Always Be With U [Levi X Petra]
Part (8)

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They arrived at a house next to a small grocery store in Krolva District. They guessed it seemed like the shop belonged to that woman.

"Grandfather, I'm home!"

An old man wearing a walking stick approached them from the store.

"Maira! Where the hell have you been? You know I'm worried about you! You stubborn grandson!" The old man who is known to be the grandfather of Maira was welcomed with an annoyed but worried yet happy face.

"Grandfather, I told you how many times I'd keep the shop! You know the condition of your own waist. Haahh, you old man."

"Maira! You're young, don't be disobedient! You want me to die soon?"

Maira sighed tiredly as she passed towards the kitchen. "Yes yes, sorry."

"Hoo, you brought a guest apparently." Grandfather Maira was paying close attention to the appearance of Levi and the others. "Surveillance Force, huh?

Levi and the others nodded politely. And suddenly the grandfather immediately clasped Levi's hand tightly. "Thank God, bless you by God. You have done a lot for mankind. I always pray that tough men like you will be strong spears until the end of life."

"Thank you.."

"Come on, sit down" said the grandfather.

Maira returned with a snack of cake. "Oiyaa, introduce the name of this old man Celesto. But his memory is not as cool as his name. He even likes to forget his own name - ARGH!"

"I'm sorry for this rude grandson of mine" Celesto said after hitting Maira on the head.

"I'm sorry, we can only serve this. Be eating. Soldiers need to be strong and healthy, right?" maira said with a smile.

Without waiting for long Oluo directly devoured it. Eren and Gunther who saw him could only shake their heads.

"Hey, you are! What are we here for?" whispered Eld while hitting Oluo's back.

"It's not good to refuse a snack, you know?" reply Oluo still with the hand holding the cake.

Levi who saw the behavior of his men then submitted to thank and apologize. "Sorry to trouble you."

"Not at all, son. What's the need until you come here?"

Levi just took out an official photo of Petra from his pocket. It was supposed that every member of the military had an identity, especially for the leaders of the group to have the identity of all its members, as well as Levi as the captain of the army.

"We're looking for him. He's been missing since last night. Does this fit your definition?"

Celesto and Maira immediately watched closely. "Hmm, I didn't pay much attention to her face. But I saw her hair as belonging to a woman tied up in the back seat of a horse-drawn cart."

"Horse cart?"

"Yes, yesterday at about 4 am, there was a group of three people had stopped by our store because even though there was little possibility of customers visiting at night, but we wanted to open it 24 hours. The one who stands guard is me." Everyone seemed enthusiastic to hear the explanation from Maira.

"They ride horse-drawn carts. As the three men descended, they seemed to be calming down a woman at the back of the wagon. I see her hair is ginger brown like in the photo and she wears military uniform like you guys without green robes."

"That means Petra had revolted but did not have time to ask for help when brought them" Oluo concluded.

"Unfortunately, I found out too late that the woman was a victim and all three of them were criminals. I had a bad feeling from the start and I asked them if there was someone in the back of their cart. But then one of them immediately strangled me and warned me not to interfere or my life at stake."

"Maira, why didn't you tell Grandpa this?"

"I didn't want to say it because I was afraid to make my grandfather anxious, but since it's about someone's life I have to help. Ii'm sorry. I should have helped him at that moment."

"Maira-san, you've been very brave," Eren praised.

"With you saying this, you've helped us and helped him" Gunther said.

Maira smiled relievedly hearing that.

"Can you explain what their characteristics are?" ask Levi.

"They wear black. Two men aged 30-40 years and above and a woman aged 20 years. Surely the two men don't look like him.." Maira pointed to Levi, "But it looks more like you, sir." Then Maira pointed at Oluo, leaving Oluo shocked.

"WHAT?!! WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

Eld and Gunther immediately laughed out loud, no longer caring about their image even in front of their own captain. Eren was trying to hold back the laughter.

"Basic, do I look old?! Just so you know I'm only 19!" oluo defended himself.

"Maira-san, but she is indeed younger than our captain." - Eren. Maira immediately silenced a thousand languages.

"All of you.."

They immediately shuddered in horror at the killing gaze of their captain and instantly they instantly fell silent.

"Good, Maira! You can't judge people by their looks!" celesto warned.

"Pardon my attitude! I'm really sorry!" Maira's downcast shy.

Celesto laughed at the behavior of these young people. "If you can guess, you're Captain Levi?"

Levi clucked slowly. "Yes." Yeah."

Maira immediately closed her mouth, shocked. How he wanted to slap his mouth after his brazen attitude towards Captain Levi, one of the strongest warriors he had secretly admired. He often heard word of mouth that Captain Levi was one of the military soldiers whose strength was equivalent to the entire army. Who would have thought it turned out that Captain Levi was like this because he had never seen him in person.

Maira's! Are you stupid or what?! Aduuhh, my image became ugly in front of him. But, I can't believe it was this Captain Levi, Maira's inner self.

"Hoo, deserve your haw the most different from others" added Celesto.

Eren and the others were dumbfounded. Even ordinary people can feel it too?!

Levi asked before the topic went anywhere. "We don't have much time. Are there any other leads?"

"Oh, ada! I had heard of that female villain named Nial. I also heard them talking about 'the basement' and 'Petra Ral is the most appropriate target for Boss'. If you want more information, I happen to have a relationship, his name is Eric. He's the Serbatahu in this area."

"the Serbatahu?" asked Eren curiously.

"He has a lot of information and relationships both with insiders and outsiders. He works not far from our shop, in Bar Olzu his name. But careful. He's not fun enough. You'll understand for yourself later," Maira said.

"All right, thanks for the information. You guys are helping us a lot." Levi and the others were quick.

"Son.." Celesto held Levi's shoulder. "We believe in you for the victory of mankind. Fight."

"I beg for your safety too. And I hope your comrades are okay." Maira said with a hopeful smile.

Especially your safety, Captain Levi, Maira muttered inwardly.

Levi and the others instantly salute their salutes. "Thank you."

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AAAARR!!!!

"Nial, say it neatly!" Daniel holds Petra's body in revolt.

Nial rolled her eyes irritated. "Yes yes, it's chatty!"

Petra thrashed in pain. His right arm was slashed with his cruelty.

"Well, it's been three incisions. I'll add two more what how, Daniel?" nial asked as he licked the blood-stained blade.

Petra stared intently at the two savage humans before her.

"Owh, look at that look. Nial, two more."

SRETT! SREET!!

"Law!!!" peekik Petra is in pain. He kept trying to escape from that vile place.

"What.. have you never thought.. What if the Recon Corps does not exist in this world?" ask Petra limp.

"Huh? Can you still talk?" Nial pulls tightly to Petra's mane. "We don't care, Miss. There is no such thing as a human being in this world. It's all the same."

Petra smiled smirkingly. He was reminded of Eren who was human but he was also a Titan.

"In this world there is nothing we can trust" Petra said.

Blood kept flowing in his right arm. Nial licked Petra's blood, making Petra grimace in pain.

"Hoo, good too! Your blood type is A or B?"

Petra closed her eyes slowly. I am.. useless, right?

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