“Sya-,” along with that usual voice, the snake returned. Although I might say that the delivery snake returned to Jigen-san’s house, and the delivery snake showed up at my place along with Kuon-sensei as it rode on her shoulder.

  “Here you go, Seiren-sama. It’s a letter from Taiga-sama.”


  “T-thank you very much. Thanks for your hard work too, Snake-san.”


  “Syaa-“


  Au, as expected, it couldn’t be friendlier to me. As expected, I became quite depressed due to it-, while thinking about it, I sat down on the sofa and broke the letter’s seal. The usual neat writing was truly pretty, and I felt relieved just by looking at it.

  …When I came to, Kuon-sensei and the maids were grinning while looking at me. Meanwhile, the snake withdrew in no time, and its figure could no longer be seen.

  I see, so my face was quite easy to read during times like this, huh? Darn-, so I thought, but it didn’t stop me from reading the letter.

  “…Ah-, as expected, he needed to prioritize his territory for the New Year’s holiday.”


  Well, my expectation was met. I mean, he is the feudal lord, so isn’t it obvious that he needs to prioritize his own territory? But I felt slightly disappointed, oh well, is it due to my woman’s heart acting…? I can only say that, though.

  In exchange for that, it was written that he’d definitely come here before springtime. After all, there were things such as marriage greeting.

  After that, there was also a message to Saryuu, saying that he should take care of his health and do his best. Yup, he was also concerned about his younger brother, as expected, he was a really good person.

  [Seiren, your face is breaking into a smile.] “P-please don’t look at me, Mikoto-san! Everyone, too!”


  “At any rate, Seiren-sama’s mood was improved in an instant, well that’s good, so Oriza and I can only feel relieved.”


  “Ufufu. Seiren-sama, there was something good written in it, right-?”


  “That’s really great, Seiren-sama. Once you have written the reply, I’ll be taking care of it again.”


  Eei, you guys, don’t look at someone with amusing eyes as if you’re looking at an attraction like that. Nah, we’ve become relatively secluded in the mansion, so we pretty much don’t have any amusement other than this. Wait, don’t make someone become your source of amusement like this!

  In order to hide my embarrassment—though I’m not sure if I can properly hide it—I drank the tea that was in front of my eyes in one gulp.