Although it was a "long story short," Grey got carried away as he spoke.
"...You wouldn't know, but since I became a Necromancer, I've been hiding out near Dusky Bay, without a single friend to talk to. In the end, I had no choice but to talk to corpses. It's been over a decade like this, and during that time, I haven't met a single colleague..."
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"...A month ago, I finally encountered a guy from the Northern Land. He was riding a bone bird, quite a beautiful one, with fine membranes covering its bony wings...
"We talked a lot. He told me many things about the Netherworld and left me this mirror. He said he was off to undertake a perilous mission and that if he failed, I should carry on using this mirror.
"However, a day later, he was burned to death at Oak Square, along with that bone bird... Sigh, I did warn him."
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