From Ash and Blood [5]
Rating: Mature Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M Fandom: Nanatsu no Taizai | The Seven Deadly Sins Relationships: Mael/Raste (OFC), Arthur Pendragon/Guinevere (OFC), Implied Escanor/Merlin Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe — Canon Divergence, Politics, Rebellion, Romance, Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, Slow Romance, Eventual Smut Summary: Years after Arthur takes the throne, a rebellion takes hold in the former kingdom of Dunbray. Tristan and Lancelot, newly-made Knights of the Round Table, work to uncover the people behind it, all while questioning if Camelot is in the right; when they call on Mael to help, he winds up far more entangled in the rebellion’s affairs than he ever wanted to be, drawn by both their plight and the one who now wields the sun.
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“Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.” — James 5:8
“That was a close one,” Ludoshel remarks, his arms folded and his mouth pressed to a thin line of disapproval.
Mael, young, beaming, stretches out his hands. “Did you see me? I almost had it!”
“You almost set your hair alight,” Ludoshel replies dryly. Mael wilts, and his brother sighs and shakes his head, his lips turning up in a small smile. “It was impressive, though. I imagine it would take another much longer to be able to do even that much. Your talent speaks for itself.”
“Tomorrow, I’ll summon the sun,” Mael proclaims, his prior discontent forgotten.
Ludoshel tilts his head, an eye cracking open to reveal a blind, milky pupil. “Will you?”
“I will,” Mael restates firmly. “I’ll be the strongest Archangel. So I can protect you, and Lady Elizabeth, and the others! Like Tarmiel and Sariel, and Jelamet.”
His brother crosses to him, his robes swaying around his broad frame in the breeze, and clasps a hand to his shoulder. “I believe that. But take heed, Mael. Sunshine is volatile. It will burn you as easily as it will your enemies. Never underestimate it.”
“I won’t,” Mael promises, and Ludoshel nods.
“Now, why don’t we try aerial combat . . .”
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