"Roast goose, vegetable salad, steak... it looks really good. Your new sorcery, apart from the spellcasting materials being too expensive, has almost no drawbacks."
Luviya commented, as she placed little Mia, who had caught the scent of dinner, back into Shard's arms.
So, the two of them and the cat sat around the campfire and started eating dinner. After finishing the meal, and with the plates and pots simply cleaned and put away as toys, Shard hesitantly brought up another matter:
"Actually... this morning, I received a letter from Miss Gawder."
"Miss Gawder? Who is that?"
Luviya thought for a moment before recalling:
"Oh, Mia's owner. I remember you said in the letter you sent last month that you mentioned formally adopting Mia."
"It was just a joke."
Shard said slowly, sitting on a rock with the cat lounging on his lap, as he took out the folded letter from his pocket:
"In fact, I haven't even opened it to see what's inside."
