Vespara's body crumbled into nothing. Dust scattering in the wind like she had never existed at all.
Zenos stood over the spot where she had fallen, staring at her remains with the eyes of a maniac savoring his kill.
But then a voice pulled my attention.
"So you tricked me."
I turned back to Beatrice.
Her face carried the weight of defeat. But beneath that, something else had surfaced. A realization that had finally clawed its way through the fog of battle.
"It was all your plan from the very start, wasn't it? A plan to lure me in with your words. To strip away my focus before the fight even began. I fell for every heavy sentence you threw at me. Kept revolving around them like a moth circling a flame."
She let out a hollow laugh.
"But I forgot the most important thing. You aren't the same person anymore. You've changed, Eren. Changed beyond recognition."
A smile formed on her lips. The kind that tried desperately to mask the agony lurking behind it.
