And yet...
Julian stared at the battered and beaten-up Jake as his handsome face contorted with pure rage and confusion.
"...WHY DO YOU HAVE THOSE EYES!?"
His roar echoed across the scorched battlefield, filled with raw, unfiltered madness.
The same radiant, golden-white brilliance that shone in Jake's eyes whenever he channeled Grace's Light... that calm yet overwhelming glow reminded him too much of both his elder brother and the young Grace from his memories.
That light he had always envied.
That light he had desperately wanted to possess.
That light that always made him feel inferior.
"You're just a worthless Common Class stray!! You shouldn't have that kind of light!! It belongs to me!! Grace's power… her light… everything should be mine!!"
Julian's body trembled violently as his solar flames spiraled out of control.
The blue inferno around him grew even hotter, melting the ground into a sea of lava.
