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"Chastity!" Melascula warned her, seeing the walking abomination walk towards the group. Her eyes glowing golden, "stay back." Melascula tried slithering away but Chastity quickly grabbed her tail, white smoke surrounding the two.
"How'd you awaken so easily?" Melascula winced at the death grip that Chastity held, "you damned reaper!"
"I promise I mean you no harm," Chastity spoke, seeing Melascula writhing in pain as she continued to take Melascula's power away, weakening her. Glitter like orbs began to shine on the two, the clouds now splitting apart.
"No way," Melascula began running but was now trapped by the earth magic, coming from Diane. "You won't use your magic on me! I won't give up!"
"STOP!" Chastity's voice echoed causing everyone to look at the girl, she began walking towards Melascula with tears in her eyes, "don't you get it? You're blindly attacking the innocent, you're hurting others because you're hurt."
"No-no, you're wrong."
"You are, Melascula, you're attacking people who don't mean any harm because you feel betrayed. Betrayed by Meliodas, so instead of talking it out, you attack."
"Stop it."
"You feel like you can't be forgiven but Melascula," the white aura began to cease from existence, as Chastity held her hands together, praying for the girl. "I forgive you."
"Bumblebee!" King yelled, delivering golden cuts towards the snake although she had stopped her fighting. Blood began to splatter against the pavement as Chastity's eyes widened in fear.
"Melascula!?" Chastity flew at high speeds to protect the demon, "hey, wake up, are you okay?" Tears began to well up in her eyes, a tornado surrounded the two, caused by Elaine.
"No, you leave her alone," she backed away in fear as the group continued to attack Melascula although she was rendered defenseless. What had changed? Why was this world hurting those who could not defend themselves? What happened to kindness and compassion.
"Run away," Melascula shed a tear as she began to decrease in size. Chastity stood still, frozen in fact as her emotions began to overwhelm her. "Run away princess."
"Chastity," Elizabeth held her hand out, reaching towards Chastity as a sign of welcoming. "It's been awhile."
"You're always looking for the good in people Chastity, I'm sorry for your loss." Chastity continued to walk pass, "I'm not sure what you've been through but I'm here now, I'll never leave you again." Elizabeth continued to wait on her handshake but Chastity brushed past the group, her eyes seemingly dark again. Her tattoo glowing as she winced in pain.
"False promises," Chastity muttered, the group continued to look at the girl in awe, "Just like she said, you don't care about me." A purple box began to wrap around Chastity's being, placing her inside as her powers began to emerge once again. "No one does, no one." She winced, placing cracks into the box with surges of white energy.
"You're tired," Merlin crossed her arms together, looking at the weakened girl inside of the box. "Replenish your energy Chastity," she winked, "we'll talk later on."
"She's mad at me? Isn't she?" Elizabeth frowned, seeing Chastity fall back into a deep slumber. Clutching her chest with anxiousness, "she's suffered for 3,000 years and I totally forgot about her, I left her to die."
"She's emotionally unstable," Merlin glanced at the girl who laid inside of the box, flashes of her childhood with them began to implant themselves back into her mind. "Who knows what she's been going through."
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Free from the purple box that held her captive, Chastity laid on top of the bed in the boar hat, rubbing the crust away from her eyes.
Everyone surrounded her besides Meliodas and Escanor who also laid in different beds, in a deep sleep.
"Ah, you're awake," Merlin's focus shifted between Elizabeth, who held Meliodas in his dangerous state, and Chastity, who was as confused as ever.
"Yes Merlin?" Chastity scrambled back, a bit afraid and angry at the people who sat in front of her, "what do you want?"
"You've been missing for years, is that any way to greet me?"
"I don't even want to be here," Chastity fiddled with her fingers, "when can I leave?"
"Why are you being so harsh?" Elizabeth began to tear up, "I just got my memories back, I'm losing the love of my life, I have three days to live and you're acting like you can't even chat with me like old times."
"Liz," Chastity sat up, her hair now floating, "you abandoned me, not once did you ever look for me, not did Meliodas, not even Merlin. You don't care about me, you care about my power... a power that I can't even control, just let me go.
You're acting as if I haven't lost anyone. For my entire life I've been treated like an outsider, for my entire life I've been held captive, away from the person I love. Don't you see? I don't care about a damned war that wasted millenniums of my life."
"Chas?"
"And the fact that you tried to pull a card of sympathy is sickening," the ground began to rumble again, Chastity's energy began to skyrocket, giving Zeldris the exact location of her well-being. "You killed Melascula in front of me when I practically begged you to not place any harm on her."
"I—"
"Sometimes you have to give compassion to your enemies, you have to show them the love they never had. You have to show them that there are different ways to solve problems but I'm now aware that you're not capable of staying kind."
"Chastity," Elizabeth warned, her eyes now glowing yellow as well.
"You showed no mercy, you killed her right in front of me. So if I had to pick a side in this damned war it wouldn't be you, now let me go."
"He's using you, you know that right?" Merlin interrupted the girl, causing both of their power levels to diminish. "He doesn't care about you, Chastity."
"He knows about your power, Zeldris doesn't truly care about you. He never has."
"You're solely apart of his plan to become demon king and to make sure they win this war."
"Zeldris isn't like that?" Chastity was not confident in her statement in the slightest but she wanted to trust him. "He cares about me, I know he does."
"Oh really? Then where is he?"
Nothing but silence, another sharp pain hit her heart as she buried her face into her knees.
"I'm right here," he appeared inside of the Boar Hat with one thing on his mind, to quickly grab Chastity and escape without confrontation. He quickly grabbed her arm, teleporting back to their kingdom.
