Aldia's Demon

A month later, Erwin was released from prison and resumed his post as head of the Survey Corps.The scouting corps, which was in disarray, ushered in many fanatical recruits who were waiting for his comeback. They hoped with high morale that the hero who captured the super giant and the leader who wrote several legendary battles would be able to Lead Eldia out of the high wall.

But another voice of opposition rose at the same time. After Alan Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman quit the Survey Corps, they did not join other Corps, but many of them heard about Maria After the wall recaptures the truth of the battle, people who are dissatisfied with the actions of the leader Alvin followed them.

As a result, the people split into the Alwin faction and the Yeager faction, opposing each other within the wall...

With internal and external troubles and powerful enemies around, the fate of the Ai people inside the wall is even more precarious... and Alvin Smith will continue to move forward on a more difficult and thorny road...

After being released from prison, Erwin, who took on the post of head of the investigation corps, began to get busy with political affairs.One day, a new soldier who joined the survey corps found him secretly. It was the former Central Gendarmerie Kroba Fukulo.

Alvin recognized him, one of the gendarmes who tortured himself in the cell of the gendarmerie during the coup.When he looked at the black-haired man in front of him, the scene of that day came back from his memory...

At that time, he had lost his arm and was taken into prison by the Central Gendarmerie.The iron gate was closed, and his remaining left hand was handcuffed to the wall, forcing him to sit in a difficult posture.

Then, the iron gate opened, and three central gendarmes walked in, led by a black-haired man.For some reason, Alvin, who was sitting on the ground looking up at them, recalled the scene when he was surrounded by three training regiments when he was still a boy more than 20 years ago...

The black-haired man couldn't help but take a step forward and beat him several times.The strength of an adult cannot be compared with that of a teenager, he was soon beaten until his nose bleeds...

"Speak. How much does the Investigation Corps know?" The black-haired man spoke quietly, without any warmth or emotion in his tone. He was already familiar with the process of interrogation, but this time the subject was changed to an investigation in name only. Corps commander.

But the blond man with disheveled hair and a little bit of a mess in front of him was unmoved as he expected.He has seen many self-proclaimed strong people who do not see the coffin and do not shed tears, but most of them are full of ugliness and show their true colors under the truly cruel torture.But now he also noticed that the eyes of the man sitting on the ground were deep and determined like Gujing Wubo, as if he had no fear of what was going to happen next...

But it was still a routine, and the black-haired man took the iron tray containing the torture equipment from the military police behind him-there were tools for pulling out nails on it.

He straightforwardly took out the instrument of torture, and before the man in front of him was fully prepared, he went up and pulled his left hand handcuffed to the wall, and without a word, he tore off the nail on the little finger of his left hand...

The ten fingers connected to the heart, and the sharp pain burst from the fingertips like a sharp cone. As the bloody nail flesh was exposed to the air, the bloody pain beat on the reason and the heart like waves.

The dark-haired man turned his head to observe his reaction to judge the effectiveness of the torture.He saw that the man was trying not to snort, but the brows that had been furrowed for a long time and the pain in his eyes betrayed him...

"Huh!? Mr. Fukulo, did you really pull out his nails? Why is there no sound at all?"

"It seems that pulling out one piece is really not enough! Quickly pull out all of them. Unfortunately, he only has one hand."

The two gendarmes behind him expressed doubts about the result of the torture, but what surprised them even more was that Croba put the torture equipment back on the tray, and then turned to them and said:

"No need. Those who can speak will be able to speak if they take out one piece, but those who can't speak will be the same no matter how many pieces they take out."

They didn't understand why the officer "let go" the criminal so easily. Seeing that Ke Luoba packed up the torture equipment and was about to leave, they "offered advice" without hesitation:

"Don't... why don't you ask him if he wants to be with the left or the right—"

The gendarme spoke halfway, but was frightened by the cold and gloomy eyes that Ke Luoba looked at him, and swallowed the remaining few words.

Croba Fukulo, even among the Central Gendarmerie, was the most special person, known as the "Devil Executioner" because he still carried out mechanical torture with a deadpan face amidst the screams of the prisoners.Today, he rarely spared the prey that fell into his hands, and scared off the two helpers with terrifying eyes.

Before the three of them left, Ke Luoba looked back at the man for the last time, but met his eyes... There was scrutiny, firmness, and unwillingness in those unstained blue eyes, but no hatred.

Similar scene, different state of mind.

Now, there is no hatred in the eyes of his perpetrators; and there is no joy in the eyes of the executioner.

The same thing is... he is bearing the burden of humiliation.

From the beginning when he endured the shady scene of his father being secretly obliterated, he endured the ridicule of his companions, the bullying of bad boys, the tyranny of giants, and the contempt of the people.Even though he failed again and again, even though he was humiliated again and again, he still tried his best to get the survey corps to go far away time and time again...and even used despicable methods.

Having finally come to this point, there is an opportunity to avenge Wang Zheng for the shame of his father's violent death.If you succeed, you will change the world, and if you fail, you will be decapitated.

And everything he did later was seen by the black-haired man.

Now when they visit at home, their positions have been reversed.

The Central Gendarmerie who already called himself "Xiao" appeared in front of him...

"Owl", the owl in the dark night, the silent killer.It is the code name of Alan Kruger, the secret leader of the Restoration Faction of the Ai Race outside the Wall who has hidden merits and fame, and the holder of the previous Attack on Titan.

Croba said that ever since he heard the truth outside the wall revealed by the investigative corps, he felt that he was so similar to the guy named "Owl" outside the wall.They are also engaged in shady activities in the dark, they also extend their claws of torture to their compatriots, they also "act" as lackeys of the central government, and they also hide and lurk in the dark... This forbearance is all for today.

Listening to the man's narration, Alvin thought that he was not the only one who endured the humiliation.

The reason why Ke Luoba served as the Central Gendarmerie was also to "select" the person he thought was right.After interrogating Alvin, he had a premonition that he might be the one he had been waiting for.So I let him go and watched him...

It wasn't until after the battle to recapture the Wall of Maria that he was convinced that this was exactly the person he was looking for.

"I used to look down on you proudly..." The black-haired man named "Xiao" bowed his head slightly in front of him, his words were sincere and persistent, "Now, let me surrender to you."

His words surprised him slightly.

Alvin also knew that this person was not someone in the pool, and he intended to reuse him, so he assigned him to the Yeager faction as a spy to act in secret.

As for the Yeager faction... After Historia personally went to the dungeon to question Irwin to no avail that day, they also included the queen's side.Now, using the underground mall as a base, a conspiracy revolution against the current investigation corps and its leader begins.

The calm before the storm maintained the superficial peace. Since that time, Alvin, Alan and the others no longer saw each other, nor did they have time to meet each other.

As the prestige and status of the Elwin faction and the Survey Corps increased, he moved to the palace of the Sheena Wall to handle government affairs.The Survey Corps no longer needs to organize outside investigations as before, so now he has a new duty-the diplomat of the Ai tribe inside the wall.

Now, he is busy with documents and diplomatic affairs all day long, almost doing everything by himself, so that he does not sleep.He didn't think anyone else could handle the mediation with Marley and the parties, and he didn't really want to trust anyone.In order to force himself to become a machine that handles things, he even chooses to cut off his own fingers to stay awake...

Anyway, it will grow back...isn't it?

But such expedient measures will not be able to overcome human instincts, and will eventually wear out the body, and will eventually pay a price.Once at work, he passed out on the ground due to overwork.Xiao Xiao, who saw this scene, pushed the door in and sent him to the hospital.

If you want to ask why Xiao can just come here, in fact, he was also sent by Yeager to monitor Irwin's every move...that is, "double agent".Therefore, he can "justifiably" observe Alvin and find opportunities to talk to him secretly at work.On the bright side, he also has a hidden identity-the palace guard.

When Erwin woke up on the hospital bed, he raised his eyelids with all his strength, and what caught his eyes was the owl in uniform standing in front of him.

He was on a drip at this time, his face was pale and weak, after struggling to sit on the back of the bed, he asked the man in front of him:

"How long have I been in a coma?..."

"It's been two days..." He looked at the vicissitudes of the man in front of him struggling bravely, and there was imperceptible emotion in his black eyes.

"..." The blond man seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then reached out to remove the infusion tube on the back of his hand, ready to turn over and get out of bed.

"what are you doing!?……"

Xiao panicked and hurried over to stop him, but the man revealed a furious fact:

"Before I passed out, I made an agreement with Ji Ke to meet in three days. If you don't hurry up, it will be too late..."

"..." Helpless, Xiao had no choice but to give up, watching him get up with some difficulty in front of him, then put on his coat and prepare to go out.

"Didn't the Yeager faction let you take this opportunity to pretend to be an accident and get rid of me?" While straightening his clothes, he confirmed the progress of the espionage operation to the man.

"I told them that they haven't got any evidence that can bring you down. They don't have enough confidence and dare not act rashly." And Xiao also calmed down, with a firm and calm look in his eyes, he let the man follow his own ideas To act, he believes that he is not so weak, "If you get rid of you rashly without any evidence, the survey corps will lose control. Now all the forces inside the wall are watching, but they are standing still."

"The tranquility before the storm is a torment for everyone, and the tight string will break at some point..." Alvin said, walked to the door of the ward and held the doorknob, and He left behind the last sentence he said to Xiao before going to the meeting, "Perhaps, it's time to find the key to breaking the situation."

The key to breaking the game? ...

Watching the blond man leave the room, Xiao fell into deep thought.

【Erwin... Since I can't help you deal with those affairs, then I can only help you think about the key to breaking the situation. 】

Afterwards, the meeting agreed between Alvin and Jake started secretly in a grove on the outskirts of the city.

"Hey, you are much more haggard than when we met last time? Captain..."

Zeke, who appeared in front of him in his real body, said that with a bit of a joke.And Alvin thought to himself that he just woke up from the hospital and hadn't recuperated for a few days, so he came here to attend the appointment in a hurry, and he really didn't look much better...

The two talked about how to deal with the "coordinates". Alvin said that he had been in a state of incompatibility with the Yeager faction for a long time, but he had sent a "double agent", which was enough to grasp the opponent's movements.However, the channel for intelligence exchanges between Allen and Jike was cut off by the Elvin faction, who had an absolute advantage in intelligence and the right to speak in diplomacy.

Even so, it is not an option to leave the "coordinates" alone.Negotiations with the queen failed, and Historia also sided with the Yeager faction.As long as the control of the "coordinates" is not in their hands, the existence of Yeager faction will always be a threat.

Alvin asked Jake to prepare a spinal fluid injection, and he still had to deal with the "coordinates" after all.It's just that the person who accepts the "coordinates" will not be me.On the one hand, it was because Jike said that the super-sized giants were incompatible with the power of attacking giants, and on the other hand, it was because his goal was too conspicuous.

Then the choice... is only——

Back in the city, he summoned Xiao to discuss countermeasures with him.Xiao Xiao was ordered to continue the mission of attacking the giant when he was in danger. He didn't hesitate, or rather, he "came here for this reason".

But the crux of the problem is how to do it?

Impossible to rob.That is too obvious, and it will also escalate the conflict between the two sides, putting the Elvin faction in a disadvantageous position.

For this, Xiao has already started thinking about strategies, and he proposed a crazy plan to Erwin:

"How about using yourself...as a bait, a kind of bargaining chip...?"

In the palace office in the afternoon, the drawn yellow curtains were blown by the breeze outside the window.The two looked at each other at the desk, and a dangerous smile appeared on the black-haired man's face.

Alvin was surprised at first, then laughed.

Everything seems to be reversed. In the past, I made these dangerous proposals to others, and I used others as bait.Now the person playing chess has changed sides...

This time... Are you going to hand over your life to this man to make a plan?

"Okay. I promise you..."

Looking directly into his dark eyes, he said solemnly.

Inside the current wall, the Alwin faction has clearly controlled the diplomatic and military forces, and has become the Yeager faction headed by Allen, Mikasa, and Historia, and Thackeray, Pixis The thorn in the side of the neutral faction headed by Nair.

Since Alvin triumphed in the battle to recapture the Wall of Maria, many people were convinced of his prestige by his proposition of "reviving the Eldia tribe, uniting inside and outside the wall to fight against Marais", joined the survey corps, and voluntarily surrendered to the he.

Therefore, after the investigation outside the wall no longer exists, the "Survey Corps" also exists in name only, and the current Survey Corps is actually Erwin's private soldiers...

Therefore, all eyes inside the wall were focused on the head of the survey corps.Just by killing him, the balance of power can be tilted.

In this Game of Thrones, Erwin is the scales.

And Xiao is the one holding the scale...

Xiao offered a plan to release the information of Alvin's location in the Yeager faction, luring the radicals in the Yeager faction to assassinate him.On that day, Xiao Xiao, who was the guard of the palace, would deliberately put the killer into the palace... Then, facing the sudden assassination of Alvin, he would transform into a super giant in the name of self-defense...

This move will naturally raze the entire palace to the ground... The date of the assassination is deliberately chosen when the neutral faction holds a meeting, then all the central figures who were in the same building as Erwin will die...

This is a strategy that can wipe out the neutral factions that both the Alwin faction and the Yeager faction have a headache... and Xiao Xiao will also point out this when he advises Allen as a spy.

"!..."

After hearing this strategy, Erwin's eyes widened slightly due to the shock in his heart, and his expression froze on his face for a moment.Then, he pulled out his chair and sat down at the table, closed his eyes, rested his forehead with one hand, and said the next sentence with some difficulty and a hoarse voice:

"...Are you going to ask me to - carry out a massacre?"

Xiao Xiao stared at the man who was showing pain in front of him with his dark eyes, and replied:

"...this would be an act of 'self-defense' as a last resort."

"..."

The man frowned and fell into a long silence and struggle.

And Xiao has been waiting for him without saying a word, waiting for him to make the final decision...

An act of self-defense? ...this is a politician's lie.

This is massacre wrapped in lies.

But of course he understood, always understood.

Now Aldia has both external and internal troubles, surrounded by powerful enemies.The inconsistency of political views inside the wall hinders its own development. The stubborn neutral faction still controls the economic lifeline and the right to speak among the nobles. Many people who do not support the alliance with the Ai people outside the wall stand on their side; With the help of the queen, the Yeager faction is entrenched underground, holding the right to mine ice blast rocks, which has repeatedly delayed the scientific research process inside the wall.

And he, who mediates inside and outside the wall, has exhausted himself just to deal with complicated affairs. After coming out of the dungeon, his tense nerves have been depleting this man's spirit... If he continues to seek a possible negotiation breakout in a stable way, it may be possible. Late will change.

The long-term torment has loosened his rationality, and under the strategy called "Devil Executioner" to control the key to break the game, the balance in his heart is inclined to cruelty and madness.

Yeah... need to break the ice.

Now that you have chosen to stand in this position, you have to make a choice to move forward, and you have to follow your oath to move forward.He who once wanted to investigate the truth would go forward even at the expense of the lives of soldiers, and now he would go forward even at the expense of civilians who wanted to revive Eldia...

This is what I have always done, isn't it?This is what the devil himself does...

Thinking of this, he opened his eyes suddenly.With one hand twisted between the eyebrows, the blue eyes reflected the scarlet of blood and fire...

Xiao stood aside and looked at the corner of his mouth that was raised dangerously. He could feel that for this man who was used to hiding his emotions, this slightly ferocious expression meant what kind of struggle he had gone through in his heart...

But he is happy to see his expression like this, he wants to see him, a more real side.

"The method you came up with is really crazier than mine..." After a long time, the words of the blond man finally resounded in the silent room, "But... I will promise you."

Xiao Xiao, who stood for a long time, finally waited for an affirmative answer. He saw the man lose control of his expression for a moment and then suppressed all his emotions. At this time, the man's expression only revealed a solemn and desolate expression...

That's right... I will do this devilish act again.

But since he has chosen, then he must bring the truth to Eldia in the wall, as he promised, and then bring victory to Eldia.

This is a road where only success is allowed and no failure is allowed. This is a road where only advancement is allowed and no retreat is allowed.

Even if you pay a painful price...

Until now, he has given up comfort, affection, and humanity.And from this plan, he will turn his life into a bait and a pawn to the executioner to gamble on.

This was the fourth thing he gave up—his own life.

Besides...he should think about what else he should give up as a demon...

Everything is for the realization of the obsession and the final victory.

After that, Xiao found an opportunity to meet with Allen in the stronghold of the underground Yeager faction, and proposed the assassination plan by reporting to him about Alvin's intelligence.

In the dim light of the underground cave, Allen, who became the leader of the Yeager faction, stood in front of the man who was the spy.Nearly two years have passed since the battle to recapture the Wall of Mary that changed the fate of the inside of the wall.

At this time, the 17-year-old Allen had medium-length black hair, and his expression revealed the calmness and majesty of the leader, and he was no longer the blood and impulsiveness of the beginning.Beside him is Mikasa who has cut his hair even shorter, and still has the blade of the three-dimensional mobile device hanging on his waist, ready to fight at any time.

"Boss, I have a plan for you to get rid of Alvin." Xiao said to Allen, offering a plan to the Yeager faction as if offering advice in front of Alvin.

It's just that the other party didn't know that he wasn't the first to hear about this trick...

"Oh? You really want him to die more than I do." Allen looked at the man who was introduced to him by Historia two years ago as the old Central Gendarmerie, and tried to hear the meaning of his words. No emotion.

And Xiao knew that hidden in it were doubts and distrust.For the first half of his life, he had been lurking in the dark and doing things that could not be seen, so it was not so easy to win the trust of this young leader.

"As you know, I was the Central Gendarmerie who was in charge of interrogating Alvin Smith, the head of the investigation corps." He "frankly and honestly" emphasized his own experience to Allen to give enough rationality to this risky move. "At that time, I noticed that this man was very dangerous. It's a pity that he slipped away from me and escaped the hanging of the old king. That's how he is today. Now, there is already evidence of his meeting with Ji Ke, but He is very defensive. Only by removing him can we proceed to the next step."

"..." Alan stared at the man's determined eyes, and every word he said coincided with the thoughts in his heart.

Yes.Alvin Smith, is the biggest threat inside the wall.No, it is the biggest threat in this world!

He must be eradicated.Also wanted to get rid of him a long time ago.

The future I saw after a little contact with Hysteria actually deviated from the established track because of this man... Only by getting rid of him can I talk to Ji Ke and redirect the course of history to the doomed future. The future where Eldia is freed from slavery by the power of the Titans!

Otherwise... the Eldians will never escape the cage of power.

That man wanted to revive Eldia, but he wanted to liberate Eldia.

All of this is also for Almin's spirit in heaven...

"Okay, I'll promise you...how?" After thinking for a while, the young man finally gave an affirmative answer.

And a smile rose from the corner of Xiao Xiao's mouth.

He cleverly used the method of "eight points of truth, two points of lies". He once tortured Alvin to be true, and believed that he was dangerous, but he did not point out that he did not think that "dangerous" was derogatory... …

A word with asymmetric intelligence made the young man in front of him hooked.

After all, it's still too young...

"Send a killer to assassinate him." Thinking in his heart, he revealed his plan calmly.

"!?..." The young man was startled, as if he was tired of the man's habit of half-spoken every time, he immediately asked, "It's that simple?"

"Yes. It's as simple as that." Xiao Xiao still spoke in a cloud of confusion.

He was manipulating the young man's mind, enjoying the cat-and-mouse game he'd enjoyed in the shadows for decades.This kind of mental attack is not suitable for the blond man, but it is still easy for the young man in front of him.

"...If you want to be the executioner, let me do it." Also a little anxious by the word game between the two, Mikasa took the words and said, his eyes froze.

But Allen made a move to stop her. He was very happy that she was willing to stain her hands with blood, but today is not the same as restraining that man in the forest that day...

"No." This time Xiao was the first to speak, and finally explained the detailed plan no longer stingily, "It is too obvious for Ackerman to do it. We need to send a killer who hides the identity of Yeager faction , I will provide Alvin's location and put the killer in the palace, and the time will be chosen at—"

He paused for a moment, seeing the expressions of the two people in front of him tense up, their eyes cast on him, and then he revealed an astonishing plan:

"The day the centrists convened."

"!?——" This decision obviously surprised Allen, and he asked, "Why is it that day?"

"In order to keep our plan in check." Knowing that the other party would ask unbelievably, he replied calmly, "If the assassination is successful, I will release the evidence of his contact with Jike and lie that he is collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country; If the assassination fails, then he must be transformed into a super giant, and then—”

"!!..." Hearing this, the shock burst in Alan's magnified eyes, and he murmured an unbelievable consequence, "At that time, everyone who attended the meeting that day will be blown to ashes together with the palace ..."

"That's right. If things really come to this point, the Yeager faction will take the sheep and get rid of the annoying neutral members." The man's eyes remained calm, and there was a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, as if to say, "This is a situation that is right anyway." A perfect strategy for the Yeager faction's benefit"...

"This is massacre!..." But Allen stepped forward a little excitedly, and the man's ghostly figure was reflected in his widened eyes.

"Yes. But it will all be done by Alvin Smith."

"...Soldiers are not bloody, do you kill/people with a knife?..." Guided by his thoughts step by step, Allen lowered his head slightly in a daze, and pressed his hand on his forehead, reflecting the scarlet blood and fire in his heart...

"Well. Rather, it would be better if he really used such radical means to defend himself. Not only can we eliminate the neutral faction without any effort, but we can also accuse the head of the investigation corps of massacres/killing atrocities in one fell swoop to occupy the commanding heights of public opinion Ignoring the entanglement shown by the young man, he continued to explain, without a trace of emotion in his words, but he was killing fiercely, "Taking advantage of this east wind, the Yeager faction can come out from the ground and launch a crusade outside the wall The revolution of the Invaders' Survey Corps—isn't that what you've always wanted?"

"!..." The man's impeccable strategy and persuasive words caused Allen to fall into a long-term shock...

Danger……

That's right.This man is too dangerous...

Isn't this man just as dangerous as he described Alvin to himself...?

If Alvin Smith is a threat, why isn't Croba Fukulo a threat...?

He now understands...why this man called himself "Xiao" in front of him.The code name of the man who established the Aldia restoration faction almost by himself, and let his father come to the wall to influence the course of history inside the wall...

Agreeing to his plan, isn't he seeking skin from a tiger? ...

However, only demons can surpass demons.

This person regards Alvin as a thorn in his side, which is a good signal for himself.

Correct……

Let them fight, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

Anyway, as long as I can meet Jike, I will control the entire situation with the power of the ancestor giant and the attacking giant, and let history continue to move forward in the future...

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late at night.Alvin stood by the open window, although he had finished his affairs, he was still awake...

He stared at his own reflection on the glass, and his thoughts these days have been all about the massacre/killing plan that will be implemented in the near future...

A few days later, I will personally kill President Thackeray, Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison Corps, Pixis, and...Gendarmerie Commander Neil.

The time of training soldiers more than [-] years ago flashed back in his mind...

Under the lights of the night, the boy who listened to himself and told himself.

On that unbearable day, the figure of the man rushing angrily and grabbing the collar of the bully.

The four people who aspired to join the Survey Corps together drank and laughed.

The two teenagers by the sparkling stream were stunned.

But now, of the four teenagers back then, two died young, and two parted ways...

But now, the girl who never saw her again, her husband's life was placed on the chessboard...

He began to loathe himself a little.

Is it necessary to kill/people just because of different political views?

However, he also understood that this was not simply a difference of opinion.It's not that teenagers disagree over dinner table spats.

What's more, just the conflict of spirits between teenagers can give birth to atrocities.

So, in this game of power, different political opinions mean that they are not in harmony.

The corners of his mouth sank resolutely, and deep pain was suppressed under his tight lips; he stroked the window with one hand, and his fingers clenched tighter on it; Emotions of hesitation, cruelty, or kindness alternated back and forth, cutting those sapphire-like eyes into pieces bit by bit...

Those fragments dissected, cut and lingered on him one by one, allowing him to see his own nature more clearly...

Then, another curse for himself emerged from the bottom of his heart:

No matter how compelling the reason is to persuade yourself, no matter how high-sounding the reason is to crown yourself, the fact that your hands are stained with blood is the only fact that cannot be changed.

Yes.This is also the curse that he has planted in his heart long ago.

Now, I can more clearly see myself falling into hell little by little, sliding into the abyss step by step...

He has always been clear that this is a sin that cannot be repaid with his life.

Then... the only way to pay for all this is to live!

With a serious look on his face, he smashed the glass of the window with one hand, and then clenched his fist tightly in mid-air, with blood dripping on it... At the same time, before he could see clearly the hideous expression of himself reflected on it, The shattered glass split his self projected on it into pieces, and then peeled off piece by piece, falling into the endless night outside the window...

An anger rose from the depths of his soul, anger at himself, anger at the world, anger at fate.This is the anger that bursts out when cornered, like a beast; this is the anger that gives one's own strength, like a demon.

Yes... to pay for it all alive, to move forward with pain and guilt.

"I will move forward. Even if it hurts..."

If you ask why...

Because this is the oath he has already made.

An oath that is both a curse and an oath.

[If compensation is needed one day, this life alone is not enough to pay back...]

[Then after I fall into hell, I firmly believe that the decisions I make in the limited present will surely create tomorrow! 】

The monologue is finished, the words are finished and the song is finished...

If you can continue to survive in this battle, then dedicate this final song to the promised person...

After taking the life of her husband herself...

……

The eve of the Yeager faction's assassination, that is, the eve of the big event inside the wall... Allen was finishing the final confirmation with Xiao Xiao before the operation.

On the ground with candles burning, he sat on a stone seat, resting his hand on the armrest to support his chin, his face showing a little fatigue.After seemingly thinking about it for a long time, he told the black-haired man who turned around to leave and said a plan that he had been thinking about for the past few days and finally decided on:

"Xiao... After this is done, I hope you can play that 'hero who saves mankind'."

The black-haired man paused in astonishment. Hearing the babbling of the young man behind him, he didn't understand what it meant, but he only replied:

"... If there is such a day, I will be honored."

Then, the man's pitch-black back disappeared step by step into the end of the shadow that the candlelight could not reach, and only the boy on the stone seat remained in the underground space.

The boy who was supposed to stop the earth-crying from being turned into a human hero is gone...

In the past two years, he has been looking for another suitable candidate; now, let him bet his future on that man named "Xiao"...

The next day, events proceeded as planned.

When Alvin was processing documents in the office in the afternoon as usual, he was already prepared to deal with the killer who would come next.

So, when the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him were suddenly broken from the outside, he immediately turned his head decisively.

Then, what magnified in his eyes was the figure of the double-bladed attacker holding a three-dimensional mobile device; what magnified in the eyes of the young assassin was the hand of the blond man stretching out towards him, and——a line that had already been cut on the palm Scars...

On that day, a meeting of neutral factions was being held in the palace.

On the white rectangular conference table made of marble, sitting at the end is President Thackeray, who is still rolling up his sleeves due to the hot weather; sitting on the left is a group of noble representatives and Commander Pixis, The low and solemn expression on his face showed the seriousness of the current situation; sitting on the right were the House Councilors and the head of the gendarmerie, Nair. He even frowned, referring to the documents he held in his hand to discuss the topic, and spoke with a hint of worry. meaning:

"Recently, the nobles who oppose the alliance with the Eldians outside the wall are constantly writing letters... Even the Gendarmerie is panicking, and some soldiers have told me that they 'do not know why they are fighting'..."

"It's been two years since that battle, and the situation inside the wall is getting more and more serious..." Hearing Nair's report with a sad face, Thackeray also sighed, "Didn't explain to the nobles that the government didn't Is it an alliance with the outside world, but is it still negotiating?"

"..." Seeing Thackeray turn his head and ask himself, Nair looked at him with lingering fear, and then