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Chapter 5 - Zeref… Helping?

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King and the others were in front of Diane who no longer recognized them

Diane: Who are you?

King: Come on Diane, don't give me a heart attack! It's me, King!

Diane: King? Oh Please! King's not a little boy like you. He's an unshaven blimp of a Fairy!

King: Well, yeah but...

Meliodas: Diane? Are you half-asleep?

Diane: Meliodas!

Hawk: Huh? When did she stop calling you by your title?

Elizabeth: A-Are you all right, Diane?

Diane saw that Meliodas touched Elisabeth's chest and she got angry

Diane: Hey! Who are you!?

After that, Meliodas, Elizabeth and Hawk went to see Merlin who had a projection of her normal appearance.

Hawk: M-Merlin! You got your body back?

Merlin: No. It's just an Illusion to make it easier for you to talk to me.

Elizabeth: Diane Forgotten about Hawk and me, but she remember Sir Meliodas.

Meliodas: When was the last time she called me Meliodas?

Hawk: Poor King, you should've seen how pale he was!

Meanwhile King was in his fat form with Diane

King: You know, there's something I wanted to tell you the second we were reunitad.

Diane: I wish Meliodas would get back already.

Diane's eyes shine with a pink light

King: Oh, the captain should be here any second!

Diane: Meliodas... was that the name of that boy?

King: What do you mean? Meliodas is the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Diane: The Seven what?

Hearing this King left to explain the situation to Merlin

Merlin: She's losing more memories?

King: That's right! Now it's not just me, she's forgotten about the captain, too!

Meliodas: Come to think of it, when i first met Diane, she might've called me by my first

name.

Merlin: For now, let's just observe Diane.

They went to see her, but were shocked to see that she was no longer there

King: W-What do you mean she's gone?

Knight: Well... She left in a rush.

King: Where could she have gone?

Gowther: That's easy.

Everyone looked at Gowther who had just arrived with Slader

Gowther: She must be headed to where she lived before joining the Seven Deadly Sins.

King: What do you mean?

Gowther: I erased her memories. Wishing to learn more about emotions, I manipulated Guila's memories. Diane strongly condemned me for that, and said... "Erase precious memories... nobody can do that!" So as a test, I erased hers. As i thought, they were easily erased. Memories are nothing more than bits of information, after all.

King: Gowther, How could you do that to someone's memories?

Meliodas: King!

King remembered when he himself erased Diane's memories and he calmed down and returned to his normal form

King: No. I have no right to condemn you. But at least tell me. What feelings did you experience when you erased her memories?

Gowther: Feelings? I don't understand the question. Surely they aren't necessary to erase someone's memories.

King: Not necessary, huh?

Gowther: What's wrong? Why are you angry?

King: I'm not angry. I'm genuinely disappointed in you, that's all. Because people hearts...

Suddenly king hit Gowther right in the face

King: aren't playthings!

Gowther was sent into a wall and Slader left to retrieve him

King: Captain, I'm sorry, but i'm going after Diane even if I'm on my--

Meliodas" Come on! Dont just stand there, King!

King see Meliodas and the others already leaving

Meliodas: We're going after Diane right now!

King:*Smile Okay!

After that everyone was on Mama Hawk and started looking for Diane

King: So, where should we look for her?

Meliodas: Before Diane joined the Seven Deadly Sins, I heard she lived in her home town.

The Giant race's homeland, Megadoza.

King: Alright, wait for me, Diane! I promise I'll get your memories back.

Meliodas: Still, 300 miles is a lot of ground to cover.

King: I mean, thanks goodness we're moving fast, but... Hey Merlin, is there any way you could use teleportation?

Merlin: Unfortunately, right now it's all I can do to keep my soul contained in Aldan. I'm sorry, King.

King: All right...

Merlin: Also I'd like to keep a reserve of my magical power for emergencies.

King: What do you mean by that?

Merlin summoned a projection of the Britannia map

Merlin: In the direction Diane is heading, from the ruins of Edinburgh Castel along the way... I'm picking up a waves of monstrous evil.

Meanwhile

As the group of Meliodas continued their journey, at the same time The 10 Commandments were still in Edinburgh and Galand had just returned

Fraudrin: You say you slew Meliodas?

Galand: That's right. I also disposed of the other pesky gnats, but what a disappointment!

To think that the heretic who once struck terror into the heart of the demon race would meet such an end!

Fraudrin: Is this true, Galand? I find it hard to believe you could bring him down so easily.

Galand: Are you doubting me? Meaning you dont believe the words of Galand of Truth?

Fraudrin: No, I'm well aware of your powers, but...

Galand: Also, I've been wondering for a while but, what are all these demon corpse doing here?

Fraudrin: It was a warning.

Galand: Hahahaha! From who? Who would dare to behave in this way in front of us !?

Zeldris: Zeref...

At that moment Galand was silent and he could only say one thing

Galand: Ho.

Suddenly Galand seemed to sense something and stood up

Gloxinia: Are you going somewhere again?

Galand: Just a walk! It's not in me to sit still.

Then Galand left, at the same time, Diane walked remembering her memories of Matrona a giant who meant a lot to her, but her recent memory was the moment when Matrona took a poisoned arrow to protect Diane and then died in her arms.

Diane: I have to tell everyone in the homeland right away. That Matrona protected me.

And she di--

Suddenly Diane noticed the remains of Edinburgh Castle

Diane: What's that? I've never seen anything so strange. A mysterious rocky mountain?

Or maybe...

Suddenly Diane felt a chill that paralyzed her, and Galand was behind her

Galand: Why are you alive, Giant girl?

Diane: What is this? It's like there are goose bumps all over my body. Who's behind me?

No i can't turn around.

Galand: I'm sure, I delivered the final blow.

In an instant Diane began to run

Diane: Don't think! Just run as fast as you can!

But someone stood in her way, it was Monspiet

Monspiet: It's a member of the Giant race. A huge soul like yours will help to restore my magical powers.

Galand: Monspiet! I see you have a keen nose as well!

Monspiet: The one Human soul i ate just made me even hungrier.

Galand: Hahaha! I'd be willing to bet that you're here at Derieri's request.

Galand: You're such a meddler, aren't you!

Monspiet: She has nothing to do with this. I'm here because of my own hunger pangs.

Diane: What? Who are these two? They look Human, but inside they're something else entirely! Not the Fairy or Giant races, either! Don't tell me... Don't tell me!

Galand: By the way, Giant girl. You still haven't answered my question. Why are you still alive?

Diane: Don't come near me! I've never seen you--

Galand: It's no use lying to me! You saw it, didn't you? How that annoying mage told a lie in my presence and turned to stone!

Diane: What are you talking about? I have no idea who you are!

Galand: Hahaha! You just told a lie!

Diane: Stay away from me!

Diane gave a hammer blow but Galand stopped her without problem

Galand: You're not turning to stone. Do you not remember anything ? Maybe i did fail to finish you off?

Diane: Meliodas, I'm so scared! Save me!

Galand: Well, whatever. In any case, be sure to die this time!

Suddenly Galand attacked Diane with several kicks in the stomach

Diane coughs up blood and fell back towards Monspiet

Monspiet: Alright, I'm going to help myself to your soul.

But in an instant a stone pillar pushed Monspiet away

Galand: What's this?

Diane: No way! That magical power is...

Galand: Did you do something so foolish knowing we're the Ten Commandments?

Suddenly several boulders gathered on Galand and immobilized him

???: Prison grip!

The smoke cleared and Diane was shocked to see who had saved her, it was Matrona

Suddenly Matrona punched Diane in the stomach which made her lose consciousness, she then took Diane on her shoulder and her hammer in her hand, but suddenly Galand destroyed the rock prison where he was stuck

Galand: Hahahah! For the first time in forever, I'm getting fired up despite my age! I have to admit, it's pretty amazing that you caught me off guard!

But he noticed that the two giants were no longer there

Galand: Huh? They're nowhere to be seen. Teleportation? It can't be. A member of the Giant race with such an advanced magical power? I've never heard of such a thing.

Matrona was hiding in the ground

Galand: Could she have turned into a bird, and flown off into the skies? Hahahaha!!!

Suddenly Galand attacked by throwing his lance several times towards the ground

Galand: Cruel Slash Barrage!

At the same time Monspiet got up from the ground

Monspiet: Interrupting my meal... This is why i detest people with no manners.

Monspiet released his Killing intent and the whole group and Meliodas felt it

Slader: Could this overpowering murderous intent be...

Merlin: Yes, it looks like they've detected our presence as well.

Meliodas: Of all the things, to be noticed by him...

Monspiet: Multiple powerful presences concentrated in one place, like a birdcage. Not only that but one of them is similar to Meliodas.

Monspiet: Hellfire bird Let's see. Why don't i give it a shot?

The attack rushed towards Meliodas and the others

King: A mass of devastating magical Power is heading toward us at blinding speed!

Meliodas: Hawk's mom! Change direction and run as fast as you can!

Despite this, the attack also changed direction

Slader: The magical power just changed trajectory! It's pursuing us!

Meliodas: That magical power attack is to see if it's really me who's here. If i use Full Counter, it will betray both the fact that i'm alive and my exact locations, but... I have no choice but to do it!

But everyone was shocked to see Mama Hawk rushed into the attack

Hawk: MOM!

But everyone was even more shocked to see Hawk mom swallow the attack with no problem.

Monspiet: Huh? The hellfire bird signal vanished. This has to be Meliodas Counter Vanish. No, that's not it. It didn't vanish, more like swallowed by something.

Galand had just finished his attack but seen that no one was there, but further from their position, Matrona came out of the ground and she was injured

Matrona was about to leave when suddenly she felt a presence behind her, she turned around and saw a young man, it was Zeref

Zeref: It was really brave that you took so much risk to save this girl, are you okay?

Matrona was on her guard, but feeling the presence that this young man give off she knew she could not beat him.

Matrona: Who are you?

Zeref: My name is Zeref.

Zeref looked at Matrona who was injured and noticed her wooden leg

Zeref: Sorry for sounding rude, but how did you lose your leg.

Matrona: Poisoned by humans in an ambush, I had to get rid of it to save myself from the poison.

Zeref: Humans... of course...

Suddenly a white aura surrounded Diane and Matrona who was shocked to see her wounds heal and even feel sensations in her lost leg.

Zeref: My healing spells aren't amazing, but after a week your leg should reappear.

Matrona: Such healing power, are you a member of the goddess clan?

Zeref: Hahaha, not really. But don't waste any more time, take your friend away from here before they find you.

Matrona decided to listen and was going to leave but said something

Matrona decided to listen and was going to leave but said something

Matrona: My name is Matrona, thank you Zeref.

After that Matrona Left leaving Zeref staring at The Ten Commandments in the distance with his red eyes

A shiver ran through the Ten Commandments and they all looked in the direction of his position but he was gone in an instant

Zeref: Soon...

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