So we all agree to wait for Ange to show up instead. As far as I'm concerned, I can tell there is someone out there who is getting impatient, and her name is Rosalie. I know how she felt. Having to fight your own friend who has turned against you. Reminded me of that time when I was fighting against Suzaku. Good thing we settled our differences and stayed friends to the end.

As for Chris' case, maybe she'll settle her differences with Hilda and Rosalie if only she were to get betrayed by Julio.

I'm counting on that to happen.

Now, my game with Sylvia in chess begins. As usual, I pick the black side, and she picks the white side. For my first move, I move a pawn, and so did she in her first move.

"Do you have any backup plans, Lelouch?" she asked.

"On what, Sylvia?" I asked next.

"About your spy from the inside..." Sylvia spoke with doubt about Salia. "I'm not sure if you know this, but... she hates my sister."

"I know that. In fact, this is why I recruited her," I explained the details when I move my queen. "I needed someone who is fueled with hatred against Ange as a motivation to help us taking down Julio from the inside. Hence, Salia is fit for the job."

"Why not Ersha? She doesn't seemed to have hatred for Angelise. She's just doing her job, that's all," she made suggestion while she moved her queen. Looks like she's learning. Am I great teacher or what?

"Why not her? Well, two reasons, Sylvia," I move the knight next while answering the question that made it quite obvious. "One, she would easily screw up her undercover role; and two, she would rat us out on Julio if he were to use the kids to persuade her into abandoning the mission."

"Oh..."

"Anyway, I'm sure your sister will come here eventually. There's no way she'll let her big brother get away with everything he has done."

"I hope you're right, Lelouch."

I stand up from the table to talk to Salia from my laptop. I wonder how she's going so far.

As soon as I turned on my laptop to contact her...

"But Ange, if you're gone, and if he understands that I'm stronger..." she looks angry as she cuts down a dress, and if I'm not mistaken, it's for Ange. If I'm not mistaken, Julio has plans to marry her, whether she likes it or not. So disgusting. "Lord Julio will accept me. He'll accept my value. If I can achieve that much, I don't need anything else."

"I knew she would turn on us," Sylvia commented the obvious situation. Good thing Salia didn't hear that because I didn't press the button to turn the speaker on. "So Lelouch, got any backup plans with your spy turning on us?" she asked as if she's suggesting it's my fault Salia is turning against us.

"As I matter of fact, I did," I countered the argument. "Like Chris, we'll wait for Julio to betray her. Then she'll come crying to us. That's all."

Good thing Sylvia doesn't anything to counter that. She knew this is the only way.

"Good that you have nothing to say about this," I said. "That's the end of the argument."