Raki arrives at the city surrounding Pallasvelda to assist the others with a delivery of Cloth-restoring Stardust Sand but is attacked by Halimede, armed with a new triple rod. Köga and Subaru appear to protect her, but while Köga's cloth is too damaged, Subaru's suddenly stops moving out of grief for all the Saints who died wearing it. Eventually, he manages to help Equuleus overcome its sorrow and he kills Halimede with a Pleiades Tempest...