I don’t have any children of my own, but if I did, would I also worry this much about my kid leaving the nest? I felt like I would worry about Mewi, and we were only living together—not blood relatives. It would probably befar worse with my own child.

Thinking back, the letters I’d exchanged with Allucia had also largely focused on asking how she’d been doing. In her case, she’d been doing far too much and far too well for her own good but still.

“I guess it makes sense to wonder about that...”

The next section concerned Mewi. It wasn’t really possible to explain everything about her situation in a letter, so I’d omitted quite a lot from my report. Regardless of the circumstances, the son who hadn’t left home for forty-five years was suddenly looking after someone else’s child. My parents had to be uneasy about it. The words “Explain yourself thoroughly” were written pretty bluntly.

Hmm. My dad told me not to come home until I’d found a wife, but dropping by every now and then is probably fine. In truth, there was a lot about Mewi that was hard to explain in writing, and since she happened to be on vacation from the magic institute, the timing was just about right for a visit. I kept a return trip to Beaden in mind for the near future as I flipped over to the second page.

“Aah... That reminds me. It’s almost that time of the year.”

The letter finished with a request for me to drop by Beaden for a short while if possible. It wasn’t an order or anything—my dad made it clear that it was up to me. So why did they want me to come back after throwing me out? Well, it wasn’t only because of Mewi.

“Did something happen?” Allucia asked as I finished the letter.

Guess I can talk to her about it. She knew about Mewi, and as my former pupil, she knew Beaden very well.

“It’s mostly trivial stuff. Wanna take a look?” I offered.

“Are you sure?”

“There’s nothing problematic—you can read it if you