"No matter what decision you made, don't regret it."
The corpse of the Titan lay behind him, almost like just a pile of bones.
Like that time.
So much like that time.
He let his numb fingers brush blood-stained blond hair from the face of the corpse before him.
"Oi... Ore wa koukai shinai dayo..."
Tears fall. Only there is no rain to wash it this time.
Ah...Maybe it will wash the blood off.
But of course, the blood doesn't wash off so easily.
Especially the blood of love ones.
The blood of the one you trust with all your life.
His voice sounds so hoarse it's foreign even to his own ears.
"...Omae to... yakusokushita kara."
He draws a deep breath, just to steady his own quivering voice. Before continuing with his usual, cold tone.
"Dakara koukai shinai da. Omae wo hanaseru koto. Omae wo shinjiteru koto. Omae wo... shinderu koto made mo, koukai nanka sasenai..."
Despite his words, his tears won't stop flowing. It kept gushing out, stinging his eyes, blurring his vision.
He collaspe from his kneeling position, all but crawling before the corpse of his once so trusted Commander.
An involuntary sob escaped, even though he tried so hard to stop it.
His body ache all over, and he feels extremely tired after his so called 'God mode'.
He draws another breath.
His voice was quivering again. God, he hated sounding so weak.
"...sore to iwarete mo na... Naze... konna ni musukashii to... kotaerou…
....Erwin..."
Silence was all the reply.