Last One Standing (On Hold)

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Back at the tavern, Ban is behind the counter, preparing scraps for Hawk. Seraphina sat at the bar, resting her head on her palm and staring at the pig. "Thanks for the food, Ban. It's so yummy! What is it? I don't care! Whatever it is, I can't stop eating. I've never tasted anything like it. If I had to, I'd call it scraps from the mouth of a culinary god!" Hawk beams. "Hey, culinary god, I really hope you're not breaking the bank on this meal." Meliodas tells Ban.

"Nah, it's alright. These leftovers are going bad anyway." Ban answers. "So." Meliodas looks up at the girl. "Hmm?" Seraphina hums, raising an eyebrow. "Bartra wants to know if you'd like to come live at the castle and possibly be the fourth princess." Meliodas informs her. "Um, what?" Seraphina asks with wide eyes. Meliodas shrugs. "I... don't know. I'll think about it." Seraphina answers. The bell jingles as the door opens, catching everyone's attention. In walks Gilthunder, looking around. "So the rumors are true, you really are running a tavern." Gilthunder says, looking around. "Oh, hey, Little Gil. Welcome to the Boar Hat. Sit wherever you want." Meliodas greets him.

"You're lucky we're not busy." He walks off to get a bottle of ale and two cups. Hawk looks over at the knight still eating. "Hi, Hawk. There's actually something I wanted to tell you. Sorry for what happened-- in the forest, I mean." Meliodas walks back over with a tray with two mugs filled with ale. "Here some famous Vanya ale." Gilthunder takes a mug and drinks some ale. "Not bad, huh?" Meliodas asks him. "Yeah, this is really good." Gilthunder agrees. "Yep, it's like I always say, nothing beats Vanya ale after a hard day's work." The blonde says, chugging his ale. "Meliodas. I'll be leaving the capital soon." Gilthunder shares.

"Why's that?" Meliodas asks him. "My intention was to fool Hendrickson and his men. Even so, I ended up hurting a lot of people. That's a wrong I can never right, but I'll travel to the other regions. Find those who suffered and try to make amends. Anyway that I can." Gilthunder shares. "That's noble." Seraphina speaks up after listening. "Yeah. Sounds good to me." Meliodas says, putting his mug down. "I can tell you made up your mind, so I won't stand in your way. After all, you're your own man now." He tells the knight.

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That night, the kingdom celebrated its liberation from the Grand Masters. The Boar Hat was packed with customers. Seraphina moves around effortlessly, serving customers and occasionally sharing drinks with Ban. Not that she wanted to, the Fox Sin kept shoving drinks into her hand and cheering her on to drink.

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Next day, Mama Hawk was on the move. Their first stop was the castle. Meliodas throws down a ladder, which Seraphina climbs down along with him. "This feels so wrong." The white-haired girl says. "Bartra won't mind." Meliodas says casually. "Won't mind that we're basically kidnapping his daughter?" Seraphina asks the blonde. "When you say it like that, it sounds wrong." Meliodas tells her. Seraphina sighs and looks into the window. "Oh, Elizabeth!" She calls the princess.

Elizabeth runs to the window. "Seraphina. Sir Meliodas." "Hey, I almost forgot about something really important. I said I'd help you find all seven of us, but one's still missing. So, you wanna come?" Meliodas asks her. "Yes!" Elizabeth agrees. She climbs onto the window and jumps out while her sisters call out to her. "So long, Bartra!" "Bye, Veronica! Nice to see you're all doing well!" Seraphina waves. Mama Hawk moves away from the window and walks off. Bartra runs to the window. "Hey!" He shouts.

The trio climbs onto the pig and runs over to the rest of the group. "Elizabeth!" Hawk jumps onto her shoulder. "I'm so glad you're going to come with us. These guys are distraught without you." He says. "He's right." Diane agrees. "Sorry, we didn't pick you up sooner." "Yeah, we've never kidnapped a princess before." King says. "See? Even King knows this is kidnapping." Seraphina points at the Fairy. "Hi, Diane. Hi, Sir King and Sir Gowther. I'm so glad to be with you again." Elizabeth greets them. "As are we." Gowther poses. King transforms into his fat form.

"Captain, just so you know, I'm planning on taking off today. See the world, you know how it is." Ban shares, standing behind the blonde with a bag. "What? Just like that?" Diane asks. "Who's gonna feed me scraps now?" Hawk asks. "You're coming back, right?" Meliodas asks him. "Yeah. We still got a score to settle." Ban replies, jumping off the giant pig. "Hang on a second, Ban!" King flies after him. "It's always something with you guys. At least it's never boring." Merlin says, amused. "Oh, yeah, Merlin. I've still got a bunch of questions to ask you about that night 10 years ago." Meliodas tells her. "It's a long story, you know." Merlin tells him.

"Yeah, I figured it was, and I can't wait to hear it because we've got all the time in the world." Meliodas replies. "If this is what you wear at the palace. I might consider joining your royal family." Seraphina says, twirling the ribbon on Elizabeth's gown. "Really?" Elizabeth asks with hope in her eyes. "Most likely, yeah." Seraphina nods. "Yay!" Elizabeth wraps her arms around the white-haired girl. The princesses stood beside Meliodas, staring ahead.