Thanks to the assistance of the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, Yelena was able to support the Survey Corps. by traveling on ships across the sea. For the next six months after leaving Paradis Island, the Survey Corps. had spent time venturing onto multiple nations and experiencing their culture and lifestyle, excluding the Hiruzu and the Middle-East Nation. Now they plan on traveling to the Continent of Marley by a tourist ship.

Soldiers of the Survey Corps. such as Erwin Smith, Levi Ackerman, Hange Zoe, Floch Forster, Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, Jean Kierstein, Connie Springer and Sasha Blouse were fully dressed casually in suits, ties and hats for their trip to Marley. They were riding on a ship towards a Marleyan town.

Erwin Smith stared at the Marleyan town miles away from the ship he was riding in. He stayed silent and thought back of what he had asked his father years ago.

'Teacher? How do we not know if there are people living outside the walls?'

Those words echoed in Erwin's mind as he continued staring at a town.

"So, there are cities beyond the walls, huh? Bigger than I expected." Connie leaned his arms on the rails of the boat and stared at the Marleyan town.

"Hey. Don't use "walls" around strangers. People will suspect that we're from Paradis." Jean muttered.

"Yeah, but we are the first people to leave the walls and make it out here." Sasha said.

"What did I say using that word?" Jean hissed towards Sasha.

"What? Walls?" Sasha looked at Jean.

"Shut it, potato girl." Jean grunted as he looked behind and saw a few unknown tourists walk pass him.

"You can say this is a return toward our mother land. Even though our ancestors were originally from here." Hange said, looking on the positive side of things.

"Indeed. For the past hundred years, our people were left ignorant and wondering about the outside world. Now that we know what we are dealing with, we have to stay cautious and vigilant.

Eren remained silent the entire time as he stared and looked a bit stoic.

Ten Minutes After Arriving On Marley

The Survey Corps. walked within the streets of Marley and were amazed of what they had seen. They all looked to see many buildings squeezed together in the streets and Marleyan people dressed casually and roaming on sidewalks.

"Welcome to the Continent of Marley." Onyankopon had greeted the Survey Corps.

"Onyankopon!" Hange greeted as she noticed him.

Onyankopon raised his hat. "Allow me to show you to the Azumabito Estate."

The Survey Corps. begun to follow him across town. The group from Paradis followed Onyankopon and continued to look around town.

"Ah!" Connie pointed towards a Marleyan automobile on a sidewalk. "Look at that! Is that a horse?" Connie questioned, first time laying eyes on an automobile.

"No way! That must be a cow!" Sasha yelled as she stared at the automobile.

"It's a car! Hello, car! Nice to meet you!" Hange waved towards the automobile.

The people who owned that particular automobile suddenly stared at the group from Paradis. They had no idea that they were from Paradis, but were strange. Many people from the streets begun to notice the group as they walked by.

Jean slightly looked left and right from behind and heard some chattering. "Tch! Now they think we're weirdos from another land." Jean pulled down the tip of his hat to hide his embarrassment. "Let's pretend we don't know them."

"Who care what the others think..." Floch muttered.

"Let's stop them before they do something stupid." Levi said as he looked at Hange, Sasha and Connie.

Onyankopon stuttered. "Oh, y-yeah. Right."

Erwin stared at the automobile that Hange was yelling towards.

Flashback

Erwin, Hange and Levi were discussing business about Marley with Yelena and Onyankopon a few years prior. He remembered Yelena speaking about a car.

"We have tons of different resources in Marley. For an example... there are these iron walking transporters called "Automibiles" or in short term, cars. They're kind of like carriages, but you won't need horses to pull them or anything." Yelena begun to explain.

"Wait, so how do these "cars" work, even if you don't need horses to pull them?"

"You need a certain type of fuel to make it start and drive. One of the things you need for an automobile to work is oil and gas. But not like the gas you all use for your vertical maneuvering gear. It's a liquid called gasoline that keeps the automobile running."

End Flashback

'So that's what Yelena was talking about when she meant a car. Brilliant machines like these would be very useful back on Paradis. But we need the right kind of resources for them to work.' Erwin had thought.

"Hey, Eren. There's no telling what would happen, so stay close to me." Mikasa told Eren, who seemed lost in thought. "Eren?"

"Hm?" Eren looked at Mikasa who was staring at him with a bit of confusion.

"We're leaving now." Mikasa informed Eren.

"Oh... yeah." Eren blinked for a moment.

"Hey."

Both Eren and Mikasa looked at Captain Levi, who was staring at them from a few yards.

"Stay with the group. Especially you, Eren We can't afford to lose you in a big crowd." Levi said, following Erwin and Onyankopon.

"Right. Coming!" Mikasa responded.

Six Minutes Later

Onyankopon had led the group from Paradis towards a festival where they can relax for a moment. They were surrounded by food stands and people. "Is everyone enjoying the tour so far?"

"Yeah. So far, everything seemed great." Hange replied.

"How long until we reach the Azumabito Estate?" Levi asked.

"Just another hour." Onyankopon replied.

Sasha looked around the area and saw a man giving away ice cream cones. She gasped in excitement. Her eyes were sparkling and saliva nearly hung from her bottom lip. She then ran towards the ice cream stand and had pulled out a pouch of money and shoved it into the ice cream maker's face. "Hello, mister. Will this do?"

"Sasha, you can't keep spending your money on delicious-"

"Sure! Enjoy!" The ice cream man said nicely, then gave Sasha a single ice cream cone.

Sasha quickly took a bite from her ice cream cone and moaned. "Mm! Delicious!" Her mind exploded with joy as she savored the flavor.

"H-hey, Sasha! Let me try one!" Connie said as he stared at Sasha.

"Um... I would like for some of my friends to have ice cream, too." Sasha said as she looked at her friends from Paradis.

"Okay!" The ice cream man accepted more of Sasha's money and made nine more ice cream cones for her friends. "Enjoy, everybody!"

"Here, Eren. Try this." Mikasa offered an ice cream cone to Eren.

Eren looked at Mikasa, then down at the ice cream cone in her hand. "An ice cream cone?"

"You know what this is?" Mikasa asked.

"Only in my old man's memories. Eldians barely get to eat these treats." Eren explained.

"I see..."

"But I'll take one, though." Eren took an ice cream cone from Mikasa.

In the next minute, Jean tried an ice cream cone and thought it was delicious.

"I wish we had this food back at home!" Jean yelled.

"This tastes really good..." Floch said after taking a bite.

Levi watched Jean act out in public. "After all that talk about blending in... he seemed to be the loudest.

"It's fine. Let them have their fun." Erwin smiled as he watched Jean, Sasha and Connie act out, optimistically.

Levi looked at his ice cream cone and sighed. "Good grief." As soon as Levi was going to try his ice cream cone, someone had bumped into him, knocking the ice cream from the cone onto the floor.

Eren, Mikasa, Floch, Sasha, Connie and Jean all gasped in horror as they watched a clown knock down Levi's ice cream cone.

Erwin frowned at the situation.

"Excuse me, son. Would you like some candy?" A clown had asked.

"Oh dear..." Hange mumbled as she saw an irritated look on Levi's face.

"Yes, you... mister short stuff." The clown stared at Levi's backside.

Levi's head lowered and his eyes were darkened by shadow. He slowly turned his head towards the clown that bumped into him and slightly glared. He clenched his fists as he was ready to attack the clown for his ice cream.

Erwin knows that look better than anyone.

"Wow, what fun! Are you kiddos dressing up like the Mafia?" The clown asked, curiously.

"Yes. We are." Erwin stood in front of the clown, blocking Levi's view. "We are dressed up as part of the Mafia, because we heard that there was a costume party nearby."

Levi moved to the side and stared at the clown.

"Oh, I see." The clown chuckled.

"And yes. My friend here would like some candy." Erwin embarrassingly smiled.

"Here's your candy, kiddo." The clown offered Levi a big and swirly thin lollipop.

Levi stared at the clown, then looked at Erwin.

Erwin looked back down at Levi, telling him to take the lillipop.

Levi silently sighed, then took the lollipop from the clown. "Fine. And for the record, I'm not a kid."

"Oh. My mistake. Carry on!" The clown said as he walked elsewhere, selling candy.

Hange sighed.

"Good thing you stopped me, Erwin. Otherwise, I would've taught that makeup wearing creep a lesson." Levi stared at Erwin.

"I know. But we right now we're in enemy territory. And we can't draw attention to ourselves." Erwin said.

"Yeah. Right." In the next ten seconds, Levi glanced around and suddenly noticed a boy with a fez hat pouncing around in the crowd. He noticed the boy was moving a bit closer towards Sasha and was trying to steal her pouch. He sighed then walked towards Sasha's direction. "Hey."

"Ah!" Ramzi gasped as he felt his right arm grabbed, then brought up in the air.

"This isn't yours, kid." Levi said.

Connie whom was next to Sasha had turned around to see Levi catch a boy's arm. "What the-"

Sasha turned around to see a boy with a pouch of money in his hand. She gasped as she noticed her pouch was missing. "My pouch!"

This caught the attention of many Marleyans whom were roaming within the area. All of their glaring eyes were towards the kid, Ramzi. The civilians started chatting among themselves and slowly surround the boy.

"What's this? Another pick pocketer?"

"Must be an immigrant from a foreign country."

"How did he even get here?"

"He must've stowed away on a Marleyan ship or something..."

"Let's toss him into the sea where the sharks can get him!"

"No, let's take his hands!"

"Hey, he can't steal if he ain't got no more hands, right?"

"I say, let's do it!"

"Yeah!"

Sasha tried to defend the boy. "What are you doing? I got my pouch back it's fine! Now harm, no foul!"

"This is no longer of your concern, missy." A man told Sasha.

"But-"

"It doesn't matter if the person returned what they've stolen... it still counts as stealing. The law is the law."

Sasha gulped.

The group from Paradis had listened in on what the Marleyans planning to torture the boy. People like Hange and Mikasa want to do something about the boy, but fear that they would be exposed as Eldians.

"Where did he even come from, anyway?"

"He must be an exiled immigrant or one of those filthy Subjects of Ymir that live in the Internment Zone."

"This is why Marley should've been running paternity tests for decades. I can't think about sleeping in the same building with a devil!"

Floch grunted. His teeth clenched after hearing how Marleyans see and treat Eldians. He was sickened by the history of Marleyans turning his own people into Titans against their will.

Erwin can see the fear in Ramzi's eyes and the discrimination that the Marleyans were giving him. If Erwin was not mistaken, the boy must neither be Eldian, nor Marleyan. He made choice to help the boy. "Pardon me, everyone. But I believe that this kid had found his sister's wallet." Erwin Smith stood in front of the mob.

"Eh? What are you talking about?" A man crossed his arms in confusion.

A tall Marleyan man pointed towards Levi. "That guy just said, "This isn't yours, kid." which means the boy is a thief!"

"This is not a pick pocketer. He just happened to find a missing pouch and was planning on returning it to its rightful owner." Erwin glanced at Sasha.

Sasha gasped. "Uh! Right! Sorry for the fuss, everyone!" she embarrassingly apologized to the mob.

Levi then picked up Ramzi under his shoulder.

"Come along now. Let's help you find your family." Erwin said as he and his group began walking away.

The mob of Marleyans just glared at them, as the group from Paradis left.

Later That Night

The group from Paradis had arrived at the Azumabito Estates after returning Ramzi to his refugee home. Kiyomi explained the history of Eldians mixing bloodlines with other races and advanced maternity tests. The group from Paradis, excluding Eren were in a large room listening to Kiyomi's story. Everyone were sitting in chairs, excluding Jean, whom was standing.

"Now you know what it's like for Eldians outside of Paradis. You must see how difficult it is to convince enemy nations to form alliances with Paradis."

"If no one want to listen... and if we abandon the Path to Peace and activate the Rumbling... we'd be no better than the devils that the world prescribed us to be long ago. We would have to force Queen Historia to bear children with royal blood until nothing is left." Erwin said.

"Really..."

"We're here to avoid that option at all costs. To erase the history of devils and to clear the name of Paradis..." Hange said.

"You still don't know what what this association stands for, do you?" Kiyomi asked Erwin.

"Yes. We do. So far, we have visited five countries before coming here. As we Eldians of Paradis observed, we learned that there are people who eat like us. Breath like us. Talk like us. We know that they are more than capable of understanding and getting along with others nations. So I believe-"

"So, you wish to tell them that Paradis desire to make peace with the world." Kiyomi presumed.

"That is correct." Erwin replied.

Kiyomi sighed. "It goes without saying. Despite us being so called, "Money Grubbing Vixens" and clawing our way up in the world, we also seek peace as well. But... how honest and realistic do you believe this plan to be?"

Erwin stood up on his feet. "Very realistic."

Kiyomi looked into Erwin's burning blue eyes and can tell that he is not faltering the slightest. "Very well."

Mikasa gasped as she had felt something off. "Has anyone seen Eren?" she asked, catching everyone's attention.

One Hour Later

Erwin, Levi, Hange and Onyankopon had walked towards a refugee camp where Ramzi lived and found Eren, Mikasa, Floch, Jean, Connie intoxicated with a few dozen refugees. They were all sleeping on a floor tent and bottles were everywhere. Sasha Blouse was vomiting liquor into a bucket as she had too much.

Levi grumbled as he stared at Eren and the others sleeping side-by-side. "What is this, pre-school?"

Erwin stared at the unconscious Eren as he slept on the large rug with Mikasa beside him.

The Next Day

The group from Paradis had snuck into a Marleyan Supreme Court and blended within a of Marleyans.

Eren had sat between Mikasa and Levi, so they would make sure to keep an eye on him and not leave. Erwin sat behind Eren to keep an extra eye.

There was a Marleyan official standing at a podium who was screaming to the courtroom. "We are locating missing Eldians that are scattered across the world and seeking aid! The refugees that lives on the outskirts of Marley has nothing to do with the dangerous ideologies of the Devils from Paradis! They are no more than victims, forced by the Empire to interbreed! They deserve compassion and respect!"

Hundreds of people clapped within the courtroom.

"The Devils that escaped to that island... we must destroy!" The official yelled as he slammed his right fist down on the podium.

Boos and screams filled the room.

As the Marleyan in front of the courtroom had continued to yell, Erwin Smith glanced around a bit, then spotted a Marleyan General sitting in an audience across the room from him. He had worn a white Marleyan attire and had short dark hair.

Flashback

At sme point before leaving Paradis, Erwin had a private discussion with Yelena in a dark private room.

"There is a man who is currently a general within the Marleyan Army. He's responsible for creating the Warrior Unit and sending them to Paradis and trying to claim the Founding Titan for Military Warfare." Yelena told Erwin.

End Flashback

'So that's the Marleyan General who sent the Warrior Unit eight years ago...' Erwin stared at Theo Magath yards across the courtroom.

The Next Night

Theo Magath had arrived in his home from work late at night. He quietly walked inside his house and closed the front door behind him. As he was walking towards the living room, he suddenly heard a sound. His body had stood still in place as he tried to listen to where it was coming from.

"General Magath. I've been expecting you." said an unknown voice to Theo Magath.

"What the—" Theo Magath gasped as he heard an unknown voice to him. "Who's there?" His head looked around left and right, then he slowly turned and looked at a dark corner in his living room. He saw a silhouette of a man sitting in a chair. He quickly pulled out his gun and pointed at the silhouette. "Show yourself!"

"As you wish." Erwin Smith had stood up from a chair and walked out of the dark corner of the shadows. He slowly approached the Marleyan General within his home. He stood face-to-face with Theo Magath.

"Who the—"

"Good evening, Theo Magath." Erwin said politely.

Theo Magath paused as he continued to point his gun towards Erwin.