481 Hidden Island

"...Right... Wait, what? Come again..." Jess muttered with a wry smile, "The sage? You... you used to be... Wait no, you 'are' the sage..?"

"...Yes, and no." Eiro replied with a sigh, "It's complicated, I don't even know if it's really the case in the first place. It would... explain a few things, but mostly, this is just a guess. Either way, I know that something weird happened to the person that my soul comes from, and it certainly seems like my soul belonegd to some special person before. But effectively, it doesn't really matter in the slightest. I mean, I'm also going to become the Hero and Monster King at some point. If I wasn't convinced that it would rip my very being apart the moment I did so, I would even try to take the aspect that turns Avalin into the 'Holy Priestess'."