Chapter 5: Thorns, badges, codes and a beacon.

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Chapter 5, huh? Well get ready people because the kissing operation is gonna receive heavier action than in canon! And one of the most iconic meme moments of the year will make an appearance there! But first, let's see how's everyone coping with the new information they got from the white knight and what that means on their plans. Let's go!

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At plantation Cerasus, 36 hours before the kissing operation...

Hiro was for once focused on one goal apart from his usual desire of riding a Franxx and that was to make sense of what the white knight talked to him about...

"It's the knight code, kid. I help not seeking favors, but because it's the right thing to do. That's what I strive for..."

Hiro: "What exactly is the 'knight code'?"

He had been searching for its significance for quite a long time and finally came up with an answer on the good ol' database...

Hiro: "Let's see, 'knight code' *Types the words and gets the results* None? Wait, 'did you meant chivalry code'? Is it the same? *Types the suggestion and soon shows a definition* 'Chivalry: informal and varying code of conduct popular during the Middle Ages'... what? what is even that? What does that have to do with what he said? *Scrolls through the page until he sees an interesting article* '[...]The Ten Commandments of Chivalry by Léon Gautier':

Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches and thou shalt observe all its directions.

Thou shalt defend the Church.

Thou shalt respect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them.

Thou shalt love the country in which thou wast born.

Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.

Thou shalt make war against the infidel without cessation and without mercy.

Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.

Thou shalt never lie, and shalt remain faithful to thy pledged word.

Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone.

Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil.[...]'

Some of them don't make sense, but others do... *remembers about what has Arthur so far done to him and his friends, as he then gets lost into remembering the mysterious white mech followed by a glimpse of a girl with red horns before he was interrupted by a sudden headache...*

Hiro: - Grrrrumpph... damn this headache... Urrrgh... -

He was then hit by a sudden pain in his chest which fortunately left soon after.

Hiro: "I hope I don't have trouble with this in the kissing operation, my friends are already tense as it is..."

Ikuno: - Are you alright? -

Hiro scarejumped after being surprised by the violet-haired pistil before recovering: - Ikuno! How long have you been there?! You scared me! -

Ikuno: - Sorry, I just arrived here and saw you looking at the data tablet... you seemed to falter by some reason. -

Hiro: - Sorry, its just... ever since that last talk with the white knight I have been searching for answers. -

Ikuno: - Hmm... for answers you say... -

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