Sigrid's Letter

A few days later.

Recently, Ikelite had been plagued by drizzling rain, with thunder often ringing out.

Accompanied by a cold snap, the hottest days of summer had passed. Next came steady temperatures until autumn arrived.

And today was the day Lanchi was set to depart for the Bosen Kingdom.

Since his ticket was for the evening, he had no classes or extra work during the day. He only needed to check his luggage.

"It feels like I only recently went on a long trip, and now I'm setting out again."

Lanchi stood before the wardrobe in his room, frowning as he muttered to himself.

Thinking about it carefully, his last trip had been a business journey as a diplomat for the Plant Empire in the Shadow World. No wonder he felt like he was always on the road.

Lanchi soon relaxed.

Once this trip to the Bosen Kingdom was over, he would be one step closer to retirement.

If he wrote his life of struggle as a memoir, he should be on the penultimate volume by now.

Just as he was packing his suitcase, the window suddenly rang with crisp tapping sounds amid the patter of rain.

"Meow meow, Lanchi, you've got mail."

The Little Black Cat in a raincoat opened the window to Lanchi's bedroom and used Telekinetic Magic to float a letter onto his desk.

"Thanks, Cat Boss."

Lanchi set down the clothes in his hands and walked to the window to take the Little Black Cat.

It seemed to have wrapped the letter in magic, leaving the envelope completely dry.

"It was nothing, meow."

Cat Boss took off his cat-shaped raincoat, folded it neatly, and set it on the floor.

A letter had been delivered to the Cat Boss Restaurant and kept at Planai's counter. Cat