Diary

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:Catacombs:

The final Accursed resides, or so we're told, in a ghost town called Mireno, deep under the ground in the town's cemetery.

Back in the old days—around the time of Ragnarok—there was supposedly a group of angels, humans, and Sprites who lived here working an orihalcon mine. Diviners like my Einherjar and Ledah's Lorelei are made from orihalcon, one of the most precious metals in the world. When the mine was exhausted, the town's economy collapsed, and the people who lived here either wandered away or died off. It was home to six powerful priests who were said to have sealed a secret legacy within the catacombs, right where we're going. …According to Fia, at least, so I guess it can be believed.

Cierra told us that Mireno used to be quite a popular hangout for treasure hunters, as there used to be a great deal of lost artifacts just lying around the town. However, due to this popularity, there is supposedly very little of this treasure left. (That didn't make Lina any happier about coming—she was already less than enthused because she HATES the dark.)

I really don't care too much about that. I just want to get this stuff over with, because the call of Ledah's closeness is still tugging on me. The sooner I'm done, the sooner I can chase after him.

Rose, I think, can see straight through me. She's already told me once or twice in no uncertain terms that I should stop being so antsy because Ledah can look after himself until we meet again, reminding me repeatedly that he doesn't need a babysitter.

Which I know, very well.

I guess I still just miss the comfort of his presence in the woe of not knowing what to do sometimes. Ledah was never uncertain in his decisions, and it's his example I want to follow. He's very much the perfect Grim Angel, like I'm not—and even if I'm not following Hector right now, a Grim Angel is something I will always be. Maybe I'm Ursula's Grim Angel now, instead. That's what it feels like, at least.

Fia and Cierra are both hoping to uncover some of Mireno's secrets while we explore this place. Serene wants to beat up more demons. Lina just wants to get out of the place in one piece. The innocence of their desires almost makes me smile ruefully, when compared to the complexity of my own…

Well, Rose has already threatened to sit on my head and/or claw up my face if I keep dwelling on Ledah when there's a job to do. And she's probably right, as usual. She wasn't chosen to be my familiar for nothing…

Just one last Accursed—an unpleasant task in a less-than-desirable location—and then it will all be over, for good or ill.