Less than an hour later, three spaceships had entered the atmosphere above the ancient Capital City of the Byzantine Empire.
Marcus launched his Ecne KK-unit and activated the Geass system.
The red light spread through the city as soldiers of Euro Britannia opened fire on each other. Just like that, the city that was the Headquarters of the St. Michael Holy Order has fallen.
"Disgusting, why the fuck did they build such massive solar panels?" The Inventor Prince frowned heavily after seeing how disgusting the city looked.
Ecne pointed a finger, and red, searing beams began to rain down on the solar-panel towers.
The mech shredded them to nothingness.
"Someone has anger issues." Cornelia's face appeared on the HUD after witnessing what he did.
"THEY ARE DISGUSTING…" he replied with a frown.
"Yes, but the city has lost electricity." The Princess showed him that the grid was down.
"Fine by me. I already decided to oversee the city's redevelopment personally."
As he said that, more objects began to enter the atmosphere above the city as he sent a notification to his space forces.
Those were pods carrying legion bots and resources in general.
Moments later, his warships descended and released transport ships carrying his soldiers.
"I see. Well, then, I shall secure the rest of Anatolia." Seeing that he will do his thing, she decided to return to the matter at hand and secure the lands.
"Do it. I will send Kallen and Jeanne to secure the Balkans and Greece." He nodded before ordering his troops to take over the rest.
~~~
Anaheim's forces had no opposition when they took over the city. After all, enemies were already dead. All the troops needed to do was remove the bodies.
Before long, Marcus was walking through the streets.
He was a bit dissapointed as Britannia's influence in the city was extremely dominant. The Prince can tell that they tried to restore the 'Roman' side of the city. There were massive walls around the city.
That made him reminiscent of the famous walls of Constantinople. Apart from that, he saw some of the landmarks.
Like the Hagia Sophia…
"Sir. We have taken over the St. Michael's Palace. We can use it as a command Centre for our European Campaign." One of the Anaheim Commanders said to him as Marcus was looking at the famous church in the distance.
"Hn, do so then. I want the Palace to be modernised with Anaheim Technology."
"...Are you taking this city as your personal domain?" The soldier was surprised that the Inventor Prince took an interest in one of the cities!
The black haired prince looked at the surprised man.
"You could say that…"
'This city is like SSR catcha character. Of course, I am interested. This place ceased to be Roman hundreds of years before I was even born in my old world.'
"Understood," the commander nodded.
"Make sure everything is ready, call forth a Fusion Reactor from one of the SWORD manufactory stations.
This place has to have light as soon as possible; at the same time, I need recovery teams to recover whatever artefacts we can. I want to restore this city to its original state."
"...Original… but… we have no idea how it looked…"
"Leave that to the recovery teams," Marcus smirked while saying that.
"...As you wish, my Prince." With that said, the Commander returned to his work.
Once the commander was gone, the Prince brought out a canister full of tea and began to sip. He has done it!
The city was his. Now he can focus on his Gundam development.
'Though I should claim a land of my own. That way I could run experimental technology before spreading it through the rest of the planet.'
Something like the Academy City from Index. Only the size of the Country…
'Hmm…'
He stroked his chin before walking over to one of the cafe stores and sitting down there. Sadly, the shop was closed… for obvious reasons.
~~~
The Euphemia li Britannia was doing her paperwork when the Anaheim Comms unit flashed on her table.
The pink Princess was expecting her older sister, who calls her daily to find out how she is doing, but it was something unexpected!
Her brother's face appeared from the hologram projector!
"Lelouch!?"
"Hello Euphie."
"You idiot! Why haven't you called me before? It has been weeks! And then I heard you found a city from a lost civilisation! I wanted to see it, too!
And what about Nunnally, you haven't been in Japan for months!"
"..."
The girl ranted for a couple of moments before getting it out of her system.
"...Sorry? I left you and Milly to watch over. I am kinda busy?"
"Hmph! Doesn't change the fact that you should visit!" Her cheeks inflated. Sure, she agreed to run the place, but she didn't expect that he would make her the governor of the entire island nation!
"...Sigh… fine. I will take a break and visit." He rolled his eyes, seeing her like that. This girl is one of his weaknesses.
"Good! Then I shall tell Nuna that you are coming over. A lot has changed." Euphemia's expression went through a complete 180-degree change as she swiftly replied.
"Sure. Once there, I will tell what I have been up to.
"Hmph! I already know! Cornelia calls me, remember!?" Then she got back to her pouty expression.
"Sorry." He sighed again. It would seem she won't forget it for a while…
'I thought Leila was a Scorpio, those ones like biting back, but Euphemia is a Libra…' Marcus pondered on their personalities; he thought he got them figured out and could predict them!
But he was wrong.
"You better!" She huffed while looking away.
"I will be back in less than an hour. See you then." With that said, he ended the call, and Euphemia stopped pretending that she was 'hurt'; instead, she smiled as she got out of her chair. It was time to change her clothes and tell Nunally that her brother is coming back.
~~~
Japan has changed quite a bit since Anaheim took it over. While the Britannian style of buildings is not gone, much of their cultural heritage is coming back.
All thanks to the robotic labour they are employing. Most of the Ghettos have been cleaned up, and in their place, anti-earthquake platforms have been installed.
The entire Tokyo and its surrounding areas have been elevated, and new districts and neighbourhoods have been built.
The Entire Infrastructure has been made in a matter of weeks.
But it was not enough as more Legion Bots were brought over.
Marcus wasn't lying when he said he would help the people who helped him. Their trust was not exploited.
As people were busy with their new lives at the bay of Tokyo, three fireballs were entering the atmosphere.
Before people could panic, the flames ceased and revealed three warships. These spaceships slowly floated over to the government building. Once they were close, the transporter left the large carrier and flew over to the military base next to the government building.
From the transporter, Marcus, alongside his group, walked out. They were greeted by Euphemia, who was barely able to greet them as the girl struggled to find the right clothes and then notify her little sister that big brother was returning.
Thankfully, they all were on time as Milly brought over Nunally with the mobile suit.
"There you are. Honestly, you find time to order me around but no time to visit? Hmph!" Milly puffed her cheeks, copying Euphemia.
"What is with you women?" Marcus shook his head. His reply caused Leila, Kallen and Jeanne to look at him.
"It would seem Milly wanted your attention." Leila tried a diplomatic route in this situation.
"And who is stopping you from visiting me at the South Pole or Solomon Base? Besides, the South Pole could be interesting. Penguins are fascinating animals." Marcus said the last part to himself. He did interact with the flightless birds of the South Pole.
They have no sense of danger and think that he was one of them!
Truly fascinating what isolation can do to an animal!
"...You are right. Completely forgot about that." Milly realised that it was true!
"...Lelouch."
A brown haired girl brought over by a maid said his name.
Marcus looked over at his little sister. He sighed; it would seem she still didn't open her eyes.
Thankfully, his mastery over Geass is reaching the point that he can remove that curse from her eyes, AND his technology has reached the point that he can fix her legs.
There is no need for prosthetics anymore, either.
"Nunally."
"Where have you been, Lelouch? Milly said that you were doing important things. What is this conquest you've been doing?" She began to ask a bunch of questions. All of that made him realise why he likes not being around her…
It reminds him of an annoying mother and makes him feel like some sort of delinquent.
"Yes. I've been conquering Earth. I think we are around 30 to 35 per cent of all landmass is under Anaheim." He replied to her.
"...Lelouch…"
"More importantly, Nunnally." He got serious.
"I asked you to try to overcome your eye problem. I already figured out how to fix your spine. Hell, I created an entire branch of technology to fix your issue.
And all your big brother ever wanted from you is to show a bit of strength and open your eyes." He sighed while saying that.
Will he need to fix everything, or will she do it herself?
Or he will need to play some intergalactic villain so that she will get motivated enough to open her eyes?
"Lelouch…" Euphemia looked at him, a bit worried. From the looks of it, he is getting frustrated.
"There is a limit to how much the physical surroundings I can change to help you. But something like emotional trauma, now that is something only you can change." He said with a resigned tone.
"...Umm… why don't we get something to eat?" Euphemia smiled as she felt that the situation was getting awkward.
"Sure. Let's go." Marcus smiled back at her as they began to walk towards the interior of the building.
~~~
Nunnally stayed quiet as she listened to her brother talking about the South Pole, Space, the new upcoming technology and of course, the most important part, being living in space as the first colony will soon come online.
Well, SWORD ONE was already finished with its construction at the moment the station is getting moved in position and the ecology is stabilising inside the circular colony around the sword station.
All of these things were a bit crazy to the girl as she couldn't imagine how all of this would be.
And So…
All of the conversations stopped as the girls were gasping.
Slowly, Nunally opened her eyes for the first time in more than six years.
"NUNA!" Milly and Euphemia exclaimed in surprise.
"You opened your eyes!"
Instead of saying anything, the girl looked at her brother. She recalled how he was… thin and had this proud aura around him… she could even say arrogance, but what she saw was different.
What she saw was a tall, quite muscular man surrounded by women. She finally saw his harem.
Sure, he never admitted that he had one, but all of them knew what it was. He developed their father's traits. Something she didn't like, but then again, apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
"Well done, little sister. Now that you have your eyes back. How about I give you back your legs?" Marcus smiled, seeing her finally crossing that gap.
"...You developed technology that could fix her spine?" Euphemia asked in surprise.
"Of course he did. Did you see how much time he spends in the workshop?" Milly rolled her eyes.
"Yes. It's something I developed while working on Ecne. With the next generation of neutral interface, we can reroute nerve pulses.
While we don't have biotechnology to reconnect the nerves, we can make implants. They are super small and you won't even feel them." The Exiled Prince explained with a small smirk.
"...Amazing! Did you hear that, Nunnally!?" Euphemia looked at her little sister, who was listening and looking around.
"...Yes… sounds amazing." Eventually, she replied as she was taking in the surroundings.