A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to another chapter! Since episode 39 was just Historia and Erwin's backstory, I decided to put two episodes into one. Enjoy!

edited on december 7th, 2021 @ 2:35am

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𝓒𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚃𝚆𝙴𝙽𝚃𝚈-𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽,
𝓣𝚁𝚄𝚂𝚃.

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JULIAN HAD WALKED DOWN WITH Levi to find Hange kicking the tables. "Sorry... I made a mess." They apologized, pulling their goggles down. "There was a cockroach."

"I see... Just one kick of yours should've blasted it to bits." Levi stated. "It's about time you fill them in."

Levi walked back up the stairs with Julian following. "Oh... Yeah, I should." Hange agreed before following the two.

"Eren will be eaten?!" Armin exclaimed after Hange had explained everything.

"Yeah. Eren remembered a conversation that went like this..." Hange began to read the paper.

"Do you resent me for it?" Ymir asked Bertholdt.

"I'm not sure... I... don't know. You probably didn't want to eat a human either." Bertholdt replied.

"Speculating based on that, Ymir was a Titan wandering alone outside the wall. Bertholdt, Reiner, and Annie had a comrade that she ate. When a Titan eats someone, they don't change back into a human. But, what if a Titan ate one of Reiner's comrades? They're humans who can transform into Titans." Hange explained. "In other words, if a Titan eats someone with that power, they revert back into a human. Furthermore, they obtain the power of those they eat."

"In the other day's battle, Reiner was throwing Titans at Eren, who had escaped. Eren has the power to control Titans with his scream. He was trying to snatch that power with those Titans. In that case, Eren is just a vessel who is bound to be replaced. Basically, if the government has a Titan of their own, they'll be the one to eat Eren."

Mikasa started walking towards the door to the basement, but Levi grabbed onto her shoulder, stopping her in her tracks.

"Calm down. Even if you go on a rampage, they're not going to give Eren back to us." Levi informed. "Anyways, we head for the lands of this Rod Reiss. Get ready to leave at once."

"Yes, sir!"

"Julian and I will go tell Erwin what we learned about the Reiss family. I'm sure he's waiting to hear from us." Hange said.

"Right." Levi agreed.

"We can meet up on Reiss' land. Hear from me at the usual spot." Hange stated.

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"Excuse me!" Hange entered the room Erwin and Pyxis were in, followed by Moblit, Julian, and Lyon. "Erwin..."

Hange began whispering the information they had recently found out.

"I thought as much." Erwin stated. My gamble was right after all, Commander. One of the First Interior Squad confessed. The current royal family is a fraud. Reiss is the true royal family."

"My word!" Pyxis exclaimed.

"Right now, Squad Levi is underway rescuing Eren and Historia. Once they're recovered, we'll have Historia Reiss enthroned as Queen. As one possessing the true royal blood." Erwin continued.

Hange, Moblit, and Lyon's eyes widened while Julian just blinked.

"And you'll force the makeshift King to relinquish the crown? To the true Queen..." Pyxis trailed off.

"Without spilling any blood, we will overthrow the government. And in front of people, we'll reveal that the system as they know it has been a lie." Erwin stated.

Pyxis thought for a moment. "Very well. I'll back your plan. However, whether or not it should be carried out is not for us to decide. You understand that, don't you, Erwin?" He questioned.

"Of course, Commander." Erwin replied.

"Did anything come of the Reiss investigation?" Hange asked.

"I found out as much as I could. From all that I learned, one curious incident stuck out." Erwin answered, handing them a book as Hange took it.

"Incident?" They questioned, opening a book as a soldier stepped in.

"Commander Erwin! The Interior Squad demands you turn yourself in! They're making a scene in the middle of the city that you organized a murder!"

"It seems the enemy's been making plans of their own." Erwin stated. "Hange, you and Julian get far away from here."

"Huh?!"

"What are you planning to do?" Julian questioned as Erwin was putting on his Scout uniform.

"I need to be the face of the Scout Regiment. You both should act at your own discretion." Erwin answered. "Furthermore, the next commander of the Scout Regiment..."

"Julian Kirstein, it's you."

"Huh?" Julian thinks to himself as he blinked in confusion.

"The Scouts are in your hands."

With that, Erwin left the room.

Julian and Lyon were currently running as the Scouts were being arrested. They had separated from Hange and Moblit to avoid capture.

"Come to think of it, Commander Julian has a nice ring to it." Lyon commented.

"Shut up! Me as Commander is absurd. Erwin has lost his fucking mind. As per usual." Julian breathed out.

"What do you suggest we do?"

"Follow me."

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Meanwhile, Marcus was walking around the town, being on a look out when his arm was suddenly grabbed and he was shoved to a wall.

"Not a word." Lyon ordered.

"Mar, it's nice to see you again. I believe the last time we saw each other was when I had told you Marco was dead." Julian began. "I wish we were meeting on better circumstances."

"Julian... It's just you." Marcus sighed out. "What do you want?"

"You know damn well that the Scouts don't go around killing an innocent civilian." Julian replied. "We're not like that. So who was behind Reeves murder?"

"I can't tell you. Otherwise, he'll get rid of me to." Marcus responded. "Reeves was murdered because he knew too much. In all honesty, he would've died anyway."

"But I can warn you." Marcus continued. "Be wary of Kenny Ackerman. He's the person in charge of everything."

"Kenny?" Julian questioned.

"You know him?" Lyon raised an eyebrow.

"He's a man that Levi encountered while we were trying to keep Eren and Christa safe." Julian responded before releasing Marcus.

"Let's go. We have to meet up with Hange and Moblit before heading over to Levi."

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A/N: Another chapter is done! Sorry that it's so short! Thanks for reading!

Word Count: 1094 words.