"My father?", Lelouch questioned.
"Yes. Your father."
"I never thought of him. We didn't have a father growing up. But I do see how he could be important. However he isn't that much of a priority."
"Why not?"
"Like I said before, I don't think Mary was our mother. So then if our mother was replaced, why not our father? He must've not been so valuable to recreate."
"You know you could be totally wrong and Mary is your mother."
"Really Suzaku, when have I ever been wrong?", Lelouch said with a smirk.
When they returned to the sewing room, they were met with a glare from Kallen. Lelouch easily brushed it off.
"Rolo, Nunnally we should be going."
"Wait! I have an idea! Let me use them!", Milly yelled.
"Absolutely not", Lelouch refused.
"Please! Looking at them together, I finally have a picture in my mind of what I want", Milly begged.
"I said no."
"Please brother. It looks like so much fun", Nunnally said.
"We've helped them out already what one more thing?", Rolo asked.
Lelouch sighed. He was powerless against his siblings. "Fine", he turned to Milly. "But I don't want Rolo in a dress", he said darkly.
"That's fine. I don't need him in one", Milly grinned.
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"Milly, I just noticed, aren't I supposed to be the main model?", Kallen asked.
"Yes, but these guys are the best inspiration I've gotten ever! Plus, they're only going to stay for a while. Besides Kallen, you prefer pants to dresses, don't you?", Milly said while making some finishing touches on Nunnally's clothes.
"Well yeah but-"
"Then this should be no problem. There! Done."
Milly stepped back to inspect her work. Shirley stood with her as she finished off Rolo. Milly's eyes glowed.
"Wonderful!"
Nunnally wore a floor length, off the shoulder, white dress, with a trail. Tied in her hair were white ribbons. Rolo wore a loose white shirt with matching pants and a white hat.
"There's an overdose of white, don't you think?", Kallen asked.
"That's my vision! The innocence of children. The fact that they're twins is such a plus", Milly explained.
"Innocence of children huh?", Suzaku mused out loud.
"Children? We're only two years younger than brother", Nunnally said.
"And he's turning 18 soon", Rolo added.
"Milly who would ever wear clothes like this?", Kallen asked.
"Well, I wanted to surprise you guys. But it seems that one of the empresses of the court wanted me to design something special for some of the royal children."
Lelouch's brain went into overdrive at this. "You guys are going to deliver the clothes to the imperial city?", he asked.
"We usually have Rivalz do it. But this delivery is very special. We don't need some bandits stealing it, and Rivalz can't fight for anything."
"Then allow us to take them."
"You!?"
"Us?", Suzaku questioned.
"Why would we trust strangers with our merchandise?", Kallen asked crossing her arms.
"We just gave you our time and service. Trust me if we were planning to steal something, it would have already been done and we would be gone. But instead we spent the day as models", Lelouch reasoned.
Kallen narrowed her eyes, but kept silent.
"If you're okay with it", Milly said.
"We're on our way to Pendragon anyway. I need to find a certain queen."
"That's fine, but what about Rivalz?", Shirey asked.
"Suzaku, don't you need to send a messenger to Lloyd and Cecile?", Lelouch asked.
"Yeah, I do", he had forgotten about that until Lelouch mentioned it.
"Right! You guys can take the clothes to the imperial city, and Rivalz can deliver that message!", Milly decided.
That night, Suzaku wrote a letter and gave it to Rivalz, who was a pretty nice guy. But Suzaku could see what Milly meant when she said he couldn't fight. Rivalz left to send the message while Suzaku and the others left for Pendragon.
The clothes were put into a box that was set into the carriage. Once everything was complete, Lelouch looked at Kallen. She still had her arms crossed and stared at him with dislike.
"Careful, your face will freeze that way", he said teasingly.
"Kallen, how long do you plan on holding a grudge?", Milly asked.
"How could you let them try on dresses? I was only a little late."
"Oh get over it", Milly waved her off.
And so Lelouch and the others continued their journey to find the queen in the picture.
'And maybe the pin on that bear is a clue as well. I guess the first thing to do when we stop next is find out what her names is', Lelouch thought as he looked at the picture book.
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Up next: Lelouch and the gang come to a town right in the middle of a witch trial.