Xiao Ran directly threw Vermilion Bird to Loide and ignored him. As for the title, just like Xiao Ran said, Vermilion Bird became his disciple. Since Loide knew that Xiao Ran could no longer pilot Lancelot, the addition of Vermilion Bird became the best part of Lancelot's report.
As for the rest, Loide didn't want to ask or care about it. Why Vermilion Bird became Xiao Ran's disciple had nothing to do with him. However, Vermilion Bird found a suitable reason for Xiao Ran. Didn't Euphemia want to integrate Britaria and the 11th District? Starting with Xiao Ran, the exclusive knight. Since no one from the 11th District could become a noble or a high-ranking official, Xiao Ran, the exclusive knight, could accept a person from the 11th District as his disciple. This was especially so when Vermilion Bird's identity was extremely special.
Xiao Ran threw Vermilion Bird to Loide, and Loide threw Vermilion Bird to Cecil. After tossing them out one by one, Vermilion Bird finally found his position in the Special Task Force. He had just been expelled from the military by the Empire, but now, he had inexplicably become a member of the Special Task Force.
After dealing with the pivot tree Vermilion Bird, when Xiao Ran returned to the Governor's Mansion, he was suddenly stopped by a person who walked out of the door. He was standing straight, wearing a red uniform and white gloves. His fists were slightly clenched, and his hair was neat and tidy. Behind his glasses, he stared at Xiao Ran with a pair of sharp eyes. His expression was serious and solemn.
Glancing at the person who blocked his way, Xiao Ran asked without any emotion, "What's the matter?"
The person who blocked Xiao Ran's way was Gilbert, who was sent by Cornelia. Xiao Ran's emotionless voice seemed to have angered this gentlemanly guy. He said to Xiao Ran in a low voice, "Knight Lelouch Xiao, from today onwards, I will be the guest of the Governor's Mansion. I will assist Her Highness Euphemia with all her work and be responsible for Her Highness' safety. I hope that you can hand over the leadership of the Freikorps to me. Those people should also make up for their previous mistakes."
Xiao Ran said indifferently, "If it's Her Highness' request, then I have no reason to object. But if it's just your personal opinion, then I'm sorry. The current guards and my Freikorps are enough to protect Her Highness from any threats. There's also no need to punish them. As for Her Highness' work, this will be coordinated by a special affairs officer and the Deputy Governor. Unless there's a direct order for me, then protecting Her Highness is my only job. I don't think there's anything I need to trouble you with."
The corners of Gilbert's mouth curled up as if he was disdainful. "Just with you guys? Just with the Freikorps that even Clovis couldn't protect? Those Freikorps didn't fulfill their duties. These irresponsible Freikorps can't be used to protect Her Highness Euphemia at all. "
"That was in the past, not now. The guards and Freikorps are capable enough to protect Her Highness and become the sharpest blade in the direction Her Highness pointed at." Xiao Ran said calmly, "I don't want to judge the behavior of the late His Highness Clovis, but why did that happen? That's because His Highness Clovis didn't have any guards or powerful enough knights to protect him. The Freikorps in the past also didn't exist to protect him."
"Now that I've divided the Freikorps into two, I don't think you're qualified to judge whether the guards and Freikorps are capable of doing their jobs well. Because according to what you said, if you want to send a good general like Jeremiah to plant oranges, then I think you should plant oranges with Jeremiah too."
Xiao Ran chuckled and continued, "After all, under your protection, Her Highness Cornelia was also attacked and seriously injured. There's no fundamental difference between the two. It's just that Her Highness Cornelia is still alive. Should I say that it's your luck?"
"You!" Gilbert had been insulted by Xiao Ran a few times in a row. He had been dissatisfied with Xiao Ran for a long time, but now, he was furious because of Cornelia's matter. He clenched his fist, but fortunately, he remembered where he was. He also remembered his identity and endured it. He only gritted his teeth and said, "You're very good."
Xiao Ran smiled politely, "I'm good indeed, good in all aspects, especially in terms of luck. I somehow became a knight from a commoner. Of course, it's also because Her Highness Euphemia has a good eye for talent. Fortunately, she chose me to become a knight earlier. Otherwise, if someone like you came to help Her Highness, I reckon you'll only make the 11th District miserable again."
"If you can't hold it in … I suggest you endure it. Before you act, you should first consider whether you're a match for me. Besides, I don't want to use force to suppress a guest who came from afar. Of course, I hope you don't force me to do that. Remember your identity. You're just a guest. Do your job well and it'll be good for everyone. Don't point fingers in front of me, and I won't accept any of your opinions."
"I can tell you that the only condition for me to become a knight is that I won't do anything I don't want to do. Freikorps is mine. If you want to interfere, you have to see if I'm willing or not."
Gilbert was furious, but he had to hold it in. At least for now, he had to hold it in. Like Xiao Ran said, Freikorps was his. If he didn't hand over the leadership, no one in the 11th District could take it away from him except for Euphemia. Even if Cornelia came here personally, it wouldn't make sense.
Xiao Ran didn't want to pay attention to Gilbert. He was about to go around him and enter the Governor's Mansion, but Gilbert shouted again, "Stop!"
"Anything else?" Xiao Ran tilted his head and glanced at Gilbert.
"I don't know where you came from, and you're wearing a mask. A person who hides his head and shows his tail is not worthy of being a true knight." Gilbert took a deep breath and said to Xiao Ran in a deep voice, "But I will find out who you are and what you want to do. As long as I stay by Her Highness Euphemia's side, I will never allow you to do anything to deceive Her Highness."
Xiao Ran waved his hand casually, "As long as you're happy."
Gilbert clenched his teeth, "Also, as a knight, you can't even take care of your own family and still need Her Highness's power. This is the Governor's Mansion, not just anyone can come here. You'd better immediately take those people you brought here away from here."
Xiao Ran stopped and looked at Gilbert. "You've lost your composure. I've said before that you only need to do what you're supposed to do. You can only do what you're supposed to do and say what you're supposed to say. As for how my people should be arranged, it's not up to you to decide. I'll say the same thing again. If this is what His Highness wants, I'll do it. But if it's just your personal opinion, I can only apologize to you. It's not up to you to make decisions in the Governor's Mansion or the 11th district. This is the last time. If you overstep your boundaries again, I won't be polite to you anymore."
Gilbert watched Xiao Ran enter the mansion. After taking two deep breaths, he calmed down and turned around to walk out of the mansion. At the same time, he took out a special phone from his pocket and put it to his ear.
"Your Highness, we've already tested his attitude. He's very tough … Yes, very tough … I don't know where he got his confidence from. We can't find out much, but from the results of the investigation, he didn't appear beside Her Highness Euphemia on purpose … Yes … It's just an accident. Yes, I'll get the video of him driving KF and send it over as soon as possible … Yes, I'll protect Her Highness Euphemia here."
"What's the impression of this person? I don't know how to describe it. He's very rude, very rude … Yes … He doesn't seem to care about anything, but he also seems to be very confident in everything. He seems to be even more confident in himself, so confident that no matter what happens, he can easily solve it. "
"Understood. I've recorded the entire conversation just now. I'll send it over together … Okay … Understood."
Xiao Ran didn't pay attention to Gilbert and directly walked into the mansion. He saw Euphemia sitting in the hall, absent-minded, and Rooki Noboru, who was standing beside Euphemia and gently winking at him with a smile on his face.
Seeing the two of them, Xiao Ran's lips curled up slightly and he nodded at them.
"You're back." When Euphemia saw Xiao Ran, she stood up in a panic. After looking at Xiao Ran for a while, she looked behind Xiao Ran and asked pitifully, "Didn't Gilbert come back?"
"No, I just talked to him outside the door. I don't know why he left." Xiao Ran sat down near Euphemia and said with a smile, "He also said that he will continue to stay here as a guest of the Governor's Mansion. What's wrong?"
When Xiao Ran saw Euphemia's expression and Ryukino's expression, he roughly knew what happened. However, he did not directly point out Euphemia's embarrassment.
Euphemia stared blankly at Xiao Ran, "That's it? Gilbert didn't say anything else? "
"I don't think he said anything." Xiao Ran pretended to think for a while and then said with a sudden realization, "Oh, right. He also said that he hoped that I could assign some work to him and let him manage Freikorps for the time being. Otherwise, it would be too incompetent if he had nothing to do as a guest. However, I was worried that Your Highness would have other things for him to do, so I rejected him."
"This Gilbert is very gentlemanly. Compared to the last time we met, he was much more gentlemanly. Although I rejected him, he didn't seem to be angry and left in a very easy-going manner."
When Ryukino heard Xiao Ran's words, his eyes were full of smiles and he slightly tilted his head. On the other hand, Euphemia naively believed Xiao Ran's words. She gently exhaled and said to Xiao Ran as if she had relaxed, "Actually, before you came back, Gilbert had already mentioned that he wanted to let him manage Freikorps. However, I told him that I had already handed Freikorps over to you, so it was best to ask for your opinion. I was worried that you and Gilbert would have some conflict over Freikorps. If that happened, it would not be good. Since that didn't happen, it couldn't be better."
"You must know that although Gilbert appears to be respectful to me, he is actually a very arrogant person. I really didn't expect the two of you to get along so well."
Xiao Ran smiled and said, "It's alright. Although he is a little straightforward sometimes, there is nothing particularly bad about him."
Now, Xiao Ran was talking nonsense to Euphemia. Although Xiao Ran did not care much about Gilbert, he could feel that guy's inexplicable arrogance. At the very least, he was not a very gentle person. At least from Xiao Ran's point of view, he was sometimes a little annoyed.
As for Gilbert's attitude towards Euphemia and Cornelia, that was another matter altogether. However, judging from Gilbert's attitude towards Jeremiah, this guy really thought that he was superior and liked to make his own decisions. As for other things, there was nothing special about him.
If he could change these two points, or if he was willing to follow Cornelia wholeheartedly, then he would be a good subordinate. However, apart from Gilbert's loyalty to Cornelia, his passionate feelings for her were probably the real reason why he was willing to follow Cornelia wholeheartedly.
But now, Gilbert was not on the same side as Xiao Ran. Instead, he was here to pick a fight. Although Xiao Ran did not pay too much attention to this guy, it was normal that he did not have a good impression of him. Using words to create trouble for Gilbert was already a very mild method. It was also a normal method that Xiao Ran was too lazy to deal with.
However, in front of Euphemia, Xiao Ran would not reveal his conflict with Gilbert. Although this conflict was caused by Gilbert himself, he could see that Euphemia hoped that the two of them could get along well. This was because Gilbert represented her sister, Cornelia, while Xiao Ran represented Euphemia. If there was a huge conflict between the subordinates, with the relationship between Euphemia and Cornelia, it would indeed be a little difficult.
Euphemia shook her head, "Let's not talk about him anymore. You came back very late last night and left early this morning?"
"Loide needed someone to cooperate with Lancelot's data recording. Loide asked me to go to the Military Court and bring Suzaku Suzaku over. Your Highness, didn't you want to slowly change the mindset of the people in the 11th District? I thought that I might as well let Suzaku Suzaku be my disciple and slowly give him some opportunities. I want to establish him as a model that can lead a better life in the 11th District."
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