It's the next day since I got transmigrated here... It's currently 5:40 in the morning as more and more cadets are arriving here on the field as we waited for The Instructor to arrive
My body was sore all over from all the training I did yesterday, my body was also bruised everywhere making me look like I got beaten up by someone
I have a huge headache aswell from how much I pushed my mind training my perception on my surroundings and reaction speed on things
The fact that I was also lacking sleep helped my migraine become worse as I felt incredibly bad right now and honestly I just want to rest as soon as possible now...
Anyway we were waited for The Instructor as I ignored the looks everyone is giving me as they saw my battered up self
Soon Shadis arrived as we all straightened ourselves
We noticed some other cadets were setting up something infront of us
After they all finished setting up The Instructor spoke loudly
"Attention! We will now see your aptitude with the odm gear, if you cannot even do this then you will be as good as a titan chow, that's why all that can't do this will be sent to the fields!" The Instructor yelled
Soon one after another cadets were going in the aptitude test as the seniors were strapping their belts as they brought each cadet up as they tried to balance themselves
Soon it was my turn, the senior strapped my belt to the machine as I nod to signal I was ready
They then proceeded to bring me up as I immediately felt my balance breaking as I was not used to this balance test
But that was only for a little while as I immediately regained my balance as I became immediately steady, I went like that for a while before the senior nodded at the one supervising the machine and they brought me down and wrote something down in their note
I went back to my position as I observed the others with a listless expression
I noticed a lot of people were flipping over as they failed, all those who failed will have the chance to redeem themselves tomorrow, if they failed then to the fields they go
Ofcourse in the corner of my eye I saw certain suicidal maniac perfectly flipped over as he tried to get up which he failed as it was pretty impossible to flip back when you are up in the air
I sighed at his misfortune as his belt chastity belt was rigged by The Instructor as he didn't want Eren to risk his life fighting the titans
I can respect that I guess
Doesn't mean he will fail though because tomorrow The Instructor will change his mind and allow Eren to continue on as he saw the determination that Eren has
Well after the aptitude test, we all started our morning training which consisted of martial arts, strength, balance as well as stamina training
After all that was over it was now noon as we were allowed to clean ourselves up before starting the noon class which lasted an hour before we were finally allowed to eat
The class consisted of some basic knowledge and some lessons about the titans
Well I'm now in the eatery as I had my food and I was sitting somewhere where no one was sitting in
I was eating quietly before three people decided to mess with my peace and the guy with blonde hair said
"Hello, can we sit here?" The boy said with his face being pretty shy
The boy has large hazel eyes and a small pointed nose which is always distinctly a bit red. His blond hair is styled in a long undercut with bangs over his entire forehead. Has noticeable defined eyebrows
The boy's name is Armin he is also the best friend of the protagonist which is Eren
I looked at Eren, he is a young man of average height and muscular build. He had a fairly long, yet rounded face, and sizable, expressive, teal-green eyes. His hair was blackish brown and it was fairly long as it could reach his eyes easily
Behind him was a girl that was looking at me emotionlessly, I recognized her immediately as Mikasa Ackerman, Mikasa is a fairly tall and well-toned woman. She is of partial Asian heritage, with pale skin, gray eyes, and shaggy black hair that was short as it reached shoulder length
Anyway I decided to respond first to Armin's question
"Sure, I'm done eating anyway..." I said as I stood up and readied myself to leave
I decided to accept and then leave immediately as me being near them is pretty dangerous as my assumptions of that the future changed isn't confirmed so I was currently playing it safe by distancing myself to them
Eren then spoke up
"Wait! Please give me some advice on the aptitude test" He pleaded to me as he bowed his head a bit whilst clasping his hands together
"Huh?" I unconsciously let out
"Others were saying that you did very well on the aptitude test earlier so I was hoping you could give me some advice about it" He explained
"Oh, that huh? Well I don't know what to say, it just came out of me naturally I guess, why not ask that girl next to you she was the best on the test if I remember correctly" I retorted
Mikasa just looked at me with an expressionless gaze as she was not the least bit interested on me
"Well... Mikasa isn't really good at explaining things" Eren said as his face was showing as if he remembered something
Mikasa seemed like she wanted to say something but in the end just decided to stay quiet
"I see, well I don't have any advice to give you except that you just have to properly distribute your weight to your whole body so that you can balance yourself..." I explained
"I see... Well thank you for the advice... I am Eren Yeager by the way... The blonde guy over here is Armin Arlert and this girl next to me is Mikasa Ackerman, we also came from Shiganshina nice to meet you umm..." He introduced the three of them as the two next to him nodded at me
"I'm August Siegmund, also from Shiganshina nice to meet you" I introduced myself
Eren nodded at me as if expecting that answer and then said
"Nice to meet you, August... So you were from Shiganshina aswell huh, that means you saw them destroy our hometown too huh..." He said with his voice resounded with anger, his fist was clenched as he looked down with his face with a huge frown in it as if remembering something bad in the past
"Well... Yeah, I saw them..." I said as I acted as if I remembered something bad
"Eren, let's stop talking about our hometown for now, talking about it will just make things more awkward" Armin said as he put his hand on Eren's shoulder
"You're right... Sorry for bringing it up August, We will see you later then August, thank you for your advice once again," Eren composed himself as he thanked me and I stood up and got ready to leave
I just nodded as I left after saying my goodbyes
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It was now evening and we just finished with our afternoon training and we were now free for today
We were in the eatery again as they gossiped about Eren hitting his head whilst practicing the aptitude test
Anyway I just ate quickly ignoring them and went to the river to clean myself up and went back to the dorms
After curfew hit, I sneaked out again ignoring the loud snores in the dorm I was in
I went to the forest as I trained myself again
This was my daily routine for the next 3 months
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It's been three months since I got here, nothing really changed much from my routine, though from time to time the trio which is Eren, Mikasa and Armin sometimes joined me in the eatery, some of the their other friends such as Connie, Sasha and the others sometimes were with them so I also became acquainted with them but other than that then nothing much really happened
Though I am pretty happy with my current progress with strengthening myself, because I definitely am stronger than most of the cadets now
Anothing thing about the cadet corps, every once a month, The Instructor will hold a special training which lasts for a whole day, sometimes longer which sometimes leads some of the cadets to drop out and work in the field
The tests were pretty hard since it requires us to think of ways to survive in harsh conditions, and well, if you don't survive then you might get crippled, worst case scenario is death, that's how dangerous these special trainings is.
Well I am still going strong as I am currently in one of my sneaky nightly training as I was deep in the woods
I was currently doing some strength training as I was shirtless whilst doing so, showing to the nature my chiseled body which I was very, very proud of
Anyways in the middle of my training I heard a subtle sound of someone gasping as I immediately became alerted, I doubt a wild animal can gasp so it can only be another human being
I looked at the tree which the sound came from and I spoke up
"Sneaking aswell as peeping on someone is a bad habit you know?" I spoke up cautiously
The one behind the tree made another sound, it sounded like when a person got surprised
"Come out of there or I'll assume you have an hostile intent against me" I alerted the person as I put on a stance
The voice behind the tree sound panicked as a silhouette of a person came out of the tree which I recognized immediately
'Historia Reiss... The future queen... Why is she here?' I confusedly thought but it soon after got answered
'If I remember correctly her alias here is Christa Lenz right?'
"I'm very sorry for umm... P-Peeping on you, I was just curious as for where you were going since it was past curfew and I saw you going here deep in the forest..." She spoke in an embarrassed tone as she fiddled with her hand whilst looking at the ground, her cheeks was slightly red and couldn't look at me properly in the eye
"C-Could you put on your clothes please? I can't really look at you properly until you do so..." She said blushing lightly as her eyes were alternating between the ground and my body
'Cute...' I thought as I was looking at her flushed face and actions
"Oh, Sure" I realized why she couldn't look at me in the eye and I immediately put on my clothes as she finally looked at me properly though she was still blushing a bit
"Thank you! So umm... So why were you training out here so late in the night? Aren't you afraid of The Instructor's punishment if he caught you sneaking out?" She started a conversation after a few moments of silence between us
"Well... I have perfectly memorized The Instructor's schedule so I knew when exactly I could sneak out... That's why I didn't have to be scared with me getting caught, as for why I was training here... Well... It's due to some personal reasons so I can't exactly tell you sorry" I explained myself to her
"Wasn't The Instructor's training hard enough? Why train when we should be resting ourselves for the next training?" She curiously asked as she leaned a bit closer to me
"Well it was at first but now well... Not really" I explained, and I definitely wasn't boasting myself
"I see... Well I'm Christa Lenz you are?" She introduced herself
"I'm August Siegmund, Nice to meet you aswell Christa, also please keep my secret training a secret please?" I introduced myself and then pleaded as I brought my hands together
She chuckled as she brought her hand near her mouth
"Sure, I'll keep it a secret for you but in exchange... Will you be my friend?" She retorted
"Sure... But why?"
"I have some friends but they are mostly girls, I wanted to experience having a boy friend but all the guy I tried to talk to always run off for some reason..." She showed a sad expression and confused expression for the behavior of the boys she talked to
'Weren't they just overwhelmed by their 'goddess's presence?' I thought to myself
"Well then sure I guess, Let's be friends Christa" I saw no reason to refuse so I accepted
"Really? Yes!" She showed a happy expression which looked cute to me
"Well then I'll leave you to your training then, see you tomorrow August!" She smiled at me as she waved goodbye then left
"Ah I forgot to ask why she was also out when it's curfew... Well I'll just ask the next time I see her... Only if Ymir is not with her though since that girl is... Troublesome to deal with" I shrugged my shoulders as I trained once more for a couple of hours
'honestly I keep on trying to avoid the main casts so why do they keep on coming at me?' I thought as I sighed at my misfortune