This would be the first chapter:D I hope y'all enjoy. I am very open to oneshot ideas. Let me know what you think!
Connie Springer had been bored all day, until he had been assigned by Erwin Smith himself to pick up a file from the archives. It was about a Scouting Legion member called Oliver Lars, who had died shadily a couple of nights ago. There was a thorough investigation going about. Connie hadn't known the man so he wasn't exactly heartbroken about it.
The archives were under the castle, just above the cellars. The room smelled like old paper (the files were treated with mint extract to keep away the paper worms. The smell was actually pretty nice, despite the dust floating in the air. There was an old man sitting by a table in the middle of the room. He cocked his head up as Connie approached.
"Hey", the soldier started, scanning the guy with his eyes. He had really started to look like paper himself. There was a name carved into a dusty sign on his desk: Hans Keele.
"Mister Keele, I have commander Erwin's direct orders to get him some files. Here."
The old man said nothing, just grabbed the piece of paper. It was an official order signed by the commander. The old man nodded.
"The files starting with 'L' are over there", he stated and pointed with his shaky hand. "Go find your file."
The blood ran from Connie's face. There were mountains of files over there!
"C-Couldn't you come and find the file for me?"
"Tch", answered Keele with a grumpy expression. "Youngsters… you think my old back is in a condition for that? You'll find it. They're in alphabetical order."
Connie sighed and submitted to his fate. He marched to the shelf that was holding the weight of at least five hundred files.
"Great", he said to himself before starting to scan the files with his eyes. Lars shouldn't be too hard to find, right?
It wasn't so difficult when you knew what you were looking for. He found the Oliver Lars file, but as he pulled out it out of the pile he managed to pull a bunch of other files with it. Connie had a bad fit of cough as the dust flew in the air. He cursed under his breath and started collecting the fallen files.
He suddenly stopped with the papers. Did I see that right? Connie blinked and reached his hand for a thick file. It was titled 'Levi'.
He gulped and looked around to see if Keele was there. The old man was nowhere to be seen. Slowly Connie turned his head back. This very file contained all the information about captain Levi. His own squad leader.
Connie bit his lip. Every detail about the captain's past, right at his grasp. No one in the squad knew shit about it. Only that he had grown up in the Underground city.
It wouldn't hurt to just look, would it?
Connie made a decision. He would take the file to the others and take a look with them. He didn't want to get caught here, snooping on the captain's file. Better do it when everything was safe and sound.
The boy quickly stuffed the rest of the files back to the shelf and hurried away from the archives.
Eren sighed. It had been a hard day for him, Mikasa and Armin. Captain Levi made sure they stayed fit by making them do hard work at the stables and at the training ground. It's not like they needed to train anymore, they were the Special Operation Squad, but it was good for soldiers to practice every now and then, just to keep the fighting senses alert.
"I am so tired", Armin whined as they made their way back to the boys' rooms. Mikasa yawned and was about to part from the boys, when Jean suddenly appeared from around the corner, a strange-looking grin on his face.
"Guys, there you are! We've been waiting for you forever."
Eren raised his eyebrows. "Waiting?"
Jean nodded, visibly excited. "You'll never guess what Connie found. Come on, all of you."
Eren frowned and glanced at his friends, who merely shrugged and followed Jean. Somehow the boy had a bad feeling about the whole thing. Usually the shit Connie and Jean pulled off was harmless enough, but he got a bad vibe about this one. Call it a sixth sense.
The three followed Jean to the boys' barracks. The room was meant for the guys from Levi's squad, but it wasn't unusual for the girls to pay a visit. Sasha and Connie were sitting next to each other, eyes glimmering with excitement.
"Finally!" the short-haired boy exclaimed. He had an excited grin on his face, just like Jean. Eren noticed a brown paper file on the floor, in front of Sasha and Connie. It was like a holy object they'd been watching for hours.
"What's going on?" Eren asked with caution.
"I found something when I was down at the archives today", Connie said with pride in his tone. He waved the file in front of their noses. "It's captain Levi's file."
Eren felt as his heart almost stopped. The color escaped from Armin's face too, and Mikasa slowly shook his head.
"See, I told you they'd be this way", Sasha snapped.
"This is wrong. You can't do this", Eren managed to say.
"Oh come on guys", Jean exclaimed. "You can't tell me you guys aren't curious at all."
Eren gulped. It was true – he was very, very curious. He had asked Hanji about it once – and the woman had become very serious, saying it wasn't her place to tell about Levi's past.
"If the captain wants us to know about his past, he'll tell us", Mikasa said.
"He never told his old squad either!" Jean protested. "Come on. Just a peek. Like how he joined the Survey Corps, I've always wanted to know. We have some really rare information here."
"Yeah, because, you know. Probably all who knew about it are dead", Eren said sarcastically. He really didn't want to look at that file – but in the other hand, curiosity was burning in his veins like fire.
"Erwin, Hanji and Mike are probably all who know", Armin stated. "And shouldn't it be best if it stayed that way?"
"Levi is basically a celebrity. No one knows about his past. Hell, he hasn't even told us his surname", Connie stated again. "But we have a chance here, guys!"
Mikasa and Armin looked at each other. Eren was struggling in the inside. Should he do the right thing, or should he take a peek…?
Eren grabbed the file from his hands.
"Hey!" Connie exclaimed. The titan shifter kept the file neatly against his chest.
"The information here doesn't belong to us", he stated with determination. He turned around to walk out of the room and return the file to where it belonged.
He was almost out of the door before he stopped.
Eren was curious. So very curious.
"Eren?" Mikasa asked quietly.
The boy squeezed his eyes shut. "Oh, fuck it", he finally huffed. "Let's have a look."
They all gathered around the small table that was at the end of the room. A lantern lit the papers on the desk as Eren finally raised his hand and opened the file.
On the first page there was simply the basic information. There was a picture of Levi, younger than what he was now, but no more than five years, Eren thought.
"He's thirty-four?" Sasha exclaimed with a high-pitched voice. Eren slammed his hand on his ear and cursed.
"He looks like he's twenty!" Connie backed her up. Eren had to admit they were right – Levi sure didn't look like a thirty-year-old. His face had childish features and the corporal's height sure didn't help.
"His exact height is five foot three", Jean scoffed. Eren rolled his eyes – the humanity's strongest was indeed short. It was like shorter people were actually more rude and ill-tempered than others.
"It doesn't state his surname", Armin pointed out. "That can only mean one thing."
"He doesn't know his surname", Mikasa finished for him.
"His birthday is on 25th of December", Sasha said.
"Family information", read Eren, "Orphan, no siblings. Unofficially Farlan Church, deceased and Isabel Magnolia, deceased ."
Levi had lost his family too.
No one seemed to recognize the names, so Eren decided to think about it later and move on for now.
There were also some other mentions on the page. His rank as 'the captain of the Special Operations Squad'.
"Otherwise known as "humanity's strongest soldier", Connie read.
Jean hummed. "Yeah but we all knew that."
"Guess it's official", Eren answered. He quickly scanned the page. There was more basic information – hair color black, eye color blue/grey (Really? Even the official Survey Corps file didn't know if Levi's eyes were blue or grey), skin color white.
"Ready to turn the next page?" Armin asked carefully. Everyone nodded. Eren ignored the sting of guilt in his conscience. If Levi ever found out they were invading his personal files like this…
"A report", Armin stated as he brought the paper closer. It was signed by Erwin Smith.
"Oh", the blond boy's eyes went wide. "It's about Levi's recruitment."
Eren shifted nervously. This was what they wanted, right?
"Read it out loud!" Sasha begged, hazel eyes full of curiosity. Armin gulped.
"This was written thirteen years ago", Armin started with a surprised tone. "Military Police had given us a hint about thugs in the Underground city, who were using stolen three-dimensional Manouver Gear. They had more than once failed to capture these thugs, and requested our assistance", he read. Not a word was said – everyone was listening to Armin's voice. Their captain's past was finally about to unravel.
"With the help of the Military Police, we found the thugs in the act. There were three of them, and all were excellent with the 3DMG. After a chase we managed to capture the first two of them, then the last one left", he paused here, glancing at his friends.
"I'd bet my balls that they caught Levi's friends first, and then he had to give up too", Jean stated his theory. Eren had totally fallen under his own thoughts. He was trying to imagine a young Levi – twenty-one years old – living a harsh life in the Underground City.
Armin continued:
"I witnessed the three of them use their 3DMG with skill equal to any of the soldiers in the Scouting Legion. The leader of the three was a man called Levi. Other two were called Farlan Church and Isabel Magnolia. I had to question them about where they had learned to use the gear. Their answer was that it was self-taught. I believed them. I offered them a deal to either join the Survey Corps, or we'd hand them over to the Military Police. They agreed on enlisting."
The air was filled with dramatic tension.
"Levi was forced to join?" Eren managed to burst out. The others looked just as shocked.
"Well that's something I didn't expect", said Sasha quietly. Armin shrugged.
"Sorry guys that was all on that report."
Eren didn't really know what to think. This was so wrong, but also way too interesting to stop now.
"Oh my God, guys, look!" Sasha exclaimed. "There are photos!"
Everyone moved closer to the picture Sasha was holding.
"These are the cadets from thirteen years ago", Armin breathed out.
"Look, there are names in the back!" Eren said impatiently. His friend held up the photo so that others could see it, and started reading out the names.
"Squad leader Flagon Darlett", he started, "… Michaela Twist, Edward Eberhardt, Adalwin Lucius, Claudius Hobbard, Anne Valentin, Farlan Church, Isabel Magnolia, Levi."
"So those two are Farlan and Isabel", Eren said, pointing at the two soldiers standing next to Levi. He had to admit – they did not look like soldiers. Farlan Church was a tall guy, seemingly light-colored hair – Eren had to guess, since the pictures where black-and-white – and Isabel Magnolia was a short, lively-looking girl with pigtails, a smile reaching from ear to ear and big, bright eyes.
"I wonder what happened to them", he murmured.
Armin shifted. "The first page said 'deceased'." Eren blinked a few times.
"Guys, look", Connie said. "There are some notes about Levi right here. From… Hanji, and the squad leader Darlett."
"Let's have a look, shall we", said Jean and keenly leaned closer.
"The thugs assigned for me are a real menace. Their complete lack of discipline irritates me. Magnolia is just a little girl, fourteen, and lacking the judgement of a grown person. Church is calmer than the two others, smart too, but he has an obnoxiously wrong way of saluting. It irritates me. And Levi – now there's a person that one has to be scared of. I was told that today in the training he came in fast – and one of the soldiers tried to show the brat what it takes to survive outside the walls by turning the wooden titan just in front of him. He said he was sure Levi would fall down, but the bastard was fast as hell. He dodged the bullet with incredible speed and sliced the wooden titan's nape."
Armin finished reading the note. Eren couldn't help but smile at the thought of Levi showing attitude to his squad leader.
"Way to go, Levi", Jean smirked, leaning to his elbows.
"There's a huge difference between a squad leader note and an official report", Armin stated.
Eren picked up the note that was signed by Hanji Zoë.
"I'll read this for you", he said before starting to read out loud.
"I am very excited about the new soldiers on Darlett's squad. They came from the Underground city, grown without ever seeing the sunlight. No sky above their heads. That's what drove these three to practice on 3DMG – they wanted to get a little higher from the pit they lived. Anyway, a few days ago there was the first training session with these three. Levi, a little rude and cold, woke up my interest. He was holding the blades the wrong way around – it caused some questions among the superiors, but he completely ignored their words. He simply said he'd do it his own way. This was what caught my attention. All the cadets are taught with the same way, same rules, same recommendations. But Levi, Church and Magnolia lacked this education, making it possible to have completely new aspects in the fight against the titans. I will continue watching these three."
Armin let out a small chuckle. "Hanji sure hasn't changed."
Eren smiled to himself, too. Levi was on the top from the very beginning.
They dug deeper into Levi's file. They stumbled upon another report from Erwin. It was an official report about the 23rd Expedition of the Survey Corps. On top of that there was an unofficial note, also written by Erwin.
"Which one first?" Eren asked carefully.
"I don't really care about the official report. Let's read Erwin's note", Connie said with a gleam in his eyes.
Armin cleared his throat.
"The expedition didn't go well. We lost too many good men. Including captain Darlett and his squad. The strategy crumbled when the titans got to the third wave – and wiped them all out. The only survivor was Levi.
He puzzles me. It wasn't pretty to watch him lose his family, Farlan Church and Isabel Magnolia. Levi committed a total overkill on the abnormal titan who killed them. Completely tore it apart. He has shown more potential than any other soldier I have ever seen, and if he'd start trusting me… we could make a change in this world. Hanji agrees with me. Right now he's grieving and very angry with me, but I believe he'll forgive me – eventually. After all, it was also his own doing. He made a bad choice, and he'll regret it for the rest of his life."
Armin's voice was quiet now. "Signed by squad leader Erwin Smith."
Eren stared at his hands. Little by little, a realization hit him. He remembered running from Annie's titan in that forest. Eren remembered how he wanted to fight, to help his comrades – but what Levi had said to him then and there, changed his mind. He had put his trust in Levi – and chosen to abandon his dying friends.
"I don't know. I never have. I can trust in my own abilities, or the strength of those who I trust. But in the end, no one knows how it'll turn out."
Eren now knew – Levi had spoken from experience.
All six of them were quiet. Jean broke the silence first.
"Well a guy like Levi – we knew it'd be something like this, right?"
Armin nodded. "Yeah."
Eren glanced at Mikasa – the girl had been very quiet during this whole thing. "You okay?" he mouthed. She winced and blinked her black eyes. "Yeah", she mouthed back, giving a reassuring nod.
The official report just told the events of the expedition. It wasn't as interesting, didn't even mention Levi's name. But they all knew what had happened there.
"Okay, look at these. These are complaints", Armin said with a confused tone. Eren's eyes widened – there was a whole bunch of them. Connie took one and read:
"Official complaint about Levi, Survey Corps. Complaint is placed by the inquisitor Rainart Adlar. What mister Levi said to the inquisitor is unacceptable: (direct quote) "Fuck you and your shitty fucking orders, you..." Connie had to stop reading for a moment to snort. He had to gather himself before continuing: "… you worthless fucking shitmonger."
"I wonder what the poor man did to make him so angry", Sasha thought out loud and looked at others. "Theories?"
"Well Levi was disobeying orders there", Eren pointed out.
"There's like twenty more, guys", Armin said and checked the papers. "… here is a threat complaint. It was placed by a military corporal..." he stopped reading. "Oh."
Jean grabbed the paper from his hands. His eyes widened. "Direct quote: 'Touch me again, you fucking piece of shit, and I will rip off your arm and shove it down your throat.'"
"Hey look, there are more photos here", Connie pointed out, grabbing the papers to his hand. Eren leaned closer. The first picture was about Erwin's squad, that Levi was now apparently a part of. Mike was also standing there, on Erwin's left side. Ten years ago, only Hanji and Erwin had been squad leaders – but Hanji couldn't have been a squad leader for very long. She was gifted, so maybe that was the reason she got her own squad so fast.
The second picture was about Erwin saluting the Survey corps – undoubtedly after he became a commander. Levi there too, now with his own squad.
"It took him a year to become a squad leader", Armin stated as he read the date.
"Impressive, but not surprising", Eren murmured.
"Look, guys!" Sasha exclaimed, picking up a new paper. "It's his psychological evaluation!"
Eren picked the papers up and squinted. It was a paper full of questions, and the answers were written with small, sharp letters.
"Levi's handwriting. He had to answer to all of these questions."
"Read it!" Connie grinned. Eren glanced at him and cleared his throat.
"Have you had trouble sleeping in the past six months? How much sleep do you approximately get in one night?" Eren read the first row. "And he answered… 'Yes. I sleep 2-4 hours a night.'"
"Woah", Sasha breathed.
"Do you think he still has insomnia?" Connie asked. "I mean… that test was like ten years ago."
"I think he does", Armin said slowly. "It's not like things like that can just be forgotten. And if you ask me, Levi isn't exactly the type who goes to therapy."
Eren couldn't agree more. In all the time he had known Levi, he had noticed that the man never talked about how he felt. He was always behind that emotionless mask of his. Eren now realized that it was the man's own way of coping with the countless losses he must have suffered throughout his whole life. Levi had suffered – just like all of them. Eren realized that the captain had probably had a very similar childhood than the three of them. They had stopped being children a long time ago – way too early. And life in the Underground city must have been hellish. Eren himself had always hated the walls – he felt like a caged bird. But to imagine being forced to live underground, never to see the sunlight or the stars... the thought was a nightmare.
"Do you think you had a happy childhood?" Eren read the next question. "And he answers… 'Don't ask stupid questions.'"
Eren smiled – just a little. If the question hadn't been so serious, Levi's answer would have been funny. Of course he didn't have a happy childhood – he was an orphan born and raised in the Underground City.
"How would you describe the relationship between you and your parents?" was the next question. "'None of your business.'"
Jean smirked. "I'm getting a slight feeling that he didn't actually want to do to this evaluation thing."
"Do you ever have nightmares?" Eren read. "'Hell no, I dream about flowers and butterflies."
"Did he actually pass this evaluation?" Connie grinned.
"Do you consider yourself depressed?" he read the next question. Levi's answers were dripping of sarcasm. "' No, I always stay positive. I'm a very happy person.'" Eren spoke and frowned. "And there's a smiley face at the end."
Connie and Jean snorted, and even Mikasa smiled.
"If you were an animal, what would you be?" he continued, but stopped and looked at others.
"Why the fuck is that relevant?" Jean grimaced.
"Well come on. What did he answer?" Armin wanted to know.
"He answered: 'What the fuck'" Eren said.
"Interesting", said Connie.
"Well, I know what Jean would be", the titan shifter smirked.
"Neigh", said Sasha. Jean gave them almost a levi-like glare.
"There's a question called 'Do you think you need therapy?' to which he answered 'nay'" Eren said, barely holding back his laughter.
The psychological evaluation indeed was entertaining, but most of all Levi's file was quite sad. It was full of reports about expeditions, missions and notes.
"Another set of photos", Eren said and picked up the pictures. His heart started beating faster as he noticed the familiar faces.
"It's his old squad", he said quietly. The photo was taken outside, in front of the familiar castle. Erd Gin, Günther Schultz and Auruo Bossard were standing side by side, with Levi and Petra Ral in front of them. The height difference was ridiculous. Petra was almost laughing, Erd had a calm smile, Günther was smirking and Auruo had a arrogant smile on his face. Levi had his casual, serious, resting expression.
They were all quiet. All of them knew what had happened to them.
The next picture was about Erwin, Mike, Hanji and Levi. They were in front of the same building – the photos were most likely taken on the same day. Mike and Erwin were at the sides, and Hanji and Levi were between them. Hanji was grinning from ear to ear with the familiar glimmer in the corner of her eye, and Eren smiled.
The last picture presented them, the new Squad Levi. Eren remembered the day the photo was taken – it had been sunny and nice and not a very long time ago.
"That was four months ago, right?" Connie asked and Armin nodded. The picture had them all – Jean, Eren, Sasha and Mikasa in the back and Connie, Levi and Armin in the front.
The papers were almost finished. There was one more report left – it was from the expedition where Levi's old squad had faced their ends. Eren almost got tears in his eyes from the memory – but it also filled him with anger. Anger towards the titans.
There were a few reports about Levi's visits to a doctor. Mikasa seemed uncomfortable and Eren shifted too on his chair. It was their fault that the captain had hurt his leg.
"That was it, guys." Armin said quietly. They had gone through the entire thing.
"Well, now we know", Jean said, trying to smile – but everyone was feeling down. Eren didn't really know what to think about it all. He had always wanted to know about Levi's past… but this had been the wrong thing to do. He felt pure guilt pounding in his chest, and when he looked at the expressions on Armin and Mikasa's faces, he knew he wasn't the only one.
"We better go", Mikasa said and nodded at Sasha. They said their good nights and disappeared through the door.
"Hide the file, Connie. Let's take it back tomorrow", Jean said quietly, before climbing to his top bunk. Eren had to make his way to the dungeons.
His steps were heavy, thoughts filled with the things he'd just read. Levi had a family in the Underground city – Farlan Church and Isabel Magnolia. And they died outside the walls thirteen years ago.
He was so sunk into the depths of his own thought that he didn't notice who was walking past him in the corridor. Eren winced and looked at Captain Levi, who was sipping his tea and reading a report while walking.
"Captain", Eren greeted quietly before speedwalking past him. He felt the older man's eyes on drill to his back.
How am I ever going to look him in the eye again? I betrayed his trust and he doesn't even know it.
The next day Eren was up before anyone else. It's not like he'd been sleeping, though. Not one minute – he had been laying there, wide awake, going through the mess inside his head.
He met the others at breakfast, and there was one thing written all over his teammates' faces.
Guilt.
Levi was chatting with Erwin and Hanji, sipping his tea with his own, characteristic way. Eren couldn't bring himself to look at the Captain, but others kept glancing at him. The commander and the squad leaders weren't blind. Or deaf.
"Someone steal all your cookies? Why is everyone looking so fucking grim?" Levi asked as he took another sip of his tea, grey eyes scanning the soldiers. Armin quickly answered:
"We just had a bit of a disagreement, but it's alright. We talked it through."
Levi frowned and Eren felt as his squad leader's eyes turned towards him. He felt like he was boiling inside his skin.
"You sure everything's alright?" the Captain asked suspiciously.
"Of course. Just woke up from the wrong side of the bed", Connie answered. He tried to offer a reassuring smile, but he didn't succeed very well. And Eren couldn't smile. He knew that Levi noticed something was wrong – Mikasa was looking down, hiding behind her hair, and Sasha was picking on her food – not eating a bite. That alone was a warning bell to anyone. The excitement that had been so real the day before was gone with the wind. They were all just feeling guilty for letting down their leader.
Eren escaped back to the dungeons. Levi knew something was wrong and sooner or later he would find out what they had done. What would happen then? He would be so angry… and disappointed.
"Eren."
He stiffened. Eren didn't have to turn around to know who it was.
"Care to tell me what's going on?" Levi asked, walking into his cell.
Eren closed his eyes and lowered his head. He couldn't look the corporal in the eye.
"All of you are acting super weird today. Mikasa hates me, but she brought me tea. Connie is a lazy bastard, but he's cleaned almost half of the eastern wing", the Captain continued, sitting next to Eren on his bed. "And I would very much like to know what's going on here."
Eren lifted his head a little, looking at Levi for the first time that day. Still not in the eye, though.
"It's almost as if you were all feeling guilty about something", Levi kept pushing.
"We're so sorry, captain", Eren finally burst out. He kept staring at the floor.
"Eren. Look at me."
Reluctantly the teen turned his eyes to face Levi's. The Captain's eyes were worried, his expression demanding. Eren knew he would have to tell the corporal. There was no point in backing off now.
"Yesterday evening Connie had to visit the archives", Eren started quietly. He felt his voice die out and turned back to look at his hands.
"So he found something else down there, too", the boy said. He was going through internal struggle to continue.
"Eren, you'll feel much better if you'll just tell me", Levi said carefully.
He sighed and turned to look at the corporal in the eye. "He found your file, captain. And he brought it to the barracks so that we could..."
Levi didn't even blink. "So that you could take a look at what I was doing before I joined the Survey Corps?"
Eren let out a humorless laugh. "Something like that."
Suddenly Levi smiled. "That was all?" he asked. Eren was so baffled by his reaction he wasn't sure how to react.
"U-Um… yes?"
"Well thank god, I thought something really serious had happened."
Eren blinked a few times. "But this is serious, I mean… we stole your personal file. We betrayed your trust."
Levi was looking at him with his grey eyes and blinked. "True. But I'm not mad at you."
Eren frowned, confused. "Why not?"
"Because you're all a bunch of brats. And not just that, you're a bunch of curious brats", he said with a warm tone. "Although, you never did ask about my past so I didn't think you lot would be interested."
Eren stared at him. Was he serious? How could they not be interested?
"You could have just asked, you know", he added with a smirk. It was so unlike Levi to smile, that it made Eren almost uncomfortable.
"Would you have told us?" asked Eren. The corporal frowned and was silent for a moment.
"Probably not everything."
"Would you have told us about Farlan and Isabel?"
Eren felt as the captain stiffened next to him. He glanced at the older man. For a moment there was a flash of raw emotions in Levi's eyes. Then he blinked a few times and said:
"Certainly not. Haven't talked about them in ten years."
Eren was unsure what to answer. "It must be hard."
"You know it is."
The boy blinked a few times and examined his fingernails. He knew Levi was referring to Eren's mother.
"I've still got Mikasa and Armin", he replied.
"Yes you do. Now come on", Levi said and stood up. The short man looked down at Eren, who was still struggling to understand why the corporal didn't seem to be mad at all.
"We're very sorry, captain", Armin said, looking at his feet.
"I know you are, but for God's sake stop acting like it's the end of the world", Levi said with a cold tone. Eren bit his bottom lip and glanced at his friends. They were standing in a hall, gathered there by Levi himself.
"Are you going to report this to Erwin?" Connie asked carefully.
"Maybe. But I'll make sure you're not punished", Levi replied and glared at him. It was amazing how scary a five foot three man could be.
"Now then, you shitty brats. I'm sure you have some questions. Spill them out", said Levi. Eren felt his own surprise being reflected from all of their faces.
"Um", started Jean nervously, "Did you really call the inquisitor a shitmonger?"