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Lloyd looked at Schneizel who walked up to him and immediately said with a smile, "Haha... Your Highness Schneizel, good evening."

Schneizel looked at Lloyd's smiling face and said with great poise, "Good evening, Earl Lloyd. You're here too? It's been two years since we last met since we graduated from school!"

Lloyd immediately smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness Schneizel. Although my father has been in frequent contact with you, I have never been able to meet you."

Chapter 297 Teacher Bismarck

The day after Cornelia's coming-of-age ceremony, Tian got up early and, after making all the necessary preparations, put on a tailor-made suit and went to the hall. Accompanied by his mother, Princess Marianne, he prepared to welcome his new teacher, Bismarck Waldstein, the First Knight of the Round Table directly under the Holy British Emperor and known as the 'Strongest Knight in the Empire'.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Bismarck, dressed in her standard knight's uniform, arrived in the hall, led by a servant. After entering the hall, Bismarck quickly walked to Tian and Marian, placed one hand on her chest, knelt on one knee, and said, "Greetings, Your Highness Marian, Your Highness Tian."

Looking at Bismarck kneeling before her, Marianne said very elegantly, "No need for so much formality, Bismarck. Get up! (After Bismarck stood up) I invited you here today to ask you to be the teacher of my child."

Upon hearing Marian's words, Bismarck glanced at the small figure standing beside Marian with his one eye, then said in a humble yet assertive manner, "Your subordinate will do his utmost."

Marian immediately smiled and said, "Thank you very much." Then she glanced at Tian and said, "Tian, ​​why don't you salute your teacher?"

Upon hearing Marian's words, Tian immediately stepped forward, bowed to Bismarck, and said, "Hello, Teacher Bismarck. I will definitely study hard and become a strong person no weaker than you." His tone was neither humble nor arrogant, and there was not a trace of dissatisfaction. Tian still admired this nominally strongest knight of the empire and his future teacher from the bottom of his heart.

Bismarck glanced at the luggage and nodded, saying, "Then...from today onwards, you will study with me in the army!" He then looked at the young Tian, ​​lost in thought. He knew the prince well; the Emperor's intelligence agency was no pushover. Tian D. Britannia, the tenth prince of the Emperor, and sixteenth in line to the throne. Despite his young age, he was undoubtedly the most terrifying genius among the Emperor's princes. The mere fact that he designed the fourth generation of Knightmare was already astonishing; his future achievements might even surpass those of Schneizel.

Seeing Bismarck deep in thought, seven-year-old Tian lowered his head as well. He had heard Bismarck mention the word "army," which meant he was going to be separated from his younger siblings. Although he was a genius, he still longed to stay with his siblings and play those silly games.

Seeing her son looking so troubled, Marian couldn't help but ask, "Tian, ​​what's wrong?"

Tian immediately shook his head and said, "It's nothing, Mother. I just feel that if I go to the military academy to study with Professor Bismarck, I will have to separate from Lelouch, Nunnally, and the others, and I'm a little reluctant to leave them."

Upon hearing this, Bismarck immediately smiled and said, "You misunderstand, Your Highness. To study in the military, Your Highness must first enter the Imperial Military Academy, undergo three years of military training and learn to drive a Knightmare, before you can formally enter the army to study."

Tian immediately asked in confusion, "Then... what does 'starting from tomorrow' mean, Teacher?"

Bismarck hurriedly explained, "I will first have His Highness enter the military academy to study, and then after His Highness has undergone a period of training, I will begin to teach His Highness."

"I see, I understand now."

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In the afternoon, in the Aries Palace

Cornelia, who thought she could finally get closer to Tian, ​​exclaimed loudly after hearing Tian mention that he was going to study at the military academy: "What? Little Tian is going to enter the Empire's military academy, and starting tomorrow!"

Sitting next to him, Clovis covered her ears and said, "Royal sister, I know you're surprised that Xiaotian is going to enter the military academy, but you don't have to be like this. It's really scary."

Cornelia, who had been happy about what happened yesterday, suddenly felt like she had entered hell. When she heard Clovis say that, she grabbed his neck without saying a word to vent her dissatisfaction.

Clovis, whose neck was being strangled, immediately begged for mercy, "Ugh... hilarious, I'm going to get a cross-dressing move! (Royal sister, please let me go!)"

Thanks to the combined efforts of Tian and Lelouch, Clovis finally escaped Cornelia's clutches and was struggling to breathe. Cornelia, on the other hand, recovered after being comforted by Euphemia.

Looking at Cornelia, who was furious, and Clovis, who looked frightened, Tian said with a helpless expression, "Sister Cornelia, Mother had her reasons for sending me to military school so early. She hoped that I would first become a qualified knight and then become a royal knight."

Hearing Tian say this, Cornelia couldn't help but repeat the last few words of Tian's words softly, "Become a royal knight...become a royal knight...in three years...Tian will become a knight, and then I only need to..."

Tian, ​​whose five senses are several times more acute than others, trembled involuntarily after hearing Cornelia's soft remark. He thought to himself, "Thank goodness Mother is planning to make me Father's knight. Otherwise, if Cornelia really dragged me into becoming a knight, I would rather die than go to school."

As a result, Cornelia spent the entire afternoon with a smile on her face, looking incredibly happy. She even whispered her plans to her younger sister, Euphemia, and the two sisters secretly rejoiced! Meanwhile, Nunnally stood by, gesturing wildly and looking indignant. Seeing them like this, Lelouch couldn't help but look puzzled and said, "Brother, what's wrong with Princess Cornelia and Euphemia? They were like that just now, and now they're like this again."

Clovis, who was playing chess with Lelouch, immediately said, "Yes! I originally thought that Princess Cornelia would be very sad after hearing that you were going to military school, since she finally had a three-day vacation. But look at her and Euphemia!"

Listening to the whispers of the two sisters (does this even count?), a bead of sweat appeared on Tian's forehead as he said, "Isn't this a good thing, Brother Clovis, Lelouch?"

Hearing this, Lelouch and Clovis looked at Cornelia and the others who were sitting there chatting and laughing, and nodded in agreement, saying, "That's true."

Chapter 298 Summit and Kiro

Inside the British Military Academy, in a multimedia classroom that can accommodate nearly 10,000 people, General Andreas Dalton, adjutant to Princess Cornelia, the second princess of the empire, is standing on the podium, eloquently recounting the war history of the British Empire. Around the podium, students dressed in yellow, brown, and black uniforms sit neatly and orderly on tiered seats arranged from low to high.

Eight-year-old Tian was sitting in a corner of the multimedia classroom. His black school uniform proved that he was only a first-year student. However, compared with the other teenagers who were almost all around thirteen or fourteen years old, he immediately looked like a chicken standing among cranes.

Beside Tian stood a blond boy of about ten years old, his cute face beaming with a bright smile. Three small braids tied behind his flowing blond hair made him look especially adorable. He completely ignored Dalton's speech, reaching out to put his arm around Tian's neck and asking, "Cang Kong, do you think General Dalton's words are good?"

Tian looked at the boy who was hugging him and said calmly, "From a certain perspective, it's better than what the history teacher said." Then he continued listening to Dalton's speech.

Looking at the sky, the boy immediately laughed and said, "Haha... Sky, you're right, I feel a surge of excitement too." He then hugged the sky and laughed heartily.

The reason he's called Azure Sky is because it's a false identity created by his mother, Princess Marianne, so that he can legitimately become the Emperor's knight in the future. After all, there's no precedent for a prince becoming the Emperor's knight. His current identity is the adopted son of the Ashford family, and his full name is Azure Sky Ashford. Although he's only 8 years old, he was adopted by the Ashford family because of his exceptional talent in piloting Knightmare.

Tian (hereafter referred to as Cangkong) looked at the boy who still had his arms around his neck, immediately slapped his right hand away, and said angrily, "Gino, you are at least a nobleman, how come you don't even have a little bit of a nobleman's manners?"

The boy known as Kiro was none other than Gino Bainberg, one of the future Knights of the Round Table. He looked at the angry Sora and immediately said with a smile, "Sora, don't say that! We're the only two people in this school who are close in age, and they're really terrible. If I'm with them, I'm afraid I'll become even dumber."

As soon as Gino finished speaking, the people sitting next to him immediately turned their faces, each with a look of anger in their eyes. If they weren't still in class and hadn't been well-mannered, they probably would have pounced on him already. Gino's expression froze as he looked at Cang Kong and said, "Looks like I've been tricked again."

As soon as Dalton finished his speech and left, Gino immediately stood up from his seat, grabbed Cang Kong's hand, and ran outside, saying as they ran, "Cang Kong, hurry! If we don't hurry, those Glasgows will be taken by someone else. It's not fun to fight them with those old Ganymede planes. Let's go!"

And so, against his will, Sora was taken to Knightmare’s warehouse by Gino. After a brief formality, the two of them drove the fourth generation Glasgow into the training ground.

The instant the two Glasgows sped into the field, the other students piloting Knightmare drones or engaged in various training exercises rushed to the very edge of the field and climbed onto the stands. Even the Knightmare trainees jumped out of their cockpits. The two Glasgows, upon entering the field, immediately drove to the left and right sides respectively, then turned and stood facing each other.

Student A: "Is it those two again?"

Student B: "It should be them. Who else but those two would drive onto the playground at full speed?"

Student C: "Those two nasty brats, we should find a chance to teach them a lesson."

Student D: "I advise you to give up that idea. Since they came to the school, countless third-year students have lost to the two of them in Knightmare's fighting. It's a completely different level of combat."

While everyone was discussing, the two Glasgow fighters on the playground had already moved. Like beasts released from their cages, the two Glasgow fighters charged madly toward each other. As the distance closed, the two Glasgow fighters almost simultaneously raised their arms and launched their combat blades. In the instant they were close to each other, the two attacked each other's heads with lightning speed.

"clang…"

The short melee blades clashed immediately, sparks flying. Then, one of the mechs raised its other arm and attacked the other's cockpit, while the other mech retreated sharply, dodging the attack. The slashing scythes on its chest also launched forward and backward, attacking the other mech.

The opponent immediately piloted their machine to the left to dodge the initial attack, grabbing the cable of the slashing scythe while simultaneously knocking down the next slashing scythe with their other hand. They then yanked the cable towards themselves. The moment the opponent realized their intention, they immediately activated the slash-disarming mechanism, quickly retreating to a safe distance and silently observing their opponent.

Having been in the lead, Gino's smug laughter came through the sensor: "Haha... Cang Kong, what's wrong with you today? You're not at all in the zone."

Upon hearing Gino's words, Cang Kong, sitting in the cockpit, couldn't help but smile. He lightly pressed the accelerator, turned the machine around, and headed towards the weapon rack at the edge of the training ground where Knightmare's exclusive weapons were placed. He then pressed a button and said, "Gino, I don't have time to play with you anymore. Let's end this battle quickly!"

After Kiro detected Sky's intentions through the sensors, he immediately said, "Wow, how despicable, they're using weapons." With that, he drove the Knightmare toward the weapon rack on the other side.

At this moment, Dalton was sitting in the school's conference room, holding information about the Azure Sky. The moment he saw the information, he knew that this eight-year-old student was his princess's younger brother. Although he had only seen him once at the princess's coming-of-age ceremony, that one meeting had left a deep impression on him. Although he didn't know why this prince had changed his name, he was determined to bring back information about him and his life to the princess.

While deep in thought, Dalton immediately said to the teacher standing opposite him, "Mr. Geller, bring this student to me. I'd like to learn more about him."

Upon hearing Dalton's words, the teacher, referred to as Gel, immediately said apologetically, "I'm sorry, General, but... it's probably not possible now."

Dalton asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why?"

Gel immediately pointed to the floor-to-ceiling window behind Dalton and said, "Because... he's having a fight with someone."

Following the direction Ger pointed, Dalton looked through the thick French windows and saw two Glasgow fighters exchanging blows on the training ground a kilometer away. Each Glasgow fighter wielded a massive lance, and the two Glasgow fighters consistently dodged each other's fatal attacks at the most crucial moments, launching counterattacks in the next instant. After watching for about a minute, Dalton was secretly alarmed. A seasoned veteran of many battles, he knew all too well that victory or defeat in Knightmare combat could be decided in a split second. The back-and-forth attacks between these two not only proved their piloting skills were evenly matched but also indicated that they were no mediocre pilots, at least not much weaker than himself. Remembering that one of them was an eight-year-old prince, Dalton couldn't help but ask, "Besides the student named Cang Kong, who is the other pilot? What year is he born?"

"Yes, Gino Bainberu of the Bainberu family and Cang Kong Ashford were born in the same year and are 10 years old this year."

Dalton immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Ten years old?"

Chapter 299 A Gift for Nanali

one year later

As soon as the bell rang, Gino, wearing a brown second-year uniform, immediately stood up from his seat, ran to Summit's side, and hugged him with a smile, saying, "Summit, how about we go play another match later?"

Summit slowly raised her head, looked at Gino, smiled slightly, and said, "Gino, how many times have I told you, don't hug me anymore. I can't handle your current size." As she spoke, she gestured with her small hand to show Gino's height.

Upon hearing Samit's words, Gino glanced at his own rapidly growing height of about 1.6 meters within the past year, scratched his head, and laughed, saying, "Haha... Sorry, I almost forgot. I won't do it again, Samit." He then patted Salmi's shoulder, who was nearly 20 centimeters shorter than him.

Upon hearing Gino's words, Summit immediately stood up, patted the large hand on his shoulder, and said, "I've been hearing that for almost half a year. By the way, I've taken the day off; I'm going back to visit my mother, so I won't bother you today." With that, he quickly tidied up the books on his desk, stood up, and walked out of the classroom.

Kiro immediately asked in confusion, "Go home? Do you mean go back to Ashford's house?"

Summit looked at Gino, who had a puzzled expression, and smiled slightly, saying, "I suppose so!"

Gino, finding Samit's answer ambiguous, asked in confusion, "Sort of? What does that mean?"

Seeing Gino's puzzled expression, Summit simply smiled and said nothing more, heading straight towards the dormitory.

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Stepping into the Aries Palace, which he hadn't returned to for almost a year, Tian (temporarily reverting to his original title) couldn't help but smile happily. He quickly ran towards the interior of the Aries Palace, and after passing through several small gardens, he finally arrived at the place where he used to live. However, strangely, the palace gates were closed, and there wasn't even a single guard around.

Just as he was looking puzzled, the tightly closed door was suddenly pulled open from the inside. "Bang bang..." The sound of cannons rang out, and more than a dozen maids quickly ran out from inside the door and stood on either side of him, saying at the same time, "Welcome back, Your Highness the Emperor."

At the same time, a pink figure threw herself into Tian's arms and said, "Brother! Welcome back, Nanali missed you so much."

Seeing Tian gently stroking Nanali's long brown hair, he couldn't help but smile and say, "Long time no see, Nanali."

As Tian spoke, several more figures emerged from the house. First came Lelouch and Euphemia, both dressed in formal attire. Then came Clovis, Schneizel, and Cornelia, who was always annoyed by Tian. Finally, there was Marian, all smiles.

Upon seeing Marian, Tian slowly left Nunnally's embrace, bowed, and said, "I'm back, Mother."

Marian looked at the sky above the luggage stand and immediately smiled, saying, "It's good that you're back. Well then... let's get ready quickly!"

Tian asked in confusion, "Prepare what? By the way, Mother, is there something important that you urgently wanted to bring me back?"

Lelouch looked at the puzzled-looking sky and couldn't help but admire his brother even more. He then smiled and pointed at himself, saying, "Brother, have you forgotten? Today is Nunnally's birthday."

Upon hearing Lelouch's words, Tian immediately looked at Nunnally, who was still holding him, with surprise. Nunnally was looking at him expectantly, and he hurriedly said, "How could I forget! It's just that my brother Schneizel, the Imperial Chancellor, and my sister Cornelia, the General, are both here. I thought something important had happened."

Holding Nanali in Tian's arms, she immediately exclaimed happily, "Really? Brother, then give the present to Nanali quickly!"

Seeing that Nanali wanted a gift, Tian quickly made a plan in his mind, put on a charming smile, and said to Nanali, "Brother's gift cannot be given directly to Nanali, but brother promises that Nanali will like it."

"You can't just give it to me, what is it then?" Nanali asked, tilting her cute little face.

Seeing her like this, Tian patted Nanali's head with his little hand and said with a smile, "You'll know when the time comes."

Schneizel, who had already become the prime minister, immediately stepped forward and said to the sky with a smile, "Alright, heaven, as Nanali's brother, you must dance the first dance with Nanali tonight."

"kindness!"

Hearing Schneizel say that, Euphemia, who was standing next to Lelouch, immediately ran to Tian's side and grabbed his arm, saying, "Great! Me too! I've already learned to dance. Nunnally, let me dance my first dance with Tian!"

Six-year-old Nanali immediately grabbed Tian's arm and looked at Yuffie, saying, "No, tonight is Nanali's birthday, and Nanali wants to dance her first dance with her brother."

"You haven't learned the dance steps yet, have you?"

"Who said that? I've already had my second brother teach me."

Watching Euphemia and Nunnally pulling at each other back and forth, Lelouch secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Thank goodness Mom called my brother back from school, otherwise I would have ended up like this, hmm... that's for sure."

The banquet began, and although it wasn't as grand as Cornelia's, it wasn't far off. As beautiful music played, Tian slowly walked up to Nunnally and invited her to dance the first dance. Then, at Euphemia's request, he danced the second dance, and then, under Cornelia's coercion, he danced the third dance with her, earning three rounds of enthusiastic applause.