Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 826: Wedding in the War (3/3)

CE71.

7 month 1 number.

On this day, all the citizens of PLANT put down their work, gathered together, stayed at home, in bars, or other places, and watched the live broadcast from April City, the capital of PLANT.

Although before this day, the satellite fortress Boaz fell, and the final line of defense of Yakin Duwei faced the nuclear threat posed by the lunar fleet composed of the Earth Union's Sixth and Seventh Fleets, it could not stop the citizens of PLANT from gathering together today, waiting for that moment to come.

As the morning sunlight simulated by the artificial sun scattered and illuminated the streets of April City, a convoy slowly drove into the Klein Mansion, which was newly decorated with many flowers and ribbons.

At the same time, there were constantly flashing lights and "guns and cannons" following the convoy.

"Dear audience! Good morning! Today is sunny and breezy, a good day for an outing and a ceremony."

Facing the camera, the host greeted it with a smile.

She knew that at this moment, the 60 million citizens of PLANT were watching this moment.

"To my right is the motorcade that will welcome the bride! There are less than ten minutes until the bride leaves the house! I will take this opportunity to briefly explain the upcoming wedding process to the audience!"

Outside the camera, Aslan was sitting in the wedding car in a neat suit. From time to time, he turned his head to look at the reporters around him. He watched them holding cameras and looking around constantly, looking for pictures that might be useful.

"What's the matter? Are you scared now?"

Isaac, who was also wearing a suit and accompanying the bride as best man, was still harsh in his words. When he saw Aslan retreating a little, he immediately criticized Aslan mercilessly, making Aslan very helpless.

"Isaac, I just didn't react."

"What? You still dare to say you didn't react?"

When Yitzhak heard this, he immediately became unhappy.

He stretched out his hand, took Aslan under his arm, and spoke viciously.

"How long have you been in this house with them? Haven't you reacted yet? You want to take advantage of everything and then run away, right?"

"Hey, hey! Yitzhak, you're going too far! If Aslan wanted to run away, he could have run away by then. Why would he stay and take care of him for so long?"

Diego, who was sitting opposite, helplessly raised his hands to cover his face and sighed repeatedly.

These two guys wouldn't feel comfortable if they didn't make a fuss every day, right?
"Tsk! Who's going too far? It's because Aslan is so indecisive that he wants to back down when the time comes!"

Yitzhak snorted and let go of Aslan.

After Aslan carefully adjusted his clothes, he smiled helplessly.

"I haven't thought of backing down, Yitzchak."

As he spoke, Aslan's eyes became deep and firm.

“After that day, I had made my decision.”

"Oh? Then why are you like this now? Are you afraid of death?"

Yitzhak snorted and said sarcastically.

"No, I'm not afraid of death. I just regret that I can't give her a perfect wedding."

Upon hearing this, Isaac and Diego exchanged glances and fell silent.

"Let's go! Let's go meet the bride!"

As Aslan, Isaac and Diego got out of the car, there was a burst of flashing lights around them, making Isaac feel a little anxious.

"How did these reporters get in? It's just a wedding, right?"

Yitzhak frowned, muttered something, then quickened his pace and caught up with Aslan.

Ten minutes later, when Aslan, holding the bride's hand, stepped out of the gate again, the whole courtyard was instantly flooded with shutter sounds and flashes, attracting the guards arranged by ZAFT here to immediately step forward and block all the "guns and cannons" before Aslan and the bride were able to get on the wedding car and drive to the wedding scene.

"The wedding dress suits you very well."

Feeling the soft touch on his hand, no matter how many words Aslan had in his mind, they would only become this ordinary sentence.

"Well, thank you."

However, the other party enjoyed it very much, lowered his head slightly, and seemed a little shy.

Through the thin white veil, Aslan could still see the beautiful blush on the other's face. At this moment, silence is better than words.

The convoy moved forward and the moment it arrived at the wedding scene, Aslan noticed that the wedding scene was not set up in a church or something like that, but was set up directly on a platform in the city center square. In addition, two MS teams, mainly equipped with ceremonial Jinns, were deployed on both sides of the city center.

At the same time, at the end of the two ceremonial Jinn teams, there were three new MS designed and manufactured by ZAFT.

They are justice, liberty, and providence.

Their appearance reminded Aslan of what Patrick Sarah had said last night.

"Athrun, on the wedding day, I will arrange for the three machines, Justice, Freedom, and Providence, to be stationed at the wedding site. You will swear an oath under their witness. Then, as a ZAFT MS pilot, you will board the Justice Gundam and rush to the scene."

"And she, Lacus Clyne, will board the Eternal Songstress and go to the scene in person to provide you with support."

"I'm sorry! Aslan, as a father, I can't give you a perfect wedding, nor can I protect you from the wind and rain! I even have to force you to go to the battlefield on your wedding day."

"I am not a qualified father!"

The wedding car slowly stopped, and when Aslan saw Patrick Sala and his men standing at the end of the long red carpet, at the feet of three aircraft, he woke up from his memories.

"Aslan, let's go! Don't keep father waiting."

"Lacus Klein" exerted a little force and tightened Aslan's right hand.

"Well! Let's go!"

The two got out of the wedding car, walked side by side on the red carpet, and under everyone's gaze, walked towards the wedding venue, towards where Patrick Sarah was.

There were waves of blessings coming from my ears.
There were bursts of shutter sounds on both sides of the road.
There are flashes on both sides of the eyes.

But whether it was Aslan or "Lacus Klein", the only person in front of them at this moment was the figure standing at the end of the red carpet - Patrick Sala.

"You are here!"

Patrick Sala looked at the newlyweds as they walked slowly down the red carpet hand in hand in front of him.

"Yes, Father, we are here!"

Aslan said respectfully.

Patrick Sala nodded and strode to the podium.

"My fellow countrymen! Today is the wedding day of Aslan Zala and Lacus Klein. Originally, this is something worth celebrating! But in this moment of celebration, someone still dropped a nuclear weapon on our heads, destroyed our satellite fortress Boaz, and threatened to make us taste the pain of Junius 7 again, and threatened to make us disappear from this world."

"Originally, at such a critical moment, I, we shouldn't have held this wedding. But I have to do this. I want to let those natural people who are clamoring to destroy us see that we are not afraid of them at all! We are not afraid of the nuclear weapons they are wielding at this moment."

"I want those natural people to see with their own eyes that in the face of their nuclear threats, we PLANTs can still happily hold a wedding, send blessings to our newlyweds, and give gifts!"

"This is the courage of our PLANT!"

"This is the confidence of our ZAFT!"

"This is the awareness of all of us PLANT citizens!"

After that, Patrick Sara looked at Aslan Sara and asked in a deep voice.

"Aslan Zala, are you willing to marry the woman beside you, Lacus Clyne, as your wife? No matter life or death, sickness or pain, poverty or wealth, you will love her unconditionally and be loyal to her until the end?"

Aslan tightly grasped Lacus Clyne's right hand and spoke loudly.

"I am willing."

"Lacus Clyne. Are you willing to marry the man next to you, to take Aslan Zala as your husband, and to love him unconditionally and be loyal to him until the end, regardless of life or death, sickness or pain, poverty or wealth?"

"Lacus Klein" had a happy smile on her face.

"I am willing."

"Okay! The newlyweds complete their vows and exchange rings."

The moment the rings were put on the two people's hands, thunderous cheers and endless blessings suddenly rang out in the streets and alleys of the entire PLANT.

Amid the cheers and blessings, the two people who were supposed to receive the blessings smiled at each other, hugged each other, and then Athrun turned and left, unbuttoning his suit while quickly climbing onto the Justice Gundam, soaring into the air and flying towards the battlefield.

"Protect the PLANT!! And protect you too!! Athrun Zala, Justice Gundam, attack!"

(End of this chapter)