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#75 Leaning On Those We Love.

This is before the curse is broken and is one of Elizabeth's and Meliodas's journey. Year one thousand and two hundred into the curse. Basically she's a bandit that is slowly learning to trust him but he gets set up to look like someone who plans to sell her out. This causes her to get angry and hurt and lash out at him. Unaware of their past or the fact that he won't fight back against her.

Elizabeth felt like an idiot. A naive, foolish, idiot who was dumb enough to trust a man just because he hadn't treated her as bad as everyone in her life. That should've been the very reason she suspected him! Elizabeth had learned long, long, ago that people couldn't be trusted and that kindness didn't come for free. Anyone that said otherwise were the ones taking advantage of people or the ones getting taken advantage of.

How stupid she was to think the blond boy fit into neither category. A stranger came into the place she worked with claims that Meliodas was planning on selling her out to the knights regardless of his promise not to. Of course she didn't believe the strange man at first, after all, she didn't trust anyone other than the blond boy. But after the man used magic to show her an interaction between Meliodas and a holy knight, she believed every word regardless of how it ached to do so.

She had been hurt, deeply hurt. But that pain turned into anger soon enough as the girl began her trek of destroying the person responsible.

She had killed before. More then once. But it wouldn't be a numb kill like all of the others would. This would mean something. Whether leaving her more empty than before or quenching the anger she wasn't sure. However either way she wasn't turning back on this choice. Because she had to prove she wasn't as weak as this stupid decision made her feel. After all, she had a reputation! Although if her need to prove was for others or herself, she wasn't sure anymore...

Storming towards where the two were supposed to meet, Elizabeth used that time to prepare not only battle tactics, but also her words. Her questions to ask why he did it, why he heartlessly made a fool out of her.

Was it for money? Glory? Maybe he was a knight undercover? A possible criminal hired by knights? So many possibilities, but each one made her stomach churn in anger more than the last. Something that fueled her actions and need for revenge, regardless of the small voice in her head telling her it was wrong.

Seeing the blond that made her heart split in two, Elizabeth pulled out the blaster she has full intention of using. (Basically a gun but it's powered by condensed magic created by whoever holds the item that is released when the trigger is pulled.

"Hey El! You're a bit late today. Is something..."

He trailed off the second the blaster was seen as she made no attempts to hide it.

"Don't you dare act like you are my friend!"

He blinked at her venomous tone filled with such fury and hurt. He hasn't heard her speak like that in a long time, before the two grow close.

"El, what's wrong?"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT! ONLY MY FRIENDS CALL ME THAT YOU TRAITOR!"

She wouldn't be duped. Not again. Regardless of her feelings, regardless of how much she wanted to deny what she had seen, she wouldn't allow herself to be taken as a fool again. Elisabeth had trusted for the last time.

"What are you talking about? We are friends."

"Oh really!? Would a "friend" sell out another to the holy knights!? I saw the whole conversation. When we got attacked the other day, YOU were the one that gave away our location weren't you! Well you won't get away with it anymore! I refuse to be used again! First by my parents for money, then by the people they sold me for as a slave and for sex, and now you! To think it took me this long to learn... no one can be trusted, and NO one is kind in this world. They're just waiting to use others foolish enough to believe so. Well, I won't be one of those fools anymore!"