Persistent Knight

Aries woke up lying on the cold ground. Pieffer was kneeling on the ground and staring at him with anxiety.

"Aries!" she sighed with relief and tightly wrapped her arms around him. "Why do you keep on fainting?"

"I'm okay," Aries slowly sat up and massaged his throbbing head. "This is nothing."

"Are you feeling sick? Or are you cursed? Should I take you back to the Desert Mansion and ask Gust to check up on you?"

"I'm really okay," Aries got up on his feet and leaned on the statue. "My head feels a little heavy because of the corrupted souls I absorbed earlier," he lied. "But I'm okay now. Let's just guard this statue."

Pieffer was still worried but she did not say a word. They just guarded the statue in silence.

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