Gold Hall

He couldn't take that name off his mind.

Various flashbacks of her came back to remind him of the times him and the others spent with her years ago.

But he wonders why would he come here on behalf of her through the dangerous journey all alone?

Something wasn't right and he wanted answers. Shion took him to the Hall where the throne resides for a private conversation. With the doors locked in case some curious bystanders walks by he proceed to sit on the throne and question the boy of his reasons of coming here.

"What is your name young man?" He use an informal and serious tone in order to hide his real feelings about the supposed woman. He could wear the helmet that all previous pope wore but with a crazy gravity defying hair its best to leave it aside until he could manage to get his hair in.

"It's Arkhes." The teen tries his best to look serious but having a high class leader hearing him send chills through his skin.

"Quiet a name you have, now tell me why did she sent you and what's your relation with her?" Shion wasn't aware that he's talking to the offspring of her. A few years ago he received a letter from her saying that it is best for her son to live a normal life intead of risking his life to become a saint. He agreed and thus it was the last time they communicated.

But after all that his long kept feelings for her remains within him. The moment he accidentally overheard the Scorpio bragging about visiting a son he had with the young woman ruined the Aries inside.

He never understand why she chose him but that's the work of reality for Shion, no one will notice him nor ever will. The time when he had to write her that letter about the deaths of his comrades he wanted to write something else that was way beyond his character.

He wanted to write his lingering feelings towards the goddess and how he could take them back to Greece. Even so he would gladly take care of her son as if it was his own.

But fearing for another rejection he had to remain professional now that he's the new pope with a huge responsibility.

But who is this boy?

Soon Arkhes had to tell him the truth.

"She's my mother."

"What?" He couldn't believe it and now standing in front of him he could see how identical he look just like his father but calmer. The eyes from the boy instantly reminded him of his mother.

"Yes and there's something you need to know." Arkhes then explained the pope he was in fact a runaway with a complicated lifestyle his family is dealing.

"She never mention me about your brother." Shion was surprised at the new information given to him that Ava didn't in the past. Just what other secrets did she kept besides having another child.

"All I need is to find help, but the reason I ran away was from a promise I made to my brother."

"What might that be?"

"Well," The teen sigh as his eyes look down at the floor before speaking, "our father never met us over the years we live in that icy trash, my brother has gotten emotional over the fact that he never saw him and it's hard to see him like that. My mother only told us he was a soldier in this place so I left to find him and plan to bring him back." He look at the adult with eyes full of confidence, "please I want to know if he still works here so I could see him."

Shion felt such pity for the boy for what he'll about to say, as the war has ended years ago leaving behind the sad memories of what was once a place full of hard working and lively saints. He remembers hearing about the fight between the Scorpio and a powerful judge resulting in the death of the saint due to the condition that he pushed in order to leave a slow and painful wound for the specter. For a person who was ill-tempered, possessive, and a lust for blood Shion had his respect for him in the end.

Now as the boy waits for the answer the man was very hesitant for being the one to deliver the late news but with time passing by the teen must know or he'll find out in a rather unjoyful way.

The Aries got up and stood in front of him placing a hand upon the boy's shoulders with a strong but comforting grip.

"Arkhes, your father was a good soldier and he was proud of it to the fullest and so were the rest." The somber tone coming from the man's mouth gave high concerns for Arkhes.

"S-so he's here then?" The boy felt an odd feeling while looking side to side to find any suppose soldier that could be hiding at any moment waiting for the perfect surprise. Shion sigh of what he's about to say.

"I'm sorry. The war was too great that nearly half of our men and women were killed against the strongest commanders of Hades. Your father and another soldier encounter a powerful enemy in an icy disclosed town during a mission, they..." Shion saw how a small stream slowly began to pour from the boy's eyes and had to stop for the teen to take everything in.

Arkhes could feel so many mixed emotions. He didn't want to believe it at all and wish that the adult was only saying it to force the teen to return back but hearing the voice of a person who witness so many deaths from his friends was real. Now the boy was angry at his father.

"He's not coming back?" It was all Arkhes could say while silently crying.

"Your father is gone. Only me and another friend of mine were the only survivors."

The young boy quickly shrugs off the man's hand and steps back wiping his eyes off with his arm. Back when he made the promise to his brother he did said it's not necessary to have a father in his point of view but he understands his brother's suffering and loneness. Now how will he explain this to his little brother?

"But he fought well enough to damage the enemy who later died." Shion did what he could to ease the news until Arkhes began asking a common question.

"Where can i find his grave then?" For a boy of fourteen years Shion was impressed of the kid's maturity when it came to this. But the question was difficult to answer yet again.

"I'm sorry, both men died on that place that later...sunked. Most of our friends' bodies weren't recovered."

Without saying anything the boy ran away and with both hands he push the doors wide enough for then to violently hit the walls upon contact and left. Shion had the need to go after him for the construction of Sanctuary could pose a threat but it's best to leave the boy space until the Aries could find him.

Yet he could sense the familiar cosmos within the child, after the war all of the cloths were able to return back damaged but ready to be repaired.

And that's how an idea came to him.

All he needs is a specific cloth to bring closure.