Later that afternoon, Brooks was standing with the rest of the Zodiacs and Sins, preparing for a small celebration.

She saw Meliodas walking away with Cain, and she stood up from where she was sitting, following the two.

"You sure you don't want to stay for a drink or anything?" Meliodas asked.

"Thanks, but I won't trouble you any longer. Seeing you again is enough." Cain responded.

"Alright." Meliodas sighed.

"One last thing before I go, keep in mind that if you're seeing traces of Liz whenever you look at that princess eh- well um, never mind." Cain stopped what he was saying and turned around, "Until we meet again, Meliodas."

"Take care of yourself!" Meliodas called after the old man.

Brook waited until Meliodas walked away before she moved out of the shadows. "Hey, Cain, wait up!" She called, causing the old man to stop and look behind himself.

"Waterlily?" The old man asked, his voice cracking slightly.

Brooks laughed. "Think again, Old Man." She said, and after a second, the look of shock disappeared from his face and he gave the half-nymph a smile.

"Brooks. It's been quite a long time." He greeted.

"Same to you. You've gotten older." She told him with a smug look on her face.

"And you don't look a day under 20." Cain responded.

"I'm flattered." Brooks mused. "But, I just couldn't let you leave again without saying goodbye, now, could I?" Brooks told him.

"The last time you left without saying goodbye to me was 30 years ago." Cain joked.

"Well, it's been a rough 30 years. I would of come and visited sooner... but now... I guess I can't." She sighed, then shook her head. "But, best not to dwell on the past. Until next time, my king." She gave him and exaggerated bow before straightening back up and watching him bow just as exaggeratedly back.

"Until next time, Princess Brooks." Cain replied, then turned back around and started to walk away.

With an amused smile on her face, she turned around and headed back to the pub.

Once she got back, she saw that everyone had started to drink, and she looked around at the two groups mingling and enjoying themselves.

Gabriel was floating near King and Diane, having a conversation with them, while Tut, Sierra, Ban and Meliodas were starting a drinking contest. Gowther and Caspar were sitting silently next to each other, watching the four down alcohol like there was no tomorrow.

"Oh, commander, you're back!" Aria exclaimed, looking over at Brooks with a small smile, a faint blush on her cheeks and a cup of alcohol in her hand.

"Let me guess, Vivian's getting you to drink?" Brooks asked, and she chuckled slightly when Aria gave her a tiny nod. "Well, don't drink too much. We don't want another even like last time happening, 'Kay Rammy?" Aria just nodded again, walked back to where Vivian was sitting, plopping down next to the energetic girl.

With a sigh, Brooks walked over to the table where he alcohol was and poured herself a mug of Siren's Ale.

"Heey guys! You won't believe this! Our buddy Gowther was actually able to pick out King by his BO!" Ban slurred.

"Along with his bone structure and tone." Gowther added monotonously.

"Really?" Diane asked.

"You recognized him by his... smell?" Elizabeth asked.

"No way!" Tut slurred. "Wonder what the dude smells like."

"Yeah. Now I'm curious, let's all have a smell." Ban grabbed King and started to sniff him, and Tut soon followed suite.

"Smells like flowers." Tut observed.

"Kinda sickly sweet, isn't it?" Ban asked.

"H-Hey!" King exclaimed.

Not too long after, Gabriel, Sierra, Elizabeth, and Diane had also crowded around him. Brooks couldn't help herself and also moved near him.

"It smells so nice~" Sierra slurred.

"It smells... familiar." Diane muttered.

"It's what a fairy King should smell like." Elizabeth stated.

"Sweet." Brooks murmured.

"Guy's know it off! If you keep crowding me, I might-!" He cut off and changed form.

"Now he smells kinda sour." Ban stated.

"Eww..." Sierra groaned, taking a step back and covering her nose.

"Like Sweaty socks." Hawk mentioned.

"It's... It's not that bad you guys." King said, making an attempt to convince them.

"This one smells familiar too!" Diane exclaimed.

King reverted back to his kid-like form and tears were streaming down his face.

"Heh. Gross man." Ban stated.

"Don't let him get to you, Sir King." Elizabeth encouraged.

"Why are you making them gang up on me!" King shouted angrily at Gowther.

"I didn't do anything to you." Gowther stated.

"Of course you did! You started this mess, so you need to clean it up!"

"Well. Okay." Gowther stated, and her raised a finger, a small beam of blue light making it's way into Diane's, Ban's, and Brooks's necks.

What the hell? Brooks thought, slapping a hand over where the ray entered.

"Diane. You claim to be 29 feet tall, when in fact you know you're actually closer to 30." Gowther said, causing Dian's cheeks to go even redder and her to recoil back. "The fudging of your weight is even more severe." He continued, only to be punched into the ground receptively by Diane.

"What is wrong with you Gowther! Why do you have to be so mean! A lady's allowed to keep some secrets- you jerk!"

When the dust faded, it showed that Gowther wasn't even affected one bit by being hit repetitively. "And for you Ban, when we went against the Vampires twelve years ago, you got rather unreasonably drunk."

"Yeah, that's right. I got pretty hammered and decided not to join the mission. I said I was sorry." Ban stated, a beer bottle close to his lips.

"But you didn't apologize for using Physical Hunt to steal King and Diane's power. Or for laughing at them as you watched them both struggle." Gowther pointed out.

"That's mah man!" Tut slurred proudly from not too far away while King and Diane were glaring Ban down, both ready to attack.

"Oh, so that's why I felt so weak." Diane growled.

"That was you?"

After Diane crushed Ban in her hand, Gowther then looked at Brooks, and for some reason, she dreaded what he was going to say.

"And you, Brooks, Commander of the Zodiacs- despite what the history books say, you're actually the 2nd pri-."

In an instant, water was moving from her bottles to and covering Gowther's mouth. "If you know what's good for ya, I'd suggest you keep your mouth shut." She threatened, her blue eyes flashing amber for a second. It was a second before she manipulated the water back into the bottles around her waist, and Gowther just sent a blue ray towards King and cleaned his glasses of the small droplets.

"Knock it off, will you?!" King shouted.

"There's no need to air our dirty laundry. Right?" Meliodas asked.

"That's right!" King shouted. "I mean- not that I have any dirty laundry!" He shouted.

"You could of defeated that opponent without me, Or the Zodiac sign of Virgo, Vivian." Gowther stated. "You would of won easily if you had pushed your power to the absolute limit. Perhaps the alcohol is effecting my judgement but- Elaine?"

"Gowther no!" King shouted, in attempt for Gowther to stop talking.

"And this... Helbrem person. Who is he? It seems because of this man, you find yourself unable to- perhaps unable isn't the word."

"No no no no!" King shouted, this time, his moss bear- which had recovered from the fight- appeared and covered Gowther's mouth.

"Calm down, nothing to get worked up about." Meliodas stated.

"Oh yeah?" King asked.

"This is probably why you shouldn't delve so deep into people's memories, Gowther." Meliodas said.

"He's right. Gotta read the room a little, dude." Hawk added.

"Read the... room? Gowther asked with confusion.

As Gowther was talking about Elizabeth loving Meliodas, Brooks walked over to Aria and Vivian, the two had been drinking and talking the whole time they were talking with Gowther.

"Hey Commander... I think I may of pushed her a bit too much..." Vivian whispered, slowly moving to hide behind Brooks.

Oh no... she thought, watching as Aria stood up from where she was sitting and a dark aura was surrounding her. She turned around, a grin was on her face, and her cheeks were flushed.

"Who's ready to burn?!" She slurred, her power increasing slightly as flames surrounding both her fists.

"Aria. You don't want to do this." Brooks said, manipulating the water from her bottles and surrounding her own fists with the liquid.

Before Aria could throw a punch, she fell to the ground and fell asleep, much to Brooks' relief. Once drunk, Aria becomes almost as rational as Tut. And that wasn't a good thing. Thankfully, if she ended up drinking too much after that stage, she just passed out.

Returning the water to the bottles, Brooks sighed. "You mind taking Aria inside?" She asked, looking at Vivian.

"Sure..." Vivian said, stepping out from behind Brooks and draping the passed out girl over her shoulder. "I'm going to turn in also. Night." She said, walking into the pub."

Brooks sat down, enjoying the peace of the evening- despite the people partying behind her. I wonder who we'll find next. It's sure a mystery... isn't it?