I, Bluecookiedough, do not own Nanatsu No Taizai.
The mage looked on, smiling darkly. The plot twist at the end of this episode was sure to provoke a pleasing reaction from the viewers….well pleasing to her at least. She sat back to watch what was sure to be an entertaining time.
On screen Meliodas was still talking to Gilthunder in the Forest of White Dreams.
"Baste Prison and the Necropolis, huh? I'll go check out one or the other." He smiled.
"You better come get me first, Captain." Ban said, smiling at Meliodas over Gowthor and Merlin, "I'm probably pretty bored by now." He laughed. Meliodas smiled fondly at him.
"So that was it," Gilthunder replied, staring at Meliodas. "You wished to know your comrades' whereabouts, so you allowed me to strike you down." Meliodas smirked at him,
"Why don't we finish this another time, kay?" Gilthunder grabbed the hilt of his sword.
"I think not." He swung at Meliodas, who looked surprised before quickly dodging. He came at Meliodas repeatedly, forcing him to stay on the defensive. Eventually he appeared behind Meliodas, holding the blade of the sword at Meliodas' neck. "This is goodbye."
The Sins glared at the screen, and King and Merlin each put a hand on Meliodas' arms. Elizabeth frowned disapprovingly at the screen. Gilthunder may be her friend in the present, but that doesn't mean that he could get away with being so mean in the future. Hawk, sensing that Elizabeth was upset, cuddled up close to her, putting his snout on her arm in comfort.
Meliodas turned his head to see Gilthunder, "See ya." He waved. Gilthunder looked surprised for a second before Diane leaned down and grabbed him, picking him up in one hand.
"Yeah, Diane!" Ban whooped, before falling into laughter with everyone else. Meliodas smiled up at Diane, still laughing she smiled back at him, blushing slightly.
"Thanks for that, Diane" She giggled,
"No problem, Captain!" King felt the familiar wave of jealousy rise in him, but leaning on Meliodas' shoulder, surrounded by his happy family, it felt like there was less of it, or at least it wasn't having as much effect on him as before. He leaned his head on Meliodas' shoulder. Meliodas just smiled at him, putting an arm around him and pulling him closer.
"You heard the Captain, some other time." Diane said, pulling her hand back to throw Gilthunder out into the forest.
"Unhand me!" Gilthunder growled, lightning shooting across his entire body. Diane merely looked at him.
"Here's a tip for you ok? Girls get really annoyed when sniveling little runts like you try to shock them!" She yelled the last part, throwing Gilthunder as far as she could into the distance.
The audience laughed and cheered at the sight. Diane blushed but smiled. Elizabeth went over to sit in Diane's lap, giving her a hug. Diane looked surprised but pleased at the affection. Baltra looked on fondly at his kind daughter.
Meliodas was waving at the Holy Knight as he grew smaller and smaller in the distance. When Gilthunder was no longer visible he turned to Diane, "He thanks. Nice throw." He smiled up at her. "Woah, that brace is ruined." Diane looked down sadly at her right arm brace, now hanging in shreds. She frowned.
Hawk suddenly ran into view, Elizabeth following close behind. "Hey!" Hawk yelled, stomping his hoof on the forest floor, "You've gotta lotta guts kicking me around like I'm some little pink bouncing ball! But it'll be my turn next time!" Elizabeth looked at the two Sins worriedly.
"The two of you weren't hurt, right?" Meliodas just raised a hand,
"We're good." Hawk suddenly cut in,
"Hey! Where'd that swine go anyway?!" He looked around angrily. Meliodas tilted his head.
"Aren't you a swine?" Diane wiped at her mouth.
"Who smells delicious!" Hawk whimpered.
Elizabeth, noticing the blood on Meliodas' shoulder, rushed over to his side. "Sir Meliodas! You were hurt!" He looked at his shoulder.
"This? Oh, it's no big deal."
"What?! Look at all this blood!" Diane frowned at their interaction, her eyes narrowing.
"Hey, would you quit getting all touchy-feely with the Captain already!" She leaned down to stare angrily at Elizabeth, who looked confused and alarmed.
Diane leaned down to the Elizabeth still sitting on her lap and smiled guiltily at her, "Sorry princess." Elizabeth only smiled,
"It's ok." she said sweetly. Baltra and the other Sins smiled at the pair.
"He's got himself a right hand girl, and that job belongs to me." Diane said, angrily. "If he's hurt, I should be the one to take care of him!" Hawk suddenly started shouting.
"Hey! Aren't you guys forgetting something here?! I just got my but kicked!" Meliodas went over to him, patting him in comfort.
"There there," Elizabeth said comfortingly, "I'll put a cold compress on it later!" Hawk started crying and ran into her arms.
Elizabeth looked at Hawk, not liking to see him hurt, but was comforted by the sight of him passed out sleeping, having to couch, and it's many pillows, to himself.
"You're the only one who ever worries about me, Elizabeth!"
The scene shifted to show a village church, where a man was heard praying. "Dear God, please return the young men of the village who were taken away by the kingdom."
The audience sombered as they watched the scene, Baltra tightened his hands into fists, annoyed that his Kingdom was being taken over, his people forced to suffer, and he could do nothing about it. Except leave the responsibility in the hands of his daughter, who was much too young to have such a burden on her shoulders. His only comfort was that Meliodas was a good man, and his team were good people as well, she was in the best possible hands.
The camera panned to show the villagers praying in the dim candlelight of the church. "Dear God, I pray you'll punish the Holy Knights for what they've done." Suddenly there was a sound from the sky outside the church, so loud that the men looked up in confusion. Gilthunder was hurling through the sky a blaze of lightning trailing behind him. He was thrown through the walls of the church, which collapsed in a cloud of dust, and again, a raven was seen watching from a tree. Gilthunder walked through the mess of the church. His armor shining brilliantly in contrast to the rubble and hurt men collapsed on the ground. He walked by, heedless of their pleas.
The audience gasped, Elizabeth reaching out to grasp King and Diane's hands in her own small ones, and Baltra narrowed his eyes, angry at this man, who was so changed from the child that he knew. It was as if his very soul had been switched with another. Gowthor looked at the bird on the screen, he knew that there was something going on with the bird, but he wasn't quite sure what. Meliodas merely sighed sadly, looking at the screen. Merlin, who had noticed her captain's mood, reached out at pulled him to her, he rested his head on her shoulder as she ran her hands through his hair, hoping to soothe him.
The scene changed to show Hawk's Mom walking along, the Boar Hat still situated firmly on her back, with Diane walking alongside. Inside the tavern Elizabeth placed a cold compress on top of Hawk's burnt back.
Hawk sighed, "Ah, that hits the spot. So good, no thanks to that jerk of a Holy Knight. Next time I see 'im I'll make him pay!" Hawk turned to Elizabeth. "Is it true that you know him?" Elizabeth looked down,
"Yes, Gilthunder was originally assigned to guard my older sister, Margaret. But he felt like a big brother to me, 'cause he watched over us as if he were part of the family."
Elizabeth leaned into Diane, her eyes filling up with tears. The others noticed and Baltra went and picked her up, carrying her over to his chair to sit her in his lap. She tucked her head under his chin and stared at the screen, a picture of young Gilthunder and Margaret frozen on it. The Sins looked back at the screen knowing that she was in the best possible hands.
Elizabeth continued speaking, "His father was the Grandmaster, and even after he passed away, Gilthunder continued serving us." Elizabeth looked like she was about to cry. "So why…" She suddenly looked up in shock, having made a realization. "Was father arrested by-..." She trailed off causing Hawk to turn and look at her.
"What's wrong? Are you ok?"
"There's no going back to the way things were, is there?"
The screen suddenly switched to show Meliodas talking, holding the wanted posters of King and Ban. "Apparently Ban, the Sin of Greed, was thrown behind bars. And King, the Sin of Sloth, is already dead and buried by now."
Meliodas reached over and took King's hand in his own, still leaning on Merlin's shoulder.
Meliodas was riding on Diane's shoulder, talking to her as she walked. "Do you think that's true?" He asked her. She was looking at her own wanted poster that she held in her hand.
"Well, I'm not really sure. But the important thing is, look how cute I look in this picture! A lot can happen in 10 year, huh?"
The Sins laughed, Diane blushing but joining in.
Meliodas jumped off of Diane's shoulder and onto Hawk's Mom where Elizabeth and Hawk were standing. "Alright, I've decided. First up, we should go to Baste prison and grab Ban." Diane cheered,
"All right! Sounds good to me, Captain!"
Diane and Ban shared a smile. Meliodas also smiled, happy that his team would be so close, even more than 10 years into the future.
"What made you wanna pick that place first?" Hawk asked. Meliodas laughed a little,
"It's closer." Hawk snorted,
"You're such a chump."
The Sins burst out laughing, even Baltra chuckled a little. Ban looked over at Meliodas, "You can be a little simple minded sometimes, Captain." He laughed. Meliodas smiled fondly at him, laughing a little as well,
"That's true."
Elizabeth suddenly cut in, "I don't think you should do this!" The other three looked over at her in surprise. "For now, I think tending to your injury should be our top priority."
Meliodas smiled, "'Beth's always looking out for me." Elizabeth blushed but smiled back at him.
"Of course!" Baltra patted Elizabeth on the head. His daughter was so good, it was refreshing in the face of the supposed take over of his kingdom.
"In your condition, facing off with another Holy Knight could mean…" She trailed off. Melidas walked over and smiled comfortingly at her.
"Come on, Elizabeth. Don't worry about me. This is no big deal, a little sleep and I'm good to go." He started walking into the tavern. "G'night!" Elizabeth stared after him.
"I'd better go check on him." She walked into the tavern as well, knocking on the door to his room. "Sir Meliodas? Are you alright?" There was no answer, so she pushed open the door, only to discover Meliodas had passed out on the floor, a pool of blood seeping from his injured shoulder.
The Sins jumped up cursing at the screen and just shouting in general. Meliodas was passed to each of them and checked over for injuries by the time everyone settled down again. Meliodas now sitting between Ban and Gowthor. Ban had a grip on his shoulder, and Gowthor was holding his wrist, his fingers resting on Meliodas' pulse. Meliodas just smiled softly, "I'm ok. It's ok." He made wend down the line, looking at each of his Sins, making sure to make eye contact with everyone. The Sins looked displeased, but turned back to watch the show.
The camera panned up on a fortress in the middle of a desert, the words Baste Prison appearing at the top of the screen. "I have news from the palace." A young girl was kneeling in front of three Holy Knights, two of which were playing a game of chess. They looked at her. "There's been a sighting, two Sins spotted in the Forest of White Dreams. As such, it's believed that they'll come here to free him." Holy Knight Freesis looked at the girl,
"Oh my, the Seven Deadly Sins are finally coming this way are they?" Her chess partner, Holy Knight Golgius, spoke up.
"The question is will they come straight here, or stop at that nearby town? Either way, we should prepare to welcome them."
"Um-" The young girl spoke up, Freesia turned to her.
"There's no need to worry at all, Jericho, dear. This prison is an experimental fortress, built specifically with this upcoming battle in mind! It's not a place that can be taken so easily, even by people like the Seven Deadly Sins." Another Holy Knight appeared behind Jericho,
"Indeed." He said, "And besides, we, the Weird Fangs, are here." Jericho looked up in surprise.
"Yes-yes of course, Sir Ruin."
"But still," Holy Knight Jude spoke up, "I have to wonder if they really will come." Freesia laughed.
"True, I have a hard time believing that our prisoner is worth so much to them that they'd take on such a huge risk."
The Sins laughed, "Not so much of a huge risk if you ask me. Only four Holy Knights against Diane and the Captain? It'll be too easy!" Ban said, smiling at his team. Elizabeth looked like she didn't agree.
"But when Sir Meliodas fought Gilthunder he got hurt so much he fainted! And that was only against one Holy Knight!" Meliodas looked over at her, smiling.
"Don't worry 'Beth, it seems like when I fought Little Gill in the forest I let him hit me. I wouldn't do that when I'm fighting these four." She looked placated but not fully convinced and went over to sit next to him, on Gowthor's lap, who smiled at her.
"He hasn't even seen a single moment of sunlight since we captured him, five years ago." The screen was showing Ban in his cell, as Freesia talked over it. "Nor has he been granted to freedom to move or utter a word. In fact, he's hardly even eaten."
The Sins looked angry at the treatment of one of their own. Meliodas frowned and grabbed Ban's hand in his own. Ban looked over at them, fondness welling up inside of him at the worry of his team. "I'm fine guys, I can't die remember?" They didn't look convinced, King narrowed his eyes at Ban,
"That doesn't mean you can't feel pain, idiot." Ban just smiled at him.
"He's being tortured slowly, 'till his last breath."
The Sins grew angrier, Meliodas squeezed Ban's hand tighter.
"And anyways, we outnumber these Sins by far. It's almost enough to make one feel pity for the one who was once called the Legendary Sin of Greed."
Two guards stood outside Ban's cell door, one looked around at the sound of someone humming. "Where's that coming from?"
Inside the cell, Ban started singing.
"See, I'm perfectly fine." Ban said, although his exasperation couldn't quite cover up his smile.
Approximately eight miles northeast of Baste Prison stood a town known as Dalmally Town. The citizens going about their normal days looked up at the sight of Diane walking through the streets. Diane called out to them, "Hey! Is there a-"
"It's a giant!" The townspeople ran in terror, screaming.
Diane looked down, disappointed but not surprised. King laid a hand on her arm. They shared a smile.
"Wait!" Diane called after them, "I just wanted to find out if you have a doctor somewhere in this town!" She looked down at her cupped hands, Meliodas lying still unconscious in them.
Gowthor tightened his hand, still around Meliodas' wrist. Meliodas leaned up against him, trying to comfort him. Merlin noticed the pair and leaned up against Gowthor from the other side.
Elizabeth and Hawk suddenly ran into view, "See!" Hawk shouted, "What did I tell 'ya!"
"Please!" Elizabeth said. "Hawk and I are more that capable of finding a doctor!"
"Look, I'm gonna help the captain!"
"How can you help if they all run for the hills the moment they see you?!" Hawk yelled.
Hawk looked over at Diane, who was looking sad, "Sorry, Diane. That wasn't very nice of me, was it." She looked over and gave him a small smile.
"Thanks, Hawk."
Diane looked angry, then sad and resigned. "Okay fine, you two go look for a doctor."
"Alright." They ran off. Diane knelt down in the empty street, looking back at Meliodas.
A dragonfly was seen watching from the side of a building.
Back at Baste Prison, Freesia stood up, laughing. "It appears that I found them. It's just as you predicted Golgius."
"Will you be going, Freesia?"
"Yes, I will make the first move. Then who knows, I may make the last move as well!"
Back in town, the villagers were watching Diane as she looked in through the widow of the hospital, where Meliodas was lying. The doctor had given Meliodas some medicine, and bandaged his shoulder.
"This medicinal blend is my own special concoction. I guarantee it'll ease his suffering."
The audience lost finally relaxed, the Sins seemed to sink into their seats, letting go of tension they hadn't fully realized that they had.
"Thank you for seeing him, Dr. Dana." Elizabeth said. The doctor looked at Meliodas.
"Based on his injuries it's a miracle he's still alive. In addition to the rather deep sword wound, he has burns as if he were struck by lightning. How did a child get these?"
Gowthor narrowed his eyes. Meliodas saw, and switched his hand around so he was holding Gowthor's, instead of being held. "I'm fine, Gowthor." He said quietly. Ban looked over and put a comforting hand on Gowthor's shoulder.
After the doctor had left, Elizabeth wet a cloth to put on Meliodas' forehead. "It's because of me." Hawk looked over at her in confusion. "I said that I wanted him to stop the Holy Knights, that's what led him to look for the Seven Deadly Sins. And caused this." A tear fell from eye, dripping down into the bowl of water below.
"Is that true?" Elizabeth asked, looking close to tears. "Is it my fault Sir Meliodas got hurt?"
"Oh, Elizabeth, no. It's not your fault!"
"Yeah, you couldn't have known that this would happen. And you were doing the right thing to ask the captain to stop the Holy Knights. If anyone could do it, it would be him." Elizabeth didn't look completely convinced but she didn't look like she was going to cry anymore. She leaned back and tucked her head under King Baltra's chin, he held her close.
"Easy there Elizabeth." Hawk said. She wiped her eyes,
"I'm sorry." She shook her self, walking to the bed and placing to cloth on Meliodas' head. "Sir Meliodas, I hope you feel better soon."
"What are we supposed to do now?" Hawk said.
"Maybe we should just stay here until he wakes up. We'll go to Baste Prison later." Elizabeth said.
"I'm gonna start heading in that direction right now." Diane said, causing Elizabeth and Hawk to look over at the window. "Once the captain wakes up, I'm pretty sure he'll wanna go there right away and not waste anymore time." Diane stood up. "But I can't let him do that 'till I know all his wounds have fully healed." She walked down the street. Elizabeth ran after her.
"Diane! Wait! I'll go with you!" Diane stopped.
"I don't want you getting underfoot. I mean, just look at that tiny body and those skinny arms. What could you possibly do to help me?" It wasn't a question, and Elizabeth just looked sad. "The only things you're good for, Princess, are changing the washcloths you put on the captain's head, and being his little nursemaid."
Diane looked over at the princess, "Elizabeth I don't mean that." She said, almost desperately. Elizabeth looked over at her,
"It's ok, Lady Diane. I mean, you are a giant and I'm just a little girl. It makes sense." She said sadly.
"No, Elizabeth." Diane said, "Just because you're not a giant doesn't mean you couldn't fight or do anything to help. Everyone has something they can do, and nobody should be talked to the way I talked to, and treated you." Elizabeth smiled,
"Thank you."
"Is that any way to talk to her?!" Hawk yelled at Diane. "Just 'cause she can't throw people around and shake the ground when she walks doesn't mean that she's not any good! C'mon!" Elizabeth clenched her hands into fists.
"I want to do something. Anything. To be of some help to Sir Meliodas. He's hurt. And I know it's all my fault. I just cause him trouble, but for my sake he tries to-" Diane stomped her foot, sending up a cloud of dust and shaking the ground.
"Don't kid yourself! It's not like the captain risked everything for you! He's like that...always was. It's who he is. Trust me I should know."
"What do you mean?"
The screen changes, showing Diane's story, "It was back when I left my hometown, and started traveling on my own. I got into some stupid argument with some knights along the way."
Diane was standing in the middle of a country road, five knights blocking her path. "You're a monster!" One shouted. Another lifted his sword towards her,
"And now you must pay!" Diane looked unimpressed,
"Yeah right. C'mon, you're the ones who did something wrong, drawing your swords on a cute girl!"
"We don't see any cute girls here, you giant! Go back home to where you came from!"
"As if there's any difference between girls and boys with things like you!" Another knight shouted, shaking his fist at her.
Merlin shot to her feet, furious, and shot a blast of magic at the screen. "How dare he!" The others looked mad as well. King flew up to sit on Diane's shoulder, she smiled at him. Merlin returned to her seat, still mad, but not as likely to try and blow up the screen.
"Screw you." Diane said, raising her chin, "Pretty big mouths for a race that's only powerful in large numbers."
"Alright, we've heard enough!" The men charged Diane, their swords poised to strike.
All of a sudden, Meliodas appeared out of nowhere, kicking one of the knights into a tree, and stopping the others in their tracks.
"Yeah Captain!"
"Yes!"
Merlin and King cheered at the sight.
"Where did this kid come from?"
"You attacked us knowing we're the Order of the Golder Wheat?"
"I have never heard of that order in my life. Which probably means they're not very good." Ban said. Merlin laughed and he shot her a smile.
"You guys should be ashamed of yourselves." Meliodas said. "A bunch of men ganging up on a girl like this!" Diane gasped, looking at Meliodas with gleaming eyes.
"You bastard!" A knight shouted raising his sword, "Do you want those to be your last words?!" Meliodas' response was to punch the man in the face, right through his sword, breaking it in half. He proceeded to beat up the other knights until they ran off in fright.
Merlin smiled viciously.
Then Meliodas turned to Diane,
"You should be safe now." He smiled. "They didn't scare you did they?" Diane looked confused.
"What?" Back in the village she continued to Elizabeth.
"That was the first time in my life that anyone ever asked me if I was scared."
King flinched, almost imperceptibly.
"And he said that to a girl who was so much bigger than he was, too. I can still remember it so clearly. It was something I'd never experienced before. I felt exactly the same size as the boy standing next to me. I know it wasn't true...But for a moment, I let myself believe that." Elizabeth stared at Diane. "I'll never be as small as you, Princess. Or as dainty. So I can't fit in that building, I can't even tend to the captain's injuries. But there's one thing I can do for him." Diane raised her chin, staring off into the distance. "Fight with everything I have." She narrowed her eyes, "That's about it."
Meliodas looked at Diane, something unreadable in his eyes. "That's not true Diane." She smiled at him, but didn't reply. He looked displeased at her response, but thought that she would probably prefer they discuss it somewhere more private.
Elizabeth clasped her hands together, "I wish that I had the power to fight the Holy Knights, so I can save my loved ones. A power to call my own." Diane sighed,
"I wish...I could be small like you."
"Lady Diane…" Elizabeth said softly.
Suddenly Diane looked up, a large black cloud had formed over Baste Prison, and was heading towards the city. "What's that?"
"Do you think, maybe, a storm's coming?" Elizabeth asked. Hawk looked over at her.
"Don't tell me it's that guy again!"
"No." Diane whispered. "Sounds different."
"It can't be...Insects?"
"Even worse." Hawk said. "It's a huge swarm of poisonous insects!"
The people in the village fled and screamed as they ran indoors. The insects spitting acid that melted stone.
"Could this be an attack from Baste Prison?!" Elizabeth shouted to Hawk as they ran.
"That means a Holy Knight is behind this!" He replied. "Diane! We're gonna leave these guys to you!" But Diane only screamed in reply.
"Bugs are the one things I can't stand!" She crouched in the street in fright.
"Really!?" Baltra asked, incredulous. "You're one of the most powerful members of the Seven Deadly Sins and you're scared of bugs?" Diane blushed.
"I'm working on it." She muttered. King glared at Baltra whose eyes widened, and he quickly looked down, a little guilty.
Freesia was controlling the bugs from just outside the prison. "C'mon my darling little scarab beetles, it's time to give them all a taste of your Rain Capriccio!"
Hawk and Elizabeth were taking shelter in a small opening in a wall near the hospital. Hawk looked out at the chaos. "Not good, they're gonna wipe out the whole town at this rate!" Elizabeth gasped and looked at the hospital,
"Sir Meliodas…" Her face hardened and she took off running towards the building.
Baltra paled and put his arm around Elizabeth, pulling her close.
"Elizabeth wait!" Hawk called after her.
Freesia laughed, "I'll dissolve her along with the entire town!" The insects began closing in on Elizabeth. Diane slammed her hand onto the ground.
"I might hate bugs, but if it means helping the captain, I won't let anything get in my way!" She raised her hands to the sky. Columns of rock shooting up out of the ground, completely squashing all of the bugs. Elizabeth looked around,
"Is this...Lady Diane's power?"
"She took out all the bugs at once!" Hawk said.
Diane brought her hands together. "Bring it on, I'll squash every last one of those things!"
King smiled, leaning around to look Diane in the face. "I knew you could do it." He said softly. Diane smiled, blushing a little.
"Thanks, King. You've always believed in me."
Freesia looked annoyed, "I suppose I should have expected that."
Hawk and Elizabeth ran up to Diane. "Look after the Captain, got it Princess?!" Diane started running off towards the prison.
"Alright!"
Back in the hospital, Elizabeth and Hawk were sitting by Melidas' bed. "Can you believe this guy's still out cold even after all that racket outside?" Hawk asked, right before the doctor knocked on the door.
"I don't like this." Ban said, "Captain should be up by now." Gowthor looked at him, the corners of his lips tightening.
"Indeed. It is very unusual for him." Meliodas smiled.
"Maybe I'm just really tired." He said. Ban rolled his eyes but didn't say anything. Gowthor looked back at the screen.
"Just checking on how our patient's doing." Dr. Dana said, walking into the room.
"Better, thanks to you." Elizabeth said, "That medicine of yours seems to have him sleeping well."
"Yeah, it's almost like he's dead or something." Hawk said, causing Elizabeth to turn to him.
"Hawk please! Don't say things like that!" The doctor looked solemn.
"In fact...it's quite accurate." Elizabeth turned to him in shock.
The only reason chaos didn't break out in the viewing room, was that the watchers seemed to be in shock as well. There was complete silence.
A voice spoke, seeming to come from nowhere. "Doctor, you've done well. It appears you were successful in your task." Elizabeth and Hawk whirled around, trying to find the person that spoke.
"What the-"
"Is someone there?!" The doctor continued to speak calmly.
"Belladonna, Spanish Fly, Nightshade, and Henbane were all ingredients that I used to create the poison. My condolences, but this boy will never wake up again." The mysterious voice spoke again.
"Even with our great power, we knew it would be impossible to face a member of the Seven Deadly Sins and emerge unscathed. And besides, the kingdom made it clear we could use any means necessary."
"Who are you?!" Elizabeth shouted. "Show yourself right now!" Golgious suddenly appeared in the middle of the room.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am the Holy Knight Golgious, member of the Weird Fangs."
"A Holy Knight." Elizabeth whispered.
"What the heck, where did he come from?" Golgious bowed,
"Princess Elizabeth, I have come to take you back to the Kingdom of Lioness."
All hell broke loose. And the mage started to laugh.