[Attack] Choice

Cherry Riddell's mother met the commander of the Survey Corps for the first time.

She lay on the ground, covered in blood, gazing at Erwin with pleading eyes.

"Please take Cherry away. I know you're a good person..."

Cherry. Little Cherry. She was a ten-year-old girl with a pair of innocent, bewildered eyes.

Erwin made his first choice here.

Five years later, Cherry graduated from the Cadet Corps. Now a young woman, she was still sweet and innocent. She gazed up at the golden-haired man, whose features were as sharply defined as if carved with a knife, amid the flames. Her eyes were full of admiration.

This was Cherry's first choice: to fall in love with him, or to treat him as an older brother and live by his side for the rest of her life.

The Wall of Rose crumbled with a thunderous crash. The land was laid waste, and a bloody calamity befell all living things. The young woman, now much more mature, had learned compassion. She looked at the suffering people, then turned back to her teammates, whose gazes were heavy, especially the golden-haired man at the center, his face pale and bloodless.

"I'm giving my life for the Wall of Rose."

"No one is forcing me."

"I'm grateful to Commander Erwin. No matter what, he made this choice. He was right. Don't blame him."

Erwin, this is your final choice.

From beginning to end, the time she spent with him was her whole life. Her innocence, strength, and kindness were all nurtured by him.

At the final moment, the choice he faced was between her and humanity.