"So you're determined to die here today?" Erwin's heart was filled with mixed feelings as he said this. He didn't know whether he should be sympathizing with this man, even though he had tried to kill him on multiple occasions.

"There's no need to look at me like that. I came here to fight one final battle against a powerful opponent. If I die, then so be it, I can leave this world with no regrets," Renjay said with a smile. "This is no longer my time. I can sense that the era for young people like you is about to arrive. Relics of the past age like myself no longer have the drive and energy to stave off the younger generation."

"If you no longer had drive and passion, then why did you trudge all the way up to Fort Breeze to seek out death?" Erwin countered.

"I suddenly had an epiphany when I saw something on your declaration of freedom."

"What did you see?" Erwin asked.

"It said that as humans, we should not easily bend to the will of fate. I've spent most of my life living for others, and it seems like I can never escape fate. Hence, before coming here, I made up my mind that I had to live for myself, even if it's just this once."

He had pursued the woman by the name of Aglea for a decade of his life, only to have her demise put an abrupt end to that journey. He then spent another decade of his life looking after the daughter of a deceased friend, and on this day, he was prepared to sacrifice his own life for the little girl, even going as far as to plan out his own death prior to coming here. It seemed that he...