“So you choose her again,” she whispered. “Over balance. Over justice. Over the thousands who will still die under the tyranny of gods.”
He sheathed his sword and began the long walk back to the tavern. nanatsu no taizai
His smile froze. No one in this forsaken land should know that name. He was a ghost, a wanted criminal, the Dragon’s Sin of Wrath. The kingdoms of Britannia had posters bearing his crude likeness, promising a fortune in gold for his head. “So you choose her again,” she whispered
Three thousand years ago, before the Holy War, before Elizabeth, before the betrayal of the Demon Clan—there had been a pact. Not between demons and goddesses, but between outcasts. Meliodas, then the heir to the Demon King’s throne, had met a renegade goddess who despised the celestial order. Together, they had forged a secret oath: to shatter the eternal stalemate between the clans, not through war, but through balance. A third path. Over the thousands who will still die under
He unsheathed the broken greatsword. The divine light in its blade flared, not with aggression, but with sorrow.
Meliodas took a slow breath.
“But I’m not that demon prince anymore. I’m not the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins for the sake of power. I’m not even Meliodas the Dragon’s Sin of Wrath.” He met her gaze. “I’m a husband. A father, one day, I hope. And I will not trade Elizabeth’s peace for a new war—no matter how just you think it is.”