"Mission?"
Hillya was a bit confused. She has never heard of any mission for her, let alone forgetting it. Yet without a doubt, the serious white-haired middle-aged man before the girl would not lie. By instinct, she would rather doubt herself than to doubt others.
"Yes."
Standing before the altar surrounded by flames, the man lightly said, "Not just for you. This is a mission for all life in this world of yours."
If Joshua were here, he definitely would have been able to realize just how much more dignified and indifferent the phantom of the Sage in Hillya's heart was compared to the phantom of the Sage in the Azurite.
Even though growth does bring about a change of character, when it came to saying that the adult Sage was more indifferent than when he was in his younger days, it was actually more like boredom and intolerance.
And this dawn.
It was when Armand Fernandez completely died and turned into a light in the sky.