Chapter 24 - New Living Arrangement (1/2)

(3rd person's POV)

(7 days after the Fall of Wall Maria)

Inside a refugee camp, a boy was running excitedly toward his group's tent. Behind him, there was also a young girl running not too far behind.

”GUYS!!! I got good news!”

Once the people inside the tent heard that they turned to look at the boy.

”What is it Thana-kun? Where have you been the entire day?” A beautiful middle-aged woman spoke up. Her expression told the boy that she was quite tired. A prolonged period of starvation had slowly exhausted her. Not only that, but the constant stare of ŀust by the guards in her surroundings also started to wear her down. This mostly happened when she's usually with few people around, or alone since almost all men have to do construction work in the day. Still, this only lasted a couple of days in the beginning as, the day after she tells her group about her problems, no one harassed her anymore.

”I got us a house!”

”A house? How the hell did you get a house after only leaving for a day?”

”Someone gave it to m-”

What the boy intended to say was that because he looked so strong, a rich person begged him to become his bodyguard for a day in exchange for a house.

The actual story was that when the boy found a group of corrupted merchants, he hypnotized them into thinking that they're good people. He then told them to only do good deeds for the people and give him a house. All of this happened within a day, with half of the time spent on furnishing the house.

Knowing that the boy was dead set on telling his version of the story. The girl then hurriedly interrupted him.

”We saved a rich person and in return, they gave us a small house.”

”””HUH?/What?/IMPOSSIBLE!””” Different reactions within the tent sounded out, audibly confused by the weird story that was just told.

[SEE? told you, Mikasa. If I tell them my story, they would have believed me immediately.]

The boy proudly said telepathically to Mikasa with a smirk on his face, totally oblivious to the weird stare she gave him.

Although there were definitely a lot of flaws within the story, but they still wanted to make sure if it was the truth.