The Seven Deadly Sins, Chapter 248 Review: Our Choices
Pretty solid chapter. A good chunk of it simply details the relationship between Meliodas and Elizabeth, where Meliodas is ready to destroy the curse that bound them together through reincarnation and stuff, even at the cost of Elizabeth's memory and love for him. We got some very well-written romance and free will conversation that I won't reproduce or discuss too much here. It's well written, it's touching, and definitely doesn't overstay its welcome. Meliodas' line about how he's unable to feel anything even now is perhaps the most touching bit, even if he contradicts it shortly after by saying that he will love Elizabeth, memory or no memory. Their sequence ends with Elizabeth buggering off to try and rejoin the Seven Deadly Sins after blasting Meliodas with some holy druid magic.
But of course, the big event everyone's talking about is going to be the final scene, where Merlin's true parentage is revealed. She floats up to face Zeldoris, reverts to her loli child form... and reveals her true parentage. Apparently only Meliodas knew, and everyone else including Zeldoris just assumes it's a case of the same name... and that Merlin is the daughter of... the Demon King and the Supreme Goddess. It's definitely a twist I didn't see coming, because almost everyone thought that Merlin was the daughter of a high-ranking demon of sorts I don't think anyone ever called out Merlin as a half-breed goddess and demon child.
Especially in chapter 243, where Merlin flat-out tells them that her father is the ruler of a kingdom that traveled to purgatory and all that. I suppose she was adopted by mortals, and those two are a case of 'those are my birth parents, not my TRUE parents' thing going on? In any case, though, it definitely really makes Merlin's sheer power and badassery work so much sensibly with what we know of her backstory. We'll see how she actually will interact with Zeldoris and Estarossa, though.
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