In the office of the Royal Castle of Valkyra Kingdom, there was a greatly perplexed man.

It was the Prime Minister of Valkyra Kingdom, Simon.

His wife, Rosary, had left a letter and departed for the Sanctuary.

The letter she had left behind stated that she was renouncing her status as a citizen of Valkyra Kingdom, and would assist the Sanctuary in its governance as a one of its people.

Certainly, prior to her marriage, Rosary had been an exceptionally capable woman diligent at her work.

This was rare among women of noble birth. That was because if a woman was born to noble families, they generally become a pawn for political marriages, and it was not required for them to be able to work.

Fortunately, Rosary and Simon met at work, developed into a loving relationship, and they married for love. This was a very rare case.

Then Rosary had immigrated to the Sanctuary.

Currently, Simon was searching for civil servants that could be entrusted with the practical work of the administration of the Sanctuary.

This was proving to be more difficult than he had initially surmised.

To begin with, the highly educated people in this world practically consisted of sons and daughters of nobles, as well as the children of merchants. Furthermore, talented individuals with both high education and good character were valuable personnel even in Valkyra Kingdom. Although he intended to deepen his connection with the Sanctuary, it was quite the undertaking to narrow down the candidates.

Indeed, it was difficult narrowing down the candidates.

When rumors spread that there was a recruitment of civil officials for the Sanctuary, Simon was inundated with applications.

The fact that some of the applicants were actively engaged in the government affairs of the nation had greatly concerned Simon.

「……hm? Is this truly unfavorable?」

Then, it came to him that, if it was his wife, Rosary, she would be able to bridge the time it would take to find suitable candidates for the civil servant positions.

The maintenance of their mansion in the Royal Capital would likely be fine if left to the steward and maids. Rosary’s tasks of gathering information at tea parties and salons with noblewomen of other houses and strengthening bonds with factions were no longer as essential to Simon now.

「Umu, I feel sorry for Iruma-dono, but I must ask him to accept Rosary.」

Deciding so, Simon promptly wrote a letter to Takumi.

As it was still an important matter, rather than communicating with a magic device, it was necessary for him to write it by hand on high quality paper stamped with the coat of arms of House Portfort.

「It’s nearly time for me to retire too, if I immigrate to the Sanctuary like Rosary had ………not bad.」

This moment marked the decision of the Prime Minister of Valkyra Kingdom to retire in the near future.

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At the time Valkya Kingdom’s Prime Minister Simon was exhausted by the activities of his wife Rosary, in the Royal Castle of the faraway land of Yggurle Kingdom, there was another man who had an aching stomach.

「Lumia, just when I thought I had not seen you……」

Yggurle Kingdom’s King Forestly slumped his shoulders as he read the letter from his daughter.

A letter was sent expressly using a bird-type familiar by Mimir who should have been in the Sanctuary. It arrived significantly faster than the typical horse, indicating the importance of its contents before it is even opened.

And sure enough, Forselty was drained of his strength when he read the letter.

「I had only recently gone to the Sanctuary to bring her back, and yet……」

Queen Lumia was saying she was going to immigrate to the Sanctuary, but his daughter was questioning if that would be alright for Yggurle Kingdom.

Forselty had realized that he had not seen Lumia recently.

A consequence of his own actions, the work that Foreslty had left behind to personally go to the Sanctuary to bring Lumia home had piled up.

Because of this, he had been confined to his office and had not noticed Lumia’s absence.

It was then that Forselty’s attendant burst in.

「Your Majesty! The belongings of Her Majesty the Queen are missing!」

「……umu, good work, you are dismissed.」

「By your will!」

Once the attendant left, Forselty let out a deep sigh.

Then he spoke to Prime Minister Balza, who until now stood like a shadow without a word.

「Hey Balza, can you persuade Lumia to come back?」

「Please spare me. Madam Lumia would reprimand me. Once she has set her mind, we have no choice but to relent.」

「……that is true. She, among the Elves, possesses the closest disposition to the Spirits. Her free-spirited nature is unchanging.」

The heavy sighs of the two aged Elves resounded in the spacious room.

It only took a brief moment to finish writing a letter and both of them signing it.

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I received the response from Lord Simon by way of our shop in the Royal Capital.

Given how the letter had arrived very quickly, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of foreboding.

When I hesitantly opened the letter, all that had been written was 『Please treat her kindly』 and had Lord Simon’s signature.

「Treat her kindly……」

After that, a letter with the exact same contents had also arrived from Yggurle Kingdom, but it had King Forselty and Prime Minister Balza’s signatures. I found myself escaping reality, wondering if this was a prank.

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