Ren clenched her jaw as she felt something was off, "Xavier, go back to Elton. I'll return once I am able.", The Bar man nodded and left the town. Armella glanced toward the hills and she made her way toward them. Nik met her at the line and she spoke softly to him, he huffed but did as she asked, returning to their home. Ren glanced around and saw no one as she changed from her green brown outfit into a grey and silver one, her face still hidden by a hood. She had a sword at her side instead of her bow and she watched as Gilthunder the Holy Knight slammed his sword into the ground and lightning struck. She clenched her jaw as she watched from the top of a building and Gilthunder left and the townspeople turned to try and remove the sword and noticed that their water supply had stopped moving. Only a Holy Knight could move that sword. But she couldn't move it, not right now. She felt someone nearing the town, only a few hours out. She'd wait until then.
Meliodas, Elizabeth, and Hawk walked the streets of Vayna, the Captain glancing around as he felt the power of a Holy Knight nearby. "Everyone is in the square, there must be a festival.", the trio walked toward the square and Meliodas stopped a man, "Hey, What's going on?", the man sighed, "A Holy Knight stabbed his sword into the ground and we can't move it.", Meliodas and Hawk shared a look and the trio jogged to the square. People were trying to pull it and a little boy walked over, "That stupid Holy Knight! Why, if my friends the Seven Deadly Sins were here they'd get that right out of there!", Meliodas tilted his eyes, "This is all your fault Mead! If you hadn't of done that, this wouldn't be happening!", the people picked up stones and threw them but they never touched the boy. Meliodas' eyes widened as he quickly covered the boy with his body, but a familiar figure stood before him. Though her face was covered. "This isn't Mead's fault.", the stones had all bounced off her sword. "That Holy Knight was rude and Mead was defending the thing you all work so hard to make. Something none of you were man enough to do! Now I've told you, if it's not pulled by Nightfall I will give it a shot.", Meliodas had stepped to cover Mead from the onslaught of stones but he hadn't needed too, "Ren.", Meliodas raised an eyebrow at the name, "Ren?", and the head tilted, "You should all be ashamed, I should leave the sword for your sins against Mead. He's only a child and you all were going to throw stones at him.", Elizabeth's eyes were wide at the person in front of them. "Captain, take the boy to safety. I will follow you.", he smiled and the group of five walked away from the crowd, who were all looking down in shame. "Meliodas?", the woman glanced at Elizabeth and raised an eyebrow under the hood, "Who is this?", Hawk frowned, "I would like to know too.", and the woman spoke, "We'll talk more later.", and Meliodas lead the group back to the Boar Hat.
The woman had made food and a drink for the young boy and she stood away from the others as Meliodas spoke to the young boy. His eyes landing on the woman, Ren, a few times, "Why were they going to stone you?", the boy looked at Ren, "It's fine, Mead. He won't hurt you.", and the boy nodded, "A Holy Knight came through, he arrived last night. This morning, the townspeople made him a big breakfast with our best produce and meats, and we got him a mug of the freshest batch of Vayna Ale. Hey, should a kid your age be drinking that?", Meliodas blinked as he took a drink of ale, "I'm not a kid.", Ren snorted but didn't say anything, "And then, he was being such a big jerk about it and treated everyone like crap! So I put a bug in his drink and to retaliate he put his sword in the ground and stopped our water supply.", Ren spoke, "It was a young Holy Knight, but very powerful.", Meliodas nodded at her, "So wait, why'd you step in front of me and the kid?", the woman softly smiled under her hood, "Mead's story isn't a pleasant one. But it isn't mine to tell. I'll just say his story reminds me of my own.", and Meliodas nodded, "So, this stuff about being friends with the Seven Deadly Sins.", Mead glanced down, "That was a lie. But if the Holy Knights are hunting down the Seven Deadly Sins and the Knight Princess Armella, that must mean the Sins and Knight Princess are the good guys!", Meliodas spoke with a raised eyebrow, "The Knight Princess?", Mead nodded, "Yeah. Haven't you ever heard the stories?", Ren spoke next, "I haven't, what are they, Mead?", he glanced at her, "The Knight Princess Armella is a very strong and powerful Holy Knight, so much so that the others wouldn't train with her. She was the best warrior in the ranks with her reequip magic and her defensive and offensive moves. When the Grandmaster was killed, she disappeared along with the Holy Knights because she was scared she'd be used as bait to bring her family in for a crime they didn't commit. No one has heard from her in the last decade! No rumors or anything.", Meliodas nodded, "Interesting.", Ren spoke, "Mead, you should go rest up before we head back into town.", he nodded as he walked outside and Ren stood at the table at his spot, "You can remove the hood.", and she did. Elizabeth and Hawk gasped. She hadn't changed a bit in the last decade. "Hello, Captain.", he smiled, "Mel.", and the Captain stood up and hugged hugged her before the pair sat back down, "Why are you in Vayna?", she glanced at Elizabeth, "Why are you with the third Princess of Liones?", Meliodas spoke, "The royal family was arrested 3 days ago by the Holy Knights. They're planning something. Elizabeth got away and she wants to find the Seven Deadly Sins to fight against the Holy Knights.", Armella nodded, "Right. The bar man of Elton needed more ale. We travelled for Vayna ale. He got his order and left right before the Holy Knight pulled his stunt.", Meliodas nodded, "Elizabeth, this is Armella Belmont, the Knight Princess.", the two women shook hands and Armella glanced down at Hawk, "And what is your name, Sir Pig?", he gave a smile, "Sir Hawk, Captain Of the order of Scraps Disposal!", she smiled, "It's a pleasure, Sir Hawk.", Meliodas blinked, "You're not freaked out by the talking pig?", she turned as she raised an eyebrow, "For 10 years I've lived in a forest of moving trees and talking animals, it takes a lot to surprise me.", Meliodas nodded as she stood, "Knights have entered the town. Come on.", and she took off running, leaving her hood down. She easily ran faster than the others and she glared as she got into the town. "Come on! Try harder! If you don't get this sword out we're going to double your taxes!", Mead ran forward and pulled as the Knights laughed. "Triple taxes now!", Mead was crying and the townspeople were screaming at him but the elder spoke up and the men began to help. Though it was no use. Armella sighed as her black outfit changed into a sliver suit of armor and she walked forward, "I made a promise.", and the townspeople gapped, "Ren!", she winked at Mead, she wrapped her hand around Gilthunder's hilt and pulled, it shined in the sunset and she threw it at the Knights, knocking them backwards. She grabbed the ale from them before they fell, "Ungrateful persons like you don't deserve to drink this ale. Return to your superior at once, the sword has been removed.", and the pair ran off. Elizabeth smiled as the townspeople hugged Armella and she accepted their praise. She glanced at Meliodas, "Dinner at the Boar's Hat! Everyone is invited!", and the group left the townspeople as Mead hugged the elder and cried, "You can lie to yourself but you can never lie to your heart.", Meliodas smiled at Armella, "We should go prepare the Boar Hat for business.", the red headed woman nodded and the group of four walked back toward the Boar's Hat.
Armella and Meliodas were working the bar, the former working the kitchen so the townspeople didn't throw up everywhere. "Lady Armella.", the woman looked at the princess, "I don't mean to be rude but, how have you not aged in ten years?", the woman laughed, "If you think of that as rude you've got another thing coming Princess.", Meliodas chuckled as Armella gave the girl two more orders, that were dropped on the floor, making the red-head sigh as she grabbed the same two plates and got them to the table. She helped Elizabeth really quick and went back to the grill. Elizabeth disappeared outside and Meliodas followed, making Armella tilt her head as she took over on plates, cooking, and serving the beer. She stopped though, when she felt something growing near. "Sir Hawk, I'm going outside for a moment.", and she leaped over the bar and walked outside, Meliodas sent her a look. She nodded and looked toward the source of fast approaching powers. She changed into a set a black armor and her hair was in a braid as she had a black headpiece on, she clenched her jaw and stuck her hand out, "Lady Armella?", Meliodas held a hand up to Elizabeth, who stopped and watched as as a large spear flew toward Armella, "Lady Armella! Move!", the red-head rolled her eyes and she grabbed the spear from the air and she was dragged backwards, she grunted as she tried to stop it but she went over the edge and landed on top of a storage shed, she smashed through it, "Mel!", she growled as she stood and jumped, landing back on the cliff side, "We need to move, now. These people are in danger with us here.", she threw the spear back and Meliodas nodded as Elizabeth had wide eyes, "Lady Armella, you're bleeding.", the woman shrugged and reequip into her everyday outfit, "I'm fine.", and Elizabeth softly smiled, "Of course.", Meliodas gently nudged Armella, "But thank you for the concern Princess.", and the red-head walking back toward the bar. "10 years of solitude didn't do you any good, Mel!", the red-head chuckled and looked at her Captain, "And 10 years didn't change a thing about you, Captain.", he smiled and Elizabeth glanced at him, "Sir Meliodas, what's your history with Lady Armella?", Meliodas softly smiled, "She helped me remember that it was okay to care about people.", and Meliodas walked back into the Boar Hat as Armella was laughing with Mead and the townspeople looked at the woman, "Lady Armella, What happened?", she glanced at them, "The Holy Knight threw a spear at the town, I stopped it and threw it back. We are going to leave to ensure that you all are safe. I did knock down someone's shed so, here.", her hand was filled with a coin purse of gold and she threw it toward the townspeople, "Take this as my apology. You lot should head home. We need to head out, I do not wish for the Holy Knight to target you again.", they nodded and left and Elizabeth walked over, "Mead was talking about the White Woods just passed the city, he said not even the Holy Knights would go in there.", Meliodas and Armella raised their eyebrows, "Good thing we aren't regular Holy Knights.", they smiled at each other and Elizabeth farrowed her eyebrows, "What do you mean?", Armella spoke as she started cleaning up, "I spent 10 years in a forest that people wouldn't enter because the trees moved around and the animals spoke. I'm sure one of us have taken refuge in the White Woods, so, we need to tell them its time to come out.", Elizabeth nodded, "Who do you think it is?", the two frowned, "Don't know. But you're about to meet another sin.", and the two quickly had the bar cleaned and they were ready to go. She grabbed a pen and paper and quickly wrote a letter and she stepped outside as she tied it to an arrow, "What are you doing?", she glanced at Meliodas, "Writing to the people who gave me a home and shielded me from the Holy Knights.", she drew back and aimed in the direction of Elton and released the arrow. It disappeared with a gleam.
In a Knight Tower the Holy Knight Gilthunder turned around as the spear came back and he tried to catch it, but he was thrown back into the tower and the tower was broken. "Sir Gilthunder!", but the pink haired Holy Knight smirked, "I knew it.", and he began his journey toward Vayna. "Meliodas. I knew you weren't dead.", and his face was set.
In the town of Elton, Levi was outside watching the night sky when he saw a shooting star, "Gramps! Come look!", the elderly man stepped outside and raised an eyebrow, "Ah, step aside.", and Levi stepped back as an arrow with an letter attached landing in the board. "A letter from Ren.", and the old man watched, "Hmm.", and he walked into the house. Levi's eyes were wide and he stepped inside, over the last 10 years he had grown affection for the Holy Knight Princess, "What does it say?", Gramps gave the boy the letter, "She's found her captain and they're beginning a search for the others. Something is brewing and she wishes us to stay safe and away from the trouble.", Levi read it and smiled, "She wants us to send Nik to her only if we have a great need of her.", and Gramps hummed, "And we won't. We've only grown stronger in the last 10 years. We will send Nik when she needs us.", Levi nodded and he put the letter aside, "You should have told her long ago, Levi. There's something about Armella that not many know. She told me one night when we had dinner together. Armella was spoken for 10 years ago, and she remains spoken for.", Levi gapped, "By Who?", Gramps chuckled, "She didn't tell me. But I do know that it was one of the Sins.", and Levi paled and his head dropped, he'd never compete with one of the Sins. But which Sin has spoken for her? Which Sin has captured her heart?