The shining Shoko Toyokawa

"Even in our world, Gundam is always piloted by people with a rebellious spirit.

Even if the predecessor's machine loses its limbs and is burned by high temperature, it will not scare away the later pilots.

Even if we lose the Gundam, as long as the spirit of resistance remains, the world will not be too bad."

"Is...is that so?"

The little Latin American girl looked thoughtful.

Misora ​​Naomi didn't say anything else, but withdrew her gaze from the deck.

Then... walking towards the bridge,

Humanity has wasted far too long in its small cradle.

just now…

It's time to set off.

Following the path blazed by those girls.

…………

……

The ice on the sea surface gradually melted. On this small island far away from civilized society, only the change of seasons can make people feel the passage of time.

The flaxen-haired girl sat by the sea, watching the sea ice washed up on the beach.

The broken ice rustled and sparkled in the sun, as if the beach was covered with precious crystals.

The sun and moon rotate, and the dazzling aurora looks like an intermittent river in the eyes of the girl sitting on the seashore.

When the last piece of floating ice disappeared, the Arctic willows and fairy trees on the island gradually sprouted green.

But in the flaxen-haired girl's vision, there was only the vast, empty sea.

she…

Been waiting,

Waiting for the day when

A small boat came to the island, and the pink-haired girl stood in the boat, waving to her happily.

She ran from the sea ice to the polar bears, and waited until she found herself on the island, where the Arctic moth, which had already spent seven years, was trapped in its cocoon...

The flaxen-haired girl might keep waiting.

Wait until the sea freezes over again, wait until the Arctic moths that emerged this year lay eggs, and then wait until the eggs emerge again seven years later...

"Woo..."

Tears... welled up in my eyes.

We know clearly that no one wants to be greeted with tears by the person waiting for them.

But the tears, as if the string had broken, kept falling.

When people are alive, they always seem to be losing.

The flaxen-haired girl lost her home twice and her loved ones twice.

But this time, she no longer wanted to die.

Because if she died,

Then there is one less person in this world who remembers those two girls.

She no longer needed Lixi to stuff food into her mouth. Although everything still tasted bland, she could eat well.

Now, she can dress herself and walk without falling down suddenly.

She...is really getting stronger.

Instead of crying loudly, I covered my mouth and cried.

However, today, she saw the phantom again.

A white boat slowly came from the sea. The pink-haired girl on the boat waved at her happily, as if she wanted to grow wings and fly to her side immediately.

"Woooo..."

This time, she couldn't help herself.

I cried unsightly on the beach.

In her blurred vision, the boat sped up to the shore. The pink-haired girl ignored the seawater soaking her calves and jumped off the boat and rushed onto the beach.

Then--

Hold Su Shi tightly in your arms!

Behind Su Shi, unknown little flowers have already begun to bloom, and bees and butterflies are fluttering around.

A breeze blew by, and petals and fragrance came with the wind.

Su Shi then realized that spring... had arrived.

The girl hugging her was not an illusion either. She had a warm body temperature and a smile so gentle it was fatal.

"Soyo, I'm back."

Chapter 201: Like a Dream

“Aine!”

Su Shi suddenly opened her eyes, and of course there was no one in the dim room.

"So... I was just dreaming..."

She was so sad that she wanted to cry.

Su Shi seemed to have had a very long dream.

In the dream, Aine returned safely.

The hands and feet are there, and the embrace is so warm that it makes people linger.

But that...was just a dream after all.

"I thought I was dead,"

"!!!"

Just as Su Shi was thinking this, a voice that was very familiar to her came from the living room.

She failed to notice that the time shown on the wall clock in the room was noon, and Su Shi never had the habit of sleeping in. She fainted in the morning because she was too excited and was sent back to the room.

Su Shi rushed out of the living room without even putting on her shoes.

The pink-haired girl turned around when she heard the noise and asked worriedly, "Su Shi, are you okay?"

The flaxen-haired girl did not answer, but immediately rushed forward and cupped the girl's cheeks with both hands.

Then he quickly touched her arms and legs, and after confirming that they were real, she almost cried.

“Hey…Aine, am I dreaming?”

"I feel like I'm dreaming too," the pink-haired girl let Su Shi play with her.

Li Xi and Lenai reacted in the same way. They almost took off her clothes to check.

After Su Shi finished the 'inspection', the pink-haired girl said, "Come, Soyo, sit down first. I will tell you what happened these days."

Several people sat around the fireplace, the firewood burning in the stove, making subtle crackling sounds from time to time.

Aine looked around at her friends, her face flushed red by the firelight, and recounted what had happened in the past few months.

"Finally, Penelope's missiles were all used up. There were too many incoming missiles for me to stop, so I used Xiangzi's method."

"In fact, the scanning angle of the seeker of non-radar guided missiles is quite limited. As long as they leave this range at the right time, they will foolishly rush towards the 'bait'.

Fortunately, their target was me, otherwise I would have never been able to protect the White Trojan Horse.

Although this tactic worked, Penelope was still hit by a fatal blow and broke down after barely returning to the white wooden horse.

After that, Naomi-san drove the white wooden horse onto a very high track, regardless of the danger of collision with debris, and we escaped disaster.

You all know what happened after that.

Sister Naomi visited two major countries, and with their help, persuaded the other two wavering permanent members of the Security Council, and then other countries.

Of course, all this was possible because America's military strength was no longer as strong as before, and this was all thanks to Xiangzi."

"This... is like a fairy tale," Li Xi said with emotion, "You guys... are amazing."

"This outcome was something neither I nor Stewardess Nan could have imagined," the pink-haired girl scratched her head and said, "In order to save me when I lost consciousness, Stewardess Nan had already prepared herself mentally for the White Trojan Horse to be taken by a great power, but that great power chose not to do so.

They seemed to think that if they kept the White Trojan Horse to themselves, the benefits would be disproportionate to the trouble it would bring, or perhaps they thought the universe was big enough for everyone to collaborate and explore...

This result is created by people choosing to believe."

Aine subconsciously looked at her hands. They were still fair and slender, but they were stained with something that could never be washed clean.

Its name is sin.

"It seems that nearly 10,000 people died from my direct attacks..."

Even though everyone already knew what she had done, Aine still chose to tell everyone.

"Before other major powers intervened, the financial turmoil caused by my attack had starved to death tens of millions of people. Now, tens of millions of people are still living in hunger due to the aftermath of the financial turmoil, and countless more have lost their jobs...

To be honest, when they sent me here, I thought they were going to shoot me.

I was really too extreme at that time..."

Even after going through so much, Aine still feels lost about the future.

But this time, Su Shi held her hand tightly, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly disappear.

Li Xi held her other hand.

The girl with heterochromia clattered across the floor as she quickly went to the food storage cellar. She took out her last box of candy, handed it to the pink-haired girl, and asked, "Do you want some?"

Aine's eyes finally started to turn red.

But she forced herself not to cry.

Because someone like her, who carries a heavy burden of karma, cannot cry.

"Hey, everyone, we've been living on the island for so long. Are there any fun places here?"

"Catch butterflies?" Like a magician, Lenai pulled out a homemade insect net from somewhere.

"I can take you fishing," Li Xi also volunteered. "Although I've never fished before, the uncle who delivered supplies to us once gave us a fishing rod."

"What about Soyo?" The pink-haired girl looked at Su Shi who was in a daze with anticipation.

"Before this..." Su Shi smiled kindly and said, "Aine should call Miss Misora, Miss Misora ​​now, right? Is your relationship already that good?"

“Ah, haha…”

"I'm just kidding," just as the pink-haired girl was about to explain, Su Shi interrupted her, "Ms. Misora ​​stood by Aine until the end, and until now, she is still working hard to make the world a better place. She is someone we must respect.

If we can meet again, we must thank her formally..."

"Maybe we'll see each other soon,"

Ein said this casually,

But the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Su Shi soon realized that Ai Yin did not intend to live on the island for a long time.

Perhaps because of a sense of responsibility, or perhaps because she was burdened by the deceased, the pink-haired girl, like Xiangzi, could no longer think only about her own affairs.

The next day, Su Shi took Ai Yin to visit the island.

She said she was the one who brought Aine, but Aine always walked in front. It was also Sushi's first time to visit the island.

Su Shi felt a little regretful that she didn't bring a camera.

The scenery on the island is not stunning, but Su Shi wants to freeze the moments when she and the man walking in the scenery are alone.

After being tired from walking around, the two of them sat down on a warm patch of grass.

It seemed that she was too tired, or perhaps because the spring afternoon sun was too warm, the pink-haired girl soon fell asleep on Su Shi's shoulder.

In order to make her sleep more comfortably, Su Shi let her rest her head on her thighs and covered her eyes with a handkerchief to prevent direct sunlight.