"..."
?_?
Today, Annie is not happy at all!
Yesterday too!
Not to mention the day before yesterday!
Because, when we were on Quill Prime a few days ago, when the delegation and the idiot Uncle Ed were caught by the Quill people and were about to be killed, the first mate, the cunning guy Auntie Kelly, and that fleet commander
The general actually rejected her reasonable suggestion to wipe out the Quill fleet and force them to surrender, but instead continued to stubbornly carry out the "No. 21" order of Naru Shizi?
And the so-called 'Order No. 21' actually asked Uncle John and Aunt Claire to use the biological cell transplantation method used by the previous Treya when she pretended to be a human. They also used the previous biological cell transplantation method at the same time.
With a portable camouflage device invented by Isaac based on the technology of the Calivans, they sneaked into the Quills' main star of Darakos and waited for an opportunity to rescue him?
As a result, what made Anne feel a little surprised and outrageous was that the plan that would have been absolutely impossible to succeed without the participation of Anne, the Head of State, actually succeeded for the first time?
In the end, they actually allowed them to use the Quill people's "racial talent" of fearing bright lights to forcibly rescue the people and let the Orville successfully pick up and evacuate smoothly?
She thought that the Planetary Alliance would have a big fight with the Quills and try to get their brains out, and then with her help, they would finally conquer the other party's planet or something. But as a result, the Planetary Alliance's large fleet coordinated with the Orville General delegation and
That idiot Uncle Ed ran away with the Orville after they were rescued, without even giving her a chance to perform!
Later, after rescuing a few members of the delegation, the Alliance of Planets quickly ceased its activities, saying that it was unwilling to consume too much with the Quail people and be defeated by Chiron's robots?
Anyway, I don’t know why, but those bad old men of the Planetary Alliance were not prepared to hold their top officials accountable for being almost killed by the Quills who turned their backs on their word, and even took the initiative to withdraw their troops the day after.
He sent the Orville, who was regarded as a thorn in the side of the Quail people, to another place far away from the border of Quail to engage in archeology, and also gave the Orville crew a holiday for its great achievements?
So, of course, after there was no chance to perform and her proposal to defeat Quill's fleet in a sneak attack or threaten Quill's main star Darakos with a nuclear explosion was ruthlessly rejected by that idiot Captain Ed, Annie began to interact with those individuals again.
The guys who made her unhappy got into trouble, and she started ignoring them for several days.
"..."
?(?′0`?)?Yeah~?
"Uh-huh……"
(っ?-?)
Today, Anne was stretching, yawning and rubbing her eyes, walking aimlessly in the passage corridor of the Orville.
For her who does not need to go to work, does not need to be on duty, or even does not need to appear at all as long as there is no crisis, hanging out on the Orville all day long, playing and having fun everywhere has become her daily routine.
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
However, neither Captain Ed nor First Officer Kelly and others paid attention to this.
After all, they are all used to it. They know that Anne just likes to be a little temperamental, and they also know that they only need to wait for ten or twenty days before she recovers or completely forgets the previous things because she has found new fun.
That's not the first time.
Furthermore, in the past few days while the planet was being renovated in the name of archeology and waiting for a scientific research ship from the Planetary Alliance to arrive and hand over, they, including Captain Ed and others, had been involved in another thorny matter.
He spent most of his energy and had no time to deal with Annie, a naughty little girl who always liked to do whatever she wanted. At the same time, she had strong opinions and abilities. She always only caused trouble for others but never got into trouble herself.
girl.
even!
To a certain extent, as the captain, Ed thought more than once, if the children on the Orville could be like Annie, maybe his job would be much easier?
Isn’t this?
Today, several people gathered in his office to make a fuss over the matter of the little brat Topa from the Second Officer Petrus's family.
"It's absolutely ridiculous!"
"absurd!"
"Do you know what you are suggesting?"
"I am oblivious!"
"You hateful woman who stirs up trouble, I really want to strangle your neck!
"
"oh?"
"Choke me?"
"You tried it last time, but you failed!"
"You are a man who has nothing but stubbornness!"
"you!
"
"This child, from the day she was born, has been determined by your backward culture and beliefs to have a tragic fate!"
"What did she do wrong? Why does she have to endure so much?"
"Don't you see how much pain she's been in lately?"
"It's time for us to stop making decisions for her, it's up to her to decide her own affairs!
"
"Shut up!"
"Woman, you don't know anything!"
"No!"
"It's you who don't understand!"
"You are an ignorant, arrogant, uneducated and worthless feudal parent!"
"you!
"
Just like that, in Ed's office, first mate Kelly and second mate Bertus' wife (or husband?) Kelden were arguing with each other. The tit-for-tat quarrel between the two was so loud that if the cabin door hadn't been closed,
If so, I'm afraid it would have spread to every corner of the Orville by now, right?
At this time, the captain Ed, the ship's doctor Claire, and one of the people involved, the second officer Petrus, who were also present, stood or sat blankly aside, with different expressions and hesitation to speak. They just looked at it.
The two people on the scene were arguing with each other, and no one wanted to stop or persuade each other.
Sudden!
Just when Kelden and first mate Kelly, who were tired of the quarrel, slowly stopped to prepare for the intermission and organize their words, suddenly, the hatch of Ed's office was opened without any notification.
.
"??"
|?˙?˙)
Then the head of a naughty little girl poked her head in.
Unmentioned, there is no one on the Orville who can break into the captain's office without notification except Anne.
Because she has the access codes of almost all the high-level officials on the ship, even Ed can't explain how she got it. Anyway, he, Kelly and others tried changing the passwords once a day, but the results didn't work.
, so over time, she simply ignored it and allowed Annie to run around and do whatever she wanted on the ship with the authority she had.
"strangeness!"
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"What's wrong with you? Why are you quarreling?"
(???.???)????
While asking, Annie walked in without noticing anyone. Then when she saw that Uncle Ed was standing aside, she simply sat directly on his office chair, and then took out a small bag.
Popcorn, and then continued to eat while urging:
"keep going!"
.Σ(°△°|||)︴
"I heard it from a long way away, and I really want to hear what you are arguing about. Just pretend that they are not here!"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
Yes, Anne said, she just came to see the fun. As for whether the matter is serious or not, she doesn't know yet. She will know after listening to it.
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"Annie..."
"All right!"
"Here's the thing!"
Seeing that the situation of the confrontation between Kelly and Kelden improved a lot after Annie came in, Ed thought it would be a good choice to let the two people calm down first and began to explain to Annie in a low voice.
It turns out that the situation between Second Officer Petrus and Kelden's son Topa has been getting worse and worse recently. The other party had gone to talk to Kelly, the ship's doctor Claire, and even the robot Isaac.
Have you talked about and revealed suicide and other very bad signs?
Kelly, who knew some of the other party's secrets, couldn't bear it, so she secretly told Topa some secrets. Unfortunately, Topa didn't know where she got the password from, and then she actually learned it.
In all cases, he then stated that he wanted to become a girl again and become a Moklan woman?
However, everyone knows that in Moklan society, especially the planet Mokles, it is a deformed single-sex society. Moklan women are not allowed to exist. Even the former Moklan daughter country
The situation was such a big deal that the Planetary Alliance almost split, not to mention Topa, who was judged as 'defective' from birth and had her gender forcibly changed.
so!
The problem arises here.
Including captains Ed, Claire, Kelly and second officer Petrus, who is the 'biological mother', they all agreed to let Topa choose his own path.
However, Kelden, who was Topa's 'biological father', stubbornly believed that it was a mistake and an unforgivable blasphemy. He had had trouble with first mate Kelly several times before, and was even said to have made a move.
If there had been a fight, Kelly's neck would probably have been broken by the other party.
Today, after Topa officially submitted her application to change back into a girl to Claire, the chief medical officer of the Orville, these people were invited here by Ed for discussion.
So, inevitably, the stubborn, conservative and ignorant Kelden once again had a fierce verbal conflict with the first mate Kelly because of the differences in values ​​​​and culture. This is why Anne could hear it from a distance and was attracted
The main reason.
"..."
After a while, after reluctantly finishing speaking, Ed, who was feeling a little depressed, grabbed a few pills from the paper bag held in Annie's hand, threw them into his mouth, and started chewing.
"!
"
"Well?"
"What kind of popcorn is this and why is it so delicious?"
"Hello!"
"Claire, and everyone else, do you want to come too?"
The next second, Ed's taste buds were conquered by the magical aroma of the popcorn and the wonderful touch that was crunchy but easy to melt in the mouth. He grabbed a large handful and moved untimely towards someone who was working on it.
Everyone asked, feeling emotional about this matter.
"Anyway!"
"It's time for you to shut up!"
"Let Topa decide for herself instead of imposing your will on her!"
"do you understand?"
First, she glared at Ed and Annie who came to make trouble. Then, Kelly, who had had enough rest, once again yelled and angrily scolded Kelden.
"You should shut up!"
"You vicious woman!"
"do you know!"
"If I do as you say, what will happen to Topa in the future?"
And seeing Kelly start the second round, Kelden was naturally not to be outdone, and directly glared at Kelly tit for tat and continued to yell.
that's all……
The two sides went back and forth again, and began to debate fiercely on whether to let Topa transform into a girl again and the serious consequences that would be faced if she changed back.
The two of them were arguing until their faces turned red and their necks were thick. They were arguing until the veins on their necks bulged. They were arguing so much that they were drooling. The eardrums of both parties and those who were watching were buzzing and they had no intention of stopping.
"..."
(??~??) Chew!
And that kind of situation is naturally very enjoyable for a certain little girl in the melon-eating crowd to watch!
So much so that she didn't even care that most of the bag of popcorn she took out from the gourmet world, which was said to be the most delicious in the world, was secretly eaten by some stupid uncle.
"..."
"..."
Finally, I don’t know how long it took, when the two people gradually stopped due to lack of strength or lack of words and began to prepare for the third or fourth round, Anne reached into the paper bag and touched the empty bag.
bottom.
"Uncle Ed!"
!(;?o?)o
"what are you doing?"
?(?`^′?)?
"have a look!"
o(*｀ー′)o
"You ate them all!"
(?╭╮?)
Then, when she turned her head and found that a certain idiot uncle was throwing the last handful of snacks into his mouth to chew, Anne naturally scolded her with some anger, and finally succeeded in making this office person happy again.
The depressing atmosphere has eased a little.
"that……"
"Annie, you are a child and a girl, and you are also friends with Topa, right?"
"That……"
"How do you think Topa's matter should be handled?"
He just ate some popcorn, maybe just half a bag? However, Ed didn't pay attention to such trivial matters, so after thinking about it, he directly asked about the young man with the same status.
The child's advice comes from Anne.
"friend?"
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"I'm not friends with that guy who's growing up so fast. Uncle Ed, please don't talk nonsense!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
That’s right!
Anne said that the crazy star had grown so tall in less than a year. When Tai, the silly son of the Claire family, was still as tall as her, he would keep climbing up, just like that kind of thing.
How could Annie make friends with the other person when the crops in the field were the same?
"I never play with those stupid little brats on the boat!"
(???3?)
"Because they are so stupid."
╮(╯▽╰)╭
Ignoring the angry look that Aunt Claire cast at her, Anne directly told the fact that she disliked those little brats on the ship, including Topa.
"this……"
"makes sense!"
Thinking about Annie's performance on the Orville in the past year, it is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary children. Not even the officers on the Orville or even the entire Planetary Alliance seem to be able to compare with it, so Ed
He was stunned at first, and then quickly nodded and accepted the fact that Annie might not get along with ordinary children.
"But I still want to ask!"
"look!"
"You now have a general understanding of Topa's affairs. What is your attitude?"
Then, Ed continued to ask.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Almost at the same time, the eyes of the other four people present turned to Anne.
Although Anne is only eight years old, after all, Anne is not an ordinary child, but she is still just a girl, and she is also the head of the supposedly very powerful Federation of Heroes. Unfortunately, that Federation of Heroes is said to span countless countries.
The plane includes many, many races, so if it is Anne's opinion, maybe these people present will really listen carefully and use it as a reference?
"manner?"
(???.???)????
"Well..."
く(＾_?)ゝ
Anne didn't answer in a hurry. She scratched her head first, then looked at the people present, and then said wittily after a while:
"You can just discuss it among yourselves!"
(゜-゜)
"I'm just a kid, I don't care about your nonsense!"
(????-)
Are you kidding me? Although Anne is a child, she is not a fool!
Since the adults in front of her could quarrel and even get into a fight over that kind of thing, it meant that it must be that kind of super troublesome thing. Then how could she get involved so easily?
"You guys go ahead!"
(゜▽＾*)
As she said this, Annie winked playfully at everyone, indicating that she was just here to have fun and eat, ask questions and give ideas, etc. It was better not to bother her with that kind of thing.
Compared with those, she is more willing to fly a spaceship or drive a Gundam to beat the Quills or Chirons when necessary.
"That's it..."
"Claire!"
"if……"
"I mean, if Topa's matter is passed, is it technically possible to achieve another reversal?"
Seeing that Annie was unwilling to answer, and that Kelly and the stubborn Kelden had stopped arguing, Ed pondered for a while, and finally turned to look at the ship's doctor Claire.
"certainly!"
"Toppa is still in a young age, so it's easy."
"It's her genes, her brain and her soul, and that's the main reason why she's been acting so abnormally lately."
"The Moklan people's surgery forcibly reversed her condition, so that her genes released various hormones that caused chaos when the body grew. But as long as it is changed, everything will no longer be a problem."
"She was originally a girl, and it was man-made consequences that led her to become what she is now."
"So, I promise: Even without the genetic technology given to the Covenant by one of Anne's Abathur gene masters, we can easily achieve reversal with just our Covenant's original medical technology!"
"It only requires a small operation, and her body will adjust itself after that!"
Claire answered Ed's question from a professional perspective and said that as long as all human obstacles were removed, it would only take her less than an hour to complete the simple operation.
"Pertus!"
"What do you think?"
Ed didn't want to listen to Kelly and Kelden continue to argue.
After all, he knew that it was meaningless. Kelden was an old diehard and a typical representative of the Moklan people. He didn't expect anyone to convince the other party, because they had already agreed on the same thing a year ago.
They tried it and lost miserably. It was their incompetence at that time that led to the turmoil these days.
"captain!"
"I think Commander Grayson is right."
"but……"
"We still have an important problem to solve!"
Second Officer Petrus, who stood up slowly, spoke for the first time, and while expressing his agreement, he did not forget to express his deeper concerns about something.
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Chapter completed!