Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

You have to win this duel,

so you won't be expelled and I won't be forced to marry.

I don't want to.

What?

It only makes sense for us to fight together now!

My list...

I made a list of things I wanted to do when I went to school.

Make friends,

call them by nicknames, study in the library,

eat lunch on the roof,

and...

go on dates.

What's that?

I want to go on dates!

You're sex-crazed.

I.. I can't go on dates once I'm married!

Whyever not?

Cheating is wrong!

Calm down!

It's not going to happen right away.

The legal age for marriage is 17.

Which means it won't happen until my birthday, at least.

R.. Really?

I'm going to escape here and go to Earth, no matter what.

You just have to play my groom until then.

Let's make a deal.

Welcome back, young master.

How did you like the Darilbalde?

What the heck did you do to this mobile suit?

We added a 5th-generation Decision Making Extension AI.

It's still a beta version,

but it makes composite Bayesian predictions from previous combat data..

Am I not skilled enough to win?

Dad...

I gathered these staff members

as well as the Darilbalde just to make you win.

There's no room here for childish pride!

If you want to be treated like an adult, then win and reclaim the title of Holder!

Yes, sir.

Say, Mom. What's a Gundam?

What's this all of a sudden?

People from the Benerit Group

say that Aerial's a Gundam.

And they even call me a witch.

Is it true?

I don't recall raising you as a witch.

Neither do I.

Of course, I know about that past incident, and about Gundams.

But you and Aerial aren't like that, Suletta.

You're my precious daughters.

Your mom will vouch for you.

Now, don't you have to leave yet?

Oh, no! Well, good luck at work, Mom!

Thank you. Good luck to you too.

Suletta.

Episode 3

Look, there she is.

The Mercurian girl.

I heard the duel's being redone.

The one who cheated?

Suletta Mercury-san!

Good morning!

Th.. Thank you for your..

I was watching it!

Your mobile suit was amazing!

What?

What kind of layer structure is it using for its swarm control?

Is it a conventional one?

Or is it based on a simultaneous spatial concept?

My mom said something about "using successive spaces concurrently..."

So that's it! Now I understand the concept-synthesizing schema.

It enables it to clear the friction..

Hey! Mercurian wench!

Our last duel was voided.

Now we'll settle things for real.

Suletta-san?

W.. Well, if that's the case, then...

My opponent will be...

Me.

That's a relief.

A relief?!

W.. Well, you know, I already won once...

Don't get carried away, you bumpkin!

W.. Well then, I'll be going!

What?

Suletta-san!

Your help in the inquiry was invaluable. Thank you very much.

You blackmailed me. Don't be sarcastic.

Let's not meddle in each other's business from now on.

How did you know about the assassination attempt?

Call it a trade secret.

Why didn't Delling object to Shin Sei's request?

Vim Jeturk's defending them bothers me, too.

Prospera Mercury, representative of the Shin Sei Development Corporation.

She belonged to the Mercury Development Group, married in the field,

and gave birth to Suletta Mercury.

Injuries to half her body from a resource mining accident...

So that explains the headgear and right arm.

She's officially in charge of development, too.

How would she find funds and infrastructure in that backwater?

There's no record of her registry as a mobile suit engineer.

In that case, who could have built that machine?

Shaddiq.

You look into the daughter.

Yes, Father.

Things are getting interesting.

All done.

I'll leave the fertilizer here.

Bring it to me.

You don't mind if I come in?

Go ahead.

Does this mean we're best friends?

Huh?

Sorry!

Well, whatever we are, if you lose that duel,

it's over for both of us.

I'm sorry.

Suletta Mercury.

Elan-san, right?

Th.. Thank you for...

I came here to summon you

to a Duelling Committee meeting.

A committee?

This guy's a member of the Duelling Committee.

I didn't know how to reach you.

May we exchange contacts?

Number 12 on my list came true.

Your list?

Exchanging contact info with someone.

It was something I wanted to try when I got to school.

What else is on your list?

Making friends, calling them by nicknames...

Going on dates.

Miorine-san!

I hope...

you'll fulfil many wishes on your list.

Welcome to the Duelling Committee Lounge.

My name is Shaddiq Zenelli.

Nice to meet you, Mercurian-chan.

Nice to m.. meet...

Shall we begin?

What?

The oath.

For the duel.

Both parties,

deposit your souls on Libra's scales.

The duellists are Guel Jeturk and Suletta Mercury.

The location will be the 7th tactical testing sector.

The one-on-one code will apply.

Any objections?

None.

Suletta Mercury,

what is your stake in this duel?

Our duels require you each to place something on the line.

Money, an apology, a woman...

You're the only one who'd bet women.

I'm not as bad as you think.

And I know they'll always demand I give the girls back.

Suletta Mercury.

Oh, right!

Um... please apologize to Miorine-san.

Guel Jeturk,

what is your stake in this duel?

Same as last time.

Alea iacta est.

The duel is approved.

How nice for you, Guel-senpai.

When you have powerful parents,

you can even undo the results of a duel.

You'll have no excuse if you lose this time.

If I were you, I'd reconsider.

If you want to duel me, just say so, Secelia!

I'm giving you advice.

I don't want to see your market value drop any lower.

Or has it already bottomed out?

Stop it! No!

Mercurian-chan?

L.. Laughing at someone who doesn't run away is...

It's wrong!

Why would you say something like that?

Don't you want to laugh at me, too?

It's because "If you run, you gain one."

F.. For example, if you're facing a strong enemy,

by running away, you'd gain safety and security.

I wouldn't run.

But if you fight, you might lose!

I wouldn't lose!

The last time was a fluke.

It wasn't a fluke.

If I hadn't let my guard down, I would have won.

Which is another way of saying you lost, right?

But either way, it's okay.

What? What's okay?