"After finding Miss CC, Miss CC said that she alone was enough to protect Mr. Ed. Mr. Ed does not need any extra bodyguards." Momoka was reporting to An Qi, "The two of them still need something in Japan. Deal with it, I can come back probably before next month."

"So you were rushed back, right?" An Qi put her arms on her chest and made an expression of "that's how it is" to Momoka, "Actually, she just wants to live in the two-person world with Ed, right? I have seen the truth of the matter."

"Isn't that good? She just made up for what she had lost." Lacus looked complicated, and a sharp cry immediately pierced her brows, "Audrey, a little lady!"

Minerva, who was playing a game with Pulu in the living room, stuck out his tongue, whispered in the ears of the friends next to him: "Old lady who lacks love, sister An Qi is different from her."

Pulu looked at Lux in the distance without knowing it, turned his head for a moment, and replied: "Plupulupulupulu..."

Minerva nodded and took Pulu's hand: "You are right, let's go to my room and play."

Seeing that Minerva was about to leave, Taoxiang hurriedly called out to stop her: "Miss Audrey, please wait a moment, Mr. Ed has a gift for you."

After speaking, she took out a beautifully packaged box more than fifty centimeters high from the luggage, and put it in front of her in Minerva's expectant eyes. Minerva hesitated and opened the package directly, and a yellow plush teddy bear appeared in front of her. The cute shape made the little girl's eyes light up with a swish, and Pulu screamed "Pulu".

"This is a mini MS made by Mr. Ed in his free time, called Xiongba. It is said that it was changed by Nazagu's MS, I don't know this." Taoxiang turned the bear toy and opened the back cover. Operate on the exposed panel for a while, then close the back cover and put the bear on the bear, "Look, it will move."

The teddy bear stood steadily on the ground, moving back and forth with rather funny movements. The two big furry ears moved with the pace, and the synthesized electronic sound of "Hello, Audrey, hello" was heard from his mouth.

Minerva flushed with excitement, and tried to pick up the bear toy with bright eyes, but he was too heavy to pick it up. The little girl thought for a while with a sad face, and after walking two steps, she found that the doll would follow her by herself, and happily ran back to her room with the doll bear. Pulu made a "Plupulu" sound, and trot to follow behind.

"He really has a lot of time." Lacus sighed with inexplicable emotion, "is there any difference between this thing and Harrow?"

"Mr. Ed said that the plush feels better, and Harrow is too big for a girl of this age to play." Momoka replied seriously, "Mr. Ed also installed a simple AI and weapon system in it. It can protect Miss Minerva when it is critical. I remember that there are electric shocks, flash bombs, tear gas and small Vulcan cannons. The bear fighter is drop-proof and waterproof as a whole, and it is not afraid that Miss Minerva will accidentally damage it."

"Fire, fire, fire, Vulcan cannon? Inside that doll?" An Qi was stunned, "What is he thinking..."

"So it's a mini MS." Momoka nodded naturally, "Mr. Ed is too good!"

"What about my present?" An Qi stretched out her hand, "It can't only be Minerva's."

"A gift from Her Royal Highness Lijie and a gift from Miss Lacus, Mr. Ed said he would give it to both of you when he comes back." Taoxiang smiled slightly, "He said it was more solemn."

"It means I didn't prepare." Lacus helped An Qi translate, "Anyway, drag it first, and wait for it when you come back. It's his style."

"How about believing him occasionally? Maybe he wants to surprise you on your birthday next month?" An Qi thought for a while, then whispered, "Although he did do some things in the past. The thing that makes you sad, um, I’m sorry. Look, he now knows that he calls home every day, isn’t he making progress."

"You are also the one who was thrown at home." Lacus looked at An Qi incomprehensibly, "Why do you want to apologize for him?"

"Why can't I apologize for him?" An Qi replied confidently, "And if I don't apologize for him, wouldn't anyone apologize for him? Isn't his lonely person very pitiful?"

Lacus stared at such An Qi in a daze, suddenly lowered her eyes, turned back to the room feebly. An Qi stared at her back motionlessly, looking very imposing.

"His Royal Highness Angelique?" Taoxiang asked tentatively.

"Ahhhhh, my majesty Princess Angelique is here to help him maintain the stability and unity of the harem." When Lacus closed the door, Angel suddenly puffed her cheeks and made an unhappy voice, "but I don't No one will help him if he does it. Really, who told him to be... Come on, after choosing this path, there is only one way to go to the dark."

"Mr. Ed will be particularly touched when he knows it!" Taoxiang nodded excitedly, "Do you need me to casually disclose this to him?"

"No, I didn't help him for this. Anyway, he must compensate me well after he comes back, but I just don't tell him the reason." An Qi snorted, "Ed he hasn't pushed you to ?"

Taoxiang's face was reddened: "No."

"But I obviously acquiesced. It's already so obvious." An Qi frowned, stretched out her finger to touch her chin, "Does he not know that the princess's chief maid is for dowry? After all, he also It’s not from a noble family, and it’s possible without knowing these unwritten rules? But both Lux and CC know it. How could Ed not know?"

Momoka lowered her head, making it difficult to see her expression: "Mr. Ed probably didn't treat me as a dowry item, but treated me as an independent person. He kept saying that I was the maid of Her Royal Highness Angelique , Not his maid."

"Well, this is indeed his style." An Qi nodded in understanding, "Since he is like this, then I respect your choice. Other than that, what important things have happened?"

"My choice, where do I have a choice..." Momoka smiled bitterly, and when she raised her head, she put on a bright smile, "There is also a girl named Nanali who has a relationship with Mr. Ed. Very good!"

...

"Is your relationship with Nanali going too far?" CC was wearing the high school uniform that Nanali got for her, walking beside Ed and staring at him suspiciously, "Is it necessary to come to her every two days? Are you afraid that he will be jealous when Lelouch is away?"

"First, I don’t trust their brothers and sisters very much, and Nanalie doesn’t trust me very much. Face-to-face conversations between NT help each other get real information. Second, all the content of the plan requires Lelouch’s personal participation. He is not there. It's normal. I didn't take advantage of his absence." Ed, who was also wearing a school uniform, glanced at the woman next to him under sunglasses, and raised his mouth, "Are you jealous?"

"Don't be jealous, don't be passionate." C.C. replied blankly, "Am I such a superficial person?"

Ed looked around. Ashford Academy was built together. There were not many people in the school today. It seemed that most of them came to participate in club activities. He took a deep breath and shouted with all his strength: "C.C. My wife is so cute and cute. Whoever dares to object will smash his dog's head!"

The students in the clearing turned their heads to look at him, many were whispering, and others were pointing at them. Even students in the classroom next to him poked their heads out, and some even whistled and gave thumbs up to Ed.

C.C. was stunned in a daze, blushing with shame, and stammered: "You, what are you doing, what are you doing!"

Ed smiled embarrassedly "hehe" twice, grabbed C.C.'s hand and ran wildly, and the two of them ran to an empty corridor in the teaching building before stopping. Ed leaned on his knees and panted slightly, C.C. didn't feel it at all.

"Insane." C.C.'s face was still a little red, "turning back to record one on my new phone."

"I wanted to do this kind of thing once when I was in school." Ed laughed openly, then showed a look of nostalgia, "Unfortunately, when I was in school, I only knew how to study hard and didn't have a girlfriend at all."

According to the usual practice, CC would ask him, "Didn't you go to school" at this time, but she didn't do that. Instead, she gave a soft "Hmm~" and asked softly: "What about your first love? "

"You." Ed replied without even thinking about it. "Do you still need to ask?"

Hearing this, CC couldn't bear it anymore, and dragged him into the empty classroom next to him and locked the door, then pressed him against the wall, then pulled off his sunglasses and looked straight into his eyes, with a smile in his eyes. : "Do you want to do this kind of thing when you go to school?"

"I don't want to." Ed grabbed her shoulders in her stunned eyes and changed her position. C.C. didn't want to resist at all at his mercy, "I wanted to do this when I was in school."

"Whatever you want." C.C. blew into his face, "After all these years, I finally learned to take the initiative, then...I will leave it to you next?"

By the time it was finished, it was equivalent to school time. Ed took the initiative to clean up the hygiene of the classroom, such as mopping the floor, wiping the table, arranging the tables and chairs neatly, and so on.

"How long did you make Nanaly wait?" CC found a seat at random and sat down and watched him work. He didn't have any idea of ​​helping. "If she knows what you are doing, I am afraid that she will have a good impression. Is it all out?"

"She was impatient and went back." Ed shrugged indifferently. "Also, she told the members of the student union to keep the students away."

"Huh?" C.C. narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Then she was watching the whole process when she was doing it just now? Did you give her a live commentary? Will you be required to guide you next time?"

"Where did you want to go?" Eddy couldn't laugh or cry. "She was curious about what I was doing without going up, so she said hello to me and disconnected from me when she found out what I was doing."

"Trust you once." C.C. said coldly, "If you dare to cheat on my back, we will die together."

"Then you may have to grab the head with An Qi, she also said something similar." At last Ed put the table neatly, moved the joints, and beckoned to C.C., "Let's go?"

Walking along, C.C. found that something was wrong: "Nanali has already gone back. This is not the way out of school. Where are you going?"

"I feel that there is someone in the school, who seems to be NT but not NT. I have never encountered such a situation before and can't help but want to see it." Ed took CC's hand, "Besides you are there. There is nothing to be afraid of."

C.C. nodded confidently: "Yes."

The two walked to a classroom room on the first floor, and there was a melodious piano sound. Ed looked up, the sign said it was Music Classroom, and said to the people around him: "Here."

C.C. clung to him vigilantly and walked into the music classroom with him. The setting sun sprinkled into the empty classroom, and a male character in the room was playing the piano comfortably. He has short gray hair and is not wearing a school uniform but a plain white shirt.

C.C.'s hand holding Eddy suddenly became stiff, and the whole person was frozen in place nervously. She pulled at what Ed was about to say, but Ed put up a finger and made a "hush" motion.

In this way, the two stood silently not far behind the piano player until more than twenty minutes later, with the last note falling, the piano player stood up and turned to look at Ed.

"Thank you for not interrupting my performance." He nodded politely to Ed, "Do you like it?"

"I like it very much. You played very well. Of course, part of it is also due to the price of this piano. It can only be said to be Ashford Academy." Ed showed admiring eyes, "Harpsichord Concerto, I like the most. One of the Bach."

"It's also my favorite. Even in the cosmic century, classical music is still the greatest masterpiece of mankind." The boy smiled reservedly, "Do you have a favorite musician?"

"Although there is nothing new to say, yes, Beethoven."

"Where is your favorite song?" the boy asked, "Pei Jiu?"

"Pei Seven." Ed corrected. "Pei Seven's second movement."

"Strings and pipes, then there is no way to play it on the piano. Liszt has adapted a version, but I don't like it very much." The boy stretched out his hand and flicked the keys, and the crisp scale sounded, "I My favorite is Bei Jiu."

"I don't like Liszt's version, or the symphony version is more charming." Ed nodded in agreement, "but Bei Jiu's vocals are still not very acceptable to me, and it doesn't feel like a symphony or something. Mass, but a nondescript, somewhere in between, just like—"

"Just like yourself?" The boy took a few steps forward and stood in front of Ed and C.C., his body as tight as a cat being stepped on his tail, "Is this a kind of self-loathing?"

"No." Ed replied, "I just didn't like it, I didn't like it from the beginning."

"Which one did you mean in the beginning?" The boy's red eyes showed curiosity, "I want to know, did you like Beethoven in this world, or did you have a Beethoven in your original world? Fen?"

After speaking, a sharp consciousness pierced Ed's mind and sneaked into his memory to search for something. The blood-red bird in Ed's right eye instantly lit up, and the spiritual link between the two was forcibly severed.

The boy glanced at C.C. next to him playfully, and slowly stretched out his right hand to the position of Ed's heart. C.C.'s eyes widened in horror, clenched his fists and waved his arms at the young man, but his fists hit the invisible barrier and couldn't make any progress.

Just as the young man's hand was about to touch Ed's chest, Ed's left eye was followed by a **** bird. Then the boy's hand was gently pressed into the air, and the orange polygonal pattern under his fingertips was shining in the setting sun.

"Sure enough, it's you." The boy retracted his hand to the heart and placed it in front of him as if he wanted to shake hands. "When we first met, my name is Zuxun, and I am an apostle."