Under the command of personnel sent by the Dawn Desert, Kira piloted the Strike Gundam to cover the Archangel in turn. This process lasted until the battle meeting between Malu and the others and the Dawn Desert broke up. Later, Maru and the others, who were thinking about their own affairs, did not give Kira instructions on their next steps, so Kira, who was a little tired, drove the Strike Gundam to the slope on the left side of the Archangel. As the cockpit opened, Kira, who had seen the vast wilderness with her own eyes that was different from what was shown on the screen, couldn't help but feel a sense of relief. And the depression that he had suppressed since the Archangel landed on Earth seemed to be gradually dissipating with a warm breeze.

At this moment, a thin figure was stepping up from the foot of the mountain, walking all the way to the slope where Kira was. Kira subconsciously looked over there when she saw the figure. I saw that under the dazzle of the sun, the short golden hair looked extraordinarily shining, and in the air distorted by the heat rising from the ground, Kira seemed to see that beautiful and elegant figure in the brilliant golden light.

"Why?" In a haze, Kira muttered subconsciously.

"Why?" Just as Kira seemed to be distracted, a voice suddenly sounded beside him. "What are you doing?"

Kira, who was awakened by the sudden sound, hurriedly looked at the figure that appeared beside her. After seeing the person clearly, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "It's you!"

The visitor didn't answer Kira, or even mocked and even scolded Kira as before. I saw that the person who came looked at Kira and said very neatly: "I'm sorry just now." When I saw this machine again, I couldn't help but move in a moment of excitement. ”

"Ahh Well. Kira paused for a moment and nodded.

"I've been wondering how you're going since the last time we separated." The girl seems to be very happy to see the boy who gave up the only chance to escape to herself. Judging by the girl's expression, this is beyond doubt.

In the girl's words, Kira's mind instantly remembered the choice she had made when she was colonizing the satellite, in that emergency situation. After thinking back and forth, he finally smiled and shook his head, but did not speak.

Looking at Kira's natural expression, the girl didn't feel annoyed. It was only in the next moment that the girl raised her head and looked at the Strike Gundam who was standing not far behind the two of them, and said with a sharp gaze, "Although I am happy to see you all right again." But I didn't expect you to sit in something like this. ”

When Kira heard this, she followed the girl's gaze and realized that what the girl was referring to was the Strike Gundam he was driving. As he withdrew his gaze, the girl said again, "And you also join the Earth Union." ”

Under the girl's forced gaze, Kira was speechless and couldn't help but bow her head. In this moment, Kira remembered a lot of things before, Frey's eyes full of hatred and hatred. The innocent and cute girl who gave Kira a paper flower was sent to Kira, but when the Archangel landed on Earth, he watched the little girl who was shot by the Duel Gundam and the holy figure that seemed to be surrounded by the starry sky.

After a long time, Kira spoke slowly, "A lot has happened! A lot. Then Kira looked up at the girl and asked, "What about you?" How did you end up here? You must be a citizen of Orb too, right? ”

The girl who was looking around didn't expect Kira, who was still stumped by her question just now, to fight back in an instant and ask the same difficult question for her to answer.

In this moment, the atmosphere between boys and girls was once again silent.

"And then." Suddenly, a dark shadow flew up from below, arcing in mid-air and flying towards Kira.

Kira, who reacted quickly, quickly opened her hand to catch the black shadow flying towards him. The moment he grabbed the black shadow in his hand, a cold quickly swept up from his wrist and spread towards Kira's body.

"Good ice!" Kira was caught off guard and almost threw away the things in her hand. After finally stabilizing it, I realized that it was a cold drink.

"Boy! It's a reward for completing the mission. In the heat rising from the ground, a tall figure strolled up the path from which the maiden had come, carrying in his hands two cans of the same drink as Kira's.

After Kira saw the figure clearly, she quickly stood up and saluted, "Major Graham." ”

"Hmm. Lieutenant. No need to be polite. The Archangel's disguise work has worked you. Graham returned the salute after replacing the canned drink in his right hand with his left, and then his eyes fell on the girl standing beside Kira. Through previous combat meetings, Graham remembered that the girl's name seemed to be Cagalli Yura. "Come on! I think your name is Cagalli. Then, I just happened to have an extra jar here. ”

After catching the canned drink that Graham had thrown over, the girl was stunned and then thanked her: "Thank you." ”

Graham nodded slightly, then pulled open the ring first, took a sip and signaled, "Drink!" There's nothing more refreshing in this fiery desert than with a sip of an ice-cold drink. ”

Graham, who had a bold style, immediately led the pair of young men and girls in front of him, only to see that after they learned Graham's movements and poured a sip of cold drink, the conversation box opened.

Maybe it's because the doubts in my heart haven't been answered for a long time, or maybe it's something else. Cagalli hesitated for a moment, then looked at Graham and said, "Your name is Graham, right?" ”

"Hmm. Yes. Graham looked at the girl and nodded.

"Last night, I saw you descend from the sky, is your plane a new aircraft?" The girl quickly let go of her hesitation and asked straight to the point.

When Graham heard this, he frowned and said, "According to your statement, the VF-25 is undoubtedly a new aircraft. ”

"Can you penetrate the atmosphere alone?" Cagalli asked.

Graham nodded.

The next moment, Cagalli's expression suddenly changed, becoming extremely serious, and even Graham, who had just awakened, felt a suppressed anger.

"Why are you making these, these murderous things? Aren't there enough people that you Earth Union has killed? Isn't the Junius 7 disaster enough to wake you up? Now this world is either you beat me, or I kill you! Isn't such a world strange? "For some reason, Cagalli broke out. Originally, when he saw the Strike Gundam appear in front of him again, the anger of being deceived by his father almost exploded. When I finally endured it, it finally broke out because of various reasons in front of me. "Why? Why? This body, this X-105A Strike Gundam, is made by the Earth Consortium. Why? Why was it made on our colonial satellite of Orb!! ”

"Cagalli." Kira was a little confused, why did the girl who was so good just now suddenly change her appearance.

Graham was not frightened by the sudden outburst of anger from the girl, but after he drank the drink in his hand without hurry, he lifted the empty can in front of the girl, squeezed it hard, and while showing the girl the can that was flattened, Graham said calmly: "Why is there a war?" I don't care about that. My goal is to chase down powerful enemies and defeat them with all my might. This is what I understand as war. ”

"How so?" Cagalli did not expect Graham to display her aggressive desires so bluntly, and for a moment the girl could not find any words to refute Graham's point of view.

And Graham, who originally wanted to talk to Kira, also lost interest after Cagalli's reconciliation. I saw that after he casually threw aside the flattened can in his hand, he turned around and walked down the mountain.

"Wait, wait! It is because of you aggressive soldiers that the world is plunged into endless disasters and wars here. Cagalli yelled at Graham's back.

In the midst of the girl's shouting, Graham stopped, he turned his head, looked at the girl, and said, "Now, girl." Where does the peace you want come from? And in what way? ”

Graham's counterattack immediately left the angry girl speechless.

Where does peace come from? And in what way? There may be many answers to this proposition, but there is no doubt that Cagalli is unable to say any of them at all, let alone find even one of them on her own.

And above the sky, in the colonial satellite called "Cemetery", the girl, who is also one of the heirs of the five families of Orb, also faces the same topic. Coincidentally, the question was placed in front of her in almost the same way, the only difference was that the person who asked it was different.

"Where does peace come from? And in what way? The girl with long black hair and dressed in an expensive costume looked sharply at the young man who was sitting across from her. At this time, the young man did not pay attention to her sharp gaze, but he was having fun with the girl's unseen and unheard pet.

Finally, the young man seemed to be tired of it. I saw that he let go of his right hand and let the cute-looking pet take the chocolate beans in his hand, then looked up at the girl who was staring at him and said, "How?" Did you think of the answer? Miss Lund Mina Sahak of the Sahak family. ”