Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis by Kojiro Nakamura

Author:Kojiro Nakamura [Nakamura, Kojiro]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

第五章「追憶」2

CHAPTER.05 – MEMORIES (2)

A young girl, never meant to be anything more than a disposable experiment, was now being ushered in to the mobile suit research area, located in a separate section of the Institute.

Arlette Armage.

That was the new name she had been given. She was there to participate as a researcher in the development of Newtype exclusive mobile weaponry.

“Being a Newtype does not necessarily mean that a pilot has a talent for combat.”

Arlette remembered Char’s words to her as if they had been spoken only yesterday.

“In the coming era, people like you will also be needed.”

As if in response to those words, Arlette rapidly began to distinguish herself. Since she demonstrated remarkable ability in the fields of dynamics and structural studies, it was not long before she found herself in charge of a portion of the development project.

From its inception, the Flanagan Institute had been a gathering of individuals shunned by the traditional scientific community. Nobody around her objected to her origins.

Praise was rewarded based solely on results.

Such a simple concept both surprised Arlette, and filled her with joy. Here was the first place where she was not an experiment, but a human being. While she had previously been almost machine-like, rarely showing any emotion, she had now come to resemble a normal girl her age, laughing, getting angry, and even occasionally telling jokes.

It was only natural that Arlette came to hold a faint admiration for Char, the man who had found her, and shown her this new way of life. But she was sure to never betray those feelings to anyone around her.

Char Aznable was a man forever out of her reach.

Char always concealed his face behind a mask or sunglasses, not even revealing himself to his superiors or those directly under his command. The official story was that he did this to hide facial scars he had suffered in his youth, but strong rumors were stirring that he, in fact, had another reason to avoid showing his face.

Even Arlette, who at the time was still a child, could see that Char did not allow anybody to get close to him.

After all, until recently, she had been the same way.

Between Arlette and Char there stood an invisible wall, tall and wide. However, there was one exception, one person who overcame that wall with ease and could stand beside Char.

Lalah Sune, a natural newtype who Char had discovered prior to Arlette. Arlette had been part of the research team that had developed Lalah’s custom Newtype mobile armor.

While she was most often aloof, and kept her distance from the other researchers, for some reason Lalah had often spoke with Arlette. Perhaps she sensed the similarities they shared.

Their conversations never amounted to much more than reporting seeing a bird outside of the facility, or mentioning that the stars happened to look exceptionally beautiful that day, but Arlette always looked forward to them.

Perhaps she also felt a sort of sympathy for Lalah.

If I had an older sister, maybe she would be someone like this…

At some point, Arlette began to think that way.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.