The port of Orb is busy.

But, too, nervous.

In the past, the army, which rarely appeared in the port, now sent a large number of soldiers to guard the various intersections of the port, wantonly looking at all the personnel working in the port, as well as the three motherships of different shapes, representing the three forces, and the warships sent by ZAFT and the East Asian Federation are their latest warships.

The United Earth, ZAFT, and the East Asian Federation that would be separated from the Earth Union and formed its own faction during these years. The reason why these three forces appeared in Orb was caused by another shocking move made by Orb's representative Cagalli Yura Assha since the wedding shock.

Whether it is a three-year-old child or a ninety-year-old man, everyone knows that today's international situation has already formed a fire and water under the dual influence of the Earth Union and PLANT. At this delicate juncture, Cagalli Yura Asgha made the decision not only to invite them to come, but also to send a warship to escort the ambassador.

Such a decision is undoubtedly a crazy decision in the eyes of the vast majority of people.

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The same is true of the Orb soldiers who are guarding the checkpoints at various points in the port.

But they didn't know that there were other people besides them who were more nervous than them, and even the rare opportunity to go ashore and go out resolutely decided to give up, just to be ready to attack and protect the mothership at any time.

And Shin Asuka is one of them.

Despite his unspeakable reasons, it is true that he did not set foot on Orb soil overall, even though Orb was his homeland.

"Really!! Didn't the captain approve your permission to go ashore? Is it so hard to help me bring something back? Luna Maria waved a long note in her hand, and from the note that was constantly shaken by Luna Maria, it was clearly covered in small letters.

"No, I'm not going!" Asuka's eyelids twitched as she looked at the long note in Luna Maria's hand, and closed her eyes as she rejected Luna Maria's request.

"What? If the captain hadn't only approved you and Captain Aslan's permission to go ashore, I wouldn't have begged you? Luna Maria frowned, her face full of unhappiness. This is the first time Luna Maria has landed on land since she was so old. This experience is completely different from the feeling of looking at the earth in the universe. If the captain hadn't approved her permission to go ashore, Luna Maria, who had a great interest in land, would have slipped out with her sister Meiling.

Annoyed by Luna Maria, Shin Asuka's face became even more unhappy, and he raised his hand to wave away Luna Maria's right hand holding the note, and pushed it back stiffly. "I won't go ashore, but Luna you can go to the captain! I believe that the captain is now preparing to go ashore! ”

"You!!" After being rejected by Asuka Shin, Luna Maria is even more annoyed.

However, just as Luna Maria was about to teach the bastard Shin Asuka a lesson, the note she was holding suddenly disappeared. Luna Maria, who hadn't reacted for a while, was stunned, and subconsciously looked back, only to find that her shopping note was being held by Aslan.

Aslan casually glanced at the names at the beginning of Luna Maria's shopping note and nodded in confirmation.

"Well, it seems that there is a mall near the place we are going. Luna Maria, you can rest assured. I'll buy all the stuff and bring it back to you. ”

"Huh?" Confused, Luna Maria didn't turn around for a moment.

Seeing this, Aslan only smiled, and then turned his head slightly, looking at the well-behaved girl who had been standing quietly from the beginning and watching the noise between Asuka and Luna Maria, Meiling.

"I think your name seems to be Meiling, right? Is Luna Maria's sister? By the way, do you have something you want to buy? Luna Maria wanted a lot of things, but our real Asuka was in good shape. ”

"Huh?" The expressions of the two sisters when they were sluggish were almost identical. Meiling, who was suddenly asked by Aslan, was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head with a red face, took out a note from her skirt pocket, and handed it to Aslan with both hands.

"Can I take a look? Meiling. Aslan raised his hand to take it and smiled slightly.

Meiling nodded and didn't speak.

Aslan wasn't surprised, but after opening the note and casually glancing at it, he nodded and confirmed: "Well, these should all be found in the nearby mall." So, Luna Maria, Meiling, we'll see you later. ”

After Aslan carefully put away the two notes, he grabbed Shin Asuka by the shoulders without saying anything, and pulled Shin Asuka away half-pulled and half-mopped.

On the way, Luna Maria and Mirei watched as Asuka struggled and screamed.

In the end, after Aslan dropped a word, he obediently followed Aslan behind.

"True Asuka. Do you think you're good enough to ignore FAITH's orders? ”

A fluttering sentence suppressed the rebellious secondary school boy.

After the two of them left the Minerva, Luna Maria screamed in hindsight:

"Huh!!!! What a fool went out with the captain?!! ”

Due to someone's personality issues, Aslan did not dare to let him drive the vehicle. Eventually, after driving the vehicle out of the port and onto the highway, Aslan looked at the reflection of the real Asuka in the rearview mirror and said slowly:

"Really, I remember you were born in Orb, right?"

Although he obeyed Aslan's orders, Asuka, who didn't have a good face on his face, just replied sullenly.

Such a strange reaction made Aslan's heart swoon. In his opinion, the performance of Shin Asuka at this time is indeed significantly different from that of a teenager who has returned to his homeland after a long absence from his homeland. Judging from his performance at this point, Shin Asuka seems to be resisting Orb, the land where he once lived.

Aslan lowered his eyes, glanced at the electronic map, set his destination to the new coordinates, and drove into another fork in the road, heading for the new highway entrance.

The rapidly changing scenery on both sides of the road, and the gradual retreat of the city, made it obvious that something was wrong with the real Asuka, the former Aubu people.

"Captain. Are we on the wrong track? Luna: The things they want to buy are in the city center. The unhappiness on Asuka's face dissipated, and was replaced by surprise.

"Looks like you remember the road!" Aslan didn't answer Asuka's question, but smiled and said mysteriously, "I have a place to visit, so you should accompany me!" ”

The real Asuka frowned, and stopped talking.

As a former Orb person, even if Aslan didn't say anything, after experiencing the initial shock, Shin Asuka guessed where Aslan was going from the surrounding scenery where he could still see the outline of a few years ago.

"Perhaps, there should be a high-rise building in there, right?"

Looking into the distance, Asuka thought silently.

Nothing to say all the way.

After Aslan slowly drove the car off the highway and into a park, Asuka finally confirmed his destination.

"Finally, are you back?"

Without waiting for Aslan to speak, Asuka opened the car door and stepped out of the car, staring up into the depths of the park.

Even though the surrounding scenery has long been razed to the ground, paved with cement, and planted with countless flowers, Asuka can still recognize this place as the nightmare that represents the destruction of his family at the moment when his fate changed a few years ago.

"Do you want to go in?" Aslan pulled out the key, closed the door, and stood beside Asuka and asked softly.

Asuka shook her head.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I offended you. Aslan looked at Asuka's somewhat gloomy face and said slowly, "I've seen your file. It seems to me that no matter how much you resist the country of Orb, your loved ones will sleep here. Now that you're here, let's talk to them about how you've grown over the last few years. I'm sure they know and hear, and they'll be happy for you. ”

Aslan said, raising his hand and patting Asuka on the shoulder.

"Go ahead! Even if you are disappointed in the country of Orb, don't be disappointed in your loved ones, and don't let your relatives be disappointed in you. ”

"Captain." Asuka's eyes were a little red, and her voice was faintly hoarse.

"Go ahead!" Aslan nodded, looked up at the time of his watch, and smiled, "We still have some time." Go ahead! I'm waiting for you here. ”

Asuka was stunned.

He didn't expect Aslan to be like this... For his sake.

This kind of caring feeling can hardly be felt by anyone in these years.

Aslan looked at the stunned Shin Asuka, and after raising his hand and pushing Shin Asuka on the shoulder, he laughed and scolded, "Go!" If we're late, we'll see how Luna and Maria clean you up. ”

Shin Asuka gritted his teeth and bowed violently to Aslan, "Captain, thank you!" I, I, I'll be back soon. ”

Let's talk about it.

Shin Asuka turned, almost running towards the depths of the park, towards the nightmare place he remembered.

Looking at the distant figure of the real flying bird, Aslan subconsciously touched the rose necklace wrapped around his left wrist and muttered, "It's really similar!" Are you right? Elicon. ”

Near,

Near,

It's close.

From the initial resistance, to the persuasion of Aslan, the body driven by urgency frantically controlled the real Asuka towards the sad place that had been haunted by his life as a nightmare for several years.

Shin Asuka doesn't know why this is happening? He didn't know why just a piece of persuasion from Aslan would make him rush to that nightmare land so urgently? He couldn't understand it at all, but he knew in the dark that if he missed this opportunity, maybe he would regret it for the rest of his life.

one-step

Two steps,

Three steps,

As the real Asuka stepped onto the last staircase, facing the breeze that swept up countless petals,

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See.

He saw a young girl,

Dressed in a white gauze skirt,

Raise your hand and press the sun hat,

The girl, whose face was full of annoyance at the sudden breeze, slowly turned around and looked at Masuka.

At this moment,

The eyes are facing each other.

"Ma, Mayu!?"

The name that came out of the depths of my memory blurted out.