Harry's blacksmith shop is located in the southeast of the Shiganshina District, while Ronan's home is in the central area. The distance is not close. After work every day, he would walk home to exercise his physical fitness. As time goes by, his physical fitness has increased significantly. In the past, he could only jog home, but now he can run home at a faster speed.
This also means that Ronan's standard for reaching the limit of physical fitness has become higher.
"huff~huff~huff~~~"
On this day, he ran home as usual, a bit faster than yesterday, sweat dripping down his neck, his whole body steaming, like a heat source. The pedestrians along the way were already used to this, and would tease him from time to time, and Ronan would respond.
This caused others to show relieved expressions.
Ronan used to be a loner because he lost his parents early, but now he is quite cheerful, which is a big improvement.
Of course, what others don't know is that the Ronan in front of them has become a different person.
Just when Ronan thought that everything would develop as usual, a familiar sound was heard in an alley along the way.
"I am not a heretic, please don't go too far!"
The words sounded very stubborn, followed by a series of ridicules.
"Wow, our heretic actually fought back this time. How bizarre! Do you think we should take good care of this guy this time?"
"Of course, we must nip this heresy in the bud."
"Hehe, for this kind of guy who makes unreasonable arguments, you should respond with your fists"
"Look, that kid is about to cry, haha..."
"..."
Hearing this, a figure flashed through Ronan's mind. He stopped involuntarily, turned around, and ran into the alley. What he saw was a child with golden hair, who was surrounded by five other children.
"It's Armin..."
Recognizing the other party's identity, Ronan ran over and said,"Hey, hey, hey, are you little brats bullying Armin again?"
"Brother Ronan!"Armin's face lit up.
The others around him looked unhappy....
"Ronan, are you going to help this guy again? Mikasa is not here this time~"
The leader of the group came forward with a malicious look on his face.
"I can handle you little brats by myself."Ronan gave Armin a reassuring look.
Seeing this, the latter, after the initial joy, was now filled with anxiety. In the past, Mikasa was the one who beat up these guys. Even though Ronan was the oldest, he could only beat one or two at most. Now there are five people here!
Thinking of this, Armin became more worried and shrank his body, as if he was ready to be beaten.
""Armin is still too weak now."
With a sigh in his heart, Ronan quickly stepped forward and punched the leader in the face.
In a one-on-many situation, he couldn't be weak.
After a few days of training and the bonus of the system, Ronan's strength was no less than that of an adult male. He knocked the opponent to the ground with one punch, and he lay on the ground unable to get up.
"Litton?!"
"You guys actually tried to sneak attack!"
"Stop talking, let's all come together!"
"Beat him up!"
Faced with the crowd of people rushing forward, Ronan rushed into the crowd regardless of anything, letting the other party's fists fall on him, punching each child, and knocking the other four to the ground.
Of course, he was also hit by a lot of punches.
But after all, he was just a child of about ten years old, and his strength was not that great, so he didn't feel much pain.
""So powerful~"
Armin, who had been a spectator the whole time and was still hesitating whether to come up to help, looked over with surprise.
In his impression, Ronan was not so powerful.
"Can you still get up?"
Reaching out his hand, Ronan had what he thought was a warm smile on his face.
"I can do it, Brother Ronan, thank you very much this time. If it weren't for you, I would have been beaten again."Armin said gratefully
"We are friends, aren't we?"
Pulling Armin up, Ronan looked at the people wailing on the ground and said,"Let's go talk somewhere else.""
""Yes~" Armin would not refuse.
Soon, by the river~
""Brother Ronan, is my idea really wrong?" Armin was a little confused.
Except for a few people around him, almost everyone else denied his idea. Could it be that humans can only live within the city walls? He just wanted to see the outside world. Is there anything wrong with that?
"Your idea is correct, but other people just don't understand it. More than a hundred years of peaceful life inside the wall has worn away the enterprising spirit of most people, but you have to believe that you are never alone. Eren, Mikasa, and I all agree with your point of view."
Looking at the clear stream in front of him, Ronan was stunned.
He didn't think the people inside the wall were wrong. If he didn't know that the wall would be breached next year, and if he wasn't a time traveler, then with Ronan's personality, he would probably be like everyone else and choose to live in the wall.
Because he...Afraid of death!
Hearing Ronan's words, Armin was stunned. After a few seconds, he came back to his senses and looked over gratefully:"Thank you, Brother Ronan"
"You are still so polite to me."
Rubbing Armin's little head, Ronan became serious:"I will participate in the conscription meeting next year and then join the Survey Corps. Let me go see the outside world for you first...."
"Survey Corps..."Armin hesitated to speak.
But seeing Ronan's determined face, he finally didn't say what he was thinking.
Feeling the atmosphere was a little heavy, Ronan stared at the sky outside the city wall and said with longing:"Armin, do you know that there is an endless stream of water in the outside world, which is called the ocean, and there are many���Animals we have never seen before"
"Endless water?!"
Following Ronan's gaze, Armin also felt yearning:
"Ocean?...I really want to go and have a look~"
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