With less than a week left before the end of the holiday, Astrid and her companions bid farewell to the Beckett couple and boarded a carriage bound for the Capital City.
Since she needed to stay in the imperial capital to study magical devices, Charlotte, as a professor at the academy, naturally couldn't accompany the younger generation on their outing.
However, after not seeing Astrid for two months, she couldn't help but worry about her. Thinking that the latter would be physically and mentally exhausted from the journey back to the imperial city, she decided to host a banquet to properly welcome her.
As they neared the imperial capital, the carriage didn't enter the city but instead headed to a manor in the suburbs of the Capital City. When Astrid took the hand of the head maid and slowly stepped out of the carriage, the first thing she saw was the elegant figure waiting to greet her at the manor's entrance.
