"But doing that felt like helping the Titans. And someone causing trouble right when the equipment was being inspected was a little too much of a coincidence," Armin said with a slight frown.
"Yes, sir!" The two soldiers conducting the inspection put away their pens and papers and left together.
Reiner let out a deep sigh of relief at the sight.
Was he just nervous because the Military Police were here...? Armin wasn't sure whether he was being overly suspicious, but Reiner's reaction just now had struck him as strange.
Both Annie and Reiner have been acting oddly. Surely there can't be something wrong with so many people. I must just be too tense.
At that thought, Armin took a deep breath as well.
The night before, the fallen soldiers had been cremated.
Gathered around the blazing fire, everyone from the 104th Cadet Corps was subdued and downcast.
Historia gazed at the flames before her, her eyes dimming slightly. Then Chen Si's face flashed through her mind, rekindling her resolve.
Jean surveyed the despondent faces around him. Sasha was sobbing, while Connie was crying his heart out.
Everyone regrets it... Who could have imagined this hell before becoming a soldier...?
Jean walked over to the pyre, slowly crouched down, and picked up a fragment of bone from the ground.
Marco... I can't even tell which bones are yours anymore. If I weren't a soldier, I wouldn't have to worry about who would die next, would I...?
"Are we really going to abandon the tactical advances bought with hundreds of thousands of lives and remain livestock, waiting to become food for the Titans?"
"I will devote my life to driving out the Titans. Our bones will eventually turn to dust, but we will live on through generation after generation."
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