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This was crazy. No, this person was crazy. Just what was he doing? But wait… wasn’t that a child? And was he bleeding? No way this person could leave this place before the fragrance of the roses would slowly let him drift off to the land of death.

Albafica slowly developed a somewhat concerned feeling as he kept watching for a few seconds. This child wasn’t even able to stand properly. Just what happened to him? He had to decide what he was going to do next. Helping? Or letting him die? This boy was a saint, he couldn’t just let him die here.

He was quick as he approached the young Dragon Saint, yet, with hesitation in every step he came closer. Once he was close enough he only removed his cape from his cloth to throw it over Shiryu. “You don’t have to fight.” The Pisces finally said. The pose Shiryu had tried to hold told him that he was ready to fight, even in such an horrible state. “Don’t move.” he asked him before he picked him up to carry him away. The last thing he wanted to do was to explain Athena that he had killed one of her saints.

What happened to this young saint? Albafica wondered while carrying him away from the rose field. Were some Specters around and did Shiryu try to defeat all by himself? He must be a foolish one to think that a mere Bronze Saint was enough to fight a group of Specters. Nonetheless, someone would have to treat his wounds, the blood was already covering a big part of the white cape.

“What happened to you, saint? Have you gotten into a fight with Specters?”

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                                                                                                ^{All Shiryu could gather; all he could} MAKE OUT ^{in his disorient was a body dawned in} GOLD. ^Another GOLD SAINT. ^{Another saint that had been} LIED TO ^{by the pope. The same pope that tried to} STRIP ^{Athena of the Sagittarius cloth for his own agenda. To erase Athena from this world & govern it the way he saw fit; with an} _{IRON FIST.} ^{Such an act was} DEPLORABLE. ^{It had just come to light that it was because of this AGENDA that the previous bearer of the Sagittarius cloth, Aiolios, lost his life.}

                                                            ^{He DIED protecting Athena
                      & They all shall do the same against those they called} BROTHERS IN ARMS.

                                                                                   ^{But even as the saint came closer to him, Shiryu kept up his shield. He’ll fight until his} LAST BREATH ^{if it meant protecting Athena. However, in his state, he was of} NO USE ^{to anyone. The harsh BLOW delivered to his head had gotten the better of him. The more blood he was, the more} USELESS ^{he became; so much so that Shiryu made no movement to stop the other from taking a hold of him & slinging him over his shoulder. In fact, the dragon saint hadn’t} NOTICED ^{what happened.}

                                     HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS
                     BEFORE ABLAFICA APPROACHED HIM.