Archangel, officer's room.

"Hey, don't push." "Do you hear anything?"

A wall of people gathered in front of the officer's room. It's all because of curiosity about Lux, the young people who gathered here.

Suddenly, the weight pressed against the door was gone. To put it more simply, it was the door that suddenly opened. Teenagers: "Wow! He fell to the ground like an arhat.

I saw Natal looking down at them with cold eyes, and said coldly: "Don't you still have work to do!" Hurry up and get back to work! ”

The teenagers fled in a puff of smoke.

The door closed again, and when she regained her composure, Malu coughed softly. Began to ask: "Excuse me, then ......"

"I'm Lux. Klein. This is my friend Harrow. Innocently, Lux presented the pink pet to the officers and introduced it to them. Harrow made a stupid voice again, saying, "Harrow, Harrow, Lux." ”

I saw Mu holding his head weakly, and the other two wanted to learn from him in their hearts. The situation in front of us is really inspiring.

"Klein, I remember that the current president of the Supreme Council of the Plant was called Siguel. Klein ......" Mu said reluctantly.

Lux clapped her hands together happily. Said happily: "Ah, Sigail. Klein is my father. Do you know him? ”

Should I say that I am innocent, or I don't know what situation I am in. Facing Lux, Mu, Maliu, and Natal's shoulders drooped even more weakly.

In the final analysis, they are all good people, good people with persistence, faith, and bottom line. That's why she is so powerless in the face of an innocent girl like Lux.

After coming over for a while, Malu asked, "So, why are you in such a place?" ”

"Yes, I'm here to conduct a pre-investigation for the memorial service for 'Juños 7.'" Lux's voice is still cute. But what she said became serious, and Malu and the others immediately sat up straight. "I didn't expect to meet the ship of the Earth Army. They said they wanted to go on board for inspection, and we accepted, but our friends on Earth didn't seem to like the purpose of our voyage. From a small dispute, it turned into a whole ship's turmoil. ”

Lux's soft eyebrows furrowed sadly. "The others let me get out in a dinghy, but ...... I don't know what happened after that. If only the Earth Army friends could calm down......"

Mu was silent. They found a very recently vandalized civilian ship in the area, but there was no need to say it. As for the traces of shelling on that ship, there is no need to say anything.

After the officers left. Lux approached the screen on the wall, which reflected the situation outside the ship. Looking at the ruined earth floating in countless fragments, cracked and barren by the dark vacuum, she quietly hugged Harrow to her lap and whispered, "Let's pray, Harrow." Pray that everyone's soul may rest in peace......"

There was a trace of sadness on his gentle face, and his expression was so illusory that it seemed to dissolve and disappear at any moment. It's as if for everything, the fate of the ship he is on, and his future fate. They have all realized and accepted the general, and under the long eyelashes, there are such clear eyes.

"Xiaoya, it's a little more interesting." Perceive all this. Zheng Shuanglong, who was sitting in the dormitory hugging the three beautiful girls Liliana, Qingqiuyuan Ena, and Athena, opened his eyes and said with a smile.

"Hmm." Squeezed into Zheng Shuanglong's arms and found Athena in the best position. With a cute smile on his face, he nodded.

[It's a pity that Liu Yi should have a better repertoire there. Otherwise, I'd be a little interested here. 】

A few hours later, the Archangel finished its handling and was ready to set sail.

Restaurant. There was a messy noise.

"Don't is don't!"

"Frey, what are you doing!"

Frey and Mirialia were arguing over a plate.

Kira, who came to the vicinity of the restaurant, walked in and asked Katz beside him, "What's wrong?" ”

Katz shrugged and said helplessly, "It's the girl's meal you picked up." Millie asks Frey to send it, but Frey says no, and they quarrel. ”

Frey shouted, "No! Tell me to get close to the adjuster, I'll be scared of ......"

"Frey!" Mirialia nervously dissuaded her. As soon as Frey saw Kira's face, she immediately understood her gaffe.

"Ah, when、Of course Kira is different? But the girl is from Zaft, right? The adjuster is very powerful, whether it is a reflex nerve or something, what if something happens! Right? As she spoke, Frey even asked Kira's permission.

Faced with such a situation, Kira remained silent without any answer. Instead, Kaz grunted in reply. "Still, I don't think she'll pounce on you out of nowhere."

"Who knows that kind of thing!" Frey didn't listen to a word.

"If it really doesn't work, I'll send it to Lily, anyway, well, it doesn't seem to be used anymore." Zheng Shuanglong, who took Liliana's little hand and walked to the restaurant, looked at such a messy scene and proposed with a smile, but halfway through speaking, he saw Lux walking in.

"Oh, who's going to pounce on whom?" Standing there with pink hair and a long dress and smiling is Lux. Klein himself.

Looking at the people who stayed on the spot, Zheng Shuanglong said with a little emotion: "The defense level of the Earth Army is really very high, if this situation occurs in the East Asian Republic, it will have to go to the military court." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry to scare you." I don't know if she really feels embarrassed, but Lux said in a fluttering tone, "Actually, I'm thirsty, and besides, it's embarrassing to say, my stomach is hungry too." Excuse me, is this a restaurant? I'd be glad if I could get something to eat......"

"If it's just such a request, I think the Archangel number can still meet it, and the food is placed over there, so you shouldn't need me to help you get it." Pointing to the plates of food that had been placed, Zheng Shuanglong let go of the hand holding Liliana and said with a smile.

"Of course, I can do it myself." Lux said in a fluttering tone.

As if he had discovered Zheng Shuanglong's unusualness, Lux said softly with a gentle smile: "Thank you, my name is Lux?" Klein. Excuse me? ”

"Zheng Shuanglong, just an ordinary doctor, of course, for the adjuster, it is meaningless, after all, the adjuster is basically not sick, if everyone in the world is an adjuster, it is estimated that we ordinary doctors will be starved to death." Zheng Shuanglong seemed to be joking.

"You're laughing. Doctors are a very respectable profession. Saving lives. Faced with the malice in Zheng Shuanglong's words, Lux saluted with a gentle smile.

"Create life too. Isn't it. Zheng Shuanglong squinted at Lux and said softly.

"Wait, wait!" After Zheng Shuanglong and Lux exchanged for a while, the boys and girls came back to their senses and shouted in a hurry. "Why didn't you lock the room?"

Looking at Lux, Frey shouted in disgust, "Hate! Why are Zaft's people allowed to run out and walk around without permission? ”

"Oh, it's not 'unauthorized'. I've asked if I can go out......" Lux said with her big innocent eyes.

"So, they said you could come out?" Kira asked nervously.

With an elegant smile, Lux said, "But no one answered me." I asked three times, though. So I guess it's okay. ”

"That's not called 'trepidation', is it?" Kaz said angrily.

But Lux didn't mind at all, and walked up to Frey with a smile. "And I'm not Zaft. Zaft is the name of the army. Officially, it's ......"

Frey interrupted Lux loudly and shouted, "W-everything is the same!" You're the adjuster anyway! ”

"It's different. I'm a adjuster, but I'm not from the military. Lux tilted her neck cutely, looking at Frey with big eyes. You're not from the military either, are you? So, I'm the same as you, right? ”

With a gentle smile that melts every heart. Lux held out her right hand. A gentle and light flow of air passed. This girl has a temperament that will make the people around her angry.

However, Frey looked at the hand reaching out to her, and took a step back. "What. Dislike! Don't! Why do I have to shake hands with people like you? There was a palpable look of disgust on that face. Frey cried out again. "An adjuster, don't get along with me!"

"It's a little too late." Looking at Kira, who was also hurt by Frey's words, Zheng Shuanglong took out a paper fan, knocked it on Frei's head, and said calmly: "Although I don't like the lives created by the adjusters, but you are now under the protection of the adjusters, you have no right to say such words, at least, you have no right to say such things until you repay Kira's protection." Doesn't it feel excessive to make people bleed and cry, such a thing? ”

[A little disappointed, the possibility of the future of mankind is such a spoiled wayward little girl, and the abnormal adjuster is such an elegant, noble and gentle lady, this comparison, really very disappointed. 】

The life that was made.

Kira's breathing stopped. The heart was stabbed twice, once by Frey's words, and once by Zheng Shuanglong's words that seemed to be persuasive.

Abnormal life, no matter how hard you try to get closer, because they are the adjusters of the fact that they can never be overturned......

Kira felt cold despair fill her chest.

"Dr. Zheng!" Hearing Zheng Shuanglong's words, Milia cried out a little dissatisfied.

"Well, I'm not wrong, isn't that true? Well, okay, okay, I'll not talk about it, let's have a good meal. The world is big, and the food is the biggest. If you don't even let people eat, it's too much. Zheng Shuanglong, who was stared at by Milia with big eyes, put a piece of food in front of Lux and said with a smile.

"Can I eat here?" Lux asked, a little incredulous. In such a situation, I should be brought back, right?

"Of course, if it's just for meals. No problem. Isn't this a restaurant, it was originally a place for people to eat. If there are other requirements, it is a little bothersome. A very gentlemanly brought a piece of food to Liliana, Zheng Shuanglong sat down and said while eating.

"Thank you." Lux, who had received Zheng Shuanglong's permission, looked at the people around her, and found that even Frey, who hated the adjuster the most, didn't say anything, sat down happily, and began to eat elegantly.

"Can't you talk while eating? Eat quietly like this. It's a little uncomfortable. Looking at Miriaria, Frey, Katz, Kira and others, who were eating food quickly, Lux, who felt the awkward atmosphere, said softly.

"Well, understand a little, this is the Atlantic Federation, even the East Asian Republic, which has the least discrimination against adjusters, if there are adjusters, it is a very troublesome thing, and the atmosphere is gone, which is normal." Zheng Shuanglong, who laughed and dined with Liliana. Listening to Lux's words, he turned his head to look at Lux, and said with a look of course.

Is it normal? Kira's chest felt like it was being pressed against a huge stone, too heavy.

"Is that so, but I'm not a soldier of Zaft." Lux asked, puzzled.

"But you're the adjuster, and that's enough, in most people's eyes, the adjuster is a new race, and the adjuster is not a human being. Of course, most of these people include a large number of adjusters. Gently hugged Athena, who had run to the restaurant, into his arms and touched Athena's silver hair. Zheng Shuanglong said gently.

"Is that so, but Mr. Zheng doesn't feel any discomfort in the face of our adjusters, can it be. Mr. Zheng ......" Lux looked at Zheng Shuanglong, who was treating Athena with a gentle smile, and asked softly.

With beautiful silver hair, cute over-the-top Athena. The same silver hair that ordinary people can't have. The peerless Liliana. and Zheng Shuanglong, who has an extraordinary temperament, no matter how you look at it, I don't want to be a natural person. As for Keichoin Ena, she was sleeping.

Ignoring the curious eyes of others, Zheng Shuanglong gently wiped Athena's mouth and said softly: "If you want to say it, I'm not, if you insist on saying it, I'm not even a human." ”

"Really, Dr. Zheng, such jokes are made." Milia scolded in a coquettish voice.

Isn't it human, I seem to have heard it somewhere, where it is, it seems to be something very important. Lux, who was smiling and dining, thought silently.

After Lux and Kira left, Zheng Shuanglong picked up a piece of food and prepared to send it to Qingqiu Yuan Ena, who was tossed by himself yesterday, before leaving the restaurant, Zheng Shuanglong stopped and said to Frei: "Frei, if you are not a guy from the blue universe, don't say such words, if you don't have so much resentment towards the adjuster, don't show it so obviously, it's already so big, it's not okay to be willful." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Frey to say anything, Zheng Shuanglong took Liliana and Athena and left here.

Is this preaching, why? Looking at Zheng Shuanglong who was leaving, Frei thought a little angrily.

Bridge.

Parr, who was sitting in the communicator's seat, noticed a peculiar reaction to the dashboard in front of him, and temporarily let go of the drink he was holding in his hand and began to operate it. "Captain!"

Hearing his cries, both Malu and Natal turned their heads. When the two poked their heads out, they asked, "What's the matter?" Parr's voice sounded like he was shouting. Yes, it's communication! It's the secret pulse of the Eighth Fleet of the Earth Force! ”

"What?" "Can you track it?"

"I'm trying!"

The two of them came up to Parr and looked intently at the screen in front of him. Finally, a special wave pattern appeared on the dashboard, but it still sounded like noise.

"I'll parse it now!" Parr tapped quickly on the keyboard. A short time later, a murmur of human voices came from the loudspeaker. “…… Village...... Eighth Fleet Advance ...... Montgomery. Big...... Messenger, please return to ......" There was a sound of relief from the bridge.

"It's Brigadier General Halbarton's troops!" "What's the location?" "Wait a minute, we're still far away......" "But if we can meet!"

Jackie and Neumann high-fived each other very well. "yes, I'm finally a little relieved!" With the limited manpower gathered here, they fled desperately all the way to this point without relying on any external force, and now they finally saw a small ray of hope.

It was as if the light was going to shine on every corner of the ship. After hearing the news of the advance team, the crew's originally tense expressions returned to smiles, and the atmosphere among the refugees became much more relaxed. Just be patient for a while, and you can get in touch with your lost relatives when you land on the ground; They gathered in the dining room and said so. In the corner of the lively restaurant, Sai reveals a new message to Frey.

"My dad?" Frey smiled as brightly as a flower.

"Well, I heard he came with the advance team. Of course he didn't know you were here, but we've passed the crew list over. Looking at Frey's smiling face, Sai also smiled with relief. The light of hope also shines on this place without discrimination.

In another room inside the ship, Lux carried Harrow to his lap, who was spinning around.

Lux had never seen a natural person so closely. She also wants to understand the war with her thinking, but her imagination and experience are always different. She said to Harrow unhurriedly, "Then I'm out of the question." Where are we heading now? "Who is Zheng, who claims to be not a human being, I always feel very important.

CE.71.2.6, a communication sent by the advance team of the 8th Fleet arrived on the Archangel. (To be continued......)