I Joked About No One Wanting To Be Reincarnated In Attack on Titan And Well...

Chapter 28 : Another Form Of Curiosity

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I've noticed for while now. That Blessica hasn't been the most responsive. During the entire time the castle was attacked, she had on this...mono-face look. Not really feeling anything, not really thinking, just...staring. Standing behind all of us like we were something meant to be observed.

A while ago, when the whole incident that caused Reiner's arm to be broken, she just stood on standby. Watching. There's no way I wouldn't notice how weird that was. It was not normal to just, watch.

"Hey, Firefly. You alright?" I asked

"Alright?" She echoed, "Pfft. More like going insane."

"Hey..." I flinched upon hearing, "Don't go talking about things like that all of the sudden."

"Then I guess I'm using the wrong words..." She explained, "I'm...confused."

"What?"

"I just...don't feel---"

A voice interrupts. Calling us all to climb to the top of the tower. It was Connie with Reiner standing next to him. His right arm bandaged as he and Connie looks down on us from at the top of the staircase.

What followed was a large rumble. Earthquake? It's not likely.

Titans.

Eventually, we made our way up. A part of the tower was now crumbled and two of the soldiers had died from the incident. The other soldiers who wore uniforms and equipped themselves with the ODM gear pushed to defend the tower with their lives until they eventually all got devoured.

The others had begun having their own conversation with each other but my eyes were fixed. They were fixed on her. Blessica. Who had now kneeled in front of the two dead soldiers and begun stroking their hairs away from their faces, wiping the blood, and holding their hands. Her head switching glances from one dead body to the other.

Was she feeling down? Of course she would be. Who wouldn't?

"Conny. Give me that knife you had." I happen to overhear Ymir say. My attention averting to her and their whole conversation for a moment, until she ran and jumped off of the tower.

A glowing light flickered to color the surroundings. Followed by a scream. Everyone was shocked. A Titan. Ymir had secretly been someone who had the ability to turn into a Titan all this time.

But that wasn't what concerned me. I was worried of something else. I turned around...

Huh?

There it was. Her face. Her nonchalant...unsurprised...face.

How scary.

How is she...so unfazed? and focused? Standing with eyes unwavered as if this whole scene is something not new to her? Why? How---

The castle tumbles but doesn't fall. Enough to bring me back into focusing on what's in front of me. To the other four, who had been standing by the edge of the tower this whole time. Watching as Ymir, in Titan form, fights to defend the tower from falling.

Afterwards, it didn't take long. Crista had urged her bring down the tower alongside all of us and now the tower was indeed falling. Which is bad. Real bad.

We're gonna die.

However, Ymir jumps on the edge where most of us stand. Offering, in her rusty, Titanic voice, "Want live...? Grab me!"

There was no time to think. Everyone had clinged onto her hair quickly for their lives...Everyone except for Blessica.

"Hey! What are you doing! Grab on!" Connie had screamed.

But she was just there staring, like the whole time she's been doing that tonight. I let go of a large grunt, jumped down to pull her arm and force her to hold on tightly to Ymir's hair. I warned her, "You better hold on tight or else!"

And she did. Thankfully.

Everyone clutched onto the back of Ymir's head as the tower fell and upon impact, we all got thrown into a distanced area, on top of all the larger pieces of rubble. We stood mostly unharmed, but the bodies of the two other soldiers were gone.

Titans began rising after being crushed by all the debris. Ymir tried fighting back, but the numbers outmatched her in this one. She was being devoured.

I look around for Blessica again. There she was. Just...sitting. On the ground...Sitting. Wow! The courage or foolishness to even do that! Was nothing short but outstanding!

What is up with her...

Not long after, we hear the sound of gears arriving to the scene. Backup had arrived, finally! Enough. No, more than enough. More than enough to kill all those remaining Titans that are left standing.

No here we are, in silence, staring at an injured Ymir as she's being held in the arms of Crista. But my brain wavered, my eyes couldn't help their curiosity. I turned around again.

Blessica hadn't moved from her sitting spot. This time though, the other Captain was now standing in front of her, looking down. I was too far in the distance to hear what they were talking about, sadly. But what I do know, for sure, is that it must be regarding why she acted the way she did the whole time today.

And I intend to know for sure.