My son. If you are reading this, it means that I am dead, this time for good.
Forgive me, I couldn't be a father to you, and you will remember me as someone who simply gave you life, but nothing more. I don't blame you, I blame myself for being so weak and unable to do more for you than find salvation in this world.
I know you have a lot of questions, you are tormented by anger and hatred towards me and your mother. But please, let me explain. Your mother and I love you very much and want only one thing for you: happiness and a life that I gave up in my world, exchanging it for a life in Yggdrasil.
Oh yes! You don't know anything, so now I have nothing to lose and I can tell you that your father is from another world, a world that is so similar to yours, but different. In my world, technology has advanced further and virtual reality has already been invented. It's like reality, but as if it were made up. Worlds where human imagination has given itself free rein. That's how virtual games were created, and then multiplayer games (for many players from all over the world). I appeared in one of these games. In that game, I found everything I couldn't find in reality: friends, magic, a purpose in life. We created a great guild and wonderful creatures, some of which are your maids and a strong butler...
But sooner or later, everything comes to an end, and so it happened here. My friends left this world, never to return... And I stayed, believing that one day they would come back, but they didn't. The world itself began to close, its owners decided to shut it down and set a countdown. I stayed until the very end and prepared to say goodbye, but...
I moved to another world. Yes, yes, my son, I moved to another world, and all those we created came to life. I remember how excited I was, how scary it was, but also how fun.
Now you know who your father is, and your mother, well, don't laugh, she's a succubus named Albedeo, created by my friend, and I contributed a little bit, which I confessed to her, but she accepted me even after learning the truth.
Your mother is the most beautiful of all, and probably the craziest of all I've ever met. She fought for my heart for a very long time. It's not that I didn't love her, it's just that my fear got the better of me... fear of who I was and who I had become.
It doesn't matter now, although everything will be important to you now, and you will probably be very angry with me. I understand, I deserve it.
I made a mistake, I became arrogant and paid for it. Because of my mistake, I am now forced to write this...
They'll be here soon. I won't tell you who "they" are, you don't need to know them because as soon as you leave, I'll destroy the whole world, or rather, I'll just cause a massive earthquake and blow up the tomb. I think that should be enough to split the continent in two, and they won't get a single piece of the tomb. Floors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 have already fallen. Now the battle for floor 8 is underway, but it will fall too. It's only a matter of time.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to go with you to that new world, just like my mother and... the fallen guards. The thing is, the more powerful a creature is, the more powerful the portal that can transport it must be, and the stronger the portal, the more powerful the magic must be, or more precisely, the magical flow. At the beginning of this battle, I could have transported all of us, but then... I believed in victory. Now they have destroyed the mage's channels and many of the mechanisms that conduct mana. I am a fool who has paid for his stupidity. Forgive me, son, for being such a foolish father.
Forgive me for never seeing you again, forgive me for you now living in a new world without us. Forgive me for you never seeing your mother.
But know this! We love you very much, very much, son! I believe in you and I know that no matter what that world is like, you will make it respect and fear you. I can only hope that you will avoid my mistakes...
Mum and Dad love you and will always be with you. You will always be able to find us in your heart. We will always be there. We love you very, very much. Gods, how I want to say this out loud, to hug you and hold you close to me. How happy your mother would be. She waited so long for you, and I... I let everyone down. It's all my fault...
I am leaving you a few things that will help you in that world, and I was also able to transfer part of the Tomb of Nazarik to that world. It's not much, but I hope that it will at least make your life there a little easier. Forgive me, son. Everything I left for you is in your personal office on the second floor. The door will open as soon as you finish reading this letter.
The eighth floor has fallen. They held out for a long time...
What can I say... there is so much I didn't tell you, son, so much.
I love you, son, and your mother loves you very much too. Be happy in that world and find what I found in this one, only I couldn't keep it, but I believe you can. Trust the Pleiades and Sebas, they are your family now.
With love and eternal faith in you, Mum and Dad...
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