「光明会滋生阴影，但阴影……可不会散发光芒。」无人询问过吉尔兰的意愿。自记事起，他就被家族使命裹挟着送往罗兰家族进修，与那位金发少年一同竞争“光之敲钟人”的候选位置。他们将后背交付彼此，誓言要让光明笼罩大地每个角落。可不知何时起，同伴的步伐越来越快，快得甚至连驻足停留的自己被遗落在黑暗中也未曾察觉。当承诺化作天边星光，当追赶的脚步永远落后半个身位，少年不再仰望光明，而是转而投身阴影的力量。终有一天，他会让那束辉光在自己掌心陨落，而所有的怨恨与嫉妒都终将在那一刻迎来回响。
[Light breeds shadows, but shadows... never shine.]
No one ever asked Gilan for his consent. Ever since he could remember, he was swept away by his family's mission to the Roland family for further education, competing with that golden-haired boy for the position of the candidate for the "Knocker of Light".
They entrusted their backs to each other, vowing to let light cover every corner of the earth. But at some point, his companion's pace quickened, so fast that he didn't even notice that the one who stopped to rest was left in the dark.
When the promise turned into the stars in the sky, when the chasing steps were always half a step behind, the boy no longer looked up at the light, but instead turned to the power of the shadows. One day, he would make that beam of light fall into his palm, and all the resentment and jealousy would finally echo at that moment.