Chapter 77: Cleaning up the mess
Baru's suddenly raised voice stunned everyone.
Wait!
What had he said?
Philier and the others suddenly caught on to the meaning hidden in Baru's words.
They hardly dared to think about it, yet they couldn't help themselves.
Philier even felt his face burning and the mark on his palm itching.
At the same time, his heartbeat began to quicken.
They might have been a little slow, but they weren't stupid. Baru's words were practically telling them outright that he was either a genuine member of Dawn or knew far more about it than they could imagine.
They had wondered before whether Dawn might still exist, but their earlier searches and the words of Philier's grandfather had led them to believe that the original Dawn had already vanished into history.
No! Philier suddenly remembered his grandfather's unfinished remark about the Scepter.
"Y-you are...?"
Philier didn't even realize that his tone was exactly the same as when he had faced his father after doing something wrong as a child.
Baru straightened up, his muscles and bones vibrating with a twang like steel strings.
An aura!
Something so intangible, something they had only ever seen in anime, was now unmistakably clear to Philier and the others.
A suffocating pressure made it difficult for them to breathe.
"The torch and sword in the Sage's hand. Under Dawn's banner-the Silent Knight."
Baru's deep voice struck their hearts like the heavy beating of a drum.
Whoosh!
Air suddenly burst outward from Baru in every direction, forcing everyone to take an instinctive step back.
Every young person in the room felt their heart pounding at its fastest.
The Dawn Seal on Baru's right palm gradually lit up, giving off a faint, fantastical glow.
By comparison, the doodles on Philier's and the