The Island of Devils

Chapter 8

It was the day when the festival was starting, Gabi was in her bed and snoring. Suddenly loud music woke her up and she looked out the window. "What the...?"

She stood outside and gaped at her surroundings. Many people were there and music was played. A clown with long legs was there and at many stalls, people sold different food. The people were happy.

"What in the world?!" Gabi was shocked.

"Gabi! You're finally up!" Falco, Udo, and Zofia stood in front of her with ice cream in their hands.

"What's happening?"

"The festival!" Udo answered.

"People from outside came pouring in and opened all these stalls!" Falco said excitedly. "Try this!" He stuffed ice cream in Gabi's face.

"This is a festival?"

"Let's go!" And they ran together through the streets.

Pieck, Reiner, and Porco were there, too. They stared at the four kids, who seemed to have no money anymore for more food. They looked sadly at the Warriors.

Reiner bought all of their food at different food stalls. He was depressed at first because of his emptied wallet, but seeing the kids happy, he smiled at them.

The sun was setting. Gabi was dragged down the street by Reiner. "It hurts!"

" 'Cuz you stuffed your face." Reiner replied.

"I wish we had festivals every day." "Yeah."

"Lately, it seems like lots of new things have been happening." Gabi noticed.

"It does." "It kinda feels like something is about to change!"

Reiner looked at her before he answered. "Yeah. It does."

While the warrior candidates were enjoying the festival, Eren and the others managed to get to the beach, where a ship was landing with a lot of scouts. Levi was there to lead the group as he stared at Eren.

"Damn, you're a filthy sight. Did you fall into a pile of shit?" Levi asked.

Floch said, "Hey! This is the King you're talking to-"

"It's fine, Floch." Eren said. "I got injured in the battle of the Mid-East battle. I couldn't risk healing myself because it would reveal that I'm the Titan shifter. So these are the scouts that are going to help?"

Captain Levi folded his arms and said, "Yes, your highness. Although what would you gain after attacking during their festival? Because to me, it sounds like a stupid idea."

After explaining everything that Jean told them, Floch said, "Damn it... as if sending Titans to our island was not enough... they were going to create a slaughter and dumped all of the faults on us?"

"Since we were the devils of Paradis, those people wouldn't care if we were able to come to Marley this whole time." Eren said, "If they wanted to make us the culprit behind their framing, then we'll play their game."

Once the scouts were going to their positions, Levi asked, "Killing their own people to make themselves victims in other people's eyes. That was the dumbest plan that I've ever heard..."

"It was dumb, but people outside the walls were dumb as well. They blamed their misery on Eldians even though they have been continuously abused them." Eren said, "By the way, I wanted to ask, was the queen safe?"

"Relax, she was guarded by the military, nobody could touch her if they wanted to." Floch said.

"Good." Eren turned to the other scouts. "The declaration won't start until nighttime. So if I heard any one of you starting to kill people, whether innocent or not, you'll be dealt with by the law once we got back to Paradis Island."