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Chapter 141: Back Stab
Moon, Capital First General Hospital, intensive care ward.
Stella on the hospital bed was sleeping very peacefully, and Shinn was holding her hand on the side of the hospital bed and followed her into sleep. Ade sat on the other side of the bed, watching this warm scene and unconsciously curved the corners of his mouth.
Celestial Being's activity was temporarily stopped by him, because he wanted to see how would Scirocco react after losing the Banshee Gundam. Besides, before saving Loran back, he did not want to do anything that may alert Scirocco.
A few days ago, Kamille smugly ran to him to take credit, and Chang Wufei also praised him. However, within two minutes, he was beaten up by Chang Wufei again for the reason that —
"I finally solved the case! So it turns out that you didn't give The-O a password that Stella could drive away so easily? How many times had I emphasized it? And you didn't remember a word? I am going to kill you today!"
"I've never heard of MS having a password when I was at TITANS, you adults have too many inexplicable requests… hey, grandpa, be merciful, don't hit my face!
In the end, it was Shinn who stopped Chang Wufei and saved Kamille from being hospitalized with Stella.
"You're laughing disgustingly, Ade." C.C.'s cool voice rang out, "What's on your mind?"
"Nothing." Ade yawned widely and reached out to rub his somewhat dry eyes, "Thinking about what to eat tonight."
"Why don't you take a break, you haven't closed your eyes for almost three days." C.C. walked behind him and put her fingers on his temples and gently pressed them, "It's almost time."
From the moment Ade met Stella, he had kept his Geass on until now. The doctor had instructed that the patient must remain sedated, and Stella's spirit was so sensitive that this was the best thing Ade could think of than injecting drugs.
"We have four hours and twenty-five minutes until the post-operative danger period is over, and we have to trust science. I'll pull out when the time is up, and leave the rest to the two little guys on their own." He relaxed and rested his head against C.C.'s soft belly, with two "heavy things" resting on the top of his head, "I've never felt this Geass was so valuable, and now I feel a sense of accomplishment."
"Don't talk old-fashioned, forgetting your age setting again? You… sigh…" C.C. sighed and put the action a little more gently, "Aren't you… a little too good to Mayu's brother? I've felt that way since the moment you met him, and you treat him differently than anyone else."
"Actually, I didn't like him much a long, long time ago." Ade turned his gaze to the void, and C.C. immediately realized that he was talking about "before he was born", "Until one day, after those fucked up things happened to me, I realized that some mistakes are made because there is no choice. So sometimes, I just can't help it …"
"No need to force yourself, I get it." C.C. leaned down and hugged him tightly from behind, as if to strangle him into her arms. After enjoying a quiet moment, she stood up and said to the maid who stood by the side with no sense of presence at all, "Momoka, go home and put—"
"Never mind, I don't need it." Ade patted C.C.'s hand and interrupted her, smiling kindly at Momoka, "You haven't had much rest in the past two days too, you're still a little girl yourself. There's no need to guard here, go back and catch up on your sleep."
"Thank you for your concern, don't worry about me." Momoka bowed politely and gave him a sunny smile, "No matter what difficulties I encounter, I have to fulfill my master's commission. That's the meaning of a maid's existence."
"Then I now entrust you to go home to sleep until you get up at sunset to have dinner with everyone." Ade blinked at her, "Can you complete the task?"
Momoka cocked her head in some confusion and finally lowered her head so that her expression could not be seen, "Since you have said so, it is only possible to obey orders then."
C.C. looked playfully in the direction Momoka left, turned her head and pinched Ade hard on the face, "You clearly weren't like this before, you were dull, stupid, and mute before, how did you develop this look? Ange… it can't be her. She doesn't have that IQ. Did Lacus teach you this?"
"What are you talking about? What's wrong with me?" Ade was confused, "You should also go back first, help me to watch Lacus and Ange. I always feel that the two of them seem to be a little bit against each other after Lacus came back. C.C., the only one I can trust completely on this matter is you."
"What do you think I am? Your harem manager? You're getting carried away and trying to make use of me?" C.C. hummed disdainfully, "But since I'm the only one you can trust, then there is no way. I will help you keep an eye on them."
C.C. said goodbye Ade, softly humming an unknown ditty on the way home. On the way, she met Garrod and Tiffa. They were not very familiar with each other, and she remembered that they had not seen each other for a long time, so she just nodded to them. But Garrod strangely took the initiative to talk to her.
"Well, Ms. C.C., can you not mention to the doctor that you met Tiffa?" Garrod cautiously avoided Tiffa and whispered to her, "I'm extremely satisfied that no one is thinking of us, and it would be best if the Doctor never thought of Tiffa's existence. The fewer appearances, the safer, and I think that's better for us both, don't you think that makes sense?"
C.C. thought for a moment and readily agreed.
By the time she got home, Ange was in the living room with Lacus. Ange was glaring at Lacus aggressively, while Lacus was clearly showing the impression of weakness. But considering Lacus's acting skills, C.C. didn't judge, and she waved to Mineva who was shivering at the side, and the little girl ran to her.
"Sister Ange and Sister Lacus quarreled." Before C.C. asked, Mineva took the initiative to report, "Sister Lacus said something first, and then Sister Ange suddenly blew up."
"Sure enough." She patted Mineva's little head and walked over to sit next to the two.
"I was just joking, and I'm sorry for offending you." Lacus looked pitiful and as if she was being bullied, "I think you really misunderstood, I didn't mean that …"
"You had the guts to say that, but now you don't have the guts to admit it?" Ange coldly laughed, "I have seen too many times of this kind of tricks in the palace. I just don't want to bother to play the game with you guys. Do you really think I, Angelise am a fool and don't understand what you're hinting?"
"Oh? That's really~" the fire of gossip in C.C.'s heart blazed. She poured herself a drink and started watching the fun.
"Ade is very hard, there are too many things he needs to worry about, so after you have troubled him, I shouldn't do anything that may let him feel troubled. Is this what you want to say?" Ange raised her tone, "Why should I trouble him? Do you think I should follow your example because you all troubled him around? Come one, I'm not that cheap and try to get his attention all day long!"
"Ange, that's too much." C.C. felt that it should be time to stop them, so she spoke out kindly. She suddenly realized that with her different mindset now, even her tone of voice was different from before.
"Too much? Why didn't you think it was too much when you stabbed him?" Ange turned her face angrily at C.C., "You think of yourself as a tragic heroine, just waiting for Prince Charming to come to save you. Which of you has thought about him? You know what the AT field is, the wall of the soul to refuse other souls. No one in the family except Mineva can pass through Ade's AT field, don't you understand what that means?"
Mineva lowered her head and smiled covertly, no one noticed.
"He's NT, do any of you remember? His NT ability is raising crazily every day since he got on the Unicorn Gundam, do any of you remember? Under so much pressure, you guys still take turns to make things happen, I wouldn't feel surprised if he was driven crazy one day. Did any of you ever care about his feelings?" Ange waved her arms excitedly as her volume increased, "No, you only care about yourselves!"
C.C. and Lacus looked at each other dumbfounded and saw a look of shock in each other's eyes at the same time. Mineva mentally nodded in agreement. This was the reason why Ange was "sister" and the other two were just "aunts" in the little girl's heart.
"For the last time, I know I'm the other woman and my only purpose here is to be with him no matter the cost. I am not going to trouble him, and I advise you to stop troubling him. Whew, I'm so thirsty, Momoka, I want to drink wine in the evening, go out and buy me a bottle of—" Ange said and suddenly noticed that the maid was not there, "Huh? Where's Momoka?"
"Went back to bed." C.C. gave her a gloating look, "Someone's mandatory order."
"Forget it then, I'll buy it by myself." Ange walked to the foyer and started to change her shoes, giving C.C. and Lacus another look before she left, "I'm sorry for yelling at you guys, I'll try to get along with everyone."
Mineva watched as the front door closed and Ange's movement completely disappeared, glanced secretly at the other two aunts, and decisively trotted all the way back to her room.
"I can't believe I was taught a lesson by Ange. She's worthy of being Her Highness." Lacus lamented with a complicated expression, "It seems that I have to admit that. This time, it was me who was wrong."
"It's normal, anyone can be wrong at times." C.C. looked in the direction of the door and smiled, "Ange will be as well."
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Lacus immediately responded, "Are you hinting at something?"
"If I'm right, you'll find out soon." C.C. smiled mysteriously and hummed towards the kitchen, "It's been a while since I've cooked, I'm a little itchy, I'll cook tonight."
In the afternoon, Ade went back and the six people happily sat around the dinner table. Ange opened a bottle of Sprite that she had just bought, and everyone was laughing and smiling as they ate.
"Uncle Ade, can I taste it?" Mineva gazed at him pitifully with her big watery eyes, "Just one lick, really."
"Uh … okay." Ade couldn't resist her eyes and handed his glass to the little girl, "Just one lick."
"Mmm, hmm." Mineva took the glass and stuck out her little tongue as her voice rang out in Ade's head at the same time, "Uncle Ade, the three of them had a big fight this afternoon. Sister Lacus started it, and in the end, Sister Ange won the argument."
"Okay, okay, that's enough, you're really going to get drunk if you drink any more." Ade took the glass back and stroked the little girl's head. Mineva narrowed her eyes and rubbed the soft tips of her hair against his palm, showing an expression of enjoyment.
"Ade, you're spoiling her too much." Lacus said with a helpless look, "Education will go wrong if it continues like this."
"How can something go wrong? Just look at Shinn, you know how good my education level is!" The pocket suddenly vibrated. Ade lowered his head and looked at it, raised his hand to everyone, and shook the phone apologetically, "Take a call."
After that, he pressed the answer button and walked to the side.
"Chinese again." Lacus sighed, "He's getting more and more fond of encrypting his communications."
"Who is Miss Wang?" Ange asked alertly, "I think I also heard something about getting married next week? Who is getting married?"
"You know Chinese?!" C.C. looked at her in amazement, and Lacus couldn't help but look sideways at her.
"I'm learning, what's the problem?" Ange looked like she took it for granted, "Ade and Yang Wen-li's meeting codes are all in Chinese, which means that it's his native language. Isn't it normal to learn your man's native language?"
C.C. and Lacus were speechless.
After the meal, Momoka was cleaning up the dishes, and Ade gathered the remaining few, "According to the information Lacus stole from Ribbons, I have locked onto Loran's location, and there is a perfect chance to get him back next week. Although I have the AT field as insurance, I'll still bring a top ACE with me just in case, and it's expected to be Kira."
"I'm against it." Lacus firmly shook her head, "Do not risk your life again. Isn't it good to hand over this kind of spy work to Char?"
"It's about Loran, I can not trust anyone, I must do it myself." Ade looked oddly away, "And the way Loran is now… he may not want too many people to see."
"Here we go again, another episode where objections don't work and you have to sneak away?" Ange clasped her arms to her chest and said to Momoka, who had finished cleaning up the dishes, "Momoka, grab him and tie him up this time. I think that Char is quite reliable, there is no need for you to step in."
The maid lady went to Ade's side and stood silently without further action. C.C. raised an eyebrow and gave Lacus a wink, and Lacus instantly understood.
"Momoka?" Ange inexplicably glanced at the maid. Without thinking much about it, she went towards Ade, reaching her hand to his shoulder. However, her hand was suddenly slapped away by another person's hand, "Momoka, what are you doing?!"
"I'm sorry, Her Highness Angelise." Momoka reached out her hand to stop Ange and looked bitterly straight into her amber eyes, "I … support Ade-san's decision."
