Chapter 41

After a few months, Marley sends out their first survey fleet to Paradis Island. However, the appearance of the Ocean Titan, the Weather Titan, and the Sky Titan appear as they lift the ship before bringing it crashing down on the shore.

"Welcome, my friends from the Maley." Commander Erwin is the one greeting them. "Welcome to Paradis Island, I am Commander Erwin, and I'm here to greet our guests who've come so far across the sea."

Hange says, "Why don't you guys step this way and join us for some tea? By the way, we're already friends with this guest that arrived before you."

Levi arrives with a captured soldier. Hange asks, "Is that right? Nicolo?"

"Captain! Forget about me and shoot these devils!" Nicolo yells.

"What are you saying, Nicolo?" Hange asks.

"He's tired of your shitty skit." Levi sighs.

"Nicolo! Understand this you devils! Marley doesn't mingle with filthy blood! Go drink your pig piss with your filthy friends!" The Captain says while raising the weapon.

"Aww! Hey! You sure you wanna be rude to us?" Hange asks. "Can't you see the Titans behind you?!"

Just then, Eren, Dina, and Armin also appear in their Titan forms, and the fleet realizes that they have 6 Titans to face. The Captain yells, "We'll never yield to you devils! Say hello to this!"

Just then, he is shot dead by a woman behind him. "Hands up, Yelena!"

"Drop your weapons." The woman named Yelena points at another soldier.

"What are you-" "Do as she says."

Yelena takes off her helmet and says, "Commander Erwin. I'd be happy to accept your invitation. Let's have tea."

Commander Erwin nods and says, "Welcome." After shaking hands, Yelena turns to the 6 Titans and says, "Amazing... I've longed to meet all of you."

The Squad is outside guarding the tents against a far distance. "That huge lady of theirs shot and killed her comrade." Connie mumbles as he looks down at the tents. "Wonder what her goal is."

Jean says, "Who knows? Whether friend or foe, she's not to be trusted."

Sasha lets out a small yawn, which makes Mikasa come over and pull on Sasha's ponytail. "No napping, Sasha."

"But their willingness to share information is unbelievably lucky for us." Armin says.

"Yelena is a devote follower of our big brother Zeke." Katrina says, causing them to get surprised.

"Are we seriously working with the Monkey who caused a lot of problems in my hometown?" Connie asks with slight anger.

"What he did is unforgivable, but he is still our brother and he is also Mother's blood." Eren says. "If he's on our side, Marley might have lost one of their sources to change people into Pure Titans. And he will also help us with my Founding Titan powers."

While Hange is looking at the weapons, Erwin asks, "So how much fleet Marley has?"

"The Marley army has 20000 soldiers per division. With 50 divisions, that's 1000000 soldiers." Yelena replies. "There is also the navy with three fleets, each comprised of 21 battleships. They've made tremendous progress in new weapons and aerial warfare as well."

Onyankopon says, "In other words, vehicles allowing one to attack the enemy from the sky."

"It seems that they've been advanced since I last heard from them." Dina frowns. "It will be difficult for us if they launch an attack on us."

"If Marley had such capabilities this whole time, why haven't they attacked in over a year?" Moblit asks.

"There are two main reasons. One is the Pure Titans released here. Even with the latest weapons, they would hinder a land assault. They were used as a tool to confine Eldians within the walls, but in turn, they protected Eldia from invasion." Yelena says.

"Well, ain't that funny?" Levi asks.

"Though dawn is coming soon, and that's when Titans are active. But if we're way out here, sipping on tea outside the walls, you must have killed all the Titans roaming around." She turns back to them. "Is that true?"

"Not actually, we manage to create a special syringe that turns the pure Titans back to humans." Erwin says.

"And are you going to report this to Marley?" Levi asks.

"No, it blows away expectations." Yelena replies.

"And the second reason?" Hange asks.

"Currently, Marley is at war with multiple nations. They can't be bothered with Paradis. You defeated the Warrior unit, the pride of Marley, and captured two of their main weapons, the Colossal and Female Titan. Marley's many enemies took notice and were quick to unite and declare war."

"If you guys are secret agents who infiltrated Marley, I'm guessing you came from conquered nations?" Erwin asks.

"We're not secret agents or anything of the sort. We were powerless. Marley took our homes and forced us to be soldiers." Yelena lowers her head. "We were close to losing hope at ever striking back. Until we met him."

"Let me guess, my son Zeke Yeager, the Beast Titan, right?" Dina asks.

"So you must be Ms. Dina that Zeke told us about." Yelena says. "I saw your son as something different. A god. One that gave hope to the powerless. Under Zeke Yeager's command, we shot our superiors. We're the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers. Our goal: To free the Eldian people."

Everyone knows what Yelena means because of Eren's help, Zeke wants them to be unable to bear children so that Eldians will eventually die out. Yelena says, "By the way, Zeke wants to give this letter to you, Ms. Dina."

Dina stares at the letter as she accepts it. "Thank you."

At an assembly gathered between the heads of the military, Erwin gives Zeke's demands in return for him helping the Eldians; sharing technology for weapons, starting relations between Paradis Island and other warring nations fighting Marley, and providing support.

"Absurd! I don't even want to hear it!"

"He's the Beast Titan! He turned the people of Ragako into Titans and incited a panic! This is the same person who nearly annihilated the Scouts!"

Zachary says, "His one and only goal is to retake the Founding Titan and the person with the Neumann blood. Since he can't do it by force, he'll attempt it diplomatically."

Pyxis says, "He should know we'll expect that. Let's hear what else he has to say."

"According to Zeke, he has a secret plan to solve the Eldian issue. To carry it out, it requires the Founding Titan, a person with the Neumann blood, and a Titan with royal blood." Erwin says. "With all three of them, the world can be saved."

At the same time, Eren raises his hand and says, "He's telling the truth, however, he is not the only one with the Titan with Royal Blood. Aya, Mother, and I have been doing a lot of experiments with the power of the Founding Titan. And we also use it to break the vow of renouncing war. This power can also wake up the Titans inside the walls and activate the Rumbling."

Everyone stares at Eren in shock, Erwin says, "However, Zeke's secret plan holds up."

"Are you nuts? You trust them?" Nile asks.

"Yeah! We can't have all those soldiers on the island!" "We oughta hang them all!"

"No, we can't do that." Erwin says, "To protect the island from Marley's scout ships, we need the volunteers. Besides, thanks to Eren, we have a glimpse of what Zeke's secret plan is. And we also have Zeke's mother who will be trying to persuade her son to change the plan."

"I see." Historia says.

Back in the office, Dina looks at the letter from Zeke.

Mother,

I was surprised that you were still alive, I wanted to apologize for everything. I was angry at the fact that you didn't treat me as your son but as a tool for the Eldian Empire, I just wanted our relationship like a family. I wanted to tell you about how I learned baseball with the former Beast Titan Tom Ksaver, but you always kept yourselves and never wanted to care. When I heard that Marley was close to discovering the location of the Eldian Restorationists, I was scared, I didn't want all of us to become Pure Titans. I didn't want to become someone like Aunt Faye, but Dad never listened to me. Why couldn't we just lay low for a before continuing the plan?

I wanted to free the Eldian race as well, that's why I was also operating in the shadows of Marley. I heard from Mr. Ksaver that the Founding Titan could change the composition of their bodies, I thought about making all of us sterile, so that they would die out within 100 years without a need for mass genocide. But after seeing you alive in Paradis, I realized that you might not agree with this plan, especially since I learned that I have two more siblings... I wanted to know, did you and Dad treat them as tools like I did? Or did you realize your mistakes and treated them with love and care?

And there is also Aya Neumann, a member of the Neumann family, since my brother Eren was the Founding Titan, that means she was bound to him, right? The Neumann family can save the whole world, and Marley also wanted her to remain a global superpower. I know I killed a lot of people in Paradis to hide from Marley, and I know I won't be forgiven, but I don't want us Eldians to suffer anymore. Right now Marley was in a war with the Mid-eastern allies, and I couldn't come back to Paradis and meet you because of it. But I promise... I will assist you to revive the Eldian Empire.

Zeke.

Dina breaks into tears after seeing the letter, she mutters, "Zeke... I'm sorry..."

Eren, Aya, Mikasa, and Katrina are by her side, and Eren says, "So what did big brother Zeke says?"

Dina stops her tears and says, "Just as you saw, he wanted to make us sterile so that we Eldians would die in peace for 100 years."

"That is not going to happen." Aya says, "The world won't wait until 100 years, they want to get rid of us as soon as possible."

Katrina says, "Mother, you really don't need to beat yourself up because of it. I'm sure that Zeke would forgive you for your actions."

"But he still has to pay for what he's done to the scouts back in Shiganshina." Mikasa folds her arms.

At the same time, Armin is now visiting Annie. "I still don't know why you have been continuing to talk to me..."

"Because I care about you." Armin says, "You are not the Female Titan anymore, and it seems you haven't eaten too much as well. Marley was currently in a war with the Mid-east Allies, and we also captured Marley's survey fleets so we could have them make a boat to Marley. Once it is done, I'm sure we can bring you back to Marley."

Annie sighs and says, "I'm glad to know... So how was your training with the Colossal Titan?"

"It was doing fine, sometimes I still couldn't control the explosion... I'm still thankful enough that you shared the information of the Colossal Titan with me..." Armin says.

"I don't actually care about Marley anymore. They could lose to the Mid-East forces if I care." Annie says, "They are just a bunch of liars, and I still can't believe they abandoned me here..."

"They had no other choice, we almost killed Reiner and the Beast if your Cart Titan didn't come to their rescue." Armin says.

"Only you would try to sympathize with the enemy, huh..." Annie chuckles. "But that's what makes you special, Armin."

Armin blushes a little and says, "Yeah. Have you thought about us bringing your father here to Paradis? I'm sure even if you return to Marley, they would never let you go as you are still Eldians like us..."

"I don't know what my father would think." Annie says, "Marley has been brainwashing Eldians."

"You're right about that..." Armin sighs.

And here is a new chapter, starting this chapter it is going to be a lot different. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be Hirizu.