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While Mwu Lamias, Natale Badgiruel, and Mu La Flaga questioned Lacus Klein.

Lacus Klein introduced herself directly, without concealing anything.

With an innocent, airheaded expression, she stated that she was the daughter of Siegel Klein, one of the chairmen of PLANT's Supreme Council, and PLANT's premier songstress.

Her memorial delegation had come to mourn the souls lost on Junius 7, but unexpectedly, their memorial ship had encountered an Earth Alliance warship.

The Earth Alliance warship refused to believe that they had come merely to mourn the dead. An argument broke out, and then it attacked the memorial ship.

Because the memorial ship did not retaliate, it was riddled with fire by the Earth Alliance warship. The people around her shoved her into an escape pod, allowing her to survive.

Faced with her naturally dazed appearance, everyone could only shake their heads helplessly, unsure what to say.

The blonde female pilot had also regained consciousness. Under interrogation, they learned that her name was Liza Carlman.

She was also a ZAFT Red Uniform Elite, responsible for searching for and rescuing Lacus Klein.

Meanwhile, Thor Kni, Kira Yamato, and the others continued their previous work, recovering supplies and water from Junius 7.

At lunchtime, Thor Kni and Kira Yamato returned to the Archangel's cafeteria.

They heard Miriallia Haw and Frey Alsta arguing about something.

Thor Kni knew Frey Alsta was stirring up trouble again.

Frey Alsta said firmly,

"I said no means no."

Kira asked Kazu Basca beside him what had happened.

He learned that Miriallia Haw had asked Frey Alsta, who had nothing to do, to bring food to Lacus Klein, and that had caused the dispute.

Frey Alsta had a terrible attitude and simply refused to go, so the two began arguing.

Frey Alsta shouted again with a nasty attitude,

"I'm not going! You actually want me to go to that Coordinator! It's way too scary."

Now that Kira had found a new purpose, he was no longer fawning over Frey Alsta. His brow furrowed unhappily.

Prompted by Miriallia Haw, Frey Alsta noticed that Kira Yamato was standing nearby.

She forced a smile and said, "Of course, Kira is a different matter. I know that."

Then she put on a stern face and said,

"But that girl is with ZAFT, right? Those Coordinators aren't just smart; they're physically strong too.

What if something happens to me?"

Then Frey Alsta looked at Kira Yamato with an innocent expression.

Thor Kni felt that Frey Alsta was truly hopelessly stupid. Other than being pretty, she was surely good for nothing, and her nasty temper made her utterly unbearable.

Only a looks-obsessed guy like Kira Yamato would like someone like her.

Even Kazu Basca beside them could no longer stand it and said,

"But I don't think that girl would suddenly attack you."

Frey Alsta refused to back down.

"Who knows? You can't tell what abilities a Coordinator has just by looking at them. What if she's extremely vicious?"

Then she looked at Kira Yamato with an innocent expression again.

Thor Kni felt he was about to lose his patience. Although Lacus Klein was sweet on the outside and dark underneath,

that did not mean Frey could slander her as vicious. She was clearly delicate and lovable. Unlike this shrew, who was always snapping at people.

"Who is everyone calling extremely vicious?"

A sweet voice came from behind Thor Kni. He knew at once that it was Lacus Klein.

Everyone turned around and stared in shock. Sure enough, it was Lacus Klein.

Looking at her dazed, innocent expression, she was truly adorable. If one ignored her sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside personality, she would have been perfect.

Lacus Klein spoke with a pitiful and innocent look.

"I'm terribly sorry. Did I frighten you?

I was very thirsty, so I came over. And I'm terribly hungry as well, so please don't laugh at me.

Is this the cafeteria? I would be very happy if I could have something to eat."

Then she casually walked over to the cafeteria counter as though she were perfectly at home.

Kazu Basca asked in surprise, "Wasn't the door locked?"

Frey Alsta said with an irritated expression,

"How annoying. Why are ZAFT people wandering around wherever they please?"

Lacus Klein said, "It wasn't without permission. I asked from inside the room, 'May I come out?'

And I asked three times.

Also, I am not a ZAFT member. ZAFT is the name of a military organization. Its full name is Zodiac Alliance Freedom..."

Frey Alsta shouted furiously,

"What difference does that make? You're all Coordinators anyway!"

Lacus Klein said, "There is a difference. I am indeed a Coordinator, but I am not a soldier.

You are not a soldier either, are you? Then we should be the same."

Then she extended her hand, preparing to shake Frey Alsta's hand as she continued,

"I forgot to introduce myself. I am..."

Frey Alsta interrupted Lacus Klein's introduction and said in rapid succession, "Wait, no, stop."

Lacus Klein wasn't trying to force herself on you. What was with 'wait, no, stop'? This is ridiculous.

Sigh. One was a shrew, the other sweet on the outside and dark underneath. Miriallia was still the best.

"What kind of joke is this? Why would I shake hands with someone like you? You're a Coordinator! Don't come any closer."

Frey Alsta's words interrupted Thor Kni's thoughts and deeply wounded Kira Yamato as well.

Kira Yamato looked as though he had lost all will to live.

Without saying a word, he walked straight to the cafeteria counter, took a meal, and led Lacus Klein back to the lounge.

After they left, Kazu Basca asked Frey Alsta, "Frey, are you with Blue Cosmos?"

"Of course I'm not!" Frey Alsta answered loudly.

"But they aren't wrong, are they?

They altered their genes as though it were nothing, despite having no illnesses. That clearly goes against the laws of nature.

Their very existence is abnormal. Isn't that what everyone thinks?"

Everyone could only remain silent. Thor Kni simply could not be bothered to argue with her.

Women and petty men were the hardest to deal with, especially a low-IQ shrew like this.

Thor Kni pulled Miriallia Haw close into his arms and gently stroked her back, hoping to offer her some comfort.

At that moment, the Archangel's bridge received an encrypted signal frequency from the Earth Alliance's Eighth Fleet.

The Archangel quickly established contact with the Earth Alliance's Eighth Fleet and arranged a rendezvous point. The people on the bridge finally relaxed their constantly tense nerves.