01x19 - The Fairy King Waits in Vain

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Meliodas and the others continue to fight in order to rescue Elizabeth.

Meanwhile, Diane takes on Helbram,

but she's driven to the brink of death before his overwhelming power.

Just then, King shows up and fights off Helbram's as*ault.

Diane and King...

The past they share is about to be revealed!

In the past, the Human realm was on peaceful terms with the forest

ruled by the Fairy King.

But it wasn't necessarily a symbol of friendship;

I believe it was also an unspoken agreement of non-intervention.

At the time, I had lost my memory.

All I could recall was a great impact, and that man's face.

Who that man could be...

and even who I was myself... I had forgotten everything.

Harlequin!

Monsters?



Surprised?



Let's have dinner!

And I was living with that Giant child who had saved me.

This is a tale of ancient times,

when the Human and non-Human worlds had not yet split.

Where there were nations, there were Holy Knights;

where there were Holy Knights, there were no nations.

But was it this structure

that robbed the Holy Knights of their freedom and sense of justice?



That is why they are legends.

Holy Knights who had surpassed the Holy Knights.

They are, in other words, the Seven Deadly Sins!

EPISODE :THE FAIRY KING WAITS IN VAIN

Grilled pork and... steamed pork!Have lots, okay?



No, I'd rather have fruit...

Really?

Then I'll have it!

But to have a dream about sleepingwhile you're sleeping...

you must really love sleeping!

Did anything come back to you?



I seemed to be looking at a big treefrom a strange place.

Was that where you used to live,Harlequin?



Probably.

Here! Fillet and Roast,you have dinner, too!

But I never knewyou could create Golems, Diane.

Though they say that the Giants havea strong connection to the earth...

I'm all alone and always wanted friends,so I think that's why I can make them now.

I see.

But these guys can't talk,and they only do what I say...

that's why I'm glad I met you, Harlequin!

Same here! If you hadn't saved mewhen I was knocked out by the river,

who knows what would've happened.

Then! Then, some day,will you be my friend?



We already became friends ages ago.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I'm giving you this!Because we're friends!

Oh, hey, no pork for me.

But it's yummy! Just have a bite!

I'd lost my memory, but that was a happy time for me.

That may be why I'd settled down there.

Not knowing what had happened during that time...

Diane?

Where'd you go?



Harlequin!

Well, I'll be darned!Are you a fairy child?



It's unusual enoughjust to see a Giant girl!

Diane, let's go.

That Human was giving you some food?



That's right. He said it's pheasant,mushroom and nut soup.

Here!

Diane...

You really shouldn't trust Humans.

Why not?



Why not?

Because...

Why shouldn't we trust Humans?



Because nobody but Humans...

fight with their own kindover silly matters, year-round!

But Humans have all kinds of culture andways of thinking that we Fairies don't.

If you're overly trusting,someday it's gonna come back to bite you.

Well, if that ever happens,you come and stop me, okay?



Since you're my best friend!

Harlequin! Harlequin?



Did you fall asleep again?



Helbram... Best friend?



Did you remember something?



Helbram, my best friend?



Who is he?

And who am... I?



Diane! Hang in there! Can you hear me?



Wait for me. I'll go find some herbs!

Diane!

-Please don't go.-But...

Please don't go.

I don't want to be lonely...All by myself... anymore.

Don't leave me here alone!

Please don't go, Brother!

How am I supposed to protect the Forestwithout you?



I can't just leave Helbram like that,can I?



It's just for a little while.Please... Elaine!

Elaine?



Wait, I don't have time for this!Diane! Let me go!

-Let me go, I said!-Well, well... is it you two?



A Human?



This is the best remedy for a fever!

Looks like she's turning the corner, too.

Thanks.

And also, that soup the other day...was delicious.

The other day?



Actually, that was decades ago!

Decades?



It was then that I realized... That time had gone by.

Come back here! Come back here!

That a short time for a fairy was, for Humans,

from birth till death... several times as long.

Let's see... if you can catch me,I'll do just one thing, anything you ask!

For real?

All right!

This way!

All right!

Diane! Y-Y-Your clothes!

Gotcha!

Uh, never mind that! Put on some clothes!

Clothes?

But this is all I have.

Huh?



Thank you, Harlequin!

I made that by dressing upthe hide of a dusk bison.

-Tail! Tail! Tail!-Hey, that tickles!

Hey, do you think I could make some, too?



Sure, I'll teach you how later.

See, I made my own clothes by hand, too,so...

What's the matter?



By hand?



I made these clothes?



What do you think?

I made these myself!

You learned how to make them from Humans?



That's so rude!I just happened to see them doing it once.

Harlequin,I thought you didn't like Humans?



I'm just sayingthat we shouldn't trust them.

Brother, isn't protectingthe Fairy King's Forest your job?



The Fairy King's Forest?



That's my...

-Harlequin!-Oh, sorry!

Not that... Over there!

Houses?

In a place like that?



-Tons of little houses!-When did this happen?



Are you two Diana Lee and Harry Ken,by any chance?



-Oh! It's the hunter man!-No, no, my dead grandpa was the hunter.

I run the general store here.

Grandpa?



Boy, who knew you really existed?

Grandpa would tell us, see?



That he'd run into an unusualFairy/Giant couple a few times.

-A couple?

-That means really close friends.

Then is that a couple, too?



No, a couple is a man and a woman...See, like that!

Humans have a short lifespan,

so they enter a contract togethercalled marriage to immortalize themselves.

Together?



Harlequin... do you love me?



Yes, I love you!

You said thatyou'd grant me one wish, right?



-Right.-Then...

I want you to always love me!

Okay! Let's head back!

I promise you!

I'll always love you,and I'll always be by your side!

That's okay.

All you have to do is love me forever.

Diane...

The fairies who left the Forestwith Helbram got captured?



Their captor is an elderly soldierwith an eye-patch.

If we don't do something, we'll be...

What should we do, Fairy King?



Fairy King!

I'm... the Fairy King, Harlequin?



I protected the Forest...

Went after my best friend, Helbram,

who'd gone to the Human realmand came here.

And then...

I remember everything now.

Harlequin?



-The village! I've got to go!-It's too dangerous. You stay here, Diane!

I'm going alone!

And when it's all over, I'm going to...

Look for your friend,and go home to your people.

I'm coming back to you, no matter what.I promise you.

Whatever happens!

Okay.

But in the end... that promise...

That promise, more important to me than anything else...

Hey! Are you all right?

Hey!

You...

It's been several hundred yearssince that day, so how can you be alive?



I'd like to ask the same of you!

That day, I thought that man caught youoff guard and k*lled you...

So in revenge, I caught him off guardand pushed him over the cliff!

And then... I...

Helbram... Is it you, Helbram?



It is you, isn't it?

Why did you make yourself look like that?



So I'd never forget my hatred for Humans.

-Hatred?

-Yeah, that's right.

It was the Humans...the Humans I loved so much...

who deceived my comrades,and stole their wings!

Saying they'd bring in a pile of money...One by one... wing by wing...

Slowly, so they wouldn't get damaged...

Tell me, can you imagine it?



How it feels to seeone friend after another

get their wings torn offby someone you trusted?



Making sounds like rip, rip, snap, snap...Their wings were plucked...

The sound of your friends screaming,"Help me!"

as they drew their last breaths?



Hey, try to imagine it!

That sound, for years...

No! Hundreds of years, to be stuckin your head and never go away!

Come on! Try to imagine it!Try to imagine it, Harlequin!

Helbram...

I despise Humans!So I went on k*lling them for years!

But it's not enough!

No matter how many I k*ll,that sound won't go away!

I k*ll, and k*ll...

...and still that sound won't go away!So...

So I'm going to wipe out all Humansfrom this earth...

Every last one of them...Down to the last man, till I'm done!

Well, if that ever happens...

If that ever happens, you come and stop me, okay?



Since you're my best friend!

I've got to atone for this.

For making my friend suffer for so long... for such a long time.

For not seeing how he was suffering.

For not keeping that important promise I made to Diane.

But I'm never gonna forget.

The mass slaughter of Humansby a single Fairy, spanning centuries...

The onus is on you, Fairy King,

for turning a blind eyeand doing nothing - for sloth!

Accordingly, you are sentencedto , years of incarceration!

My feelings for you will never change.

Hey, Diane...

If I ever get to meet you again...

I'll...

But why?

I thought the Sacred Treehad forsaken you!

How can you possibly draw outChastiefol's power like that?



It's so warm.

My wound!

When the Sacred Tree is injured,

it protects the woundfrom external enemies by releasing pollen,

and heals itself.

That was a lucky break!

If I hadn't been so near Diane,she would be long dead.

The Sacred Tree exists to protectthe Fairy Realm with composure...

Without any sense of good or evil.

Do you still intend to go on, Helbram?



Even now, after years,

do you still want to wipe outthe Human race?



It's not a matter of "still."

I can't stop myself anymore!

You Holy Knights!

All the magical powers you possess...give them all to me!

Here it is!It's here! It's here! It's here!

I can't let myself be beaten, you see!

It's all right now.

It's all right to rest now.

Helbram...

Hey... It's been a long time, Harlequin.

That helmet... is a present for you.

I thought that you'd like it,so I got it from a Human.

But boy, was I a fool...

When you take a good look at it,it's not the least bit stylish.

You're right. You really are a fool!

Sorry, Diane... for making yougo through all that terror alone.

Thanks, King.

Just leave the rest to me.

Harlequin...

Such a nostalgic-sounding name.

Who was it?

I can't remember...

It was a dream.

I'll bet you were having a dream!

Would you mind telling me one thing?



I just can't wrap my head around

why you guys are plottingto overthrow the kingdom.

So what's your reasonfor suddenly infiltrating the kingdom?



To rescue Princess Elizabeth,who's been abducted.

Abducted?



You don't mean Elizabeth's hereright now...?



w*r!

The Seven Deadly Sins are attacking!

Lord Hendrickson! What do you saywe settle our score now, too?



I see you're a gutsy king,if nothing else. Arthur Pendragon.

This little punk's abilities and intelligence seem to know no bounds.

From what he says, he seems to be aware of our internal affairs.

The question is what does he know, and how much?



The king's captivity?



The kidnapping of the princess?



Or perhaps the plan to resurrect the demons?



Are you pondering something...

in the middle of a battle?



Come at me for real.

Show me the powerthat got you crowned king!

Ouch... But it's not over yet!

Are you planning to hold backtill you're dead?



Then why don't you try harderto draw it out of me?



Very well.

Black... flames.

In that case, die!

HELLBLAZE SCREAM

Hellblaze Scream!

Did you deflect my att*ck?

You sure added a scary powerto your arsenal since I last saw you!

That voice... You're...

Now, then... now, then... now, then!

I'm taking Elizabeth back!