[Attack on Titan] The Gate of Hakogawa

? "Lee... Wei... Will... Le... Soldier... Captain... Will... Captain... Levi Captain!"

The chaotic calls rushed into Levi's ears, he slowly lifted his heavy eyelids, the slight dizziness and the pain that stimulated the nerves from time to time made him unable to close his eyes again.

The sound of horseshoes and wooden wheels rolling on the dirt sounded not far away, and there was a breeze blowing across the cheeks, mixed with the smell of muddy grass and the unconcealable smell of blood.

The body seemed to be lying flat on the hard ground, swaying with the frequency of the ground shaking.

He recalled where he was, the familiar vibration frequency and the smell floating in the air were unforgettable, it was the most familiar sight to him in the past ten years, and it was the way back to the wall.

Opening his eyes tiredly, the slack black pupils quietly looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the sky like waves. The crimson sunset was like a slowly beating heart, dyeing the surrounding clouds with bright colors. bright red.

There was no strength in his whole body, as if he was collapsed, Levi lay quietly on the wooden board, letting the carriage sway forward.

"Captain Levi, are you okay?"

The voice sounded from his right side, and there was obvious worry in the man's tone.

Levi turned his head slightly to look at the source of the sound. The boy in the uniform of the regiment leaned forward, pulling the cloak covering Levi's chest with both hands, as if he was adjusting its position.

"Are you...?" Levi asked, but the voice that came out was so hoarse and weak that even he was startled.

"I'm a member of the medical team. The commander's injury is quite serious. The captain Han Ji said that he might have injured a nerve. Let me fix it for you before returning to the stronghold." The boy curled his mouth in embarrassment, As he explained to Levi, he pulled up the cape that was draped over Levi's chest.

Levi watched the other person's movements quietly, and there was a shy smile on the young boy's face, probably because the strongest human being who can take care of famous people with his own hands unconsciously showed a childish side.

There was a wave of emotion in the chest, unable to spit it out or swallow it, it was stuck there fermenting and expanding, and finally formed a rotten fruit.

"……How old are you this year?"

"Huh?" Seemingly surprised that Levi would ask this question, the boy paused for a moment before answering in confusion, "Just turned 20...do you have any questions?"

Ah, the same age as Ellen, but it's impossible to grow up anymore, isn't it?

Feeling a pool of scorching liquid gathering in his eye sockets, and the swollen and rotten fruit in his chest already giving off a faint sour taste, he quickly raised his hand to cover his eyes, wiping away the liquid that was too late to burst.

"Captain... are you okay? Did you just have a nightmare, your face turned pale."

dreaming?It really seems to be a dream, but what is the content of the dream, I have no memory at all... I just vaguely feel that I seem to have seen it...

"...Alan..."

"Are you talking about the boy with the power of a giant? I heard that he crystallized at the last moment of his death and used his giant body to block the hole in the wall of Maria. It's really... amazing What?" The boy said in a regretful and respectful tone.

"At first I thought he was a terrible monster, but I didn't expect that he would sacrifice for mankind in the end..." The boy didn't notice Levi's quiet expression at all, and he was still talking happily, but unlike the boy's rosy cheeks, the man's eyebrows His chest was so tightly wrinkled that even the hand beside him subconsciously clenched his fist.

Of course he knew about those things, he... saw them with his own eyes!

"To shut up."

"Eh?"

"Don't say any more."

At some point, the hand on the eye socket moved away, Levi's face was as pale as a sheet of white paper, but the crow-colored black pupils staring at the boy were like wild beasts locking their prey, deep and deep. There was a murderous intent that could devour people in his bottomless eyes.

The young soldier who was frightened by Levi's eyes suddenly fell silent. He stiffly withdrew his hand on the cloak, and moved back two steps timidly, pulling away the close distance between him and Levi.

Looking indifferently at the movements of the young medical soldier, Levi pursed his lips, but finally didn't speak, but closed his eyes, and put those beasts that broke through the cage back into the prison.

"Levi?"

The door leading to the dining room was opened with a loud click, especially loud in the silence of the night.

Erwin didn't expect to meet this person in the restaurant who shouldn't be showing up at this moment. His expression was a little surprised, but he knew it inexplicably.

With his back leaning against the wooden chair, Levi leaned on the seat with his feet crossed, the teacup he held in one hand was stagnant in the air, he seemed to be staring at the teacup in a daze, and he didn't come back to his senses until Erwin called out .

"Still working?"

"Ah, I'm going to sleep. Speaking of which, are you able to move normally?"

Levi didn't answer right away, he subconsciously glanced at his right foot and became more and more silent, but it was just this slight movement that Erwin understood.

"Is there still a problem with your right foot? Han Ji should have said that this time you fell directly from the sky, which put a heavy burden on your body. You are lucky that you don't have hemiplegia. You should rest well."

While speaking, Erwin walked around the large cypress table across the center of the room, opened the wooden door of the cup holder nailed to the brick wall, and found the one with his name on it from the neatly stacked cups .

"I don't have the leisure time to lie in bed and do nothing." Levi replied in a flat tone without fluctuations, and all his emotions were well hidden in his calm eyes.

Hearing Levi's reply, Erwin turned around and looked at the man who seemed to be indifferent across the large cypress table with a serious expression.

"It is true that there are still many things that have not been completed. Taking back the Wall of Maria is only the first step for mankind to move towards freedom. In the past ten years, mankind has been spinning in circles. Now we are just back to ten years ago, the mystery There are still many unknowns outside the wall waiting to be explored by the survey corps, and expelling the giants is only the beginning of everything, and this process, the human beings of the survey corps cannot be absent.”

The man stared at Levi with a transparent but sad gaze, exposed to such sight, Levi's hand holding the tea cup stretched out unconsciously.

The crescent moon hanging high in the night sky was so clear and frightening that it illuminated the room with only one candle lit as if it were daytime. It was the night breeze blowing in from the window, accompanied by a hint of coolness. The men swayed, and their shadows were projected on the wall, like two dark statues.

Finally, Erwin backed down, and he sighed, "I will send half of the team members to the surrounding towns to wipe out the remaining giants in the next few days, and after all the giants in the wall of Maria are cleared, I will Getting someone to dig up Allen's house."

He paused for a while and then continued, "You can take a good rest these few days, and I will notify you when the basement is dug out."

"Alan...was enlightened from the very beginning and gave his heart to mankind. His sacrifice was not in vain. Because of him, mankind has taken a step forward on the road to freedom."

After saying this, Erwin didn't look at Levi's reaction anymore. He walked to the small table on the side, poured the cold tea in the teapot into the cup, raised his head and drank it in one gulp. After cleaning the cup, he put the teacup back on the cup holder, and then left without looking back.

From the beginning to the end, Levi didn't look up at Erwin, he just continued to look at the empty teacup with silent eyes, and whispered as if he was talking to himself.

"I really want to drink the tea you made, Alan."