Krista Lenz (Chapter)

Krista Lenz (クリスタ・レンズ) is the 2nd chapter of the 13th volume and the 52nd chapter overall of the Attack on Titan manga, written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama.

Summary
A few days have passed since the new Squad Levi formed, and the Survey Corps is planning their next moves. However, they receive the news from Hange that Minister Nick has died. She and Moblit had hid him in the barracks of Trost District, and once they are notified of his death, they decide to investigate. The two are stopped by Military Police Brigade members from the interior. Djel Sanes tells them that a robber had entered Nick's place and killed him, but Hange notices signs of torture on the Minister's body, so she decides to interrogate the military guards. Once she concludes that they were the ones who tortured Nick, she and Moblit leave the scene. After hearing this story, Levi agrees that they not only have enemies outside the Walls, but inside too. After discussing what their next move should be, they concur that they should take the route that Erwin himself would: advance with the plan to retake Wall Maria, and take down whoever stands in their way.

Some hours later, as Connie and Eren discuss their current situation, Eren remembers when Historia told them about her upbringing. Being a lonely child, she worked in the farm she was born in. Her mother wouldn't talk to her and her grandparents only would when they taught her chores. Other kids would throw rocks at her, and she knew that she could never leave the farm. Due to neglect and her isolation from other children, Historia felt lonely. After learning how to read, she understood how mothers took care of their children, and she wanted to know how her mother would react if she attempted to embrace her. As a result, her mother violently slapped her away and left the farm.

After a couple years, she met her father, Rod Reiss, who owned the land she lived on. He wanted Historia and her mother to live with him, but as they attempted to leave, they were surrounded by a horde of men, led by Kenny Ackerman, demanding to know if Rod Reiss had any relationship to Historia and her mother. He denied it, and the captain slit Historia's mother's throat. In an effort to save Historia, Rod Reiss proposed that she change her name to Krista Lenz and live in hiding. When she was 12, she enrolled in the Military and eventually met up with the rest of the 104th Trainees Squad.

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