Thanks for the patience! I'm finally back with another chapter!
As you can imagine, we're getting into the thick of things. While I originally wanted to finish this section of the anime up, Hecate had other plans.
The three-way fight was a bit of a pain to write out, but I managed the best that I could without taking away from the original fight in the anime. Hopefully it flows smoothly for you guys. Of course we're going to have some Ban/Cat time, because, why not? I do love writing the two together lol. Also, we'll see another side of Cat pop up later in the chapter which will be fun to play around with more as the story goes on.
I hope you guys will have fun reading it as much as I did writing it!
As always, thank you guys for reading and I really do want to hear from you! I love hearing what you guys think!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Seven Deadly Sins, which is a Sin in itself, or any of the major plotlines. I do however, happily own Hecate and Dante, and whatever deviations from the storyline that come about.
Please note that this story contains: Mature subject manner, swearing, gore, and potential mature subject matter in the future.
Cheers and murmurs followed Love Helm's declaration causing the three companions look at one another and blink. It was finally time for the three of them to go at it, even better, it was time for Ban and their Captain to fight. Knowing the two as she did, Hecate knew she would be in the crossfire when they got into it. Maybe she could use that to her advantage, though it was hard to say. Sighing a little, she took off her satchel, it wasn't going to do her any good, plus, she couldn't have it with her in the arena anyway.
"I'll hang onto that, Cat!" Diane chirped, holding her hand out to the halfling.
"Thanks." Hecate smiled, handing the bag over.
Looking back at the arena, it didn't surprise her to see that the guys were already up there waiting for her to join them. Rolling her eyes, the woman easily stepped onto the stage, facing the other two. Crossing her arms over her chest, she couldn't help but eye them wearily. While she had no problems going all out with Ban, she didn't know what to expect with their Captain. She tried to never fight him at full strength, knowing what he was and what damage it could potentially to do her if she wasn't careful.
"Now, for this fight, we will not accept tag-teaming!" Love Helm declared, causing all three of them to snort in amusement.
Fat chance they would listen to that rule. It was far too easy to gang up on one person than trying to battle it all out with one another at the same time.
"Now where's the fun in that?" the three of them asked simultaneously and laughed again, grinning at each other this time as they looked at Love Helm.
The crowd cheered at their words and the contestants merely grinned. The crowd shouted to let the trio do what they wanted and for the imp to start the match. Love Helm didn't know how to take the reactions and merely cleared his throat before declaring the match to start. Immediately after, Ban charged at the blond, allowing the woman to stand by and watch, for now.
It didn't take long before the blond and red-eyed man went after each other, both sporting grins on their faces. They met in the center with a flurry of punches. The crowd could hear Baaaan laughing as the men went at it, and cheered loudly. No one paid much attention to the woman as she stood around, shaking her head in clear amusement. The guys kept up their assault before the blond was pushed away by the other man.
"Get in there, girlie!" someone shouted to her.
"Yeah! Show those guys what you're made of!" another person shouted.
"Go Cat!" Diane cheered happily, causing the woman on stage to laugh. "Show them who's boss!"
Seeing the guys grinning at the shouts from the crowd, they turned to face her now, focusing there attention on the third member of the fight. Smirking at them, the woman got into a defensive position, readying herself for whatever they planned. Before Baaaan could even move, he was suddenly flung off to the side with a yelp, crashing into the blond. The blond grunted at the impact before he moved out of the way, narrowly missing being pushed off the edge as the two skidded to a halt.
"Rats, I missed…" the woman pouted, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Not funny, Kitten!" Baaaan shouted as he got up. "You almost sent me flying!" There was anger in his voice, but everyone could tell he was more amused than anything.
"Oh, hardly!" the woman laughed, grinning cheerily at him. "I was in full control of what I was doing."
The blond laughed at the couple, grinning at how much fun things were going to be. Picking himself up, Baaaan dusted off his pants and turned to the others, grinning wickedly as he charged at the woman this time. The blond bounced on the balls of his feet before charging at the two. The woman though, shot towards Baaaan, using the momentum to drop to the ground, just before the blond crashed into her, barely escaping the barrage of fists above her.
That didn't stop the men from aiming downwards into the arena, assaulting her with their fists. She protected herself best she could as onlookers gasped and cheered. Everything came to a stop when Baaaan flew into the blond once more, pushing the men far from the battered woman. They flew to the opposite end of the arena, scraping the ground as they went before the woman even dared sitting up, and spat blood onto the ground. She glared at them as she forced the men into the ground, their groans audible to the crowd as they fought against her ability.
"Damn bastards…" the crowd heard her mutter as she stood from her spot and spat more blood onto the ground with a groan as she clutched her one arm.
Diane watched in worry as she clutched Cat's satchel to her, being careful of Elizabeth. She had never seen those three go at it like this before. She knew they were strong, all of them in their own right, but she didn't know if Cat could last much longer.
"I've seen them fight seriously before, but this…" King murmured as he watched their companions.
"It's nothing like we've seen before…" Diane agreed quietly. "I mean, I knew the Captain and Ban go full out… but I'm worried about Cat…" She admitted quietly.
"She'll be fine, Diane… once she feeds after this, she'll be good as new." King offered her a slight smile, but even he wasn't sure what to think of the fight.
Not only were Hecate's ribs aching like hell, but her head was pounding too. She knew she was bleeding internally thanks to the savage beating she received. Taking a quick moment to check herself, she knew she was in the clear, for now. Her breathing, though slightly labored, wasn't anything to be worried about, but that didn't mean that she didn't feel like absolute shit.
Pushing themselves from the ground, the two men shared a smirk before going after each other once more. This time, the woman joined in, despite her injuries. No one could tell who was hitting who or what damage the three were taking. It was a blur of fists and colours as the three moved about only for the blond and woman to start slowing down. Baaaan began overpowering them, pounding the two into the ground, causing a crater to form beneath them.
"He's using his ability on them." King realized, watching as their Captain and companion began struggling to move.
"He's draining their power…" Diane murmured worriedly, not knowing exactly was going to happen to them now.
The Sins knew what happened when Ban used his power on them. It was also the only explanation to what was going on in front of them. Rarely did their Captain and Cat get tired so quickly from a battle like this. Not to mention that Ban's face showed upmost pleasure as he continued pummeling the two further into the ground.
It was sheer amazement and shock that Ban stopped mid-punch, his arm quaking in the air as he tried pushing through whatever force was keeping him back. Gritting his teeth, Ban began feeling frustrated. He was stuck, frozen in place as he stared down into the swirling eyes of his Kitten. She was panting hard, sweat dripped down the side of her face as she gritted her teeth.
"L...let g…go!" He demanded, struggling to get the words out as he glared down at her, gritting his teeth hard.
"Give… my strength… back…" the woman panted heavily, her breathing more labored now, but she refused to budge from her stance.
"M…make… me!" Ban tried to struggle against her more, only to find that he was solidly frozen in place.
Hecate gritted her teeth tiredly as she tried leeching blood from the immortal's closing wounds, only to get a small trickle. That trickle was enough though as it began dripping onto her face, feeding the primal part of her. Each drip slid into her mouth and the more blood she took in, the stronger she began feeling. Ban glared down at her, knowing exactly what she was doing, he could feel his blood being pulled out of his body as if he was a sponge, being squeezed until the last drop came out.
Slowly, Hecate began feeling the strength return to her, but with Ban still leeching her strength, it was beginning to become a battle of wits between them. The more the man struggled her the more she pulled from him. It came to the point where she could raise an arm, but her entire body was quaking. Slowly she began to sit, causing the immortal to falter as more blood oozed from his wound. Hecate was so focused on Ban that she failed to sense the dark presence next to her. Before she could do anything, her vision began to spin, and her stomach clenched in familiar pain. Eyes widening, her hold on Ban faltered, allowing the immortal to grab her arm while she tried regaining her composure, and tossed her far out of the arena as the woman blacked out.
"Kitty Cat is out of the competition!" Love Helm declared loudly as the crowd roared.
Ban grinned as he began absorbing the strength of their Captain again and continued his assault on the blonde. He was about to win, he could feel it in his very soul as he continued pummeling the blonde. But before he could deliver the final blow, he was immediately sent flying. He stared wide-eyed at their Captain as his wrist snapped like a twig and everything he absorbed vanished from his body.
Bent over a cool rock, Hecate was emptying her stomach. She hated this part of the 'purge' as she banefully called it, when her body rejected everything put into it. As she clutched the rock, she tried keeping her mind off her puking by trying to figure out what she had digested instead. She wasn't having much luck though as her mind was foggy with the finer details after she woke on the mountainside, needing to purge.
Just as she finished another bout, she felt the earth rumble around her as something crashed into the ground nearby. Groaning, she clutched the rock to her, feeling her stomach twist violently as her body began purging again.
"Fuck me…" She whined once her body seemed to have finally stopped turning at the slightest movement around her.
After a moment of making sure she wasn't going to puke more, Hecate assumed that the impurities in her body were gone. She winced slightly as she let her body drop to the soft grass beneath her and waited to see how her body was going to react. When nothing happened, she let out a sigh and closed her eyes, taking a moment to soak in the warm sunlight. Her body ached something fierce, not just from the beating she got, but from purging her body too. All she wanted was to sleep in her bed and feed on some blood.
Sadly, she knew she wouldn't get either any time soon as a nearby groan caught her attention. Raising her head, the halfling looked over to see Ban slowly emerging from the crater he created from landing. The man looked a little dazed, and somewhat confused as he rubbed his head tiredly.
"Damn… what got into the Captain…?" He questioned, more to himself than anything.
"Who knows, probably got tired of you beating on him." Hecate replied dryly and watched as the man tensed and turned to look at her with wide eyes. "What, you thought you were alone?" She asked, rolling her eyes a bit as the immortal finally seemed to comprehend what he was seeing.
"Kitten…" Ban spoke slowly, taking a long moment to look at his woman.
She looked like shit. That was the best way he could describe what he saw. His woman was paler than ever with what looked to be dark circles under her eyes, but he knew she wasn't at risk of losing herself. His Kitten looked ready to pass out as she blinked slowly at him. Her words, though sharp still held a slight slur to them, that only happened when she was struggling to stay awake.
There was a seed of guilt that took root in the pit of his stomach as he remembered what he had done to her. He didn't mean to throw her so far or so hard earlier. It had been in the heat of the moment during the fight where he had been so confident in beating their Captain that he really forgot she was there. Even though he knew she was more resilient than most, and would never hold this against him, he hated how weak she looked at that moment. He knew it was his fault too, that she was like this.
"Yeah? What is it, Ban?" His Kitten asked, turning over fully to look at him, her pink eyes turning to worry. "What's wrong?"
There she went again, worrying about him despite what he did to her. Sometimes he had to wonder if she was even real with the way he treated her. He was lucky, he knew that much, that he had someone like her on his side, no matter what.
"Sorry for tossing you like that, Kitten." He apologized softly.
With an achy groan, Ban pushed himself from his hole, slowly making his way over to her and plopped down next to her. Looking at her closely now, he could tell she was more tired than she let on. He didn't know what happened after he threw her, but he hoped it wasn't anything too damaging.
"We were in a competition, I didn't expect you to go easy on me." She teased lightly as he pulled her into his chest.
"Still…" He trailed off with a shrug, smiling softly when she chuckled.
"Such a softly…" She teased tiredly before snuggling into him contently as he chuckled softly.
Chuckling softly, Ban didn't bother to respond to her with words. He merely pressed his lips to her head and relaxed next to her. That was his answer, he knew he was a softy when it came to her, that much was obvious.
As he basked in the sun with his Kitten, Ban couldn't help but feel like the true winner. Sure, he didn't beat their Captain in battle, but he was getting time with his personal prize, his Kitten. And that trumped any prize that he could get, in his mind.
It wasn't even a moment later before he heard his Kitten's breath even out as she curled into him more. Looking down at her, Ban couldn't stop the soft smile from crossing his face. She was fast asleep, completely at ease as they laid there. Deciding it was best to join her, the immortal made himself comfortable and let himself drift off.
Hawk grumbled to himself as he trotted off to find Ban and Hecate. He didn't want to go after them, but Meliodas wanted to make sure his companions were alright. Of course he couldn't go himself because he was fighting, and no one else wanted to do it.
"I can't believe I got roped into this… what happened to making a profit!?" He squeaked in irritation, huffing to himself as he continued to search for the two Sins.
Coming up to the two craters in the ground, Hawk couldn't help but gawk at them, wondering if the two were even alive anymore. Moving closer, he saw that they were side by side, as they typically were now a days, and for a moment, he thought they were dead with how unresponsive they were. But when he was close enough to them, he let out a sigh of relief when he finally noticed that they were just sleeping. This irritated him more than he already was as he glared at the two sleeping Sins, who were blissfully unaware of what was going on.
"Hey! Wake up you slackers!" Hawk shouted at them, causing the two to jolt up.
"W-what?" The two sleepy Sins demanded looking around to see what the fuss was about.
"Honestly you guys! What are you thinking!?" Hawk berated them, stomping his hoof on ground to show his irritation. "Don't you know that we have to get Diane's treasure back!?"
"Yeah… but we're not really needed, are we?" Hecate asked with a loud yawn, rubbing her eyes tiredly.
"She's right, Master…" Ban yawned loudly, "don't you think the Captain, and the others can handle it from here. Let us rest." He whined.
"No!" Hawk huffed at the two, not believing the way they were behaving. "Get up already!" He ordered them. "I'm only here because this is Meliodas' orders! Now get up!"
The two Sins let out simultaneous groans before slowly beginning to move. It was clear that the two still weren't fully healed from their battle earlier, but they were also the two fastest healing members of the Sins, but as he's found out over the days they've been traveling together, they were also the laziest too when it came down to it.
"I need blood…" Hecate whined, pouting when she looked over at the pig, causing Hawk to squeak in fear before Ban started to laugh.
"I got you, Kitten," he teased, grinning lazily at the woman as he opened a wound for her take some of his blood.
"You gotta stop doing this, Ban…" she chastised him, but her eyes couldn't stop following the dripping blood from his wrist.
Hawk couldn't help but feel weary around the halfling, watching as she seemed hypnotized by the flowing blood. The world around her seemed to fade away as her eyes trailed over the blood, licking her lips as if she was starving. Shivering, the pig inched away from her, unable to stop the fear he felt.
"Just take it, Kitten." Ban drawled, rolling her eyes at her hesitance. "You know I can't run out of the stuff, and it makes you feel better anyway. Stop hesitating."
"…Fine…" Hecate murmured, almost reluctant as she latched onto his wrist and began drinking deeply, causing Hawk to recoil at the sight.
"Why do you have to do this now!?" Hawk complained, making a disgusted face at the two for being forced to watch Hecate drink from Ban.
Shrugging, the two Sins didn't seem overly concerned about taking time to do this. It was almost as if they had no concept of time, or the need to hurry up. It wasn't long before Hecate finally pulled herself away from the immortal, who was looking at her with a fond smile.
"If you want my Kitten here to be function, we need her well fed." Ban drawled with a cheeky smile, causing Hecate's cheek to darken. "Besides, it's either I let her feed, or she goes out to hunt, which would have taken more than anything."
"But—" Hawk began to protest.
"It's not even that though, Hawk…" Hecate murmured, causing the pig to turn to her now as she licked the remnants of the blood from her lips. "I feed so that I won't attack anyone. The last thing we need, is for me to get injured if we get into a fight now and lose control and, attack someone innocent. By letting Ban give me blood, it takes the risk of me becoming a danger to everyone else."
For Hecate, it was a manner of principle that she stuck by those rules, it was the same rules her father had, and something she always took to heart. Ban was an exception because he was a true immortal, thanks to the fountain, and because he wouldn't let her get to the state of almost attacking someone.
"All finished, Kitten?" Ban asked curiously, reaching over to lightly stroke her hair.
"Yeah, thank you." His Kitten gave him a soft smile as she reached over to stroke his face.
Leaning into her hand, Ban gave her hand a small peck before taking her hand in his. He knew they had to get up and get moving, after all it was Captain's order, but he really had not desire to move at all. He was comfortable there with his Kitten, and he knew she felt the same way. Sadly, their Captain wouldn't let them live it down if they didn't at least try to make it back in time for the finals.
"Whatever! Let's just go!" Hawk huffed at them and watched as the halfling pulled herself up.
She was wobbly, that much was certain, but she seemed to hold her own as she stretched with a groan. A series of pops and cracks followed the stretches before a sigh of relief passed through her lips. Ban, however, was still laying on the ground, looking up at them with a pitiful pout on his face as he extended his arms out.
"Nah-ah… I may have some of your blood in me, but there is no way I'm carrying you back…" Hecate stated, crossing her arms over her chest with a shake of her head.
"But… but… Kitten!" Ban whined, pushing out his lower lip in a mock tremble.
"Gods! How can you two be feared when you act like this!?" Hawk exploded on them before trotting over to Ban with a huff. "Get on!" he commanded the lazy immortal.
With some help from Hecate, they managed to get Ban on the back of Hawk's back. The immortal looked far to happy to not be walking back to town, while making Hawk do all the work. Hecate shook her head at her beau, sighing at the way he hugged Hawk around the middle as they began to walk. As lazy as she could even be, she couldn't believe Ban's insistence to rest.
"I can't believe you guys sometimes!" Hawk huffed, turning his nose up in the air as he trotted along.
"How so?" The two Sins asked curiously, not understanding what he meant by that.
"You're both so lazy and impossible!" he cried out, stomping his hoof against the ground.
"I suppose that's because stories of us have been exaggerated to the point where we're really just a bunch of mischiefs in the end…" Hecate mused, folding her arms behind her head as she thought about everything happening to them.
Before Hawk could reply the two heard a thump and groan, causing them to pause and look to the side where Ban had fallen. He hadn't bothered to try to hold on or give them warning, he just allowed himself to fall off. Ban was looking at them pitifully, his lower lips puckered and his eyes large and pleading.
"I can't get up…" He whined pathetically at his Kitten, holding his hands out for her to help him.
"You do remember that I'm still recovering right?" Hecate rolled her eyes a bit.
"But… I gave you blood!" He pouted at her now.
"Fine…" Hecate sighed rolling her eyes a bit as she moved to help the immortal up. "Gods blood, you're impossible, you know that?"
"Yeah… but at least I'm yours." Ban replied smoothly, causing the halfling to blush and scoff at him.
"I can't believe you guys..." Hawk muttered under his breath as the immortal clasped onto him again. "Some terrors you turned out to be…"
"This is pretty normal actually…" Hecate chuckled, knowing this wasn't even the worst of what they've done.
Grumbling under his breath, Hawk muttered something neither Sin could hear or understand. It wasn't like he knew just how… unorthodox their group truly was. Once they met up with the rest of the Sins, Hawk was going to be in for a surprise at just how insane their group truly was. This was nothing compared how they were when everyone was together.
"Hey, I'm going to go off ahead. I'm sure you two will be fine on your own till you reach town again." Hecate mentioned, off-handily, her eyes trailing over the sky in the distance, her nose twitching as something caught her attention.
Ban noticed the change in his Kitten immediately and frowned, wondering what had caught her attention. He hated when she just upped and left without explanation, but he supposed that this was payment for all the times he did the same thing to her, especially ten years ago. Before he could even ask her what was on her mind, his Kitten walked off, her attention solely focused on whatever it was that dragged her away from him.
"What's got her all riled up?" Hawk asked curiously, never having seen her act in such away before.
"No clue…" Ban murmured, frowning a bit before sighing more to himself than to his Master, he'd have to wait to find out after they got back to town.
As much as he wanted to take his time getting back, the two returned to town faster than the immortal hoped for. Along the way, he had fallen off Hawk's back a few more times with the pig berating him. Not that Ban cared though, he was tired and sore, even though he was fully healed by then. To be frank, he just wasn't in the mood anymore to be at the festival and get back Diane's weapon. When they reached the others, his Kitten was already there with tinted cheeks and a bashful scowl on her face.
"It's not even like that, Diane!" Hecate pouted, averting her eyes from the miniature giantess. "How do I put it… we've… we've always been this way…."
Ban didn't know what the conversation was about, but it was clear that Diane was teasing his Kitten about something. From what he could see, his Kitten was shifting from one foot to the other, one of her cheeks caught between her cheeks as she chewed it out of nervous habit. He was intrigued now by what they were talking about and couldn't wait to pitch in himself.
"Uh huh…" Diane rolled her eyes with a snigger. "So, you're telling me that you two just happen," she stressed the word, "to have a flirty relationship since you've met."
"No," His Kitten sighed, as if she was tired of the conversation already. "I'm trying to tell you that we started off by teasing each other relentlessly, it was easy given how dumb we both are and the stupid decisions we tend to act on…" There was a bit of a whine in her voice at this point, causing Ban to grin, knowing that it didn't exactly happen that way.
Sure, there was lots of teasing, that was a given, but there was always an attraction between them that was hard to put into words. He didn't even know if he could explain it himself.
"Why can't you just admit it, Kitten?" Ban drawled out, unable to help himself now that he knew exactly what their conversation was about. "You've had the hots for me since you first laid eyes on me."
That caused both women to turn to him with his Kitten scowling now. He knew he hit a nerve with her, but he couldn't help but poke fun. His Kitten made it too easy for him sometimes. For Diane, she was looking between them in amusement, her purple eyes dancing with laughter while his Kitten glared him almost looking as if she wanted to kill him.
"Hardly." Hecate snorted, rolling her eyes at her beau. "I was more amused at the gall you had to keep returning to the summit after being flung off so many times."
The flippant way his Kitten spoke caused Ban to frown now as he shot her a mild glare. He didn't like being reminded of how many times he had to try and climb that blasted tree, only to hear her laughter following him while he was blasted off the edge each time.
"That's a low blow, Kitten…" Ban muttered to her as he walked up beside her and wrapped an arm around her waist.
"But a fair one." Hecate responded easily, grinning up at him now as Ban scowled playfully at her.
Looking between the two Sins, Diane couldn't help but giggle at their playful banter. While their antics were always amusing, the Giantess did feel a twinge of envy due to their closeness. She often wished she had that type of relationship with someone like that.
Unbeknownst to her, King was looking at their comrades with the same envy before looking over at her. There were times when King wished he did things differently in the past, but he knew their lives would have turned out completely different if he had. Now though, he was glad he could still be around Diane, even if she didn't remember what he did.
"So, what I miss?" Ban asked lazily, looking over at Diane and King.
While he didn't care too much anymore about the competition, he was still curious to see where everyone stood. He didn't know if they were nearing the finals or not, but it still didn't matter to him too much, so long as they did what they needed to do and head out again.
"Well," King began, clearing his throat a bit. "Diane beat Howzer easily and made it into the finals." He told them, "And the Captain also won his fight thanks to that Cain guy surrendering…" King paused a bit with a slight frown on his face. "Apparently, they knew each other a while back or something." The faerie shrugged a bit, not really caring too much about that.
"Huh, that's interesting…" Hecate mused, feeling surprised by the information.
Hecate only arrived at the end of that match when Love Helm declared their Captain the winner. She hadn't seen or heard about anything else when it came to the matches.
"Small world…" she mused, tapping her chin a little.
"Yeah, they're just taking a break now before they start the finals," Diane smiled as she looked over at the halfling a bit.
Nodding her head, Hecate felt Ban brush his lips over her head before the warmth of his body left her. She watched as her beau disappeared into the crowds, wondering what he was planning now. She had felt the smile on his lips, and knew he was up to something, but what it was, she had no idea.
"Hey, where'd Ban go?" King asked suddenly, his eyes wide in surprise as Diane giggled softly.
"I don't know, he didn't say anything, but I bet he's about to make some mischief for the Captain." Hecate mused with a shrug of her shoulders.
"How do you know for sure?" King asked, almost afraid of the answer as a coy smile appeared on the halfling's face.
"I bet five hundred coins that he'll do whatever it takes to make the Captain lose." Hecate said, sounding almost serious about it as she looked at him with bright pink eyes.
Diane giggled at the way Hecate bargained, she had no doubt that halfling was right in her assumptions, but she would never bet against her. She learned from experience that Hecate could be a serious gambler if she wanted to be, and she never betted unless she was sure she would win.
"You don't even have that much!" King gaped at her, trying to figure out why she was doing this to him.
"Sure, I do." Hecate responded, the coyness never once leaving her face. "How else do you think I bought everything? I know how to save up. So, are you going to take the bet or not?" she asked, tilting her head this time as she waited for his answer.
King didn't know what to do as he looked between Diane and Hecate before letting out a frustrated groan.
"Fine! I'll take that bet and say that Ban will not try to make the Captain lose!" He gave in, causing the women to laugh now.
"Perfect!" Hecate chirped. "I'll expect my payment once things are over!" she told him and turned on her heel, disappearing into the crowd, leaving King staring at her while Diane merely laughed at his predicament.
"What did I get myself into!?" King whined, holding his head in his hands as he thought about having to owe Hecate money.
He didn't have five hundred coins…