AOT: It Was My Choice Chapter Fifty: A Break??

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"Did you find him?" Isabel questioned Petra who had returned to the Scout Regiment headquarters with a stoic expression, "Were you able to convince him otherwise?"

"No... Cadet Aeron Ares refused to stop and eventually I lost him... after running out of gas," Petra said, "But he assured me that he was very serious about his threat of not joining the Scouts, In fact, He told me that he already had a girl to settle down with,"

Although she sounded fearless on the outside, Petra was sweatdropping on the inside... What if Isabel saw through her ploy?

Isabel turned around.

"It can't be helped... although his Talents and such an extraordinary strength would have been invaluable to the Survey corps," Isabel said with a sigh.

[Author's Note: I wonder how many names this regiment has, Scout Regiment... Scouting Regiment... Survey Corps... I'm getting confused by this]

"Then why did you stab him in the first place?!" Petra exclaimed, raising her hands to her lips in the next moment. She was aware that she just had a short outburst and that it could cost her the anger of the Older woman... especially because of the fact that Isabel was short-tempered.

But Isabel shook off Petra's voice like it was nothing... It was almost as if she hadn't heard it all and Petra noticed she was deep in thought.

"What about his wounds... had they interrupted his movements a bit?" Isabel asked, a little bit curious about this specific question.

Petra on the other hand raised her hand to her chin.

"No, They didn't restrict his movements one bit. In fact, He seemed to be enjoying himself or maybe it was just my imagination," Petra said.

Isabel turned around and opened the door of the entrance of the Headquarters.

"Well tell the other Scouts to rather not interrupt in that boy's training... All charges against him and all suspicions we had have been lifted and now what's left is for him to live his life the way he wants," Isabel said and slammed the door shut behind her leaving Petra in a state of whirling emotions.

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Not so much after two weeks, We were all gathered in the field waiting for the instruction from Keith-sensei...

Note to self, Never say or think about that again.

"What do you think is going to be the instruction now? Last time, We were made to feed the horses in stables all over the District," Marco said, he was right beside me and during these 7 cool months, We became friends.

"Hmm, I guess we would clear the snow. After all, the fields need a lot of clearing although the snow is still going on," Connie said, his hands on his chin and he seemed concentrated, "Oh, I know... A break,"

"Fucking mongrel!"

"Don't say shit like that!"

"It never happens!"

"Don't Jinx it!"

Connie bowed his head down in embarassment as several curses filled the air, directed at the short fellow.

Even I knew not to say something as shitty as that, A Break... That was something that'd never happen, It didn't exist in Ex-Commander Keith's personal dictionary. It was not that Keith Shadis didn't know the meaning of a break but because he chose not to know.

Besides, A break was absolutely impossible at this point... I wonder if I should run away to get Carla and Frieda out of this district. I mean I could always return and say I was kidnapped.

Keith Shadis marched to the field and stood right in front of us, clearing his throat and we knew he was at war... At war with his tongue.

"Cadets! We have an important announcement!" Keith shouted out, his voice a little lower than usual which actually meant he was a Human... or maybe he got his fair share of shouting so much?

Then he took a deep breath.

"The announcement is for until the 5th January next year, You shall be on a break!" Keith declared.

My eyes flickered, trying to find the meaning of his words... Did he just say go on a break? After working us like we were slaves... We are allowed to go on a fucking break?

"Pinch me," I mumbled out on reflex.

Keith must seriously be joking about this shit- I thought he said we were never going on a break EVER! Why the change of tongue now... It didn't make any flipping-

I suddenly let out a slight yelp of pain... Did someone just pinch my arm?? Not my good arm but the one Isabel fucking stabbed.

I turned to the right and saw the source of this pain, Connie looking as mischevious and guilty as ever. As for why I haven't healed up this hand with Titan healing... It would simply arouse suspicion.

Just because the Scouts dropped their suspicions on me didn't mean I should act like nothing happened, Matter-of-factly I think Isabel made the stab deep enough so that she could keep on surveying me. If I healed it, I would be falling right into their hands... Which meant coming clean as a Titan shifter.

As for why I didn't want to come clean yet... It was simply because I wouldn't be able to eat the other Titans. If I revealed my power and they didn't execute me, I would lose my freedom over this power and become like Eren and Itachi... completely loyal to the cause.

The use of my power would be restricted and I would be ordered to keep the other shifters alive due to the fact that I was operating under them... Disobeying orders meant treason and treason meant public execution, something I could escape from easily though but it would also mean the execution of people affiliated to me in any way.

And so therefore... Until I ate up the Danger of the Armored and Colossal Titan, Like hell I would come clean but this wasn't the thing that I wanted to really care about right now... It was the fact that this dude pinched me.

Keith was still standing, waiting for our reactions but we were all speechless until someone broke the silence... With a hurl of a snowball hitting Connie on the head and sending the short boy flying, his face being buried in the snow moments later.

All eyes turned to me and I got to say, I like the attention.

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Author's Note:

I believe I gave a logical reason Aeron didn't decide to come clean so please keep donating Power stones! We have a short way to go before entering Top 100 in the rankings!!!