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Implied rape.

(Nothing explicit, it's simply implied that something like that may have happened)

Third person POV-

"Mrs Elizabeth, you need to eat something..." one of the demon nurses told the awakened queen of liones.

The nurse that Elizabeth had come to known was named Lizanna was holding a teaspoon of some kind of soup up for Elizabeth to eat, but surprisingly Elizabeth had no appetite.

"Where's Meliodas?" Elizabeth simply asked and turned her head away from the soup.

Lizanna sighed and sat the soup in the bed side table fit the moment, she knew she wasn't gonna Elizabeth to eat at this very moment.

"The king is currently busy with different matters" Lizanna answered simply.

Just as most others she wasn't aware of the relationship Elizabeth and Meliodas had.

"I want to speak to him" Elizabeth pushed.

"Mrs Elizabeth, that-"

"Please...can you tell him"

"Tell him that you want to talk with him? Or is it perhaps something else you want me to tell him?" Lizanna asked, she didn't have any problem with simply throwing in a small message from Elizabeth since she was already supposed to deliver Meliodas a rapport on how she was doing.

"Tell him I want to speak to him regarding the attack that happened that night...the day before he left" Elizabeth said quietly, but Lizanna heard every word.

She wasn't exactly sure what it was about but she wasn't gonna stick her nose in things that wasn't her business, so she simply nodded.

"I'll tell him on one condition" Lizanna said, making Elizabeth turn her head towards her with a questioning look.

Lizanna's face now morphed into a soft smile. She nodded towards the soup on the bed side table.

"Eat" Lizanna said simply, but kindly.

Elizabeth couldn't help the tiny smile that found its way into her face.

She gave a small nod, took the soup, then she hesitated.

"What kind of soup is this?" Elizabeth asked, she knew that the farm life and plants in the demon realm wasn't exactly what she was used to.

"Chicken. The king was very strict on the fact that you should have something you we're at least familiar with" Lizanna answered.

The thought made Elizabeth feel happier than she had been for a long time. But it only lasted a second.

Elizabeth blowed slightly on the soup to cool it off before putting it into her mouth. It was then that Elizabeth noticed just how hungry she had actually been.

Sure, the soup wasn't exactly delicious, but in some kind of way...it was.

Lizanna smiled at the queen scarfing down her soup before heading out to give a rapport and a message to the king.

"Thank you Lizanna, it's really good to know" Meliodas thanked them nurse who had just finished reporting to him.

Elizabeth was already to the road to recovery.

Meliodas had through the nurse would leave with that, but she kept standing there, a big awkwardly.

"Anything else?" He asked, guessing that there was.

"Yes...mrs. Elizabeth begged me to ask you to talk with her. Regarding an attack that happened the day before you left liones, my lord..."

Meliodas stiffened, but then left out a deep sigh.

He knew he couldn't avoid he'd forever.

"...fine...you can have the time it takes off Lizanna. I'll call for you when we're done.." Meliodas and started gridding towards the room Elizabeth was staying in.

Lizanna was honestly a little surprised that the king would take his time on such a matter, but she just shrugged happy to have some time off.

"Elizabeth, it's me. I'm coming in" Meliodas said faster having knocked on Elizabeth's door a couple of times.

He walked in to see Elizabeth up and standing, but just barely.

She was leaning up against the wall and panting.

"Idiot! What do you think you're doing out of bed?!" He scolded as he quickly ran over to her, and before she could say a word he was carrying her in bridal style back to her bed.

"I need you help, oh god Meliodas please! Please I- I-.." Elizabeth said in between pants.

Meliodas knew what this was...

"Shhh it's okay Elizabeth, you're having a panic attack. Just breathe with me okay?" Meliodas sayd soothingly as he laid her down on the bed, she Sydney lay down however, big hurried her face into his chest.

Meliodas stroked her hair as he began taking deep breaths before exhaling. Just as he had asked her to Elizabeth tried to mimic their breathing, but it was hard since it dealt like she couldn't breath at all.

When her panic attack faced her tears began to flow.

She'd had panic attacks before, ever since she was a child, however as she became an adult she had fewer and fewer, but ever since this while demon catastrophe she had had multiple, but it had been such a long time since she had been comforted through one of them, as she was mostly just left to suffer in her cell.

"What happened?" Meliodas asked softly, not daring to move away from her.

"I was-..was t-thing of-of w-what to say! I-...I can't...I can't do it anymore! I c-can't take it!" Elizabeth said in between sobs.

"Shhh, breathe Elizabeth" Meliodas reminded hero not wanting her to fall head first into another panic attack.

"It was all-..all a-a trick! They c-came back when you left!"

Meliodas stiffened at what she said.

"Who are "they"?"

"The d-demons! The-..the s-six knights o-of black!"

Meliodas felt his blood boil.

"Elizabeth, if you're up fit it, will you please tell me everything that's happened" he says as he pulled away slightly to cub her face we look her in the eye.

Elizabeth's heart hurt all the more as she looked into his emerald eyes, so she squeezed her eyes shut and nodded.

"It all-...it just happened so fast..one second I was h-having tea with my uncle, the other I was sending troops of knights to fend of armies of demons..we hadn't thought demons such as Bellion and his 5 other knights would be amongst them...or had we thought they had turned Hendrickson against us...we were the losers of that battle from the beginning...at one point tv everything turned black...when I woke up I was laying in a dirty cell in the dungeon...naked and bruised" the longer Elizabeth talked the more steady her voice became, but it was almost as if she became void of emotion...like whatever had happened had scared her enough for her to not even care about it...

Meliodas's blood was nearly booing over.

Then he replayed her explainstion in his head once more and there was one thing...one thing in particular that made his heart stop.

"Excuse me did you say...naked?"

"Mmhmm...I don't know why..I could never find out if anyone actually..." she cut herself off, but surprisingly then continued. "But there's a big chance that's the case...right?"

'I'll kill them! Ill kill Bellion! No! I'll kill them all!' It had been a long time since Meliodas had been so angry. He didn't even notice that he was leaking his killer intent until Elizabeth started whining like she was about to start crying again.

At that moment his anger was pushed to the back of his mind.

All he felt now was guilt.

'I left her to that fate...' the horrific truth squirmed it's way into his mind.

"Oh gosh Elizabeth...I...I'm so so sorry...I'm so sorry...Elizabeth.." Meliodas said, it was as if he was falling into a trance...no. More like a horrific nightmare. Except for that fact that it was all so very real.

He wrapped his arms tightly around her.

He no longer cared about the promise he made himself to I longer have a relationship with her. She needed him right now, and there was no way he was gonna refuse to help her through it.

"It's not your fault...but..will you please help me? Help me save my kingdom?"

"You don't even need to ask...of course I Will...No matter what or who will stand in my Way I'll fix this. I swear"

"We will fix this" Elizabeth Said, pitting emphasis on the "we".

Meliodas knew how she must've been feeling. She was always so selfless so of course she'd want to help save her kingdom...her people.

"Elizabeth you're hurt...I really doubt you know how much...you could've died.." he finally told her. The height she had fallen from, and the harsh impact with the roof was too much for her body, not to mention the fact that the demon realm wasn't made for humans.

If he, the demon king hadn't cast a spell over he'd allowing her to survive the harsh environment of this realm she would already be dead.

"Yeah that's what I assumed...but I'll heal, I know planning this won't just take a couple of days...by the time it's all ready I will be as well" she says confidently.

She was right, and he knew it, it could take up to a couple of weeks to plan the attack as it could very well lead to a full blown war. It would be even worse if the demons had somehow recruited more humans than just Hendrickson, which still confused Meliodas.

'Hendrickson seemed like such a kind man...guess that was all just an act'

"Elizabeth...I can't...loose you" 'not again'

"Dummy, you won't loose me. Now I know what I'm up against, give me some armor that fits and a sword and I'll show you" she joked.

He couldn't help but be amazed that she was suddenly in a good mood again.

"You meant you want to spar?"

"When I'm healthy enough to, yeah...I thought you knew I'm not some stereotypical queen that only knows how to drink tea and stamp papers" she pouted.

"Of course I know..." he whispered and moved a stand of hair away from her face.

'Gosh I love this woman'

"So she's alright?"

"What did I just tell you?" Elizabeth giggled at Meliodas's antics.

"That she's alright, I just wanna be sure"

"Veronica. Is. Alright" Elizabeth said pausing between each word.

Meliodas had still felt horribly guilty about what happened to Veronica that day, luckily she came out of her coma shortly after, but of course Veronica and Elizabeth hadn't seen each other since the demons took over, so in fact she didn't know if she was alright anymore, and that thought suddenly turned her sad once more.

After a quick "thank goodness" meliodas noticed that Elizabeth's mood had changed once more.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked her kindly.

"I haven't seen anyone..not my sisters, my uncle..my friends..nobody since the demons took over...I can't help but wonder what's happened to all of them.."

Meliodas decided not to say anything like "I'm sure they're fine" because he had no idea. Nor did he have any idea how weak they were, maybe some of them was even killed during the first attack?

Meliodas prayed not.

He ended up not saying anything at all, he just kissed the top of her head, having given up on holding himself back.

Elizabeth looked up at him, a bit surprised. But when she looked into his eyes that surprised expression turned loving instead. She leaned up a bit until they're lips connected. Meliodas made no moves to protest, instead he leaned in too, pressing harder against her.

The kiss was innocent and short but it held a great meaning.

"I missed you" she told him as she Mmmm they separated.

"I'm sorry for ever leaving.."

"Why did you?"

"Didn't I tell you?" He asked suddenly fearing that he didn't tell her that it was in order to protect her.

"Hm, you just started going on about his the attack that evening has been your fault..."

"Elizabeth...I left so that something like that would never happen to you again...I did it to protect you" he said softly, hoping that she would understand.

"But they did attack again...even though you wasn't there..." Elizabeth mumbled and turned her head away from him. She didn't seem angry, but she certainly wasn't happy either.

"I'm sorry...I didn't think this was their plan" Meliodas whispered his apology and snuggled into Elizabeth's silver hair.

Elizabeth let out a sigh, but didn't turn to look at him. "I know" she said, and he could feel her nod.

Silence fell over the room room for a few minutes before Meliodas decided to break it.

"I should go inform everyone of this...we need to start planning immediately. And you...you rest up, okay? The more rest you get the quicker you'll heal, and then we can have that spar" Meliodas said, chuckling at the last part.

Finally Elizabeth turned towards him with a small smile, she nodded and let out a small "thank you".

He then kissed her on the nose before darting out the door.

Elizabeth was left alone to ponder over Meliodas's words.

"Elizabeth...I left so that something like that would never happen to you again...I did it to protect you" is what he had said.

He had already told her that he loved her, so it kind of made sense, but Elizabeth couldn't help but think that there was something he wasn't telling her.

'He feel in love with me over only a few days too' she thought, but blushed when she remembered that that was all it took for her to fall in love with him too.

And while she had come to accept that as fact she was still confused.

'But now I'm was in his home, surrounded by his family and servants...I wonder if they'll know something..' Elizabeth thought to herself, but quickly shook her head. 'Don't think like that Elizabeth! It's so rude and improper!' She tried to convince herself.

It wasn't working.

"You're coming with me Zel!" Meliodas said as he grabbed his brother by the collar effectively pulling him out of a kiss with Gelda.

"Hey! What are y-ARGH!" Zeldrys started to ask, clearly angry at his brother for the sudden interruption, but then Meliodas lifted him up and threw him headfirst into a conference room where Meliodas had already gathered other high ranked demon.

"Eh?" Zeldris simply hummed in confusion as he caught eye of his former teacher Cusack, Chandler, and Merlin, who was holding a crystal ball, the reflection in the ball showed Gowther who waved kindly at Zeldris as a greeting.

"Zel, you've got a little..." Merlin trailed off with a spark and pointed her finger to her own mouth.

Zeldris rubbed a finger over his lips and then pulled it away to look at it.

It was pink from Gelda's lipstick.

Zeldris let out a curse and continued to rub the lipstick off on the back of his hand.

"Did you accidentally smush it all over your face or are you blushing?" Galand laughed hysterically at his own joke.

"Enough! We're not here to make silly jokes!" Meliodas said harshly and sat down at the end of the table.

Zeldris immediately grew concerned. As did many others, Meliodas wasn't normally this strict. Actually he was the one normally cracking the first couple of jokes.

"Awh you're no fun today" Galand continued to be a pain, but stopped once Meliodas let the killing intent he had held in leak out.

Everyone then slowly took their seats and waited patiently and quietly for Meliodas to begin.

"I have spoken to the queen of Liones today, and the news she gave me was quite frankly terrifying... the rebel army who's apparently being led by the six knights of black has taken over the kingdom of Liones!" Meliodas said and clenched his teeth.

Eyes widened and jaws dropped at the table.

"My lord...how long has this been going on?" Chandler was the first to ask.

"A little under 5 months"

"What would you have us do?" Gowther asked through the crystal.

He was talking, and showing himself through the crystal ball as he didn't have time to travel to the demon realm.

"I want them out of liones! I want them dead or captured! They will pay for what they have done!!" Meliodas yelled as he slammed a fist down onto the table. However he didn't control the force he had behind that slam and his end of the table broke into a thousand bits.

"Don't you think you're a bit too emotional to make decisions right now?" Zeldris whispered, hoping to reason with his brother.

In politics there's a system in which when you're too emotionally invested in a certain case you're often not allowed to work on it as it might lead to a undesirable outcome. This was probably one of those cases.

Unfortunately meliodas in the one who makes the rules do no one could actually make him leave, not that anyone dared to either, not with his angry he was at the moment.

Meliodas didn't say anything to his brother but gave him a sharp look that said "shut up" without the use of words.

The meeting continued.

Going over various plans and weaknesses. It was painfully obvious that they wouldn't come up with an actual fool proof plan the next couple of days...

A/N

If you don't get what I was talking about when they came to the subject about her being naked, then it was rape.

Once again I'll say that I normally don't write this kind of stuff, that's why I didn't make her remember (the rape) either, but Bellion is the kind of guy who would definitely do something like that.

Or at least allow it to happen.