11 Chapter 11: Visiting 2/5

Location: Kingdom of the Demon King; Throne Room

(Demon King POV)

It has been around from what I presume about sixty years since my son's departure for what he calls training and I allowed it much to the disapproval of my wife and Chandler who seemed to grow attached to him since taking him in as his pupil. Although I was reluctant to send something to keep an eye on him since he has yet to know the true extent of his abilities.

Before Meliodas left, I decided to forbid Chandler from teaching him Full Counter(Magical half) and to just say it was for another time because he was not ready for it.

Yet, because of my own ambitions, I hardly spent time with him and the only people he truly cares about is his mother Olivia and Chandler despite the emotionless demeanor he had back then which is very fitting for the next Demon King.

Who knows what kind of changes he went through since then? Only time will tell...

(3rd Person POV)

Meliodas who is donning his new outfit can be seen flying at a rapid pace while thinking of the changes that could've happened during his time away from his father's kingdom.

'I wonder what dear old dad has been up to ever since I left.' Seeing the walls of the Kingdom in the far distance, he slows down his flight to a minimum as he carefully lands near the entrance.

Landing in front of the entrance, not really wanting to go through the process of getting in a typical fashion, so he manifests his flaming aura of darkness which seems to work as the guards are visibly sweating with fear and nervousness.

Meliodas then slowly walks past them not even giving a glance to their facial expressions while heading into the streets and he sees that not much has changed since his departure.

Feeling Melascula slightly move, Meliodas soothes her knowing that she too was slightly intimidated by his aura since he scolded her not too long ago back at his home in the Crimson Forest around several hundred miles away.

"It's alright, I'm not mad at you anymore. Just be careful if you're going to sneak up on me since I barely had any sleep since I was too busy with the creation of Lostvayne and this outfit that I'm wearing right now." Meliodas calms her down making it look like he is scratching his white scarf since it is Melascula's disguise.

Walking through the streets, Meliodas takes in the sights of the structures around him not noticing something bumping into him although he is not affected in the slightest but on the other hand....

*OOF!* the individual who bumped into him falls harshly on their ass with Meliodas looking down to see who exactly bumped into him and when he sees who it is; he gets a sense of deja vu.

The figure who collided into him is now on the concrete floor in slight pain due to how hard they bumped into him and it was almost like hitting a brick wall. Meliodas instantly recognizes the figure remembering the memories from his past life; although a lot younger and shorter than what was revealed in both the manga and anime. Having spiky short orange hair which adds on to their tomboyish look, and while wearing a natural dress, the figure is revealed to be Derieri despite the fact that she's not yet what she'll turn out to be in the future for certain events have not yet come to pass.

"Damn, that hurt!" she mutters while turning to glare to whoever caused her to be in this situation but stops as soon as she sees Meliodas giving her a look of indifference and she couldn't help but feel a bit nervous seeing this person in front of her.

"Are you alright?" Asks Meliodas while offering his hand to help her off the ground catching Derieri abit off guard not expecting for something like this to happen.

"Y-yeah." She answers with a bit of embarrassment while grabbing his hand to help her off the ground and she checks herself to ensure that she is not injured in any way.

Ignoring Melascula's grip on his neck tightening to a high degree, "Are you out here alone by any chance?" Meliodas couldn't help but ask seeing that he is meeting a future commandment but as a child although he knows that Demons age differently compared to humans seeing that he is still a teenager despite the fact that he is around 67 years old. So he believes that in human terms, she would be around 10 years old but is actually possibly in her late 20s.

"N-no I actually came with my sister." She answers with a tone filled with slight nervousness seeing Meliodas's expression which adds on to his intimidating appearance

"So where is she? You didn't come out here all alone did you?" Meliodas while in the process of crossing his arms questions and he got his answer when he saw her cheeks blush a bit as she dons a guilty expression.

Before Derieri could answer his question they hear someone yell "DERIERI THERE YOU ARE!!" as they both look to see someone who looks very similar to her but is much more mature and her demon mark is shaped like a crescent on her right eye and a small mark under her left eye and she like Derieri is also wearing a light colored dress.

Not having enough time to respond, Derieri is then hugged tightly by her older sister who currently has a expression of relief mixed with worry but mostly relief seeing that she is alright.

Derieri while feeling guilty and embarrassed at the same time begins to hug her back much to Meliodas's slight amusement at the situation although he hides it very well.

"Jeez, little sis why would you sneak off like that, I know that you are curious but I didn't think you were that rebellious enough to do something like that." Lightly scolding her sister, she then turns around to see Meliodas standing behind her as her eyes then widen in recognition while quickly kneeling to her knees much to Derieri's shock and confusion.

"I strictly apologize for whatever offenses my sister may have committed to you Prince Meliodas. But please allow me to take her place in her punishment for whatever reason as she is still too young to receive severe punis-- *OOF!!!*"

Lightly chopping her head in a comedic fashion much to Derieri's surprise, "(sigh) I'm not even going to do anything as it was a accident so don't worry about any punishment. Just be sure to take better care of your sister." While caught off guard at first, he waves his hand to show that there is no problem with what occurred a few moments prior. He then walks past her and Derieri not noticing the looks he is receiving from the two of them but both have different meanings. One filled with increased respect for sparing her sister from any sort of punishment and the other filled with something that they don't quite understand but they'll find out what it means someday.

A couple minutes later...

Meliodas who finally got Melascula to stop strangling his neck when he interacted with the sisters can be seen sitting in a chair in what seems to be a bar. The reason being is that he wants to find out if his manga counterpart's high alcohol tolerance came from either excessively drinking the Demon Realm's version of alcohol or if he was born with such resistance to such a thing.

Making some currency appear out of thin air with his magic, he throws some coins at the bartender who catches them as Meliodas orders a strong alcoholic drink just so he can test out which theory is true.

'I should spend my time wisely before going to the palace since I hardly spent time out here when I was still living here.' Meliodas while waiting manifests a bit of his aura which causes the other demons who wanted to 'properly welcome him' back off away from him seeing that he is too strong for them especially when they see the two swords on his back.

A few minutes past and the bartender delivers his drink as he quickly downs it not even taking a second to register the burning sensation on his throat proving that the alcohol in the Demon Realm is much more potent when compared to the beverages in Britannia from what he seen from the manga from his past life.

'Now I know h-how my manga counterpart has such tolerance to the alcohol in Britannia.' Meliodas already feeling a bit drunk since the alcohol he drank was very strong since it was the most expensive.

A few hours later....

After drinking more beverages, Meliodas can be seen passed out drunk in a hotel room with Melascula laying next to him while still disguised as a scarf with an amused expression on her face remembering Meliodas drinking the bar's entire stock and everyone's look of astonishment.

She hopes to drink along with him one day and then she succumbs to her dreams.