Chapter 1892
The Cosmic Ghost, Kuisparaya!
Chapter 1892 The Cosmic Ghost, Quess Paraya!
"It seems like many years have passed."
Sitting on the edge of the bed, letting her long green hair fall smoothly over her shoulders, the woman lowered her head and looked at the girl lying on the bed, whose face was exactly the same as hers, only slightly different in age, and said softly.
"Many years have passed since that day. At least more than ten years."
The man standing by the bed looked at the woman with a complicated expression.
He never expected things to turn out this way.
He thought it was strange enough that Quess Paraya from UC93 had appeared before him.
But before he could take the unconscious Quess Paraya back to the Judgment and even get her to the infirmary, the dimensional tremor that had erupted on the floating continent spread to the space where the Judgment was located, triggering an even more inexplicable and unbelievable accident.
Quess Paraya.
He was confronted by Ques Paraya (novel route, not anime route), whom Hathaway Noah had personally killed during the Second Neo Zeon War.
Moreover, she stood before the young girl, Ques Palaya, with the demeanor of a mature woman.
"More than ten years?"
The green-haired woman seemed to sigh, reached out and touched the face of the unconscious girl, Quess, before looking up at Hasavi.
"You must have had a tough time these past few years?"
Hasavi saw the emotions contained in the woman's familiar eyes.
apology,
Feeling ashamed and resentful
And helplessness.
No. Actually...
Hasavi had barely uttered his words when he was interrupted by a shadow.
Hassawi lowered his gaze to the fingers pressed against his lips, which were barely visible.
He then realized that the green-clad woman in front of him was not a living person, but an illusion.
Or a ghost?
Or perhaps it's an inner demon?
“I’m not that kind of scary thing, Hathaway.”
The older woman, Quess, smiled helplessly, then stood up and came to Hathaway. She put her hands behind her back, lowered her body slightly, and looked up at Hathaway's face.
The probing, curious gaze was hard for Hasavi to handle.
"What...what are you looking at?"
"Hehe. Of course, I'm looking at you. Hathaway. More than ten years have passed, and you've indeed grown into a captivating figure!"
The older woman, Kwai Si, gradually broke into a bright smile and said jokingly.
"Don't joke around, Quess. I'm not that kind of popular man."
Hasavi instinctively reached out, trying to push the older Quess away, but the next second, he realized once again that the older Quess in front of him was not a living person, and he froze in mid-air.
"See, I told you! How could such a gentle man not attract girls?"
The older woman smiled, straightened up, pointed to her chin with her finger, and pondered.
“Let me think. If you, Hathaway, hadn’t been caught up in this accident, you would probably be entangled with that girl named Kiki Andalusia on the Hauser!”
"What nonsense are you talking about, Quess? I... I have a girlfriend. How could I possibly be entangled with a girl of unknown origin?"
Hasavi quickly defended himself. In fact, if he hadn't been involved in the Dimensional Tremor incident, he would have been, and might even have missed some opportunities because of his entanglement with Kiki Andalusia.
Hehe. Who knows?
The older woman, Quess, shrugged and looked at Hasavi with a half-smile.
"However, you can thank Colonel Ming! It's because he got rid of Kiki Andalusia beforehand that you can stay on this ship so peacefully now."
Hasavi was speechless for a moment.
He couldn't understand why the older Quess would be so obsessed with Kiki Andalusia.
"You've changed quite a bit, Quess."
Hasavi's gaze swept over the faces of the older woman and the unconscious girl before he sighed and said...
"Humans always change after experiencing death. Besides, I've died once myself."
The older Quess took a step forward and quickly moved to the chair next to her, where she sat down and looked at Hasavi with a smile.
Hasavi remained silent for a moment.
"If you're going to hold me responsible for killing you, then go ahead and do it!"
Hearing this, the older Kui Si sighed and shook her head helplessly.
"It's precisely because of this rigidity that he got entangled with that Kiki Andalusia, Hassawi."
"Could you please stop using that strange woman, whom I've barely spoken to, to make fun of me, Quess?"
Hasavi was both helpless and troubled.
Is it possible that all the experiences of those who have died were filled with such helplessness and suffering?
"No. This isn't a joke. It's a piece of advice, Hathaway!"
As the older woman, Quess, rose, her figure vanished once more. When she reappeared, she gently embraced Hasavi from behind, and her voice rang in Hasavi's ear.
“Hassawi, you will die under federal trial, and in the federal propaganda, the person who will execute you is your father, Brad Noah.”
"what?"
Hasavi was jolted, turned around in disbelief, and tried to grab the older Quess, but once again he lost sight of her.
"Surprised? Hathaway. Is this the path you've chosen? Or is this what you perceive as atonement? A path of certain death chosen by a man who, finding no other solution, can only prove his doomed futile resolve to the Federation through self-destructive actions?"
"Quis. Are you also doubting my actions?"
Hasavi did not get angry, but remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking.
"No. I'm not denying your actions. I'm just resentful of my own powerlessness, Hassawi."
The older Kui lowered her gaze and gently stroked the face of the younger Kui once more.
"Back then, I was so rebellious, so extreme. I hated my father, hated everything, and desperately longed for a hero to liberate me from that suffocating environment. Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, these two heroes sung by the world, appeared in my life one after the other, but in the end, neither of them was my destiny."
As the older Quess spoke softly, she raised her gaze to look at Hathaway. Only then did Hathaway truly realize that the Quess before him was not a reality, but rather a ghost. She had become a woman completely different from the rebellious Quess Palaya of yesteryear.
"Why do humans always have to experience death before they learn to change, Hathaway? After that war, after that miracle, Quess Paraya, who belatedly realized the truth, has always been watching you, watching Hathaway Noah's struggle."
“Every time Hassawi Noah wakes up from a nightmare, every time he is lost in a choice, every time he is immersed in those painful memories of the past, it is all under the watchful eye of Quess Palaya.”
"But unfortunately, the deceased Quess Palaya couldn't do anything. She couldn't even try to enter Hashavi Noah's dream to offer some comfort. The only thing she could do was watch Hashavi Noah move forward, carrying that heavy past, until he was executed by the Federation."
(End of this chapter)