"There's more where that came from !" He slammed his hands on the ground, surrounding the ring in a tornado so dense they couldn't see what was happening outside of the ring.
"What in the world is happening ?! The referee is out of here !" Love Helm ran away from the ring and stopped when he deemed himself far enough.
"Super Cyclone ! What do you think of the most powerful storm I can whip up ?!"
"That's amazing ! I can barely see what's going on inside !" Meliodas carefully leaned closer to try and watch the fight, his hand in front of you to make sure nothing accidentally hurt you.
"Diane's in trouble !" Stuttered King, attempting the same thing as Meliodas.
"Go airborne !" Diane's was eventually caught into the wind and was forced to leave the ring. She screamed in panic before sending a glare to Howzer. "Heavy Metal !" Her whole body turned to steel, she didn't let the knight the time to realize what was going on as she kneed him in the stomach. The impact was so powerful it accentuated the crack made by the two men earlier and cracked even the wary for many more meters away from the ring.
"Wh-What happened ?!" The host nervously climbed back on the arena. "Howzer is down for the count ! So the victor of the semifinal pairing one is Matrona !" Diane ran to her defeated opponent and kneeled next to him, holding him up by the shoulders. "Are you okay ?!"
"I got my ass handed to me..." He mumbled.
"I lost control and went all-out, too. Sorry."
He turned his head and opened his eyes with a faint smile on his face. "I got one of the Seven Deadly Sins to go all-out against me. It was my honor."
Diane shrieked and shook her head rapidly. "I-I'm a perfectly ordinary girl who was just passing through." The Holy Knight laughed and shook his head.
"You're not fooling anyone."

"I'm getting a romantic vibe from these two." Meliodas abruptly said, continuing to pet your hair like he had for the last few minutes. Elizabeth turned to him with wide eyes and raised eyebrows to which he answered by a shrug of his shoulders, just like she had before.
"Diane ! Get away from that man this instant !" King put a knee on the fighting ring to go separate them himself.
"Sheesh !" She turned around and let Howzer fall.
"Diane... I knew it !" She started running towards King. "Wait, please !"
"I mean it, I'm sorry." She winked cutely at him and ran back to her group, not noticing the red hues on the knight's face.

"And now, semifinals pairing two ! Meliodaf vs. Cain !" Meliodas gently set you down next to Elizabeth, who immediately tightened the red tie around you and sent him a glare.
"Be careful !" You pleaded as he walked onto the arena.
"You can count on me !"
"Avenge me !" King asked determinedly, still bitter after having lost to an elderly.
"Do it yourself." He walked to the center of the ring.
"We expect big things, little man !" A spectator yelled from the crowd.

"Show us some more cool stuff !" Said another one.
Cain also had some supporters. "Don't lose, old-timer !"
"Don't let that kid beat you !"
"Both of you, fight hard !"

"I must say, you are his spitting image." Cain drunkenly mumbled. "When I saw your face, I suspected, but when I heard the name "Meliodaf", I knew for certain. You are Meliodas' son, aren't you ?" He reached the center of the ring and was now face to face with the blond.
"Nope. I'm Meliodas." He pointed to himself.
The older man's eyes almost budged out of their sockets as he got flustered and started stumbling on his words. "Meliodas couldn't be a whippersnapper like you !" Meliodas shook his head, sighed and leaned closer with a finger on his mouth to tell Cain to keep quiet.
"It's a long story, but I'm using an alias."
"If he were alive, he'd be a young adult in his thirties." The elderly insisted.
"Why doesn't anyone ever believe me ?"
"The fact that you don't remember me makes that hard to believe." The blond put a finger to his forehead and bowed his head.
"Sorry, I don't."
"If you truly are the Meliodas I knew..." Cain let his head fall, his hair fell over his eyes before he suddenly attempted to knee Meliodas in the face. He was stopped every time but dit. Let down, he jumped back and removed the large cloak he was wearing, revealing a green tunic with a black crest on it. "I will never forgive you !"
"That crest..." Meliodas mumbled. "It's Danafall's"

"Ellie..." You turn to her and grabbed her hand.
"Elizabeth, is that ?" She nodded and squeezed your hand.

"Old-timer, are you-"
"Why did you destroy our kingdom ?!" A fire ball sparked from his fingers. He sent it flying to Meliodas who somehow managed to stay unharmed.
"Oh my..." You put a hand on your mouth, scared for your friend.
"A direct hit !"
"Captain !"
"Why did you kill our people ?!" Cain insisted. No, you kept thinking, there is no way the Sir Meliodas you had met, the one that had so kindly helped you, had destroyed an entire kingdom.
The old man threw another fire ball at Meliodas who let himself get hit by it. "Stop !" You begged, your thoughts were all over the place, but that didn't mean you wanted to see someone you cared about get hurt. There had to be an explanation to all of this.
"Oh my ! Meliodaf is unable to counter Cain's strange techniques !"
"What are you doing, Captain ?! Fight back properly !" Yelled a now angry Diane. Ban snuck up on your group but none of you noticed him.

"He hasn't recovered from the injuries he got fighting Ban."
"That's not it." You finally noticed the tall man. "He's letting himself get hit. He's always pulling this stupid crap..."
"What ?! What do you mean ?" Diane grabbed Ban's cheeks and wiggled them around, making anything he said unclear.
"How should I know ?" He mumbled, unbothered.
"Why did you kill ___, the woman you loved ?!" That caught your attention. Elizabeth noticed your wavering eyes but didn't do anything, if she said something, she would probably just confuse you even more. "Why did you betray us all ?!" Cain gathered all of his power into a huge fireball almost as big as the fighting ring and threw it at the Captain.
"Captain, dodge it !"
"Sir Meliodas !"
"I tried to protect th. I wanted to protect everything. But... I've failed. That failure is my sin. So this time..." He raised his hand towards the fire attack. "I have to protect everything." Just like that, the humongous attack was gone, vanished into thin air, you let out a sigh of relief and let yourself fall back in the pillow.
"Huh ? Where'd the big fireball go ?"
"It vanished ?" Clearly the crowd was just as confused as you were.
Cain straighten himself up and lowered his guard. "Counter Vanish. The technique that disperses any offensive magic directed against you. You're the meliodas I knew, all right."
"And I just remembered who you are, Cain Barzard."
"You finally remembered, eh ?"
"When you were in the Holy Knights, you went by the name Barzard the Flame. Plus you were always wearing a full suit of armor." Meliodas explained with a pout.
"Oh, I was ?" He scratched the back of his head and walked so he could be face to face with the blond. "Meliodas, can I take your word ? That you didn't betray Danafall ? That you didn't betray us all ?"
"Yes." He simply answered, his stare showing nothing but resolution. Cain started sobbing and immediately took Meliodas in his arms to keep him in a tight embrace.
"I'm so glad ! How I've longed to hear those words from you !" Meliodas mumbled the man's named, surprised by such a shameless act from him. "When I returned from my duties, everything was gone ! All too plausible rumors were going around that you had destroyed Danafall ! But I always wanted to believe they were lies !"
Back behind the ring, Diane, King, Elizabeth and you were so confused as to what was happening. "What the heck is going on ?" Elizabeth shrugged, King doing so too. "Beats me."
"I'm so glad !" Cain pulled away from Meliodas but kept his hands on his shoulders. "It's wonderful to see a comrade in arms from the old days still alive !"
"Excuse me, what about the fight ?" Sheepishly asked the host with a raised finger b
"I yield the fight."
"What's this ?! Cain has admitted his own defeat ! The victor of semifinal pairing two is therefore Meliodaf !" The crowd cheered and clapped, although some of them were disappointed with the outcome.
"Are you sure ?"
"Yes, of course." Cain patted the blond's shoulder. "You're still the same old softie, I see. You couve reflected my techniques back at me whenever you wanted."
"If I'd done that and you'd died, I would've lost everything." Meliodas put his hands on his hips.
"Hey, in not that decrepit just yet." Cain turned around and waved goodbye. "I suppose I'll kick back and watch the finals, then."

"The final round of the Vaizel Fighting Festival is finally upon us ! It's been a parade of outrageous characters this year ! And this fight will feature the cream of the crop !"
"You guys ?" Hawk walked to the group and pointed at you and your sister with his snout. "We need to do something about the way you two are dressed. Oh, all right... Elizabeth, hold up your arms for a second." In a matter of seconds, she was wearing a makeshift blue dress made from the cloth of the tavern uniform.
"Thank you, Hawk !"
"Arms up, ___." You laughed and raised your arms. Soon enough, you also were fully covered, the dresses were the same except for the color.
"Thank you so much !"
"What's with this useless yet amazing special ability ?!" King took a closer look at the dresses, then at the pig.

"Both fighters, please, step into the ring !"
"Well, we get your sacred treasure no matter who wins." Meliodas smiled at Diane. "Want to half-ass it and wrap this up ?"
"My heart's already been KO'd by you, Captain !" She winked. "Kidding."
Out of the blue, three women started moaning and calling the Captain. "Meliodaf !"
"Over here, Meliodaf !" One was wearing a dark pink dress and pressing her breasts together with a finger to her mouth. "Let's get together again tonight and get naughty !" You gasped and turned your head to avoid looking at them.
Another one was wearing a purple dress and showing her behind, she lifted her dress, showing off her thigh. "Pummel that musclebound gurl and let's go have some fun !"
The last one had a yellow dress and had her hands pressing her breasts together. "Not fair, I want in, too !"
"Oh my !" Love Helm and all the men in the crowd were blushing and drooling at the sight of the women. "Meliodaf has a salacious cheering section ! I'm jealous !"
Unnoticed by anyone, Ban emptied Hawk's money pouch into the three women's hands with a laugh. "These things need to be exciting at the end, right ?"
"I can't find my money pouch !" Hawk panicked, looking around.

"All right, let's begin !" Meliodas' eyes were wavering between Elizabeth who, even though she could fit in his hand, looked like she was about to kill him, and Diane who was suspiciously quiet.
"Get him, Diane !" She stood up and threw her arm in the air, imitating an uppercut.
"Why you..." She raised her head and hit Meliodas so hard he got buried in the ground.

"And so, the two children lived in hope that their father would return. The end." The boy read.
"Chil...dren ?" Asked a robotic voice.
"Yes." He agreed. "The children of this knight." He closed the book.
"They... wait ?"
"Yes, they do."