Chapter 39 - Taming (1/2)

(3rd person's POV)

”So you were there... when the wall fell?” (Mob 1)

”What about the Colossal Titan? I heard it could step over the wall!” (Mob 2)

”Yeah tell us! I heard the same thing.”

Surrounding Eren and Armin, a group of people was throwing question after question at them, curious about their experience at Shigan Shina.

”Yeah... I was there, the damn day that cursed us all. And to answer your question, no the Colossal Titan was not that big. Its head was just slightly above the ground and it bȧrėly has any skin.”

Eren calmly answers while eating his food.

Then everyone kept asking random questions until someone finally said.

”What about the titans? How were they? I heard that they were terrifying creatures.”

”They... Hehehe. It's not such a big deal. They were definitely not as scary as they seemed. Once we master the ODM gear, we will slaughter them, just like how they did it to us. Isn't that's why we trained Armin.”

Armin, who was acting nonchalantly to make himself look cool, finally take a look at the bragging Eren. He then put up a really stoic face as if he was an old war veteran. This simple action made a few girls almost wet themselves, especially with the defined features coming off from these handsome blonde boys.

”Yeah... Yeah... That's why we put ourselves through hell. Everyday.”

He replied with a rough voice, unlike his normal boyish tone and once again, making himself look cooler. Then he stared out at the distance while putting his hand on his chin, before continuing his speech.

”Titans may be scary once see how disgusting their actions are. But that's it. They are quite slow, especially within the residential areas. If we just take a little precaution, those little bastards won't even touch a single hair of us.”

Meanwhile, Jean and the other boys who weren't the conversation were pissed by these two dudes.

Armin and Eren... They got the story. They got a tough body. And especially they got a good look.

Why weren't others as blessed as them?

Even Jean, who was intending to mock Eren for wanting to join the Survey Corps, held back, in fear of angering these strong dudes. This made him even more pissed since he was quite strong for people his age.

”It's quite rowdy over there... Hey, why don't we check Thana-kun? It's quite late after all.”

In a different table, 3 girls were simply minding their own business. That was until Historia brought up a point. She also changed quite a lot ever since she joined the family.

Though she wasn't privy to the secret shared between Athanatos and her two female friends, she knew they were hiding something. But she didn't want to buŧŧ in and demand an answer. She would wait until the day it was necessary to ask, or the day that they might tell her.

”Uhm, let's go,” Mikasa spoke quietly, and Annie also agreeing.

”Let's get some bread too! The girl Sasha and Thana-kun must have been hungry from the running.”

The two just kept quiet since they knew that even without eating, there's no way Athanatos can get hungry at all. But they still have to pretend he's a normal human being.

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At that very moment when the girls were about to take off, 3 guys immediately noticed them.

It was Jean, Reiner, and Bertholdt. Each has their own attention on a different girl, Mikasa, Historia, and Annie respectively.

Meanwhile, Jean, who was smitten by the beauty of the Oriental girl, decided to try his luck.

In his eyes, all that he saw was the most beautiful thing in the world. The way she elegantly walked while not minding anyone's business was as if she was a literal goddess not caring about mortals' affairs. She had black glistening eyes surrounded by long curly eyelashes. Her delicate and plump pink lip could make anyone heart thumping thousands of times faster than normal.

And for a moment, Jean swore he could feel a halo radiating beautiful light around her body. Heck, for a moment, he could even hear the sound of a heavenly angel singing.

Her beauty was just that captivating.

Right before Jean could go any further, Eren, who witnessed the scene, immediately went into panic mode. Terror flashed through his eyes and he even could picture himself hanging on Wall Rose.

He must stop Jean before he makes any advances on her, or he, Armin, and Jean might be on the headline tomorrow as corpses.

”STOP RIGHT THERE HORSE FACE!!!”

But Jean didn't care. He was in his own world, slowly reaching out to the woman of his life.

'F*CK! He's not listening.' And with that, Eren just decided to screw it before smashing his fist onto Jean's head, effectively knocking him almost unconcious.

”Ouch! Wh..at was that for?”

”I'm sorry but I just saved your life. You're welcome.”

”You...” Jean was so angry but the pain on his head caused him to faint quickly after.

The whole incident was witnessed by everyone in the dining room, making them speechless.