Arc of the Souls Chapter 101: Arc 3, Chapter 24 - Height of the Platinum War

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She looked up at him and then smiled. "Let me think about it." The offer made him lift up his spirits high. "Wait, r-really!?" He was surprised. That the same Nanasu who was so adamant about resigning was having second thoughts. Maybe it was the prospect of never seeing her friends again that truly hit her. The life she wanted to escape to was the life that her deceased squadmates died for. As long as humanity and their fight for freedom exists, Dark Intrinium and other evil forces will always find a way. If everyone is a "coward", no one will be there to save them. He wasn't thinking of her as a coward at all. He realized, right there, that she wasn't one. What's cowardice, if not an honest, upfront admission of fear? It's human. It's natural. Mikael's anger stemmed from a selfish place, from a fear of losing her not in battle, but to peace itself. Peace requires a sacrifice. Sacrifice is a voluntary action. Not an involuntary action. Nanasu smiled at his surprised face and slowly walked past him. - "C'mon, Lena... You're acting like my mother. I know how to get proper nutrition! I'm eating fine!" Claude was eating mac 'n cheese in the cafeteria, with Lena sitting across the table. His mummy-like bandages made him look silly. "It has been a full day since you ate vegetables. All I've seen is this, and a pack of cookies you hid under your pillow." Lena responded back with her arms crossed. Her posture alone was intimidating to her husband. "You aren't even Soul-Core personnel! How do you get access to this place?" "If I'm a wife of a man who is too stupid to convey a normal and calm behaviour throughout his own job, I deserve to have some sort of authority over him. Now eat!" She responded with a smug face, shoving a spoon of mac 'n cheese into his mouth. Which he accepted willingly. "C'mon! You're embarrassing me!" "Eat or I will pin you to the floor and feed you the salad from the cafeteria myself." "...I've been on my best behaviour, y'know..." "Is that so, Mr. Magami?" She said, now eating a spoon of mac 'n cheese herself. "Do 'your best behaviour' include getting back from missions a whole two days after your ETA without so much as a peep to your loving wife? The one who waits at home, chewing her nails down to the quick, wondering if you've been vaporized into space dust?" "'s what I do. I'm a soldier!" He said defensively. Nanasu walked up to one of the vending machines, getting herself a can of a carbonated drink of her choice. "Hey, that's your friend over there, right?" Lena looked over, spotting Nanasu. "Huh- Oh yeah, it is. Nanasu, over here!" Their table was then joined by Nanasu Valadne with a sulky expression on her face after noticing both of them eating on the same table. She already spoke to Mikael, it was only right to speak to her captain too. Especially after dragging her across the station on their return. "Nanasu... Hey..." Claude looked at her with a concerned expression. "I heard what happened." "Yeah?" Nanasu said back, unamused. "Your right hand man gave me lots to think about. "Lots of think about what exactly?" Claude tilted his head like a confused puppy. "I am resigning, and Mikael is trying to convince me otherwise." She responded as she sat down in the chair opposite to them. She opened her canned drink, taking a long, loud sip. Claude nodded, smiling. "Are you back in good shape?" "Few stitches, but I'll be fine." She flexed a muscle, feeling the soreness. "Neeeedleeessss..." Nanasu sang with her hands in the air mockingly, imitating the way Claude acted a few moments ago. Even she, with her wound from the fight and her past, couldn't help but be amused by her captain's antics. Claude groaned, burying his face in his food, while Lena failed to suppress a laugh. It was strange. Just a few hours ago, she was a wreck, ready to abandon her life as a soldier to become an anonymous citizen. But seeing Claude, this brave and fearless warrior, acting like such a coward over a simple shot, made her rea