"Okay..." Mirby didn't really want the little girl to hear, so he sent the sphere around the corner. "When my father died, he blessed the pendant. He could have been Pope, but passed on the offer and decided to leave the clergy and start a family. I didn't find out until my battle with Sedo that his spirit lived on inside the pendant. Whenever I'm in danger, the pendant protects me. In fact, during the battle with Sedo, he actually possessed the sword so I wouldn't die. As to the reason it's protecting the girl right now..." Suddenly, a scream was heard from around the corner... and Mirby thought she saw smoke or something...