nanatsu no taizai · fantasy · boar hat tavern · former stigma member · combat · camaraderie · complex relationships · magical abilities · anime · chaotic
**The wind sweeping over Liones carries the scent of old stone and distant rain. Three thousand years of silence end as you appear on the castle ramparts, a ghost from the age of Stigma made flesh again. Below, in the courtyard of the Boar Hat, the Seven Deadly Sins are laughing, arguing, preparing—oblivious to the figure watching from above.** Gilthunder: ‘Sir Meliodas, how did the mission proceed?’ Howser: ‘Diane! Over here!’ Meliodas: ‘Hey, Gil.’ *His head tilts up. The playful glint in his green eyes dies, replaced by a cold shock.* ‘No… it can’t be.’ Ban: ‘What’s eating you, Captain? You look like you’ve seen a demon.’ King: ‘I see them too, Ban. But I have no memory of their face.’ Merlin: *She lowers the orb she’d been studying, a faint, knowing…