Chapter 4

The next day, Armin and the others are now back at Capital Mitras, some people are happy to see them return, and the others are glaring at them because they are the ones who stopped Eren and the Rumbling that ensures their safety.

When they meet the queen, Historia greets them and says, "It is nice to see you guys again. How are the meetings in the Western nations?"

Armin says, "It has been doing fine. The Stamer Nation has been willing to do some trade with us."

"And the Vilij Nation is also accepting our proposal for the alliance." Jean says.

"I see...I appreciate your hard work... however, there are some important matters that we need to talk about." Historia says.

"Is there something the matter?" Reiner asks with slight confusion.

Historia stands up and looks at the window. "It has been 3 years since all of you stopped the Rumbling and Eren Yeager. That action has caused all the Titans to cease to exist, however, is that the case?"

This causes the six of them to look at her with confusion. Pieck asks, "The Titans should've been gone, right? But why do you ask?"

Historia takes out 7 pictures, when she shows the first one, she says, "A month ago, I was at the farm with my daughter Ymir, we didn't know what is going on, but we heard an explosion. When we got outside, we found a dead body and this."

Everyone stared at the picture and gasped, the weapon is the War Hammer made of crystalization. Reiner widens his eyes and says, "The War Hammer? But that's impossible!"

"Eren was the last War Hammer Titan... do you guys think that..." Connie asks.

"It's impossible! I saw Mikasa holding his beheaded head." Armin says.

Historia says, "The dead body is an assassin sent by the Mid-east Nations, one of the nations that refuse to make any deals and negotiations with us. After witnessing this miracle, I secretly asked some people to do some investigation while trying not to get the crowd to know this."

She shows the second picture, "This is close to the Braus Family, there are rumors that a giant wolf had been lurking around the area. This is the closest we can take."

They see a pair of hazel eyes and the shadow of the wolf, which is bigger than normal. Historia says, "And we have doubts to believe that it is the Beast Titan."

"Beast Titan?" Annie asks, "A wolf Beast Titan? But why was it there?"

"We don't know." Historia says. "Kaya was the one who took this picture, and their family has been trying to hunt the giant prey but never got to see it."

She shows the third picture, which is the Reiss Chapel. There are some claws on the walls. "There are some claw marks on the Reiss Chapel, some of the luminescent ores have been missing."

"The only ones who can make those claw marks are the Jaws...we know how hard those ores are." Jean stares at the picture. "But how is that even possible?"

"We don't know. Whoever did this needs the ore for their use..." Historia says.

She shows the fourth picture, which is the giant explosion. Armin widens his eyes and says, "This explosion... only the Colossal Titan can make this!"

"Correct, however, that site is already abandoned and nobody has been living there for years." Historia says. "And when our soldiers got there, we saw nothing but burned marks and ashes."

"Strange...what does that mean?" Connie asks. "Armin, did you transform?"

Armin says, "I'm not the Titan, my body can't heal any damage like a Titan shifter used to."

Historia shows the fifth picture, and Reiner's the one who looks shocked. "This is..."

"Close to the ocean, we found a large piece on the beach. After researching, we found that it is actually the same material as the Armored Titan." Historia says.

And she shows the sixth picture, which showed some machine guns aiming at the airship in the sky. Historia says, "The Mid-East Nations has sent an airship with bombs two weeks ago, however, the whole airship was shot by some sort of machine gun."

Pieck says, "This looks like the Cart Titan's gear..."

"Indeed, however, the one taking this picture never saw the Titan, and we also arrested the people inside the ship. They claimed that the Rumbling and the Titans destroyed their home and they wanted revenge." Historia says, "And they were now in our dungeon. But we're not finished yet."

As she shows the final picture, everyone gasps in shock. Historia says, "This is what we found from the prisoners of the Mid-East Nations."

"That's the Attack Titan and the Female Titan!" Annie gasps.

"Yes, nobody in the world believes the Mid-East Nations about the devils being alive, which is why the Mid-East Nations wanted to attack the island." Historia says. "And after showing these 7 pictures, you can guess what's going on."

"The Titans are gone, but the power of the 9 hasn't..." Armin says in horror. "They could've ruined the negotiations that we worked hard for if the other nations knew..."

Historia says, "You're right. That's why I want you to help me, who are the 8 Titans that are still living out in the world?"

"Do you think it is one of the Yeagerists?" Jean asks.

"We can't let them know about the Titans still existing, it will cause more trouble when they spread to the crowd about everything." Historia says.

"You're right. They already caused a lot of trouble by assassinating former Premier Zachary, and they also put Zeke's spinal fluid into the wines so that Commander Pyxis, Commander Nile, and the others become Titans. If they knew the truth, who knows what kind of disaster they're going to make..." Armin says.


After the meeting's over, the six of them are in the wagons as they are heading to Shiganshina. Pieck is holding the seven pictures, and she mutters, "You know... the Attack Titan really looks like Eren Yeager no matter what you look. However, I don't recognize the Female Titan."

Armin says, "If I hope, I really want to see Eren again..." Then he realizes something, "Mikasa... do you think we should tell Mikasa about this?"

"But without the Titans, Mikasa lost the strength that she used to have." Jean says. "She wouldn't be able to fight like she used to."

Annie stares at the female Titan and says, "You know... this Female Titan looks familiar to me..."

Reiner asks, "How come?"

"It reminded me of one of the victims that I killed during your so-called expedition..." Annie says. "Now that I think about it, she was the only girl that was by Eren's side in that expedition..."

Jean says, "That means she used to be one of Captain Levi's Special Squad during the 57th expedition? But you killed her, right?"

Connie says, "Killed... Eren was also killed as well. And that Beast Titan near Sasha's family..."

Armin widens his eyes, "Sasha... guys... I think I might have a crazy idea... do you think the 8 Titan Shifters... were people that were once killed and got revived?"

Everyone starts to feel shivers as Reiner says, "Armin, you're crazy... we all know that we can't revive the dead."

"You're right about that." Connie says.

Pieck is looking outside the wagon once she finishes examining the pictures, she notices something similar to the former walls in front of them. "Guys... look over there."

Everyone looks outside the window and they widen their eyes, "Walls? In this forest?"

"No way... how come nobody saw this place?" Connie asks in shock.

They have the carriage stop there as they walk toward the walls, Reiner stares at the wall and says, "The wall is 50 meters tall, just like the three walls in the past..."

"And this seems to be the gate..." Armin says as they stand in front of the gate, which is closed tightly. "Coordinate Village?"

Annie touches the walls and says, "The walls were the same material as the Titan hardening. That means whoever's behind the door must be the Titan shifters..."

"Guys... someone's coming!" Reiner says as they quickly hide behind the tree. They see two people with cloaks walking towards the gate.

"We really got a lot of wood for today." The two people are Fay and Marco. "I think it is enough for us to stay warm for these days."

"You're right." Marco says. "By the way, your brother was heading to Shiganshina for today, do you know why?"

Fay says, "He's going to buy some medicine, but after what happened yesterday, it is the first time that I saw him happy after being gloomy for 3 years."

"That's great to know." The boy says as they enter the walls, unaware of the six people who are hiding.

After the six of them get out of their hiding spot, Jean says, "Armin, don't you think that voice sound similar to Marco?"

"Marco?" Armin asks with surprise. "How is that even possible? I was just joking about the whole revival thing..."

"I think we need to report everything to the queen and have them inspect this whole place." Pieck says, and the others nod in agreement as they quickly leave.


"Thank you so much, Dr. Kruger!" The woman thanks Eren as the boy in the bed is feeling better.

"No problem, just make sure that he continues to take medicine and he'll be fine." Eren says as he bids farewell to the woman. When he gets outside, Mikasa has been waiting for him.

"Since when did you become a doctor?" Mikasa asks with confusion.

"You don't think I've been staying inside the walls for these 3 years, right?" Eren says. "I managed to get some of my Dad's books and I've been studying them. It is the least I can do after killing so many people..."

"I see..." Mikasa sighs.

"Now let's head back, I'm sure Fay has already brought more wood." Eren says.

But just before they're walking into the forest, they notice a carriage passing by, it is then that Armin notices both Eren and Mikasa at the same time.

"It's Mikasa and...Eren?" Armin asks. "Stop the wagon!"

Eren and Mikasa quickly run into the forest and Mikasa says, "Eren? Why are we running?"

"That wagon, Armin was inside that wagon. I'm not ready to tell him everything." Eren says, and he is surprised that Mikasa isn't struggling this much, maybe because her Ackermann powers were gone, and she is now just like a normal girl.

Jean asks, "Armin? What's going on? Why did you stop the wagon?"

Armin stares in the direction where Eren and Mikasa went, and he thinks, "Was that Mikasa and Eren? Does that mean Mikasa knows Eren is alive?"

He has a lot of questions, if those two are Mikasa and Eren, how is that even possible? The last time they met, Eren has been doing hurtful things to Mikasa, if that's the case, how did Eren manage to apologize to her and what is going on?

Armin takes a breath and says, "You guys can go without me. I'm going back to that place."

"Then I'll come with you, it won't be safe if you go alone." Annie says as the two of them leave the wagon, much to the other four's confusion.


Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, Armin, being the smartest one in the group, is starting to doubt Eren, and I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be the reveal for Armin and Annie.