Solaire, Alive!

"You're Sun Warriors too? I'm Solaire of Astora. You guessed right—I'm also a follower of the Sun God."

"I never expected to meet companions here who shared my faith. What luck, hahahaha."

"After becoming Undead, I came to the place where Lord Gwyn was born to seek my own sun! Do you think I'm strange? Well, I suppose I am. Don't mind it—everyone makes the same face after hearing that. Wahahahaha!"

"The sun truly is magnificent, like an extraordinary father. I hope that one day, I too can become as huge and full of warmth as the sun."

If this really were Solaire, then under the current circumstances, he probably wouldn't have been able to recite those classic lines with such enthusiasm.

Because—

"How's this pose? A perfect Praise the Sun. Hurry up and take a picture of me and Solaire together."

"That's the classic sun-father line! I memorized it: 'I hope that one day, I too can—'"

"Is this the first time we've seen a living Solaire outside the Painting World? He looks the same, but it still feels so novel."

"Record it, record it! We can take it back and show it off to the people at church."

After all, if he weren't an afterimage, he likely wouldn't have been able to speak so calmly in such a noisy environment.

Those clamorous voices naturally came from the Starfire Knights, who were wildly excited after meeting Solaire, the immensely popular icon of the Sparkfire Church. Even Hervey, normally the most composed of them all, had joined the photo-op line.

"Bringing an Image Stone with me was absolutely the right decision!"

These powerful warriors, regarded as sworn enemies by the Holy Light Church on the battlefield, had turned into tourist groups at a famous sightseeing spot, crowding around Solaire and