Char's return to the camp was already half a month ago. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Starting from the underground mall of the "Wall of Sine", he walked through a variety of locations, such as industrial cities and giant tree forests, from popular tourist spots to forbidden areas for the rest of the world, and then began to move towards the surface. His last stop was the garrison of the Survey Corps.

I don't know if it was planned from the beginning, or it was just a whim, but in the end, the trip ended with Char's perfect return.

- The Human World, Arnos Alec Region.

Crunch, the ancient gates opened.

With the sound of the old gears struggling to operate, everyone who had been standing at the door for a long time witnessed Char's return.

"Big brother!!"

"Yikes! The good guys are back~! ”

Connie and the sweet potato girl cheered, and Char suddenly rushed over and hugged Char before he could put down his equipment. The tight hug, more than enthusiasm, and Char felt a little unbearable. Even though he was accustomed to these two strange actions, it was only now that Char really felt a trace of warmth in his heart.

Like the miracle of returning from the wind itself, Char was welcomed by everyone.

But because the expedition has just ended, not long ago, many guards in this base are holding their posts with injuries. Wounded soldiers, and countless dead. This castle, which was once a source of pride, now seems rather lonely.

In the middle of the empty hall stood Char and the rest of the team, and almost all of the rest were recuperating or ...... In the midst of burial.

"By the way, big brother, how did you escape from that forest?"

"Run? No kidding. Of course, he came out with dignity and killed all the enemies. ”

"Yikes!! It's a good person, and it's really amazing!! ”

"Good guy = strong guy? Interesting equations. Char said with his chin pinched.

"Another explanation for good character, right?" Connie guessed.

"But to be able to fight a bloody path from that kind of land alone, should you be a big brother, or has your strength really surpassed humans and become a monster?"

Connie said very seriously.

- Boom!

Char slapped Connie's head lightly.

"Idiot, have you ever praised your eldest brother like this? Even if you're stupid, you're still an idiot, you're really embarrassing me, Connie. ”

"Yikes!! Forgive me big brother!! Connie cried out as he hugged his swollen head with red envelopes in his eyes.

"Aha, stupid stupid! Connie is a big fool~"

The sweet potato girl gloated on the sidelines. But soon she also suffered Char's violent shock.

"Woo...... Why? ”

"It's just that I feel like Connie was beaten and you weren't spared...... Well, I'm sorry. ”

Insincere apologies and speechless reasons. Char's apology did not win the understanding of the sweet potato girl, but attracted countless times of inner contempt......

At this time, while Connie and the sweet potato girl were chattering around Char, suddenly someone suddenly interjected.

"Huh? Yo! Mikasa! ”

Char greeted someone happily. However, he did not receive the warm reception he expected.

Mikasa glanced at Char coldly, and walked past Char without paying attention. When the two of them passed by side to each other, he lowered his voice and said something in a way that only two people could hear, "......". It's just that in the eyes of outsiders, Mikasa just ignored Char and walked over with a look of ignorance.

"Hey, Mikasa, you don't want that." Alan, who had already woken up two days ago, learned that Char had saved him and Mikasa, and his favorability towards Char had upgraded from awe to longing. At this time, seeing Mikasa treating his life-saving benefactor so rudely, he naturally couldn't help but want to complain.

At this time, Mikasa suddenly turned his head and threw the knife directly.

"Hmm!" Alan was so frightened that he shut his mouth on the spot.

"It's scary, angry Mikasa is scary!"

Mikasa walked through the living room with a cold expression on her face, and everywhere she passed, there was a feeling that the temperature was rapidly dropping to freezing.

When he reached the door, Mikasa stopped.

Mikasa turned to Char and said, "It's not dead, so it's fine." ”

With that, Mikasa stepped out of the door, turned around and disappeared around the corner of the hallway.

"Hey, Mikasa! In that way, too...... Feed? At this time, Connie, the white potato girl and the others wanted to say anything more to Mikasa. They could only look at Char with an embarrassed expression, after all, no one thought that Mikasa would have such an attitude in the face of Char's safe return.

"I'm sorry, big brother, but you just came back and encountered such an unhappy thing. I'll talk to Mikasa about it next time. ”

Connie said awkwardly, scratching his head.

"yes, yes, Mikasa is actually worried about you. She hadn't eaten much every day since she came back from the forest, and she always looked out the window and looked like she couldn't give up! So don't get too angry, Mikasa is a nice guy! ”

The sweet potato girl rarely united with Connie and interceded for Mikasa. However, they seem to have misunderstood Char's mood, in fact, he himself did not care much about Mikasa's bad attitude, but rather that this situation was also within the scope of his expectations. It's just that the white potato girl and Connie actually defended Mikasa so much, which surprised Char.

But when I think about it, these people are all companions who have come out together in the past two years, and I am relieved, this is also the so-called friendship, right?

"Aha, it's okay, it's okay. I'm grateful if I can or come back, don't care, don't care! ”

Char said with a smile.

"Huh? It's really atmospheric! Worthy of my big brother! ”

"Oh! Great good people, great people~"

This time in the attic.

Standing on the balcony on the second floor, Marven, Han Ji and other big heads of the survey corps were watching all this.

Han Ji stared at Char with an interested expression, as if he would be completely dissected by a thousand cuts in the next second.

"How?" Marven asked calmly.

"No, that guy's strength is too strong. Last time, it wasn't so much that Levi was careless, but that the other party didn't intend to be serious at all, and if he did, we would all die. ”

Han Ji's expression changed from fanatical to calm. The cold seemed to be calm, but the words that came out of his mouth made people shudder. What the hell is going on here? Why Char was monitored by the top brass of the corps as soon as he returned, and even a phrase similar to "enemy" appeared.

Marvin said: "Well, after all, it is the opponent who made Levi suffer a big loss. By the way, how is Levi doing now? ”

"No, it will take at least a month to fully recover. The condition of the body is not very bad, but the joints have been maliciously twisted or broken, and they can only be broken and re-grafted. ”

“…………”

Marven nodded silently, there is no way to do it.

"The opponent was ruthless but didn't seem to intend to kill him, so he just made Levi lose his mobility and the possibility of catching up, but didn't kill him. It shows that this person's psychology has no intention of tearing his face with us humans. ”

Han Ji picked up the document bag from the table and opened the documents inside.

A file wrapped in a red paper bag with "secret" printed on it was opened by Han Ji and then opened in front of Malvern.

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Han Ji picked up the document bag from the table and opened the documents inside.

A file wrapped in a red paper bag with "secret" printed on it was opened by Han Ji and then opened in front of Malvern.

"Draco. D. Char, dispatched 3 times, killed 42 3-meter giants, 10-meter giants 16, and 12 alien species. Age 16 years old, Terran, black-haired hawk-eyed, arrogant. The address is ominous and the origin is unknown. It is only known that it has a very high level of autonomy, and is the same level as the clan commander but has no real power. The level of investigation that treats him is only given by the royal privilege, and it can be said that only the most powerful people in the world can approach the ...... of men. ”

Even in the face of this simple and cerebral convulsive information, Han Ji could only sigh, as if he was feeling a headache for Charna's enigmatic identity.

"Head Malvern, where exactly did you get this document from? And not to mention the content, is this already the most detailed file of information about Char? What's the difference between this and not saying anything? ”

Han Ji casually threw the file with the xx file into the fire, and she didn't even blink her eyes when she did this. It was as if it was not some royal secret that could convict her of treason, but a paper towel that blew her nose.

Marvin not only did not object to Han Ji's behavior, but also showed a smile that was indeed so.

"Well, don't be in a hurry to get angry with Han Ji yet. For a low-level soldier like us, it's good that the royal family is willing to give us this kind of redacted information. ”

"Is it really cut? Sure enough, the royal group still won't trust us. ”

"Of course, but this distrust is also over today."

"Huh? Why? ”

Han Ji's eyes flickered, and her keen sense of intelligence made her feel the big secret hidden behind Malvin's weird smile.

Closing his eyes slightly, Malvern said, "To be honest, I don't know the specifics. But what is certain is that the royal family is very interested in Drake. D. Char's patience seems to have reached the end of its course, especially since I received this order on the night after the end of this external investigation......"

Marven threw out a letter from behind him, and Han Ji reached out and took it.

When the envelope was opened, the royal family emblem was in front of you.

"This is ......"

Han Ji's eyes widened. This is a special sign that is only used when ordered by royal relatives, and when it is generally used, it often means that a major event has occurred.

Han Ji couldn't wait to open the letter, and just took out the letter and looked at it!

"Uh-huh!!"

Han Ji's face suddenly turned extremely pale.

"How? Now you can understand why I specifically asked you to come from the rear, right? ”

Marven looked at Han Ji with a pale face, and it was self-evident how shocking the content of the letter was.

Han Ji was stunned for a moment, slowly took back the letter, and then threw it into the fire without hesitation.

――Coax~

The two men at the fire watched with cold eyes as the letters gradually turned to ashes until there was no residue left.

"When?"

"The royal family has already begun to set it up, but because there are too many traps and too many people are needed, it will take at least half a month."

"Our mission is to hold off Draco. D. Char half a month? Han Ji pushed his glasses, and then continued: "Why are those people of the royal clan willing to do it until now? If it was the royal guards, the problem that could be solved in less than half a day would have been solved, why do we have to do it? ”

………………

……

"I'll answer you on this question."

- Huh?!

"What people!" Han Ji lifted his leg pants, revealing his clean and white thighs, and pulled out a short sword from the bound sword belt.

The short sword is about seven centimeters long, and the head of the sword shimmers with a sharp light. Han Ji took it in front of Marven, and the future man and Marven were completely separated.

"It's impossible, it suddenly appeared without Malvern and I noticing......

A drop of cold sweat fell from Han Ji's sideburns.

"Calm down, Han Ji, it's your own person." Marven shouted.

Marvin did this not only to prevent Han Ji's possible sudden outburst, but also to prevent the next action of the comer.

But it was too late.

"Oh? How dare you turn a sword at me? Nice guts that chick. ”

The man who came out of the shadows laughed. It's just that the laughter is cold, filled with the smell of blood eager to kill.

――！？

"Not good!" just flashed through my mind. At this thought, Han Ji felt a pain in his stomach. I can't help but open my mouth, "Wow! I almost threw up the morning and evening I ate yesterday. The intense pain was like a chainsaw in his stomach sawing through his large intestines, and Han Ji only felt that his stomach was tumbling, and his limbs were unstable and fell to the ground.

"Hmm... Hmmm......"

The man slowly stood up, the light of the fire gradually illuminating his face hidden in the wind.

"-What?!" Han Ji's half-open eyes widened to the limit when he saw the man's face.

What a face it was, the left half of the face had been completely blown away. Even the muscles and bones are clearly visible, and the left half of the brain has lost the protection of the outer bones and is completely exposed to the air. The right half of his face seemed to have been sunken by a punch, and half of his eyes fell outside and turned from time to time.

But the most amazing thing is that this man is still alive in this situation!

Simply yes!

"Hmm... Monster ......"

Han Ji's words seemed to suddenly irritate the visitor.

With an angry snort, the person raised his foot high and stepped on Han Ji's head. Judging from the rumors that it brought up, if no one stopped it, I am afraid that Han Ji's head would be no different from a watermelon that was beaten with an iron rod. It's a pity that the young girl died like this......

"Fides—stop!!"

The visitor stopped his movements and slowly withdrew his feet.

"This man...... Is it called Fides?" Han Ji, who was almost dying on the ground, thought so.

Captain Marvin stepped between Fides and Hanji, and opened his arms to protect Hanji behind him.

"Captain Fides Guard, your orders have been perfectly transmitted to the Survey Corps and we are working hard to prepare for them. But now that you're not only wounding my subordinates, you're even planning to kill her, is this also an order from the royal family? Or is it not worth mentioning to you in the face of the orders of Generalissimo Clovis ?! ”

Fides is the knight of the royal guard who met Char alone a few months ago. Not only does it have the power to transform into a giant, but it also has extremely terrifying power as a carrier of humans. But unfortunately, when facing a monster-level existence like Char, even Fides and his subordinates ended up with twenty-three deaths and one life. As a lesson from that battle, the royal family planned to buy Char and gain access to his right-handed ability to analyze everything in the world, but Char decisively refused.

As early as three years ago, the royal family began to woo Char, but after many efforts, he did not get the desired report, but lost a lot of time, energy and money because of the loss of troops.

Now, three years later, the royal family has gradually diluted its surveillance of Char. Originally, Char thought they were going to give up, but why did Fides, the captain of the royal guard, appear here? What exactly was the royal order he brought? What is the role of the Survey Corps in this matter?

“……… Chick, you're in luck. ”

Fides seemed to be very jealous of Generalissimo Clovis as Commander Marven spoke, and fell silent after retracting his foot.

"Did you escape...?" With such a relieved thought, Han Ji fainted.

"Hmph, your subordinate is a loyal dog, Malven."

Fides turned to Malvern sarcastically.

"That guy is my subordinate and my companion. Having said that, you're actually here in person, can't the royal family wait to do it today? ”

"How is that possible?"

Malvin didn't know if it was because he was dazzled, but he actually saw a hint of irony on the face of Fides. "What does this mean?" ”

"It's simple, it's impossible. Draco. D. Char is more dangerous than any previous crisis, and even the royal family is not willing to provoke him easily if he is not very sure. But this time is different, the time has come, the greatest enemy has come out of the epicenter of extinction, and this time it is more dangerous than ever. The royal family can't wait for anyone to change their minds, and must get the secret before the enemy can attack completely. ”

"Secret?"

"I can't tell you this, inferior people don't deserve to know the secrets within the royal family."

Sure enough, Marvin's face turned gloomy as Fides expected.

"You guy!"

Fides didn't mean to take Malvin seriously at all, waved his hand, and planned to leave like a dog.

As he reached the door, Fides suddenly turned around and said, "Ah, yes. I didn't have anything to do this time. It's just to supervise whether you are serving the royal family wholeheartedly, and now it seems that although the wild dog's bark is quite piercing, it is indeed much more imposing than the tame domestic dog. You just have to work hard...... Don't forget what happened a month later. ”

Marvin watched coldly as Fides left.

The fists were clenched.

"In a month—?"

――――――――――――――――――

When she came out of the utility room, the sweet potato girl looked like she was five months pregnant, and her belly was swollen.

"Hmm, hahaha, I'm full." The sweet potato woman patted her stomach and said.

However, I'm afraid that tomorrow Captain Marven will be angry again, right?

"Forget it, let's talk about tomorrow tomorrow!" The sweet potato woman comforted herself like this.

Go around a corner.

The sweet potato girl passed by Char's room.

At this moment, a sudden sound came from the room.

"Ale? Haven't the good guys slept yet? ”

The sweet potato girl stopped in front of Char's door, crouched down with some curiosity, and looked into the room through the gap in the keyhole.

The room was dimly lit, except for a burning candle shining with a faint orange light on the only light in the room. Char, sitting at her desk, was talking with her back to the door and another person who had broken into the room.

This is a two-story building, and judging from the fact that Char's doors and windows were damaged by outsiders from the outside, it should be the traces left by someone who fell from a high place and slammed it with gravity.

The cool moonlight came into the house.

Through the light of the moon, I could see the true face of the person who came, and that person turned out to be Mikasa, who was unusually indifferent to Char during the day today. Why did Mikasa, who was unusually cold during the day, sneak into Char's room quietly in the middle of the night? The sweet potato girl couldn't figure it out, so she could only close her mouth and hide in front of the door to continue peeking.

"Huh? Mikasa?! ”

Char let out a low cry of surprise. After all, he didn't expect that the person who infiltrated his room would be Mikasa. But...... A violent break-in like Mikasa's shouldn't be considered a sneak-in, right? Char looked at the broken sawdust in the window and smiled helplessly, in the end, Mikasa is still so direct.

――――！？

There was a pain in my chest as if I had been hit by something, and then I felt something soft and fragrant rush into my arms.

Char subconsciously stretched out his hand to hug the visitor, and then the two fell to the ground together.

-- Plop.

"It hurts!" Char forcibly endured the impact of the stone slab in order to protect the person in his arms, and the moment his body touched the floor, he seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking. Is this going to greet me, or is it going to wipe me out right here? It's incomprehensible, Mikasa.

Char reluctantly twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled at Mikasa on his body: "Are you planning to kill me, Mikasa, it's so heavy." ”

"Shut up - !!!"

Char was taken aback.

Mikasa's sudden rampage startled Char.

The candles were blown out by the cold wind pouring in from the window, and the room was plunged into darkness.

After a while, the eyes gradually adjusted to the light in the room, and the moonlight shone in from outside.

“…… Mikasa? ”

From an angle that others can't see, Char can clearly see Mikasa with an angry face on top of his head when he heads up. It's like I'm angry, and it's like I'm blaming myself for something. In short, Mikasa, who was emotional at this time, pressed Char's arms to the sides, leaned down, and slowly stopped when the two cheeks were less than a centimeter apart, staring at Char with straight eyes.

With a teasing gasp, Mikasa forced his tone and said in a rough voice, "At that time...... I really thought I killed you. ”

Tears swirled in her eyes, but her stubborn personality made the girl persist and refused to shed tears. It's as if you lose something if you do this, and it's like you're losing.

"But that's great...... It's really good that you're not dead. ”

"Hey, Mikasa!?"

Mikasa suddenly leaned down and tightly wrapped his arms around Char's neck, probably because he was grateful from the bottom of his heart for letting this man stand alive in front of him again. The more Mikasa became excited, the more strength his arms became, and gradually Char felt that if he didn't think about it, he would probably die of suffocation.

"Hey...... Mikasa, are you going to strangle me? ”

"Shut up! Kill you bastard! ”

Anger and tears erupted at the same time, and Mikasa seemed to have completely lost his original calm and began to become manic.

But it's not so much manic as a venting of emotions. Mikasa, who thought he had killed Char and his companions, was almost tormented to madness by this pain, and in just two short days, Mikasa felt as if he had gone to the center of hell, and somewhere in his heart had completely collapsed, and his mind was always repeating that scene of that day over and over again.

The one who burned the devastated forest and voluntarily sacrificed himself in order to save himself and Allen. Char's figure always keeps appearing in his mind!

"You...... It's really annoying! It's obviously your will, it's obviously your fault, why do you always have to stir around in my head! Annoyed, annoyed, annoyed, annoying, you're really, really, really annoying!! Draco. D. Char!! Why do you bother me so much, it's a stranger other than Allen!! ”

Mikasa erected his upper body and looked at Char condescendingly from his top of him. She was saying things that she hated Char, but she was still relieved that he was safe.

Although he will be angry, although he will be sad, but all this is because Mikasa thinks that Char is dead, so he unknowingly begins to blame himself. However, when Char appears in front of Mikasa intact again, this distorted hatred will be transferred, from the original unforgivable self to Char's body.

Mikasa may not have noticed that although she was angry, she said these words with a smile on her face.

While there were no tears in his eyes, he kept cursing someone he hated, and then he showed a picture of "Great, you're safe." "A loving smile.

When the feelings are exhausted, the anger is all gone.

Reason returned, and Mikasa became calm. But at this time, Char was about to be completely suffocated, after all, it was really not a good feeling to be strangled by a woman whose strength was second only to herself.

"Really, it's really great that you're okay Char......" After saying that, the smiling Mikasa fell limply on Char's body as if he had lost his strength all over his body.

「… Hmmm........."

Char's face gradually warmed up, and it was hard to express his instinctive reaction as a man when he felt the soft touch in front of his chest.

But anyway, pushing Mikasa away like this is too unkind, and it's the first time Mikasa has been so close to someone other than Allen, which makes Char a little surprised, and at the same time a little snickering.

"I'm sorry, Mikasa, I didn't expect you to worry so much."

Mikasa shook his head slightly. He didn't speak, and his big dark eyes kept looking at me. It doesn't matter if you don't say it, because everything is clear the moment the two look at each other.

The two of them remained in this position and were quiet for a while.

Outside the window, the full moon shone brightly, and a few dark clouds obscured the moon's light.

The room grew dark.

"Char."

Mikasa sat up and sat on Char's belly with a serene expression as if he was about to say something.

"You've got something to hide from me."

"- What's wrong? Suddenly, say so. ”

"Heart."

"Huh?"

Mikasa reached out and pressed it on Char's violently beating heart, and the violently beating touch from the palm of his hand was very obvious. Mikasa frowned slightly, as if looking at Char with some dissatisfaction.

"Heart...... The faster I jumped. Char recently said that human hearts only beat faster than usual when they lie. So, Char, you have something to hide from me. ”

「… Hmm..."

Char's face was slightly distorted.

「… What to do? If you tell Mikasa that her heart is racing not because she lied, but because of her, Mikasa won't be angry, right?"

"Char, answer me."

Char was silent for a long time, and Mikasa lost his patience a little. Just as she was about to force Char to speak, Mikasa suddenly felt something hard between her thighs.

"What is this?"

Mikasa subconsciously twisted his lower waist, and as a result, the hard touch between the strands became stronger.

Char under him was already flushed at this time, and his hands were clutching the floor, looking at him as if he was enduring something?

"It's painful, Char's face is bloodshot."

Mikasa gave Char a strange look.

"What's wrong? What happened Char? ”

Mikasa mistakenly thinks that his weight has squeezed Char's internal organs, and hurriedly moves his waist back. But her move directly caused the already strong stick to be squeezed by the soft buttocks, and in an instant, an electric shock hit her heart, making Char's eyes suddenly widen.

"It's not good, sanity...!"

This is going crazy, Char has endured this peachy temptation to the point where how can she lose at the last moment? Think of Arnie, think of Avalon, think of her and them...... How can I lose here?!