𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 | 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭

Chapter Seventy-Five

We've finally reached outside the Walls. Well, for me not really.

I've always been free. Free from those walls, but not from the cycle of war.

Standing in the middle of Marley's port I look around. Everyone beside me staring in awe, because to them they've never experienced this.

But in the inside, I'm acting just like them. Because inside of me is the same little girl who just wanted to be a kid. No training, no touching, no arguing.

Just a little a girl who was shocked by the world around her, all the different types of creatures, clothing, and of all food. But back then I never got to experience that.

I twiddle with the buttons on my jacket, eyeing everything that has changed since I've last been here.

"My friends! I'd like to welcome you to the continent of Marley! The Azumabito have been waiting. May I escort you?"

Onyankopon stands in front of us, tipping his hat off as he smiles widely.

"Hey, Onyankopon!" Hange greets him. Both of them beginning to chat it up until something passes us, catching almost everyone's eyes.

"What's with that horse?! Or wait, what? What was that?!" Connie exclaims pointing figures to the vehicle that was most definitely not a horse.

"Nah. No horse ever looked like that. It must've been a Marleyan cow!" Sasha says, that brings a chuckle to my lips.

"It's not. It's a car. It's how the people of Marley get around." I explain to all of them. Hange begins to blush in amazement as they wave their hands over their head.

"Hey! Car! Here, boy!"

Embarrassment hits me seeing as that is not at all how you work a car. It's not an animal.

But I don't think they get that.

"They're making a scene. Everyone's staring." Armin says quietly. Watching as Connie, Hange and Sasha run after the car.

"All these people are gonna think we're a bunch of yokels now... just act like you don't know them." Jean places his hat further down on his head and begins to walk off.

I grab Armin's hand and walk away with him.

"Are you alright?" He asks as we both look around, looking at all the buildings around us.

"Yeah... It's changed some since I've been here." Not like I was in the port often though.

Spotting Eren and Mikasa, Armin brings us over to them.

Eren standing tall in the crowd and just staring.

"This is no time to be spacing out, Eren. We finally reached the outside world!" I smile softly at Armin's childlike actions to finally leaving inside the Walls.

But Eren has a whole different personality to Armin's. He hasn't been the same for a while, sometimes I wish I knew what was happening in his head.

"We really made it across the sea, huh? We're here." All of our smiles fall short seeing Eren's response. He can't even pretend to be happy.

"Guys. Stick with the group. Especially you, Eren." A new voice enters that being Captain Levi's.

"Be right there!" Armin beams to him. I look around for the group but don't succeed in finding them.

"Where are they?"

Mikasa's hand lifts up as she points a little away from us. "Sasha's right there, Connie and Jean too."