The people stranded in the underground streets of Sheena's Wall were moved back to the Wall of Rose. In order to prevent the beast giant and other enemies from sneaking into the wall again, most of the garrison troops were sent to the Wall of Rose. On the high wall Patrolling day and night.
Work has been completely suspended within the Wall of Rose for more than a week. The economy inside the wall has been severely damaged, and a large amount of food reserves have been consumed. The current situation is that prices are soaring and people are panicked.
At this time, the garrison soldiers who had been maintaining the security of various towns and even served as urban management were sent to the city walls. The security in various places began to deteriorate, and thefts, robberies, and fights increased significantly.
Although the garrison troops are hacked and ridiculed on a daily basis, they number 40,000 and are the largest armed force within the wall, maintaining the stability of the world within the wall.
Today, in a remote yard in the wilderness of Trost District, the members of the new Levi class are temporarily hiding here. The members include Levi, Ellen, Mikasa, Armin, Jean, Sasha, Connie, and Hist Leah, and Ymir.
As for Sister Pei and Oloo, they became ordinary squad leaders of the Survey Corps.
Everyone was sitting at the same table having breakfast, and Ren was also present as a member of Han Jiban. The reason why he was here was because after obtaining detailed information, the group leader would give him an important task.
Once this matter is exposed, there may be no place for him within the entire wall.
Historia looked at everyone and began to tell her life experience: "I was born in a small pasture north of Sheena's Wall..."
Historia has lived on a ranch in the territory of the "country nobles" Reis family since she was a child. She has been helping work on the ranch for as long as she can remember.
Her mother sat under a tree reading every day, ignoring her and never saying a word to her. Every night, someone would drive a carriage to take her beautifully dressed mother to the town.
Her grandparents only talked to her when they taught her how to work. Historia felt that her life was like this and there was nothing special about it.
At some point, she learned to read and finally realized that she was alone in this world. She tried to climb over the fence and go out to play, but was thrown back with stones by children outside the pasture.
Innocence does not mean kindness and gentleness. Ignorant people do not understand good and evil, and do not even know whether their actions are cruel or compassionate.
Some children do not grow up under the loving care of their parents. They grow up hurting and being hurt.
One day, Historia mustered up the courage to throw herself into her mother's arms, but her mother roughly pushed her away. Even so, she was very happy because her mother was finally no longer indifferent to her. However, her mother sobbed and said that she wanted to After killing her, her mother left the ranch...
This was the only communication between them in those years, and Historia realized that her life in this world was not a good thing. She didn't know what she had done wrong, as if the whole world had no place for her.
After that, she would be busy every day, so that she might forget that she was lonely. The animals in the ranch liked her very much, and she liked them too, because no one liked her except these animals.
Five years ago, one night a few days after the fall of Wall Maria, she met her father Rod Reis and learned the identity of the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman. She also saw her terrified mother.
Then, a group of socialites wearing black trench coats suddenly appeared, and one of them directly wiped her mother's neck with a knife. She later understood why her mother's last words were that she regretted giving birth to her.
Her father was indifferent to this, and just as she was about to be killed, he spoke.
She saved her life and kept her name anonymous. Like Eren Mikasa and others, two years after she went to open up wasteland, she joined the 104th training corps at the age of 12 and met Ymir, the first person who truly cared about her.
After that, Ren taught her a lot of "fallacy". If someone throws a stone at you, just throw a brick back. You are not money, you cannot make everyone like you or anything like that.
After listening to Historia's story, everyone was silent. She stood up, walked out of the hut, and came to the wilderness.
The green grass stretches all the way to the hills, the warm wind blows through the fields, blowing the girl's skirt, and the faint fragrance of unknown wild flowers makes the girl burst into tears.
Ymir and Ren also stood up and walked out, but no one followed them.
Historia's eyes were red, and she cried: "Am I the kind of child that no one wants?"
Ymir was heartbroken. He held her in his arms, gently stroked her golden hair, and said softly: "No, I want to... stay with you until the end of my life."
Ren watched all this silently, with the warm sunshine shining on his face. He recalled that distant afternoon, after visiting Karin, he returned with Gray with the manuscript of the ninth set of fighting arts.
"I actually don't understand why Karin has three husbands. I don't think she is very happy." He asked, who was still Karen at the time.
The smile on Gray's vicissitudes of life was bitter: "It's okay to tell you that many years ago, when Karin was a little girl, she was innocent and innocent, playing in the garden of the Imperial Palace all day long, or reading those heroic epics, until... "
Until one day, the king said that he wanted to marry her to the eldest son of a certain big noble. Karin was very bold. She secretly investigated the fiancé and found out that he was a scumbag with a lot of wealth but a lot of bad things.
She opposed this marriage. It wasn't that she didn't want to get married, but she hoped she could choose a good husband again.
The king's father, who had always doted on her, rejected her and scolded her for not knowing the rules and daring to investigate her fiancé privately.
And her always gentle mother also warned her not to think too much and to listen to her father. Karin realized that she was a good child only if she was obedient. As a princess, she should be sent for marriage.
Karin burst into tears and realized that her parents didn't really love her and they didn't care about her lifelong happiness.
She secretly tested whether she had knight talent, and then asked the leader of the Border Knights who returned to the palace to report her work. She was a female knight. She took Karin to the White Tower City on the border.
Her status as a princess did not allow Karin to receive preferential treatment at the Knight Academy. She was made things difficult for her by some people, and her parents hoped that she would retreat in spite of the difficulties and come back to serve as a marriage tool.
Karin works very hard and ranks among the best in all categories, especially in fighting. She is proficient in boxing, palm skills, kick skills, swords, sticks and spears and almost all martial arts. She has even extensively dabbled in various folk martial arts moves and learned from others' strengths.
As for how much suffering she suffered for this, how much injuries and cynicism she suffered from others, only she knew.
When graduation was approaching, Gray confessed his love to Karin. She looked very complicated and said this to him:
"I am here to be a knight, not to protect mankind, nor for some kind of honor. I don't care at all whether the empire is glorious or in decline.
It's just... I have never understood whether a person lives in this world to enjoy life or to suffer. "
Then Gray's confession was directly rejected.
Not long ago, Karin got married and married three men at the same time. This undoubtedly smeared the royal family's face. Although the status of women in the empire is not low because of the existence of female knights, this is also a shocking thing.
Anyway, people throughout the empire were talking a lot at that time. Many people in the market called Karin a loose woman, and some people were looking at the royal family's joke.
When Karin sent the invitation to the palace, the king who was having lunch tore it into pieces. He was so angry that he overturned the banquet and roared loudly, scolding Karin for bringing shame on the royal family.
In the empire's system, the royal family is only the largest noble family, and their power is not as great as that of the centralized emperor.
Gray said with a hint of sarcasm on his face: "Besides being incompetent and furious, His Majesty the King has nothing to do with Karin, who is already the leader of the Knights of the Rose."
With some sadness on his face, Gray sighed: "Karin told me that she had no choice before, and she worked so hard just to make a choice again.
It's just... I never understood whether she was mocking the fate that had always bound her, or whether she was torturing herself. "
Time passed quietly, and after a while, Historia wiped the tears from her eyes: "Ren, will you go for a walk with me?"
"OK."
The two of them were walking on a field full of flowers and grass. Ymir didn't know why, but he didn't follow them.
After a while, Historia sat on the grass, holding her knees with her hands, and Ren sat next to her. The two did not communicate, but just stared at the blue sky in a daze.
After a long time, Ren whispered: "Sasha's father, Mr. Brous, once told me that we are all part of the world. No one can live alone without the crowd. Only by helping each other can we continue to move forward."
Historia turned her head and stared at him with her big blue eyes: "Are you comforting me?"
Shaking his head slightly, Ren smiled gently: "No, how can I say that I understand your loneliness? I actually don't fully agree with that statement."
He picked up a flower and smelled the fragrance: "I think that although everyone warms each other and seems to be connected, in fact, everyone's heart is separated from the world of others. What you think is actually only you. We know that we cannot personally feel the pain of others.
Everyone is an island, so we don’t drown in each other’s sorrows and can quickly recover from other people’s misfortunes. "
Renn handed the flower to Historia, and she took the nameless flower with her white hands, with a peaceful smile on her face.
"But this is us, right? How small we are. I would like to bless you to choose your own way of life."
Ren stood up and stepped on the soft grass. The girl held flowers in her hands and watched him leave.
