Just then, the door to the room beside them opened.
"We should get going," Erwin said, looking at Chen Si and Zhang Surou.
"Ah... right." Chen Si abruptly snapped out of his thoughts, but worry still clouded his face.
"Hm? Why does this brat suddenly look like that?" Levi asked, his dead-fish eyes widening slightly.
"Hahahaha! Ah, the joys of youth! Chen Si, cheer up! Chris only turned you down. We've got plenty of wonderful female soldiers in the Survey Corps!" Hange slung an arm around Chen Si's neck and tipped her head back, shouting.
"What?" Chen Si was baffled for a moment, but the distraction lifted his mood considerably.
"Hange's always been quick to make herself at home with people. Don't mind her. She's a good person," Erwin said.
"Yeah, I know," Chen Si replied with a nod. He knew perfectly well how exuberant Hange could be.
As Eren stepped outside, he noticed Levi's gaze remained fixed on him. Startled, he hurried behind Chen Si.
"Let's go, Chen Si. I heard our horses have arrived. It's been ages since we saw them. You must miss your Grass Mud Horse too, right? Come on." Eren kept pushing Chen Si forward as he spoke.
"Hey, Eren, slow down. What? My Grass Mud Horse is here? Woohoo! Let's go!" Chen Si's eyes lit up. Grabbing Eren, he sped outside.
"Aaaah! Chen Si, slow down! My arm hurts!"
The others watched them go as Eren's screams faded into the distance.
"Looks like Eren's really scared of you. Poor kid." Hange's maternal instincts surged, and she couldn't help reproaching Levi.
"Tch. Anyway, Chris, what did that brat say to you just now? He looked seriously off. He didn't even look like that when the Colossal Titan nearly blasted him into a cripple." Levi turned