[Attack on Titan] behind the scenes

After Felicia was stabbed, the moonless night returned to its former tranquility.

The splendor of the underground city is comparable to that of the city of Sina.

Walking on the familiar street, Levi doesn't miss it at all.

Pushing open the door of a speakeasy, Levi, wearing suspenders, finds a casual place to sit down.

"How about the things I asked you to check last time?"

The place where Levi sat was empty, he looked around casually, and whispered after confirming that no one was watching.

"Ah, I checked at One Eyed." A voice came from behind Levi, a man in a black hat was holding a thick beer glass, and said casually.

One-eyed is a doctor in the dark underground world, specializing in excision and transplantation, whether it is injured or rotting hands and feet, or eyeballs shot by arrows, as well as damaged organs are the objects of his removal.But he is also very good at medicine.

Levi vaguely remembered smelling that bottle of blue medicine.So he dived underground to verify that smell again...

"What is it?"

"Women's contraceptive pill"

A few simple words made Levi's heart tremble as if in the middle.No wonder he feels familiar...

"...Sure?"

Levi folded his arms, frowning slightly, making him look a little unhappy.

"The one-eyed old man said it himself. Its ingredients are very precious, and it is much better than the cheap abortion pills used by prostitutes. It can almost achieve absolute contraception, but..."

"what?"

"Although it is stronger than cheap abortion pills, the damage to the body itself cannot be avoided. The effect of the medicine is not to be said, but the ability to reduce the body's immunity is also second-class. Where did you get such a strange thing? To the mistress Is it? It’s cruel enough, how much do you want to have an illegitimate child? If you die at the giant’s place, at least you will have an heir, haha!”

The other party asked a series of bead curtain guns, but Levi didn't answer any of them, only his face became more gloomy.

A short conversation made his brain turn back and forth in an instant.The confusion in his heart for many years has finally been answered today.

Overabundant supplies, often tired looks, inexplicable bruises and wounds on the body, and the damn blue potion...

He may have guessed the answer, but refused to understand it.Levi just gets a headache and doesn't want to think about it, maybe that way he can pretend he doesn't care and accept them... While drawing the knife for Felicia, Levi notices a bruise on her wrist where she's getting a blood transfusion .The marks wrapped around her wrist for a full circle, and he subconsciously looked at her other hand, and found that there were also bruises on it...

If you can take off her clothes, maybe there will be ones underneath, too?At that time, if he hadn't been saving people, he might have grabbed Felicia's deputy leader and questioned her.

Now that I think about it, it might make sense...

And what happened to her...Maybe Erwin knows too?But he, too, refuses to admit...

No, it is not so much a refusal to admit it as it is because there is no choice but to accept it.

Thinking of this, Levi became even more angry.

Levi also feels incredible that he still has such feelings.But if you have to say it, they are not good!

Always create an atmosphere that excludes others...

"enough"

Levi stood up abruptly, and the people behind him looked at him in astonishment.

"Leave without a drink?"

"I'm not in the mood today." For some reason, Levi showed naked disgust on his face, seeing that he didn't want to stay longer, the man didn't stop him.

When Levi passed by him, he threw out a few gold coins in his hand, and the man in the black hat casually raised his head to accept the gold coins. He continued to drink the beer in his hand, as if there had never been any conversation.It wasn't until Levi's back gradually faded away that he let out a light, inaudible sigh.

"Being emotional is extremely fatal to any creature."

***

Levi doesn't know how he got through that night.

The next day, disregarding the documents assigned on the desk, Levi hurried to Felicia's house without informing anyone.

After some treatment, Felicia has come to life, and the maid beside her is serving her to drink water.As soon as someone came in, Felicia looked in the direction of the door.

"You bastard, didn't you die?"

"Eh? Who said I'm dead?"

Felicia looked at the source of the voice, her pale face and eyes were slightly hollow, she frowned slightly, looking a little uncomfortable.

"Hmph!" If he died, things would be much easier.At least I don't have to know so many troublesome things.

"Answer me, what's in that bottle is..." Levi didn't believe what the one-eyed underground said.He still has a little luck in his heart... If only one eye made a mistake...

So he finally made up his mind and confronted Felicia the next day.

"Before you ask! Don't play tricks and punish me. I know that I am responsible for being stabbed, and I won't do it next time. So hurry up and light the lamp for me, it's not fun in the dark!"

pitch black?

"What are you pretending to be stupid?" Are you trying to avoid the question?Levi walked up to Felicia, but she was still looking at the place where the original conversation was, as if she was still there.

"I'm not pretending to be stupid! It's better to say that you are the elite in this field." Thinking of the old things, Felicia didn't think he had the right to talk about herself at all.

But Levi didn't talk back to her, let alone make a move.

Levi leaned over to Felicia, facing her face to face.But she couldn't see it and seemed to still look away, even though their faces were almost touching together.

"...you...can't see me?"

"Wow! When did you come here next to me!" The voice suddenly sounded in the ear, and Felicia was shocked.

She finally looked at Levi, but there was no reflection of him in her eyes.

Levi waved in front of him, but Felicia didn't even bat an eyelid.

"They all said stop making trouble!"

"...wait a minute, I'll call the doctor"

"Hey!!!"

Ignoring Felicia's yelling, Levi rushed out the door.

A few minutes later, he brought Grisha Yeager and Erwin to Felicia's bed.

Grisha Yeager took out a flashlight and shone it into Felicia's eyes, but she couldn't see her eyes without blinking, only her dark pupils were fixed on the center of the flashlight.

"What happened?" Erwin asked.

"There is no problem with the eyes." Grisha Yeager put away the tools in his hand, and concluded: "There is no other skin trauma other than the knife wound. Maybe there are some mental problems, which caused the eyes. can not see."

"Be specific."

"...Although it is impolite to speculate, it is possible that Miss Felicia felt guilty about the casualties, so..." Grisha Yeager made a gesture of invitation, The three left Felicia's room one after another.

Originally, she disapproved of this trip, but Erwin insisted on going out to investigate her, and it was inconvenient to stop her.Although the casualties this time were indeed not that great as Erwin said, someone still died.

But the people who died were all the members she kept recruiting from within the three walls.

From the eyes of outsiders, this kind of behavior is asking people to continue to die, and it is just a name for it: for the victory of mankind.

So when the deceased's parents came to her to question her, she became disgusted with her actions.It's been that way for years.

But yesterday, the punishment was suddenly lowered...

She saw a mother tearing her heart and crying...

She heard a mother confide in grief and pain...

So, in order to get some forgiveness for her sinful heart, she punished herself by shutting down some bodily functions.

"Perhaps she didn't realize it herself? This crime lurks in the deeper subconscious..." Because I can only keep walking on after leaving these things behind.It's not hard to imagine her expression when she said this.

"If it's just the subconscious that's at work, then it'll be fine after a while." Grisha Yeager asserted.

"Is it..."

Erwin pondered for a while, and finally let Levi send the doctor back, while he sat beside Felicia's bed and watched her.

Those radiant eyes are now gray, without a trace of luster.

"What? Am I blind?" Felicia asked.

"...No, the doctor said it was because you were stressed out that you went on strike. It's temporary."

He emphasized the word temporary, telling Felicia not to take it too seriously.

"Now that I've said that, I'll leave my job to you during the period."

Hearing about Felicia's work, Erwin suddenly remembered the crumbling pile of documents, and it seemed that it was about to fall on his head for the time being.There was no room for him to refuse, and Erwin suddenly had a headache when he thought of this.

"...I'm sorry I was wrong, so please get well soon"

Erwin smiled wryly while holding Felicia's hand, and kissed it lightly.Felicia followed his hand and stroked Erwin's face, and her fingers touched the smile on his lips without surprise.

"No, I will punish you for a while~"