Chapter 33

Law has always been observant of people. He just didn't bother unmasking people's peculiarity. The shifter trio they unmasked are clearly well-trained despite of their young age. Luffy had been weird attitude against them too. Ymir, who was following him at the moment, had been holding back on the exercises otherwise she would have been on the top 10 instead of Krista.

Luffy was with the other teenagers. Law hoped he wasn't spouting any weird stuff especially around Ackerman. He didn't want a scuffle to arouse between them visibly. The people in the scouts are rather sensitive. Wouldn't do if Luffy struck something he shouldn't lest he'll be accused of being a titan.

Law brought Ymir to one of the unused rooms in the castle. The room was bare. It only had a rectangular table with a few chairs placed upside down on its surface. However, it was neat and clean due to the recent order to clean the entire castle right when they got back. After all, they wouldn't want the Survey Corp's midget clean freak to glare holes at them for not cleaning.

Ymir took a chair down and sat on it. "What do you want?"

"You're quite a good actor, Freckles-ya," Law said. He leaned against the wall while his arm were crossed on his chest. "Not good enough to fool me though." Ymir frowned.

"As I've mentioned, Leonhart already talked. She said about Marleyans and Eldians, the war and enmity between them. Basically some short history about how titans came about to the world- how the first titan had been named... Ymir." Law's eyes turned to meet hers. "You might want to explain yourself starting there..."

''...'' Ymir's face blackened.

"Immortality or... Reincarnation?" Law tilted his head.

"..." Ymir twitched. "... The hell are you talking about?"

"I guess not the two," Law sounded disappointed. "It's not like it's impossible. I mean people gained the ability to shift into titans because their ancestors ate a fruit..."

Sounds like a devil fruit...

But it couldn't be a devil fruit because when the user dies, the fruit will grow back again in some part of the world. In this case, the Eldians had the power passed to their descendants."

"But you can't deny the fact that you came from the same place as them," Law said. "Your composure is too wrong for someone who have lived in the walls for a long time. Not only are you quite fearless when you've first met a titan- you didn't bat an eye about the fact regarding Braun and the others."

"... Can't I be one of the weirdos? Those shit you laid out doesn't mean a thing," Ymir said. "Isn't it more bat shit crazy- the fact that 2 effing kids went out with the Scouts and end up surviving than the veteran soldiers? You two are more likely to be from wherever out there."

Law laughed. "You aren't denying it."

"What's the point? I don't know what kind of magic you used with Annie that made her talk but I don't want to experience it myself," Ymir said. "You guys defeating those shifters means you got some skill... I'd rather not make difficulties with myself." she hmpfed.

"Smart," Law nodded. "So I'm wondering, since you guys came from the same place- How come they seem to be unaware of you?" Ymir let him continue. "From what Leonhart said, the path to here should have tons of titans waiting- I mean how could it not be? The titans out there are banished Eldians from Marley. It should be hard to reach here just by walking, not to mention, alone."

"Smartass." It was Ymir's turn to laugh. "It's really hard for people to think like this like thinking of humans turning to titans in normally impossible. You even think beyond of this... I don't know how you do it."

"I'm experienced," Law shrugged. "That's all you need to know. Are you going to talk or not?"

"... Tsk. You already brought me to talk privately, what other choice do I have?" Ymir said. "Yeah, those three don't have knowledge that I'm from same place as them. Did you know that there are only 9 titans who are unique? Have you heard how the chosen successor inherit their power?"

"Transform into titan and eat the one with the power?" Law said.

"Yeah. I was one of titans outside- got banished by Marley and got turned into titan. The only reason I got to transform back into human was because I ate their warrior friend," Ymir said. "I vaguely remember attacking Reiner but his fellow warrior saved him…"

Law said thoughtfully, "Braun's luckier than I thought… If Braun had been the one eaten, then breaking Wall Maria would have been difficult. So what titan power did you get?"

Ymir shrugged in reply.

"Any chance you will reveal yourself to the Scouts?"

"Probably when Krista decides to reveal herself first, I promised her to tell my secret when she does," she replied. "Are we done yet…?" she raised a brow at Law. "Is it my turn to ask questions now?"

"There was never your turn," Law said, the hands in his chest found themselves in his trouser pockets. "They should be done talking now. You can go and see your beloved Krista."

"… You and Luffy are really effing different," Ymir said, exasperatedly. "If I didn't know about those warriors in advance, I would have thought that were part of them!"

Law just quirked the corner of his mouth a bit before leaving the newly uncovered titan shifter.


The travel to the Capital was very fruitful. They got a lot of new information, especially from the Wallists. They have just finished talking with Krista who left the room with a serious face. She was probably thinking hard of what they had talked to her.

"If our dear Levi wasn't there, I bet Minister Nick would have been really hard to talk to!" Hange said. "To think the current emperor was just for show!"

"Reiss family have really hidden themselves well," Erwin said.

"We got ourselves lucky too~ I mean, to think we'd have someone from the Reiss family…" Hange said excitedly. "Makes going against the royal government easier, ain't it, Erwin?"

Erwin nodded with a smile. Levi, who was just looking as the two conversed with a passive face, began.

"Erwin, you haven't told us what you're planning with Luffy…"

"… Does it matter at the moment?" Erwin asked.

"How you will handle him will determine if we will bother staying here…" Levi said. Hange gasped at that.

"You're seriously thinking of leaving at this time?!"

"Nothing's tying me here- You guys should know very well yourselves as to why we're here in the first place," Levi said. "Humanity's strongest man? I don't give a fuck about that."

Erwin sighed. "I haven't really thought about it, Levi. Like you, we have watched Luffy and Law grow up. Besides, the timing is off. Leonhart and the rest of her fellows snuck in the walls years after you adopted the boys. So they shouldn't be in cahoots with them…" He looked at the shorter man. "Indeed something with Luffy is off. It must be related to the past that he, and possibly Law, forgot. We can investigate it after we deal with Shiganshina."

The answer satisfied Levi. It could be seen on how he stopped glaring holes at Erwin.

"Anyways, for now, we need to protect Eren and Krista- no, Historia hard. I get the feeling everything's going to go off the spiral. The Reiss family should have their own intel. In no time, they will move against us."

"Hmmm~ I think we already have that covered," Hange hummed. "I mean, we got the Humanity's strongest man protecting Eren and his babies protecting Historia!" Levi glared at her. Erwin laughed at her words.

"You are right about that," he said. "Anyways we need to tell everyone about this later. For now, a day off… These days we had were very eventful."

Everyone deserved a day off after all the shocks they received.

"I guess we should thank Eren's father for this," Hange laughed. "All of the breakthroughs we had these year are sort of thanks to him somehow transforming Eren into a titan… Without Eren, I think we'll have a hard time digesting all of these. Plus Eren should have been an unexpected variable in the enemy's plans."

"I think Braun and Hoover were trying to take Eren with them back that damn hairy bastard was there," Levi said. "I asked Eren what they had talked about, he said they were planning to destroy and kill everyone inside these walls."

Erwin smiled wryly. "We're not going to make that easier for them."


I'm sorry for being late. This laozhi was busy cause of some homework and I can't write a chapter without finishing it, otherwise, I'll be anxious to the point I don't wanna do anything and just be a potato in some corner. I tried to make a 2k chapter to uh make up for my lateness but my brain can only fart 1.5k words at most. QAQ

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