Chapter 18: The Early Coming of Spring
Chapter 18 of the first freshman comes in advance
C.E.702/23
After a few days of refrigeration, I returned to the office of Speaker Shgar Klein. As soon as he sat down at the door, Speaker Klein took out the report I had submitted a few days ago and asked, "Captain Leonard, is it true that you pointed out in your report that Fleg Bronsys, a member of the 1st Mobile Squad of the Zaft MS, had escaped and refused to help his comrades?" ”
"It's true," I nodded through gritted teeth, "I want to take him to court-martial, and do justice to it." ”
"Frankly, your request makes it difficult for me." Speaker Klein said with a wry smile.
"Why, I don't think our PLANT's legal agency is corrupt to this point." When it came to the grievances and hatred of the brothers, I stood up with a "Teng", and I didn't even care about the respect for the speaker.
"There's nothing wrong with PLANT's legal agency, but here's a crucial point, and that is that you don't have evidence to prove the crime he committed." Speaker Klein said with great embarrassment.
"The death of the 240,000 inhabitants of Junius7 and the annihilation of the local garrison, but the fact that he alone ran back unscathed, does not that prove that he escaped from battle?"
"I'm sorry to tell you that Fleg Brownis didn't come back unscathed." Speaker Klein seemed to remember something, and said with a helpless expression: "The MS he piloted has suffered no less damage than yours, and the Nazca-class battleship he is on is also scarred, everything can prove that they returned after a series of bloody battles." In fact, if it weren't for your dazzling record, he might have been the hero of the Battle of Junius 7 this time. ”
"With no combat record, does he dare to say such a big thing?" I sneered.
"Regarding the combat record, his MS damaged his head during the first sortie, and the video recorder was broken, which the entire battleship can testify to for him. Oh, I forgot to mention that the commander and the rest of the crew of that Nazca-class battleship were from Parina Broncius's lineage. ”
Listening to the speaker's words, the anger in my chest boiled and burned like gasoline, and a classic quote of the twentieth century involuntarily popped up in my mind: "Shamelessness to this point can be regarded as a kind of talent." ”
"In that case, even if I take him to court-martial, there is no way to convict him, right?"
The Speaker nodded silently.
Looking back on that moment, I can't imagine how I managed to hold back the rage, but at that time, I quietly made a decision: I would avenge my brothers even if I was broken.
Seeing that I clenched my fists and almost bit my gums to bleed, the speaker quickly changed the topic and said, "By the way, you haven't eaten yet, let's go to the restaurant and talk while eating." ”
As the Speaker finished his lunch in the cafeteria, I had gradually calmed down, after all, revenge could not be accomplished overnight, and I had to stay calm to avoid making mistakes.
Back in the conference room, the Speaker and I were already talking in a more relaxed atmosphere.
"I called you here today mainly to help you arrange things for future tasks. You've been resting for a few days. ”
"yes, it's like forgotten by Zaft's headquarters." I shrugged.
"That's right." Speaker Klein frowned, "I don't have any tasks to assign to you here. It just so happens that my daughter has been harassed by radicals a lot lately, if you don't bother her, can you protect her for me for a while? ”
"Uh...... This one...... Ling Qianjin is ......" I think of the pink-haired girl who sang on the stage, and I can't help but have a trace of conjecture.
"You should have met, at the memorial service the other day." The Speaker turned and shouted, "Lux, come out for a moment." ”
The pink-haired girl stood in front of me in a dignified and graceful manner, bowed to me gracefully, and said to me in a clear and sweet voice: "I will rely on your protection in the future, Lord Leonard." ”
I scratched my head and said embarrassedly, "...... Belch...... That one...... Well, if you don't dislike me for being a clumsy soldier, I will do my best to keep you safe. ”
Woo~ It seems that I still don't have anything to do with girls, from Lilith to Luna, and now to Lux, it's all exactly the same.
Anyway, I'm Lux's guard from today onwards, and seeing the gentle and sweet smile of the girl in front of me, I suddenly feel that this year's spring seems to have come very early.
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Lux Klein is an icon. To be precise, she is a super idol, and her popularity can be described as red and purple whether it is on Earth or PLANT. For this aspect, I believe that anyone who has heard her sing will not doubt the reason. But even with such outstanding talent, Lux's success is inseparable from her own hard work. As her personal bodyguard, it took only two days for me to come to this profound conclusion.
Because of the pride of the soldiers, I would never believe that Lux's delicate body had enough physical strength to compare with me, but why was it that after more than a dozen scenes, my whole body was in pain like a pinprick, but Lux was still able to perform on stage energetically. If I hadn't found out that Lux would be asleep in the car in the middle of every two shows, I would have started to doubt my gender.
Sleeping Lux was as quiet as the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, and only then could I remember that she was a fifteen-year-old girl. Everyone on the crew loves Lux very much, and when she is asleep, everyone will invariably slow down and be careful not to disturb her. I didn't know this rule on my first day, and walked past the car where Lux was sleeping in a way that was characteristic of the army, and the murderous eyes of the crowd made me, known as the "Bloodstained Angel", an elite soldier known as the "Bloodstained Angel", scare even at me. At that time, I even thought that the uncle with a beer belly of at least twenty centimeters had the power of a reorganized fleet.