A knight in time

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England, 1426

" Pater noster, qui es in caelis santificetur nomen tuum ,
Advenia regum tuum .
Fiat voluntas tua sicut in caelo in terra." An old priest was praying in a dark dungeon.
A voice was heard "Keep it down, prie- !" A strong noise made it silent and the cell door burst open. A tall dark man showed up and said "Come with me, now!"
The priest uttered "Who are..." But the stranger interrupted him "Who I am is of no importance. Come!"
The priest "Alright, my son."

As the two were getting out of the dungeon the tall dark man was ran through by a sword

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As the two were getting out of the dungeon the tall dark man was ran through by a sword.
The priest "Oh, God. Are you alright, my son?"
The dark man "Yes, fortes fortuna adjuvat! Let's get on that horse!" Though he was hurt the man managed to get on the horse and helped the priest on the horse too. They galloped as fast as they could but the soldiers were gaining on them as the dark man's wounds began to make him really dizzy. He got off the horse.
"Go, priest! You can lose Vortigern's men faster without me because you're lighter."
Priest "But..."
The dark man "I will not let you die here or my name isn't Ashor. Now, go!!!"
The dark man hit the horse's rear with his hand and it galloped away with the priest. Seeing it galloping away Ashor collapsed on the ground and lost conciousness.
A demon appeared and said "Ashor, kings' assassin. Your soul is mine!" An angel appeared as well "Ashor! You gave your life to save a priest. You deserve go to heaven."
The demon taking out a sword "Go back from where you came from. He's mine!" The angel took out his sword to defend himself and the entities' blades crossed. In the following second a third entity appeared. The first two entities froze in their battle. In order to be visible, it had appeared as a figure in a black cloak. However, nothing could be seen coming out of the cloak: no hands, no feet, no face. This third entity was Il Separatio, the Anonymous one, the keeper of universal balance, the one who cannot be named.

Anonymous is the personification of perfect neutrality. He is neither good, nor evil, he is beyond all divisions. Il Separatio spoke and said that the knight had done just as much good as he had done evil. Therefore, neither the angel nor the demon could claim his soul. He belonged to Il Separatio. At that moment, both the angel and the demon disappeared and Anonymous turned to the knight.
Ashor's wounds had been healed. He got up and talked to Il Separatio. The entity told Ashor that he had become free and no longer belonged to 'the system'. He was outside it, beyond it. Il Separatio told the knight that he could do whatever he wanted, that he could live for as long as he wanted. When he was to become bored of all of this, then he was to call upon Il Separatio to stand before him once again and tell him about the true purpose of their existence.
Ashor was told that, as he was no longer part of the system, his actions no longer mattered for the world. Should he do good deeds, other would do bad deeds and the universal balance would remain unchanged. Should he do bad deeds, others would do good deeds and, again, the balance of the universe would remain the same. But there was an exception. If something which was not of this world would come and cause harm he could interefere and make a difference.
After telling Ashor all of this Il Separatio disappeared.

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