After listening to his nickname, Lear continued in the direction of the bridge with mixed feelings.

This time there were no more incidents, and he met Nolles without incident.

"Captain Packat!" Lear snapped a standing salute: "The lower official came to return to his life." ”

"Second Lieutenant Alkerstein," Nolles saluted, "Well done." ”

"You're overrated," Lear said with a respectful look, "it's all the captain's leadership." ”

"You're here again," said Nolles with a smile, "Didn't I say it, it doesn't matter if you don't have to pat me on the back." ”

"Actually, you are the one in command on the front line, I just sat on the bridge and did nothing."

"Where, it's not like the captain gave me the opportunity, and if I don't have the captain's trust, what can I do alone." This is actually the truth, since the formation of the special fleet, Norles has been cultivating Lear intentionally or unintentionally, although there is a lot of work, but the credit is also great.

It's like this battle against the combined fleets of SIDE1 and SIDE4, which is simply a credit for nothing, but it was also given to him by Norles.

Although as the commander of the troops, Nolles does not have to go to the battlefield in person, and Lear has a share in any credit, but Lear feels that Nolles is not that kind of goods, and he is really showing kindness to Lear.

Lear didn't know what it meant, and he had some guesses, but he didn't intend to delve into it.

This man is also very worried about the Sakhalin family, and he does not know if the nervous Ginas will not accept this affection, and although Lear does not particularly understand the loyalty of such a retainer to his master's house and his servants to his master, he has respect for this kind of person who has been doing his best for decades.

"Forget it, don't talk about this, I have good news for you." With that, Nolles handed Lear a delicate red flannel box.

Lear opened the box in confusion, only to see that it contained a pair of golden one-eyed and two-winged pinch.

"Congratulations, Lieutenant Alkerstein," said Norles. ”

Killing tens of thousands of people in exchange for such a flirtatious thing, but Lear would not put this sarcasm on his face, on the contrary, he made a happy expression and said, "Yes, thank you, Captain!" ”

As he spoke, he tore off the collar and put on a new rank, Zeon's uniform had no epaulettes, and the tablecloth on his chest was removed, and the captain's uniform was basically the same.

Thus, Lieutenant Lil Wolfgang Alxstein was freshly baked.

Lear wasn't very happy, after all, even if Zeon promoted him to general, he still wouldn't treat Zeon as his own country.

There is no feeling at all.

"I hope that your future results will not disappoint Zeon's expectations of you." Nolles nodded.

"Yes!"

"Well, in addition to this, there is one more thing to inform you, that Gilguray has asked all the commanders of the MS troops to come to a meeting."

"General Dozru? What is the meeting about? ”

"I don't know the specifics, but the instructions came to discuss the next combat operation."

"And combat operations?" Lear is really a little baffled, he still doesn't know what happened to SIDE2, after all, he didn't return to SIDE3, but came directly to Solomon, and the main fleet didn't inform the whole army of what happened there, what Lear knew was that the suppression of SIDE2 was successful, but a subsequent combat operation failed, that's just intelligence.

After all, he was just a junior officer

If he was in SIDE3, I am afraid that he would have been able to learn about the news of the war in Britain as soon as possible, so there are still all kinds of inconveniences in the army. (Note 1)

"Is it going to be a landing operation?" He didn't think Dozru would waste time and troops doing such a thing, but who knows.

His location makes his channels for getting news very narrow, and now his main news channel is still the channel controlled by Maggie and far away in SIDE3 Alxstein's house, because Maggie herself is with him, the restrictions of communication conditions in the universe century and the double inconvenience of his own army make this channel have a lot of delays.

He didn't think that Kilian and Dozru would do something useless at such a critical moment, strategically they could despise the enemy, but tactically they should pay attention to the enemy, Lear felt that it was better not to treat the two of them as fools, and he would rather believe that they had a purpose than these two people doing idiotic things with a fever in their heads.

"I don't know, but we'll know soon," Norles said, "When we arrive at SIDE4, Royalguray will give us a signal that you can deal with it as soon as you have something to deal with." ”

"Yes, then the lower official will retire first."

When he returned to his office, he saw Maggie in his room.

Seeing Lear's return, Maggie naturally stepped forward, and she grabbed Lear's face and looked left and right.

You can still tell that a flower is not coming, Lear complained in his heart, grabbing Maggie's hand to stop her from continuing to ravage her face: "What are you doing, Maggie, your office is not here." ”

Since Maggie is the liaison of the field technical test force, she naturally has her own office, because Lear was more reluctant to let Maggie enter her office out of some inexplicable mentality, Maggie also knows this, so except for Lear's initiative to ask, she basically won't approach, but recently she seems to be deliberately going against Lear, and almost regards this place as a permanent location.

I really don't know what she's thinking.

Lear didn't know what to do with the situation, so he could only pretend not to know.

But to be honest, pretending to be stupid and ignoring is almost to the limit.

"What, you're not welcome?" She withdrew her hand and said with a smile.

It looks like he's got Lear.

"It's not 。。。。。。" Lear sighed and said, "Forget it, let it be." ”

Maggie had grown up with him, and it stands to reason that until recently, it was very normal and natural for the two of them to be together, and he never imagined that he would find it difficult to get along with her one day.

Maggie smiled, she felt some kind of subtle change in Lear's body, so she took two steps away and squinted at Lear.

"Huh?" She immediately sensed the problem, and frankly it was quite admirable, this kind of observation.

The difference between the badges of the second lieutenant and the lieutenant is just one more point.

However, it was this subtle difference that she noticed right away.

"This is 。。。。。。" She looked at Lear's face and said, "Congratulations, Lear. ”

"It's just a promotion, and it's not a good thing to be happy about," Lear smiled reluctantly, because what he didn't want to do was recognized, which was also a rare experience: "It's not time to be happy, and it's not too late to be happy when I become a general." ”

“。。。。。。。” His voice gradually lowered under Maggie's gaze, and it was a shame to pretend that it didn't make sense in front of someone who knew everything about him, "Well, there's nothing to be happy about. ”

In the past, he still had the only secret, that is, the existence of the Philosophical Self-Study Society, which was not known to Maggie, but now it seems that Maggie already knew what he was doing.

Then it would be ridiculous to hide it any longer.

"Well, I know, after all, that's not what you intended," Maggie said quietly, "So, Lear, how did you consider my request?" ”

The so-called request was naturally made by Maggie to join the Philosophical Society.

However, Lear didn't want her to be involved anyway.

This has nothing to do with anything else, it's just a little selfishness on Lear's part, and for those who are willing to give everything else, such a little selfishness can be forgiven。。。。。。 Right?

“。。。。。。。 Phew," he let out a sigh of relief, then said with a frown, "Maggie, now that you know what I'm doing, I'm not going to say anything foolish, so I'll just tell you straight." ”

"This thing is for me to do on my own, if it's just because I'm doing this, so if you want to join in, you don't have to, this matter has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with Daddy, I hope you have nothing to do with this matter at all."

"You, you're just 。。。。。。。" Lear only felt a cramp in his stomach, and finally he couldn't get that sentence out of his mouth, and after a moment he could only sigh and say, "Just forget about it, it's good for you and me." ”

"But you need me, you are so careless, you can't even take care of yourself, you need someone who can help you deal with all kinds of things, you just need to do your thing, and I will handle the rest."

"It's always been like that, haven't we?"

"I don't need to!" Lear said coldly, and he felt strong regret the moment he said it, but he still held back the discomfort and continued.

"I don't need you, Maggie, I've been handling this well," Lear said, "Maggie, I don't need you. ”

He said a little tiredly: "You can't stay by my side for the rest of your life, you always have to pursue your own happiness, and then this matter will make you unable to get out." ”

"I'm ready to give everything to the revolution, but you don't need to do that, unlike me, you're not a revolutionary, are you?"

"I believe that my dream will be realized one day, but I don't know how many difficulties and dangers I will encounter on this road, and I can't even guarantee that I will live to see the day of victory."

"So please, Maggie, don't make it difficult for me, you should never know about it, even if someone asks you about it in the future, you say that you have nothing to do with it," Lear looked at Maggie with a pleading expression, "It's good for everyone, you deserve a better life." ”

"Although my father adopted you, but you are not my slave, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you want to repay this kindness, you should repay your father, it has nothing to do with me."

"We're not kids anymore, and one day we're going to be separated."

When he finished speaking, he turned away from looking in Maggie's direction.

If in the past he was still ignorant and took Maggie's existence as a matter of course as breathing, now that he has understood his mind, this action makes him feel very uncomfortable.

But he can't be with Maggie, or even show his heart.

This has nothing to do with identity or class, and Lear, a revolutionary and time-traveler, does not believe in blood status at all.

The real reason is simple, as he said, he doesn't know how many difficulties he will encounter on the road he has to go, and he is not sure that he will be able to bring happiness to Maggie.

Because she is the wife of a revolutionary, she suffered a tragic end, and there are many such examples, but if she has nothing to do with Lear, with her ability and capital, she will definitely be able to achieve happiness.

Then it's best not to be together from the start.

No matter how naïve and self-righteous this idea may be, it is indeed the sincerity of Lear's pure good intentions.

It's all for your own good.

Something like that.

Why did Lear regret his choice to return to his room, if only he hadn't come back, he wouldn't have ended up in such a predicament.

How to say this, there should be a better way to say it, a more convincing wording.

But there was no turning back from the bow, and there was no way to take it back, and Lear could only remain silent with regret.

However, just as Lear was in a state of frustration, a pair of familiar hands grabbed the sides of Lear's cheeks, and then twisted his head to his side.

Hey, it hurts!!

Lear felt only a pain in his neck before he saw Maggie's clear eyes staring at him at great close.

He was taken aback.

"As you said, I'm not your slave, it's not because you're doing it, so I'm joining unconditionally, on the contrary, I want to join because of my own selfishness."

"It is true that the lord has adopted me, and he has been very kind to me, but my choice has nothing to do with kindness," she said, as if Lear's words did not make her shake in the slightest: "I simply chose the path that I feel the happiest!" ”

"Don't be too presumptuous, it's completely my own choice, and I haven't been influenced by anyone!"

"This is the path I have chosen, so even if I encounter difficulties and obstacles, I have the courage to overcome them on my own!" Her eyes were round, and there was anger in them: "What kind of life is considered happy, it is something that only I can decide, don't make decisions for me!" ”

The more she spoke, the more angry she became: "If you also believe in the path you have chosen, and believe in the free will of man, don't treat my thoughts as nothing, you feudal patriarch!" ”

"Think of me as your equal!"

There were neither tears nor grievances in her eyes, only the firmness of carrying out her will.

By the way, it is exactly like this, Maggie Holuse has never been someone who asks others to decide what she should do and how to do it, she is not a girl who is used to obedience and cannot survive without the instructions of others.

She is by no means the kind of strange thing that marries chickens and dogs, only exists in novels, even if you have more women, as long as you love me.

Choosing who to be with is something she decides for herself.

Lear was at a loss for a moment, instinctively feeling that Maggie's words were right, no matter what, he shouldn't make decisions for her, people should make judgments with their own independent will, and take responsibility for their own actions, and go to 'represent' others without authorization, and be complacent when they know a thing or two, always feel that others are not right or wrong, only they are right, all people who are different from themselves are wrong, isn't such a guy one of the people he hates the most?

You can make suggestions about what you think Maggie is doing wrong, but there is no reason to force her to accept her own ideas.

No, but, given the inequality of information, isn't it better to trust that your judgment is correct at this time? Knowing that the other party's choice is wrong and turning a blind eye to it, what is the difference between this and actively framing?

Is it up to you to judge whether it is right or wrong? The only thing that can judge right and wrong is time, you are just an ordinary person, and you don't have the supernatural power of knowing 500 years and 500 years of knowledge, how can you say that your own opinion is correct and other people's opinion is wrong?

Shouldn't we think about survival before being happy or not? It's foolish to put yourself in danger for the sake of so-called happiness, and even if it's a little against Maggie's will, you should follow through on your decision!

In this way, isn't it for the purpose of helping the broad masses of the people that we carry out revolution? If you can go against Maggie's free will today, will you be able to distort public opinion tomorrow?

How is this the same? This is my private matter, private is private, public is public, how can it be mixed with official business?

It's the same, today you can shout that this is for your own good, forcing those close to you to obey your will and ideas, and tomorrow you can talk about selflessness and ignore the opinion of the people!

。。。。。。

As I said before, Lear is a high-performance but not very easy to use type, because logic, ethics and personal feelings, differences between theory and reality, and various conditions are mixed together and run at the same time, even his CPU can't be loaded, and he falls into chaos in an instant.

However, at this moment, as if to deliberately interrupt the farce that was being hidden, a visitor came to Lear's room, and when he heard the doorbell, Lear broke away from Maggie's hands, and then took a few steps back away from her.

He hadn't sorted out his thoughts yet, so he could only say helplessly: "。。。。。。。 Someone is coming, we 。。。。。。 ”

“。。。。。。 We'll talk about that later. ”

Maggie stared at him for a moment, then sighed and said, "Well, I'll wait for you." ”

Lear pretended not to see.

She just needed more time to think about it.

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Note 1: From the perspective of the GTO, Gilian still hid the information of the British operation very well, and only a few high-level Zeon knew about it, and even Dozru's henchman, Lamba Lal, who was also from a famous family and had a lot of prestige in the army, only learned the information about the British operation before he captured SIDE2 and was about to be gassed.

The actual executor, Sima Karahau, did not learn that it was poison gas until he poured the 'hypnotic gas' into Ishfi.