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"Everyone, please line up and hold out your arm. We will do a quick trial before watching the next episode."

Commander's voice rang in her ears as she numbly listened to Christa's voice talking about how Eren and Jean should take better care of themselves. Being the worrywart she was, Christa immediately pulled Eren and Jean aside to examine their wounds while excusing herself to do the check last. Ymir quickly seized on the chance and followed Christa under the guise of protecting her from the two idiots while the rest of the group did their test. There was no reason for Armin and Mikasa to be exempted so they too lined up.

"There seems to be an oddly large amount of bandage in this box for a watch and learn experience," Petra noted. "Maybe Kuro expect someone to get hurt?"

Eld agreed, "It is possible, though I'm leaning toward Kuro knowing that we are going to do this to test the traitors more."

"A couple of bandages won't protect us from a Titan Shifter squashing us in this room." Oluo scoffed.

Ymir can feel her nerves growing just by watching everyone. Hange and the Commander use the sanitized scalpel found in the first-aid kit under one of the sofas to cleanly cut their left arm enough to draw blood. It wasn't anything dangerous, but the wound was wrapped up and sanitized according to the instructions written on the plastic bag.

"This is interesting." Hange smiled at the label 'isopropyl alcohol' and disinfect the scalpel after each use. "I totally can't read this at all!"

"Is this the language of the governors?" Erwin frowned, referring to the English texts on the labels. The Commander then nodded to Eld, "Please copy all of the foreign texts down while Hange is doing the tests."

Eld snapped into a salute, "Yes, sir!"

After proving that they are not Titan Shifters with the wound on their left arm, Hange conducts the test on the line of people waiting patiently, albeit anxiously while Erwin sat to the side to examine each person's reaction. Hange did Eld first so that he can go ahead and start on his task before doing Gunther's. Ymir went unnoticed.

'What should I do?' Ymir anxiously thought, while in reality, her face was expressionless as always while Christa examined Jean's hand. There was no need to bring Eren along, but Christa was interested in the disappeared wound. 'If it was only me, I'd transform and catch them off guard. This place is just enough for my Titan if I laid down, and everyone else would be killed immediately following the explosion. No one will notice when I inflict a wound on myself, too.' Ymir spared a glance at the now finished plates of honey toast with dirty knives and forks, 'All I have to do is pretend to drop the knife, pick it up and cut. No one will ever see it coming. Eren might survive with his ability, but he can't transform in this room since his Titan is larger than mine. I could squash him into bits before that—or eat him and gain his powers. However..."

Ymir looked at Christa, who is listening to Eren's detailed recount of his and Jean's 'wound inflicting contest', 'The fact that Christa is here means I lost. If I transform, she'll be killed, too. And there's Kuro to consider. Zapping us to this strange place in the blink of an eye...she is obviously not one to be trifled with, even with Titan powers.'

'But the other option is to admit my secret to the Survey Corp, and now is the absolute worst time to do so,' Ymir clenched her teeth, 'I have nothing to prove that I'm not the Colossal or Armored Titan, and it's not like I can transform for them to check. They'll kill me on the spot if the test proves that I'm a shifter without hesitation. Ideally, I will reveal my secrets on my own accord, which makes it easier for them to trust me, but now anything that comes out of my mouth will be viewed negatively.'

'And that's not all. In the best case scenario, after we return, I will be treated like Eren and even though I will be forced to fight for these people, at least with that I can still see Christa. But the absolute worst will be them keeping me for information within a cell. Or if the royal king Fritz got his hands on me, he will transfer the power of the Jaws Titan to another one of his subordinates. I can probably spin a tale on how I'm related to the royal family, but…' Ymir looked at the group in general and sighed, 'They don't even know about the significance of the name 'Ymir' has in the first place, so it's all for naught.'

"What's wrong with you today? You are sighing a lot." Jean pointed out, which was a little surprising since he's hardly someone who'd pay attention to small details like that.

Christa looked at the distraught girl and asked, "What's wrong, Ymir? Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm fine." Historia waited for the inevitable marriage proposal joke Ymir always added afterward, but it never comes. Even Eren thought that she was acting a little odd but held off his tongue for once. Jean shrugged and continued with whatever he was saying before, but he clearly kept an eye on Ymir just in case.

'So this is the end,' Ymir smiled bitterly. 'I always told myself that I won't live for anyone else anymore, and look where I am now. Trapped and doomed without escape. This is probably my punishment for deceiving so many people and keep on living a lie with no escape, and I deserved it, too. But…' At this point, Ymir really wanted to let loose and cry, but it will draw everyone's attention should she start sobbing hysterically. Even if it doesn't matter, she'd like to save herself the trouble of explaining herself to these people. 'While knowing it, I still want to live. I don't want to die such a meaningless death when I should be 'the special one'. Out of all the Titans who wandered the Walls, I was the only who came out of it with a human form. I've won against the odds numerous times, so why not now? All I need is a way to stop my regeneration—there HAS to be a way! I still want to LIVE—'

Eren placed a hand on her shoulder, and Ymir saw it.

"The next ability a Titan Warrior has is a little unique, we only saw a few of our own Titans display this trait, so it is definitely rare." the Marleyan officer said sternly, but then smiled a little, "While it is not exactly a useful one on the battlefield, Regeneration Withdrawal is definitely what you need in order to blend in with civilization should you attempt a spy work-related mission. This ability allows you to—Are you listening Braun?!"

"Y-Yes, sir!" A younger Reiner immediately snapped into a salute, face blushed in embarrassment after being caught off-guard. He spent the entire last night celebrating with his family since he was chosen to be a warrior candidate so he was very tired. His mother and her nephew were granted the red Eldian bands along with the status as 'honorary Marleyans'. They couldn't have been prouder of him and his achievement.

"Please forgive him, sir," Marcel Galliard—or was it her?—stood up, smile frozen, "He was just so happy that he won the right to inherit the Armored Titan yesterday. Now he can give his all to our precious nation of Marley and defeat the Devils of the Walls before his term is up. Come on, Reiner, apologize."

Marcel pulled the blond up as Reiner bowed, "I'm sorry for not paying attention, sir."

The officer looked at them in disgust before turning around and mumbled, "Buncha' stupid brats. I wouldn't even be here to teach you filthy Eldians devils if I have my say in this."

The other warriors kept silent. None dared to risk their newly awarded status to pick a fight with a Marleyan even though they are supposed to be 'equal' now. Besides, they have been facing discriminations their whole life, so what're a few more words of hurt worth?

In the classroom were the five tiny warriors that will inherit their Titans in the year 843: Reiner Braun, Bertolt Hoover, Annie Leonhart, Marcel Galliard and Pieck. Before the transferring process begins, the Marleyan government wants to make sure that the warrior cadets know what they are getting into and the overall expectations of being a Titan Shifters. Most of this information are not disclosed to the public, so everyone paid rapt attention.

"Like I was saying," the officer coughed with a hint of annoyance, "all Titan warriors have the ability to regenerate depending on how strong your will to live is, but not all of them can control the speed at which their wound regenerates. That's what Regeneration Withdrawal is all about. Not every Titan warrior can do this, but the general concept seems to be—"

"—focus on something else." Ymir murmured in a trance, mind still muddled from the foreign memory.

Eren gave a light shake on Ymir's shoulder, "Hey, are you alright?!"

The contact seemed to snap Ymir out of her thoughts and back to reality, "Huh?"

"You are spacing out a lot," Eren said with an annoyed face, "It's like you are off to an entirely different world."

"Maybe I did," Ymir said in a joking tone, but her response was entirely serious. She was off in Marcel's memories, after all. Seeing Eren's baffled face, she quickly changes the subject before he could press further, "Maybe I'm stunned by what you did. Why did you decide to touch me all of a sudden?"

Eren quickly moves his hand away self-consciously. Christa and Jean also looked at him with questioning gazes; they also find it odd that Eren had placed his hand on Ymir's shoulder since the two weren't that close. Ymir quirked an eyebrow, "Speak up."

"It's nothing." Eren quickly denied, "It's just...the look in your eyes is a little disturbing, that's all!"

"Disturbing?!" Ymir repeated incredulously. "Why you asshole—"

"I didn't mean anything bad by it, I swear!" Eren leaned back to avoid the freckled girl before trying to explain himself, "Well, the look in your eyes earlier, it kinda reminds me of myself just a little after I joined the trainee corp."

"Come again?" Jean looked taken back. Levi was listening in near the adjacent couch.

"There was that one time I struggled with the vertical maneuver gear," said Eren, clearly embarrassed that he has to bring that story up with Jean of all people here. "I was discouraged and wanted to quit. Reiner said that he believed in me and that I will be the one to exterminate all the Titans. I—" At this point, Eren seemed to struggle with the word choices for a little, and just before Ymir has to hurry him along, he finally continues, "—I saw the same look in your eyes, Ymir."

Christa and Jean were stunned. Ymir growled, "What do you mean by that?"

"That same look of desperation and desire for something. I know that we aren't exactly close, and even now you guys are under the suspicion of being a traitor and everything, and you are kinda weird with the way you always stick to Christa like glue—"

Ymir was irritated, "Get on with it before I sock you in the face."

"Right, sorry." Eren coughed, "I don't know what makes you feel that way, but Reiner told me this: 'Just do what has to be done and keep moving forward. That's all you can do.' It helped me a lot, so I thought I want to do the same thing Reiner did for me and reached out for you. That's all." By the end of his explanation, Eren wanted to find a hole to crawl in because dammit it was too embarrassing.

"Since when were you that considerate?" Jean blurted out.

Christa cut in, "Ymir, is something bothering you?! Please tell me!"

"It's not important anymore," Ymir answered, still in a daze. Eren did that for her? "Thanks to Titan boy here, I've figured it out though I must say; it was surprisingly thoughtful of you."

Eren grinned, "That's great, then! I'm glad I can help you, Ymir."

"Tch, whatever." Ymir smiled lightly. Eren did help her out this time, had he not made contact with her, then she doubted she would've recovered those specific memories from Marcel, and she would be dead and labeled as a traitor. 'Though it is definitely strange. Normally, familiar objects trigger memories related to it, so how did I recover these memories? Was that because I focused on the method to stop regenerating?'

"I'm glad you are alright now, Ymir." Christa pulled on the taller girl's sleeve. "But next time, do tell me. I want to be able to help you, and I can't do that if you don't tell me anything."

"That you do, Christa."

Levi pondered to himself, 'She doesn't seem to be talking about Eren's little pep talk. What did she actually mean by him helping her, then? Also, in that split second when the brat made contact, she clearly wasn't herself. Definitely suspicious.'

"Christa, Ymir, you two are up." Armin and Mikasa walked over to Eren's side. Thankfully, no one in the room was accused of being the traitor. Ymir quickly nodded before pulling Christa up and trotted up to Hange. Mikasa's eyes lingered on their backs before quickly turning to Eren.

"Eren, what were you talking to her about?" She demanded.

'Here we go again,' Armin sighed exasperatedly. Jean glared at the Titan Shifter in visible jealousy.

Eren said with a little irritation seeped into his tone, "It's nothing. She looks troubled, so I was just giving her some advice."

Mikasa doesn't look like she believed what her brother said, but left the matter alone for now.

Over on Hange's side, Ymir was nervous despite knowing what she has to do. The foreign Marleyan's explanation was simple enough, and it was just a small cut, not an entire arm or leg so it should be easier to stop the regeneration process. She'll be fine. It'll be over before she knew it. If her face shows any uneasiness, these Scout veterans will pick up on it and then she'll really be done for.

"Ymir, was it?" Hange smiled brightly; in fact, it was a little too wide for comfort. It made Ymir's nerves tingles, but not in a good way. "Please pull your sleeves up from your nondominant hand and wait until I finish my preparations."

"Alright."

It was oddly quiet. Christa waited patiently behind her, while the Commander kept a neutral face as he watched her every movement. Ymir then realized what is so strange about her current situation; with the other Survey Corp members, Hange would pull them into a short talk about Titans and how awesome they are throughout the exam. Now everyone else was talking with the exception of her and the Commander.

'Did they found out about my secret?' Ymir pulled her uniform's sleeve up neatly before holding out her arm. 'No, that can't be. So maybe they are suspicious? But that raises even more questions; I am sure I didn't do anything to tip them off—maybe it was my background?'

"Okay, I'm ready to go," Hange said as she gripped Ymir's arm and pulled it towards her.

'There is no use pondering about it.' Watching the blade slowly pierced her skin, Ymir steeled herself, 'Just follow Marcel's memories and I'll be fine. Don't heal don't heal don't heal—'

A flicker of pain, and then there was nothing.

The wound was still there, bleeding. Ymir almost allowed herself to give in and breathe a sigh of relief. She'd actually done it. A concept that was so foreign and unknown to her before the face of death and she'd accomplished it. It had been unexpectedly easy, even.

"It's not healing, so you are not the traitor. Congratulations!" Hange smiled, but it was a little unnatural. Did she expect it to turn out differently? "Here, I'll wrap it up for you and you're good to go."

"Thanks." Ymir waited patiently for Hange to finish before pulling her sleeve down and went back to her seat. Plopping down roughly and folded her arms in front of her for good measure, she released the technique. The wound quickly steamed and her cut was healed up under the bandage. Ymir did a quick check and was pleased to find that no one saw her. Christa soon was done with her check and moved to sit next to Ymir.

Ideally, she would've held out until they got out of this room, but it is doubtful that she can stop the regeneration on such a small wound that she barely felt for prolonged periods of time. If the Scout veterans decided to do a quick checkup, she'll think of something but for now, Ymir will consider it as a win for her side.

Seeing the last of the test, everyone got back to their seat to watch the next episode. Erwin spoke up, "No one in this room is suspected of being a Titan Shifter. So all of you are trustworthy. Thank you Eren, Kirstein, and Arlert for making this discovery," the Commander nodded to the three recruits, who looked embarrassed at being addressed, "and we will now watch the fifth episode. Please take your seats."

While everyone tried to settle in, Levi quickly approaches Erwin, "It's definitely suspicious."

The blond doesn't need any clarifications since he knew exactly what his short subordinate was talking about, "Why do you think so?"

"At first, she was clearly unhappy with the test," Levi began, "and that morphed into fear. However, she completely changed when Eren touched her. She was considerably calmer than before but I felt like there was something off."

"I see. Hange, did you see anything off?"

Hange answered, "There was something that was a little strange. For a split second, I think I saw some steam, but maybe it's just because I was expecting it and my eyes were tricking me."

"Tch," Levi clicked his tongue, "If she has the ability to hide her regeneration, then this test is meaningless."

"Not exactly," Erwin hit the play button, "I got to observe their reactions. None of it seemed fake, and if they did get past me, then we are doomed either way."

"Temperatures are on the rise," Kuro began in a grave voice, "More and more people wear short-sleeves. It's early in the season—"

Hange's glasses glinted in the sunlight as the third year's class is shown.

"—and tension in the classroom ran high. Soon, the other shoe will drop—"

Eld, Gunther, and Petra were clearly worried, but Oluo was the only one who looked smug about something.

"—Every student's fate hung precariously without balance." Kuro finished.

Eren blinked, "Are we in the middle of something important?"

"I think it's just exams. Some of the Scouts aren't too bothered by it so it doesn't have to do with the Titans nor a serious threat." Mikasa observed.

"Alright, maggots!" Keith boomed, "Listen for your names! To the morons out there who tanked, bear this in mind: makeup exams will be next week."

"The dreaded day of test results," Kuro continued as if she very well understood the narrator's pain, "is upon us."

Hannes was wiping down the hallway as Keith called out, "Next up, Armin Arlert!"

"Y-Yes, sir!"

"Perfect score!" Armin stood up to receive his test while his classmates were clearly impressed with his results. Sasha was secretly eating behind her textbook.

"Armin always get first place on our written exams." Eren boasted proudly, grinning at his childhood friend.

Petra nodded, but she didn't write it down. Jean scoffed, "As if we didn't know already."

"Hmph. Back in my days as a trainee I always did well on both the theoretical and the practical!" Oluo flipped his hair. No one bothered to reply to him.

"Now we have Sasha Braus!" She flinched, but walk up to Keith and laid her hands out expectantly, "Yes, sir?"

"What the hell were you doing?" Keith demanded. Seeing the clueless look on Sasha's face, he repeated, "I said what the hell were you doing?"

Sasha stared into Keith's eyes and made a strained smile.

"CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG LADY! YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY ON MY BAD SIDE! AGAIN!"

The members of the Levi squad joined the former trainees as they laughed at the look on Sasha's face and the sight of the Instructor losing his temper.

Eld chuckled, "He used to be like this, too. I remember him screaming my head off when Gunther and I failed to wake up on time."

"Me too!" Petra laughed, "But I suppose he needs a huge voice to command everyone on the field."

"The field?" Christa echoed. "Was the Instructor part of the Survey Corp?"

The veterans looked at each other and smiled secretly. Hange gleefully teased, "Oh, he's more than that! Can anyone guess what is his official position in the Survey Corp?"

"Was he a squad leader?" Eren guessed.

Jean said thoughtfully, "With his nitpicking personality...is he part of the medic squad?"

"Come to think of it, he's oddly good at taking care of the injured," Connie added. "Maybe a medic squad leader?"

"If anything, I think he'd be a team leader." Ymir voiced her opinion, "Squad leaders are too valuable to be wasted on teaching trainees. Heck, if anything I'd expect him to be from the Military Police."

"I agree with Eren," Mikasa said without voicing her reasons. Not that everyone needs to know why; Mikasa was always on her brother's side.

Armin said, "I'm with Ymir for the same reason."

Sasha shared a glance with Christa, "Is he the meat guarder of the Corp?"

Upon hearing that, the current Commander couldn't stop a lighthearted laugh, "There is no such position in the military. Keith Shadis is actually the former Commander of the Survey Corp."

"Wait, seriously?!" Jean yelped, "Instructor was the Survey Corp's Commander?!"

"He was," Petra nodded in confirmation. "I was just as surprised as you guys when I first found out. Instructor Keith taught our division for the second and third year due to some special circumstances. He was a really strict teacher, so we got scolded a lot."

Levi grunted, "I'd never really liked him or his personality in the first place."

"Wow...who would've thought…." Ymir mumbled.

"So he wasn't the meat guarder after all." Sasha sulked, "But how come he can always find me whenever I'm sneaking into the kitchen at night?"

Connie offered, "You aren't exactly the most subtle, so maybe that's why?"

Sasha moped over her scores, none of which surpassed twelve points. Jean smirked haughtily, "Seriously. Tell me your secret. If I bombed as many exams as that I'd lose my mind! There's got to be some trick to how you're still sane."

'I wonder if Oluo and he have any familial connection,' Petra thought.

Sasha shot Jean a dirty look.

"That's harsh, man," Connie commented.

"Says the guys who got all zeros."

Eren wondered, "How are you not totally freaked out about what's at stake? If you fail the makeup test you'll be banned from lunch for the rest of the semester!"

"B-Banned from lunch?!" Sasha gasped, hands gripping her heart dramatically. "I won't be targeted by the Titans so that's great but no lunch?!"

"What's a semester?" Gunther piped up.

Petra sighed tiredly, "Another one to put in the unknown column."

Sasha suddenly stood up with pleading eyes, "Eren! You gotta help me! Stay and be my study buddy I'm begging you!"

"I'd love to but I'm heading to the Scouts' HQ, soooo bye!"

"Mikasa—"

The black haired girl quickly went after her brother, "I'm with him."

"Sure, go ahead…" Sasha mumbled dejectedly, "I'm not gonna even bother to ask you cuz I know you'll be a jerk."

"You know me so well," Jean smirked.

Jean exclaimed, "Way to make it a lot less fun!"

Sasha stood up and shook her head around violently, "No one wants to be a hero and help me! If I fail the make up test I'll die!"

"Uh...Sasha?" Bertolt shyly spoke up from behind her, "I'd be glad to help you."

"Huh, that's odd," Eren commented offhandedly.

Voice as sharp as a blade, Levi quickly turned around to question his charge, "What is?"

"Uh...yes sir?" asked a confused Eren.

Levi impatiently repeated, "What do you think is odd, brat?"

"Oh. I was talking about odd it was that TV-Bertolt decided to help Sasha. He's a nice guy, but he usually doesn't try to get involved in other people's business if Reiner's not there," Eren explained, "Helping TV-Sasha, who has a bad grade, will take a long time and a lot of effort to speak, so I just thought that it was odd because our Bertolt probably won't do that."

Seeing the Captain's steely look, Eren added, "He's not who you think he is, Captain! Bertolt's a really awesome guy but sometimes he's just shy around people."

"Hey, Eren." Jean whispered, "Why do you think the Captain ask about Bertolt so much?"

Eren winced slightly. He'd hope no one would pry into it too much, but seems like it's impossible, "Hey, Jean. I'll tell you, but try not to spread it around, alright?"

"S-Sure," Mikasa moved closer to hear, and Jean was flustered, "Is it that big of a deal?"

Eren nodded seriously, "It is. Make sure you don't confront the Captain about this or he's going to slice you up like those Titans. The truth is..."

His childhood friends and Jean leaned in closer with bated breath.

"The truth is...Captain's very sensitive of his height." Eren whispered, "Since he's not so tall, you know. Even amongst the Survey Corp, he's still one of the shortest."

"Wait, really?!" Jean blinked, "I suppose it makes sense. On that note, didn't he say he doesn't like Instructor Keith earlier? Instructor Keith is the tallest person I know, so it makes sense!"

Eren nodded, "So that's why he doesn't like Bertolt either even though Bertolt's a really cool guy—why are you smirking, Mikasa?!"

"It's nothing, Eren."

"...just try not to anger the Captain anymore. Someday he'll really kill you."

"I make no promises."

Armin really doubts that was the reason why Captain Levi was interested in Bertolt but held his tongue since he doesn't have a better explanation.

"—I'll never be able to go to school again!" Sasha continued to scream without hearing what Bertolt has to say.

"Okay, fine." Connie smugly said, "What's the trick to getting the perfect score, you ask? Well, that's kind of a gift. It's all about feeling it, ya know?"

"You got straight zeros on everything." Sasha deadpanned before pushing Connie over and jumped on the table as she caught sight of Armin packing his bag nearby. "Armin! Help me! Come on, you got all perfect scores!"

"Straight zeros on everything?" Ymir snorted, "That takes a special kind of stupidity, Baldie."

Connie shot back, "At least I made it to the top ten, unlike you!"

"Oh, so you aren't denying the straight zeroes part?" The hidden shifter teased, "That's just horrible, Springer. How did you even manage to get into the top ten?"

Connie wisely chose to keep his mouth shut to save whatever face he has left.

Armin walked up to her and smiled, "You want me to help you study? Sure, no problem."

"You are a life-saver!"

"Well, I'm happy to lend a hand." Armin turned to Connie, "You can also join us if you want, Connie."

Sasha cheered, "And all of a sudden I feel like I'm being steered in the right direction!"

"Yeah! When we put our heads together then the sky's the limit! Hooray teamwork!" Connie followed up.

Armin smiled brightly, "Right! Those tests won't know what hits them!"

The three pumped their fists as Bertolt silently left the classroom, clearly dejected.

"Poor Bertolt!" Christa cried out. "Please be nicer to him next time, Sasha."

"It wasn't me!"

'Christa's an angel!' Most people in the room thought.

After school was over, Armin slid into the desk in front of Sasha, "Alright, let's get started—wait, where did Connie go?"

Sasha looked around, "Uhhh...he was standing right there, wasn't he? How did he even—"

The shot showed that Connie was humming with a blade of grass in his mouth on the way home.

"Ahhh, I love this time of year."

"You forgot, didn't you?" Jean groaned.

"On the bright side," Connie argued, "maybe in the future I'll forget something important and went home! See? We got a possible future out of it!"

"You do realize that's not gonna look good on your records, yes?" Jean deadpanned as Hange wrote it down in the 'possibilities' column.

"Did he honestly forget what we just talked about and head home?" Armin deadpanned, "Well, let's not worry about him at the moment and instead dive right into your weakest subject."

"Okay!" Sasha enthusiastically slid out her test, "That would be math. Definitely a foreign language to me."

Armin quickly scanned over the sheet and said, "Let's see. Take this problem, for example. I suspect the lettering tripped you up here. Try substituting x and y in your head with an apple and an orange and see if that'll help."

"Umm...what?" Eren dumbly asked, "It's so different from what we have to learn in the military!"

"Well obviously!" Oluo sneered, "This is what the sons and daughters of the Nobles have to learn. Of course, a peasant like you wouldn't know of it!"

"Don't be so rude, Oluo." Petra chided, "Most people in the interior who works closely with managing and business takes these types of class; we didn't deem it as necessary so the military doesn't teach you these things."

Sasha looked lost as Armin continued to explain, "Solving for letter values is way easier if you think of the equation in terms of food. So let x be apples and y be oranges. Do you see what I did there? Now the problem's more relatable!" Sasha began to drool. 'Wow, this is working like a charm!'

"So basically we've been sitting through Algebra all this time just to figure out the market value of produce. Oh man. If I'd known it was all about consumers I would've grown my own." Sasha trailed off darkly.

"Exactly." Sasha concurred.

Armin quickly jumped in, "Woah okay! Getting a little too off-track there. It was just an example! Tell you what, let's dial it back; x and y can be whatever you want them to be!"

"Whatever I want them to be?" Sasha perked up, "Like what?"

"Err...well...for example, x can be steak, and y can be curry. Why not go five-star dining?"

"Five-star?" Hange echoed, "A ranking system, maybe?"

Christa wondered, "Curry?"

Sasha leaped from her seat and landed in front of the fridge, "One steak and curry, please and thank you!"

"It will be done."

"Hold up!" Sasha chimed in, "So x can be unadon and y can be pickled plum?!"

"Also one unadon and this 'pickled plum', please!"

Connie groaned, "Dammit...I'm still full!"

"Sure thing!" Armin nodded.

"And x can be tempura and y can be watermelon?!"

"Tempura and some watermelon, too!" Sasha's mouth overflow with saliva. "Too bad for you, Connie! But don't worry; I'll eat your fill!"

Ymir deadpanned, "You can still eat after all that?"

"Well yeah! After we are done watching there's no way we'll get to eat food this good again!" Sasha didn't bother going back to her seat and start downing plate after plate of food down. "Aw uod!"

"Haha..." Eld scratched his cheek, "She almost convinced me to eat more despite my full stomach."

"Of course!"

Sasha was shocked. "Why did I never realize that something as boring as math can be the stuff that dreams are made of?!"

"You see? Algebra can be magical!" Seizing the chance, Armin quickly piled his opinion on, 'Just...not in the way you think.'

"Thank you, Armin!" Sasha exclaimed, "With this method, I can handle whatever problems the test throws at me!"

"Yeah! That's the spirit! You just have to believe in yourself! Oh, and in real life, please avoid all the food combinations we just imagined, alright?"

"Wait, Sasha—" Armin quickly turned around to find that Sasha has already finished everything on the platter. Said girl dropped her spoon on the table after hearing TV-Armin's warning. The blond asked in disbelief, "How did you finish it so quickly?!"

"Sasha, are you alright?" Petra stood up and asked in concern.

"Well, my stomach's a little queasy…" Sasha nervously started, before clutching her stomach in pain and dashed to the bathroom, slamming the door in the process.

Hange pondered, "Should we be worried? Is those food combinations poisoned?"

Kuro laughed, "To the morons who actually ate those things: it's not deadly; just spend the next hour or so going to the bathroom with constant nausea and you'll be fine. Think of it like drinking orange juice and milk at the same time."

"She said 'morons' as in plural. Did she expect more than one of us to eat it?" Jean irritatedly pointed out. "And there's only one bathroom in this place."

Connie was a little irked, "I have a feeling that she meant me...good thing I didn't eat it then."

'That'll teach Hange clone a lesson—never stuff your face with strange food without expecting negative consequences.' Levi nodded sagely while constantly stirring his now lukewarm tea.

Erwin sighed. With all these interruptions taking place, they might not make it before the five hours limit. "Let's keep watching."

Meanwhile, at the Scouts' HQ.

"Yeah!" Eren screamed as he races with Jean and Mikasa to the room, "Scout Regiment, here I come to do Scouts' stuff!"

"Will you stop running like that please?!" Jean yelled to deaf ears.

"Good afternoon, everybody!" Eren slammed the door open, composed while Jean was out of breath. Mikasa was still normal.

Eld wondered, "Hm. Is Kirstein not as fit as Eren and Mikasa?"

"But Eren should have more stamina than the average person since he's a Titan Shifter, while Mikasa is the top soldier in their entire class," Hange answered.

'Are you implying that I'd be weaker than Horse-face if I'm normal?!'

'I-I'm just an average person?!'

Only the four members of the Special Operation Squad were in the room. Oluo was agonizing over something while Eld and Gunther were playing games and reading manga, respectively. Petra greeted, "Oh hey first-years. How's it going?"

Oluo quickly cut in and yelled, "Oh damn it all why?! What am I supposed to do? How was I supposed to know it'd come to this?!"

Petra glared, "Stop it. We've talked about it and you are whining!"

Eren hesitantly asked, "Is...something wrong or—?"

"Don't!" Petra hissed, but Oluo was already going.

"Oh my. I didn't want to mention it, but since you asked, I have to expound. If you must know, I did poorly on the test recently administered."

The auburn haired woman was unimpressed as she can already guess where this is going, "Oh really now?"

Petra cut in straightforwardly, "No one cares."

The majority of the people in the room laughed at her blunt statement and the imaginary arrow that lodged itself in Oluo's heart.

Oluo ignored her and continued, "Which I'm bound to tell you is the source of my current distress!"

The first-years stared at him dumbly as Oluo froze in his pose before yelling, "Do not be deceived, greenhorns! My failure gives you no rights to disrespect me—GRK!"

"How often does he do that?" Armin wondered, "Wouldn't it alter his taste buds in some way?"

Petra snorted, "Miraculously, it has not."

His bloodied tongue bleeds on the floor. Petra asked, "Hey...are you okay?!"

"My apologies for making a scene, but the pecking order is important; the rookie has to know his place."

"Why do you always speak like that?" Connie asked his superior. "It sounds weird."

Gunther replied, "Oluo's just trying to imitate Captain. As you can see, he failed miserably."

"No one asked you or your opinion, Gunther!"

"You just confused him." Petra pointed out.

"Indeed. So our exchange went exactly as planned."

Petra looked at him in annoyance, "What happened to you, Oluo? You never used to talk like this. Look. It's none of my business but if you're trying to be like Captain Levi, it's embarrassing. You are not him. Never will be. Okay? So if you don't want to come off as a poser I'm going to need you to use your head."

"I know this!" Oluo smirked, "This is from back when we first came to the old Survey Corp Headquarter."

"Oh, I remember now!" Petra gasped, "I was telling Oluo to stop imitating you, Captain! Eren and the guys were there as well."

"Okay...got it. Thanks." Hange finished writing it down.

"Heh. If you intend to help me like a girlfriend, Petra," Oluo pushed his head up arrogantly, "then there's rather more of me you need to be acquainted with before laying claim to the privilege."

"Next time you bite your tongue I hope you bleed out."

Petra smirked, "My TV-self is even quicker than me—I was going to say that."

Jean jumped in before the two seniors can start another quarrel, "So your test scores aren't the greatest. Who cares?"

"Oh please. For your information, the test scores are not the issue here. I'm ashamed for letting my guard down and perform less than admirably on something at which I'm known to excel! Not that I'm expecting you to understand of course. And why do I not expect you to understand? Because when push comes to shove you are as far from my level as can be!"

"The Captain definitely doesn't talk like that," Eren mumbled to his seatmates.

Jean was clearly annoyed and Eren looked constipated. "I don't even study, did you know that?! I aced my exam purely on instincts!"

"This guy…"

Petra looked peeved, "Hey, what did I just tell you about trying to imitate Captain Levi? Stop. You are just making a fool out of yourself."

"Welcome back, Sasha," Connie smirked. "What's up?"

"The ceiling," Sasha replied weakly, clutching her stomach before sitting down.

Gunther cut in, "Oh and by the way, we know you study a lot more than you'd like us to think you do because I talked to your mom the other day. She said the night before the test—"

Oluo's mom along with his dad and younger brother poked in, "Honey, I made you a snack! It's late!"

His bandanna has the phrase 'Always aim for a perfect score' while a majestic Levi in an armchair poster glared at him from behind.

Hange laughed the loudest out of everyone, "What is with that poster?! I want it—HAHAHA!"

"'Always aim for a perfect score'," Eld tried to contain his laughter, and for once he wasn't too upset with fighting a losing battle, "Man, you really do work harder than what you claim you do."

"Shut up!"

"Captain look so cool!" Jean whispered in awe, 'If I can be like that, Mikasa and the girls will surely look my way!'

"I don't see what the big deal is," Mikasa said with an unimpressed expression, "The huge chair just makes him look even smaller. And he's not that much taller than the headrest."

Eren hissed, "Mikasa! I told you—"

"Ackerman," Levi cut in with a rare annoyed expression, "Cut it out with the short comments. It's annoying."

'Amazing...so he is sensitive about his height,' Jean thought, 'Captain Levi doesn't seem like the type of person to use ranks to get people to do his biddings…his short height must really be a sore point for him, huh.'

Mikasa glared at the man before she unwillingly complied, "Understood, sir."

"Good, then—"

"You really do have a short temper, Captain."

Before a potential fight can break out, Erwin hit the play button.

Eld droned on, "She brags about you all the time, said you are the most conscientious student in the whole world 'cause I guess you can't be deceiving your own mom."

"Unbelievable!" Oluo snapped, "You realize that's just the same as spying on me? Are you all so desperate? Why do you even care about my test scores to begin with?! Fine, I suppose you'll stop at nothing!"

Petra tiredly said, "Like I said, no one cares."

"Hah, how can I fight such persistence. So be it then, I'll let you see how I did...but on the condition that I get to see your test scores, too!"

Eren deadpanned, "Well, I guess we are really doing this."

"Whatever, alright." Jean seems resigned as he scratched his head.

Everyone counted, "One, two—" before their tests were thrown on one of the tables. Oluo's test was the highest at 94 points. "What?!"

"I knew it." Petra deadpanned.

"Wait a second! That doesn't look bad at all!" Eren remarked.

"Are you kidding me?! I missed a perfect score by six whole points!" Oluo lamented, "You first-years have no idea how good you have it on test days; I'd offer to let you tutor me but you seem woefully under-qualified. I guess I'll just ask your teacher—"

Petra delivered a sucker punch, "You set us up so you can brag on purpose!"

Hange skipped on the hallway as she sang, "Levi~!"

"Finally! There's me!" Hange exclaimed.

Humanity's Strongest Soldier stopped and turned around as Hange pushes her test in his face. She got 93 points on her math test. "Tada! What do ya say whoever got a higher score on their test treats the other to some yakisoba bread hah?"

"Shut up." Levi showed her his 95 points test as Hange flinched.

"Woah!" The former trainees whispered in awe. "He's even smarter than Squad Leader Hange!"

'It's just a difference of one point,' Oluo glumly thought, 'Why did they react differently to mine?'

"Hahaha! Just kidding, yeah! I was just having a laugh! But actually, we do have something to talk about. I happen to be starving at the moment and wouldn't you know it?" Hange pulled out 21 yen from her pocket, "Not even enough for crumbs!"

Hange leaned forward and goaded the man, "Come on, the old conscience weighing on you for not treating your pal Hange to a meal you know she needs and will be eternally grateful for!"

"So even in another world you still bother me for these kinds of things. Good to know." Levi deadpanned. "Next thing I know it'll be one of your creations that kill me, not some dumb Titan."

"Come on, Levi!" Hange nudges the smaller man using her elbow, "If it comes to that point, I'll be your prince charming and come to save you!"

"No thanks," Levi sipped his tea, "I have a feeling that you'll just make things worse."

"Levi's so mean!"

Levi sneered, "You got enough for Sacchan Squid."

Hange screamed, "What are you saying?! Sacchan squid is not nor has ever been yakisoba bread and you're a monster for implying that they are in any way similar! Stop trying to dodge the issue!"

"So you made a bet with me knowing your score and then you go and jump all over my case for making an alternative suggestion?" Levi started to walk away. "I'll just chalk this one down to stupidity and move on."

"Savage." Connie grinned widely. "This is comedy gold!"

"And he managed to pull it off while looking so cool, too!" Jean chortled. "He's more like a straight man in a comedic skit than the strongest man!"

"Humanity's Strongest Straight Man…" Eren whispered.

"How come he gets so much approval?!" Oluo half-demanded, half whined, "I'm pretty much the same as him!"

Eld chuckled, "So you are finally admitting to copying the Captain, I see."

"You are nothing like the Captain, Oluo." Petra huffed, "He's way cooler than that!"

"So it's the face, isn't it?!"

Seeing that her forcefulness was getting nowhere, Hange relented, "I'm sorry. I'll admit my bold-faced attempt to finagle you into buying me some yakisoba bread with so many questionable intents if not downright dishonest. However!"

Surprised by the sudden rise of her voice, Levi turned around, "However…nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"Hange told me that when she was on her Titan lecture the night I came to the Headquarter." Eren said glumly, "I got tricked into listening about a bunch of Titan info I already knew."

"How mean, Eren! I certainly expected it from Levi, not you!" Hange breathes dramatically with a short laugh.

Levi stared into her eyes, which shone with determination, before he said, "Starve for all I care."

"HAHAHAHAHA—THAT WAS GREAT!" Jean hollered without restraint as he clutched his stomach, gasping painfully from laughing too hard.

"After Hange was being so serious…." Armin puffed out his cheeks to control his mirth, "...he simply said starve for all I—PFTTTT…It's too funny!"

"Captain! That's just cruel!" Despite his opinion, Gunther laughed the loudest out of the four.

"The best thing is the background music!" Christa analyzed, "It made everything seems so important and then—" The blonde cut off as she covered her hands over her mouth to suppress a chuckle.

"Oh, laugh it up, everyone." Hange huffed, a little annoyed.

Hange ran away, "Have it your way! I'm gonna go leech on our underclassmen using your name! FYI you are a stupid jerk and you have stupid hair!"

"Hey!" Connie huffed. "Could this be a future reference?"

Hange denied, "I doubt it. The Survey Corp may be lacking in funds, but we aren't that desperate. And Levi does have stupid hair, but for some reason, the girls in the Corp love it."

'His hair is just as short as him.' Mikasa mentally smirked. After learning that Levi was sensitive about his height, the number one rookie was determined to collect as many short jokes as she could to send an entire booklet to him. After all, the Captain never ordered her to not write short jokes.

'It'll be fun.' She decided.

"You needs to work on your comebacks!"

Levi opened the door with a sigh to the Scouts' HQ to find Hange bound on the floor. Eren and Jean were breathing harshly with everyone else on guard. Oluo was half-dead. "What the hell are you guys doing?"

Ymir raised a brow, "I find it hard to believe that you guys took down a squad leader."

"Well, there's also the Special Operation Squad present plus Mikasa present, so it's not as unlikely as you think." Jean defended.

Jean jumped, "We had to! She was out of control! Crazy girl just show up out of nowhere and went on a rampage!"

"Please, sir! You gotta get her outta here!" Eren nodded along.

"You know, I just thought of something." Hange piped up. "Erwin, you are younger than Mike, right?"

"I am." Erwin nodded.

"Then assuming that everyone in a year of this...junior high school is the same age like we do here, then wouldn't it be weird that Eren and the rookies are first-years, Petra and the guys are second-years, while Levi, Mike and I are third-years?" Hange pointed out. "Levi and I aside, Mike is older than us, while Petra and the guys are several years older than Eren and everyone else."

"That's odd." Armin looked up thoughtfully, "Going by that logic, then age doesn't matter. In the other world, assuming Captain Levi, Squad Leader Hange and Squad Leader Mike is the same age, then a person's age can be different compared to us! For example, the King can be a young baby, or he could have died decades ago! This is an amazing discovery, Squad Leader!"

"No need to flatter me, Armin!" Hange chirped, "I know I'm awesome!"

"Hange's general idiocy aside," Levi contemplated, "this is certainly something to look into. If the possible future predictions are related to the age of the people involved, then we can reasonably figure out a possible timeline."

"That makes sense." Petra nodded.

"Yeah no."

Eren continued, "But Hange was hardcore flailing! You should've seen it; she took down Oluo!"

"Not my problem."

Hange's glasses shined dangerously, "Levi, do you get now how serious I am?"

Levi glared harshly as if he'd seen mold on the floor, "Yeah, I get how seriously crap your brain is."

"Captain totally has an affinity for shit jokes, doesn't he?" Armin whispered.

Eren nodded, "That's right."

'Just like his personality.' Mikasa thought.

Hange wilted on the floor. Eren wondered, "Not that it's any of my business but...how did you get yourself so short on cash?"

Oluo magically recovered and shushed at Eren, "Idiot, shut up!"

Hange broke her restraint and looked up at Eren with a maniacal expression. "Ah, I knew it! I thought you might be curious enough to ask!"

"Huh?!" Eren looked around to find that everyone else except himself, Jean and Mikasa had left the room, leaving Hange behind.

"And this is when I asked her about the Titans out of curiosity." Eren pulled a face, "You guys seriously abandoned me...what happened to no one gets left behind, huh?"

Petra laughed, "You brought that upon yourself, Eren!"

Hange took on a perverted expression as she grinned, "You asked questions! Ohhh yes all of the sorts of details fascinate you huh?!"

"What a creep." Ymir looked disgusted.

"Ymir!" Christa chided.

At the Biology club with Moblit, Eren asked, "Uh...Hange, why did you bring us to the science lab?"

"Who's that?" Sasha piped up.

"He's Moblit Berner, the vice-captain of the fourth squad, but he's more commonly known as Hange's servant." Levi deadpanned, "On that note, he's also the heaviest drinker in the Corp because of that."

Jean nodded, "Everyday must be hell for him. What a champ!"

"Well, we of the Biology club use this room from time to time at the faculty's blessing, of course. Welcome to what we do."

Hange opens the door slowly as it creeks ominous sounds. Eren peeked in, "Okay? This seems a bit…I don't know, dark?"

Hange quickly pulled out a flashlight and pointed it at herself, "Now, allow me to introduce you to—"

The light was turned on and the first-years saw Sonny and Bean bound behind Hange with steel rods.

"SONNY! BEAN! MY PRECIOUS LITTLE BABIES!" Hange leaped out of her sofa, pushing Levi aside in the process and went for the screen. Erwin fumbled with the remote before pressing pause.

"Is that...the two captured Titans that were killed?" Christa hesitantly asked, "Why is she—?"

"Just in case you guys didn't know, Hange's a Titan maniac. She loves Titans and wants to know more about them. A Titan Specialist if you will." Gunther explained to the confused recruits.

Connie echoed in disbelief, "A Survey Corp member who love Titans?!"

"I thought she was a little odd in the previous episodes…." Ymir mused, 'This woman is dangerous. I wonder how much she knows.'

"Hange, please get back to your seat," Erwin ordered sternly. "We have to move on or we'll never get to the end of this."

Levi wasn't that patient as he immediately stood up and manhandled Hange. Petra also helped in dragging the Squad Leader back to her seat and mentally lamented, 'If only Moblit was here.'

The short man wipe the screen clean and went back to his seat.

"Titans?!" Eren exclaimed.

"Aren't they cute? I'm going to name them after a bug and a crab I used to take care of a long time ago."

"This one's not true," Hange sniffed, "I actually named Sonny and Bean after the leader of a human-eating tribe!"

'That's even creepier!'

Moblit said tiredly, "Here we go again. Another one of these freaky naming ceremonies."

"You are Sonny! And we'll call you Bean! Let's be chumps, huh?!"

Her assistant screamed, "Hange, please! You are too close!"

Immediately, Bean tried to bite her. Hange jumped back and remarked, "Phew! That was a close one!"

"Wow." Jean and the others who hadn't experience Hange's own brand of eccentricity deadpanned. "This is unbelievable."

"Yet another instance of Titan trying to take a bite out of a human." Too used to Hange's madness, Petra calmly noted, "Last time, Instructor Keith only threatened to feed Sasha to the Titans, but this time we see a Titan trying to eat a human. That is odd."

"Does she...you know...do this in our world?" Connie whispered to Eld, "In the TV-world, it's probably fine since the Titans don't eat humans, but in our world…."

"I get what you mean, and yes, she does that all the time," Eld replied in a dry tone, "Hange's obsessed with those Titans, and most of the time they're just trying to kill her while she sat on the side and tell them a bedtime story."

'What a place for oddballs…' The rookies deadpanned.

Ymir thought, 'I wonder how she'll react once she knows that Titans used to be humans.'

"That's what I just told you!"

Jean exclaimed, "You can't just treat Titans like hamsters!"

"Of course you can!" Hange denied, "We've been bumbling in the dark for too long now! The framework through which we understand these creatures is built on a little more than fear and contempt. I can see that my approach may be a complete waste of time. However!" Hange's eyes shone with determination, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

'It's refreshing, her opinion, that is.' Jean thought, 'Whenever we think of Titans, our first instinct is to run away in fear or kill them. No one has thought about understanding what those Titans are like her. She's a driven person."

No one seems to have faith in her words.

Sonny tried to say something as Hange switched her attention to the Titan, "Come on, talk to me—"

The Titan tried to bite her before she jumped back. "Hange, will you please stand clear?!"

She started laughing while clutching her stomach, "Hahaha! You were a hair's breadth away from getting me there didn't you darling?! Hahaha!"

"Someday you are going to get your head chomped off!"

Eld sighed in exasperation, "Sadly, Moblit's not even trying to tell a joke."

"I see how it is." Levi leaned against the doorway and sighed. "It pretty much explains why you are broke."

Eren asked, "When did you come in?!"

"Exactly, right?!" Hange yelled, "The cost to feed him is enough to keep our club finances in the red! I tried to scrape together when I can but my allowance is in jest so you know…" She trailed off with her stomach giving a growl.

"I guess it can't be helped." Levi opened his bag. "I'm not treating you. I expect to be paid back in full."

'Despite his harsh and insensitive comments, he's a good person deep down.' Christa observed.

"Levi!" Hange screech in happiness, imagining what Levi will give her.

Connie mumbled, "Let's see...strawberry cake, sausage, steak...and what's that other one?"

"No idea, but it looks delicious."

Levi threw her a pack of dog food.

It was so unexpected that everyone was caught off guard before they start laughing uncontrollably.

"H-Headlong Dog Food—!" Eren choked, "This is amazing! And he said it with such a straight face, too!"

Sasha guffawed, "This really reminds me of the time when Mikasa almost gave me her bread, but then she ate it out of spite! These two are definitely related!"

"Excuse me?!" Mikasa abruptly stop smirking and whipped her head around to face Sasha with a threatening expression.

Potato Girl squeaked in fear, "I-I'm so sorry!"

"Levi! How can you do that?!" Hange whined. "I'm starving! At least have some compassion for your fellow club members!"

Levi's lips twitched at his TV-self's nonchalance, "I did."

"What's this?" Hange held out the red packet hesitantly.

"Food for your hamsters."

Jean was taken aback, "Not for her?!"

"Go buy some Sacchan Squid for yourself and leave me alone." And with that, Levi left.

"Gee, thanks." Hange opened the bag and ate the content even though Sonny and Bean clearly wanted to eat it, "You are one stubborn bastard."

"You ate it?!" The majority of the room exclaimed.

"Sonny and Bean seem to like it…" Hange sneak a peek at the fridge, "Maybe I should—"

"No." Erwin firmly denied.

Hange looked at him with pleading eyes, "Our mission is to discover the unknowns beyond the Walls! Tasting the unknowns is also one of them!"

Eld pinched his brows together and exclaimed harshly, "That doesn't mean you have to stoop to eating dog food!"

"I think I also want to try it." Sasha shared a glance with Hange, who followed up on the recruit's comment, "See? She agrees with me!"

"Have you not learned your lesson yet?" Jean deadpanned.

Sasha declared, "No way's a stomach ache can stop me from trying out new things!"

'Great. Now the clone and her original is teaming up.' Levi messaged his forehead. 'What a pain.'

"Fridge! Please get us some dog food!" Hange exclaimed before Erwin has a chance to stop her.

"It will be done."

The Squad Leader opened the fridge to find a large orange bag with no label and full of dried bacon-flavored dog food.

"How is this even…" Gunther began, but he lost the will to finish that sentence and settled with a facepalm and a pained groan.

Hange hungrily dived in and open the packet before scooping out a handful of brown pellets, "It smells like bacon and meat!"

Sasha put her face down close to the bag and take a deep sniff, "Woah! You're right!"

The two of them then take a large bite out of the amount on their hands before chewing thoughtfully. The rest waited with bated breath as they sported expressions varying from interested to disgusted. Hange finally said, "It's a little tough to chew, but not bad! It's better than those sloppy soup you have as a trainee, at least!"

"Really?" Eren and Connie stood up before making their way to the orange bag. After hesitantly taking a small pellet, they nodded in agreement, "Yeah, it's not bad!"

"I want to try it, too!" Eren brought the bag over to where everyone is sitting and they each grabbed a few pellets to try out. Curiosity won Erwin over while Levi refused to touch it at first but relented after seeing Erwin took his own bite. He had to agree; it was better than those sloppy messes that the kitchen called soup, and the pellets were incredibly meaty even though it's a little on the salty side.

"You know, most of these foods we eat is either overly salty or overly sugary," Jean noted, "I wonder why."

Armin answered, "Maybe it's because the governors are used to it. But eating too much salt or sugar can have a negative effect on your health, though."

"I'm so proud of you, Sasha! You got most of the answers dead on!" Armin complimented.

Sasha scratched her head in embarrassment, "Well, I did have a pretty awesome tutor."

"Hey, no." Armin handed back her mock tests. "At the end of the day, you did this all by yourself."

'If I'm honest,' Sasha thought to herself, 'My impression on Armin was that he's just weak.'

"Wha—no!" Sasha spluttered, "Of course not, Armin! You aren't the most athletic, but you are super smart! If not for your plan at Trost then all of us might be dead!"

"Yeah yeah!" Connie added on, "None of us would've thought to use Eren's Titan to our advantage!"

Armin blushed, "Thank you."

'However, he's very kind and smart. He's got lots of wonderful traits.' Sasha smiled, "Armin, thank you very much for your help today."

Armin shook his head, "No, it's my pleasure. See you tomorrow and good luck on the make-up test!"

Watching Armin run on the street, Sasha spoke out loud, "You're amazing. You didn't have to help me out but you stepped up! Now it's my turn!"

Before she has a chance to head home herself, Armin screamed and ran back to her. "It's dark on the street!"

A few of them chuckled, but they were tactful enough to keep the volume down.

"What's wrong?!"

Armin cried, "I'm scared of the dark! I'm scared of the dark!"

Sasha smiled, 'I guess he is weak after all.'

Keith's voice boomed, "Alright, livestock! I'll give you your makeup tests now! Try not to screw up!"

The writing on the boards differs greatly from the venom in his voice.

Everyone in the room stared at the phrase 'You can do it!' with great interest.

"What the hell's that?!" Eren exclaimed.

"Let's see...we have 'Makeup Tests!', 'Do your best!', 'You can do it!', and 'by Keith'. Perhaps it is some form of encouragement...whatever that is?" Hange logically concluded. "It looks like those label on the first-aid box so probably the same type of language."

Connie whispered, "'Do your best livestock' seems more appropriate for him…"

Sasha turned her test over, "It's got an x and a y! And I know exactly what to do! Haha you don't scare me, algebra! So what should I substitute? Steak and curry sound marvelous. Hamburg steak and melon are also good. But cake, sushi, bean paste bun, ramen, and gyoza are hard to give up, too!" Sasha drooled, "What's on the menu today?"

"Mhmm!" Sasha put on her best yummy face, "That sounds delicious!"

"In the end, Sasha flunked the makeup tests, too. Now, she's in remedial classes." Kuro sounds like she's trying her best to suppress a cackle, "Connie was automatically put in remedial classes because he forgot about the makeup test."

Jean snorted, "The possibility that Connie will forget something important in the future has increased."

Hange screamed in ecstasy as she ran across the field with Sonny and Bean chasing her. Moblit ran after them and screamed, "This is dangerous!"

Connie sighed, "Ah, I love this time of year."

"Milady. You have a phone call from your fellow governor." Shiro's butler respectfully bowed and gave her a ringing phone. It was brand new since she had already crushed the other one.

Shiro snatched the object before looking at the screen, but nearly threw it in the fireplace when she saw the calling ID. In the end, she pressed the green button, "What is it?"

"Heya Shiro." Even though Shiro can't see it, she knew that Kuro is definitely smiling widely, "Do you think that humans are such greedy creatures?"

"Of course they are; that's why they are so distinguished; so special." Shiro impatiently asked, "What are you getting at?"

"When you dangled a piece of meat in front of them," Kuro began, "Obviously they'll bite. But then they'll crave more and more until there is nothing left. Once there is nothing left, they will crave for it even more. They thirst for it. Now, I wonder; what will the Scouts do when a solution is found after a hundred years of imprisonment?"

The governor was confused; what exactly is Kuro getting at?

"Dunno if you are watching them or not," Kuro's voice singsonged, "but now is a good time to do so because I'm gonna do something epic...something that's gonna flip the table so many times over!"

"As if you didn't mess everything up already—"

"Also, this call is connected to my earphones, so no matter how hard you scream, it's not gonna be heard—well, my eardrums might be gone but that's a small price to pay."

"Hey!" Shiro screamed, "What are you going to do?! Don't you dare—!"

To her horror, the other side has already started talking, but the target was definitely someone else, "Hello! Ladies and gentlemen! Have you picked up anything important from the episodes yet?!"

"—Have you picked up anything important from the episodes yet?!"

Hearing Kuro speaking was indeed surprising since all she'd ever done was putting texts on the screens for everyone to read, but never doing the actual speaking herself. It was the same voice as the narrator's, and it honestly doesn't fit with the image of a terrifying and powerful governor. The Commander, as expected, quickly composed himself and got straight to the point,

"Hello, Kuro. Everything is going along fine, though there are admittedly not as much helpful information as we would have preferred." Erwin began. There were too little resources in these videos to 'win the war', as Kuro has put it, and since Kuro decided to make contact with them anyway, Erwin decided to bargain for something else. "If possible, can we—"

"Oh, don't worry about that!" Kuro cheerfully said, "I knew you guys were going to come to that conclusion sooner or later, so I'm giving you another resource to work with! Ain't I a nice one?!"

"Hooray!" Connie cheered, "Kuro's such an awesome governor!"

Eren nodded, "Yeah! With this, we can finally get going!"

"Thank you for your assistance." Erwin nodded, a hint of eagerness in his voice.

"It's not that big of a deal, you guys have done great so far: establishing the Scout Regiment, going on expeditions, finding out the Titans' weakness, developing the gear,..." Kuro gave the impression of a shrug. "It's quite impressive. Your Founder would've been so proud!"

"Founder?" Armin echoed.

In that instance, Ymir just knew. She knew. The fear of hunger, her time in the cult, her years beyond the walls, and her days as a trainee flashes in front of her like a bolt of lightning with horrifying clarity and she's oh so afraid like she'd never been before—

"Well, there's no point in speculating since you do possess a part of her soul just like all Titan Shifters, so you must know, right?" Kuro's voice went from cheerful to deep and dark and Ymir knew she's dead, "Ymir?"

Levi moved.

FINALLY FINISHED! I know I said I'll update sometime around late June or early July but it's almost halfway into July already lol. I'm going to guess that the next chapter's gonna be out around late August or early September, but I suppose it's not that trustworthy now is it? XD

Thanks for the seven people who reviewed the last chapter ^3^! AoT Season 4's gonna be out in Fall 2020 and it's the last season so I'm pretty hyped even though the manga corner is in absolute chaos right now what's with the content of Chapter 119 (it's been like a week and the shock still hasn't worn off). If you are a manga reader and hasn't gotten the scoop yet, type readsnk into google and there's the website for reading the manga and pretty much everything else related to AoT. A new chapter release once every month on approximately the 12th but you usually get a full English translation on the 5th or so XD.

I agree that the soldier could've been more tactful in saying that 'it's got boobs' but imagine a pack of men got stuck together on a deserted island and suddenly a well-endowed woman appear and tell me they won't start stuttering like crazy XD. It's mostly for comedic relief though, and yeah in Lost Girls Annie did beat up those guys that tried to 'cop a feel'.

Glad to see that you guys are enjoying the transition between what's happening on Paradis and the room. Originally, I wasn't going to establish what happened there to drop a bomb on Erwin and the guys when they got back (something like "At least some people are enjoying themselves! We worked our asses off to defend the Walls from a Female Titan, did you know that?!") but then I thought that the readers will be confused with the sudden development so I decided to add it in.

To the random Spanish reviewer: If you wait for it all your life then technically you'll be undead lol.

There are many positive feedbacks overall and I'm really glad; this is the first time I'm actually making a long-time commitment to a fanfic (I usually do one-shots) and taking time out to write the characters properly so I was pretty nervous about flames and the likes. From now on I'll try to do my best to make every chapter worth your time (whisper: and reviews~) (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ

If you are a manga reader, then you may or may not caught the hint from the Hange and Levi dialogue in this chapter. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Eren misunderstood and spread the (false) rumor about Levi being sensitive with his height. Canon-wise, I'm not sure, but it'll be interesting to see his reactions. Also, bet none of you expected the Ymir reveal because I gave her an out in the beginning, eh? XD. The reason I revealed that Ymir is a shifter was because there is not enough stuff in AoT: Junior High for me to work with to make an interesting story so I just throw in a plot twist. Once again, not sure how much does Ymir know canon-wise about Marley, but I'll probably have her know mostly history facts and also some Titan facts.

And don't worry. I know I'm awesome with cliffhangers lol.

So how was the chapter? Please leave a review; Hange said they are even more amazing than dog food.