My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

40: Coded

Soro's POV

"This is war." I state sternly.

"Wha-what!?" Star is dumbstruck.

I don't respond. I simply sit on the ground and pull out my father's spellbook and the letter. I tune everyone one out as I flip through the spellbook. As a skim through a paper falls from between the pages. It reads:

'To My Son.

I'm sorry about this but only your eyes can see what's written here. As such, I have encrypted this letter. I'll give you a hint to the code. There's something in the other letter I wrote you. You must use this something to solve the puzzle.

WI CYX, IYE WECD UXYG DRKD IYE KBO KLYED DY OWLKBU YX K NKXQOBYEC AEOCD. S GSVV ROVZ IYE DRO LOCD S MKX. ROXMO GRI S'W VOKFSXQ DRSC VODDOB. SP S MKXXYD ROVZ IYE SX ZOBCYX, S GSVV ROVZ IYE PBYW DRO ZKCD.

XYG, PSBCD IYE WECD PSXN DRO CGYBN, GSD'C OXN. S VOPD SD RSNNOX SX DRO KODROB. IYE WECD QY DY KCRO'C RYWO. K PYBDBOCC XOKB DRO MOXDOB YP DRO XODROB. OHZVYBO DRO PYBDBOCC DRYBYEQRVI KXN IYE'VV PSXN K COMBOD MYBBSNYB. PYVVYG DRKD MYBBSNYB PYB KC VYXQ KC IYE MKX. GROX DRO MYBBSNYB OXNC IYE'VV LO CYWOGROBO OVCO SX DRO XODROB. GKVU YXO REXNBON LVYMUC CDBKSQRD SX PBYXD YP IYE. IYE'VV MYWO KMBYCC K GKVV YP XODROBBKMU. ZVKMO IYEB RKXN YX DRO GKVV KXN SD CRYEVN YZOX PYB IYE. S'W KPBKSN KPDOB DRKD, IYE'BO YX IYEB YGX. YXVI IYE KXN DRYCO K ZKBD YP DRO GRSDOPSBO PKWSVI MKX GKVU DRBYEQR DRKD NYYB. S MKXXYD DOVV IYE GRKD VSOC LOIYXN. RYGOFOB, S GSVV GKBX IYE DRKD LOIYXN DRKD ZYSXD IYE GSVV XYD LO KLVO DY ECO IYEB WKQSM.

YXMO IYE RKFO GSD'C OXN IYE GSVV XOON DY VOKBX DY MYXDBYV IYEB WKQSM KXN RKBXOCC DRO ZYGOB YP IYEB WSXN, LYNI, KXN CYEV. DRKD CGYBN SC SXPECON GSDR WI PKDROB'C WKQSM. SP GSOVNON KWKDOEBVI DRO CGYBN GSVV LKMUPSBO KXN DRO GSOVNOB GSVV LO REBD. ZBYWSCO WO DRKD IYE GYX'D ECO DRO CGYBN EXDSV IYE EXNOBCDKXN DRO OHDOXD YP IYEB YGX ZYGOB.

PSXKVVI, IYE GSVV XOON DY VOKBX KXN WKCDOB DRO CZOVV DRKD GSVV ROVZ IYE NOPOKD LBSXO. S'W KPBKSN S NYX'D UXYG RYG DRO CZOVV GYBUC, CY S MKX'D QSFO IYE KXI ZYSXDOBC DROBO. LED S MKX DOVV IYE DRKD DRO CZOVV IYE XOON SC YX ZKQO DGY REXNBON DGOVFO YP WI CZOVVLYYU, GRSMR IYE CRYEVN RKFO PYEXN DRSC SX.

QYYN VEMU, WI CYX.

I love you, My Son.

~Your father, Carson Whitefire'

A coded letter huh. It's not written in Craftian. It's not Ancient Craftian either. It's definitely not Netherian. Maybe Aetherian? No. He doesn't want anyone else to be able to read it. Hmm. There's a hint in my other letter. I skim through it.

'To My Son,

I hope that by the time you find this I have already told you what is written here. If I haven't told you please wait for me to do so. If I can't tell you for one reason or another please wait until your tenth birthday to read this.

My Son, you will probably many people who know me. Most of them will know me by my alias, Carter. A select few, among them your mother, will know me by my real name, Carson. Carson Whitefire. I am the son of Ashe and therefore you are the grandson of Ashe. I believe that you will be the one to fulfill the Legacy. I believe you will the one to hold Wit's End and restore peace to the land. I truly believe that this is your destiny.

But before that happens, there are many things I must tell you, My Son. Many things about myself. Many things about Ashe. Many things about your mother. Many things only I can tell you. So, I'll start from the beginning of the end.

In the book, 'Tales of Ashe', there are stories of my father's death and of the Legacy. These stories are not one hundred percent true. They are the stories the public knows. I know the real stories behind what happened.