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Mikazuki set down his meal tray, a grain of rice clinging to the corner of his mouth. Murrue snapped back to reality, picking off the rice grain and smiling, "Are you full?"
She popped the removed grain of rice into her own mouth without a hint of disgust.
Murrue didn't think anything of it, nor did Mikazuki. The two chatted casually.
However, Natarle and Kira at their table didn't see it that way. They felt Murrue was overly attentive to Mikazuki, even making such intimate gestures. Could it be...?
Just then, Mikazuki's sudden remark made everyone who heard it collapse onto the table.
"Do you want me to help you rob them?"
Murrue quickly waved her hands. "No, no, no, it's not robbery. Why would you interpret it that way?"
Before Murrue could finish, Orga's voice roared through her earpiece.
"Idiot Mikazuki! This isn't Tekkadan, don't be so blunt!
Wait! You're getting me off track. When did we, Tekkadan, ever rob anyone? They were the ones who fought us and then lost their supplies to us, right?"
"Oh, I see."
Mikazuki suddenly remembered.
Right, they had honorably defeated their enemies and then plundered the supplies on their ships. That wasn't really robbery.
Probably...
Murrue composed herself, reorganizing her thoughts, and said, "If you have no objections, then we'll proceed as planned, even if it feels a bit unfair to those who died."
Mikazuki pulled a date out of his pocket, tossed it into his mouth, and slowly said, "There's nothing to feel unfair about. Dead is dead. They can't take anything with them, and leaving it behind is a waste.
Besides, once they're dead, they'll see the guys who died before them, right? It won't be too late to apologize to those people then."
Murrue was stunned by Mikazuki's words. "Once they're dead, they'll see the guys who died before them..." This perception terrified her a little.
"Are you... not afraid of death?"
Mikazuki spat out the date pit, raised his eyelids, and calmly said, "If I weren't afraid, I wouldn't say things like 'I must desperately live on,' would I?"
Murrue gave a self-deprecating smile.
"That's true..."
Mikazuki jumped off his chair, picked up his meal tray, and gazed out at the vast universe.
"And even if I were to die, it wouldn't be now. I have to go back, back to that place... because I made a promise to those two."
Inside the Barbatos' cockpit, the faint Iron Flower flickered twice, and Orga's laughter echoed.
"Yeah, we absolutely can't break our promises to those guys."
Murrue watched Mikazuki's disappearing back. The expression Mikazuki showed earlier had made her heart pound fiercely.
Just then, Frey, leaning against Sai, whispered in his ear, "What's wrong with that kid? He eats as if nothing happened after doing something like that. Isn't that disgusting?"
Murrue's brows furrowed when she heard this. She looked up at Frey and said coldly, "Frey Allster, right? Please get one thing straight. That child saved everyone on this entire ship.
If it weren't for him, you would be floating in space just like those people he killed."
Frey's face turned pale, then red. She hadn't expected Murrue to embarrass her like that in front of everyone because of Mikazuki.
Murrue left after saying her piece. Those words weren't just for Frey but for all the civilians.
In her opinion, Mikazuki, who had saved everyone, shouldn't be treated this way, with such gazes of disgust, even if he himself didn't care.
The next day,
The Archangel approached the Debris Belt, dispatching six work ships to the center of the Debris Belt to search for supplies.
Mikazuki piloted the Barbatos, and Kira piloted the Strike, providing escort.
As they got closer to the center, the crew on the work ships and Murrue and the others on the Archangel looked shocked.
"Is this... Julius Seven?"
Natarle opened communications and spoke to everyone.
"Transport ships one, two, and three, stand by. Five and six, each send one person to investigate with me."
Kira urgently said, "I want to go down and see too."
"...Permission granted."
An hour later,
The transport ships and two Mobile Suits returned to the Archangel. Mikazuki, wearing the Alaya-Vijnana System-specific anti-pressure flight suit from the Barbatos' cockpit and a military-green overcoat, arrived on the bridge.
As soon as he entered, he heard Kira's voice, full of anger.
"What if there are a hundred million tons of water? You saw it, didn't you? That's a place where hundreds of thousands of people died. They're already dead. Do we still have to disturb their final peace?"
At this, Mwu spoke up.
"I know not everyone will be happy about finding water. We also try our best not to step foot in that place.
But there's no other way, is there? We're still alive, which means we genuinely need water to survive. Do you understand, Kira?"
Just then, Mikazuki floated over and said something that sent a chill down the spines of all the Earth Alliance forces, including Murrue.
"The one who destroyed that place was the Earth Alliance, right?"
He paused, then continued, "But it wasn't them, was it? And the ones who killed them weren't Murrue and her group either.
Who is more important, the dead or the living? Moreover, they have nothing to do with you. Dead is dead. There's no such thing as peace or no peace."
"Mikazuki..."
As Murrue tried to interject, Mikazuki continued, "Why are you here? On this battleship, in a Mobile Suit? You're fighting because you have someone to protect, aren't you?
If you feel uncomfortable taking things from those who have passed away, then just apologize to them in person after you die and meet them, wouldn't that be fine? You'll be able to see them over there once you're dead."
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