempting to kill him. Only to be foiled by Sylvia, who's posing as Lelouch's former alter ego, Zero. Speaking of that, I wonder of how Lelouch has been training her with Tusk's help. It's nice she's doing all this to atone for her sins, killing her own kind and helping me out from situations.

"Even though some people I couldn't understand until the end."

"Your brother... I know something him," Tusk said.

"Huh? What is it?" I asked.

"Your brother, Julio; he controls all of civilization from the shadows. He's the master of the world. Our highest, greatest enemy. He was, anyway."

"Was?"

"That was five hundred years ago."

I smiled at this. At least we don't have to worry about him anymore.

"Right."

"We've come this far."

"But we're alive. So long as we're alive, we'll manage."

"You're strong, Ange," Tusk added.

"Are you mocking me?" I asked.

"I'm complimenting you."

Of course he is. How I didn't realized that. There's a difference between mocking and complementing.

"Well then, you get to enjoy your first bed in a long time," he is about to leave the room. "Sleep well."

Where is he going?

"What about you?" I wondered about that.

"I'll sleep in the hallway," was his reply.

"You could sleep here. There's a sofa and a bed," I wanted him to stay in this room. There's no need to do something like that.

"Uh, but, um..." he stuttered as he tried to say something about this.

"It's fine."

"Okay. Thanks, then."

I saw Tusk tried to sleep by the sofa, but as soon as he did, it fell apart. It must be because it's been years since it was maintained. I laughed at this.

"Jeez! What are you doing?" I asked. We paused for a few seconds before trying to compensate for this moment. "Why don't you come here?"

It looks he has no choice but to sleep beside me on this bed.

"I think that's a bit much..." he said with embarrassment.

Sylvia's POV

What was that noise?

I rubbed my eyes as Vivian and I are asleep for about a few seconds, and some noise just occurred. Makes me wonder what Angelise and Tusk are doing on the other side of this room.

"What's that noise?" I can hear Vivian wondering about the same thing I'm thinking. It looks like she's surprised at something, but I can't see what is it about since she's looking out by the window from the other side.

"What is it, Vivian?" I asked her.

She responds by making a hole on the wall and I pushed a chair to look into it. As soon as I looked, I'm surprised because I just saw my sister and my mentor are sleeping together. I don't believe this. Is Lelouch even thinking about this pairing? Judging of how things turned out, I think he is thinking of this. Anyway, both are blushing, but Tusk looks like he doesn't want to sleep beside her.

"It's so quiet," Angelise spoke first.

"Yeah," Tusk replied while looking above.

"We're the only ones here."

"Yeah."

It's like I'm watching a romantic movie or something.

"How long has it been since I've felt so at peace?" Sister turns to her left. Speaking of her question, I've been asking myself the same thing. "Maybe it freed us."

"Huh?" my mentor asked.

"The Villkiss... To a world without fighting..."

Look at my sister. Sleeping peacefully like this. Now that we've made peace with each other since my betrayal, I can sleep peacefully. After a few seconds, Tusk tried to leave the room. Just what is he pulling this time?

"Aren't you...?" Sister asked. It looks she isn't asleep at all.

"N-No, no, no, no, no, no," he explained. "I'm the Knight of the Villkiss. I can't get involved with you."

So that's what is about. Come to think of it, there's no history of a knight and the person protecting become lovers. It makes sense.

"Do you... not like me?" Angelise asked, attempting to face him.

"Of course not!" Tusk exclaimed.

"Then..."

"So, um... Y-You're awe-inspiring."

I wonder what he means by this. Just what does he meant about this to her?

Anyway, he started telling Sister that for about 548 years ago now, Libertus failed. Alektra, aka Jill, has lost her arm, and she couldn't pilot the Villkiss anymore. Tusk's family and friends all died, so that must mean he's the last of the Ancient Humans. He was left with nothing but his duty as the Knight of Villkiss, but he was afraid. To fight and die for someone I'd never known, let alone met...

I feel the same way when I'm atoning for my betrayal. Protecting the sister as someone she never knows, although she knows who's under the mask this entire time because my guardian told her what am I doing without me knowing. Seriously, that guy is so manipulative, but he has a good heart.

That's why Tusk ran from that duty into the deep forest, the same forest where Angelise first met him, and the same forest where I met him to do my training. He couldn't find a reason to fight, or even to live.

If that's the case, I wonder of myself. At first, after killing Brother, I don't have a reason to fight or live anymore because I betrayed two of my siblings. That explains why I tried to kill myself, but Brother being alive stopped this. Again, I tried to kill myself, but Sister stopped me as she chose to forgive me for this betrayal. Maybe I really have a reason to fight and live besides atoning. For both Lelouch and Angelise, but also for myself, and for the Norma that were shunned by my kind which I want nothing to do anymore.

Tusk just ran, and he meet Angelise. Now I understand what's happening between them. Not to mention the fighting and resisting she's been doing, especially with a small body. When it comes to myself, thanks to Lelouch, I'm doing the same thing, rebelling my kingdom, and becoming a traitor in the process like what my sister has become.

That's when my mentor found purpose in being a knight. He chose his duty by himself, not by force. I feel I'm like that, too. I chose to atone not by force, but I chose that myself. I chose to become a traitor to my kingdom, my kind, in order to make amends with Sister. If I can protect her like how she protected me, that's good enough for me. Looks like Tusk is saying the same thing.

Looks like he and I have a lot in common.

"Loser," Sister spoke as he faces her. "But you're pure, at least."

Next thing I saw is her barely removing her robe.

"I'm blood-soaked," she said sadly while explaining her atrocities. "I killed humans and DRAGONs, but I didn't drove my brother to death. Sylvia did that on her own."

"I feel the same, Sister," I spoke while I watched her. Good thing she can't hear me. "I'm blood-soaked, too. I gave a cut on your arm, saying scornful words to you, and whipped you for the atrocities I believed you were responsible without even knowing our brother started all this. Now, I drove him to death, even if he is immortal because he's God."

"I'm soaked in blood, crime, and death. I don't deserve a protector like you."

"That's not true," Tusk attempt to defend my sister from those beliefs. "Ange, you're beautiful. No matter how blood-soaked you are, I'll stand by you."

Then I'm thinking of doing the same.

"I'm violent, unpredictable, and fussy," Sister added. "Even then?"

"Yeah, even then," was Tusk's reply.

Just then, they kissed. Vivian and I are surprised to what we're seeing.

"I don't believe this..." I muttered.

Suddenly, some powerful force just throws me off from the chair I'm standing to see what Angelise and Tusk were doing.

"Now what?" I asked as I looked outside to see two girls riding a big DRAGON. One is wearing purple clothing and looking serious, while the other is wearing green clothing and looking funny.

"Are you the ones who sent that distress signal?" the serious girl asked.

Judging by what she asked...

"Looks like they got Lelouch's tracking device after all," I guessed right.

"Welcome, false citizens, to our world, the true Earth," she explained.

This can't get any worse. I wonder how Lelouch is doing on the other side.

Author's Note: Just a reminder, Ange is the deuteragonist (second important character) of the story, and Sylvia is the tritagonist (third important character) of the story, so they got their POVs besides Lelouch, the protagonist (primary character) of the story. Also, Embryo won't be appearing, but Julio will have his characteristics. This means he's a composite character made by combining himself and Embryo. Now that Sylvia is making amends to Ange for you know, she appears to be similar to Tusk.