11. This time, choose yourself

Dear father,
We are preparing to take our leave soon. We have encountered a delay . I have been a bit tired because of the cold and Nerissa just got sick too. We expect to leave this place before my birthday and head back to Alomir to celebrate.
 
I spend most of my day, taking walks and praying in the woods. Mazog and Evhai like to join me from time to time. They are a pleasant company. Ever since he started speaking, Mazog has never shut up, well...except when he panics.
 
He recently told me about a nightmare he had. He told me how Evhai was building his hometown brick by brick. An hideous creature, appeared and destroyed what Evhai tried so hard to create. And then, from one they became ten, and another ten, and another ten....until Evhai found himself in the middle of dozens of creatures. But he knew, he knew that these creatures were provoking him. So, instead of fighting, he prayed for the power to overcome the their mockery. Angried by Evhai's actions, one of the creatures rushed to attack him. But before it could get to him, they heard a song. In a blink of an eye, all the demons disappeared. Evhai, now surrounded by sweet, peaceful tunes of joy, got so powerful, that he rebuild all that was destroyed. And he listened for the song for a long time. Blinded by his joy, Evhai didn't notice, that slowly, the tunes became darker, and less harmonious. By the time he realized, the song stopped, and the home town in front of him transformed into the ruins of an old memory.
 
Luckily, as mentioned, it was all a dream. Evhai is living happily in his happy house. Oh and father, a miracle happened the other day. To be honest, my cold got worse than I expected, so all i could do was sleep and walk. None of the medicine were working. So Mazog suggested that maybe I should ask Evhai to help me pray. And so I did. After a few days, the flu was suddenly gone. I felt a bit exhausted, but I came back to being lively. I could finally get out of bed and run, I even raced with Miyun.
 
Since I was a bit bored, I wanted to find out more about this realm, so I went in the library to read. Instead, I found a book with local ghost stories. I got fascinated by one story that stuck in my mind. It was about four fishermen that lived near this lake. They have been friends forever and lived a very happy life. Although three of them believed in God, one was different, for he believed death is the truth power of men. Over time, he got influenced by his friends, he got to learn more, and he became to waver. One day, while they were fishing, a ghost appeared in front of them, and asked the fishermen: " If you want to live...you'll answer my question... What do you believe in?". The first three did not stumble, they replied in an instant. Unable to reply, the fisherman slowly started to lose his mind. His friends, terrified and scared for the fishermen tried to get help, while the fourth one was fighting himself. In the end, the fisherman found the answer to the question, he finally found what he truly believed in, but it was already too late, for the ghost decided his fate is to die. For no man, should live with no beliefs. But his friends , did not give up, and kept trying. Seeing their desperate attempts, to even sacrifice themselves, the ghost decided to give the fisherman another chance to live. In exchange, it promised to return again, if it was for the unfaithful fisherman to waver ever again.
 
Nerissa seems to get better everyday, however she is still sick. The queen insisted to help, but we could not let her get close. What would happen with a land if the queen got seek? You see father, sometimes, to help others, you have to choose yourself. Each one of our actions have consequences, which we will need to face. The queen felt guilty, for being selfish. But was she really? She chose to help her own people, even though Nerissa's situation could get worse. And she chose to trust us to help her. I consider it to be a wise choice.
 
Anyway father, my birthday is coming and it would be nice to hear from you as a gift! I love you! 'Till we meet again.
 
Your lovely daughter,
Lyaria