The shining Shoko Toyokawa

By the way, Maya also said that she would teach the pink-haired girl how to ride a horse.

But because he left Ying Lili's manor early, he was unable to teach her...

"That's a good horse, big and good at jumping, and it runs fast."

Makarov's smile brightened when he heard Maya say that. The Budenovsky horse is a kind of horse from his hometown.

Praising that kind of horse is like praising the local specialties of someone's hometown for being delicious, and he feels proud of it.

The two chatted for a while.

We didn't talk about "work". In fact, even scientists like Einstein didn't talk about relativity or the ultimate fate of the universe most of the time.

Chatting, in the final analysis, is about getting familiar with each other's social style.

The reason why he talked to Maya was also a disguised way of expressing his recognition of her.

After they said goodbye to each other, Maya took Jeanne back to her room.

"Captain Maya, it seems like girls often come here."

Jeanna sniffed pretentiously and teased, "As expected, Captain Maya likes girls younger than herself. An old aunt like me doesn't stand a chance at all."

Maya had long been accustomed to her unruly appearance. In her heart, she was like the Soviet Union and Germany before World War II, with no Polish at all.

"How is it? Have you found out? Who is the suspicious person?"

Jeanne was helpless when faced with Maya who only wanted to talk to her about work and not about love.

"We've found out. Captain Yubi is the biggest suspect."

"You're not annoyed by his pursuit of you, are you seeking revenge?"

Maya also made a joke,

"How are you going to deal with this?"

After the joke, it's time to get down to business.

"Honestly, I don't know," Jeanne shrugged. "If we shoot him, it will have a bad impact. If we lock him up, the impact will be even worse. After all, they are not our subordinates."

Jeanne winked at Maya, hinting that she was recruiting these people into her army.

"One cannot always be right, Jeanne,"

Maya has always been relatively honest with her friends.

"This victory is largely due to our good luck. If we had made a mistake, we would have been completely wiped out..."

"Yes Yes Yes,"

Jeanne lay on Maya's bed, looking as if she was not going to listen or anything,

"You don't want to be a hero, nor do you want to be a leader. If possible, you just want to be a pilot."

“It would be wonderful if everyone had the awareness to be a hero and the wisdom to be a leader!”

"But Captain Maya, not everyone can be a hero, and not everyone has such wisdom."

"..."

Jeanne was silent for a moment before saying, "In my hometown, west of the Rhine, there was a group of idealists who, more than ninety years ago, believed that the world had reached its limit under the then-current system, otherwise there would not have been a world war.

In their view, any distinction between nations and countries is a pathetic tool used by the exploiting class to exploit and enslave the poor.

They felt that the vast majority of the exploited classes would inevitably rise up and overthrow the exploiting classes.

This is the general trend, the future direction of the world."

"But reality is not ideal...Without heroes and leaders to unite the people, even if the power of the exploited classes is strong, they will be nothing but a pile of loose sand."

She sat up, looked at Maya seriously, and said, "Without someone to lead us forward, we won't be able to find our way. We will be like lost children."

After Jeanne finished speaking, a long time passed, but Maya still did not answer.

She sighed, adjusted her wine-red hair, stood up and walked out the door.

She can be regarded as Liu Bei's three visits to her thatched cottage, but ordinary people don't have the charm of Liu Bei.

Failure is natural...

"Let me think about it,"

"Eh?"

Just as Jeanna was about to leave, Maya's voice came from behind.

"The future is going to be very troublesome, so... let me think about it for a while, Jeanne."

"!!!"

"Great!"

Jean turned around suddenly, rushed to Maya at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, and hugged her excitedly.

Maya's tactics retreated, but she still couldn't escape the distress of being trapped in the front armor.

Maya slapped her away, her hands dirty with excitement, and said stiffly: "Jeanne, it's late, you should go to bed."

"Shall we take a break together?"

She emphasized the word "rest" very much, and her intention was obvious to everyone.

Maya's response was a knife.

She is not a nympho, and has no interest in so-called mature and hot older sisters.

Under her strict supervision, Jeanne left the room crying, covering her head like a little child.

The reason why Maya was so anxious to get rid of her was because she was not really a girl, and she did not want to be taken advantage of by a girl.

The second is…

I guess Nina won't be able to sleep tonight either.

Although she didn't say it, Maya could still feel it.

The relationship between Renai and the driver of the Marcela is definitely not ordinary.

The Marcella, Caius's newest machine, is likely to serve as the Britannic's ace...

"Is Nina's friend still alive?"

Maya didn't know...

She suddenly became anxious and worried.

Of course, if she were given another chance, she would have aimed at the Britannic.

嗏

She really doesn't want Nina to hate her...

Maya tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

In her head, the voices calling her Captain Maya during the day rang again.

This... perhaps this is what those who bear the lives of others must bear...

After an unknown amount of time, Maya had given up sleeping.

"I don't think Nina will come tonight..."

Just when she was convinced,

"Dong Dong Dong"

There were three gentle knocks on the door.

Maya's heartbeat quickened immediately, and she quickly stood up and opened the door.

Under the dim light, the girl stood timidly in the corridor.

"Um, Maya-san...can I sleep with you?"

Maya's answer will definitely not be any other than yes!

…………

……

After working overtime again, Jeana returned to her room but couldn't fall asleep.

Under the conscious or unconscious promotion of Natasha and other moderates, Jeanna had long realized that Maya, who was very cute but deliberately kept a distance from everyone,

Probably he would be the future leader. To be honest, Jeanna didn't take it seriously at first.

She didn't think Maya was better than herself.

It was not until she came into contact with her that she realized that, apart from the hidden considerations of the bigwigs,

Maya would be an excellent leader if she wanted to.

But the problem is, she doesn't want to be a leader...

"Maya, it seems like something has changed?"

Jeanna just turned over in bed, and the answer came to her mind -

"I see... So, it's because she met that girl (Nina)?"

Her encounter with that girl is constantly changing her.

Chapter 61: Aine's Substitute

"Ann, did you die in a woman's belly?!"

On the second day after the Artemis campaign ended,

the Alps,

A snow-capped mountain where you can see the snow all year round, next to a manor with a mirror-like lake,

The girl with straight black hair angrily crossed the morning dew sparkling in the sun, stepping on the next dolomite floor tile and rushing towards the main hall.

She ignored the advice of several servants and yelled again: "An, are you dead?!"

"You scared me to death!" A girl with messy pink hair pushed open the window on the second floor and complained, "What's wrong, Taki?!"

The Alps were still cold in April. The pink-haired girl in loose pajamas subconsciously shrank back into the house after she finished shouting.

"Come up and talk if you have anything to say!"

Leaving these words, she closed the window.

Taki stepped on the wooden floor and went up to the living room on the second floor.

When she opened the door, she didn't see any naked women, which made her unhappy face fade a little.

But seeing the pink-haired girl with sleepy eyes and disheveled clothes, her blood pressure rose again.

"It's already this late, and you still want to go on vacation?!"

"Am I not the same as before?"

The pink-haired girl poured herself a glass of red wine, then took another glass and poured it for Taki.

Seven years have passed since then, and the immaturity of the girl has faded away.

Now, she no longer seems to be the driver who dares to challenge the superpower alone.

After the Unification War, the "mercenaries" gradually lost their jobs. In MYGO, the pilot known as No. 3's brilliance gradually faded with the passage of time.

An leaned back in a comfortable chair, leisurely shaking the low-alcohol red wine in the glass.

Sunlight streamed into the gorgeous living room through the window, and the firewood in the fireplace occasionally made subtle crackling sounds.

Under the influence of these two factors, the air in the living room is warm and mellow, making people feel sleepy.

"Taki, our battle is over.

Be it resisting Caius or stopping the separatist forces, it has nothing to do with us mercenaries...

It is precisely because of this consensus that everyone is now living the life they want. Taki, you also supported this at the beginning, didn't you?

Everyone is... too tired, their souls bound by the dead.

Now, let’s all live well.”