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Seraphina blinked, caught off guard by the sudden offer. Her ears twitched slightly.
"…What?"
"I said I'll help you," Eren repeated, his tone now firm and quiet, as if this were just another matter-of-fact statement. "I can break your chains. I can free you from this prison. And if you want revenge… I'll even help you get it."
Seraphina stared at him, her yellow eyes wide with disbelief. That buried flame of hope—long thought to have turned cold—suddenly flickered again. Maybe… maybe this annoying human was—
"But of course," Eren added flatly, completely destroying the moment, "I'll need you to do something for me in return."
"…Tch." Her eyes immediately narrowed, and her expression turned cold and unimpressed.
'Hah. As expected of a disgusting human,' she scoffed internally, lips twitching with visible annoyance. Of course there was a catch. Of course there was something. They always wanted something.
