Prologue - Part 2

'Hard to believe that it all happened just one night ago.'

Lelouch thought as he glanced at his servant. Thanks to the trains, it took them a few hours to get to Fuyuki from Kyoto. After showing his servant their temporary base, Lelouch needed sleep. This entire month was difficult for him. From being emperor of the world to a nonexistent person in this one, he needed some time to adjust to the situation. Not to mention getting this old house. Getting fake documents proved to be a challenge as well. Without using Geass Lelouch had to do it the old way.

'Well, it cannot be helped. Geass is off limits for me now.' At least this world wasn't as technologically advanced as his old one, so he had little problem hacking the local police system. It was nothing compared to OSI.

"Master." his thought was interrupted as he looked at his servant.

"What is it, Avenger?"

Avenger, a forbidden class that shouldn't exist, yet she did and Lelouch was her master. It was funny and exciting to be in the room with one of history's greatest heroes. This class was guaranteed to summon as an Anti-Hero or Evil-aligned Heroic Spirit. Avengers are marked by an all-consuming hatred or thirst for revenge against a certain target, whether it be an individual, a concept, or even the entire World. Whereas most individuals will gradually heal and forget a grudge with time, the curse of the Avenger class made their vengeance burn in perpetuity, as painful as a fresh wound for the rest of their existence. Lelouch couldn't help but chuckle at the irony of him being Avenger's master.

'She didn't tell me her real name, but with everything I know so far, it is not so hard to guess who she is. But since she didn't bother revealing her identity, I won't do it either.'

"While you were sleeping, I felt the death of another servant."

Lelouch narrowed his eyes.

"So the first battle has already happened, I see. Well, I guess you don't know which servant died?" Avenger shook her head with a sigh, but said.

"No, but it felt strange. I felt the death of the servant, and yet it feels like nothing changed." Lelouch thought about her words for a moment. Maybe it was some sort of the skill that the servant used. Fake their death and go into hiding is a sound strategy, especially for someone like an assassin class. It's a simple plan, but he doubted that it would work in the long run.

"Hm, did you feel it because of your 'home advantage'?" she gave him a mischief look with a slight smirk.

"This is my land, and therefore I have every right to know what happens here. Still..." she closed her eyes and sighed. "For someone to start the battle and have the first fight without me is unforgivable." her red eyes stared at him as she spoke. "Master, we need to act before another fight happens or at least be there. Our presence might be unknown to the enemy for the time being, but we won't win the war by hiding."

Lelouch understood this as well. True, the existence of the eighth servant is still unknown to others, but they can't hide forever. Their biggest weakness right now, was that they didn't know anything about other masters and their servants. Servants are one thing, but their masters is another. They didn't know what other participants were capable of. Lelouch and Avenger badly needed information. And therefore their best choice of action was to seek for an ally for the time being.

An eighth Servant, especially someone like his Avenger would change the course of this war and surely someone will want to ally with them. However, there is a great possibility that Lelouch and Avenger will be haunted to keep the balance. Therefore their need for an ally only doubles. Two of them need to find an ally, preferably an experienced Magi, since Lelouch doesn't know how to use any sort of Magecraft. His sponsor didn't bother to teach him anything in that field, but at least Lelouch and his servant were well hidden, if what Lelouch heard from his sponsor wasn't a lie.

"I agree. We are going to have a look around the city. Right now our main objective is to find someone more knowledgeable about other masters and cooperate with them." Once he finished, Lelouch stood up and left the kitchen. "If you are done with your food, we're leaving. We're going to study this city before the night begins. After that, we will look for other masters."

"To ally with them or to kill them?" she asked, already knowing the answer. She turned to look at her already empty plate. "Well, I had a good breakfast and might as well stretch my legs, besides I wanted to learn how locals were doing without me." as she said it, she turned into her spiritual form and disappeared from sight.

Lelouch stared at the place where Avenger was just a moment ago before turning away.

'This is going to be a really interesting war. Probably my most unusual one so far. However, I am not going to achieve anything other than victory. Demon against seven legendary heroes. Oh, my bad. Two demons. If anything it will be an exciting war.'