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After putting on the whole show to alert those who possessed the other eight Objects of Death, Kaito left the place.
However, even though he did not show it on his face, he was actually extremely happy.
The reason was that he had obtained the Geass, the second of the Objects of Death, with great ease.
After all, in the original series, Geass is not something as simple as an eye with powers. It is part of a much larger system, with things like another non physical dimension, ancient Geass users who evolved into immortals called Code Bearers, who grant Geass to others, and above all, the entire history of the world was shaped by people in the shadows who supported this system.
As soon as he heard Karasuma Renya's story about the appearance of those Objects of Death, he already suspected that the lore in this world might be different from the original. He confirmed it by asking the system, which assured him that Geass was just an eye that had fallen into this world 150 years ago, just like the other nine objects.
But even knowing that, it did not stop him from hesitating for a second when he killed Charles zi Britannia, wondering if the eye would really appear.
Fortunately, it did, which split Kaito's feelings.
On the surface, he showed nothing, but inside, while he was happy that the entire Code Geass system did not exist, even deeper there was a trace of fear, knowing that the plot could change at any moment and his knowledge could become completely useless.
Although this time it was something good, greatly weakening the Holy Britannian Empire, in the future it could cause many problems for Kaito.
"Why did you do that?"
Shiho's voice brought Kaito back from his thoughts.
"Why did I do what?" he asked, not understanding her question.
"Why did you do so much for that empire? I thought you would just steal the object and kill some corrupt people to make them understand they should not continue like that.
Instead, you killed almost everyone who shared the former emperor's ideology, threatened that you would return if they went back to how they were, and even took care of appointing the new rulers.
It looks like you really care about their future.
Why?" Shiho explained her doubts.
After hearing her, Kaito understood.
After all, according to Shiho's knowledge, after obtaining the objects, which should not take too long, he would leave. And although he was kind enough to deal with the problem along the way, he was not kind enough to do it as thoroughly as he did.
In response to her question, Kaito answered with complete honesty.
"It is because someday this entire world will be mine."
"That sounds like the kind of phrase Kudo could get a lot of information from" Shiho said. "But I have no idea. Did you come to conquer this world?"
Kaito shook his head.
"Then I have no more hypotheses" Shiho said, not mentioning the topic again.
As Kaito moved, he observed the scenery. It was already quite late, close to sunset, with the horizon sinking into itself. At that moment, they were crossing the ocean, so the reflection of the light multiplied the beauty of the scene.
In the end, Kaito decided not to deal with the next object that day, and instead just rest and wait for the next one.
He reduced his speed a little, so by the time they reached the American continent, it was already night, and it was easy for Kaito to blend into the sky with a bit of magic.
Thus, he finally descended in an area without people or cameras, making sure no one saw him.
When they left the secluded alley where they had landed, they found themselves on an extremely crowded street, with too much traffic and lights that made it seem like daytime even at night.
"What are we doing here?" Shiho asked, visibly annoyed by the number of people and the noise everywhere.
"We are going to rest, of course" Kaito replied, and took Shiho's hand, guiding her for only a few blocks before reaching their destination.
In front of them stood a huge castle shaped hotel.
A massive and extremely luxurious place that looked like it was made of white gold.
"This is?" Shiho asked, not recognizing the place.
"The Golden Castle. The most luxurious hotel in all of the United States.
Have you never heard of it?" Kaito replied.
"Never" Shiho denied. "Is there something here, or are you just feeling wasteful tonight?"
"There is something, of course" Kaito replied immediately as he guided her inside.
"Excuse me, do you have a reservation?" the receptionist asked warily as soon as he saw them.
"We do not."
"Then I will have to ask you to leave. The hotel operates on reservations made months in advance" despite the rejection, the receptionist spoke respectfully, recognizing that they were not ordinary people, at least Kaito was not.
"US$250,000. Room for two. One night only. No breakfast" Kaito interrupted, taking out a card.
He had a huge amount of money taken from the Black Organization and, above all, from Karasuma Renya.
Money that was useless in the real world, so he did not care about spending it.
"We have a suite available right now. Please, enjoy your stay" the receptionist replied immediately with a sharp smile as he handed over a key as soon as Kaito paid.
"They let us in easily" Shiho said, somewhat surprised.
"Money moves the world" Kaito replied. "It even lets people in who clearly do not look like they can afford it."
"Me? And what about…?"
Shiho knew he was referring to her. She was wearing a dark shirt tucked into jeans. Although she looked elegant and beautiful, they clearly did not match what someone in this place would wear.
Her first instinct was to counterattack with a response, but as soon as she looked at Kaito, she had to stop.
"What is it?" Kaito said with a smile, noticing her gaze, while striking a simple pose.
"Tsk" Shiho clicked her tongue in annoyance and did not respond.
After all, Kaito wore a suit all the time. So much so that he had been asked before if it was not uncomfortable.
Fortunately, his suit had been made by a high ranking demon with several enchantments, so it was perfectly comfortable and resistant to anything except powerful attacks, but attacks rarely reached Kaito.
Finally, the elevator reached the top floor. As expected of a luxury hotel, even the entrance was impressive.
The entire top floor was the suite, with beautiful views of the whole city and larger than most normal houses.
Of course, this was mostly due to the opulence of each room, with huge useless ceilings and massive nearly empty spaces.
Despite the views and luxury, compared to places with magic like Hell, filled with trees of every color, beautiful and shining, giving an ethereal feeling, taller than buildings, and where mana made you feel calm and strengthened, Kaito felt that this suite was quite ordinary, so he went straight to bed to rest.
As soon as he did, he felt a direct gaze on the back of his neck, but he ignored it and closed his eyes.
However, after five minutes, he had to react.
"What is wrong?" he asked, turning toward Shiho.
"...There is only one bed" she replied after hesitating a little.
"Are you a child? Just sleep. I am not going to do anything to you, do not worry" Kaito replied, brushing it off.
"Sometimes I forget that you are probably a demon over a hundred years old and are used to this kind of thing."
"What? No, no. Even if we add up all the worlds I have traveled to, it only comes close to thirty. I am not over a hundred years old."
Shiho looked at him as if she did not believe a word before speaking again.
"Why do I not ask for another room?"
"Do not. You will be killed if you are alone. All the rich people in this place are part of a masochistic cult," Kaito replied in a monotone voice, as if it were unimportant.
"Masochistic… cult?" she repeated.
"That is right. Just sleep. I will not do anything to you. Or you can sleep on the sofa if you want, it looks comfortable" Kaito nodded.
After sighing in resignation, Shiho finally lay down, although she did so fully dressed and on top of the sheets, just like Kaito.
After that, Kaito was finally able to rest.
The only event that night was that in the middle of it, someone tried to enter their room. Kaito released the Demon King's aura so that no one could approach, before closing his eyes again.
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