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Allen,
How have you been lately?
In the blink of an eye, it had been nearly a year and a half since we parted. I wonder if you had grown taller by now? Whenever I asked, you always said you were 1.6 meters tall, which was clearly nonsense. Rudy mentioned in his letters that you had already grown nearly half a head taller than last year.
He also mentioned that the features you told me about had become much softer, and that your hair had even grown long enough to tie into a braid behind your head. Just reading about it in words, though, I couldn't really picture it.
I'm so curious.
To continue from last time.
I'd been repeatedly adventuring through dungeons, and perhaps because I always cleared them alone, I'd somehow made a name for myself. I actually received an invitation from the Shirone Kingdom's royal family—they wanted to hire me as the Prince's tutor.
To be honest, I was tempted.
Before entering a dungeon last time, I took your advice and seriously discussed with Rudy how to strengthen the power of magic. Sure enough, he really was a genius. There were some approaches even I had never considered. You two had truly been a tremendous help.
According to what he said in his letter, Sylphy had now officially advanced to Advanced Magician. Her hair had grown to her shoulders, and she had matured quite a lot. She spoke less now too, but it seemed she still liked sticking close to you all the time.
Although Rudy sounded rather disdainful about it, I imagine I would find it quite amusing if I saw it for myself. Hehe, I have to say, Allen is still so popular with girls.
Rudy told me that Sylphy once asked whether you