Just when CC was involved in false love and no longer understood what true love was, her life went through another big change.
"The nun was the only person I trusted at that time."
"I see, it was because your Geass power didn't work on her, right?" Leon subconsciously touched his left eye.
His Geass doesn't work on CC, so presumably CC's Geass didn't work on the nun who gave her that power.
"Yes, she was my salvation back then because she wasn't affected by my abilities. She scolded me when I did wrong and didn't blindly please me like others. So I placed my hope of finding [love] in her, but..."
CC lowered her head as she spoke, her bangs covering her golden eyes, and her voice became very sad.
"In the end, she just used me as a prop and scapegoat to endure eternal hell in her name."
The memory of the witch appeared in Leon's mind.
In the end, what happened in that church was that the girl who placed all her trust in the nun was betrayed in a cruel and ruthless way.
CC: "I returned all the gifts I received, just like you said, nun. Castles, jewelry, dresses, food, all of them~ The relationships created through Geass are very problematic. Now some people call me a queen or even a goddess."
Nun: "Really? Then let it all end like this. Ah, finally, you've grown to this level... I can finally be free."
CC: "Nun? What are you talking about? This is scaring me..."
Nun: "In order for me to reach the end, I have to find someone to endure eternity on my behalf. Finally, finally I waited until your Geass went mad. Do you know how long I've been waiting for this day?"
The nun shed tears of excitement and emotion. She stared at CC with wide eyes, but the gentleness a nun should have was gone, replaced by a fierce and cruel smile.
CC subconsciously squeezed her arm, looking very fragile. Even though a thousand years have passed since then, she can still remember the nun's expression very clearly.
The woman looked at her as if she were the stupidest creature in the world. It wasn't until that moment that she understood she had become a sacrifice.
Nun: "What a shame! You have been deceived, my sweet child!"
CC: "!!!"
The nun took out a sharp sword and pierced the girl's heart, but the strange thing is, though she clearly stabbed CC, the wound appeared on the nun herself.
CC continued begging and screaming, and the nun smiled cruelly and waved her sword again. She finally severed the shackles of her immortality at the cost of everything that belonged to CC.
In the end, the nun died, and CC became immortal.
That day, the witch CC was born.
"The irony is that I later did the same thing as the nun to end my eternity. So, do you regret listening to that boring, stupid story?" CC asked self-deprecatingly.
Leon shook his head and said in a low voice,
"No, I don't regret hearing your story. Even if I had to do it all over again, I would still choose to hear it. But... I feel a little sentimental right now."
"I'm sorry, I placed my curse on you. You're the closest contractor to success so far, so... please kill me when the time comes..."
CC rarely apologized.
The witch apologized for pushing Leon into eternal hell in the future. It was precisely because she had been through it that she understood how painful it was.
CC looked at Leon worriedly.
What will he do now that he knows everything? Will he choose to continue using the power of Geass to complete the contract, or will he never use Geass again and give up on the contract?
If it's the former, she'll be grateful to be with Leon. If it's the latter, she will not resent him, but will leave him forever.
To keep searching for her own burial place.
Leon shook his head sadly.
CC's golden eyes suddenly darkened.
"Really? Goodbye then."
"Where do you think you're going, CC? I didn't say I planned on backing out of the contract. I'm going to keep the promise I made. Do you think I'm the type of person to walk away from my promises?"
Leon raised his hand to stop the witch from leaving. CC's eyes widened in confusion.
"...Then why did you do it?"
"Didn't I say? I'm just feeling sentimental right now."
"You're so kind. It's just a stupid story about me being tricked. You don't have to do that."
"No, you got that wrong, CC."
The prince pulled the witch back toward him, cupped her cheeks with both hands, and looked straight into her eyes.
"I'm not sad about your past. There's nothing I can do about what's already happened. I'm sad about your future... It would be too painful to live just waiting for death."
"Leon, you..."
"CC, I promise I'll end your eternity, so at least you'll smile and leave this world happy in the end."
Leon told her very seriously.
The witch, who had experienced so much sorrow, was now living only to die. He didn't want to see such a tragedy.
He wished the witch could have a happy ending. That was Leon's wish—from the perspective of an accomplice, a companion. A blessing and a petition for CC.
The witch couldn't help but show a dumbfounded expression. He had said he wanted to become a tyrannical demon king, and yet this person was actually kinder than anyone else.
It was truly troubling. So if she pushed eternal hell onto him, wouldn't it only make her feel more guilty? she thought.
The witch's eyes shone unconsciously.
This was the first time in many years that someone had thought this way about her—and the first time anyone had ever wished for her to have a happy ending.
"A happy ending? That's really something too luxurious for me. Who in this world would allow a sinful witch like me to be happy?"
"I am the one giving that permission—not others, but myself, as Lord. I allow CC to have her own happiness," Leon said with great arrogance.
"Really? You're still the same as before." CC smiled unconsciously.
She buried her face in Leon's chest, not wanting him to see her tears falling...
"Promise me, CC."
"...Okay, I promise you. But what should I do? How can I become happy? I haven't thought about that kind of thing in hundreds of years."
Leon hugged CC unconsciously. This proud and fragile witch made him feel both heartache and warmth.
"Let me think... how about we return to our original intention? This time, we don't depend on the power of Geass."
"My true heart, my true love? I never expected it to be like this until now, but... can anyone really fall in love with a woman like me in this world? Stubborn, arrogant, despicable... Would you like that, Leon?"
CC's eyes sparkled with desire and hope. She looked straight at the young man in front of her. Her heartbeat, which had stopped since she was pierced by the nun's sword thousands of years ago, seemed to beat again at this moment.
Leon caressed her cheek, as if appreciating the most beautiful and fragile work of art in the world.
"Yeah, that's not a bad idea."
In the next second, as if they couldn't control their impulses, they grabbed each other's faces and kissed passionately.
The tears in the witch's eyes continued to fall, but this time, they were no longer tears of sorrow.
She snuggled into the prince's arms, as if she had returned to herself in her first memory.
[Finally, I found it.]
The true love she had searched for so long.
Her first forgotten dream.
This dream was found—and fulfilled—by Leon.
CC hugged his neck and looked lovingly into his violet eyes. She could see her reflection in them. She showed a beautiful smile.
"Hey Leon, call me by my name—not CC, but my real name."
"Okay, sure. From now on, only I will call you by your real name, XXXX."
Leon spoke the witch's name while looking into her eyes. Only he was allowed to know it. Only he could call out the true name of the witch he loved so dearly.
He didn't even know when it had happened—but he knew: he loved CC.
CC listened carefully. The name no one had called her in hundreds of years sounded so strange, yet so familiar. The witch couldn't stop crying.
"Call me that again, please... more affectionately this time. By the way... know that this will be my first love—and my last."
(End of chapter)
Give me some power stones there you go~😉