Part 3: The Battle Song of the Angels: Chapter 7: Reuniting with Old Friends

C.E.712/14

"Bulging" and "expanding", two sounds. I leaned back on the bed and threw the twentieth dart into the middle of the target, which was also twenty times in a row. Darts were Carter's favorite sport back then, and I remember that he held a dart in his hand almost all the time except when he was eating, and I gradually developed this habit of passing the time half a year after his death. Slowly, I realized that it was a good exercise, and it was a good way to imagine the target as someone you hated when you were in a bad mood and throw a dart in his face. Carter once had a picture of Fleg on the target, and of course I couldn't be so blatant, but it definitely didn't prevent me from sketching the face of Chairman Sarah on the round target in my mind.

"Nose, eyes, mouth, and finally forehead, throw the darts one by one to the corresponding place on the target, I lazily served the lunch on the table next to me that has been completely cold, frankly speaking, the quality of lunch in the officer's dormitory is still good, especially after the military reform half a year ago, the food standard has increased significantly, but when I am in a bad mood, even the best meal is difficult to arouse my appetite.

I had been taken straight to the officers' quarters after leaving the Zaft headquarters two days earlier, and since the Chairman had not restricted my freedom, I had planned to pay a visit to Speaker Klein first, but after a phone call, the Speaker told him that he had been busy lately, and suggested that I should not visit him too soon. I thought about it later, probably because he was afraid that meeting me too soon would affect the already collapsing balance between him and Chairman Sarah, and I just didn't want to get too close to any political power, so I didn't want to do it. That's all there is to it, but when I went to the office to get a copy of the latest battle report and find out what happened to Kira and the Archangel people, the half-aged with eyes to the sky actually told me that non-current employees are not qualified to watch the battle report, which made me angry. Although there is such a clause in the military regulations, no important news will be published in the war reports issued to the whole army, and only those war reports that are exclusively for the reference of senior personnel will publish those important information. Frankly speaking, even if those low-level war reports are bought on the street, I am afraid that no one will bother to care, so no one in the army will take that thing seriously.

"It's difficult, it's a clear difficulty." When I got back to my dormitory, I slammed the door and cursed, and when I looked back, I thought that Chairman Sarah would not let me live like this until he came to power.

No, it can't go on like this.

The thought of how stupid I had become after half a year of such a decadent life made me shudder, and the day after being ignored, I set out to visit my friends.

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February City? It's been a long time since I've been back, I wonder how they're doing now?

After several hours of driving, along the familiar road, I slowly walked to the orphanage where I had lived for ten years. The scenery along the way has not changed much over the years, and although the current PLANT is carrying out large-scale environmental rectification work, the place where the orphanage is located is a relatively remote area, and it will not be here for a while.

Standing in front of the door, which was a little mottled by the years, I suddenly had a sense of homesickness, as if I was afraid of hearing something bad. After hesitating for a long time, I gritted my teeth and firmly stepped into this sacred area.

"What? You say Miss Amy has been transferred? I looked at the new dean, a middle-aged woman with kind eyebrows, in amazement.

The dean nodded affirmatively and said, "Miss Amy is an excellent dean, everyone was surprised when she applied to the government to give up this job, and we persuaded her to stay, but Miss Amy finally insisted on leaving, and did not explain what the reason was." ”

"Is that so?" I was a little disappointed, and then asked, "Can I look at the addresses and contact details of a few people who have lived here, you should have a record of these?" ”

The dean nodded and said, "Please rest assured, we will update these once every six months to ensure that there will be no problems." ”

Looking through the records of the orphanage, I have a general idea of the current situation of those friends when I was a child. Schonede, a computer engineer, had become a senior technician a year and a half ago, and Cap, who had joined the trading company, had become a department manager, and he was one of the few young adjusters. Lilith is also quite happy after being adopted by the couple, and now she has entered a higher professional school to study music, and it is said that she has won awards at music festivals, and is now a well-known genius girl. The most outrageous thing is my record, which reads "State Secrets" in big red letters, and the annotation at the back reads: This is the pride of our orphanage. At first glance, it was Amy's handwriting, which really made me cry and laugh.

"Oh...... Well, what a coincidence. "Looking at a page of records, I also sighed a little at the impermanence of fate.

Liao Gel is currently the secretary of the PLANT February City Government Department, and his chief official name is ...... Gilhardt Direndal......

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"Oh, dear Leonard, I didn't expect to see you in such a situation, I thought you, the returned hero, were enjoying a life of infinite glory in the capital." Jill smiled after giving me a hug.

"Alright, don't say these sarcastic things about me." I said angrily: "With your means, you won't know about my refrigeration, and it just so happens that I'm a little bored by myself, so it should be okay to disturb you for a few meals." ”

"Of course it's fine." Jill warmly invited me to sit down, and said half-jokingly, "But you've been out for so long, and you've visited a lot of places, don't you have some gifts for my old friend?" ”

"Who said no, you see, isn't this it, absolutely high-end goodies." I pulled out a gift box and handed it over.

"Can I open it and take a look?" Jill couldn't help but be a little surprised to see that I really had a gift out, with what he knew about me, I had never been too lazy to think about such a troublesome thing as a gift, and he just wanted to tease me.

"Well, yes, really good." Jill looked at the glass bottle full of classical charm in his hand and the liquid red as blood in the bottle and praised: "Although I don't drink, I can see that this is really a good wine." Then he looked at it again, and then asked with some hesitation, "But why half a bottle?" ”

"Nonsense, this is a good wine from C.E. '36, I finally snatched it from Law's mouth, it's really a tiger's mouth."

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"Well, well, that, you didn't come to me for no reason, did you?" After the embarrassment just now, Jill didn't dare to joke with me anymore, and his heart obviously couldn't withstand the second blow, so he had to go straight to the point.

"There's something I want to ask you, but that's all in passing......" I said, taking a sip of the coffee on the table. He said, "Your coffee here is really good, please bring me another cup." ”

Jill shook his head with a wry smile and pressed a button on the desk, and a tall young man with fiery red hair immediately entered the office.

"Mr. Dirandal, may I ask what is the matter?" The young man asked, standing in a polite posture large enough to climb into a textbook.

"Liao Jieer, can you please help us make two more cups of coffee?"

"Okay, please wait." The young man saluted, then stepped back to the door. Just as he was about to stretch out his hand to close the door, I said, "What, Liao Jieer, don't you recognize me if you haven't seen me for a few years?" ”

"You are?" Liao Gel looked at me suspiciously.

"Lilith." I gave him a hint.

"Leonard." Liao Gel suddenly realized and pounced excitedly: "Where have you run away in the past few years, I can't find you anywhere, Lilith has cried for you several times, she almost didn't follow her current adoptive parents to stay for you." ”

"Oh, that, do you two know each other? Jill was dumbfounded, and finally couldn't help but ask.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Mr. Dirandal, I'm so excited." Liao Gel apologized to his boss in a panic.

"Alright, leave this boring guy alone, let's find a place to talk first." I grabbed Liao Gel and walked out the door, and as I walked, I turned back and shouted to Jill: "I'll borrow your secretary for use first, and I'll talk about other things later." ”

Jill could only smile wryly as he watched us leave.