My Anime Girlfriends

After dancing three dances in a row, Tian felt his stamina starting to wane. Although his strength and stamina were several times that of his peers, he had put in a tremendous amount of effort to perform these three dances well. Nunnally and Euphemia were practically no dancers at all; their movements were stiff and they couldn't keep up with the rhythm. However, to prevent his sister from losing face in front of others, he used all his strength to maintain the rhythm and steps. Cornelia fared a little better, but the height difference between them also caused considerable physical exertion. After completing the final dance steps, he had to be helped off the stage by Cornelia.

After a rest, Tian looked at Cornelia, who had been sitting beside him, and asked softly, "Sister, how is your piano practice going?"

Cornelia looked at the sky in surprise, because he rarely spoke to her first, and even when he did, it was just a simple greeting. But she still asked, "How did you know I was learning piano?"

Tian said calmly, "It was Yuffie who told me. She said that my sister has been learning piano for a long time, but she has never played it in front of outsiders. If possible, I would like to play a piece called 'Ode to Joy' with my sister as a gift for Nanali."

After Tian finished speaking, Cornelia even thought she had misheard and couldn't help but ask, "What?"

Seeing Cornelia's surprised expression, Tian had no choice but to repeat, "I want to play 'Ode to Joy' with my elder sister as a parting gift for Nunnally."

Chapter 300 The Beginning

Tian and Cornelia sat down at a piano. Tian raised his hand and lightly pressed a key, producing a clear, resonant sound. Tian nodded, knowing it was a fine piano. Their actions attracted the attention of most people, who looked on with puzzled expressions. Tian picked up a microphone and said, "Today is my sister Nunnally's birthday. As her older brother, my sister and I will play a piece for her, hoping she will always be happy." He then nodded slightly to the band members and Cornelia beside him, his small hand slowly resting on the keys. At the same time, Cornelia's hand also touched the keys.

The cheerful rhythm of the piano, reminiscent of "Ode to Joy," filled every corner of the banquet hall. Although it was a duet, Tian and Cornelia played flawlessly, as if they had rehearsed countless times. Finally, the accompanying musicians joined in, their instruments blending with the piano, offering their sincerest blessings to the guests of the banquet.

As the piece ended, Tian slowly raised his hands from the piano keys, gave Cornelia a rare smile, and said, "Thank you, Royal Sister. Nanali will definitely like this gift." He then stood up, very gentlemanly extended his left hand to Cornelia, took her right hand, and gave a slight bow to everyone.

In the crowd, Guilford, who had been chosen as Cornelia's knight a month earlier, was intently watching the two people standing in front of the piano. As the princess's knight, he was once again captivated by her heroic figure. Cornelia was his goddess at this moment, and he was willing to protect her with his life. At the same time, he also remembered the sky standing beside the princess.

After the banquet ended, the guests left one after another, and the Aries Palace was no longer as lively as before, except for some servants cleaning up the mess.

Cornelia held Euphemia's little hand as they walked back to the palace, occasionally giggling to herself. Euphemia, who was being led by Cornelia's hand, looked at her sister's face and asked, "Sister, what are you thinking about? You seem so happy."

Cornelia, seeing Euphemia's curious gaze, quickly said, "Um...it's nothing, Euphemia. I was just thinking that starting next week, I'll be in charge of guarding the Aries Palace, so we can see each other every day!"

Yuffie then remembered that her older sister didn't have to go out to fight for the time being, so she immediately smiled and said, "That's great! That means Yuffie can be with her sister every day. Seeing your smile, I thought you were happy because you were thinking about playing the piano with Brother Xiaotian!" As she spoke, Yuffie made an adorable face.

Hearing Euphemia say that, Cornelia began to doubt whether her sister was really only 8 years old and had such thoughts. She forced a smile and said, "Is that so!"

"Ok!"

Time flies... One month later...

In the capital of the British Empire, the Imperial Princess was attacked and killed by terrorists in her palace, and the news spread throughout the entire capital overnight. However, Tian, ​​who was in military school, did not hear the news until three days later. He immediately disregarded the school's rules, fled the school, and rushed to the location of Aries Palace.

When he rushed back to Aries Palace, Marianne's body was being transported to the royal mausoleum by hearse. When he desperately tried to block the hearse, countless guards rushed up and pinned him to the ground. The guards showed no respect whatsoever. If Cornelia, who was with him, hadn't intervened, he probably would have been shot by the guards. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as his mother's body was taken away, unable to even see her one last time, thanks to the obstruction of Guilford and a few others.

Inside the Gemini Palace (Cornelia and Euphemia's palace), Ten's hands were clenched tightly together, desperately trying to suppress something. He looked at Cornelia sitting opposite him and shouted, "Why...why didn't you tell me? Why...why did you hide it from me?"

Cornelia looked up at the sky, her expression heavy with sorrow, and slowly said, "I'm sorry, heavens, because Lelouch and Nunnally were sent to Japan by Father as political pawns for questioning him. If you..."

"I don't want to hear your explanation! It's all because of you... that I couldn't see my mother one last time, and now even Lelouch and Nunnally have left me. Why didn't you tell me? Don't you know they were my most important family members?"

Cornelia looked at the sky, which was already in tears, and immediately said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Tian! I just..."

Tian interrupted Cornelia and shouted, "I hate you!" He looked at Cornelia with hateful eyes and slowly said, "Cornelia... I hate you, I always have... I never want to see you again!" After saying that, he stood up from his seat and walked out of the Gemini Palace.

As soon as Tian stepped out of the Gemini Palace, he was met by Bismarck, the first knight of the empire. Bismarck was standing at the entrance of the Gemini Palace, followed by four guards. When he saw Tian come out, he immediately knelt down and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor wishes to see you!"

“Perfect timing, I also want to meet my father, the Emperor.”

"Then please follow me!"

Inside the emperor's study, Tian looked at the emperor before him, clenching his fists, and asked, "Why...why didn't you protect Mother? Why did you treat Lelouch and Nunnally like that?"

Emperor Xia Lulu immediately said in a calm tone, "Because they were all weak, and the weak have no right to live in this world." It was as if the dead had nothing to do with him.

Tian immediately laughed and looked at the emperor, asking softly, "Then...am I also a weakling? Your Majesty!"

As the emperor's knight, Bismarck cautioned, "Your Highness, please watch your tone of voice."

Emperor Sharuru immediately said, "Don't worry about him, my knight, capture him."

"Yes, my load."

Once captured by Bismarck, Ten struggled with all his might, causing Bismarck to frown and tighten his grip. When Ten was no longer able to resist, Emperor Shalu slowly descended from his throne and approached Ten.

"Do you want to kill me? Like you would your mother?"

Emperor Sharlu did not answer the question from the sky. His eyes turned red as he looked at the sky and slowly said, "You will forget all your relatives, Marian, Lelouch, Nunnally... Accept everything I give you and eventually become my knight. From now on, your name is Summit Ashford."

Chapter 301 Second Lieutenant Summit

Summit Ashford is the only prodigy in the history of the Holy British Military Academy to complete his studies and graduate at the age of 10. While the academy is a three-year program, students cannot graduate without sufficient credits, which are earned through courses such as military strategy, battlefield intelligence analysis, and piloting the Knightmare.

Gino looked at Summit with a calm expression and asked with a smile, "Lieutenant Summit, what are you planning to do after graduation?"

Graduates of the Imperial Military Academy are given the rank of Sergeant upon graduation, and those with outstanding grades can be promoted to Warrant Officer. Summit is the only one in his class to be promoted to Second Lieutenant.

Samit looked at the smiling Gino, paused for a moment, and said, "I plan to join the special research team to develop the fifth generation of Knightmare. That way, the family won't decline because of its past support for Princess Marian."

Gino immediately laughed and said, "For the family? You rascal... remember to come find me next time, and we'll have a good fight then."

Summit looked at Gino, who was laughing heartily, and recalled everything that had happened over the past three years. He nodded heavily and said, "Yes!"

……………………One year later……

Summit sat in front of the computer, staring at a massive amount of data for two whole days and nights. During those two days, he locked himself in the lab, constantly conducting various virtual simulations, his mind filled with the sheer volume of data. Only at dawn did he glance at the time, sigh, and drag his weary body out of the lab. As he opened the lab door, a woman of about eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed in a khaki military uniform, stood outside, seemingly preparing to enter.

Summit immediately said in a slightly tired voice, "Good morning, Miss Cecil."

Upon seeing the exhausted Summit, the woman known as Cecil exclaimed in surprise, "Summit, did you stay up all night conducting experiments again?"

Seeing Cecil's expression, Summit apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss Cecil, I had a new idea yesterday, so..."

Cecil immediately said in an older sister's tone, "This won't do, Summit. You're still young, you're still developing. You can't stay up all night like this every day. Even if your body is much stronger than other children your age, it will break down sooner or later."

Summit immediately smiled and said, "It's alright, Miss Cecil. Sunderland (the fifth generation Knightmare) is basically complete. Judging from the data, it will soon be ready for actual combat. In that case, the Ashford family will finally be able to maintain a place in the Empire."

Upon hearing Summit's words, Cecil exclaimed in surprise, "What? You've already completed the development of Sunderland? If what you're saying is true, then that's truly amazing..." Before she could finish her sentence, Summit collapsed into her arms. Cecil wondered what had happened to him, only to find that Summit had simply fallen asleep.

When Summit woke up, he found himself lying on a clean white hospital bed in the infirmary. Just as he was wondering what was going on, a rather flippant voice rang in his ear: "Good morning, Summit."

Summit immediately looked toward the bedside and saw Lloyd sitting there smiling, wearing a white trench coat. He asked, "Mr. Lloyd, what am I doing here? Wasn't I in the lab?"

Lloyd immediately pushed up his glasses with a smile and said, "We'll talk about that later. Congratulations! During the two days you were unconscious, I did a lot of testing on your toy. It's a very good toy. Those guys in the army will be overjoyed, and your Ashford will regain the Empire's favor."

Upon hearing Lloyd's words, Summit immediately smiled and said, "Really? That's wonderful."

Seeing his smile, Lloyd immediately laughed and said, "It's nothing, I need to borrow your genius 'brain' for a bit. I wonder if Summit agrees? Oh dear..." As soon as Lloyd finished speaking, he clutched his head and screamed.

Cecil stood behind him, smiling, holding a thick hardcover book. She looked at Lloyd with a wide grin and said, "Lloyd, don't you know that using child labor is illegal?" She then placed a laptop on Summit's hospital bed and said to him, "Summit, come and look at my design data for the FLOATSYSTEM and BlazeLuminous."

Lloyd, who was rubbing his head incessantly, said, "Cecil, you're so despicable! Come here... Summit, take a look at my machine powered by Sakuradite, and see if there's anything that needs improvement..." As he spoke, he stretched his face in front of Summit and took out another notebook, placing it on his hospital bed.

Standing behind him, Cecil immediately smiled and asked, "Mr. Lloyd, it seems I spoke first. Would you please line up?"

"Yes, I was here first."

"You seem to have forgotten who brought Summit to the ward!"

"What did you say? I don't know..."

Seeing the two arguing in front of him, Summit couldn't help but laugh. Having been together for almost a year, he knew their personalities very well, so he smiled and picked up the documents on the bed to look at them. Soon, he was attracted by the data on the screen.

About an hour later, Summit emerged from the sea of ​​data and said to Lloyd and the other man, "Mr. Lloyd, if your designed machine is successfully manufactured, its power will be at least 1.5 times that of Sunderland, and its performance will be terrifyingly high. It will likely surpass the performance of the sixth generation and become a seventh-generation Knightmare. Especially its weapons; if it is actually manufactured, it will be a truly terrifying weapon. Miss Cecil's design is even more impressive. If it is successfully manufactured, the Knightmare's battlefield will not only be on land."

Lloyd immediately laughed and said, "Haha... As expected of Summit, you came to this conclusion so quickly. With your help, we will definitely create the strongest machine."

Summit immediately smiled and said, "It's my honor."

Chapter 302 Unit-00 and the Lambda Drive System

On the playground outside the special research institute, a pure black Knightmare was performing various complex maneuvers. This machine was slightly taller than the average machine, about 5 meters tall. The machine was pure black, but because its entire body, including the joints, was protected by streamlined armor, the machine, which looked slightly slender than the Sunderland, also looked very beautiful because of those streamlined armors.

At the edge of the playground, Lloyd and Cecil stood in front of the computer, looking at the data on the screen with excited expressions. Once the Knightmare came to a stop, Lloyd immediately clapped his hands and shouted, "Alright, that's enough for today, Summit!"

As soon as Lloyd finished speaking, a boy's voice immediately came from the tall Knightmare: "Yes, Mr. Lloyd." The cockpit of the machine opened, and a handsome boy in a white pilot's suit stepped out. He was about 1 meters tall, with short, glossy black hair that reached his ears, and beautiful purple eyes looking directly at Lloyd. It was Summit, who had been working with Lloyd all along. Summit was now thirteen years old, and with his age, he had grown to about 6 meters tall, which made Cecil, who had always called him "big sister," laugh for a long time.

Summit stood on the cockpit of Knightmare, slowly stretched his body, and with a light leap, jumped from a height of about four meters to the ground. He then quickly ran to Lloyd and asked, "Mr. Lloyd, how did the test go?"

Lloyd immediately smiled and said, "Very good. Judging from the data obtained from this Unit Zero, we can finally start manufacturing my 'Lancelot'."

Upon hearing Lloyd's words, Summit immediately asked in confusion, "Lancelot?"

Cecil, who was standing nearby, immediately smiled and said, "That's the name I came up with for the guide weapon that's about to be born. What do you think? Does it sound good?"

Summit nodded immediately and said, "Well, what about Unit Zero?"

Lloyd immediately put on a troubled expression and said, "This Unit-00 could have been used as a guided weapon, but because it was manufactured with only speed and performance in mind, the requirements for the pilot were also very high, making it impossible to modify. So far, only you, with your superb physical abilities, have managed to barely utilize 30% of the unit's performance. It's impossible for it to be used as a guided weapon, let alone mass-produced."

Upon hearing this, Summit thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Lloyd, Ms. Cecil, please install the equipment you prepared beforehand on this machine. I think I have a way to use the machine's maximum power."

Upon hearing Summit's words, Lloyd immediately showed interest and said, "Oh, being able to use this machine, do you have some secret weapon?"

Cecil, with a worried expression, said, "Let's forget it, Summit. This machine puts too much strain on the pilot. It's not a good weapon for a weapon. If you use it, your body won't be able to take it."

Seeing Cecil's worried expression, Summit immediately said, "It's alright, Miss Cecil. If we install the equipment I made before, there won't be any problems."

After Summit finished speaking, Cecil immediately asked in confusion, "That piece of equipment?"

Upon hearing Summit's words, Lloyd immediately laughed and said, "Haha...you really do have a secret weapon! Take me to see it!"

"Ok."

Summit led Lloyd and Cecil into the laboratory, took out a disk from his pocket, inserted it into the computer, quickly entered a series of passwords, and then pointed to the data on the screen, saying, "I haven't manufactured the real equipment yet, but I have stored the data from countless virtual experiments. Mr. Lloyd and Cecil, please take a look at this data."

Lloyd immediately laughed and said, "Hehe... I want to see what kind of secret weapon it is." As he spoke, he stared intently at the screen.

Cecil laughed and said, "Yes, I'd like to see too."

Soon, the smiles on Lloyd and Cecil's faces vanished, replaced by expressions of disbelief. As time passed, Lloyd began to mutter to himself, "Impossible...impossible...how could a human possibly wield such power...to think..."

"...transforming humanity's aggressive instincts into the power to destroy the enemy..."

"How is this possible... how could such equipment exist? If the data is correct, it could destroy the entire world, let alone pilot Unit-00..."

Seeing the two of them starting to stammer, Summit hurriedly said loudly, "Mr. Lloyd, Miss Cecil, please calm down!"

At Summit's shout, Lloyd and Cecil regained their composure. They stared at the data on the screen for a long time before slowly asking, "This equipment has many limitations, doesn't it?"

"Is that right?"

Looking at the two people staring at him, Summit slowly nodded and said, "Yes, there are great restrictions on its use. Ordinary humans cannot use this power."

Hearing Summit say this, Lloyd and Cecil both breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Phew...that's great, this weapon is absolutely terrifying."

Seeing the two of them breathe a sigh of relief, Summit spoke again: "Listen to me, although ordinary people cannot use this driver, if someone like me, who is born with extremely high mental strength, were to use it, it would be the most terrifying weapon."

Lloyd immediately exclaimed in surprise, "What? So... this weapon is still usable?"