WHEN I got back to my room after our walk, a single envelope was sitting on my desk.
“It’s from Nigren?”
I turned it over. The gold seal depicted a dragon holding an orb, which I recognized as Nigren’s official seal. Figuring it must be from Karina, I ripped the envelope open.
I quickly scanned the text, wondering what she could possibly have to say.
But it turned out to be an official invitation from the Nigren International Affairs Office. The ivory-colored paper was of the highest quality, and it said: We Request The Pleasure of Your Company in Our Land of Nigren. The signature on the bottom right was that of Nigren’s International Affairs Minister.
“It’s an official invitation…”
In her final letter, Karina had asked me to visit. And now she’d made it official with an invitation. The date of my visit was set for two months from today.
“Maybe she figured she didn’t need to write a personal letter? That the official invitation would suffice?”
I carefully put the invitation back in the envelope and placed it on my desk.
“Maybe I’ll include a letter to her with my official response…”
I could return my official correspondence to the Nigren International Affairs Office by going through Najir’s. That way, I could be certain there’d be no mix-up with the Transference spell.
I quickly grabbed my pen and scribbled a quick letter to Karina, saying how delighted I was with her invitation, how happy I was to be visiting Nigren for the first time, and how excited I was to see her again. All the while, I felt doubt clawing at the back of my mind.