Leaving the Island
The massive ship sounded its horn, the booming sound startling the seabirds perched atop the vessel, causing them to scatter in all directions.
Yago lay on the gunwale, staring blankly at the azure sea, his expression more solemn than ever before, as if facing a formidable enemy; even the muscles in Yago's entire body were tense.
At this critical moment, a flash of silver light appeared beneath the azure sea, as if something had darted across the water.
At the same time, Yago also moved, arching his back and staring intently at the sea, then...
"Ugh!..." Yago vomited up all the smoked fish bread he had eaten that morning. Yago lay on the gunwale, his tense body limp like a noodle.
That's right, what made Yago feel threatened early in the morning wasn't some enemy monster, but seasickness.
After vomiting everything out of his stomach, Yago was still hanging on the ship's side, dry heaving.
Annie walked over with a glass of lemon water with salt. Seeing Yago's pained expression, she felt a little sorry for him. Who would have thought that the carefree Yago would get seasick?
Trembling, Yago accepted the lemonade, weakly thanked Annie, and then sipped it slowly.
This giant ship was the cruise ship that the Hizuru delegation had boarded to Paradis Island. Now, after several days of talks, both Paradis Island and the Hizuru have achieved their respective objectives. Kiyomi Azumabito has led the delegation back to his country, and cooperation between the two sides will begin.
"Are you feeling better?" Annie asked, gently patting Yago's back.
Yago's originally pale face improved a bit after drinking a few sips of salt lemon water. "Much better. By the way, where did Section Commander Hange and the others go?"
"Them? It seems they went to the bottom of the ship?" Annie said uncertainly. She hadn't paid much attention to Hange and Moblit that morning.
Indeed, on this returning giant ship, there were four passengers from other lands. Yago had volunteered to take the ship from the Hizuru to the mainland, while Hange and Moblit were traveling to the Hizuru as representatives of Paradis Island.
Of course, this time it was Hange herself who took the initiative to go to Hizuru, because Hange was also very curious about the technology and countries of the world outside the island.
Upon hearing that he could go to the outside world, Armin's eyes shone with an unprecedented light. Unfortunately, he didn't have the chance. He could only ask Yago to describe the outside world to him when he returned to Paradis Island, and it would be even better if he could bring back some books about the outside world.
With Armin leading the way, more and more companions came looking for Yago, and Historia even secretly passed him a note asking if she could sneak away and go with them to see the world outside the island.
Thinking of all this, Yago couldn't help but smile. The world outside the island wasn't so friendly after all.
Two bodyguards in black suits emerged from the cabin, Kiyomi Azumabito invited Yago to the tea room for a chat.
Yago didn't think much of it and went with Annie.
Upon entering the tea room, a refreshing aroma of tea wafted through the air, and two young girls dressed in the attire of the Hizuru were preparing and brewing the tea.
Kiyomi Azumabito was savoring her tea, she put down her cup and said with a smile, "Please have a seat, both of you," upon seeing the two arrive.
After Yago and Annie sat down, the teacups in front of them were filled by the girls from the Hizuru. At the signal of the Kiyomi Azumabito, the two girls bowed and left the tea room.
Yago picked up his teacup, not knowing anything about tea tasting, and downed it in one gulp. "Hmm, so bitter, not as good as lemon juice." He said, "Miss Qingmei, if you have any questions, please just ask directly. There's no need to beat around the bush."
Seeing that Yago was being so straightforward, Kiyomi Azumabito stopped hiding her intentions and asked directly, "In that case, Yago- kun, please enlighten me: why do you disagree with the Founding Titan Inheritance Plan?"
Yago put down his teacup, his gaze grave, and looked at Kiyomi Azumabito. "Miss Qingmei, the Founding Titan Inheritance Plan? No, or rather, the Eldia Euthanasia Plan, I believe you are aware of it, aren't you?"
"... Yes, Zeke Jaeger did tell us his plan, but even the Founding Titan Power the Euthanasia Plan needs to be inherited, and only your Queen Historia can pass on the Founding Titan Power. So I don't understand why you oppose having the Queen reproduce and inherit the Founding Titan."
Yago: "You don't need to worry about that. We have our own plans for inheriting the Founding Titan Power. As for Zeke, I think Zeke overthinking it."
Would history repeat itself, forcing Historia to become pregnant with an unknown soldier's child out of compromise, just like in Big Eren's Memories? This possibility was rejected from the start by Yago, and he couldn't bear to let Historia face such a situation.
Before the Kiyomi Azumabito proposed Zeke's Founding Titan Inheritance Plan power of the Rumbling, Yago had already persuaded Prime Minister Zackly and Commander Erwin, among other high-ranking officials on Paradis Island. Therefore, during the talks, Paradis Island rejected the proposal to allow Historia to give birth to a royal descendant to inherit the Founding Titan power.
Leaving aside how Yago persuaded Prime Minister Zackly and others, Kiyomi Azumabito was quite puzzled by Paradis Island's attitude. According to her and Zeke's plan, Paradis Island had no reason to refuse the plan; it was just a Queen without real power, what couldn't be sacrificed?
"Hey! Moblit, look at this behemoth, it's magnificent! It's amazing that such a huge ship moves with just this one thing!" Hange and Moblit stood in the engine room at the stern of the ship, looking at the massive engine in front of them and exclaimed in amazement.
"Section Commander, this is really amazing. I heard that this thing called an engine needs to consume something called fuel to start."
"Fuel? You mean kerosene? Can that kind of stuff be used as an energy source?"
The heat emanating from the engine made Hange and Moblit's faces flushed, but this heat did nothing to dampen Hange's curiosity. Over the course of a few days, Hange led Moblit on a tour of the giant ship, inside and out.
It's fair to say that most of the crew members on board knew this somewhat eccentric guest.
What Kiyomi Azumabito Hange to help Paradis Island develop technology, especially Military Technology. As the representative of Paradis Island, Hange accepted Kiyomi Azumabito's invitation. She and Moblit will visit the Academy of Sciences of Sciences, which gathers the technological achievements of the Hizuru.
After a long while, Hange and Moblit left the sweltering engine room and went to the deck to calm down, where they bumped into Yago and Annie, who had just come out of the tea room.
Just as Yago raised his hand to greet them, the giant ship suddenly sounded its horn. At the same time, a Fleet of more than ten warships appeared in front of the giant ship, and a large, indistinct white shadow was visible in the waters near the Fleet.
(Marley Saga begins)