"Eren Yeager, as of this moment you have been released from your life sentence of imprisonment. In exchange for your sentence, the court has ruled that your very existence has been given up to Lord Kuruma. Your name, your body, your mind, your thoughts, your history, your soul, and everything you have will all belong to Lord Kuruma. Do you understand, Eren Yeager?" Yeah, yeah, I get it old man. Now will you stop being an old ungrateful pervert, and stop glaring into my innocent soul?
Fufufu. Yes, you are an old man and a pervert. Your annoying pervert eye can peer through our souls, and if you don't think we all have dirty thoughts, then you are a moron.
I continue to chuckle internally as I watched the old man's face darkened. As amusing as your face is old man, I prefer to not stay here any longer than I need to.
So with a defiant glare, I responded, "I understand."
"It seems that you haven't changed one bit after living in hell, Eren Yeager." The judge sighed as he scribbled stuff down onto documents.
"This seems to be a rash decision for you to make, Chief Judge Yamato! Lord Kuruma, may have been the one to release him, but Eren Yeager is still a menace to the underworld whether he is under Lord Kuruma's order or not." Ugh, it's old bird brain. How the fuck did he become a judge? Literally a coward and an arrogant judge to boot. I hate him, and he hates me. And he hates me enough to send me to hell for it apparently.
"Whether I had released Eren Yeager or not, I'm sure the demon would have been able to escape hell on his own. It is for that reason rather than to have him run amok at full power I will have him under Lord Kuruma who is just as powerful. Even then I believe there truly has been nothing to fear against Eren Yeager rather it is your own fear that you should be worrying about Judge Yoruno. That includes you, Judge Kurai, as well." Soooooo… by court, it just means the old man. Got it. I looked over at Kurai, but he just had his usual expressionless face. I have never seen him even make a single expression or let alone heard him talk. Hell, I have no idea if the guy's mind is inside of him or if it's in Lala land. On the contrast, there's birdbrain. He was gritting his teeth, and his face was seething with rage. It was always so easy to make fun of him because he was always doing the stupidest of things. And right now, it would a great opportunity to make fun of him, but I'm stuck in this situation.
"As amusing as you think this is Eren, your existence will now be sent into the hands of Lord Kuruma. You have been liberated from hell, but your existence is now under the hands of the strongest demon lord in existence. If you understand the circumstances and wish to proceed with the contract, then stand now." Yay, we are almost finished. I felt the heavy weight of nothing being removed and I was finally able to stand up. By nothing, I mean the amazing thing called air that is invisible. I need to stretch my legs out. Listening to old demons yapper for hours literally sucks.
In the blink of an eye, a document was summoned in front of me. "This is your contract with Lord Kuruma. Cut your hand and sign your name with blood, so you may be released." Yeah, yeah, I know. I read through the document to look for any errors or any loopholes, but sadly, there weren't any. The old man probably wrote this. If it was bird brain, then there would be some derogatory names in there instead of my actual name. And it would be so easy to exploit it. Well, not much I can do about it now. I slit my finger with my claws, and signed the document elegantly. Cause I have such elegant handwriting. Not sarcasm because I actually do. I worked very hard to get to this level.
"Very well." The old man lifted up his gavel and slammed it down onto the wooden block, a loud smack echoed throughout the room. "This session is now complete! Guards, guide Eren Yeager to Lord Kuruma at once." Yes! Finally, we are done! The two guards came up behind me, and they each took ahold of my arm. I looked at both of the guards, to see their face were etched with fear and sweat. Sweet, this is going to be so much fun. So with a devilish smile, I whispered into both of their ears. "I'll be in your care."
Oh, the look of their faces! They look like they were about to shit their pants. Hahaha!
"Know your place! You are far below us now. You are a mere slave, a pet!" The guard on my right tried to insult me. How cute. He would look much more menacing if it wasn't for the fact that he was sweating profusely. I laughed his insult off, but I was interrupted when the guards decided to guide (drag) me to the door. When I was just a few steps away from the door, the old man left me his final message. "I hope this is the last time I see you here, Eren Yeager."
"Same here. Staring at your old wrinkly face for long periods of time makes me feel like I just got hundred year older. Although in this case, I did. See ya, old man."
After a bit of twisting and righting myself, I was finally able to get myself on two feet and walk. Although, it was hardly a long walk before I was taken outside to the entrance of the court.
There Lord Kuruma is. His back was facing toward us just like a final boss or something. Although, it's probably because looking at the city is more interesting than staring at the court, or being inside the court. This place is boring as fuck.
"You haven't changed much in the hundred year I've been stuck in hell, Kuruma. Beautiful and cold as ever." He turned around to face me, still wearing that signature cloak of his. Ah yes, that cloak that always cover his amazing body and beautiful face.
The two guards let go of my arms and bowed before Kuruma. Heh, it's cute how confident and prideful they try to be in front of Kuruma. The two guards soon left us at the entrance.
"Neither have you, Eren. It seems that hundred years of hell has done nothing to your soul. Although, it seems your hair has grown longer now." The demon lord took a single step, and before I knew it, his face was in my face. Damn powerful bastard.
"Of course, what can I say? I'm stubborn like that. And I happen to like my hair. It's not as long as yours but I think it looks attractive for me." I started to twirl my hair along my finger. It's quite interesting to have long hair I must say though. Gives me something to play with and distract myself.
"I suppose. It certainly does give you a different sort of attraction compare to your previous look." Kuruma gently glides my hair with his hand. His hand move towards my cheek caressing it, gently. Yeah, he hasn't change one bit, but… let's poke at some fun buttons first. I haven't had much fun in a long time.
I displayed my devilish smirk. "Oh, you're attracted to me now?" I conjure up nasty horny images of whenever I jerked off to the demon lord. His personality aside Kuruma has always been eye candy to me. Even though his body was always covered by a cloak, I have had the rare privilege of seeing his naked body. He had pale white skin and beautiful shining silver eyes that always drew my eyes. He had jet black hair that was long enough to reach past his neck. Although, it could be longer and shorter now since it has been a century. If it wasn't for the fact that Kuruma is a Reaper, then he could easily get some amazing sex. Compared to many male demons who prefer bulging muscles, Kuruma was slimmed and toned. His body had just the right amount of muscles in the right places, and his abs looked like they were straight up sculpting on there. And Kuruma's body inspired me to do the same with mine. Although, the only thing I can't keep up with is in height. He was a few inches taller than me which has always irked me even when I was younger.
"Although I am flattered that you think I am attractive, I order you to stop those filthy images you are imagining. I am now married." The gentle caress on my cheek was quickly replaced with a painful pinch. And with that order, my mind drew to a stop with all of my nasty images.
"You! Married?! When did that happen?" I was flabbergasted. Holy shit! Kuruma got married? Who in the world attracted him?
"I have been married for thirty years now, but that is besides the point. I have a mission for you, and it is the reason why I decided to release you from hell." The demon lord let go of my cheek and took a step back.
"Oh, what is it?"
What in the literal fuck, fucking hell has happened in a hundred years?
I gazed at the large looming wall wondering when the hell was that built in human history cause I know for a fact that was not here a century ago. It's like probably fifty meters tall. However, I didn't really have a chance to admire before there was a giant earthquake followed with thunder that came from the ground rather than the orange sky.
Jeez, I've been here for less than a minute and shit is already flying.
Rising up from the steam the thunder had created, there was a giant skinless humanoid head. That is one ugly motherfucker, but what is that first of all? I don't remember anything like that roaming around a century ago. This is the human realm, right?
"Is that a Titan…? B-b-but the wall is fi-fifty meters tall… There wasn't supposed to be any Titans taller than it!" Well, I spoke too soon. I looked down from this old brick tower to see humans, men, women, and children alike trembling in fear. Guess this is the human realm if there are humans here, but who invited this thing here?
I returned my attention back to the skinless Titan, but….
Boom!
The ugly motherfucker's foot broke the gate in one kick, and there was rumble flying through the sky. It just so happens one of those is flying towards my direction. Well, I suppose shit is flying now in a literal sense. Aannnd I'm outta here.
I made a break for it, jumping off towards the building on my right. In the next second, the rumble had smashed the tower into pieces. Man, why are my missions always a pain in the ass? Oh right, because of fucking Kuruma and his insane little brother, Homura.
I looked back at the wall to see that the ugly motherfucker was gone. Well then, was that thing summoned here? At the same time I was summoned here? Haha, bringer of bad luck, right the fuck here.
"The Titans are coming! Run to the gate!" There were humans in military uniform with a strange contraption on their waist yelling at the citizens. Some other soldiers were charging towards the gate and flying with their gear? What strange contraption did the humans come up with now? They always like to make the weirdest things, but that always makes them fun to play with.
Even then, there really isn't a reason to tell them to run because they are already running. Although, some of them were mourning the humans that were too slow and ended up getting squashed by a piece of rumble.
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
I looked over to the gate where the stomping noises were coming from, and holy shit, look at those ugly fuckers. Jeez, who came up with the idea of those things? Also, if those soldiers are supposed to be trained to deal with those things, then they suck because they are getting devour by those things.
Oh well, not like any of this is my problem. I have a mission to complete.
"Auntie!" As I was making my way towards the gate, I heard the voice of a child behind the remains of a house that was unfortunately destroyed by one of the flying rumbles. Not that I really care, but… I hop off the building I was on and approached the house silently. There was a little girl attempting to lift up the piece of the house off of her aunt. The aunt was unconscious to boot, and her legs were without a doubt crushed by the house. How pitiful.
"Why aren't you running away? Those ugly bastards are coming." The little girl stiffened after hearing my voice, but she turned to look at me with these pleading eyes. Her face was cover in tears and snots. That is disgusting.
"Sh-she's m-my only family left! Please save her!" Somehow, the little girl's cry for help managed to wake up the unconscious aunt as she let out a painful groan. "Auntie!"
The aunt slowly opened her eyes to see the little girl's crying face. Her eyes instantly went wide, taking a look around her surroundings, and it seemed that she connected the dots. "Mikasa, why aren't you running away? You have to get over here! The titans are coming!" The aunt yelled at Mikasa, but Mikasa only shook her head.
"I-I'm not le-leaving you be-behind, Au-Auntie!" Mikasa went back to lifting up the piece of house remain, failing miserably.
"Mikasa, my legs are crushed. Even if you do get me out of here, I won't be able to run! You need to leave me behind, please Mikasa!" The little girl ignored her aunt's cries and continued on with her useless efforts.
I barely even started my mission, and I'm already getting sidetracked. What a pain in the ass.
I walked over and grabbed the piece of wood with one hand. "Hey kid, let go." Mikasa looked over to me shocked and confused, but she let go and scooched her bottom back.
"What are you doing? Please just take Mikasa and run! I'll only be a burden!"
"I'm saving you, obviously. Your kid here doesn't want to go anywhere without you." I tossed the piece of wood away easily and quickly removed the other pieces of the house laying on top of her. Soon enough, I was able to drag the aunt out of the house.
The aunt looked over to me completely shocked and confused and asked. "Wh-What are you?"
"I'm human." I said, smiling. I looked over her legs to see that they were clearly broken and bleeding pretty badly. Well, not much I can do right now because a certain someone decided to seal off my powers. I rolled her over onto her back and carried her like a princess with one arm. I extended my free hand to Mikasa. "Let's go."
Mikasa still seemed to be shaken by what happen. She closed her eyes and shook her head, wiping her tears and snot off with her sleeve. Once she seemed to regain control of herself, she took my hand, and we ran to the gate, but behind us, we heard the stomping of a titan. We all turned around to see a blonde smiling titan coming towards us.
"Well, that is annoying as hell." I knelt down and threw Mikasa across my shoulder.
"Let me go!" The aunt went into complete panic mode and started to punch my chest with weak ass punches. "You can't carry both of us and escape that titan!"
"I get that you are very suicidal and love your child very much. But just chill out for a second. It's only walking." I was slightly tempted to just accept her wishes and toss her on the road, but I didn't just because I've seen too many children abandoned and left to fend for themselves.
"Anyway, hold on tight cause this is going to be a rough ride, and don't open your mouth because you are going to bite your tongue off probably." I started running towards the house in front of me, jumping onto the windowsill and making another jump onto the roof.
I didn't really need to look at their faces because I already knew that their faces were full of bewilderment and surprise. I guess it's not like everyday they see a human jumping onto buildings regularly. Although for me, this is natural.
I began running and jumping off the buildings towards the gate. I was slightly concerned about the woman's mangled legs with all this running. I wasn't for sure if she will be able to survive this because of the blood loss, but I could only hope that she was strong.
I looked behind to see that the titan was still following us, destroying buildings as it walks. Dang, why is this one destroying buildings as it's walking? The other titans aren't. They're perfectly walking along the streets gobbling up humans. This is dumb, and it has somehow turned out to be much more difficult to outrun.
"Carla! Mikasa!" There was a old blonde soldier flying towards us with his weird contraption. Although calling him old is probably not appropriate, since I am way older than him. I just happen to look very young.
"Hannes!" The aunt called out to him. The soldier quickly caught up to us, but I ignored him and kept running.
"There's a titan behind us, so no time for a reunion! Save it for next time!" I looked back to tell him, and his face was hilarious. His mouth was wide opened with the confused look on his face. The soldier turned around and just paused. Next thing I know, he was running towards us. He looked like he was going to pee his pants or something. What a terrible and useless soldier.
I was hoping this guy would have been able to stall the titan or better yet take it down, but so much for hoping. I shouldn't have had much hope though considering the fact that the other soldiers before were just getting devoured rather than getting in some kills. At the rate that titan is walking and destroying buildings, it'll catch up to us before we are even close to the gate. What a pain in the ass.
"Hey, here take care of the kid." I tossed the Mikasa into the soldier's arms. All three of them stared at me in confusion. "Whether we like it or not, if we keep running like this that titan is going to catch up to us. Your equipment seems to be faster than us running, so at least get that kid to safety first."
"No!" The child cried out. Her eyes beginning to water.
I smiled, trying to reassure the little girl. "We'll be fine. Now that I don't need to haul you around, I can run much faster. So, go on ahead. I promise you we will survive this."
"B-but." I shook my head. "Go." I commanded the soldier.
The soldier clenched his mouth. "I'll be back for you guys. I'm counting on you to keep Carla safe." With one last look, the soldier used his equipment, and he was flying away towards the gate.
"Thank you for saving Mikasa." The woman smiled as she watched the soldier leave us. She seemed to be satisfied knowing that the little girl was safe. Tears ran down her face, acknowledging that she wasn't going to be able to survive this. "Leave me here. You'll be able to get to the gate once the titan focuses on me. Just promise me this. You'll take care of Mikasa." Her hand grabbed on to my shirt, clenching it tightly.
Humans sure are weird. Sometimes they are selfless, and sometimes they are selfish. However, I am a selfish being. I care more about my life than any other. It was the only way I was able to live this long.
I glanced down for a second to see her crying face. "You don't have to lie to yourself. If you want to live then live."
"What are you..." Even without looking, I could tell how surprised she was from her voice. I looked behind me to see that the titan was only a building away. "If I didn't think I would have been able to save you, I would have left you back at the house to be gobble up by that titan. So, you can stop with your self-sacrificial thoughts because we are getting out of this together."
If it wasn't for my amazing hearing skills, I wouldn't have been able to hear her soft 'Thank you'. The next thing I knew she was unconscious. She lost too much blood it seems. I need to hurry and get her medical treatment.
Boom!
I looked behind me to see that the titan was right behind me. Now what on earth am I going to do with this damn titan. It would be simple to use my demonic powers if it wasn't for the fact that all of my demonic power was sealed right now. Fuck Kuruma.
The titan stretched out its hand, ready to grab and devour us. I slid underneath its grasp and jumped off to the next building which happened to not be a building. It was a fucking tower. I barely managed to get inside the tower, after I busted through that tiny window. The interior of the tower only consisted of a central pillar and stairs wrapping around the pillar. The place reeked of shit though. I took notice of the mold and fungus growing in this place. Gross.
I looked behind to see that ugly titan's face. Literally ugly. I ran up the stairs just in time to evade the titan's hand. Jeez, who thought it was a good idea to make the stairs this steep. It took only two circling of stairs before I reached the top. I opened the latch of the wooden ceiling and climbed out. From the bottom I could hear the titan destroying the walls of the tower and feel the tower shifting towards the titan. This titan isn't really that bright. It wasn't long before the tower was falling towards the titan. I got onto the ledge of the tower, slid alongside the wall of the tower as it was falling right on top of the titan. I jumped off and landed onto the next building. Soon enough, the tower fell and crushed the titan.
Jeez, that was a pain in the ass, but at least these things are fucking morons. I didn't bother to wait and see if it was dead or not because I am outta of here.
There wasn't anymore trouble as I approached the gate thankfully. I don't need anymore trouble. I jumped down the building, landing on the windowsills before I reached the ground. First day out of hell, and I'm already having to do such painful and annoying work. When am I ever going to have a moment of peace and quiet?
I barely bat an eyelash at the cannons and soldiers stationed in front the gate. I only focus on getting through the gate. After the titan fiasco, now I have to deal with a hoard of people. Just great. They literally had no plans on how to deal with this situation as I only saw two ships practically filled with people. So, do I barge through this with force or is there another way?
"Carla!" I turned to the left to see that soldier running towards us. I think his name was Hannes. Well, at least he got here just fine, but where is the little girl? I made my way to towards him, hopefully this guy can help us or I'm going to find a way to jump onto that ship. Once we met, the guy placed his hands on both of my shoulders. His face was full of relief and tears. "Thank god. You both managed to get here safely."
"Well, we aren't out of the woods yet. Carla still needs immediate medical treatment quickly. She's unconscious again, and it's probably from the loss of blood. There's also that mess right over there." I nudged over to the mass of people. "And where's Mikasa anyway?"
"Mikasa is already on the ship with her friend. I'll get you both a spot on the ship. Don't worry!" He placed his fist on his chest and dove right into the crowd. Dang, he is brave or crazy, but somehow he managed to get a path. I followed right behind him. At least, he's useful for something. I heard him talking to another soldier something about doctor and wife. It was hard to tell with all of the yelling around me. Hannes eventually convinced the soldier to let us onto ship, and I quickly found Mikasa against the ship's deck house with a blonde kid and an old man.
"Here. This isn't much, but the only way to see a doctor is till Trost. For now, all we can do is cover up her wounds." Hannes somehow managed to get some bandages from seemingly out of nowhere, but I suspected it came from one of the soldiers. The man seemed to be facing much despair, judging from his face. I'm not surprised because this is hardly going to be able to do much. "I can't thank you enough for saving Carla. Her family saved my wife, and I owe them such a huge debt that I have yet to repay. So, I owe you something as well."
How interesting. I am not to sure how useful he is, but I'm probably find something that I will be able to take advantage of. Although, I can hardly constitute this to saving since she is close to death's door. "Save the repayment after she's survive this. I may have saved her from the titans, but these wounds are going to be a problem."
He sighed and looked over to the face of the woman. Her face was quite peaceful considering the circumstances. "I know… But I still owe you one."
No what matter generations of humans I encounter. Humans are always still such a strange species. How can you owe me for something when you get nothing for return? "Fine."
The man looked towards my eyes and smiled. "Thank you. Now get going."