A letter carefully preserved by the killer, never delivered. It belongs to a true hero, waiting for his beloved to unseal it.
Dear Roan, I'm sorry for breaking my promise again... The merchant vessel ran into a solar storm while passing through the Anacocchi system, so I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back in time for Himeko's birthday as planned. The electromagnetic interference from the storm is so bad that I can only reach you the old-fashioned way.
Come to think of it, Himeko is almost six years old by now. I've watched her grow from that tiny little child into who she is today. Have you noticed? Her eyes look exactly like yours. Funny thing is, I feel like I've said that a long time ago. I shared the photos with some friends traveling with me, and you should've seen how jealous they were.
Darling, don't worry about me. You're the one who has it hardest, after all. And it hasn't all been hardship along the way. If not for this journey, I never would have seen the Great Resplendence collapse under its own gravity and bloom into a flower or stood at the edge of a raging wave of memoria as dream bubbles burst, drawing a glittering beaded curtain across the night sky. I never would have crossed paths with the Knights of Beauty in my hour of need and sailed aboard their ships through the Swarm that gnaws at the stars. Oh, and there's this place called the Rumbas system. You are not going to believe this, but the creatures there look exactly like trashcans!
The universe is vast. Everything fades, and yet everything is reborn. Even in the face of an endless and boundless end, hope endures. I'm not sure why, perhaps it's just that special connection between a father and his daughter, but I have a feeling that someday, she'll fall in love with this sky full of stars too. Maybe she'll become a traveler like the kind souls I've met along the way, wandering through the cosmos. But before any of that, I'm taking you both to see the meteor shower in Sagittarius. Just the three of us, standing among the stars, taking it slow, watching the world shimmer and sparkle right before our eyes.
I believe that day will come soon. I've found his trail, the one who cursed the bloodline of the Graphia clan. I can almost sense it: He's hiding somewhere within the star system my eyes can reach... I know I've been a failure of a husband and a father who was never quite there, but even with hundreds or thousands of light-years between us, there's something I need to say to you two...