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Three Lions, Three Shadowed Maidens
A strange yet fervently devout clergyman declared, "Richard the Lionheart has three daughters: Pride, Greed, and Lust. Only ruin awaits if he does not cast them away." Richard the Lionheart is said to have responded, "Let Pride marry the Knights Templar, Greed the Monastic Orders, and Lust the Church."
When asked about this, the Richard the Lionheart with the Saber Spirit Origin replied, "It doesn't mean he discarded his daughters because they hindered his path to dominance, nor did he intend to corrupt the knights or the church."
"Pride and loyalty, greed and compassion, lust and purity are all aspects of human life. Accepting both sin and virtue into the family seems like it would make for a more interesting lineage, don't you think?"
"Well, arbitrarily deciding marriage might not fit with Master's ethics, but then again, sin and virtue being drawn to each other after a fierce conflict sounds intriguing! Okay! Let's have Nagiko or Shakespeare compose a poem!"
Three lions and daughters bearing the names of deadly sins. Each is a fragment of the strange, fierce king.

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