Armin POV
After Eren's resolute statement the trio was gaping at them in equal shock and disbelieve. Just as Armin wanted to speak up in worry, Hitch bended over and laughed.
She outright giggled.
Mikasa and Armin shared a worried look and then looked over to Eren who had shoved his hands in the pockets of his trousers, waiting for the girl to finish. Watching a volcano who was about to erupt couldn't conjure any more dread in Armin.
"Hitch, stop it.", the boy snarled but the girl only wiped away the tears in her eyes, a wide grin on her face.
"Oh please, don't tell me you really believe this shit?", she snickered, inspecting Eren from head to toe. "He is a simple serving boy. The second son of King Grisha is a little shit too much of a coward to come forward."
"Hitch..."
"You are always so naïve, my good old Marlow." She leaned against him, crossing her arms in a presumptuous manner. "Please, look at that slim thing. How could that be the inheritor of that asshole Grisha?"
"Shut your mouth, Hitch.", the other girl, Rico, snapped. Hitch rolled her eyes but strangely listened to the girl who stepped forward, facing Eren with narrowed eyes.
"Why would you tell us something that stupid? The real prince wouldn't..."
"Stop thinking about what I would and would not do instead of giving me a chance to explain myself."
Armin watched Marlow taking Hitch's hand, dragging her behind Rico who was now standing opposite of Eren, her skeptical eyes meeting his.
"Why would you need to betray your father? He already called out for you to come home, didn't he?"
"My father wants me to be a puppet. The same person he has controlled before he forced my mother and me to flee from the palace."
"That's not correct.", Hitch shouted in a triumphant way, her face lit with pride. "Everyone knows he sent his son away to protect him. They didn't flee from him and-"
"And how the fuck would you know what happened?"
The words should have been louder. Spoken with much more force. But Eren had stayed calm despite the harsh choice of speech. He made a step forwards and Armin saw how the girl lowered her gaze a bit, avoiding the foaming rage in those orbs of emerald.
"I heard that..."
"You heard it. From whom? From some lazy ass? From someone who has picked up some foul myth about the events those years ago?" The laugh he let out sounded forced and somehow apathetic.
The disgust he was clearly showing rendered everyone in the room silent.
The boy, Marlow, swallowed and the noise startled Hitch who hadn't stopped staring at the prince in front of her, realization dawning in her eyes.
"But you...you should be dead!"
"Just like my brother. Right? Well, I am alive and he's not and I will get back what I have lost to that old fucker who is sitting on his throne, laughing about my despair and my powerlessness.", Eren snarled and if Hitch was a puppy she would pull in her tail when she shrunk back, hands behind her back.
Armin made a step forwards and put his hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Eren." He squeezed softly. "I think they got it."
"So what?" The second girl, Rico, grinded her teeth. "What good are we for you? We are a part of the kingdom of Marley and are subordinates to the Queen and her alone. We won't betray our country not matter who or what you are."
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Fanfiction|| Book 1 || Eren Yaeger had to flee from his home when he was only six years old. With his mother and his adopted sister he tries to forget anything related to the King and the secrets they left behind. Many years later war comes for Eldia and Er...
