"Do you really think I enjoy hitting girls?"
Looking at Lacus and Kira standing in front of Flay, Noer sighed and withdrew his hand. "Flay Alster, remember this: I'm not some refined gentleman like Kira and the others. I've always been an ordinary man. If there's a next time..."
Noer could not continue, simply because of the way they were looking at him...
Noer shook his head helplessly, walked over to the food area, opened the warming cabinet, and took out a meal.
As he turned to leave, he caught sight of another meal on the table.
He immediately recalled their earlier conversation, but after glancing back and forth between Kira and Lacus, he still carried his food and left the dining hall.
He should not go meddling in the encounter between Lacus and Kira.
"Um, Mr. Noer... right?"
However, things did not go as Noer had expected. Just as he was about to leave the dining hall, Lacus suddenly called out to him.
Noer frowned slightly and turned to look at Lacus.
Given Lacus's intelligence, he did not believe she failed to understand what he meant.
"Thank you."
Meeting Noer's gaze, Lacus smiled as though the two of them had truly never met before.
"Do you think I was helping you?"
Leaving Lacus standing there in stunned silence, Noer turned and walked straight out of the dining hall.
Inside Noer's single room—
"Lacus and Kira's encounter... the saviors meeting, huh?"
"I hope you can withstand it..."
Having eaten his fill, Noer lazily leaned back in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling as countless thoughts swirled through his mind.
Cruze's famous words...
Patrick Zala's righteous speeches...
Siegel Clyne's public declarations...
Lusia, commander of the Eurasian Alliance Army at Artemis, and her answer...
Captain Mu La Flaga of the Atlantic