Chapter 57

Aya is now standing on top of a pure Armored Titan, and she is grabbing both Porco and Reiner in its hands. Reiner and Porco notice that everyone soldier coming with them has been dead from the attack of the Armored Titans.

"Do you get it?" Aya asks while folding her arms. "This is the power of the Neumann, the power that you've been trying to get for Marley."

"Lady Neumann..." Just then, Aya lets go of both Reiner and Porco, as the two of them are surrounded by the Scouts.

At the same time, Magath finally gets up and sees Annie standing in front of him. "Leonhart..."

Annie says, "Long time no see, Commander Magath. Looks like the table has turned it seems."

Magath says, "To think of all people, you would betray your own motherland Marley..."

"And I will be the one who ends your life." Annie says while pointing the pistol at him.

"Just do it..." Magath says while closing his eyes, "I can't be proud of myself. I went against my will and followed the orders of my country, I told you guys to destroy the walls. Now... I realized how happy I would be if you kids could live normal lives-"

Then Annie fires the pistol, shooting Magath in the head as he dies. After the shot, Armin uses his ODM gear to get to Annie. "Annie?"

Annie can't resist herself as she bursts out crying, Armin frowns as he pulls her into a hug.

At the same time, Jean is now standing in front of Reiner, who is tied up just like Porco, and he says, "To think someone like you will become something like this..."

"Jean..." Reiner mutters.

"I want to know, what happened to Marco? Annie said you have her steal his ODM gear and that's why he was eaten by a Titan." Jean says.

"Marco..." Reiner says, "Heard a conversation between me and Bertolt that had to be kept a secret. I feared our true forms would be found out... I thought that if Marco was killed by a Titan it would silence him well. I threw Marco onto a roof in midair. I held him down to keep him from moving while I made Annie take off his ODM gear. Marco was stuck there until a Titan came from behind and ate him."

Jean closes his eyes and asks, "Marco... is there anything he said to you at the very end?"

"He said... "We haven't even tried to talk this out yet." Reiner says.

Jean says, "That's it... we haven't been trying to talk this out. That's why we've been fighting to the death with each other like this, isn't it? If we'd just talked to each other at the start, we wouldn't be killing each other like this."

Hange comes and says, "It is still not too late. We've fought tooth and nail to be here. But at the very least... we're now talking instead of fighting."

Reiner cries, "I watched as the Titan ate Marco, and wondered why Marco was being eaten by a Titan. I flew into a rage after that and killed the Titan. Cursing it for what it did... to Marco."

"That's enough." Jean says. "You're saying the guilt messed with your brain, right?"

"Don't forgive me. I really am... a worthless man..."

"I said, that's enough." Jean is getting impatient, but just as Reiner is about to apologize again, Jean can't hold back as he punches the man.

"Jean!" Peter and Connie try to calm him down, as Jean says, "You bastard. I can't forgive you for what you've done to Marco..."

On the other side, Porco is also tied up with Sasha, Erwin, and Mikasa standing in front of him. "You're Porco Galliard, right?"

Porco mutters, "Why don't you just kill me..."

"We're not going to kill you." Erwin says.

Sasha says, "Since I am the Jaw Titan, I want to ask: Marcel Galliard is your brother, right?"

Porco widens his eyes and asks, "You... you're able to see his memories?"

"Yeah... you were supposed to become the Armored Titan, however, he decided to protect you...that's why he tricked the Army into making Reiner into the Armored Titan instead."

"Heh... I see... I'm glad to know I'm not worse than Reiner..." Porco says.

At the same time, Eren and Aya are now standing in front of Colt, Zeke, and Dina. Dina says, "You must be Kaspar Grice's nephew, am I correct?"

Colt says, "I assume you're a member of the Eldian Restorationists?"

"Yes, my name is Dina Fritz, I'm Zeke's mother and also the leader of the Eldian Restorationists along with my husband Grisha Yeager." Dina says. "And I'm sorry, your uncle was never turned into a Pure Titan. Marley kicked him down the wall and he was chased by the Titans until his death."

"I see... Did he say anything before his death?" Colt asks.

Eren says, "He said nothing other than blaming my Father and mother for the suffering."

Colt says, "I want to ask, Gabi and Falco... did you torture them when they arrived at the island?"

Aya says, "They are the ones who tortured themselves. They wanted to believe what Marley taught is right, they believed we were devils and they thought we were going to kill them. All we did is to show them around Paradis Island, watching the orphans growing up in the orphanage provided by the queen, seeing how the Eldians who lived in the walls were free and happy. Just like we said to Reiner. Across the sea, within the walls... It's the same. But you guys were taught everyone in the walls was a devil. You were children who knew nothing, but it was drilled into you."

Colt kneels and asks, "I know I don't have a say in this, but please... we want our parents to be safe..."

"Don't worry." Eren says while helping Colt to stand up. "With the majority of the soldiers being wiped out from the attack, Marley is already ruined. Aya and I will head to Marley and we'll do anything with it."

At Historia's ranch, Pieck, Katrina, Floch, and Odom arrive with Gabi and Falco by their side. Odom meets the Queen and says, "Your highness."

Historia looks at them and says, "I assume that the war of Paradis has ended?"

Katrina says, "Yes. All the Soldiers sent by Marley are either captured or killed, including Reiner Braun."

"I see..." Historia frowns as she notices Pieck. "And you are?"

"Your highness, I'm Pieck Finger. The holder of the Cart Titan." Pieck bows.

"I see... it is nice to learn that the Cart Titan has joined us." Historia says.

Odom says, "Your highness, we're here because we need to discuss the plan with Marley. With the soldiers experiencing a heavy loss, Marley might be in a panic. It is time to free the people in Marley."

Historia nods and says, "My pregnancy can't let me go anywhere that I want, I wish the best for you."

Katrina and Odom do the salute, and then they leave Gabi and Falco here while the three of them are going to Marley with the others.

Gabi turns to the queen and kneels. "I'm sorry..."

"Gabi?" Falco asks in surprise.

"Well, all of you people from Paradis Island...we wished for all of you to disappear. Despite that, you still treat us as guests... we're sorry."

Historia sighs, "You don't need to apologize, if anything, Marley is the one who tries to brainwash you. Instead of thinking of yourselves as less, why don't you want to think of yourselves as equal? And I promise, our goal is to free Eldians from discrimination and hatred."

Eren, Aya, Dina, and Erwin are now at the Marley government, without Willy Tybur and the soldiers, everyone in the government decides to surrender to Paradis.

After a few days, at the rebuilt stage, Aya is giving a speech to the people of Marley.

Aya says, "My name is Aya Neumann, and I am the last member of the Neumann family."

Everyone recognizes her as they start to boo at her since she betrayed Marley and she is the reason that causes the attack in Liberio. Aya says, "I know all of you probably hate me for betraying Marley, and I won't deny it. My true goal is to free Eldians from discrimination and hatred, all I want is for us Eldians and humans to be in peace."

This causes Eldians to stop booing, leaving Marleyans to be the ones booing. Aya says, "A month ago, Willy Tybur stands here and gives a speech for the declaration of War, and he tells the true history of the Eldian Empire. And here, I'm going to tell you the history of us Paradis Island."

Then she looks at Dina, who gives her a nod. Aya says, "After King Fritz brings Eldians to Paradis Island and creates the walls using the Titans, also known as the Rumbling, he uses the Founding Titan's Scream to make all of the Eldians in the world forget our history. They make a fake story of Eldians in Paradis being the last of humanity and Titans are monsters who are threatening humanity. We don't know what Titans are, all we know is that they are trying to eat us for no reason. And because of the Vow of renouncing war, we aren't able to stop the Titans and we lose people day after day."

Everyone starts to feel sympathy for them, and Aya continues, "And now that the history is over, I'm going to talk about my husband and the father of my children: Eren Yeager, the Current Founding Titan."

This causes everyone to widen their eyes in shock. Aya says, "My Mother is a member of the Eldian Restorationists. And because she's found out, Marley doesn't care if she's Neumann or not, they want to feed her to the Titans."

This causes everyone to be angry at the former Marley government, they know Neumann blood is their savior and how dare they try to kill her. "However, before she's killed, three of the spies inside Marley Government, which is known as the Owl, the Shark, and the Eagle, saved four members, including my mother, and give the other three the Attack Titan, the Ocean Titan, and the Sky Titan. Their goal is to retake the Founding Titan from the Royal family, and they did it.

My mother left me when I was 7, and it is when I lived with the Yeager Family inside the walls. Two years after, we were attacked by the Warriors of Marley, they destroyed the wall so the Pure Titans can enter and eat anyone they saw. It was because of this moment that Eren's father decided to give him both the power of the Attack Titan and the Founding Titan, and it is also at this moment that I began to gain the power of the Titans.

The recon in force caused by Marley causes a lot of our friends to be killed, and it takes us 5 years to overthrow the old government fabricated by the vow of renouncing war and stop the recon in force. And four years ago, we began our construction on the island once the Pure Titans are either changed back to normal or killed off.

All we want is to have peace with Marley and the other nations. 6 months ago, we began our journey across the world to learn how the Eldians in other nations were treated. We are mad at the discrimination that our blood has to suffer, that's why we began our attack in Liberio. Not only for the bloodshed inflicted by the forces of Marley, but also taking back the Titans that belonged to the Eldian Empire. Because of the Titans, we Eldians fear being changed into a Pure Titan. And I promise you, nobody is going to turn into a Titan even if you commit a crime. And we will make sure of that."

This causes the Eldians to be happy, but the Marleyans are not happy as the Titans are what they used to win the war against other nations. Aya says, "And because of Willy Tybur's declaration of War, the Eldian Empire might be under attack by other nations. My husband will still do the Rumbling when being threatened. However, it is also because of the power of the Founding, we changed the Colossal Titans in the wall into other Titans, meaning that their destruction is weakened, but still able to defend our nation. My goal is peace between humans and Eldians, and by doing this, I will like every Eldians to throw off your armbands as we are not tolerating any discrimination!"

When the Eldians hear it, some of them are happy to throw the armbands, while some of them are still worried. And the Marleyans who try to resist are either pointed at their heads by the Scouts and Military Police, forcing them to stop what they're doing.

Eren smiles as he hugs Aya, giving her a kiss, "You did it...Aya."

"I'm glad..." Aya says. "But this is just the beginning."

Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, the war with Marley ends with Paradis' victory. However, the story is not done yet as there are some things left.