The Island of Devils

Chapter 22

In the cell, Eren was still staring at himself in the mirror. "Fight! Fight!" He narrowed his eyes and repeated that word over and over again until a voice cut him off. It was Hange, who was standing in front of his cell. "What are you doing?"

Eren looked away from the mirror and eyed her from the corner of his eyes, his eyebrows furrowed. "Were you just saying 'Fight, Fight,' to the mirror just now?" She asked, raising an eyebrow while Eren stared at her before he looked back at his reflection. "Hey, you said, 'Fight, Fight,' didn't you?" She continued while Eren remained silent.

"By 'Fight, Fight,' what are you saying?" Hange asked. "If you're saying, 'Fight, Fight,' does that mean there are two fights?"

Eren's eyebrow twitched in annoyance but he kept quiet. Hange stared at him and when she got no response, she started talking again. "Keeping quiet isn't helping. Normally, people don't talk to themselves like that." She furrowed her brows, frowned, and looked over at the mirror. "I know I've never talked to myself in the mirror before."

She turned her head back to Eren. "By the way, I find that hairstyle looks good on you." A small smile was on her face as she talked. She pretended to mess with her hair. "It looks unkempt, but it's as if you tried your best to make it look that way."

"What are you here for?!" Eren suddenly yelled at her, annoyance clearly laced in his voice. Hange flinched slightly at the sudden outburst. Her hands fell down at her side as she answered him.

" 'What', you ask? Well, I'm here to talk. We spent all night talking about Titans the first time we met, didn't we? You stayed quiet and listened to my story. I always knew. That you wouldn't sacrifice Historia."

Eren said, "Then what about you? Are you willing to sacrifice the queen or the Premier?"

Hange flinched as she asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Eren said, "I've got intel that Premier Zachary was planning another uprising, together with the Garrison and the Military Police. I want to know, whose side are you on?"

This caused her to be surprised, she asked, "Was that what you saw in the future memories?"

"At first, I refused to believe it, but then one of my followers gave me this letter, it was from Queen Historia." Eren said while holding the letters. "They were also trying to arrest all the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, even though they weren't doing anything wrong to us. So tell me, what side are you on?"

Hange stayed silent as she tried to progress what Eren had said.

(Flashback)

2 years ago, The port on Paradis Island was finally finished. The Scouts were standing in front of the Marleyans, who wore black suits and the Scouts wore their green jackets. Yelena looked at Eren and smiled at him. "Eren, I haven't seen you since you lifted our ship a whole year ago." She held her right arm out. "I'm honored to work with you."

Levi narrowed his eyes at her and made his way to Eren and stood in front of him while Hange and Mikasa stood by him. "No, you won't be working together." Levi stated and putting his arm out and held the left arm up as Eren looked down at him. "You're lucky enough to see his face."

Yelena's smile didn't fade as she let her arm fall to her side. "Plenty enough for me." She turned to her right, took a few steps, and held her arms out as her smile brightened. "Today will be a joyous day. The port is complete and we're welcoming our first outside visitor. From Paradis island's sole friendly nation. Hizuru - Special Envoy, Kiyomi Azumabito."

There was a ship, making its way to the port of the island as the woman, Kiyomi, stood there as her hair flew in the wind.

They went within the walls and into a military building. Three Military Police officers were in the room while Levi, Hange, and Historia stood behind Mikasa and Eren. They stared at the back of Kiyomi as the woman grabbed something that looked like a cloak from a box and turned to Eren and Mikasa.

Kiyomi's arm slid down to reveal the three-sword crest. "Do you recognize this crest?"