An inconsiderate jerk

The Wall Rose, Trost District.

A number of people were already standing on the city wall, Commander Pyxis, Commander Erwin, the priest of the Wallist Church, Queen Historia, and others.

The group's purpose was to see the latest weapon developed by Hange, a Section Commander of the Survey Corps. It was said that it could eliminate Titan without Soldiers fighting, which surprised everyone at the meeting. So, they sent a representative to verify it.

Historia, who was getting a little tired of staying in the Royal Palace, insisted on going along, but considering Historia's status, the others initially disagreed.

But the Historia now is not the delicate Historia from Big Eren's Memories. Possessing the power of the Jaw Titan, one of the Nine Titans, Historia can confidently declare, "If you won't let me out, I'll transform into Titan and go out myself!"

There was nothing the higher-ups could do but assign more Military Police Guard Historia. But what caught everyone's attention the most were the five black-robed figures standing around Historia, equipped with Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.

These five were naturally A-Yi and his fellow Ackerman. Their terrifying talent allowed them to master the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear in a very short time. In Levi's words, on the battlefield, they would kill just as many Titan as he had.

To protect Historia's safety, the five Ackerman took on their first mission in the Survey Corps: to serve as bodyguards.

Standing atop the towering city wall, Yago stared at the Crystal Pillars that began to intertwine from the ground and stretched all the way up the wall. At the very top, there was a special device, like an enlarged crane, that suspended a Giant Log in mid-air via hinges.

Yago was slightly taken aback. It really was that device from Big Eren's Memories — Titan Meat Grinder created using Eren's ability to Hardening his entire body.

Yago walked to the other side of the wall and looked at the Crystal shell below. Well, how should I put it? That butt was quite smooth and shiny. Eren's Titan physique was pretty good.

"Achoo!" Eren sneezed loudly, rubbing his nose in confusion.

"Eren, what's wrong? Did you catch a cold?" Mikasa asked with concern.

Eren: "No, it's just that I feel like someone's talking about me."

Hange excitedly waved to the Titan gathering below the city wall. Inside the Crystal Pillars, Moblit noticed Hange's gesture and immediately started dancing with joy.

"Hey! Look this way! Fresh and delicious humans! Look this way!" Moblit's shouts quickly drew the attention of a Titan, who walked towards Moblit. Unfortunately, a series of Crystal Pillars blocked the Titan's path.

So, quite naturally, the Titan inserted his head into the gap between the Crystal Pillars.

"Now!" Hange shouted.

Bang! The Giant Log hanging in mid-air was immediately lowered down by the Scout.

The Giant Log fell freely and slammed into the back of the Titan's neck, which was wedged between the Crystal Pillars.

Bang! Without a doubt, the platinum Giant Log smashed the Titan's nape into dust.

"Beautiful! Easily dealt with a fifteen-meter-class Titan. There are plenty of gaps in the Crystal Pillars, from two meters to fifty meters, there's room to fit them all, hahaha!" Hange laughed, hands on his hips.

Everyone else was also very surprised. Commander Pyxis stroked his mustache and said, "In this way, we can easily strangle the Titan by luring them under this device. It's really quite impressive."

Erwin nodded and said, "Yes, so we should retake Wall Maria as soon as possible and try to kill as Titan as possible. After all, Commander, you should have seen the intelligence provided by Yago; there are other humans outside the wall."

A hint of seriousness flashed in Pyxis's eyes. He had once told Eren that before the Titan appeared, humans were enemies of one another. But faced with the Titan, which possessed the power to destroy humanity, humans had no choice but to put aside their Titan and fight together. But now, when the Titan were no longer a threat, what would become of humanity itself?

Yago leaned against the city wall, expressionless, when suddenly someone appeared beside Yago. Yago was startled and turned to look; it was Historia.

Historia smiled. "We'll just disturb you since you're so engrossed in your daydream. Hopefully, we won't interrupt what you're thinking about, Yago?"

Yago looked at Historia's slightly mischievous smile and didn't know what to say. Ever since Historia accepted this name, how should I put it, she seemed to have changed. The gentle Christa was gone; now she seemed somewhat lively? Or perhaps, cunning?

"Yago, you seem unhappy lately. You always look gloomy, like someone owes you a lot of money," Historia asked, leaning against the Yago wall.

Hearing Historia's words, Yago was slightly taken aback. "What? I've been looking gloomy the whole time? That can't be right, I clearly... wait, that's not right!"

Yago was about to retort that he was looking so gloomy, but upon reflection, he realized he'd been spending a lot of time lately pondering Big Eren's memories, figuring out how to handle the upcoming situation, and thinking...

Historia's reminder made Yago suddenly realize, "Why am I thinking about so many things?"

Yago suddenly realized something, and a wry smile appeared on his face. "Hey, hey, hey, this is a bit outrageous."

Yago's current state reminded him of someone—yes, it was Big Eren, or rather, the Eren from his memories who had accidentally glimpsed the future.

"Eren, you're so unfair! You didn't tell me that looking at memories can affect a person's mood," Yago muttered, clearly influenced by Yago's memories Big Eren.

But wasn't this Yago's own choice?

After a moment of silence, Yago suddenly understood. He realized, "I am Fate Titan! Fate Titan! Why should I hesitate?"

Fate has already changed, so why should Yago still dwell on Big Eren's memories? Those are Big Eren's past and future, not Yago's own.

After figuring things out, Yago felt much more relaxed and stopped wearing his cold expression. At the same time, a somewhat immature idea popped into Yago's mind.

Soon, a slight smile appeared on Yago's lips as he softly said, "War Chief Zeke, it seems we should find an opportunity to meet and talk." Turning to glance at the Ackerman members, including Levi, Yago thought, "You certainly won't refuse."

Historia, who was next to Yago, saw Yago's sudden smile and immediately put some distance Yago, because that smile had a hint of wickedness.