"It's been way longer than 30 seconds," I muttered, following Levi around as he inspected every corner of the room.

"Are you planning on kicking me out?"

well-

"You're supposed to start groveling and thank me for my unending generosity."

stop assuming the worst of me

"Thanks," Levi rolled his eyes, turning back to the enchanted book he was reading.

"You do know that the contents of the book aren't magical right? It's just been enchanted to always have empty pages- my father used it as a ledger." I leaned forward, skimming one of the pages. "Aren't there more interesting things to look at?"

IM BORED LEVI

"I'm interested in how the enchantment works- something like this is more useful than a moving suit of armor," he shrugged, ignoring me.

eurgh

"The armor will follow your every command, it's much more interesting," I frowned, glancing back at it. "I command you to begin drawing a picture of this strange man."

see? it's much cooler

"How is artwork going to help us?"

UGH

"I hate you."

"No you don't."

we did just go over this last chapter so i can't really deny it

"Please stop reading that book."

"Why should I?"

"I'm incredibly bored."

"Tough shit."

GAHHHHH

"I command you to take that book from him!" The suit of armor immediately stood up from a half finished drawing of Levi and marched over.

"What the fuck are you doing-" Levi protested, as the book was snatched from his hands, "if I was in my body-"

"If you were in your body we wouldn't be here in the first place- come on- humor me- let's do something cool."

"You lack any sense of urgency," he grumbled, "ok what is it dumbass?"

"It's not like reading a ledger is helping us- wait really?" I peaked over at him.

"You won't leave me alone until I agree- what is it?"

"Oh wow-" I murmured, leaning closer to study his expression, "you're learning, I didn't realize that was possible."

magic exists so i guess levi can also change

"Shut up."

"All this time you've only been studying the objects themselves-" I walked over to a drawer in my father's desk, "-however the real power of the L/N family is not in magical objects." I turned to the suit of armor "I command you to give me the key."

"Are you talking about the guard?" Levi leaned over my shoulder, watching as I unlocked the drawer.

"Of course not," I chuckled, "all this time- you haven't been asking my father for the guard have you?"

i did shred all of those letters so it's not like it ever actually got to him

"No- I was proposing a deal for-"

"Materials right?" The door pulled open revealing brightly shining crystals, teeth from creatures that lived in the forest, and carefully dried and pressed flowers. "The components for creating magical items- that is the power of the L/N family."

"Should you be showing me this shit?"

"Shouldn't you be saying thank you?"

"Because you asked, I won't."

"Ungrateful-" I grumbled, nudging him in the side. "I thought these might help us."

"Are you certain you're allowed to show me this?"

"I'm the heir- don't think about it too much it'll implicate us," I glanced away from him, "and besides I- tru- don't make me say it-"

"Go on?"

"I trus-" the word felt foreign in my mouth, "trust- yo-"

"You can stop now- this shit is embarrassing."

"I CAN DO IT!"

"I don't think I want to hear it anymore."

"I trust you-" the last word came out in a whisper.

oh god

"I-" a long pause, "appreciate it."

"That was revolting."

"Never do that shit again."

"Agreed."

"What are these used for?" Levi picked up a faintly glowing crystal.

"Magical light-" I gestured to a couple of the fixtures on the walls around us, "congratulations on being one of a small group of individuals who has gotten to hold one of these crystals."

"I'm honored," he studied it, holding the crystal up to the light.

"Maybe when we find the record of the experiment performed by that 'Hanji' person we can figure out what materials she used and work backwards."

if the record is detailed enough it may just show us how to do it-

"Smart for an idiot."

"Dear lord- just say something nice."

"No."

"What did I expect from you?"

"Is this all you have?" He set the crystal down, picking through the rest of the drawer.

well no-

"There's an entire forest full of it- I don't think we're hard pressed for resources."

"So this is all you have in storage?"

"No-" I hesitated- "there's more but it isn't as accessible as this."

that is to say-

i'm not the official head of the household-

just- doing what my father CAN'T do for now

so-

i haven't been given permission for EVERYTHING

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Remember how we snuck into a library- and how totally low stakes that was because it really didn't matter if we were caught or not?"

"Yes, and?"

"Well- we would basically have to do the same thing- except this time it'll be guarded and I don't really trust the members of the knightage to not kill us."

so- it'll be really easy

"Fuck that let's just go look in the woods."

"Yeah-" I nodded avoiding eye contact, "I'm in total agreement with you aside from the fact that the documents we're looking for are most likely in that area- so-"

just think of it as a fun heist <3

"There has to be a better way-"

"Unless my father gives permission- we're just going to have to sneak in."

"Why the fuck didn't you mention that first?"

"I DON'T KNOW- DON'T ATTACK ME- I FEEL LIKE SNEAKING IN IS A WAY MORE INTERESTING IDEA AND WILL BE EASIER TO PULL OFF."

"FUCK NO?????????"

"What are you two doing in the office?" Jean pushed open the door.

AAAA

"Good question," Mikasa appeared behind him, frowning, "and what's this about sneaking in?"

"Where are you sneaking in?" An overly enthusiastic Eren.

oh god

"No- we weren't-" I muttered weakly.

"You have some explaining to do."

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- ami