Diary
See disclaimer in Entry #1
Author's Note: To all of you who thought that part 15 had jumped straight to Yggdrasil, all I can say to you is BAKA! I'm trying to keep this at least relatively linear, and if you were swayed by Ein's deep disappointment and depression, just wait till you see how he actually reacts to Ledah's death. I've got a few special things planned for that, and those who are already drooling over the prospective angst will not be disappointed. (You're so sadistic!) Chapter 6's story arc begins now…
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I thought I knew what pain was before. I was wrong…
Oh gods…
We'd only been back in Elendia for a few days—I wasn't even preparing to go chase after Ledah yet—when Ursula contacted me in a dream to say that a Grim Angel has broken into Yggdrasil, her sacred domain, in order to destroy her defenses and kill her so that Riviera won't be able to withstand attacks from Asgard, and that my help is needed now.
It can only be Ledah. It must be Ledah. He must've been trying to tell me before… but I didn't try to find out what he meant in time, and it's too late to have to do anything else now.
Oh gods.
I'm going to have to go after him for real now.
I might… I might actually have to fight him.
My skin is covered in a cold sweat, I'm shaking, and I feel sick. I can't believe I actually have to do this. Please, gods, let him listen this time.
Let him listen to me.
I'm not afraid that he'll kill me. No, I'm a lot more scared that I'm going to have to hurt him. Ledah… my friend, my partner, who tried to tell me what was going to happen in the only way he could…
A man who—it seems so long ago—once walked rather than fly to spare my wounded pride…
I have to do this, I know I have to. But I wish I could give Ursula some kind of excuse and let the girls take care of this.
Ledah's too strong for them alone… he'd destroy them without me.
I know him well enough to be able to read his movements… I know how he fights and thinks, how he's always lived his life.
Ledah…
Please, gods… don't make me hurt you…
I never want to hurt you…
Don't put me in the position where I'll have no choice…
In Ursula's realm of Yggdrasil, I must do what I can… not only to save Riviera, but to save the truest friend I ever made…
Ledah, wait for me. I'll come for you…