~Meliodas's Pov~ 

Elizabeth didn't have long left. I only smirked as the Archangel Tarmiel showed up in front of me and Elizabeth. She was in shock but was soon hugging herself, closing her eyes screaming. I was able to hear the utter pain in her voice. I couldn't watch her die in my arms. I couldn't helplessly stand by and let those bastards hurt her. "Meliodas...Though I cannot stand you or the fact Elizabeth choice you over the rest of us...she is still my old friend. Removing the acid ball is the only way to save her" Tarmiel then informed me. 

I only nodded ever so slowly. I was worried about how I was going to protect Elizabeth and deal with the acid. Tarmiel wasn't to be trusted to protect Elizabeth alone. Merlin and Gowther were recovering back in the real world. Coming into a mind took a lot out of someone. The longer one was inside, the bigger the backlash. "Elizabeth, hold on a bit long" I spoke as Chandler was glaring toward Tarmiel. I moved fast to the ground while Tarmiel rushed at Chandler, fighting him in full power and rage. Tarmiel never helped Elizabeth until a year before she had met me.

I couldn't trust him or any Goddess. They never helped Elizabeth when that bastard Ludoshel abused and harmed her. They weren't there when her own mother shamed and tried to kill her multiple times. None of them cared or helped. Once on the ground, I put Elizabeth down carefully, making sure it was a spot without much smoke. Elizabeth got affected by this place more than the others. "I'm going to deal with the acid, please...hold on" I whispered before moving fast toward the hole not far. I was still able to hear Elizabeth's screams of pain.

Utter worry and fear were rushing through me. I couldn't stand the idea of watching or letting her die again. I saw the acid was pushing deeper and deeper down the ground. I felt my Demonic side growing in more rage, the power rising inside of me. I made black shadow figures rush through my arms heading down toward the acid. I knew this was going to hurt. I didn't care. I had to save her. I had to save my wife! As the figures grabbed the acid my arms started burning, I slowly started pulling it up. 

I had to stop this acid from reaching the core of this world, of Elizabeth's mind. I couldn't let them do this. I couldn't let them hurt her anymore. It wasn't long until I was able to pull the acid ball out and threw it hard in the air, flying up toward it, holding Lostvayne in my hand as I soon cut it in half sending me flying back down to the ground the acid explosion hitting my right side. "MELIODAS!" I heard Elizabeth shout as it did so. I was turned slightly, my wings vanishing back into my Demon mark. I saw Elizabeth looking at me with an utter worried look on her face.

I saw her eyes widened as I went straight into the ground. I was unable to move, the pain getting worse as I heard Elizabeth shouting my name. Each time getting louder. She was pushing herself to find me. That was like her. We both always pushed ourselves when the other needed us. We truly needed to stop doing all that. Soon as Elizabeth found me she got to my side, falling on her knees, healing me but not herself. I was taking some deep breaths as I couldn't sense Chandler or Tarmiel any longer. I knew Tarmiel had his own way of getting Chandler out of here.

I pushed myself to sit out, putting my hand on Elizabeth's cheek. "Are you alright?" I asked calmly as her eyes watered. She was soon calling me an idiot, shouting it over and over as she hugged me. She was crying in my chest as I held her close to me. I noticed the fire was gone, the trees around us slowly regrowing their leaves and bark. "Sorry to make you worried" I whispered holding her tighter. Keeping her close to me as possible. I hated the fact Chandler couldn't accept me and Elizabeth.

I once saw him as a hero, teacher and father. Then I saw what he was really like when it came to the other races. He was a monster. Worse than my own real father at times. Chandler always tried to do anything to kill anyone of another race in the most painful ways possible. I saw how horrid and vile he really was. I once thought that was the only way a ruler could act. Elizabeth was able to show me different. She showed me even us Demons rulers could love someone. "We gotta head back" I heard Elizabeth whispered as she pulled away from the hug.

She was wiping tears from her face as I pulled her into a kiss. She was in some shock at first but kissed back fast. Her taste really was an addiction. Her touch and soft skin always calmed me down and made me smile. It was her understanding that won me over all those years ago. The only person to never be scared of me from the very first moment we met, the only one who bothered caring about what I really wanted or felt and the only one who ever was able to relate to my own thoughts and feelings. 

I loved her more than anything. I hated the fact no one was able to understand that. Chandler wasn't the only person to first think she did some type of brainwashing on me. Everyone believed that the royal family of the Demon Clan were unable to fall in love. I knew myself and my youngest little brother was able. Though I knew Estarossa always had an eye on Elizabeth for many reasons. Once I pulled away, a smile was on my face, my eyes opening to see Elizabeth smiling at me. "Idiot" she whispered as I chuckled.

"If I'm the idiot, what does that make you for marrying me?" I asked in a joking manner getting Elizabeth to laugh, moving her head close to mine. She placed her hands on my chest while her smile grew. "Another idiot in love" she answered in a whisper as I nearly pulled her into another kiss there and then. I only smiled keeping her close to me as possible. I soon kissed her forehead, before standing up, pulling Elizabeth onto her feet with me. I knew she still was hurt. It was normal for her to heal others but not herself.

I then picked Elizabeth up in a bridal hold as she gave me directions to the exit. I moved fast, wanting to get her out of here soon as possible. Once at the exit, I placed Elizabeth down on her feet. "We need to hurry before Chan-" before I was able to finish a blast hit myself and Elizabeth sending us both flying away from the exit. The fake blue sky above turning red, the white colours turning black. The forest was bursting into black flames as I looked up. Worry filling me fast as I saw my father. The Demon King. 

He was seen in his normal enormous armour-clad man whose height reaches the clouds. He wears a long partially torn cape and wields a massive sword. He also has a horned helmet and a full long curly beard. I moved fast to be in front of Elizabeth hurrying to hold Lostvayne in my hands. Elizabeth was unable to move much, only just able to keep herself sat up behind me. She didn't try fighting back fully when with Chandler. I knew if Elizabeth put down the regret of the past, she would've been able to kill Chandler in a heartbeat. 

She hated the fact that she got Chandler to hate me. Though I always told her, it was bound to happen with or without her being around. I was someone who wanted peace with the other Clans. That was something the other Demons disagreed too. "Meliodas" my father's deep voice echoed as the ground was turning to rock, cracks showing all around it. I was glaring at my so-called father. I hated him. I always hated him. I couldn't stand that bastard. "You still are a traitor to your own family" he then spoke. 

My grip on Lostvayne got tighter. "What family? The only family I have is Elizabeth" I then nearly shouted knowing I would've shocked Elizabeth slightly. My father gave out a laugh, the sound echoing around us. Dealing with Chandler was much easier than him. Though I trapped him in Purgatory, he was still able to use his powers to come here and speak with the rest of the Demon Clan. It was a struggle when came to fight him. I nearly lost all emotion and control over myself when I fought him two years ago. 

"Having blind love, this proved this version of you is too weak to be a ruler" my father spoke as I let out an annoyed 'tisk'. Elizabeth was quiet behind me, unsure of what to say or do. She wasn't in any shape to help fight my father. Together we had a chance of killing my father for good but she was suffering from Chandler's acid ball hitting her mind. "At least I can feel emotions and care for others. All you care about is your power" I only replied getting my father to only laugh at me in a mocking way. 

He was blocking our way to the exit. I noticed my father gripped his sword as I was getting worried about Elizabeth, she couldn't move let alone dodge one of my father's attacks. One hit killed anyone. "His feet" I heard Elizabeth whisper confusing me when I noticed some of Chandler's acid was starting to crack through the flooring under my father's feet. I asked Elizabeth to stay where she was gaining my father to laugh once more. "You believe you can fight me, boy? You couldn't even give a finishing blow before" my father then nearly shouted.

I felt my Demonic markings growing on my body once more. "If it's for Elizabeth...I won't lose" I then replied moving fast toward him. He went to block my attack but I change targets last second, destroying the flooring he was standing on. Father was the size of a giant. His sight for right below him was his blind spot. This meant he would've been confused. Chandler left mess and traces of his acid everywhere. That meant I had some advantages. As my father's leg slipped down into a pile of the acid I swung my sword at his other. 

As my sword hit, I felt my power and strength being boosted. I knew that was Elizabeth. She always tried helping out where she could, always doing more than what was needed. She always was the first there for medical and would end up healing a whole town instead of those who really needed it. My sword only cutting through a tiny part of my father's armour. He sent a blast off his body sending me flying away from him. "Stupid boy" I heard him speak as a blast went flying at him sending him backwards. 

I turned my head seeing Elizabeth, her Goddess eyes showing as she was letting out a blast from her hands. She was pushing herself. Nothing new. Another reason I fell in love with her. I went at my father again to only had his sword swung toward me, faster than I was able to first see. I was only just able to move Lostvayne to help me take the hit. I was sent to the ground, laying on my back as I was just able to hold my sword up above me, my father's sword on the other side. I was struggling to hold him back. "MELIODAS!" I heard Elizabeth shout worried. 

"A foolish son and his foolish wife" I heard my father speak his head moving so his sight would be on Elizabeth. I muttered 'dammit' under my breath trying to push my father's sword up and away from me. His strength had doubled since two years ago. Knowing him, he would've been training and stealing power from other Demons. "ELIZABETH GET TO THE EXIT!" I soon shouted to only have the front of my father's sword dig into my shoulder. This caused me to shut up to hold back a painful groan. 

"Though, what Chandler suggested to you did catch my own interest. Prove to me how loyal and how much love this Goddess has for you...an award being offered and a punishment on what the results show" my father spoke as my eyes widened. He was aiming at Elizabeth. I was trying to push his sword upward just so I could roll out and get to her. I knew she wasn't able to move and even if she could, not fast enough. I was trying to push myself harder and harder. I had no luck. 

My father's power really did double, that was a problem. The seal I placed on him wasn't the strongest since I wasn't able to control my own powers. "Three days. You have three days to convince me that you both love each other truly, if not. You beloved will die and be reincarnated in the Demon Clan's territory" my father spoke as dark beams came out his eyes. Heading straight where I left Elizabeth. This caused me to shout her name in fear...

Then everything went black.