Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 752 Lux's Determination
In the Spring Capital, at the Klein Mansion, Thiago parked his car at the entrance and, feeling utterly bored, rested his hand on the window. He looked around and, finding no one in sight, waved to the driver behind him.

"No one's waiting around, feel free to get off the bus."

The two people sitting in the back were none other than Lux, who rarely appeared after the war, and Athrun, who abandoned the strongest force in the Earth Sphere to return home three times to put out the fire. After hearing Thiago's prompt, before Athrun could say anything, Lux reached out and wiped her face. With a blurry ripple, the face that was revealed was Mia Campbell.

"Phew, I was suffocating! This nano-camouflage membrane is great in every way except it's not breathable."

"You're not home yet, so please be careful!"

"What's there to be afraid of? I already said there's no one around. Why worry about being photographed from the sky?"

Mia took out her makeup mirror and tidied her hair. Despite Aslan's nagging, she quickly got out of the car. Fortunately, the surroundings were indeed empty, just as Thiago had said. However, the two of them still blocked Mia out completely until the gate closed before they separated.

"I was supposed to only cover for one month, but it's been almost half a year now, and my concert is going to be canceled!"

"Hey, hey, hey, you weren't like this back then. According to the declassified documents, when Durandal found you, it was a perfect match, right?"

When it comes to sabotaging others, Thiago has never lost to anyone since his debut. Although Mia had no choice but to play Lux again, Thiago just couldn't control his mouth and kept spouting sarcastic remarks.

"Back then I was chasing after a guy, now I'm just helping out. Oh right, I just remembered, don't you owe me a thank you?"

"You're getting the benefit and then acting innocent?"

"How about you cosplay? Come on, let me see if you can fit into Lux's outfit!"

Seeing that the two were on the verge of exploding, Aslan once again acted as a peacemaker. He first subtly tugged at Lathiago's sleeve, then turned around, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Mia. Finally, he picked up a Haro from the ground and turned on the music playback function.

"You belong to me, so please don't say goodbye."

"Click!"

After pressing the stop button, Aslan looked puzzled. 'That's weird. Let me listen to it again.'

"Don't blame me, it's the song you're thinking of. I've decided to use it as the title track of the new album, and Hilde agreed. She even named it 'BEYOND THE TIME'."

"This name is quite fitting."

"Right? I think it will definitely sell very well."

Distracted like this, Thiago lost interest in continuing to sing. Having no interest in the song, he went straight to the windowsill and looked around. After a moment, he made sure no one was following him before carefully drawing the curtains.

Aslan's identity is too sensitive, which often prevents him from making any biased statements. Officials like Senator Amalfi are more like partners, so Lux's special status makes her almost the only communication channel between PLANT and the People's Revolutionary Union.

During that miracle of the Light of the Innovators, Lux disappeared from everyone's sight along with Kira. If Athrun and the others hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, who knows how much misunderstanding would have arisen.

However, the problem remains even though the person is gone. In the short term, the Revolutionary Alliance will not accept PLANT's move to replace a diplomat. Furthermore, 6000 million Adjusters are living in fear, waiting for possible retaliation from the Revolutionary Alliance. Therefore, in order to stabilize the situation, Athrun ultimately suggested that Mia return to the palace for a second time, once again playing the role of Lux.

However, this time the cosplay is not as simple as singing and dancing as before. On the one hand, Mia has to take on Lux's job as a bridge, which means she has to keep traveling between Earth and PLANT.

In addition to the current Speaker Walter, Mia's identity still needs to be kept secret. Otherwise, if people find out that Lux is missing, Athrun is worried that someone will make a big deal out of it and drag PLANT down a path of no return again. "So when will I finally be free? Three months after three months. Didn't they say that Lux has already been chosen as the next Speaker? What if I become Speaker and she still hasn't returned?"

"Well... asking me won't help. Didn't Hilde say she's already started analyzing the spacetime anchor? As long as a stable channel can be established, maybe..."

In fact, even Hilde couldn't give a definite time. You see, Lux was using herself as an anchor only to try and get a tiny, slim chance. When she made the decision, Hilde warned that even if she really left with Kira, the chance of her successfully returning might be less than 30%.

After all, Kira himself has lost the label of 'plane native', and the two of them are not time travelers like Siegfried, so whether they can safely get through the spacetime turbulence is unknown, but Lacus firmly believes in the possibility of a miracle.

"I used to say that Cagalli only chose her country and ignored the feelings of those around her. Now it's my turn to make the choice. I don't want to make a decision that I'll regret for the rest of my life. As for world peace, I'll leave that to my hero brother~"

After uttering these words, so unlike Lux's usual style, she and he, piloting the Defender of Glory and the Strike Freedom, disappeared from everyone's sight. Of course, most importantly, they also took with them the Moonlight Butterflies that had begun to multiply infinitely.

"These are the administrative matters that must be resolved today: the draft resolution on the placement of photocopiers and the identification of Lundbell."

Regardless, Mia silently watched Aslan open the virtual screen, and a pile of documents that made her dizzy instantly filled the entire room. Fortunately, Aslan was a talented person who was good at both literature and martial arts, and he quickly sorted out the order of the documents for Mia.

After resolving the follow-up issues concerning Lao, the People's Revolutionary Union and PLANT reached an agreement on the placement of the remaining photocopiers. Frey naturally went to the People's Revolutionary Union, while Heine was returned to PLANT.

"We first need to reach an agreement with Heine's family, using the pretext that the People's Revolutionary League secretly sheltered Heine during the Battle of Aub and only released him now."

"Can they believe this? And isn't this a case of the People's Revolutionary Party taking the blame?"

"Whether they believe it or not is not up to them. Heine has already accepted reality, and PLANT will also have to pay a price for this agreement. There is no such thing as a free lunch."

Seeing Mia's bewildered expression, Thiago by the window offered to answer her questions. Fortunately, Mia had also brushed up on her knowledge of politics, and she immediately noticed the hidden connection between the two events.

"So, the identity verification in Londebelle is the exchange condition that PLANT paid?"

"This was an inevitable result. Not to mention that Captain Kuratis was also our colleague, we also have to clear their names because of her decision to command the mothership to descend to Earth at the end."

According to the latest agreement, Londebelle has become a joint combat force established by the Human Revolutionary Alliance and PLANT. Its independent authority is far lower than that of the Celestials but still higher than that of ordinary combat forces. The official explanation is that it is to monitor the follow-up plans prepared by the Celestials. Its original intention is to stabilize the civilian society, which is facing large-scale transformation into Innovators and undercurrents after the Compass Chaos.

Strictly speaking, these matters had already been pre-processed by Aslan. All Mia had to do was sign them and then cooperate with him to attend some official occasions that he had to attend. For example, having Lux appear in the conversation with the Heine family would have been far more effective than having Aslan do it himself.

Mia, who had transformed into a signing machine, flipped through the documents in front of her while signing Lux's name under Athrun's guidance. However, the dissenting voices from a few members of the council still made her frown.

“Hey Aslan.”

"what happened?"

"Do you think that if all of humanity became change agents, we could understand each other?"

"Sorry, I don't know."

(End of this chapter)