"Catch that pussy!" Hans yells while he madly runs forward. Almost forgetting a certain someone, he double-backs to Mira and grabs her by her wrist.
The cat however is thinking too innocently of Hans.
"Come here!" Hans grabs the cat by its nape too easily with his free hand.
"E-excuse me?" Mira timidly asks the rather interesting boy what is happening, and as a gentleman, Hans should not ignore the lady in front of him.
"Your meowjesty, I am so thankful you are gracing me with your presence! Aha~ you are just so cute…" Hans shamelessly greets the 'lady' in question ignoring the other lady in her entirety.
"Nyaa~" The cat tries to fight back the human who is trying to smooch her, but she is powerless.
"Your meowjesty, please, it tickles…" Hans softly laughs as he forces himself to the cat.
A true gentleman indeed.
Hans proceeds to ignore Mira as he busies himself with the cat.
Meanwhile, Mira starts thinking to herself… What is exactly happening?
Mira finds the interaction between the cat and the man amusing, however, she is deeply troubled. Fragments of information in her head puzzle into images. She can hardly remember what she is doing most recently.
Aside from her own name, and the little tidbits of information about herself, she basically remembers nothing of severe importance like— where is she now, who is the quirky boy, and what is she doing here.
Trying her best to be normal as much as possible, she grabs Hans's hand as if it is the natural thing to do. She thinks to herself that it is kind of rude to grab someone by their wrist. Volunteering to correct the behavior of the man just beside her, she wills it that she rather hold his hand.
Hans looks at her in disgust.
"Eew…"
Mira's veins in her head are throbbing with anger.
This is an affront! Mira resists running off, as her instincts tell her that something wrong will happen if she just runs off. Mira watches the man finally take claim off the cat's lips.
The cat tries to fight back using all of her might, but she is powerless. The soft paws are not doing anything against the terrible human. Finally, Hans lets go of the cat after lightly pecking it over its lips.
"Bah~ you are so weak, you stupid cat! I am only using one hand!" With a childish voice, Hans bullies the black cat brutally. The cat for some reason understands the insult as she angrily leaves the human.
Hans can feel the tingling in his tongue signifying the fulfilment of the Geass's restriction.
"I am Hansen Neverine by the way. And you are Miranda." Hans introduces himself and asserts that he knows Mira. He continues to hold onto Mira's hands not daring to let her go.
"Do you know me?" Mira timidly asks.
"Of course, I do… Dumbass, I just said that…" Hans rudely says to Mira while his Geass restriction of 'Honesty' casually screws him while at it. "Ugh, it will be convenient if my Geass has a filter…" Hans blames his Geass shamelessly.
Mira is frozen.
"Mira.exe, still functioning?" Hans waves his other hand to Mira's eyes trying his best to get her attention.
"Ah~ forgive me. It is my first time to meet someone this rude~ ehehe~"
Hans feels like clobbering someone. But then again, he cannot, so he reigns his emotions. Mira should not mean it rudely.
"How much do you remember?" Taking the business-only approach, Hans dives to the heart of the matter. He drags Mira to a bench and shares the seat while still holding hands.
"Can you let go of me?"
"No shit, Sherlock, do you think I want this?"
"I am not Sherlock, my name is…"
"I know, just behave!"
"Ok."
A short silence ensues between the two of them.
Hans deeply sighs and asks Mira again. "How much do you remember?"
Mira tilts her head, thinking deeply about it with her hand on her chin. She doesn't know how to answer. She doesn't know whether she can trust this boy or not. She feels terribly disadvantaged.
While she is not the smartest, she is not completely invulnerable as she knows how to think for herself. She inspects the man who claims to be 'Hans Neverine' who is casually just lying on his back on the metal bench.
"You are pretty." Hans casually compliments her all too suddenly.
For some reason, Mira has been always weak to compliments. Hans' words quickly make her beet red.
Hans explains himself. "I have three Geass restrictions— they are (1) I cannot lie indefinitely, (2) I must compliment a woman for every 24 hours, and (3) I must kiss a girl for every 24 hours."
"Just so you know, I try complimenting the cat by saying it is cute, but it seems my Geass restriction didn't accept my compliment. That is why I have to compliment you so that I can alleviate the penalty of my Geass..." Hans adds in one breath expounding on how insincere his compliment actually is.
"How can I trust you?" Mira pointedly asks.
"You cannot," Hans reveals to her in a clear-cut manner. "That is why I am going to send you to the nearest shelter."
In the first place, after losing her memories, it is the 'shelter' where Mira would be spending the rest of her life while in high school like in the original story. She must be currently at 2nd year of High School and a newly awakened mage like Hans.
For Mira, the next two years since losing her memories will be dull and boring. There will be no romance of the sort or any kind of action. In the novel's terms, Mira's prequel story is mundane, and mostly a side story if Hans is to directly compare it to the rest of the plot.
"Ah~ I remember now!" Mira tightens her grip on Hans' palm. "One of my Geass restrictions is that a guy should always accompany me within 13 meters or else I will fall into indefinite sleep!" She proudly tells Hans with a glimmer in her eyes as if she is expecting something from Hans.
"What are you saying? Are you going to throw yourself to me?"
"Yes! Please take care of me from now on!"
"You useless b*tch!"
"Ehe~ hehehe~"
Hans forcefully pries his hand from hers.
Mira pouts at Hans's overly dramatic rejection.
"Why did you do that?"
"Clearly because I don't have to take care that you will suddenly run off to your own causing your Geass restrictions to kick in."
"Wow, you know my Geass restrictions? How? Are we close? Wait, do you know me as in super close?"
The hyperactive ball of energy that is Mira is very annoying. Hans is once more feeling the temptation of clobbering her. The compulsion, to tell the truth, tries to take over his consciousness, but in the battle of wills against his Geass, Hans reigns supreme. Hans can just choose not to answer, and so in the end, he simply just ignores Mira.
"Umu~" Mira makes a cute sound of regret.
A little bit reluctant, she decides to reveal what she remembers. "My name is Miranda. I don't remember my surname. I am 15 years old. I can remember my last Valentine's. I can remember my grandma teaching me a lot of stuff. I can remember… you…"
Hans frowns at the unexpected remark. "You… remember me?"
"Yes," Mira looks at him in genuine curiosity. "Do you not remember? At first, I am not sure, but I feel like I know you, Mr. Hans Neverine… You appear in my dreams sometimes…"
Hans like to tell her it is hogwash, but as mysterious as that sounds, this is a world full of supernatural elements. "I don't remember… and it is not like I can visit your dreams…"
"Mr. Hans. Your right eye is glowing. From what I can infer from your Geass restrictions, it should be a tongue-based Geass, but I see that your Geass is in your right eye." Strangely, Mira is exhibiting signs of intelligence befitting the main character.
As a magic-loving heroine, this is just one of her 'few' positive attributes.
Hans cannot take a breather from this roller coaster of emotions as once more, Murphy's Law takes effect. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. The double Geass is something that didn't even appear in this world.
Coming to the fountain by the garden, Hans observes his reflection. While the garden might seem neglected, the water from the fountain remains crystal. Hans scrutinizes his right eye from the reflection of the fountain water, and under the moonlight, he is able to see it.
"It looks like something (♛) or maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me… No, it looks like a crown… an inverted crown..."
In his right eye is a gray hue with the shape of a crown standing upside down.
"This looks like a protagonist template… Oh, fu—"