......

It seems...Rahnas is still quite a ways ahead of us.

...if you would just pay closer attention, we might've caught up to him by now.

You may have a point. I have been getting caught in all the traps they'd set...

Hmph...

Oh, Little Owen, Elder Grah!!

What are you two doing here?

Oh...look who it is.

Hmph...

Have you...come to help us?

Uh, hmm... Well, how to put this...?

If we think it's worth our time, we will.

However, I have my own things to do. You all have your own mission to accomplish.

Lord Owen... I thought for sure he was going to yell at us...

Yes, I did too to be honest...

...

Elder Grah... What is Little Owen trying to do?

Hmm...something that I have always stopped him from doing up until now...

He plans to kill the leader of the Abel Faction with his own hands.

Kill Rahnas...himself?

...I told you that Rahnas was originally a member of the Summoners' Hall, right?

Yes...

I also heard about that...

It could probably be said that the reason he left the Summoners' Hall and established the Abel Faction in the Federation...

...was us.

And even if we weren't the reason, we at least had a part in it.

......

Owen probably wants to clear up the mess created by his generation with his own hands...

The leader of the Abel Faction...Rahnas and the Elders... What exactly happened?

True...

We've come this far, so it might be best if I tell you the full story.

......

Rahnas came to us along with Griff, not long after the Summoners' Hall had been established...

...he had outstanding ability from the beginning, and was exceptionally enthusiastic about the organization's development.

Owen and I...we secretly hoped that he and Griff would someday...

...take their places as the future heads of the Summoners' Hall.

However...because he burned with such enthusiasm, a rift began to grow between the ideal image of an organization that he imagined...

...and the ideal image that Owen, myself, and the other Summoners held.

At first it was nothing more than a simple difference of opinion but, eventually, it grew into a much bigger issue.

......

Opinion was sharply divided between Rahnas and us over the punishment of a young Summoner...

...whose mistakes had pushed their team to the brink of destruction.

Nearly destroying your own team is indeed a serious crime...

...but we wished to avoid any punishment that involved taking a life, and instead considered discharging this Summoner.

However, Rahnas vehemently advocated the death penalty...

...and...

...in the end, he executed that young Summoner on his own authority.

......

After that, we expelled Rahnas from the Hall.

We were also young at that time...

We could never forgive what Rahnas did.

After the expulsion, Rahnas vanished. It was a long time until I heard his name again...

...when I found out about the existence of an organization in the Federation called the Abel Faction.

......

I had no idea...

It happened a very long time ago...

I don't think we were wrong when we decided not to take the life of that young Summoner...

...but if I said I had no regrets, it would be a lie. I always wonder...if there wasn't some other way.

......

Well, I've talked long enough. We must hurry and catch up with Owen.

Are you planning to help Lord Owen...?

I was unable to stop Rahnas, for that reason I may be forced to do so.

I wanted to avoid any kind of direct confrontation between the Summoners' Hall and the Abel Faction, though.

......

I don't think that, given the situation, I could tell you...

...to leave the Abel Faction and Rahnas to us...

...but I'll do what I can to make sure you don't bear more of a burden than you have to.

Elder Grah...

You all must do your best to restore the Sealed God to its normal state.

......

......

I hope Little Owen and the others aren't pushing themselves too hard...

For such a thing to happen right after the Summoners' Hall was started...

Lord Grahdens and the others' feelings towards Rahnas must be pretty complicated.

......

Whatever the elders' circumstances, our job should just be to do whatever we can...

Yeah...