The dark throne

Chapter 27

Third person POV-

"Bellion" Elizabeth questioned, confused and slightly frightened of the man considering what he'd done to her.
But then he heard heavy panting and slowly turned around to look through the hole in the wall.

There stood meliodas with his fist still extended. His hair was covering his eyes, but she didn't need to, she saw the large, larger than normally, demon math present on his forehead.
'Of course, just as this demon approached me, Bellion must've approached him'

"A fake" meliodas then muttered and finally lowered his fist.

Elizabeth didn't understand but something told her it was still about Bellion, so she looked over at him and saw a interest different person.
A human knight of liones.

"B-but how?"

"Never mind that!" Suddenly meliodas voice, which had been more mature just a second ago was back to his high pinched one, and when she turned around she saw his emerald green eyes filled with worry.
His eyes were focusing on her wounded arm.
She herself had nearly forgotten about it.
"Did Pump do this to you?!" Meliodas asked franticly and tried to stop the bleeding.

It was as if Elizabeth was finally brought out of her haze. There was no dagger now. She could heal herself. So that's what she began to do.

"Pump?" She questioned, not recognizing the name.

"The demon over there with all the spikes"

"Oh, yes it was him. There was poison in the spikes so when I was hit I was unable to move, but luckily I was asked to neutralize the poison"

Meliodas then looked up at her with admiration in his eyes.
"Only the goddesses were ever another to neutralize Pump's poison... Your powers growing day by day I see"

"T-that's good... right?"

"That's up to you my love" he says kindly and brushed his palm over her cheek.
He always made an effort to make Elizabeth know that he loved her for who she was not, and not who she used to be.

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"So do you think the others are alright? Maybe some of them are facing fakes like you were" Elizabeth asked.
They had begun walking again, hoping to run into more of their army, but Elizabeth was very worried, she had heard how 7 men had been mercilessly killed Effie she as much as got to turn around.

"I think Bellion was the only fake, simply because he's the leader, he's a coward, and he wanted to see us a little. And yeah I do think the otters are doing good, we're talking about Kings and queens here. Like you and me, and we did pretty well fishy we?" Meliodas snickered at the last part, and Elizabeth wished she could find the humor in the situation too, but at that time she was just very low on self esteem.

"I only made it because you threw a man at my opponent..."

Meliodas looked up at her then, with a surprised look on his face.
"Elizabeth that's not true"

"Yes it is!" Elizabeth said, a little louder than before and stopped walking. "I misjudged my fighting capability entirely...I-I should've listened to you and boy come along"

Meliodas had a hard time coding bus next words. After all he was the one who had unintentionally put that idea cv in her head by telling her not to come along, and even though she changed his mind in the end she must still think that he duct think she would be strong enough, and more she thinks so as well.

"No Elizabeth, You're strong, I know you're strong, everybody knows. The Only reason I didn't want you to Chile was because no matter how starting you are luck can sometimes outweigh it...like it did last time"