I had been leveling my CUL prior to entering Ifrit HM for the White Hot Ember, and I'm positive the quest was there when I entered the instance. Upon completion and exiting, the quest was gone, and Gerolt only offered me to restart the quest from scratch.

Character Name: Baistt Oraya
Job: Paladin
World: Midgardsormr
Date/Time of occurrence: Roughly, 10pm AST on 10/31/2013