Summary (Spoilers ahead!)

About a week after Firra was declared Missing In Action and assumed dead at the hands of dark dragons, Lirife is consumed by the guilt he feels for letting Firra die, the dragoness he developed a tight knit friendship with. Being forced to return to Warfang to stay with Atheael, the Unified he does not love, and Velyzun, the daughter he never wanted, he is left to suffer without any guidance. Having received unknown news, Velyzun is also heard crying and wailing, with Lirife wanting to do none of it. He never wanted to have a child, and try as he have, he cannot love her, and feels no attachment or paternal instinct towards her. 

As Lirife and Atheael have yet another argument, and with Velyzun's crying being too much to bear, Lirife exists their house, hoping to find a way to deliver himself from guilt and sadness. Looking up, he is reminded of Azbets' Three Holy Lines, and in so, decides to attempt prayer at the Faithful Infernum's secret chamber, the Sanctum Terminus, where the perfectly preserved remains of the Sparconian-Faithful, Azbets, remain. Passing by a few familiar faces, he makes his way to the Prayer Sanctum, not wanting to have anything to do with his Father, Havenek, the Patriarch, for the moment (while Havenek shows signs of sadness, which Lirife takes as him being disppointed in his failures). 

Lirife descends to the chamber and stays face to face with Azbets, before starting to pray.

Lirife's prayer starts as a cry for help, a cry for forgiveness, a cry for absolution. He cannot forgive himself for what he did to Firra (letting her die), and so, begs and wails for the Ancestors to absolve him, and most of all, for Firra's soul to pardon him for such a grievous crime.

But as he cries and cries, his anger builds up once more, as he recites devout hatred at the 'dark dragons', which he considers mimics, emulating a dragon's appearance while being built from malice and evil. He swears to have it destroyed at any costs, and no matter what would happen to him, as he will only find redemption in battle. His words are of extreme hatred, and Lirife seems to be sacrificing his 'humanity' in the search of redemption.

The story ends as Lirife wounds himself willingly to prove how much he wants to give for the Ancestors. 

In essence, Lirife turned his adoration and love for Firra into pure, religious hatred and zeal, betraying what she stood for, without realising it. There is no forgiveness.