The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

499 , Dry Firewood

The voice calling her was very low, so no one else noticed, but it still shocked Padmé Amidala. She turned her head suddenly, but saw a woman with short hair call her.

"Mina Bontry? Why do you..." Padmé immediately recognized this person.

Mina Bontry, a member of the planet Onderon, she once lived and taught on the planet Naboo for a period of time. At that time, Padmé Nabeli, who was studying law, was her student, and they also established good relationship.

It's just that later, because the Onderon planet was getting closer and closer to the separatist movement, in order to avoid suspicion, the two of them also cut off contact. Today, Padmé really didn't expect to meet Mina Bontry here.

And seeing her on this refugee spaceship now is really surprising.

They are said to be refugees, but in fact, most of them are people from the outer ring planets who left the area controlled by the Republic by spaceship and returned to their hometowns. Because the smell of war between the republic and separatism is getting stronger and stronger, and individuals know that the war is imminent, so those people who go to the republic-controlled area to do business, go to work, etc. are preparing to go home, worrying that they will become Victims of war.

Therefore, in the past six months or so, the passenger flights between the outer ring and the inner ring have been full every day, and every day is full of people who have to abandon their careers and return to their hometowns because of the war.

"Actually, we have also started to evacuate." Mina replied while looking around, and then pulled Padmé into an inconspicuous corner.

"Evacuation? You mean those separations..." Padmé stopped in the middle of her sentence. She felt that it was not polite to mention this word in front of her friend and teacher.

"That's right, separatism. It's our planets that support separatism." After confirming that the surroundings are safe, Mina said openly, "Because of the "Military Creation Act", we see that the Republic seems to really want to There's a war, so we just have to go home."

"But...it's not over yet!" Padmé said in a low voice, "We are trying to find a way, and we will definitely not let this bill pass!"

"Yet even you were forced to leave Coruscant, weren't you?" Mina retorted.

"No...this kind of thing..." Padmé wanted to refute, but she didn't know where to start.

"Listen to me about Padmé. Speaker Palpatine is the one who really wants to go to war." Mina said earnestly, "Frank has told us about this more than once, and it is he who gave us It gave us the strength to continue fighting in Parliament, otherwise I would have wanted to leave two years ago."

"No... Although the speaker is sometimes hesitant, he absolutely does not want war. He has had countless opportunities to push the Republic into war, but every time he personally pulled the Republic out of the abyss of war Come back," Padmé said.

"There are many things you can't see in Coruscant..." Mina Bontry sighed, and didn't try to persuade Padmé, "Goodbye Padmé, I just don't know when we will meet next time. What kind of occasion... oh..."

After speaking, she carried the suitcase and disappeared into the crowded crowd in the cabin again without looking back.

Padmé wanted to say something, but Anakin who was beside her grabbed her catkin and pulled her back to the wall, then he stood up and blocked her with his body.

"Be careful, Padmé. Someone is looking for you, that person just now, she really helped you." Anakin said lightly.

Padmé Amidala looked over, and sure enough, he found a few people in civilian clothes looking around, as if they were looking for something. It's just that when their eyes looked at this side, they seemed to see nothing.

"Don't worry, I will protect you, this is my promise." Anakin said confidently.

"Those people just now..."

"That's right, I used the Force to make them see nothing."

Only then did Padmé Amidala realize that her hand was being held by Anakin, and she quickly threw it away, as if getting an electric shock.

Anakin rubbed his fingers without a trace, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On the other side, a man with an expression as if someone owed him a million came up to Mina and asked, "Who were you talking to just now?"

"Oh, it's a former student of mine named...Susan." Mina Bontry smiled.

The man nodded and said seriously: "Please be careful not to talk to people casually. After all, we don't know if the Republic will attack us. Palpatine is a duplicity. It’s not unexpected to do anything. But please rest assured that our Military Intelligence Department will do our best to protect you from Coruscant.”

Mina smiled reluctantly, "Okay, thank you for your protection."

"In addition, if you see Padmé Amidala, remember to report it. There is an extremely dangerous Jedi knight next to her, and she must be captured." The man added.

Mina said: "Don't worry, if I see her, I will report to you immediately."

After she finished speaking, she frowned and thought about it, "A dangerous Jedi?"

Like other people on the outer ring planet, she has no good opinion of the Jedi Order, so she really began to worry about Padmé's safety. But when she thought about it carefully, she remembered that there was really no one else beside Padmé just now, she was just alone. So he shook his head reassuringly, and found a relatively spacious place to sit on the luggage.

...

Anakin Skywalker accompanied Padmé Amidala back to the planet Naboo, and Padmé did not appear in public because another of her maids was playing her role on Coruscant.

So during this period of time, Padmé simply let go of everything and went back to live in his hometown—with Anakin Skywalker.

When Anakin Skywalker first met Padmé 10 years ago, he regarded her as the most beautiful angel in the world. At that time, Padmé left an indelible impression on Anakin's heart, so after 10 years of separation, he, who was already in love, finally couldn't hold back his inner emotions, and vented all the flames of the past 10 years.

He began a frenzied pursuit of Padmé.

And Padmé also fell in love with this sunny, handsome, brave and decisive boy at first sight. Although she has been busy as a queen and a member of parliament for 10 years, she doesn't have much impression of Anakin when she was a child. It doesn't stop her, as a woman, from being tempted by Anakin's pursuit.

A young, powerful and confused Jedi knight, just like this, came together with an equally young and beautiful congressman, like dry wood and fire.

At this moment, the precepts of the Jedi knights, the constitution of the republic, the barriers of identity, and the gap in age were all thrown away.

All separatism, all republics, all wars, all parliaments, all military acts were completely forgotten.

At this moment, the young couple who have just fallen in love are just madly in love. They enjoy the precious two-person world in this troubled world and enjoy love.