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Chapter 2 – Pseudo-Elope
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Hawk stared in astonishment to the couple who sitting on the bed in front of him.
Okay, he recalled that today, Meliodas looked uneasy and went tense when listening to the gossip from drinking customers about the missing third princess of Liones Kingdom. Suddenly, Meliodas started to act strange. When he leaned his body down with his palm on the table and his other hand on his chest, Hawk asked if he was okay. Without warning, Meliodas just collapsed unconscious and there, Elizabeth barged to their tavern at the same time with a loud cry of the tavern owner's name. After apologizing to the customers and telling them that they had no choice but to close early due to Meliodas' declined health, all customers (seemingly didn't mind at all thanks to her charming beauty) left the tavern with the bill on each table (which Hawk gathered gladly and put on the pouch) before going to check on the second floor where that strange girl (who surprisingly strong enough to carry Meliodas) and his fellow comrade. So Hawk saw what happened in front of him, the poor little pig gawked in wonder.
"oi, you two don't forget something here?", the pink pig huffed, clearly demanded explanation "don't just go into your own world as if I don't exist!".
Turning her attention to Hawk, Elizabeth's eyes that had turned back to her bright blue now sparkling in delight with the excitement of a child before she caressing Hawk "aw! Cute talking pig! I asked one to my father on my birthday once but never got it!".
"she can stay with us!", Hawk's eyes lit up as well, feeling entirely pleased by her kind treatment. Well, she treated him well compared to Meliodas. Speaking of which, Hawk realized (wondered even, ever since Elizabeth barged into their tavern) that Elizabeth didn't bring anything "but... say, Elizabeth, do you even have the change of clothes?
"now Hawk mentioned it... Where is your belongings?".
Elizabeth innocently tilted her head and smiled sheepishly "...I guess I forgot to bring it all when I ran away from home. I fled to here with flying straight from my house so yes, I didn't bring anything but the clothes I'm in now".
"well, well, well, matter not for me. You can just pick the uniform of my tavern or later, I can buy some clothes for you when we drop by in the nearest town".
"Meliodas, I know you are a weirdo, but you sure have weird taste of a woman", Hawk snorted, thinking of how Elizabeth went convincing the customers that she could take care of her 'lover' alone (departed customers jawdropped when she told them that) "not that I'll protest though, as long as she's a good woman".
With her wings on her back retracted into her body and disappeared, Elizabeth blinked her eyes, staring down to Hawk "...Wandle?".
"huh? no, my name is Hawk", Hawk wondered even more who was this girl "come to think of it... when the first time we met, Meliodas also called me Wandle. Just who is this girl and that Wandle?".
"it was my first impression of him as well", Meliodas flopped down out of his bed "okay, I guess we can talk about it later privately, Elizabeth. Now, I guess we have to welcome our guests who will come here soon...".
"are you sure, you're okay?", Hawk tilted its head "and what do you mean by guests here?".
"oh, about what happened to Meliodas... perhaps there'll be a change on his body. Well, I guess I can explain about it later. It's also the reason of why I had frantically, desperately come here all the way from my home", Elizabeth chuckled nervously before straightening her body, just like Meliodas, she realized the upcoming uninvited guests as well "in three seconds—".
Meliodas counted from three and when they heard the knocks (loud banging, actually) from the door downstairs, Meliodas scratched his head "told you".
Meliodas told Hawk to just hide Elizabeth on the warehouse and gave her the new clothes in the process as Meliodas went to deal with those annoying men. It was when she saw that Meliodas was lifted off of the ground on his collar by one of the Knights, Elizabeth felt irritated and overprotectiveness arose on her chest thus she quickly snatched Meliodas from the startled (seemingly) lower-rank Knight.
Oh, would you look at her? Elizabeth wore white mini-skirt, a pair of thigh-socks, low heels and dark blue top sleeveless that showing her bare back with pink tie on her collar, dark arm-vest on one hand. Her clothes perfectly wrapped her curves. Just if Elizabeth didn't hold him back, Meliodas would gladly punch them all for dare to ogling her voluptuous body.
With innocence and sincere smile, Elizabeth allowed them to go check in their tavern "my apologize, Sir Knights. We have no idea about what do you mean with the Rust Knight that you demanded us to show you but we have closed early due to my husband's not feeling too well. Could you leave us right away after you check on our home sweet home by yourself if you still have suspicious on us for hiding this so-called Rust Knight here in our tavern when I still have to tend to my husband and our pet?".
With mischievous sparks glistening on his eyes, Meliodas hugged her back and went with all groping to her butt and breast "fret not, dearest wife~ Just with touch you like this, I'm feeling well already".
Too shocked by this, Hawk flatly collapsed backward with its mouth hanging open, just like poor five men in front of the door. After the four of them wandered the tavern and found nothing plus they already had had enough to see Meliodas and Elizabeth being lovey-dovey, their leader Alioni cleared his throat before excusing themselves "well... we apologize to interrupt your... intimacy, ma'am and sir. We'll be in our way".
Meliodas and Elizabeth simply waved their hands to them as they were still busy on their position where Elizabeth sat on the table with Meliodas sat on her lap, still clinging to her "good luck to find whatever you want to find~".
After the door closed, both exhaled long, heavy relieved breath before Meliodas asked "care to explain to me about the Rust Knight they mentioned? It was you?".
Elizabeth closed her eyes thoughtfully "...well, I am".
Now it was only the three of them, Meliodas and Elizabeth explained to Hawk.
After Meliodas explained about their curse and how it worked, Hawk burst out into crying mess "EVIL! Your parent are the most evil parent I've ever known! Even my Mom never punched me!".
"oh, Hawk... don't cry, now we have the chance to break it, we needn't to worry about me dying again. But we have a lot of things we need to take care of", after calming down the crying pug, Elizabeth explained to Meliodas and Hawk that on her journey to here, she wore the armor when she went to the village just to get the foods and drinks. Following her strong instinct to find him through his presence, finally she could get here but she threw away the armor on the nearby village before she barged into this tavern "had I known those lower-rank Knights would find that armor, I'd have tossed it farther from here".
Meliodas hummed before looking to her from head to toe "and... of all clothes, why did you choose this one?".
"with my magic power still half-awakened, I'm afraid the back of my clothes will be torn when I have to use my wings so I chose this although I rather liked that pink sleeveless top", Elizabeth thought back to the white dress she usually wore in her days as the Goddess. This one she wore right now was not too different with that, she thought. Playfully rolling her eyes to Meliodas, Elizabeth poked his nose "and also, I know you'd like this~".
Meliodas said nothing as he buried his face on her breast instead. Damn. She was right.
"both of you, just go to your room", Hawk trotted closer with deadpan before shouting in disbelief "and should you pull that stunt just to chase them away?".
Meliodas crossed his arms with mischievous grin "it worked, right?".
Hawk shook his head "I can't believe those guys leaving us easily... what if they go back here with their superior in case they don't believe you?".
Meliodas lifted his thumb pointing himself "at that time, I will just deal with them".
Elizabeth really hoped they wouldn't need to do it "and thankfully, they're only the lower-rank Knights. Had it been Holy Knight Apprentice or Holy Knight, perhaps they would have recognized me... but for now, Meliodas, we have to clear your name. We have to gather the Seven Deadly Sins and save this Kingdom first".
Unfortunately, soon after Elizabeth finished her story about what happened to Liones Kingdom before she decided to find him, they were confronted by Twigo with Alioni and his gang. Meliodas told Hawk to run as he also ran to the woods, carrying Elizabeth bridal style until they were cornered on the edge of the cliff. After Twigo confirmed Elizabeth's identity as the missing third princess, Twigo thought it wouldn't be bad to give her to Gilthunder remembering Gilthunder was close to the first princess and perhaps, he could achieve something as reward. Alioni and five others felt relieved that the Apprentice Holy Knight wouldn't kill Elizabeth like they thought he would do. However, when Twigo asked her to come with them, Elizabeth refused.
Sternly, Elizabeth told as she hugged Meliodas "NO! I'm not leaving him! We're getting married so I will not go back to Liones Castle without him!".
After Elizabeth's shocking announcement and rejection to his offer, Twigo infuriated and attacked them with his sword. Of course, Meliodas could handle this. He pushed her to the ground, shielding her with his body like he always did.
Meliodas scratched the back of his head, standing up after Hawk ran for his dear life while calling for its Mom "well, well, well, what a pain... Looks like he wanted to kill us together no matter what after we just met again?".
"not gonna happen", Elizabeth knew her lifetime-lover could take this. Knowing she still had something on her mind, Meliodas helped her up to her feet and let her do what she wanted to do. With encouraging looks on his eyes, he gestured he was behind her to support her no matter what. Nodding her head with sweet smile on her face, Elizabeth looked down to him thankfully before looking up fiercely "do you seriously think I don't aware of what the Holy Knights are up to? I know you're planning to bring war to our Kingdom but guess what? You can try and struggle as much as you can, but I'm gonna gather all Seven Deadly Sins to stop Holy Knights' ambition to start Holy War and save my Kingdom!".
"such big mouth you have, princess", Twigo lifted his sword "verdict: die!".
"not gonna happen", Meliodas swung his broken blade to Twigo, using his Full Counter. After Twigo got slashed on his cheek instead, Meliodas smirked "as long as I'm with her, no one is allowed to touch her, no matter how many of you will come and turn your back against us. I'm the Dragon Sin Of Wrath, Meliodas. She's mine, and you're not gonna bring her anywhere".
After realizing who was he and Twigo lost from him, Alioni and the gang scurried away bringing Twigo with them, go back to the nearest fort to report this to their superior. Finally it was only the two of them, Elizabeth called him "...Meliodas, will you ever let me go?".
Meliodas blinked at that "it came from the very same person who has boldly and bravely announced that we're getting married and taking back your Kingdom no matter what?".
"Meliodas! I'm serious! We still have a lot to go through and I'm unsure of what's coming to us but—".
Her words stopped as Meliodas cut her off with a kiss. Elizabeth blushed furiously but she quickly gave in to her own desire and need, passionately kissed in longing and compassionate before they broke the kiss in need of air.
"stupid question. Why would I? Even after 3.000 years, I never let you go, ever. I'm not letting you go even more from now on", wiping her tears, Meliodas grinned mischieviously before he intertwined his fingers on her knuckles and leaned his forehead to hers "now, it's only us here and we've come this far, let's just hold on together no matter what will come to us. There is nothing to fear. I'm right beside you. I'm yours for all my life".
"Meliodas", Elizabeth burst out into joy tears before hugging her "thank you... I love you".
Meliodas smiled brightly "I love you".
"a-hem, hate to interrupt you two, but if you two have finished with it, just climb up here so my Mama, okay?".
Looking up, they found Hawk with Hawk Mama waiting nearby. Turning back to Elizabeth, Meliodas deadpanned "oh, Elizabeth. To celebrate our engagement, how about we have a little feast with roasted pig tonight?".
"PUGYA! Don't you dare to eat me or my Mom's gonna kick you out to the burning lava!".
Elizabeth's reaction to see Hawk Mama? Her eyes widened before she exclaimed "another pig! This one is really huge!".
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Omake : Their Reactions?
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When the shocking news about the unofficial engagement (or you could say it elope perhaps) between princess of Elizabeth Liones and Meliodas, the Captain of Seven Deadly Sins, was reported by Twigo to Gilthunder, Gilthunder who heard it when he had sipped his tea and reading the scrolls on his hand, spurted out the tea in shock and poor documents in his hands soaking wet.
Twigo flinched in fear, not expecting this reaction of his superior "...Sir? Everything's alright?".
"...sure, I'm just not expecting it at all", accepting the handkerchief from his subordinate, Gilthunder could play it cool but deep down in his heart, he was in turmoil as he felt like he was betrayed by both his idol and the little sister of his lover "Meliodas, Elizabeth, how could you two? Behind my back...".
Later, Gilthunder went back to meet with King in his hideout "King, do you remember the third princess of Liones who went missing?".
Floating on the air while hugging his Chastiefol pillow, King blinked his eyes "uh-huh. You refer to the third princess of Liones Kingdom, princess Elizabeth Liones, right? The news about her missing has been heard everywhere".
"well, we found her already. My subordinates reported she was seen on the border near Camelot".
"good for you".
"we found out that she's with Meliodas, your superior, the Captain of Seven Deadly Sins", Gilthunder fully gained King's attention at that. Good. Let's see how the Fairy King was gonna handle this "when my subordinate found her and kindly asked her to go home, she refused to go home and said... that she's getting married with Meliodas so we assume that they eloped".
King fell off to the ground because he was too shocked.
"CAPTAIN, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU FOR THESE 10 YEARS?!", King screamed before floating on the air in circle motion "oh no, this is bad! I have to find Diane first beforehand, before she hears this news from anyone, whoever they are! If she knew, maybe she would go to destroy all lands of Britannia with her tantrum due to her broken heart. Or maybe, there's a chance that she meets with the Captain and the princess then after they tell her about their engagement... No, no, no, it can't happen. I can't imagine how would she feel when she heard it. Wait, perhaps this is also my chance to finally win over her heart? nah, stupid King! What are you thinking, you dumbass? Think about how heartbroken Diane could be! You have to find her and stay with her for her sake! Maybe business with Ban still can wait, but on top everything, Diane is the most important thing right now".
Meanwhile on the White Dream Forest, luckily Diane didn't know about the news on the outside world thanks to this isolated place. When she sneezed several times, she thought someone was talking about her and Diane turned to the poor hide-and-seek Imps with glares "you... who is the one that speak about me?".
"EEK! No one of us, Lady Diane!".
Back to the Capital of Liones Kingdom, lifting his head up and down, looking at how King struggled with his inner turmoil was kinda amusing he thought, but thinking he had to give King time, Gilthunder decided to leave him for now and waved his hand "...I'm gonna tell this report to the Royalty".
Howzer, Griamore, Dreyfus, Hendrickson, the princesses and King Baltra were on the throne room as Gilthunder reported this and King Baltra, although he had prepared for this, he collapsed.
Margaret snapped her head "father!".
After their father regained consciousness and was crying on his chamber, Veronica stomped on the windowsill and shouted to the window "NO! Elizabeth, come back!".
On the Castle in Capital of Camelot Kingdom, Merlin was about to drink her tea when she taught Arthur. This was when they heard this news. Merlin choked on her tea while Arthur lifted his head with excited sparks, demanding more story that he didn't know about Meliodas and Elizabeth from Merlin.
Escanor knew this when he worked in his bar. He dropped (luckily) empty mug on his hand to the floor. Luckily he was still working on the bar and served his customers, otherwise he was gonna in turmoil like King did (hell, Escanor had it already).
Gowther (still in disguise as Armando) only tilted his head "...what is elope?".
Pelio jawdropped at that "Armando! You seriously don't know it? Even I know what is it!".
"no, young master, I mean I know what is elope but I don't get it, what's the point of elope?".
Pelio groaned and facepalmed. Stupid conversation between the doll with the young master continued for a half day afterwards.
Kind of the opposite with Gowther who was totally calm, in Baste prison, once he heard about this news from the guards in front of his prison who were gossiping, Ban kicked the door of his prison before he walked to one of cowering guard "yo, is it true? What you said just now really interesting. As long as I have known him, this is the first time I've ever heard him being interested on one particular woman and on top of that, eloped with the third princess?".
After he got confirmation from the guard, Ban smirked and decided to break jail "Cap'n, I'm gonna kill you if you don't make me your best man in your wedding~ wait for me!".
Meanwhile, the couple who were talked by all people around Liones Kingdom, Meliodas and Elizabeth got a fit of sneeze that worring Hawk as the pink pig looked up to them "are you alright? Even sneezes several times in the same time... You two really complete each other, huh?".
A/N :
Why do I write this from the first place I wonder...
Surprise! So that's it for now, fellas. Pseudo-elope announcement came from the 3.000-years-of-length-time couple. Instead of wearing her pink top, I went straight to make her wear her other uniform (the one she wore when Meliodas died on season 2 *ouch_my_heart).
I was a bit conflicted about to reveal the deal and Supreme Deity's reasons here because I still arrange the conversation between mother-daughter (along with the reason that still unknown for the couple) so yeah, I will bring it forth on next chapter (the deal and the reasons, I mean). Think of this chapter as an interlude to entertain you all. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoy writing it. I admit I have fun to write their reactions here.
To believergirl62 : oh, glad to know you like the story so far! It's exactly why I write this. I know, right? wonder why there's not much the stories like this so due to my own needs for not able to find stories that can satisfy me, then I will just write it myself instead then.
To merendinoemiliano : thank you for the support 3 and this is the third or forth I've heard the happy new year from you of each my stories (I mean you also mentioned it in my other stories with title "The Perfect Time", "King's Death, Queen's Birth" and this one). Still, thank you, anyway
To andrethefavorite16 : thank you so much, glad to hear it.
To Welt Ende : yeah well, knowing Meliodas, he will not lose his protectiveness but at least, he wouldn't have to worry too much over her like you said. Ha, I also can hardly imagine that Demon King will do or even feel the same as Supreme Deity here, ever. Will do, thank you for the support and I'd like to read your story further too~