Gundam SEED’s Final Destination

"As the Speaker of the Supreme Council, isn't it a very reasonable thing to express condolences to our heroes?"

Durandal replied with a smile.

"Whatever you say."

Noel knew that he couldn't ask anything here in Durandal, so he simply didn't bother to ask.

Besides, even if I really asked, I wouldn’t believe it.

"Why did you come back this time? What is the purpose?"

Just because Noel didn't ask, it didn't mean that Durandal would continue to remain silent.

"My purpose? Please, I was captured by you."

Noel replied with a helpless expression: "If it weren't for Yitzhak and the others, do you think I would come back?"

"Really? That's such a coincidence."

Durandal did not expose Noel's lie, but just followed his conversation: "I thought you came back for the new human experimental data in my hand, but now it seems that I may have overthought it."

"You said so."

Noel nodded with deep approval: "It's indeed quite a coincidence."

Durandal fell silent after hearing Noel's answer.

When Noel saw that Durandal didn't speak, he didn't bother to speak. He just held the teacup and looked at the artificial lake of Plant in the distance.

"The trial will begin in a few days. What do you think the outcome of the trial will be?"

After a moment, Durandal broke the silence.

"I should be shot for being anti-humanity and anti-peace. Thinking about it, I feel a little uneasy."

Noel replied with a smile.

"It seems that Lux Klein has had a great influence on you."

Listening to Noel's answer, the expression on Durandal's face gradually became complicated.

But maybe it's because he was sure that he wouldn't touch him——

But no matter which one it is, it proves that Noel has changed a lot compared to before.

"Roughly the same."

Noel did not deny this fact.

Lux did bring about a huge change in Noel's mentality.

"Don't you deny it? It seems that you have indeed changed a lot."

Durandal smiled inexplicably.

"There is no way, people will change, I will, and you will too."

Noel also felt a little emotional about this topic.

People change really a lot.

For example, Kira, Frey, Aslan, Mina, Lux——

This may also be the legendary butterfly effect.

The current situation has completely derailed from the original work, and Noel is not even sure whether the future situation will be the same as in his memory.

Fleur did not die, but became the Earth version of Lux.

Kira did not follow Lux, but ran to follow Fleur.

He took Kira's place, got involved with Lux, and even hung the ring that originally belonged to Kira around his neck.

Others such as Meena Sahak, Hills Satie, Matisse, Kenaf...

Noel even doubted whether Lux could really achieve the same results as the original work.

This is also the reason why Noel chose to come to Plant instead of watching the sea with Lux in Orb.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Lux's ability, it's just that the current situation has changed too much.

So much so that he began to doubt whether Lux could continue on the original trajectory.

"But our ultimate goal doesn't change, does it?"

Durandal asked rhetorically.

"Haha, this is a bit uncertain."

Noel smiled, waiting to see the answer to this question.

The ultimate goal depends largely on the development of the situation.

"Can you tell me your position?"

Durandal continued to ask.

"Huh?" Noel was stunned.

"I have thought about executing you secretly when you return to the plant."

Durandal had no interest in continuing the nonsense.

He knew Noel as well as he knew himself.

So there is no need to test each other.

Noel was about to make a few jokes, but when his eyes met Durandal's, the teasing in his mouth could not come out.

Durandal meant it when he said this.

He really thought about killing himself.

"Why?"

As Noel pondered, he lost interest in continuing to test.

"That aspect?" Durandal asked.

"What makes you choose to let me go?"

With Durandal's ability, there is no problem in killing him perfectly.

He can even use his own death to provoke Plant's anger against the Earth Alliance.

"I want to give it a try."

Durandal smiled and said, "Let's see if we can unite you and me."

"United front?"

Noel was not sure what Durandal meant by united front.

"What kind of world do you think is called happiness?"

Durandal did not answer Noel's question immediately, but just asked another question.

"this problem--"

Noel didn't know what kind of world was called happiness.

"I've heard an answer - live an ordinary life with your loved ones, family, friends... and the people you want to love and be loved, that is happiness -"

When he said this, Durandal's eyes wandered, as if he had seen some beautiful picture in a trance, and his eyes revealed his longing for the future and his longing for the future.

Noel was silent. This was the first time he saw Durandal showing such an expression.

Perhaps Durandal once had his own happiness.

"Is this kind of happiness a very ordinary and small wish?"

Durandal smiled and looked at Noel.

"Yes."

Noel nodded, this wish was indeed very ordinary and small.

Durandal turned his head and looked at the blue man-made lake in the distance, his eyes wandering and dazed: "I have always said that we are very similar, just because we are both ordinary people, ordinary people who are extremely vulgar, without any big ambitions or far-reaching goals. Some unattainable dreams are just the most ordinary and insignificant longings for the future.”

"All you want is to live, to live normally."

"And all I want is to spend the rest of my life peacefully with the one I love."

No one is born knowing that we are all ordinary people, but on this road called life, we are forced to break away from the ordinary and move towards the glory in the eyes of the world.

Noel was silent. He didn't know how to answer Durandal.

He thought of Thalia, the woman who had always been with Durandal.

"Then what are you doing all this for?"

Noel suddenly thought of another question.

Why did Durandal take this path?

revenge?

It does not seem.

If Durandal was out for revenge, it was to achieve the same result as Cruze.

With his ability, it was enough to destroy mankind during the time of Yakin Duwei.

With the help of Durandal, it is impossible for Lux and the others to stop the war.

So, why would he do this?

"To fulfill my mission."

Durandal answered Noel's question.

"Mission?" Noel was stunned.

"Or the adjuster's mission."

Durandal continued: "The adjuster has gained power beyond the natural man. It is not that the adjuster and the natural man are hostile to each other. The adjuster should appear for the happiness of mankind."

"All human beings will respect each other and be willing to contribute their own strength to the future of mankind and create a better future for mankind."

"No one will abuse anyone or hate anyone anymore. Struggle and poverty have become a thing of the past. People trust and love each other. Everything happens in a world of equality, peace and stability -"

"Prejudice, discrimination, jealousy, hatred - I believe that sooner or later mankind will be freed from its current misfortune."

"One day, human beings will transcend these stupid and impulsive emotions, gain true freedom, and live in a completely happy world. What I want to do is to speed up the arrival of this time."

Noel looked at Durandal in disbelief. This was the first time he heard Durandal speak out his true philosophy.

It was also the first time he learned about Durandal's original intention.

Ridiculous, weird, incomprehensible——

But looking at Durandal’s expression and eyes——

So, Durandal acted for the better future of mankind?

For a moment, Noel felt a little——well, this didn’t seem impossible.

After all, if Durandal really wanted to destroy the world, he would have achieved this goal long ago with his ability.

"I once told you that the reason why human beings struggle is just because they don't know what they can and should do, and their desires cannot be effectively suppressed."

"Endless greed, endless desire, never-ending demands -"

"Owners don't understand the feelings of non-owners, and non-owners are jealous of owners -"

When Durandal said this, his eyes were sincere and pure, and he was convinced that he was the only right one.

"So, come together, Noel, and let mankind move toward true peace and happiness."

Durandal extended the invitation again.

This is the third time he has extended an olive branch to Noel.

"call--"

Noel took a deep breath and let his thoughts gradually calm down.

Staring at Durandal, he said: "Human greed is destined to be uncontrollable. As long as there are thoughts and yearning for beauty, human greed will always exist. In other words, human greed actually includes human greed. future."

"Being stronger than others, being superior to others, and being ahead of others have indeed brought disaster to mankind, but it is undeniable that these have also allowed mankind to move from land to the universe step by step."

"You deny human greed, and you deny humankind's future."

Noel is not as eloquent as Lux and the others.

Nor do they have as flexible and intelligent brains.

But at the very least he can distinguish between right and wrong.

"So in your eyes, greed is right?" Durandal asked.

"It depends on the degree. Greed without a bottom line is wrong, but are humans without 'greed' still humans?"

Noel asked back: "Is everything you are doing now not because of the 'greed' in your heart?"

"Maybe you made a mistake."

Durandal probably understood Noel's misunderstanding and explained: "I do not deny mankind's longing and yearning for a better future. What I hope is that everyone can do everything he can in a position that suits him. .”

"If he's unhappy with the arrangement, there are other ways he can get the position he wants."

"Then how do you resolve the conflict between the natural person and the adjuster?"

Noel smiled and asked: "How do you plan to solve the fact that the ability of adjusters is superior to natural people? In your conception and future, adjusters will always be superior to natural people. For natural people, the future in your mouth is better than natural people. The world is a more hopeless world now.”

"Natural people will be completely reduced to slaves exploited by regulators and will never be able to recover. What hope is there for such a future?"

No matter what means Durandal uses to determine everyone's position.

But no matter what means are used, it is an unchangeable fact that adjusters are superior to natural people.

"hehe."

Durandal suddenly laughed when he heard this.

"Is what I said funny?" Noel asked.

"Do you know what peace is?" Durandal suddenly asked another irrelevant question.

"Huh?" Noel frowned slightly, not knowing what Durandal meant.

"The class of adjusters and natural persons has been formed. This is an undeniable fact."

Durandal asked: "Is the peace you talk about really peace? Just like what you said, there is a natural gap between adjusters and natural people. In this case, how do you make the adjusters accept natural people?"

“And how do we get natural people to accept adjusters?”

"Adjusters and natural people can never live in peace. As long as there are classes, there will be resistance."

"Unless one side is stronger than the other and is strong enough to prevent the other from fighting back, war will always exist."

"Natural people have their own future, and adjusters have their own ideas."

"Are the two incompatible, or do we mean that the interests of exploitative adjusters are left to natural persons?"

"Or let natural people accept the fact that they will always be oppressed?"

Noel was silent. In fact, this was also the question he had been thinking about.

In this world with "two kinds of human beings", will there really be true peace——

"I look forward to your reply."

Looking at Noel's silent face, Durandal did not choose to continue discussing this issue in depth.

The reason why an idea is an idea is not because it is instilled by others, but because it is realized by oneself.

Only in this way can human beings truly move forward in accordance with their own ideas.

——————

ce.November 26, 1972.

While the Earth United squabbled over matters of the Eurasian Federation.

plant april colonial satellite.

Countless plant residents gathered outside the ZAFT Military Court.

Today is Noel Cassia's court day.

Because of Noel's special status and the large number of people paying attention, this trial will be broadcast live in its entirety.

"It's such an unpleasant guy to make it so troublesome for a military court."

At the military court, Yitzhak and others sat as members of the jury.

"What's so bad about this?"

Diaka was speechless.

He felt as if Yitzhak was seriously ill.

When Aslan was here, he competed with Aslan every day.

Now that Aslan is away, he comes to argue with Noel again.

One day, I didn’t know what was going on in Yitzhak’s mind.

This jury is divided into two parts.

Yitzhak and Diaka belong to ZAFT's jury.

Opposite them is the jury belonging to the United Earth.

Including representative members of the Atlantic Federation, the Eurasian Federation, the United States of South America, Skavina... etc.

In addition, there is the Earth United Monitoring Corps, which is responsible for monitoring the Junius Treaty.

Boom——

The court door was slowly opened with the help of two ZAFT soldiers.

Noel, wearing a ZAFT white uniform, walked in surrounded by four soldiers.

"Ah--"

Yitzhak looked up and down at Noel's clothes and let out a disdainful sigh.

Diaka's eyebrows twitched slightly when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

Now is indeed not the time to talk.

Due to the special reasons of the case personnel, the presiding judge in charge of this trial is Louise Leitner, a member of the Supreme Council and the chairman of the Judicial Committee.

As Noel walked to the dock and stood.

Louise Lightner went under the gavel.

[The trial of Noel Cassia’s private interference in the war of another country has officially begun——]

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

I seem to have confused myself.