A handwritten letter from Philis?
Su Li immediately took the exquisite white envelope from Bradley's hands, as he said, the stamp and wax seal were intact.
With a fluttering heart, Su Li opened the wax seal bearing the intertwined emblem of Bauhinia and Iris and took out the letter paper that carried a faint scent of iris. Philis's familiar yet somewhat flamboyant handwriting leapt onto the page:
"To my distant sun, my eternal Venus, and my steadfast lover:
As I write, in the courtyard outside Avalon Palace, the Eternal Light Knight Order, clad in plate armor so shiny it can blind, is marching past, the clatter of hooves rattling even the newly replaced stained glass. My dear darling, I suppose you've already seen my substantial 'gesture'—the Eternal Light and its unlucky fellows, along with the noisy and voracious Knight Lords from Sulande Province.
