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Chapter 3 – Seraphina and Seraphim

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Note :

Seraphina (Ibrani) : Goddess_|

Seraphim (Hebrew) : the most powerful angels who have six wings_|

Liones Castle

Elizabeth stopped in the corner, peeking to the door that guarded by two Knights. She lifted her hands and the sparkles of light appeared just above her palm "sorry, but I need you to sleep for a while, Holy Knights".

After she blew the sparkles of light to two Holy Knights who guarded the room, those Holy Knights slumped on the wall and fell asleep on the floor. Elizabeth picked her skirt and quickly went to the room where the Horn of Cernunnos had been placed. Closing the door behind her, she spread her wings and her eyes showed the marks of Goddess Clan member.

The Horn Of Cernunnos started shining before a voice spoke up "well, looks like I have a guest here. Hello, daughter".

"I will go straight, mother. I remember everything and this is the forth day but I don't die", Elizabeth lowered her head and narrowed her eyes "so, you really mean it when you said that you would change the way the curses work on me... but how about Meliodas?".

"like I said before, you two have to work together in order to prevent the revival of Demon Clan. Maybe you have realized it, no matter how strong the seal, it's been 3.000 years—".

"—and the seal started getting weaker. I do realize that much, especially considering what happened on Danafor...", Elizabeth thought back to the tragedy on Danafor and wondered how Meliodas must have felt, hoping he was still doing alright outside there "but you haven't answered my question. How about Meliodas?".

"ah, I see. You still feel doubt that I'm really gonna release you and your lover from the curses. I know you'd be skeptical and it's very logical, but I will not change the conditions. If you want to break your curse, you have to prevent the revival of Demon Clan, but in case they are revived, you have to stop Demon Clan's invasion that will only bring destruction to Britannia. If you want me to freed your lover from his curse, then tell him to figure out a way to open up the path between Celestial Realm to your world, or he has to fight against the Demon King and defeat... or should I say, kill Demon King".

Elizabeth hissed "for the first term to break Meliodas' curse, I understand and surely we can accept it but are you hoping me to tell him that he has to kill the Demon King, his own father, in order to break his curse?".

"oh, I think he will not mind at all, considering his father is a complete thrash. I admit at least, Meliodas is still better compared to his father and still worth of you considering his struggle for you these 3.000 years".

Elizabeth gaped. She forgot what she wanted to tell to her mother after listening to her mother's remarks on the latest part, did she seriously just blurt out she finally acknowledged that Meliodas was worth of her?

Next second, she heard her mother scoffed "oho, that's funny expression you have!".

Elizabeth felt irritation sipping on her and scowled "...mother, are you making fun of me?".

"well, as the proof that I really mean it that I will help you two to break the curses, I will send a 'gift' for Meliodas but considering this is something similar with blessing or should I say, sort-of purification, I have no idea about how it will work on Demon like him. Perhaps it will hurt him considering him being a Demon".

"you can't be serious—".

"—and you can't ask me to take it back, since I have sent it to him already".

"MOTHER! If something ever happens to Meliodas, I swear...", Elizabeth lifted her fists before giving up, turning her back "ah, forget it! I have to find Meliodas first!".

"one more thing before you go, Elizabeth".

Turning her head to look back over her shoulder "what is it?".

"in case you meet with your brother, just tell him that I don't care anymore about what he wanted to do. He can do what he wanted to do freely and there's no need for him to hide from me".

Elizabeth blinked at that "...do you finally forgive him, mother?".

"both of you are just the same in the end. The different is, your brother is a coward who expertly keep hiding from me for 3.000 years".

"well, can't you blame him? Whose fault this is, you think?".

"are you gonna leave or not?".

Elizabeth facepalmed, waving her hand "oh, right. See you later, mother!".

The Boar Hat

Elizabeth ended her story "and that's how I ended up frantically went here".

Hawk stared to Meliodas "...actually, how did your father raise you?".

"to summarize it all, I don't disagree with Elizabeth's mother that he's a thrash", Meliodas tilted his head with unimpressed expression "so, I feel like I've just got the jackpot but I don't even know what is the prize and I have no idea about how or what to do with it".

"and here I imagine that you just got the gift but you don't know what is it because you can't even open the box, Meliodas", Hawk snorted before looking up to Elizabeth "come to think of it, I'm confused now, Elizabeth... Actually, your mother is evil or not?".

"I don't get it, either. Wonder what's gotten into her till she changed her mind like this...", Elizabeth turned to Meliodas "well, we have done the body check last night after you lost consciousnes yesterday, but are you sure you're feeling well?".

Meliodas grinned and buried his face on her breasts, groping her like always "worry not. I'm feeling all better this way".

Hawk bit Meliodas on the hair "I know you are lovers but think about the privacy!".

Elizabeth chuckled nervously, asking Hawk to let Meliodas go "but speaking of which, have you been communicating with Merlin?".

Meliodas shook his head "for these 10 years, unfortunately not".

"I see", Elizabeth sighed, visibly disappointed "that's too bad. If Merlin were here, we would able to ask her to check on you and ask her about my brother".

Meliodas patted her head "don't worry, we can figure it out".

"do you have a brother, Elizabeth?", Hawk trotted to her "I mean, yeah, as a princess of Liones Kingdom, you have two adopted older sisters but as a goddess?".

"she has an older brother", Meliodas answered in Elizabeth's stead, pointing to her "his name is Lucifer. He eloped with human, even having children with her".

"my mother was really mad that time. The problem is complicated, you see, the woman of human race that my brother loved... she's married already. Her name was Faust. She was a scientist and sorceress, the wife of the Chief of Sages on metropolis Belialuin. Because of her starving heart, lacked of the love from her husband and wanted more knowledge of this world, she chose the wrong path. Lady Faust made the pact with the Demon named Mephistopheles. She gained what she wanted, all knowledge of this world she wanted and love from my brother but because she made a pact with Demon, what born of her womb... they're not human children", Elizabeth said with hint of sadness "Lady Faust died on the childbirth, giving birth twin sisters. First daughter was taken by Mephistopheles because she was born as Demon named Lilith. Later, Lilith's power was acknowledged by Demon King and she became the Queen of Succubus Clan".

Realizing Hawk's confusion, Meliodas clarified "when you have created the pact with demon, depends on how you created the contract. Sometimes, you have to consummate with the Demon so yeah, Lady Faust had had sex with Mephistopheles. That's why one of her daughters is being a Demon".

Elizabeth added "ah, and Lilith has two little sisters. The middle child is Merlin and the youngest child is Iseult. We don't know about Merlin, because as long as we've known her, looks like she is human although partly of her magic power more resembles with Demon rather than Goddess considering she's black magic user. Only Iseult who earns my brother's blood as a Goddess".

"wait, by you mean Merlin, is it...", Hawk gaped, pointing to the wanted poster of Merlin on the board. Earning Meliodas and Elizabeth's nods, Hawk squealed "SERIOUSLY!?".

Meliodas covered his mouth, holding back his laughter "oh, wait until you meet our son and you find out that he's married with Iseult".

Celestial Realm

"so she has reunited with Meliodas. Good, at least with Meliodas is around her now, he can protect her", Supreme Deity tapped her fingers on the table "maybe you and Meliodas would think that I only take advantage and use you two, but this is necessary. I need to make sure this world is safe enough for her to live on, before I can let her meet you two".

Little girl who wore loose white gown with bare-back that revealing the six wings attached on her back ran into this room. Her long straight blonde hair threaded with silver tresses. She had heterochromia eyes where her left eye was Emerald orb and her right eye was Sapphire blue "grandmother!".

Looking down to the little girl who leaping to her lap, Supreme Deity smiled fondly and ruffled her hair "welcome back, Seraphina. How are you doing today?".

"I can create Omega Ark now! I still have a lot to learn, though", Seraphina puffed her cheeks before she asked "nee, nee, grandmother, when will I able to meet mommy and daddy?".

"not yet, dear. It's still too dangerous for you to go to the Earth", when she saw sad expression on her grand-daughter's sulking face, Supreme Deity kissed her forehead "don't worry. Your parent are still working hard, I also will help them so you can meet them".

Seraphina perked "really?".

Supreme Deity reassured with a sweet smile "yes, of course".

Seraphina hugged her "yay, thank you, grandmother!".

Supreme Deity knew what was the Demon King up to. That was why she had to make sure her parent's problems would not endanger her life and her could meet again, safe and sound. Although Seraphina was the Seraphim (the most powerful angels who have six wings as the proof of their power), she was still a child. She didn't want to risk her grand-daughter's life with revealing her identity when Demon King and his underlings were still doing their plan. Even Elizabeth and the Four Archangels (okay, one of them, Tarmiel indeed had six wings but he was still too weak to be included as Seraphim) only have four wings. True Seraphim had a sign on their body with six wings. The true Seraphim that Supreme Deity knew other than Seraphina, only two of them. Only her son, Lucifer and his daughter, Iseult.

Seraphina crawled up to sit on her lap before lifting her hand "grandmother, can I borrow your orb?".

"sure. What do you want to see?".

"I want to see how my brother's doing. Last time I checked, they went to Dungeon to save big sister Iseult but I don't too worry about them. I'm sure they can save her", Seraphina giggled "after all, uncle and brother are really strong~".

Baste Dungeon

Ban said with his sing-song tone "it's been noisy for a while... did someone escape?".

"it's you, idiot".

Looking behind, Ban met the man with white hair and red eyes cladded in black "ha? Who the hell are you?".

"I came here only to save my daughter. Don't mind me", he simply walked away passing him by, but when Ban caught him by the back of his collar, he glared to him over his shoulder "...what?".

Ban felt chilled on his nape, and he knew this man was just like his Captain, someone you shouldn't be messed up with. However, Ban wasn't gonna show his uneasiness. Instead, he smirked and carefreely threw his hand over his shoulder "how about we have the deal? I'll help you to save your daughter and you have to help me to find the new clothes and weapon once we get out of here".

He seemed in deep thought. In fact, he could handle this alone but oh well, maybe having an aide from human wouldn't bring harm. He sighed in the end "...fine. I guess it's not too bad idea".

"deal, then!", Ban exclaimed cheerfully before he reached out his hand to him "my name is Undead Ban".

"my name is Lucifer", he shook his hand before looking around "well, actually... I came here with someone, husband of my daughter or should I say, my son-in-law. However, he ran off by himself and I have no idea where is he now, neither do I know where is my daughter taken as hostage".

"first, how did you get separated from your son-in-law. Second, you don't look like someone who have an already married daughter and son-in-law. Third, how could you look so calm like this?", Ban pointed out, caressing his jaw "what if your daughter's husband got captured?".

"oh, it's impossible. I know him too well. He's gonna slay them all before he ever gets captured. Unless he is surrounded by an army, to capture him is impossible. I know he can take care of himself and it's not him that I'm worried about. I'm more worried about my daughter", Lucifer casually walked over the collapsed knight on the floor "the problem is, he has this sixth sense, sort-of bond with my daughter that make him able to sense her presence. That's why we infiltrate here together, but he just went all by himself. That brat...".

Ban decided to follow him for now "and? Where are you going now?".

"you said you need clothes and weapon, right? From the blueprint of this place, this way will lead us to their armory", Lucifer pointed to the corner before narrowed his eyes "but looks like we need to clear the mess around here first".

"exactly", Golgius appeared in front of Lucifer "I don't know who you are, but we can't let you go to our armory".

Jude appeared in front of Ban "neither we will let you leave this place easily, especially you, Fox Sin of Greed Undead Ban".

Later, Friesia and Ruin joined their comrades. Looking at how they were surrounded by Weird Fangs, Lucifer sighed, pointing to Golgius and Ruin in front of him "oi, Ban, mind to get rid of those two in front of you? I'm gonna take care of these two in front of me, not to mention the type of person like them is the type of someone I hate the most".

"sure~ why not?", Ban cracked his knuckles "it's been a while ever since I fought someone, after all~ about five years, if I don't mistake it?".

Jude was about to make mocking insult but next second, Ban stood in front of him and already stabbed him with the stake that was on Jude's hand. Friesia swung her whip to Ban but Ban caught her whip and pulled her whip along with her. Before she knew it, Friesia was pinned down on the ground as Ban clutched her throat and slammed her to the ground.

Lucifer whistled "that's fast. Looks like I don't need to worry about him".

"yeah, say the one who show your back to your enemy during a fight, you fool", Ruin stood behind Lucifer and lifted his staff "he who strikes first wins!".

"on second thought, I don't think I need to fight at all", Lucifer smirked when someone kicked Ruin on the side of his neck, sending Ruin to the wall "told you".

Golgius stuttered "w-w-w-who the hell are you?!".

"oh, I don't think you need to know about it~", brunette-haired golden-eyed woman crawled her hand up on Golgius' helm before doing head-lock "because you will die here".

Lucifer leaned his head on his palm, casually sitting on top of Jude's corpse "ah, glad to see these two are doing well".

Ban poked his shoulder "um, they are...".

Lucifer clarified Ban's suspicion "what? They are my daughter and son-in-law. My daughter, Iseult and her husband, Tristan".

After Iseult released Golgius who collapsed forward to the ground, a man with long straight red hair whose his eyes closed appeared, telling that he had taken care of Ruin. When Tristan staggered, Iseult quickly rushed to his side and supported him.

Lucifer stood and approached them, giving a good smack on his head "idiot, why did you use your Mad Enchantment?".

Tristan chuckled bitterly "well, I can't help it... it's a shame, they stole my Sacred Treasure and took my wife when she wanted to take it back, so I lost it".

Iseult pulled Tristan's cheeks with fake sweet smile of hers "what my sister told you to not use that skill no matter how strong it is, huh?".

Ban wondered when he had better look on her "who is she? Why does she look like Merlin? Also, this Tristan... he has some unmistakable vibes that similar with someone I know...".

"so, what are you gonna do now, Ban?", Lucifer turned back to the Fox Sin "after we've got back their Sacred Treasure, we plan to travel around in order to find someone. Would you like to join us?".

Ban smirked at that and accepted "why not? Besides, I also want to look for someone".

A/N:

If you're wondering about why your mother changed her mind, Elizabeth, it's thanks to your daughter too. Surprise again. More about Supreme Deity and Seraphina, another conversation between Supreme Deity and Elizabeth, also our favorite Melizabeth moments next chapter~