Chapter 769: Mina's Visit
That evening, the reception originally meant to celebrate Cagalli and Yula Ceran's wedding proceeded as scheduled. However, Cagalli had been taken away by the Freedom Gundam and her whereabouts were unknown, while Yula Ceran, his father, and a large number of Orb's former cabinet officials and military officers had all been thrown into prison. Thus, the reception became a welcome banquet for Xiao Ran, as well as an occasion for him to express his apologies to the delegations from various countries who had been frightened by the events of the day.
Among them, the small neutral nations that had long depended on Orb as a third faction were the happiest. Like Orb, they were Neutral Countries, yet they had also been forced by the Atlantic Federation's overbearing conduct to join the so-called Global Security Alliance. Xiao Ran's appearance now had the potential to change their situation to some extent. Everyone knew that Xiao Ran was not someone afraid of fighting. He kept his word, acted decisively, and most importantly, he truly possessed the strength to back it up.
Once Orb took the lead and they followed close behind, gathering all their strength together, the Atlantic Federation would not dare provoke Xiao Ran while already facing ZAFT's immense military pressure. Some could even see that it might not be long before people from the Atlantic Federation stepped forward to soothe Orb's anger.
Aside from the representatives of those small nations, the few people PLANT had sent to offer congratulations were naturally pleased as well. Although Orb had previously intended to join that Global Security Alliance, Orb and PLANT had worked together quite often before. So long as they had not completely fallen out, that old fox Durandal would still observe such formalities.
The PLANT representatives were extremely