LIONES KINGDOM, CAPITAL CITY OF LIONES
ONE MONTH AGO
Please open the door!
There's nowhere left to run! Majesty!
Elizabeth, you must flee.
I won't escape alone! Come with me, Father!
-I will be fine. -But...
Hurry, before the Holy Knights come...
Elizabeth, Third Princess of Liones,
was driven from the castle by the Holy Knights' coup.
To deal with this crisis, she set out on a journey
to locate the legendary rebels, the Seven Deadly Sins.
How is it?
Delicious...
However, it is hard going,
and it looked like she was going to be apprehended.
But just then, someone offered her a helping hand.
This boy was actually the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins,
Dragon Sin Meliodas.
This is a tale of ancient times,
when the human and non-human worlds had not yet split.
The Holy Knights, the defenders of the realm,
possessed tremendous magical powers and were both feared and revered.
But among their number were a few
who betrayed the realm and made enemies of all Holy Knights.
These knights were known as the Seven Deadly Sins.
Elizabeth!
Yes?
Come downstairs for a minute!
Coming!
I'm not dreaming... I really found him!
I found Sir Meliodas, one of the legendary Seven Deadly Sins!
Maybe.
Um, what is this outfit for?
It's the tavern uniform!
I'm sorry that this guy's pervy tastes are on full display...
You want me to collect rumors and info regarding the Seven Deadly Sins
while I wait tables, is that right?
Info on the Holy Knights would be nice, too.
Relax. I'm conducting a size check.
Moron! We got a girl to bring in customers,
and you're gonna scare her off!
EPISODE 2: THE SWORD OF THE HOLY KNIGHT
Excuse me... Sir Meliodas?
There's something I would like to ask you.
Are the Seven Deadly Sins...
Are you really the terrible criminal that the world says you are?
If you are, what sort of crime did you commit?
What sort of crime, huh?
I think that the public has the wrong idea about you.
After all, you saved me even though you had no idea who I was!
To tell you the truth,
ten years ago, I traveled all over Liones,
stealing all the panties I could find.
-You're joking, right? -I am.
I actually groped the boobs of over 1,000 girls.
Boobs? Th-That's a joke, right?
It is.
Please stop toying with me!
Or is it that you committed a crime so heinous that you can't speak of it?
Well, maybe.
-Hey, be careful! -Cut it out!
Oh, we're here?
This is our next source of information, Vanya Village!
I get my liquor from all over, but Vanya's is special.
Vanya Ale is made from what's touted
as the finest water in all Liones and the gruit that grows along the river.
It has fans all over.
Maybe so,
but that famous water of theirs has gone bone dry.
The herbs along the bank are withered, too.
What's going on?
Look at all the people! Do you suppose it's a festival?
Yo!
Hey, it's the owner of the Boar Hat.
What festival is this?
Does this look like a festival to you?
We're trying to pull out a sword that a Holy Knight jabbed into the ground!
A Holy Knight stuck his sword in the ground? But why?
The other day, we incurred the wrath of this Holy Knight.
He infused the sword with mana
and sealed off all the groundwater sources under the village.
If we don't do something, it won't just be our water, we'll lose our gruit, too!
If that happens, there'll be no more Vanya Ale... Damn it!
A Holy Knight? Wait, could it be the one that you defeated, Sir Meliodas?
You mean that "Twigo" guy? He's no Holy Knight.
Or more precisely, the real ones are way worse than him.
Only the power of a Holy Knight can draw out the sword of one.
It'll be difficult to break it to everyone,
but this village is done for...
No!
What's with all the pathetic moaning and groaning, you guys?
Mead!
Some Holy Knight's sword stuck in the ground is nothing!
This would be a piece of cake for my buddies, the Seven Deadly Sins.
That's enough, Mead!
Whose fault do you think it is that we're in this fix?!
Of all the things to say! Why bring up those criminals?!
She's right! Don't make the Holy Knight any angrier!
Do you have a grudge against us?!
Oh, come on... That isn't why I did it!
We've had all we can take of your lies and mischief!
Mead, you're a jerk!
Hmph! I hate you guys!
Yeah, well we hate you more, Mead!
-Screw you! Jerks! Jerks! -Why are they hitting me?
Jerks!
Stop it, all of you!
Looks like we picked a lousy time to come here.
Deep down, he's an honest, earnest lad.
Well, that sure sucked...
Kiddo, what was all that--
You're a kid, too.
I'm really not.
What is this, a tavern?
It's the Boar Hat. It's my place.
I'm hungry.
If you answer my questions, I'll feed you.
Food first, then I'll talk!
Whoa, that looks good! I'm going in!
Blech!
I didn't say it was good food.
So, is it true? That stuff about you being friends with the Seven Deadly Sins?
That tasted so bad I forgot...
Hang on, that smell... That's Vanya Ale, isn't it?
Is it okay for a kid to be drinking that?
I told you, I'm not a kid.
That stuff tastes really good, huh?
Yep.
It's the best ale there is, sweet and full bodied!
That's what the grown-ups said, anyway.
Hey, you two.
Mead. I hear that you're quite the prankster.
The village headman told me all about you.
What's with you? Who do you think you are, lady?
When I was little, I was also often scolded by my father for playing pranks.
So what?
I wanted to get his attention. He wasn't my real father, you see.
One time, I climbed a really tall tree that was in the garden
and tried to give my father a scare.
When he saw me,
he turned pale as a ghost and climbed up the tree after me.
This man who had never climbed a tree in his life.
Sure enough, he fell out of the tree and hurt himself, though not seriously.
I still remember it as if it were yesterday.
If Father had died that day, I...
I don't lie and stuff just to get a rise out of people, either.
Will you tell me about it?
My... My mom and dad were travelers.
But when we made a stop at Vanya a few years ago,
they both died in an epidemic.
The people of the village took me in and raised me as their own.
I was really happy.
But I wasn't anybody's real family.
I got jealous of everybody for having what I didn't.
So I started lying... And playing pranks.
Is that also why you put the bug in the Holy Knight's drink?
No! I did it because that knight treated everybody like crap!
Everyone in the village is proud of this year's as our best vintage ever.
Disgusting.
I'd sooner drink horse piss than this.
N-No!
Please forgive him!
The adults and kids alike go to a lot of time and trouble to make great ale!
And that jerk insulted them all! Holy Knights are no-good bastards!
What about that talk of you being friends with the Seven Deadly Sins?
I-I lied.
I see. I gotta admit, my hopes were up a little.
But why would you lie about that?
Well, the Seven Deadly Sins are wanted by the Holy Knights, right?
If they're being hunted by evil Holy Knights,
then aren't the Seven Deadly Sins the good guys?
What?
That's coming from the village!
Mead!
Listen up, you riffraff!
If you don't pull out the Holy Knight's sword by sundown,
we'll charge you 10 times the usual tax levy!
That's insane!
With no water,
we can't make a single bottle of ale, much less 10 times the usual!
You're being punished!
You not only insulted the Holy Knight,
you also claimed to be friends with the Seven Deadly Sins!
Damn it, if only Mead hadn't pulled that stupid stunt...
Mead!
You again? This isn't gonna be any fun at all if it's just this kid.
The levy is now 20 times normal!
You can't pull out that sword, and you know it!
Don't make things any worse for us!
That's enough!
Headman?
Who was it that wounded our pride as ale makers?
Was it Mead? No!
Haven't that boy's actions always expressed what we all really felt?
Auntie?
The headman is right. You aren't to blame.
Hey! Did you people hear what we said?
It's 20 times now! 20!
Leave this to the menfolk.
Mead.
Okay!
Let's do it!
It's not even budging!
We're gonna sit down and have more of this cheap swill of yours!
Come out!
Come out, damn it!
Look at the desperate expression on his face!
Here's to morons!
People who can't appreciate good booze don't deserve to drink it.
That hit the spot!
Sorry, I don't have any money on me right now.
Can I pay with this?
Impossible! Only a Holy Knight could pull out that sword!
H-How could a kid like that...
What's that sound?
You forgot this.
He's amazing, all right...
That's the power of one of the Seven Deadly Sins!
Hang on, mister, are you really...?
Yep! I really am the proprietor of a fine drinking establishment!
That's not what I meant!
Enough about me, don't you have something left to do?
Mead... What we did was wrong.
Can you ever forgive us?
What right do I have to forgive you? I'm not one of you...
Go on.
Wh-What the hell? What do you mean, go on?
I don't... understand...
-Mead. -Mead.
Mead...
You can lie to yourself all you want, but you can't fool your heart.
A toast to Meliodas of the Boar Hat! Cheers!
I'm... not sure if I'll be any good...
It's my first time doing something like this.
My heart is pounding.
Ah, I see. It's your first time.
Trying saying it again. One more time.
What are you so hot and bothered about?
Well, don't worry about gathering intel. Just focus on your waitressing today.
The important thing is to relax while you're out there.
Right! I'll be relaxed!
Sorry! I mean it, I'm so sorry!
You didn't order this? Then who...
Over here!
Coming!
Looks like I'm gonna have no shortage of scraps.
You've never waited tables here before, have you?
Eep!
A blind man could tell. You totally suck at it!
Mead! Don't you start talking big again.
Haven't you learned your lesson from today?
If you get too full of yourself,
we'll leave you in the Forest of White Dreams.
Not there!
What's the Forest of White Dreams?
It's a spooky forest that not even Holy Knights go near!
Auntie! I'll behave! Anything but that!
Can I believe you?
I promise!
Don't try to pull one over on me, I've got my eye on you.
APPROX. 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VANYA VILLAGE
FORT SOLGRES
M-Moments ago, we received a report from our soldiers stationed in Vanya.
A-An unidentified boy pulled out your sword, Sir Gilthunder.
It must have been some random fluke that let the boy--
A fluke let him remove a sword a Holy Knight thrust into the ground?
N-No, sir!
Give me Vanya Village's range and heading. Be exact.
Y-Yes, sir!
It lies to the fort's four o'clock. It's 7.3 miles away.
Would you mind lending me your spear?
Not at all, sir.
It should be about this angle...
Shouldn't you go after her? The princess ran out.
Are you gonna go comfort her?
Gotta pee.
Sheesh, what a slacker of a boss.
Responsibility for this place rests on my shoulder roasts.
-Sir Meliodas. -Hey.
I'm sorry. I know I'm still on shift.
But watching Mead and the villagers,
it brought up memories of my father.
Oh?
I hope he's okay...
Around here, maybe?
I shouldn't.
This is no time to be wallowing in homesickness.
A little more to the left?
So many people are still suffering under the oppression of the Holy Knights.
But if their princess is like this, their chances look bleak.
But you found me, didn't you?
If you hadn't wanted to help your people and stumbled into my place,
they'd have no chance at all.
There is something that I'm meant to do?
Exactly.
And I have something that I'm meant to do.
Sir Meliodas!
Sir Gilthunder! Are you all right?! Sir Gil--
As I thought, you're still alive, captain of the Seven Deadly Sins...
...Meliodas.
Sir Meliodas!
Did that spear belong to the Holy Knight who attacked the village?
Probably. I think that's our hint to leave the village as soon as possible.
But what if this place is attacked again?
They're in way more danger if we stay.
It'd be nice if we had a place we could hide.
-Now that you mention it... -What is it?
Earlier, Mead said that he never wanted to go to the "Forest of White Dreams."
He said that even Holy Knights steer clear of it.
That sounds perfect!
That settles it, then. But we're not gonna hide.
We're gonna do what we're meant to do.
What does that mean?
You don't mean...
Yeah. I bet that one of us lives there.
Let's go! Let's find my fellow Sin!
Right!