A white-winged bird-type magical pet landed in front of me with a letter for which I had been waiting a long time.
"It's finally here?"
The letter's contents were quite simple—there were only two sentences: "I took care of things for you. The official invitation is inside, so hurry and come as soon as you can."
The letter was a reply from my old friend and classmate Kaid. It was only a matter of time before I went to the Cloud Tower in the Mage Country—what was really important was how I went. I would receive treatment that would differ depending on whether or not I had been invited.
That was why I had written to Kaid a while back, asking him to help me out. I divulged a bit about what was going on so that the Cloud Tower would officially send me an invitation.