Chapter 101: Messenger Bird (1)
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Sitting at a desk table in her cozy room, Inna’s lamplight was turned on, an unrolled parchment of papers was laid in front of her with a steady hand. She dipped her quill into her ink jar, and one could easily see the girl scribbling a few words down on the paper with intense focus and determination in her sparkling brown eyes. An expression that showed that she was pouring out her heart to just that single paper.
After a few strokes of the pen, she stopped and carefully reread everything she had written, thus ensuring that she hadn’t made any mistake. Taking a deep breath, she neatly tucked the letter into an envelope, finding it illogical that she was willing to try this suggestion in the first place, yet found herself still doing it.
"Why am I nervous?" She asked herself out loud while fumbling with the envelope in her grasp. "It is possible that no one will respond to the letter and ignore it completely. Yes! That isn’t impossible." Assuring herself of the outcome, she rose to her feet and quietly stepped out of the room.
Hiding the envelope by her side and keeping a straight face to avoid raising suspicions, Inna successfully stepped out of the mansion to hand the mailman who had shown up at the gate to receive letters for that particular time of the day.
"Who do you wish to deliver this letter to?" Asked the mailman as it had no address on it. Inna hesitated for a while before leaning close to whisper into the mailman’s ears, and he quickly nodded his head in understanding.
"But I cannot deliver this." He explained to Inna, handing her her letter back, and that left the girl puzzled as her brows slanted downwards in skepticism.
"Why not?"
"Such errands are not meant for me," he proceeded to elaborate. "If you wish to get this letter sent, my lady, then it has to be done through a messenger bird."