Chapter 20: The World Went On As Usual
Kael watched the young man with an expressionless face:
"Name."
The boy lowered his head. He spoke hollowly, without a trace of will, "I don’t have one."
"You never got one?" Kael looked at him without his expression changing in the slightest.
"Haha... My mother used to call me ’Fucker’, ’Dog’, ’Scumbag’, ’Garbage’ and a few others I can’t remember." The boy replied with a light, cold laugh, but there was nothing funny about his tone.
"I see..." Kael muttered, though he knew the boy now didn’t have a name, and said, "So, now you have one... your name will be Eren. It’s short and easy to remember."
The boy nodded half-heartedly, accepting the name.
"Can you write?" asked Kael.
"Yes."
