Dear Qydro,
My apologies for how rushed this letter is, but I am in a great hurry.
Please forgive your old father, who is writing this letter with trembling hands.
The day after you came to see me, your uncle Manoa visited me as the Light of Aether was dimming and night was falling.
I had no warning that he was coming; he just suddenly appeared, along with three strange men he called his fellows.
He told me that the revolution is the only way to establish order in Atreia, and said many other things that I didn't understand.
Those men seemed to have been his travelling companions for quite some time.
They kept talking incomprehensibly, while stuffing their faces with my best food. Then, they said that they needed the Purification Crystal, the sacred item of this village.
They argued that the sacred item in the temple symbolizes the arrogance of Daevas.
I, of course, told them not to even dream of such blasphemy. But when these so-called fellows realized they couldn't persuade me, they began to threaten me.
Thinking over it now, Manoa was pretty threatening as well.
Your uncle is no longer the man he once was.
Manoa knew that the temple keys were in my keeping.
I had no choice but to steal the Purification Crystal and hand it over to them.
They wanted me to leave with them and go to their so-called base.
Then, suddenly, they received a message and left in a hurry.
On his way out, Manoa told me that Belbua is not missing but dead.
Qydro, I believe him. What's worse is, he must have been involved in it.
But that is over and done with. We must concentrate on the things we can change.
I am writing to you about the sacred Crystal.
I know that the village will investigate its disappearance, and my involvement will be uncovered.
No one will believe that my own brother threatened me.
I am so worried that I cannot sleep or eat at all.
I may have to leave the village before anyone finds out that the scared Crystal has disappeared from the Temple.
Your loving father