Chapter 44

Chapter 44 is the forty-fourth chapter of the Astra Lost in Space manga. It is the seventh chapter of the Galem Arc and, in the compiled volumes, the seventh chapter of the fifth volume.

Synopsis
Charce mentions that Seira was a very strong and independent-minded woman who refused to be constrained by the restrictions of royal life. She was good friends with Charce and treated him like a little brother. Together, they hung out together a lot despite the fact he was treated poorly by everyone else, and one day Seira tells him about her own clone.

She was vastly opposed to the cloning project from the beginning on moral grounds, and despite her best efforts, a sample of her DNA was taken from her without her knowledge, and her clone was born. Despite her protests, King Vix ordered the clones to be taken care of by surrogate mothers to be used as a spare just in case there was an emergency, much like how a disease took the life of Seira's mother, the queen.

However, Seira had other ideas and instead arranged for her clone to be secretly taken away from the Imperial District along with her surrogate mother, Emma Spring. They have a tearful reunion and Emma promises to take good care of the child, whom Seira names Aries.

King Vix is told that the child has passed since Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and despite his best efforts, Seira refuses to have another clone. Seira finishes the story and tearfully embraces Charce, saying that he has a terrible life, although Charce doesn't fully understand it. Although he never admitted it, Charce began to harbor feelings for Seira.

One day while they were outside walking and admiring the wildlife, Seira was pushed off the edge of a cliff to her death by an assassin, with Charce unable to stop him. The incident is ruled an accident and King Vix, in a rage, has Charce thrown into jail for life imprisonment for failing to stop the death of Seira. While in jail, Charce begins to contemplate how worthless he really was.

After the Genome Control Act was passed a year later, his life sentence was commuted and he was given the mission to kill all of the clones (the students of Caird High School) along with himself. He was to be sent to live with a woman named Sophie Lacroix and transferred to Caird High School in order to carry out his mission. With his purpose renewed, he goes about to carry out his mission.