DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NANATSU NO TAIZAI.
Date Uploaded: April 14, 2016- Thursday.
Note: Advanced apologies for the OOC's.
Zeeka: So welcome back, here's the latest chapter!
Probably short too, not sure. Let's just say the short chaps are for the transition or movement or something. Not much.
PRECIOUS REST DAYS; CHAPTER ELEVEN
- CAIN BARZAD
Cain Barzad. He is a former Holy Knight. He and Melodias were friends and comrades during their time of service for their kingdom (before it was destroyed).
He lives as a normal elder, drinking and traveling. At his current location, he was looking up the skies, thinking of his past comrades and of course, the Seven Deadly Sins. The adventures and the fights, he must be growing old now that he's thinking of these things and not doing them anymore.
The peace was comforting, the silence was soothing, it was the perfect day, the perfect morning to have a good warm meal.
It was until the peace broke.
"Ah we're lost!" Cain heard a girl yell nearby.
Travelers?
"Why are you even making this a competition?" asked a female.
"I'm not!" replied the one who yelled earlier.
"Then why did you split up from Melodias' team?"
Melodias?!
Cain got up from sitting in a barrel and ran to the direction of the voices. There he spots two princesses from Lioness Kingdom. The two were standing in front of the merchants' stalls. Griamore right beside them.
"I- well-" Veronica scratched the back of her head, not knowing how to answer her sister.
"So you WERE competing with them!" Margaret exclaimed.
"Okay, okay. But it's not exactly like that."
"Okay then what?" Margaret crossed her arms and Veronica grinned.
"That Fox's Greed told us where to go. And we need to get there first!"
"Yeah and now we're lost so whatever you have in mind, you can forget it."
"I want to prove to them that princesses don't rely on knights!"
Cain chuckled to himself as he listened to the young princesses' conversation. He decided to give them a little help. Surely if they're here racing with Melodias to go to wherever they plan on going, and they were here in advance, then Melodias' team will arrive sooner or later.
Let's see what I can do with that, princess.
Cain cleared his throat to catch their attention.
"May I be of service, ladies?" he asked and the two looked at him incredulously. Griamore sighed as if relieved they stopped arguing. "I'm a traveler. I may know what you are looking for."
"The forest up north." Veronica answered.
"Is there anything specific that you are looking for?"
"A cave." she shrugged. She can only say what she heard.
"Well then, you're in luck!" Cain said cheerfully. "There's a cave uphill. Just go straight to that road, follow it and you'll see what you're looking for."
"Thank you!" Veronica exclaimed.
"Thank you, sir." Margaret said.
"Oh it's nothing." Cain smiled at them.
"Well then Margaret, let's beat them to it!"
Quite an energy you got there.
"Are you sure we should go without them? What if it's not safe?" Margaret asked.
"Oh don't worry, there's no bandits or the sort." Cain assured.
"So it's safe for them to travel there?" Griamore asked.
"You'll be there to protect them, aren't you?" Cain said and Griamore nodded. "Then it'll be safe for sure."
"Thank you very much!" Veronica said.
"I'm happy to be of service, Princess."
"Hey, how did you know-?"
Oops!
"Everyone knows who you are of course." he said with a chuckle. Veronica, Margaret and Griamore are suspicious of him. He could be lying that the cave uphill was safe. Cain could point out what their thoughts were saying. "And I'm not lying."
"THen why are you helping us?" Margaret asked, curious.
"I heard you want to beat Melodias. I couldn't resist not to get involved."
"You know Melodias?" Veronica inquired and the elder nodded with a beam in his face. "Well, if it's one of Melodias' friends, surely it's alright."
"Off you go then, princess. Anytime soon Melodias and his friends will come, asking me the same thing."
"Of course. Thanks again!" said Veronica.
"Yes, thank you." Margaret said.
When the three had left the little village where Cain was staying in, he couldn't help but laugh internally at the results of their travel. He 'forgot' to mention about the traps that can be found on their way there.
Well if I am going to redirect Melodias and his team to the long way and you three to the shortcut, then at least find yourselves something entertaining to do.
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After waiting for several more hours, Cain grew tired of waiting by the edge of a cliff and went back to his barrel to sit on. He didn't want to drink until they've arrived. So he went back to his peaceful meditation as he looked up the skies.
It's been quiet again.
Too quiet.
"How dare you call me that! Take it back!" yelled another loudmouth.
Hmm, must be Melodias' company.
"Loquacious. You are absolutely loquacious."
"What?"
"We're here." Gowther said, changing the subject.
"Here where? There's no cave here. It's a village, idiot." Jericho said rudely.
"We will stop by to ask for directions. And also to to find you someone to talk to. According to my research, when a person talks a lot he or she lacks the attention that he or she wants. In your case, I may have not given you the attention that you want me to give and I'm sorry for that but I can't lose my concentration for my search for-"
Before Gowther could finish, he didn't notice that Jericho was getting really red and really angry so she slaps him with her hardest and strongest slap ever.
She haven't even slapped or hit Ban with that powerful slap of hers. But Gowther really earned it.
"HOW DARE YOU?! I'D RATHER DIE THAN ASK FOR YOUR ATTENTION!"
"I might've miscalculated." Gowther spoke as if he wasn't slapped seconds ago. He only fixed his glasses.
"OF COURSE YOU DID!"
Gowther and a young Holy Knight? Together? Where's Melodias?
Cain wondered if his calculations were wrong. He kept himself hidden and waited for the two to speak of their purpose further.
They're looking for a cave too, it has to be them.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOWTHER!" cried a little pig flying towards him.
Hawk landed on Gowther's stomach with a small force. Gowther looked down on Hawk who hit his stomach and picked him up with his index and his thumb.
"Hello."
"Why did you leave without us?!" Hawk whined.
"I had to drop dead weight." he replied.
"Excuse me?! We're all here to help!"
Jericho and Gowther followed the trail from where Hawk 'flew' from and saw that Melodias and the others were staring at them. Melodias or Ban probably threw Hawk. Gowther had no reaction or anything.
"Gowther, we're in this together, okay?" Melodias said.
"Yeah, we're the Seven Deadly SIns, we stick through this together!" King said.
"Of course." Ban muttered, bored.
"I'm sorry." when he said it he sounds like he didn't mean it but he does.
"Gowther, we're here to help okay?" Elizabeth said calmly and soothingly.
"And we're not dead weight!" Hawk added.
"I understand." Gowther said.
Ban approaches Jericho with a smirk, his hands in his pockets. Jericho glared at him, stepping back as he stepped closer.
"So you came with Gowther by yourself, you moved on already?" he teased.
"S- Shut your darned mouth! I was just worried!"
When Cain saw that the whole gang has arrived. He snickered silently and decided to give them directions already. Veronica and her team already had a head start. It's time that the second team is sent to play the game.
"Melodias!" he called.
"Oh Cain!" Melodias waved at him.
"I heard that the two were looking for a cave." he said.
"Yep we are. Do you know anything?"
"I'm going to give you directions about it."
"That's great!" Elizabeth said in glee.
If only you all knew. I'm sorry young princess, ELizabeth, but your sisters got the shortcut already. Still, I believe that you can make it there before they do.
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Hope you enjoyed!
I've been busy with other fics that I almost failed to update this one. So here's the latest chap, about Cain and it's short too. I'm sorry about that but his role is to actually just show up *laughs* and of course to lead both groups to the meeting place.
So anyway, see you in the next chapter!