Realization

"Hufff..! Huff..!" 

I gasped for breath, the beads of sweat trickling down my forehead, as I continued running in the darkness. 

3:00 Am in the morning.

The time when the world was enveloped in the sweetest dreams. But here I was, pushing myself to the limit, my gaze fixed upon the towering mountain that loomed before me, seemingly radiating an aura of despair.

'He is a monster no matter how I look into it.'

I thought, seeing the back of the new companion who is accompanying me in Professor's Joshua's hellish training.

It was none other than Zephyr.

We had both been subjected to Professor Joshua's hellish training as an unofficial punishment for the incident that had occurred. 

As I strained to keep up with Zephyr, on the verge of breaking down from exhaustion, he turned back and admonished me, "Hey Eren, we won't complete the training if you're that slow."

'Who the hell considers this as training?'