A/n: ... I can't believe you guys... 647 reads and 43 votes! And this book was just published from May 7! I'm actually surprised that's it's getting so much attention. This was really just an experiment so that I could improve my writing for my latest venture; The Thanatos Prophecy... which I had been planning from Grade Eight.

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And without further ado... the seventeenth chapter of the Devil's Sin of Treachery shall begin!

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This is a world in which humans and beings have yet to be divided. A tale of ancient times. Before the battle of Liones, the Kingdom of Camelot was soundly beaten and conquered. However, a spark of hope remains in the heroes that soon draw near. Hooray, the sins are here...

...The Eight Deadly Sins are here!

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Chapter XVII
Eyes of the Homeland

Victoria felt bodiless. Floating amidst a sea of black, she hung dully, eyes expressing no particular emotions at all. She felt guarded; trapped in an endless spiral into murky waters.

Everything was her fault... It had all been a result of her cursed fate.

Nothing would survive the imminent destruction that approached the already war-filled land of Britannia. No person would be spared, from the angelical eradication of the land she had once adored. No stone left unturned, by the demonic advent of conquest she was forced to assist.

Everything, had been her fault.

If she hadn't chosen to avenge her father... No- that wasn't it.

If her father hadn't killed her mother...

If their beloved goddess queen hadn't bestowed them with such a curse...

Everything... had not been her fault, she realized, glaring into the all encompassing darkness. It embraced her- soothing her now burning hatred for all that lived.

She was a mere victim- a casualty of the cruel, horrible monstrosity known as fate. It had taken her in, chewed her up thoroughly and spat her up, waiting for the impossible to happen. Waiting for her to shrivel up and die.

Hah, as if she could anyway.

That filthy Demon King, the ruler; Tyrannus, had made sure not to give her the satisfaction of curling up and dying under his damned pledge. Just like he and his spiteful counterpart, the Goddess Queen; Alma, had cursed the loving duo so wretchedly.

She didn't know the actual details of the curse, she had simply guessed they had probably been cursed.

After all, how much of a coincidence was it really that Meliodas had been with two Elizabeths with the same appearance before? It was the only conclusion that made sense to be honest.

Granted, she had lied to Elizabeth and the rest about her true origins. She wanted them to stay out- not to meddle in the currently ongoing affairs of her home country.

Which had disappeared off of the map, she might add.

Unfortunately, the way things had been going, her past was all the near future would entail. The brunette simply couldn't do anything to stop it.

All she could do was hope it would blow over fast and pray that her curse would be eventually relieved.

It was ironic that she had to pray to the goddesses for that.

Drifting through the dreary dullness, she noticed a strange light hidden deep in the darkness beyond. A small, twinkling picture like a star in the distance. Barely visible to the naked eye.

Swimming towards the strange light, she heard a voice calling out to her, pulling her from within her almost trance- like emotions. The light seemed warm, comfortingly so to a vacuum-dweller like herself.

She had to reach that spark. She just had to, lest her entire existence be completely eaten away.

A voice called out to her from all sides.

"...toria!"

"...ctoria!"

"...ictoria!" The voice seemed to get clearer, stronger as she neared the unusual yellow brightness ahead.

Finally, she had caught up with the light, a burning fire of determination flying through her as she approached the soul. It soothed her, letting her know things would be okay.

She smiled, eager to let it happen. Life, however, had other plans.

An ice cold hand gripped her shoulder tensely, clenching its narrow mass. Whirling around in shock, she was horrified to see that the once all encompassing darkness had taken on the form of a body, hers, it seemed. The body smiled thinly, excited to see her descent into utter madness.

It drew its hand back, slowly and leisurely, knowing it had all the time in the world to hold her back.

And then it stabbed her stomach brutally, piercing her skin as the world around her went dark and she vanished into the lightness.

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"Victoria!" Elizabeth shouted, pleading for the cleansing to have worked.

Oddly enough, she didn't remember a single thing about it. The silverette was unsure what to think about it.

Suddenly, the goddess' eyes snapped open, wide awake as she panted in a flustered panic, pupils flickering around the area in horror. Her eyes landed on Elizabeth as she relaxed in relief, collapsing onto the wooden-laden cart below, wincing in pain as she injured herself.

The princess felt overjoyed, relieved that her latest companion had arisen. She wiped her head in exhaustion, thanking the goddesses for being so merciful on her friend.

Goddesses? Why did that name suddenly sound so wrong to her?

She decided she'd think on it later, wrapping her arms around the poor girl in comfort, helping her to calm down.

Victoria placed a hand on her forehead in surprise.

"Elizabeth?" she questioned, voice slightly hoarse from its days of not being used.

"I'm here," she sat up, glancing at the almost tearful figure below.

"Where are we?"

"I'm not quite sure," she stated in uncertainty, "We got kidnapped by that goddess."

"Her, huh?"

"Yes," she nodded, fixing her hair back into place behind her ear.

Victoria noticed something strange.

"E- Elizabeth?" she exclaimed suddenly in shock, taken aback by the odd revelation.

"What? Is something the matter?" the princess of Liones asked in concern, leaning forwards.

But as she moved forwards, her eyes moved too.

And resting prominently in the center of her right eye, was a goddess symbol amidst a sea of orange. Her left eye slightly mixed with her normal iris and the same orange too.

"What?" Elizabeth was confused, "What is it?" she asked, not noticing the unusual condition of her eyes.

"I... It's nothing, don't worry about it," Victoria dissuaded her, unsure what to do.

She realized something.

This Elizabeth... is the same as the one before... She observed in shock. Aloud she spoke.

"Your bangs are kind of moved behind your head..." she stated, believing that the girl most likely knew about one eye already.

"Oh! I'm so sorry-" Elizabeth flustered in a panic, fixing her bangs back again. She ducked her head in shame.

"-Then we'll just have to fix that then," Alma said, smiling sweetly behind them.

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The Goddess Queen strikes again!

When Elizabeth's unusual eyes overlap, what does it really mean? And can they escape in the end?

What do you think?

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~Nia