The next day, Arthur met up with Eren and the others.
After mounting their horses, they headed to the Training Corps, where they met Keith Shadis. Keith was teaching a new batch of recruits, just as he always had.
His face, however, had grown considerably more weathered.
He was somewhat surprised to see his former cadets come looking for him, but then a look of understanding crossed his face.
He led everyone into his office.
Seeing how much they had all grown, he could not help feeling moved. He had not expected the 104th Cadet Corps to truly change the walls as he had imagined.
"Sasha Blouse, why aren't you sitting down?" Keith asked, puzzled to see Sasha still standing there.
As for why Sasha was acting this way, memories long buried had resurfaced and left her on pins and needles. After all, she had received no shortage of "special attention" from Keith during her time in the Training Corps.
Only after Keith ordered her to did Sasha obediently sit down.
Hange then explained why they had all come.
Keith nodded, then began telling them about his past as a bystander.
Twenty years earlier, Keith had still been a soldier in the Survey Corps.
During an expedition beyond the walls, he had happened upon Grisha, Eren's father. Keith had found him in front of the gate to Shiganshina District.
At the time, Keith had been shocked that Grisha was outside the walls.
But Grisha had asked him in return why he was outside the walls.
Afterward, Keith had brought Grisha inside the walls. Back then, Grisha had appeared to know nothing about the world within them.
Later, Grisha had praised him as someone special. At a tavern, Grisha had also met Eren's mother, Carla.
Eren was somewhat surprised to learn