Published: September 9, 2025
This is not from Satou’s perspective (this is from Yuni, a maid at the inn outside the gate of Seryu City).
“Yuni?!”
“Yesss, just a moment please. I’ll be right there~”
Heave-ho. Now, with this, there should be enough firewood.
I hurried over to where Martha was calling me, and she pressed a bundle of papers into my hands.
“Uh...?”
“A merchant just delivered this. It’s a letter addressed to you, Yuni.”
A letter? Could it be...?
“Ah! I knew it!”
“That’s amazing! Having someone who contacts you by letter—like a merchant or a noble lord!”
Hehe~ Martha’s envious words made me a little bashful.
I opened the letter and started reading.
First, from Tama-chan.
“Arrived safely at the labyrinth city. Tama.”
Tama-chan’s letter is so short.
But it’s good to know she made it safely to the labyrinth city.
Next was Pochi-chan’s.
“Pochi and Master left Count Seryu’s domain and were ambushed by a swarm of over a hundred insects at the foot of the mountain. Against what seemed like an overwhelming number of bugs, Pochi and the others bravely fought back with crossbows alongside Master. Then, they met a princess of the fairy tribe protected by ratmen wearing Red Helmets—”
Um, this is a letter, right?
Looks like Pochi-chan’s letter is over a hundred pages long.
...Yeah, I’ll read that later. Yeah, that’s better.
The next letter was from Arisa-chan. We’re not that close, so it made me a bit happy that she sent me a letter.
“Dear Yuni,
I hope this letter finds you well as the early winter season approaches.
As for Pochi and Tama’s recent status, I am pleased to inform you that everyone arrived safely at the labyrinth city without injury. The package delivered with this letter is a small token from our master, Baron Satou Pendragon, so please accept it graciously.
I am writing to inform you promptly.
Sincerely,
Arisa Pendragon”
So formal. Arisa-chan’s writing is very stiff.
There were parts I didn’t understand, so I asked the proprietress to explain them to me. This isn’t the kind of letter a child would write.
I thought Mr. Satou was wealthy, but he really is a noble lord after all.
Inside the package were “luxury hand cream” addressed to the proprietress, a coral necklace for Martha, and a comb and hand mirror for me.
A hand mirror! It’s my first mirror of my own!
The proprietress said that it’s a glass mirror far more valuable than the bronze mirrors sold in Seryu City.
Ugh, it’s nice to see a clear reflection, but my freckles stand out so sharply.
Huh? There’s also another scrap of paper inside.
“Oh, that’s great. If you write a reply, you can take this with your letter to the trading company, and they’ll deliver it all the way to the labyrinth city for free.”
Yay!
It usually takes about a year of saving money just to send a letter to the labyrinth city.
I have to quickly write back and update them on how things are here.
But before that, tonight I have to stay up all night reading Pochi-chan’s masterpiece!