A Love Like War (On Hold)

Chapter 16

There was a very good and reasonable reason why Erwin recruited your service the day he first met you despite your young age. A reason besides brother's, Levi, condition.

And that reason was that you almost took his life despite the people around him so that you could save your brother's friend.

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You were hiding in the shadows when they had finally captured them, your brother and his two faithful companions, Farlan Church and Isabel Magnolia.

Quietly, you watched the four strangers, two blondes and two raven haired others, as they loomed over your brother and his friends.

A blonde man with thick eyebrows, whom you've heard to be the division chief of the small group, stood out from the rest as he approached the trio with a calm yet dominating look in his blue eyes.

"I'm going to ask you a few questions." He said before raising an empty handle of what looks like a 3DMG sword. "First, where did you obtain these?" He asked no one in particular.

As such, no one in particular answered as they kneeled helplessly on the filthy wet ground with both their hands cuffed by wooden boards.

"You're not going to get any information out of them like that, Mr. Division Chief~" You whispered mischievously as you watched him an his companions closely with interest.

"Your 3DMG skills are also remarkable." The bushy browed man complimented. "Where did you learn how to do that?" He inquired, trying to be friendly.

Again, all he got for an answer from three was silence and a glare from Isabel.

You could see it in the way he moved. Despite the calm look in his eyes, he was slowly an sure losing his patience.

"You are the leader, correct?" He asked your brother specifically now. "Have you ever receive military training?" He inquired further only to be given the cold shoulder yet again and probably a pair of deadly looking steel gray eyes.

You couldn't help but smile wickedly from where you were. Things were finally getting interesting. Your brother was stubborn. And in just a few more minutes or maybe seconds, they'd probably taste a different kind of fear.

"Your face is telling me that you're plotting how to best kill is and escape, right?" The bushy browed blonde continued to talk to your brother. "If possible, I didn't want to be too rough but..." he stated before looking to the other blonde man with a mustache who in turn simply nodded as if he understood the meaning of his companion's hanging words.

"You shouldn't do that..." You whispered to the nothingness that surrounded you with playful smirk on your face as you watched the other man gripped a handful of your brother's black locks before smashing it towards the dirty wet ground making your brother's companions look at the scenario with shock while your brother only grunted in annoyance.

"Let me ask you one more time." The Bushy brow blonde said with a cold look in his eyes. "Where did you learn 3D Maneuvers?" He pressed forcefully this time.

But all he got from your brother was nothing more than a pair of wild murderous looking eyes staring back into his cold ones, challenging him.

"We didn't lean from anyone! Get off your high horse Mr. Public servant!" Isabel yelled angrily at the man after seeing what he made one of his companions do to your brother, whom she considered as her own one as we'll.

She was much more overprotective of him than you were. Basically because you had your own way of knowing when to and when not to worry too much about him.

"We picked up these skills in order to survive in this dump." Farlan added, glaring at the man as well. "Someone like you, who doesn't know the taste of sewer water, would never understand." He continued with a hint of bitterness in his voice which made the man shift his gaze from your brother to him for just a few moments.

"My name is Erwin Smith. What's yours?" He inquired as soon as he returned his attention towards your brother who was still press to the ground.

When he still didn't answer, big surprise!, the mustache man pressed his head to ground making him cough up sewer water the moment his head was pulled back up.

You growled quietly in the shadows the moment you saw the blonde men's companions move towards your brother's comrades and began unsheathing your one of your blades quietly.

You knew exactly what will happen next. He was going to use them as hostages to threaten your brother into compliance.

After all, you've been seeing this scene in your head for quite a while now. Like a movie scene in your head that was playing over and over and over again.

"I admire your spirit, but if you keep this up, we'll have to get your comrades involved." Erwin said before the mustache man directed your brother's head towards his friends' direction.

"If you're gonna do it, just do it already!" Isabel shouted at them as she an Farlan faced the blades of two of the man's companions.

And you took that as your cue to dive in and save the day.

"I think that's quite enough." You muttered under your breath as you rested your blade just at the base of Erwin's neck, catching him off guard, and pointing your loaded gun at the other blonde's forehead. "Now, tell your friends to backdown or I'll cut your head off and blow up his. Then I'll take their heads afterwards as well." You added looking at the man directly in his eyes.