“Alright~! Good work everyone~! With this, our school festival preparation will be smoother than we expected~! Let’s go out and celebrate~!!!”

  Milly rose up from her seat and cheered with a brilliant smile, throwing her hair to the side dramatically.

  “Ooh! Let’s totally go! Where are we going?”Rivalz resurrected from his exhaustion and became excited as well by the premise of celebrating and having fun after a tough day’s work.

  “Where are we going, President?”

  “Hm~ Let’s go to the new restaurant that opened a few blocks from here!”

  “Eh?! Isn’t that a fancy restaurant though? Won’t it be expensive?”

  “Hehe~ It’s fine~ After all, we have Alexander here who’ll be treating us, right~?”

  Milly wiowards Alexander, who immediately sighed and looked at her tiredly.

  “First you work me to the bones. And then you wao pay for dinner?”

  “Hehe~ I’m sorry for dumping all the work on you, but you’re just super amazing~! And we had to finish them by today if we want to make it for our preparation for the school festival~”

  Milly apologized cutlery with her hands together while winking at Alexander. She did admit that she went a bit too far with giving Alexander so much work. But, there were a lot of things that she o get done as soon as possible, and she wouldn’t have been able to do it this fast if it wasn’t for Alexander, which she was extremely grateful for.

  “I get that. But what does it have to do with me treating you all to dinner? Shouldn’t you be the one paying, pres?”

  “Eh~? Don’t worry about the small details~ Didn’t you just make a lot of money~”

  Small details? How is deg the one paying a small detail?! Yuuji wao retort. But in the end, he relented. He did make a few millions from the fn exge market, so treating his friends to a meal wouldn’t be that much of a problem.

  “...Fine. But ime, you’ll be the oreating, okay pres?”

  “Okay~! The’s goo~!!!”

  “U-Uhm, p-pres...”

  Shirley approached the student cil president shyly and pulled on the hem of her uniform bzer, her face blushiremely redly.

  Milly turo see her, and saw Shirley being in a state of a blushing mess. And only then did she remember about Shirley’s pns.

  “Hm? What’s wro- Ah! That’s right! You two will be going on a date, right?”

  “I-I-It’s not a date! e’re just going… s-shopping for a bit…”

  “Yes yes. Alright then, you two go and have fun with your “outing”. But join us for the one, okay?”

  “Y-Yes! Then, please excuse us! Let’s go, Lulu!”

  “Yes.”

  Lelouodded and gathered his things before putting them in his bag quickly. He was ag quite normally, but he was inwardly fairly excited to go with Shirley on this outing, even if it was only for a bit of shopping.

  Even though he was in the middle of war, no, precisely because he was in the middle of war, he felt very happy that he could still spend some time with Shirley peacefully.

  “Ah, that’s right. Lelouch, I’ll be ing over ter, okay? I’ll be bringing something for you and Nunnally as well.”

  Yuuji had promised that he’ll be visiting C.C today and spend the night with her. And since he’ll be going out to eat, he thought he would bring some food back with him for her, as well as Nunnally and Leloubsp;

  “Sure. Thank you. I’m sure Nunnally would love it. Then, see you ter.”

  “Ah, see you.”

  Lelouch waved towards Yuuji and the rest of the cil members, aed the room.

  “Alright! The’s go party with these members~!!!”

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  The student cil quickly arrived at the newly established Italiaaurant a few kilometers away from Ashford Academy right after they fiheir cil business.

  In fact, they arrived much quicker than they expected, because Alexander brought them with his car. It was a Mercedez Bens GLB-Css luxurious SUV, aremely beautiful car with a rge and fortable interior that thhly impressed the girls and gobsmacked Rivalz.

  It was a car Yuuji retly bought specifically so he could go around with Lelouch, Tatsuya, Satoru, and his friends easily. After all, although sports cars were couldn’t carry more than two people at once. So, he made sure to have a few rger SUVs in case he were to go out with friends.

  Upon arriving at the restaurant, they were immediately led into a table by a waitress and were given the menu.

  The restaurant’s most popur dishes were the Margarita pizza and the Neapolitan pizza. All the pizza here was baked in a traditional stone oven with oak firewood, which produces a high heat, long burn time, and adds a subtle aroma to the dish; a truly traditional and authentic method of baking Italian pizza.

  And amongst the rge variety of pizza, there were also various other italian dishes that attracted the attention of the young britannia students.

  But, when they saw the prize, most of them, aside from Milly, stopped and froze for a few moments.

  “Guys, just order what you want. It’s my treat. Don’t worry.”

  They all looked at Yuuji, their eyes still filled with hesitance. After all, they didn’t kly how rich Yuuji was. All they knew was that he was wealthy, but not to the point that Yuuji could easily buy the entire restaurant right then and there with his pocket ge.

  “e on. The food here seems very nice. Let’s try them out. There’s o hold back.”

  “You heard it, everyohere’s o hold back~”

  “You should hold back a little…”

  After a bit of persuasion from Yuuji, Kallen, Nina, Suzaku, Rivalz, and Milly then began to give their order to the waitress.

  Yuuji ordered fettue with cream mushroom saud salmon. Kallen got bolognese spaghetti. While Rivalz and Suzaku ordered carbonara and tuna carbonara spaghetti respectively. Milly and Nina decided to share a rge helping of Chorizo and mnocchi bake dish.

  After giving their order, the group versed a little over the drinks they’ve ordered. And soon, their orders arrived and they began to eat with a gusto.

  Having oen simple meals that were made iches in the Bights’ base for weeks now, Karen enjoyed every sie of the luxurious dish before her.

  Although it was expensive, she had to admit that the taste was on par with the price tag attached to it. And for a few moments, the taste mao make her fet about it.

  “You seemed to enjoy it. Is it that delicious?”

  Kallen snapped out of her daze and looked at Alexander’s smiling fa a fluster.

  “Y-Yes, i-it’s very delicious. T-Thank you for treating us.”

  Her cheeks blushed redly, feeling plenty embarrassed from being caught enjoying her meal so much that she fot her surroundings.

  “It’s fine. Milly was the one who made me pay, and I really don’t mind treating everyone, especially after being so busy.”

  Yuuji shook his head and waved his hand dismissively. Although he acted like he was annoyed with Milly, he truly didn’t mind treating his friends to a nice meal. Money was the st thing he had to worry about, and sihey seemed to enjoy it, it lenty worth it to pay a bit of money and give everyone a fun time.

  “Ah, that’s right. Do you want to try mi’s very delicious.”

  “Eh? Is it okay…?”

  “Of course. Here.”

  Kallen looked at the dish Yuuji had pushed towards her for a few moments. And after a while, she shyly lifted up a few strands of the fettue with her fork, and ate it.

  “Mm~! It’s delicious…!”

  “Isn’t it? You have more if you want.”

  “N-No, it’s fihank you. That’s enough. Uhm…”

  Kallen lowered her head shyly aated for a few moments, before she pushed her dish towards him as well.

  “H-Here, you try mioo. If you want…”

  “Really? Thank you. Then, I’ll try a bit.”

  Her cheeks blushed redly and she felt her heart skip a beat when Yuuji took a small bite of her dish.

  Dammit! Why am I ag like this?! I know I should be ag demure, but this is too embarrassing!

  Kallen watched as Yuuji tasted the food slowly, trying her best to calm her heart down while also keeping up her demure, high-css britannia girl absp;

  “It’s very delicious. Now I know why you seemed so engrossed with it before.”

  Her face immediately blushed red, and all her efforts to calm dow down the drain as her heart immediately began rushing up and down her chest.

  “I-I was not engrossed! I-I was just enjoying the food normally.”

  “Yes yes. Sure you were. You were enjoying the food “normally” enough that you didn’t hear the first few times I called you.”

  “Eh? You did?”

  “Nope.”

  “...”

  Kallen froze and looked at him in disbelief for a few moments, before she burst inte.

  “Y-You bastard!”

  “Ahahahaha! I’m sorry. It was so funny teasing you!”

  Kallen groaned and ched her teeth in embarrassment.

  And now, she fou ahing that this britannia bastard before her had in on with Mordred.

  How hateful they both were.

  “Oh my~ You guys are so close now~ Fufu~ You have a tough road up ahead of you, Karen~ I suggest you buy a stick so you beat all the girls that are trying to get to his pants~”

  Kallen’s eyes widened in shod she slowly began to turn towards her friends, only to see them all looking at her with either a knowing smirk or a shy expression.

  “Y-Y-You’ve got it wrong! W-Who’s close to this bastard! I’m not!”

  “Ahahaha~ There’s o be that shy~ You’re with friends now~ It’s fio be ho~”

  “I’m telling the truth!!! And you, don’t just sit there and ugh! Help me resolve this misuanding!”

  Kallen poihe fork she was holding with a death grip towards Yuuji as he just sat there with an annoying smirk on his face.

  “Eh? Are they wrong? We are clht, Kallen? We gave each other a taste of our dish, after all.”

  “Y-Y-You bastard! Stop messing around already!!!”

  Why… Why does it feel like she had to deal with Mordred’s shenanigans even though she’s not in the base right now, Karen thought to herself.

  Ah, I o find him quickly. There’s so much rage I want to vent to him right now.

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  *Knock* *Knobsp;

  Yuuji knocked on a wooden door and waited, standing in a dimly lit corridor of the Student cil Building.

  In his hawe boxes, wide and short, with the logo and name of the Italiaaurant he had just dined in with the members of the student cil.

  A few moments ter, the door opened slightly, and peeking from within, C.C’s golden eyes shohrough from the lit interior of her room.

  “Hey. I’m sorry I’m te. I went out for dinner with the student cil. But, I brought you pizza.”

  Yuuji said with a soft smile and lifted up the lid of the box slightly to let C.C get a peek of what’s inside.

  Seeing his as, C.orted and opehe door wider to let him in.

  Yuuji entered and pced the two boxes of pizza oable. Then, he unbuttoned his bzer and took it off, pg it on the chair.

  But, as he was about to take a seat, a hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him towards the bed.

  Yuuji didn’t resist a C.C lead him to the bed and pulled him down.

  “Seems like things are calming down for now. At least, enough for you to hangout with your friends and Lelouch to go on his date.”

  After having Yuuji sit on the edge of her bed, C.C opened up the box of pizza and took a slice of the margherita before sitting down beside him. She ed her arm around his, held his hand and iwiheir fingers, and begaing while resting her head on his shoulder.

  Yuuji smiled softly and tilted his head towards her, resting it softly on her head, and held her hand tight.

  “It is. Thankfully. Things are going well. We just received word from Kyoto that the JLF and the Japanese Gover are willing to cooperate with us and support us. And the Britannians have beey quiet these days.”

  “Are you not afraid they’re just amassing their troops i?”

  “They might be. But I doubt elia would incite another massive war soon with her army still in shambles like this. She might not be a peace seeker, but she’s a petent enough ao know when to not incite war.”

  “Hm… Is that so?”

  C.C took a bit of her margherita pizza and her eyes shined brightly in delight. She quickly devoured the entire slice before taking another one and began mung again.

  “Still. Shouldn’t you be preparing for when she finished amassiroops?”

  “And we are. Even now, we’re w on the “alliance” with the JLF. Also… Leloud I are watg other forces right now.”

  “Hm? Other forces?”

  C.C looked up towards Yuuji with a fused expression as a string of cheese ected her luscious pink lips to the slice of pizza.

  “Mm. Someone even more dangerous than elia.”

  “...Who is it?”

  “The sed prince of the Britannian Empire. Seizel el Britannia. We think he’s starting to make his move.”

  VergsX