Chapter 76: A Late Meeting
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“Sign here if you agree.” Loran pointed to the blank space at the bottom of the document, “I have managed the best terms for you, and this is the only thing I can do for him.”
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Lacus was dressed as a young woman in a black mourning dress. She held the pen for a while and hesitated, but couldn’t help but ask, “Can’t you really find him? Maybe Inle just fell into the atmosphere? If you look for it again, if you look for it again …”
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Loran turned his head aside, “Officially, we will announce his MIA, but we have confirmed it via other reliable channels. Sorry, it may be cruel to say this, but he probably had been burned to ashes in the atmosphere.”
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“… I see.” Lacus exhaled with a reluctant smile, “I’ll do what I can, and that must be what he expects.”
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“I’m sorry.” Even Loran himself didn’t know why he was apologizing. He took Lacus’s signed papers, “Welcome to join us, Miss Lacus, no, Mrs. Lingus.”
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“Loran Cehack, explain it!” The door to the room was pushed open hard and C.C. walked in with an angry look on her face, she glanced at the other woman in the room and just ignored her existence, “What’s with the government appointment? What’s up with the so-called Mrs. Lingus?”
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Lacus surveyed the pretty woman with green hair and an aura of indifference, a very different type from herself. The two had never met before, but she immediately understood who this was.
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“It’s just a matter of maximizing the benefits, it’s the best choice that can be made after losing him.” Loran was unsurprised by the sudden intrusion, “C.C., you and he are impossible, you and I both know that very well, so I never approve of your relationship.”
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“It’s possible!” C.C. ignored Lacus and walked straight across to Loran and continued, “Lilith said he’s not Lilin, not Lilin! Do you understand?”
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“Not Lilin?!” Loran stood up at once and stared at C.C. with his eyes wide open, “How, how is that possible? Isn’t that…”
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“Go back and ask your wife if you can’t figure it out.” C.C. took a deep breath to calm down, “Forget it, there’s no point in discussing this now. He is dead.”
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Loran just stood there for a while, and after he came back to his senses, he took something out of the drawer and handed it to C.C. with a complicated look, “By the way, this is from Londo Bell, it has a record of his last call. There is no practical use, you can take it back as a souvenir.”
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C.C. took the small device and pressed the play button directly, and his familiar voice rang out in the room. The audio was edited so that no one else’s voice appeared, “…Amuro, now you have the nerve to ask me what I’m doing here… I believe your sister … C.C. is my waifu she is so cute and lovely I will smash his dog head if anyone dares to object to it!”
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The recording wasn’t long and was quickly played out, followed by an eerie silence in the room. The scene should have been hilarious, but no one in the room laughed.
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C.C. was silent for a while and looked over to Lacus and let out a sneer, “Mrs. Lingus, now his everything is yours. Are you happy now?”
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Although Lacus could not understand what she was saying, the malice in her words could still be distinguished. She figured out the meaning of that sentence and stared at C.C. without flinching, “I’m doing my best to protect what he left behind, what you think is your freedom.”
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“From the secretary to Mrs. Lingus, and by the way, receiving his entire financial and political legacy, well, you just perked up quicker and had better luck.” C.C. turned toward the door, “Ade really found a good strong woman for himself. Good luck and I wish you a promotion.”
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Loran seemed to want to say something to Lacus, but she shook her head to stop him, “Let’s get back to business. Speaker Karn has fulfilled her promise, and the first thing we need to do is convince the outside world that Anaheim can function without him. The designs he left behind earlier are locked in the office computer, and I need to know Alice’s birthday …”
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In the late afternoon, Lacus returned home dragging her tired body – she had hardly slept for the past two days. Mineva sat restrainedly in a chair in the living room, saw Lacus return snapped and ran all the way to her, pointed to the closed bedroom door, and said nervously, “There’s an aunt–“
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“I know, she’s not a bad person.” Lacus stroked Mineva’s little head, “Hungry? You can do your homework for a while, I’ll make dinner.”
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Mineva dwelled for a while and went back to her room to do her homework while Lacus started to prepare dinner for three. After the meal was ready, Lacus knocked on the door of C.C.’s room, and C.C., who received the signal, came out and rightfully sat down at the table and began to eat.
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“It tastes pretty good, it’s been practiced with a lot of effort.” C.C. took a taste of the food, “So one of the means is this, I see.”
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Lacus knew she would be targeted for anything she said, so she simply fell silent in response.
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“Sister Lacus.” Mineva couldn’t stand the atmosphere and ask, “When exactly will Uncle Ade be back? The teacher said there will be a parent-teacher conference next month, and every student’s parents have to attend.”
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“It may not be possible to make it next month.” Lacus smiled gently, “If possible, I can go-“
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“There’s no coming back.” C.C. interrupted her coldly, “Ade is dead and can’t come back.”
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“C.C.!”
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With a bang, Mineva’s cutlery fell to the floor. Her eyes turned red in an instant, her mouth opened and closed like a landed fish, and she held back her tears for less than five seconds before they broke out in a flood. Mineva did not ask the words “is it true”, she was already smart enough to get the answer from Lacus’s reaction.
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“The one who killed Ade was Char Aznable.” C.C. simply ignored Lacus’s reaction and chattered on to herself, “Aznable was arrested for crimes against humanity and sentenced to death. Crimes against humanity, can you understand? If you do not understand, go back to search it in the dictionary. He just escaped from prison yesterday, and now he is missing, and there is no way he will come back to you.”
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The little girl cried even harder.
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Lacus hurriedly went to Mineva and squatted down to hug her, heartily stroking her cheek, “What good is it to you to do this? Even Ade -“
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“Ade is very fond of her, I know.” C.C.’s face was expressionless, “So you’re going to make up a new reason for her every month? Don’t tell me that’s how he raises his kid. How can such a kid join the Pioneers?”
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“How do you know?!” Lacus jerked her head up, “He said that once, and I don’t even know what that means …”
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“He would have said something like that if it was him, how could I not know?” C.C. put down her cutlery and sneered, “Mrs. Lingus who doesn’t know anything, why don’t you ask the magic conch?”
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