"Mikasa... What are you doing... I can't breathe! ”

Alan struggled, but Mikasa's hand strength was already greater than his, and the hard training in the training corps this year allowed her to develop a visible muscle curve, and the lines of her arms were perfect like a master's sculpture, like a work of art.

Alan couldn't break free from Mikasa's embrace, he was like a drowning pigeon, his face sunk into Mikasa's slightly developed chest.

He was about to shout as loudly as he always did, but... Something warm, dripping down his face.

It's tears, Mikasa's tears...

Mikasa burst into tears uncontrollably, she sobbed slightly, why did she cry?

Alan stopped struggling and pondered why.

It soon dawned on him that Mikasa was worried about him.

Thinking about it so quickly, it is thanks to the quarrel between Alan and Ian in March this year.

This was the second time he had argued with Ian in the long time he had known him, and the first time they had met, and he had a conflict with the soldiers who were managing the refugees and threw his bread on the ground, and Ian snatched the bread he threw on the ground.

For the next two years, he followed Ian's instructions to do things, step by step from the frontier, to the steel mill, then to the royal capital, to the outside of the walls, to tame the giants, and to establish the shipyard.

He has a bad mind, and he knows that he alone will never be able to achieve what he is today.

However, he inevitably had an argument with Ian, because when he used the power of the Ancestors to communicate with the people of the royal capital, he obtained a list of the pre-selected members of the Marine Marine, with the names of Mikasa and Armin.

That day, he learned that Ian had sent Mikasa and Armin to the training corps.

"Why didn't you tell me, Ian!"

"Why did Mikasa and Armin come to the front!"

He angrily yelled at Ian, demanding that Ian intervene and negotiate with the government to replace Mikasa and Armin, leaving them in the safe capital.

Ian pulled him along, and the two headed to the beach alone.

"Alan, I never asked Mikasa and Armin to train the Corps, it was their own choice."

"During the Giantess incident, you became a giant and fought with the Giantess."

"Mikasa ran back to the wine estate at that time, she could have gone to safety with Armin, but she came back, have you ever wondered why?"

"Because she's worried about you, she's worried that you're going to die, she's worried that she'll never see you again." Ian sat on the beach and threw pebbles at the sea: "Mikasa and Armin were afraid that she would disappear like this stone, so they came to me. ”

"When they were training the Corps, I didn't have any back doors for them."

"The list of the Marine Troop pre-selection team is the hardest-working and most talented of all the soldiers, and the fact that Mikasa and Armin's names appear on the list can only mean one thing, they have become excellent soldiers."

"Those two people came up step by step on their own, and they made up their minds to stand on the battlefield with you, so they sweated more than the others and did their best."

"Even then, are you going to ask me to replace them?" Ian looked Eren in the eye: "If you insist on it, I will help you replace them, after all, you are the owner of the power of the Ancestors." ”

"But I still want to say one thing in the end, every one of us should be free to live in this world."

After hearing this, Alan hung his head and returned to his post.

He figured out one thing, he wasn't qualified to make decisions for Mikasa and Armin.

Although he was uneasy, after that conversation, he waited peacefully for the day when he would see his friends again.

...

Eren reached out and wiped tears from the corners of Mikasa's eyes.

He seemed to have been hugged so hard somewhere, at some point.

It was the time of the Giantess incident, and he was half-awakened by the shock wave of the explosion.

In the haze, he felt someone pull him out of the back of the giant's neck, and then, a warm and hard hug.

That's right... He remembered that the person who hugged him that day was Mikasa.

It's the first time in a year that he's seen each other, and he actually misses her too.

"Don't cry." Alan said, "You're not a kid anymore. ”

Armin scratched his head, didn't say anything, and left the place in good humor.

Whether it is IQ or EQ, he is the highest of the three, and naturally understands that at this time, he should not be disturbed.

Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a year, Alan actually opened up.

Sure enough, you can't look at people with stereotypes, people will grow.

Armin was heading elsewhere when he heard a call.

"Who's that, Armin! I remember you were a technician, do you know how to use first aid techniques? This guy doesn't seem to be able to do it anymore! ”

Connie took Armin's hand and pulled him to Jean's side.

Jean clutched his chest muscles tightly, with an expression of dying of a heart attack.

"It's... It seems to be really dangerous. Armin leaned up: "Hey! Are you alright? Does it hurt in the heart? ”

"Leave me alone." Jean pushed Armin's hand away: "Let me be alone." ”

Let him cry without tears, it turns out that falling out of love is this feeling, and his heart is broken.

Connie and Armin looked at each other, not knowing what was wrong with Jean, but dragged him to the infirmary for a minor check-up for safety reasons.

In the evening, there was a welcome meeting in the shipyard, and after such a fuss, Almin was also familiar with Connie and Jean.

After that, it was time for training, and in order to familiarize themselves with working at sea in advance, they went to the beach and trained in wooden boats to practice their water skills.

The progress of the construction of Navy One continued to advance over time.

The ship's chassis, cabin, power room... One by one, they were built.

The giants entered the power room for testing, and twenty giants of different heights lay on the ground, shaking the cranks with their arms, and the gear structure drove the propellers to turn.

Supplies were being brought in from within the walls one after another, and the parts and structures of Navy One were constantly being adjusted and optimized in testing.

The Armored Giant, the Attack Titan, the Giantess, and the Giant of E, the four Wisdom Giants, have joined the construction of Navy One.

Due to the lack of technology, there were some problems in the waterproofness of the boat, which was partially compensated by the hardening of the giant, allowing the armored giant to create an extremely hard material to plug the leaking gaps.

The large parts that need to be adjusted are drawn and cut by the giant with sharp claws.

Another three months later, in mid-July of the year 847, the various parts of Navy One were declared complete, and all the tests passed perfectly.