"There was a man named Patrick who approached us and supplied us with weapons," Blake said slowly.
"Patrick? You don't mean the Patrick from our Training Corps, do you?" Connie asked uncertainly.
"I looked into his background. He did join the Training Corps. His father was Earl Miroslav, who was killed by Zeyechuan, a man previously wanted in the Royal Capital," Blake explained.
"It really is him! He even came to Christa before, asking her to help get Chen Si to avenge his father," Sasha chimed in with the gossip.
"I think so... but he was asking Chen Si for help! And Sasha, my name is Historia!" Historia said, a little annoyed.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Sasha hurriedly straightened up and saluted.
"Sasha, you're awful!" Historia blushed a little.
"Does he really have that much influence now?" Chen Si asked in surprise.
"Patrick has inherited his father's title of earl," Blake explained.
"It probably has something to do with you," Zhang Surou said slowly.
"Me?" Chen Si asked, puzzled.
"You publicly executed Zeyechuan in the Survey Corps. Everyone inside the walls knows that you, Chen Si, helped Patrick avenge his father. That probably earned Patrick the nobles' respect and fear," Zhang Surou explained.
"Is that so? He's pretty clever, then. He even knew how to use my influence. I never thought he'd come this far," Chen Si said with a sigh of wonder.
"To endure for so many years and change his ways just to avenge his father-he really is something," Levi added.
"So he actually saved us. I never thought someone that nasty could change so much," Jean said in amazement.
"Heh, was he any nastier than you? Haven't you changed a lot too?" Eren quipped, curling his lip.
"That's true-what?! Eren, who are you calling nasty?!" Jean caught on