Chapter 17
On the ocean close to Paradis Island, a ship is spying on the nation of Eldia. A soldier asks, "Why isn't the soldier responding to the call?"
"Those devils probably have captured him, I know it is a bad idea to provoke the island of devils." Another soldier says.
"What are you scared of? There are no Titans anymore in the world. We're doing this for our homeland. They shall suffer the pain of the Rumbling." The general says.
Just then, they notice a giant lightning in front of them, and suddenly, a giant wolf appears in front of them.
"Is that a wolf?" A soldier asks.
"There is no wolf being that big." The general says, "It seems to be heading towards us. Shoot it."
Suddenly, the giant wolf starts to dash, and eventually, it starts to grow wings and fly toward the ship, dodging all the bullets on the way.
"What is going on here?" Another lightning appears and this time they turn around to see that the Attack Titan is behind them. Those who recognize Eren Yeager widen their eyes in shock.
"No! That's... a Titan!" A soldier says.
"But how! They are supposed to be gone for sure!" Another soldier says.
Eren lets out a loud roar before reaching the ship the air, and both the soldiers and the generals are forced to jump out of the ship. And at the same time, the Beast Titan Sasha quickly gets out of the Titan's body and aims the arrow at them.
"Soldiers of Zweiflusse, one of the Mid-East nations, you are all under arrest for poisoning our people." Sasha says in a cold tone.
"Don't think you've won yet, you devils!" Before they can take out their weapons, the National Army, led by Erwin, Petra, and Gloria, have arrived and aimed the weapons at them.
Erwin says, "I won't try to do it if I were you, don't you forget we have a Titan behind you?"
They all gulp after seeing Eren staring at them, then they all surrender. After Eren gets back to his human form, he says, "It seems that the Rumbling isn't enough for you to leave our island alone. You really wanted war to happen?"
The soldiers gasp after seeing who the Titan really is, the soldier says, "General... it's... Eren Yeager! The Attacking Titan who caused the Rumbling!"
"But he was supposed to be dead! How was he still alive?" Another soldier panics.
Eren says, "Commander Erwin, what do you think is the wise choice to deal with them?"
"We shall send them to our prison first, then we'll discuss how to deal with them. If we let them go, they will inform the world of our return, and it will be the world war that we never wanted to happen." Erwin says.
"Too bad that the negotiations didn't last long." Gloria says after seeing all of the enemies bringing their own carriages. "But if we capture them, the news will be spread to the other nations as well. "Eldia kidnaps Zweiflusse soldiers without any reason." It will also cause chaos."
Eren says, "I guess it will be fine to announce the return of the Titans even to the outside world. And we will make sure that we're ready to face them this time."
After dealing with the other Zweiflusse soldiers, Sasha and Akira are now at Daupper Village. After their revival, Eren and Aya bring Sasha back to her family. Of course, her family is really happy to see her again, especially Kaya. And once they manage to stay at the village for a week, Sasha is now dating Akira and they are still going to help the military, and fortunately their family understands and since she is now a Titan shifter, they don't need to worry about Sasha being shot again.
While they are walking in the village, they hear a voice, "Sasha?"
They turn to see Connie approaching them. Connie asks, "Sasha... is that really you?"
"Long time no see, Connie." Sasha says. "I'm glad to see that you're still alive even after what happened 10 years ago. How's your mother doing?"
Connie says, "She's doing fine, although she's my only family left because you know what happened."
"Hey, Connie." Akira says as he greets the boy. "So what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to talk to Sasha, but it seems that you are also here as well." Connie says.
"Akira and I are dating now." Sasha says. "Although it was weird... right now I'm four years older than Akira right now..."
"We used to be the same age, but it doesn't matter." Akira says.
Connie says, "So Sasha... I wanted to ask... is it true that you were a part of the Yeagerists right before we were forced to attack Marley?"
Sasha suddenly drops the smile and says, "So what if I am? I mean, Eren did tell me everything. The Rumbling, the negotiations of the outside world, and also my death. At first, I couldn't bear that much information, but I had no other choice, and just by remembering Akira, Thomas, Mina, and the other cadets' death, and also what happened if we didn't do the Rumbling, I felt like Eren was right, the complete Rumbling is necessary."
Connie says, "I see... then did Eren tell you that he laughed when you died back then?"
Sasha nods and says, "I know, and I know why. I would have laughed in the same way as Eren. We both know that I would have died during that shot, and we couldn't even change it. In the original plan, Eren wanted to take a bullet for me, since he's a Titan shifter, he would be fine after that... but he was tied up by Captain Levi and that's why my death was unavoidable."
Connie frowns and says, "I hated him for laughing at your death, but I never realized how much pain he held in his heart... I only realized that after killing Samuel and Daz with my own hands... And even still, Eren did get my mother back to normal."
Akira says, "Eren never hated you as he did to Reiner or those from Marley. He understood and he wanted to paint himself as the villain so you could kill him in the end. Although he failed to do that to Mikasa, you on the other hand fell into Eren's plan completely."
"Are you implying that I'm stupid?" Connie rolls his eyes, and Akira says, "Calm down, Connie. I didn't mean it that way."
Sasha says, "Anyway, I heard you are also one of the ambassadors for Paradis Island besides Armin and Jean. We managed to find a survey ship from the Zweiflusse nation this morning and they were trying to attack our island. Could you let us know what is the situation of Zweiflusse nation so that we could prepare if an attack happened?"
Connie nods and says, "I'll help. Although Armin might be better with this job..."
"After Armin betrays Eren's trust like that, Eren doesn't think he can ask him anymore. We already have Jean help us out, but he needs someone to help him, and that person is you, Connie."
"I'm glad that Eren trusts me more than Armin, and since it is for our island, I guess I'll help." Connie says.
"But please don't tell others about it." Akira says. "Or we'll hunt you down for sure."
Connie gulps before agreeing, then after he leaves, Sasha and Akira decide to head back to their farm and help out for the rest of the day.
Right now in the court, Eren and the others are chatting, and Peter says, "After torturing them, we manage to find out that some of the nations outside of Paradis Island are preparing for the attack. They are here to wait for a signal so they can launch the attack when most of our soldiers were poisoned."
Katrina says, "And unfortunately, Marley is also one of them, since most of the people that survived the Rumbling in Fort Salta were Marleyans. They were the ones that provided the virus to the Zweiflusse nation, and they also revealed that Porzellan, Indien, Irak, and Schonheit were in this."
"What about the other nations?" Historia turns to Jean, and Jean says, "Hizuru, Stamer, Engel, and Vilij have good connections with Eldia, and since we have been helping them rebuild, they won't try to attack while they are still rebuilding. As for the rest of them, they are not in my Jurisdiction area."
"If that's the case, I suggest that we go to Marley to check out what is going on. I used to be a member of the Tybur Family, so I know everything about Marley and its military." Gloria says.
"Okay, so we'll be sending some people to Marley." Eren says. "I shall also come as well since I also know a lot about Marley's geography during my stay there."
Erwin says, "Then I suggest that Eren, Aya, Gloria, Petra, Mikasa, Katrina, and Odom will go to Marley with a few of their soldiers. While the others will stay at the island to protect the island."
Everyone nods as the meeting is finally over.
"Did you hear that? We're going to Marley tomorrow!" Erich says to Carla and Fay with a happy tone. Fay says, "You're right. I can't wait to go there again."
"But are you sure that the soldiers will let us go there?" Carla asks. "What if we were attacked?"
"Don't worry, we are just kids, they won't do that to a kid, do they?" Fay asks.
"Considering your grandaunt was killed at the age of six... I doubt it..." Erich says, "But I'll protect you two, after all, I'm going to join the National Military."
At the same time, Eren and Aya find the kids and Eren says, "You are really brave, Erich. To think you can protect your sister and Carla. But you shouldn't forget that there is still us."
Aya says, "We will also make sure that none of our children is going to be harmed as well."
The children giggle a little while hugging their parents, Carla also smiles a little while watching them.
"You're telling me that Eren and some of the Paradis Soldiers are going to Marley?" Armin asks Connie with shock.
"That's what I heard from Jean." Connie says. "Apparently, they manage to capture a survey ship from the Zweiflusse nation, and after torturing them, they manage to find out that Marley was involved in poisoning the food of the whole island. And since Gloria was from the Tybur Family, she will be able to lead them to safer places so that they won't be found out."
"That's what I'm worried about. The last time Eren did that, it resulted in the attack of Liberio." Armin says, "We need to tell this to Reiner and the others, it is their hometown that they are going to."
"And what are you going to do? What if Marley really wants to attack the island? Whose side are you on?" Connie asks.
Armin frowns as he doesn't know what to say, then they decide to rush to inform Reiner and the others about the news.
Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, Eren and his true friends are preparing to go to Marley to see what is going on with the other nations. And Sasha also manages to talk to Connie and also Connie decides to be on Paradise Island's side. And what about the other Alliance members? I hope you like this chapter.
