"This is," Alan looked around in a trance.

Wooden beams hung with cobwebs, gray masonry ceilings, and openwork wooden windows

The scene goes from blurry to clear until every detail is revealed.

This is his home, his home with his mom and dad in the Higanshina area.

The crying baby was himself.

"Don't panic, Alan."

Ian's voice came from behind Eren, who took the hand of the Ancestor Ymir and watched the scene in front of him with Eren.

"This is the 'past', let's take a look at what happened in the past."

At the same time as seeing Ian, Alan felt a lot more relieved, no matter what happened, as long as Ian was by his side, his heart could calm down.

"Why are we here, Mikasa?" Eren stood beside Ian and glanced at Ymir, thinking that it was incredible, he was now standing with his ancestor from two thousand years ago.

"They're still in coordinates." Ian said, "It's only because the power of the Ancestors is on you that you're here, and it's going to end soon." ”

"It's up to me to put an end to this."

Ian, Ymir, and Eren stood together, staring at the two more who appeared.

"That's . Me? Alan frowned and looked at the long-haired man.

How did he get long hair? And how did he come to the "past" with Jik Yageger?

Is this "the past"? Alan was obviously standing in front of "Long-haired Alan" and Jike, but the two of them chatted to themselves as if they couldn't see themselves.

Alan watched suspiciously as the two pushed the door open and left, and Ian's voice came from his ear: "Let's go with it too." ”

He followed Ian, with Grisha Yeager at the front, followed by the long-haired Allen and Jike, and finally the Ian trio.

"Your father, with his healing skills outside the walls, healed the sick of the powerful within the walls." Ian said, "You should know about it." ”

"Hmm." Alan nodded: "He is here to take away the Ancestral Giant, the Restoration Giant, let him inherit the Attack on the Giant, and gave him the order to take away the Ancestral Giant, so on the day the wall was destroyed, he would go to the basement of the Lacey family and eat the Ancestral Giant at that time, Fritan Lace." ”

"I've seen in my father's memory of the time when he killed the Lacey family."

"Read on." Ian said.

As they went, Grisha had been using his years of medical skills to heal the ills of the powerful, inquiring about the location of the Ancestral Giants.

Then, on a sunny afternoon, Grisha Yeager crept into the territory of Lacey and came to the small church.

Grisha looked very young at the time, and he opened the basement door, hesitated for a long time, and finally ran away.

"What's going on?" Alan frowned, "Dad, did he find the Ancestral Giant before the wall was destroyed?"

"Grisha is for your mother and son."

Ian pointed ahead, and Grisha returned to his home in Higanshina, embraced his young son, and hugged his wife, Kalula, who was within the walls, and wept.

"He found his love again within the walls, so he gave up 'reinstatement' and just wanted to be a good father and husband for the rest of his life."

"He loves you, and your mother."

Alan felt that his head was a little blurred, and he fell into a mess, and many questions came out of his mind.

The most puzzling thing is the long-haired self walking in front of him, is that really him? It always felt like he didn't know himself anymore.

If this is the "past", is the place where he is "now"? What really happened in the "past"?

With this question in mind, he walked with Ian.

At least what he saw so far was exactly the same as he had remembered since he was a child, and he rescued Mikasa, who had lost his parents, and Mikasa came to live in his home

Before the walls were destroyed, the family had been living a peaceful life.

Until that day, little Allen, who had finished collecting firewood with Mikasa, returned home.

Mikasa said to Kalula, "Alan, he wants to join the Survey Corps. ”

Calula lost her temper, she tugged at Alan's ear, and told her son, do you want to die?

"I want to know what the outside world is like!" "I don't want to spend my life within the walls without knowing anything," said Allen, "and if there is no one to replace them, won't all the sacrifices I have made will be in vain!" ”

At this moment, Grisha was touched.

Alan remembers that at that time, it was very close to the time when the wall was destroyed.

Grisha left the house, promising Alan that he would take him to his basement when he returned, and then left himself.

A few days later, he returned to Lacey's territory and broke into the basement of Lacey's house.

The stout crystalline pillars that supported the huge underground dome were where the Laceys, seven except for Heatria, prayed underground.

"I am an Eldian from outside the wall, a person of Ymir like you!" Grisha Yeager shouted at the Laceys, "O King of the Walls! Please kill the giants attacking the wall immediately, or my wife and children, as well as the people in the wall, will be eaten by the giants! ”

Fritan Reis, the heir to the Ancestral Giant, the royal woman with supple black hair, had an unbearable expression.

But the next moment she opened her eyes, her emotions vanished, and when the idea of using the power of the Ancestors to save her people came to mind, the "Oath of No Battle" took effect, eating away at her personal consciousness.

"There is no escape from iniquity." "The day has finally come when we, the people of Ymir, will be sanctioned," Fritan said. ”

"Humanity is too weak in the face of great power, and I woke up in the tragedy of the Great War of the Giants that someone must protect the power of the giants from falling into the hands of others."

"If the power of the Ancestors falls into the hands of the 'weak' again, the world will once again turn into hell."

"In order to protect the world, we can only accept punishment and destroy it."

Grisha was anxious: "My home is near the wall that is about to be destroyed, and I live there with my wife and children!" ”

"The inhabitants of the walls are ignorant of the crimes committed by their ancestors, because you have taken away the memories of the inhabitants of the walls!"

"Being eaten by giants without knowing anything, is this what you call atonement!"

"No, no matter how much we reflect on it, the lives taken by us Eldians cannot be recovered." "But it can be avoided that we would take the lives of humans outside the walls," Fritan said lightly. ”

"No matter how much you say, it's in vain, and even if you take the Ancestral Giant from me, you'll too."

"I know!" Grisha took a deep breath: "I can't use the power of the Ancestors, the nine giants all have their own characteristics, and the same goes for the attacking giants in my body. ”

"From ancient times to the present day, Attack on Titan has never obeyed anyone, and I know why."

"It's all about fighting against the selfish king, that's right, everyone is guided by memory, just to come to this moment, Attack on Titan, and even get a glimpse of the memory of the future heir, that is, have the possibility of knowing the future."

"Characteristics of Attack on Titan. This kind of thing" Flitan Reis, the heir of the Ancestral Giant, grimaced with a shocked expression.

"I know you don't know about it." Grisha stared at Fritan, "Even if you are a royal family, you will be affected by the oath of no war, and you will not be able to freely use the power of the Ancestors. ”

"I will eat the ancestors here and cut off the royal bloodline, this is the established future!!"

Grisha pulled out the knife, but his hands were shaking.

"Run!" Fritan said to his family.

Her family scattered, and Fritan made the gesture of biting off the skin of her right hand.

But Grisha's knife fell to the ground

Grisha failed to hold his knife, and he fell to his knees.

"I can't do it. If you want me to kill a child or something, I'm a doctor who heals the sick and saves people."

A horrified look appeared on Alan's face, and he remembered the memories he had once seen.

During this time, he and Mikasa have been living a peaceful life in the royal capital, which he almost forgot.

In 846, seven years earlier, on their way back from the Battle of the Wall of Mary, they found the giant that Dinah had turned into.

At that time, he, Hanji, and Ian found the giant together.

He hadn't been able to trigger the power of the Ancestors at that time, but as a porter, he had become a giant in that abandoned town, and then, the moment he came into contact with Dina's giant, many chaotic and complicated memories burrowed into his mind.

Because it has been too long, because this period of time, life is too comfortable, he has forgotten this dusty past.

The father who made him kneel on the ground and persuaded his father to get back on his feet was himself when he grew up!

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and trembled, yes, history had to be put back on track.

He had to convince his father to eat the Ancestral Giants, and he had to kill everyone but Lord Lacey.

Otherwise, otherwise, it wouldn't exist now!

He had to make his father eat the Ancestral Giant, and then he would eat his own father, and that was the way to make history right!

However, Ian grabbed him by the shoulder and shook his head at him.

"I said, Alan, this is the 'past,' and we don't have to do anything."

While Ian held Eren down, the long-haired Eren walked up to Grisha.

"What are you doing, Fritan!" Lord Lacey shouted: "Hurry up and kill that man, the ancestor is invincible, kill him quickly!" ”

"I can't let this man go anymore."

"Hurry up and kill him, sister!"

"Our paradise is going to be destroyed!"

"Fritan, protect everyone!"

Grisha closed her eyes, as if she wanted to die.

At this time, the long-haired Alan squatted down.

"What are you doing?"

"Stand up, Daddy."

"Have you forgotten what you're here for?" The long-haired Alan put his hand on Grisha's shoulder: "Aren't you going to avenge your sister who was bitten to death by a dog?" ”

"The comrades of the restorationists, Dinah, Kruger, in order to avenge them."

"You must keep moving forward until you die, and you must go forward after you die."

"Because, this is the story that you started with your own hands, Dad."

Grisha let out a high-pitched scream in the whispers of the long-haired Alan, and he picked up the knife and stabbed it into his palm, transforming into a golden bolt of lightning.

Alan covered his mouth, and the sight of him made his stomach churn.

He looked at his palm, remembering the feeling he had when he pressed the Lacey family.

"Let's go to the next place, Alan." Ian put his hand on Alan's shoulder: "You don't have to be too burdened, because, this is, something that happened in the 'past'. ”

They came to the basement, where the church was on fire, and Grisha's giant fell on the dirt, and he pulled himself out of the back of the giant's neck and staggered through the night fire, with a strong smell of blood coming from his body.

"I killed them."

"And killed such a young child."

"With this hand."

"Alan." Grisha fell to her knees, almost crying, and said, "I killed all of the Laceys, except for their father."

"Is that okay?"

"Is that all right?"

"Will this really save Eldia?"

"Why. Don't show me all."

"I didn't know that the walls would be destroyed, that the day of the destruction, or that Calulah would be safe"

"Really. Is this the only way to go? ”

"You're here too. Jike, in the future, your wish will not come true, it will come true, it is Alan's wish"

"I saw memories of Alan's future, but I didn't expect something so horrible to happen"

Grisha suddenly looked up, as if he had just seen Jik, and reacted, and he burst into tears, and asked tentatively:

"Jike. Is that you? ”

"You've grown so big, I'm sorry, I'm a bad father, and I've kept you in pain." Grisha hugged Jike and cried, "Jike, I love you, if only I could play with you more." ”

"What's going on" Alan hugged his head, "what the hell is going on, why haven't I seen this from my father's memory."

"Ian, where the hell are we?" Alan turned to look at Ian, "What the hell is going on?" Who the hell is that long-haired me? Why is Jike here? ”

"Is it really okay for me to do nothing? I'm just watching! Do nothing! Won't we be changed in the future, Ian! ”

"The power of the Ancestors is now in your hands! What are you talking about, Ian! ”

Alan was emotional, he pressed Ian's shoulder, he was terrified, afraid that the past would change, that everything he had now had so hard to have would disappear.

"Alan, I told you, this is, a memory of the past." Ian remained unchanged.

A door appeared in front of them, and the door opened naturally.

"Let's go, let's move on."

Ian took Ymir by the lead and stepped through the door, and Eren gritted his teeth and glanced at his crying father, who could only follow.

This time, it was the training corps, and Allen, Mikasa, and Armin, the three of them joined the army, changed into soldiers' clothes, and trained in the corps.

Alan was stunned, it was no longer the same as what he had experienced.

He had never been to the training corps at all, and as early as 846, he knew that he had the power of the Ancestors through contact with Dinah.

In 846, they should have taken back the Wall of Mary with a giant Gatling, but . . . Why. They will now train in the Corps?

Something that made him even more confused happened, and he saw Marlai's warriors.

Reiner, Bertolt, and Yani, who impressed him the most, personally fought with Yani's giantess and witnessed the moment when Dinah's giant ate Yani.

However, what he saw at the moment was the Malay warriors who were training with him in the training corps.

Not only that, but even Heatheria and Ymir were training the Corps, and the warrior named Reiner seemed to covet Hesteria's beauty, and no matter what she did, her eyes were focused on Heather.

It seems to be very backward and poor within the walls

There were no automatic machine guns, no Gatling against the Giant, they were still training to use "stereo maneuvers".

But how so? Eren hadn't learned how to use that thing until now, and out of the three of them, only Mikasa knew how to use it!

Eren noticed that an important person had disappeared, yes, it was Ian, he, Armin, and Mikasa had not befriended Ian, and the young Ian was nowhere to be seen.

Alan felt a great sense of trepidation, if it wasn't for Ian, when would they be able to reclaim the wall?

"I'm still pioneering at this time." Ian waved his hand, and the scene changed in an instant.

Alan finally found Ian, who served in the garrison of the Frontier and became a civil official, and the year after the wall was destroyed, he was still trying to find a way to open an ironworks, he formed a team, but there were few people, he drew a lot of drawings, but due to various obstacles, none of them could be advanced.

Ian sighed late at night, at his workbench.

After that, after some time, the trainer Allen finally met the young officer, and in the year he graduated, in 850, he met a man named Ian.

Alan looked up, and beyond the walls of Rossy, oversized giants and armored giants reappeared.

They destroyed the wall again, and the giants poured in through the door, and Ian had his men push out the only one of the Giant-style Gatlings and shoot at the giants.

Many people died, and to Allen's anger were the warriors of Marlai, who had destroyed the walls and acted as if nothing had happened.

Allen, a training soldier, even regarded Reiner as a comrade-in-arms.

"What the hell is this!" Alan scratched his head vigorously.

"It's . My first meeting with you. Ian whispered, "First meeting in the truest sense of the word." ”

With a wave of Ian's hand, time began to speed up.

"In that past, after I escaped from the royal farm, I did not meet you in the ranks of refugees."

"I couldn't get into the Hannes relationship, so I had to look for opportunities in the pioneer area as a refugee."

"Five years later, I managed to come to the SAR and get acquainted with the 104th training soldiers."

It's like a hand-cranked projector starts playing film, and one picture flashes after another.

"It wasn't until 851 that we succeeded in overthrowing the existing aristocracy and allowing the Gatling to be mass-produced."

"However, before the mass production of Gatling, the beast giant Jike and the car giant Pique came to the island, and although I tried my best to prepare, I still caused the living force inside the walls to suffer a huge blow."

"We couldn't keep Jik and Pique and let them escape."

"That time, everything was going too slowly, and it wasn't until Marais launched an invasion of Paradis Island that we were just capable of building planes."

"How so." Alan stared at the memories in a daze.

"Your existence is known to Marlai." "Dinah only helped us for two years before she committed suicide due to depression, and she said she didn't want to see the sight of Earth slaughtering humans," Ian said. ”

"But you didn't give up." "You see an opportunity to change the future," Ian said. ”

"What should have been an absolutely unchangeable future for you has changed because of someone."

"The fragments of your memories that have been obtained have discrepancies with existing reality, leading you to make other decisions."

Ian and Ellen looked at each other: "You decided to let me meet you at an earlier time, and in order to accomplish this, you picked out some fragments of memories and passed them on to the future. ”

"Alan, you know, the two of us, how many corpses and blood have we walked through to stand here now."

Alan slowly looked at his feet, he was suspended in the air, and the scarlet aura seemed to condense into substance, which was countless accumulated corpses.

Hannes. Irwin. Hanji

Kalula. Grisha. Jik

Lord of Dainares

And the falling, Ian's head

He broke out in a cold sweat, sweat soaking through his clothes.

The bodies were not from strangers, he knew every face.

Those memories came back, memories of the past, back in his head.

He finally understood what Ian meant.

I see, he had the power of the ancestors, and he was constantly looking for an exit in the past.

The long-haired Alan sat in front of him and questioned him.

"Mikasa and Armin, did you save them?"

"Well, don't worry about it anymore."

He whispered in response, and the corpse at his feet was in ashes.

The sky turned blue, and free birds flew by in the white clouds.

Alan stood in the shade of a tree, looking at the men and women in the sun.

Grisha and Kalula, standing there, smiling, held out their hands to Alan.

Alan turned his head to look at Ian, who said, "When the Eldians die, their souls go into the path to sleep. ”

"It's not a memory of the past, it's not a fantasy, they just feel your presence and want to meet you."

Alan wiped tears from the corners of his eyes and washed out of the shadows under the canopy.

He stepped forward and hugged his father and mother tightly, and he buried his head in her shoulder.

Cry like a child.

(End of chapter)