Chapter 48 - Wilderness (2) (1/2)
(3 person's POV)
”Ah... This is so boring...”
”Meat...”
In the middle of a desolate valley, filled with uneven mountain peaks, a group of 9 was moving toward their destination.
They were: Athanatos Ackermann, Historia Reiss, Armin Alert, Eren Yeager, Jean Kirstein, Mina Carolina, Marco Bott, Connie Springer, and last but not least, Sasha Blouse.
Besides two people, most were extremely exhausted as the sunny weather slowly began to wear them down. They couldn't even take a break, nor could they go over a certain speed. In other words, it was extremely boring.
But, that was the main purpose of the ȧssessment—to see how well they can endure boredom.
Regardless, it was very difficult to endure such a thing, considering that these are just young teenagers. They are at that stage in life, where hormones start to have an effect on their behavior.
And using boredom to cope with that isn't such a good idea. So there are definitely bound to be some people who won't follow the rules.
For example:
”Come'on! Let's hurry up! There's nothing to do here.”
”We're not allowed to rush the journey, Eren.”
”Shut up, Armin. If no one is going, then Imma be ahead.”
”Just let him go, Armin. We should just sit down and take our time.”
”Tch! Tch! You're useless Jean.”
”Yeah right... Like any effort will get me into the Military Police.”
”Don't say that Jean, we're a team here. And Eren, we're breaking up the formation if you're going ahead.”
”AHHHH!!! This is so boring.”
It wasn't until Marco, the leader of the team, persuaded the two that they had finally calmed down.
These kinds of conversations have been occurring similarly once every 2 hours; though this time, it was the loudest. For Eren, who is usually impatient, the whole trip is like a torture to him. But for Jean, he's pretty cool with it. Thus, the two have been clashing quite frequently, no matter who intervenes.
Except for one that is.
”SHUT UP EREN! God. I swear if you're waking me up one more time, Imma shove your face straight into your ȧss..”
Eren had made a mistake. He had nearly forgotten the fact that Athanatos was on the same team as him.
Throughout the entire journey, Athanatos has not spoken a single word.
Then... what was he's doing?
In front of Athanatos, was two horses pulling a cart. And he was currently sleeping on it with Historia besides him.
He wasn't doing anything. Just sleeping while holding hands with Historia. They were simply in their own world.
Realistically speaking, this was not even allowed during the ȧssessment. Everyone is supposed to be riding their own horse while being in a specific formation. But nobody dares to say a word. No one...
But they knew, once they wake up the sleeping dragon, they are f**ked!!!
”What about Jean? Why me?”
”How about you go f**k yourself and shut the hell up!”
”You too, horse face.”
”( ･_･)”
He f**ked up too...
Then Athanatos went back to sleep.
””*Sigh*””
The two troublemaker duo sighed in relief.
Thank goodness Athanatos didn't pursue this topic. Or else... they might have to suffer... quite terribly.
But then, suddenly...
”A LIZARD!!! MEAT!!!”
Eren and Jean who managed to dodge a bullet earlier, couldn't help but start to sweatdrop like crazy.
Why? Why would she do this...? Why wake up the dragon?
But contrary to their expectation, Athanatos wasn't angry. In fact, he was quite excited.
He abruptly stood up and took out his steel sword. Without even a short breath of hesitation, he threw it with extreme precision.
The sword passed straight between Eren and Jean, then finally impale its target.
The most amazing—and the scariest—part of this was how Athanatos didn't even try aiming.
This caught Eren and Jean by surprise, as, if they were just a foot closer to each other, they might have had one foot down in their grave. In fact, they didn't even see the sword trajectory. They only felt a cold breeze passing by, giving chills to their spines.
For Eren, this happens occasionally, but for Jean? He almost shat himself.
They didn't dare to say a word, in fear of Athanatos. They didn't want to know what will happen to them when he is angered, not even Eren, who has been living with him for a couple of years already.
”Yay!”
Eren and Jean were speechless at the two crazies high-fiving... especially Eren.
Why is this so unfair? Why is he, Athanatos' family member, is being treated worse than a girl who is mentally retarded?
Is she another one of his girlfriends?
Of course... it wasn't as what Eren think it was.