Chapter 303 Don't Do Stupid Things

"Hey, what are you doing?" Aslan came to Cagalli with a speechless face and asked, his tone was just like an old father who was helpless when looking at his naughty child.

"Don't you understand?"

"Huh?"

"I can't move, don't stand there, help me!"

"You are like this, do you still have a proud attitude?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"

"..." Aslan really couldn't accept Cagalli's brain circuit, and really doubted what kind of family could raise such a daughter. You and I are enemies, and we were fighting to the death just now. Now you are tied up by me. Strictly speaking, you are my captive. Which captive would yell at the person who captured him like a young lady?

Although speechless, Aslan still squatted down and helped Cagalli lying in the water.

Just as she was helping him up, Cagalli was about to thank him when a little crab slowly crawled out from under Cagalli's hair. Its pair of black eyes looked at Cagalli, then looked at Aslan. Its little mouth that blew bubbles seemed to curl up in a very obscene arc, and with a "plop~" it jumped back into the water.

"Puff~ Hahahaha..."

"Are crabs so funny?"

"No, sorry, it's just new to me."

"Don't PLANT have crabs?" Cagalli glared at Aslan unhappily, stood up and jumped out of the shield's rainproof range, exposing herself to the heavy rain.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Just to wash, I'm covered in sand and seawater." Feeling the refreshing feeling of the rain, Cagalli looked up and smiled, "Uh~! It feels so good!"

Aslan was stunned for a moment, smiled helplessly, walked behind Cagalli, raised his knife and cut the rope that bound Cagalli.

"Eh?"

"You don't have a weapon, so you can't cause any big trouble."

"What did you say!?"

"There seems to be a crab in your clothes, too."

"Eh?" Cagalli blushed, and she felt an itch in her chest. Without thinking, she lifted her clothes, revealing her delicate skin, which was white and rosy, and even her southern hemisphere.

"It's true!" Cagalli exclaimed as a small crab fell, but at this moment, her eyes collided with Aslan's, and the two of them were stunned for a moment, their faces flushed.

Aslan realized that he seemed to have seen something he shouldn't have seen, and turned away with a red face. As a result, he didn't pay attention to his feet in a hurry, and with a "thump", he ended up with the same fate as Cagalli.

...

The rain was getting heavier, and there was no sign of stopping, but it was full of ambiguity and warmth, as if it was intentionally trying to make two people happy.

In desperation, Aslan and Cagalli did not dare to stay in the rain any longer. They found a cave nearby and hid in it. They built a fire and dried their wet clothes.

"Here."

Cagalli, wrapped in a blanket, stared blankly at the military rations Aslan handed over.

"The signal here is very poor. We will probably have to spend the night here tonight." Aslan saw that Cagalli did not take it, shrugged helplessly, and put it at her feet.

"Isn't it all your fault that the signal is poor?"

"..."

Aslan was silent again, turned around and picked up his own share of food, and answered in a low voice: "That's because the Earth Army launched a nuclear strike first."

Now it was Cagalli's turn to be silent. She certainly knew that the source of the war was the Earth Army's nuclear strike. Hatred brought hatred and formed an infinite chain, but she just couldn't understand why the two sides had to fight to the death? Can't it be like Orb? In Orb, don't natural people and adjusters live together in peace and happiness?

"ZAFT's rations are also rations. Your own rations were washed away with the bag, right?" Seeing that Cagalli was still unmoved, Aslan persuaded her.

Cagalli was arrogant and unwilling to agree or accept Aslan's charity, but her body was very honest.

"Gurgle~"

"Hmm..."

From the afternoon till now, she really hadn't eaten anything. Cagalli was not a delicate young lady, but she was not out of the scope of a young lady. Naturally, her stomach was growling with hunger. In the end, she had no choice but to pick up the rations and eat them frankly.

"Heh." Seeing this, Aslan also showed a gentle smile like an old father.

Time passed little by little, the firewood was crackling, and Aslan and Cagalli sat on both sides, facing each other in silence.

"You... you won't tie me up?" Cagalli asked. She just felt that the current atmosphere was too awkward. It was definitely not the first time that a man and a woman lived alone in a cave in the wild. She was a little scared. "If I take your gun away when you are not prepared, the situation will be reversed."

"What?"

"Then you will be like a fool."

"Puff~ Hahaha..." Aslan laughed again. He thought Cagalli wanted to say something, but this was the result?

"What are you laughing at!?"

"No, you really don't learn from your mistakes."

"Um..."

"If you want to take the gun..." The smile suddenly faded, and a feeling of sadness surrounded the face illuminated by the fire, "... I can only kill you, so don't do such a stupid thing."

"..." Cagalli was stunned for a moment and lowered her head. She really didn't understand what Aslan meant and why he was treated so gently? Aren't they enemies? Wouldn't the ZAFT army show no mercy when dealing with the enemy? If ZAFT treated the enemy so gently, then what were the companions who were lost before?

"Whether it was Heliopolis or this time, you finally saved your life."

"Humph, I didn't expect that ZAFT people would have to worry about my safety."

"That time in Heliopolis... we didn't think it would turn out like that."

"What?"

"The Aurora Society developed MS for the Earth Army, and we were just planning to take them away."

"What else is there to say now? No matter how you argue, you can't change the fact that you destroyed the colony satellite!"

"Then is Orb's neutrality just playing both sides and being a fence-sitter?" Aslan questioned. In fact, his political literacy was not high. He was very dissatisfied with Orb's playing both sides, making deals with both sides, and seeking benefits from it. Even though Yang Hui, Wang Liumei and Huang were his friends, he had the same view.

Since you have declared neutrality to the outside world, don't do anything, just watch obediently!

"..." Cagalli was silent. Not only Aslan, she was also dissatisfied with Orb's approach and didn't understand it even more.

"We are fighting for PLANT, we can't just leave that kind of thing alone."

"Isn't it the same for Earth? Your invasion has made Earth a mess, so we..."

The two's eyes met, and the flames reflected in their pupils, with anger, unwillingness, and the passion to convince each other.

In the end, Aslan turned his eyes away, and said with relief and fear: "My mother was on [Julius 7] at the time. If it weren't for Huang and Wang Liumei, she would have..."

"Huh?"

"Although my mother was saved, countless innocent people lost their lives in the blink of an eye, and even children could not escape. How can people swallow their anger!?"

Aslan knew that the tragedy of [Bloody Valentine's Day] could have been avoided. Yang Hui had given the information in advance, but the top leaders of PLANT and ZAFT did not care, so the Earth Army succeeded.

But in the final analysis, wasn't it the Earth Army that caused all this? It is understandable that two armies fight for their own benefit, but the Earth Army launched a nuclear strike on the ungarrisoned [Julius 7] in a frenzy. No one can accept this.

"I also have many friends who died under your artillery fire!"

"... Forget it, there is no point in arguing with you here." Aslan gave up. He found that no matter what he said, he could not convince Cagalli, so he simply lay down and prepared to rest.

Cagalli snorted coldly and walked out of the cave wrapped in a blanket. God may have known that her help was meaningless, so the rain stopped, the clouds dispersed, and the moon came out.

Looking up at the Aegis Gundam, Cagalli recalled what she saw and heard in [Heliopolis], her dispute with Yang Hui, and Yang Hui's teachings and scolding. Her heart was confused, and she didn't know what was right and what was wrong. She didn't understand the big truth, she just wanted to follow her own ideas.

Turning around, Cagalli was surprised to find that Aslan had fallen asleep with his arm as a pillow.

"Hey! Are you planning to sleep?"

"No, how could it be... but we just landed on Earth... and we moved..." Before he finished his intermittent words, Aslan closed his eyes again. He was indeed tired, and his tone was full of fatigue. He didn't feel it before because he had received strict training and knew how to cheer up when facing threats. Now that he judged that Cagalli was not a threat, he relaxed and the accumulated fatigue suddenly surged up.

Cagalli glanced at the sleeping Aslan, especially the gun on his waist. The angel and the devil were fighting to the death in her heart. She was very entangled and sat down with her back to Aslan. She deliberately raised her voice and complained: "Don't sleep so soundly next to the enemy!"

As a result, Aslan didn't answer Cagalli at all and continued to sleep soundly.

Seeing this, Cagalli also sighed. She was getting more and more confused about the situation, especially the ZAFT army.

From Andre Bartfeld to Aslan, these were the two ZAFT soldiers she had really come into contact with, but each of them brought her completely different feelings. Andre Bartfeld's open-mindedness and passion, and Aslan's gentleness, all impacted her inherent impression of the ZAFT army.

But excluding the contact with the two, ZAFT brought her only the pain of war, whether it was the collapse of [Heliopolis] or the sacrifice of her comrades in North Africa.

With a very complicated mood, Cagalli squatted beside Aslan, her hand tremblingly reaching for the holster on her waist, but when she was about to touch, she thought of Aslan's gentle warning to her, and her hand paused and retracted.

At this moment, the crackling sound of firewood woke Aslan up.