After dinner, Hilda fed the cats. The guards from the ancient Imperial Palace deliberately timed their trip, only coming over leisurely to collect their cat when she'd probably fed it. This time, they also brought her harp back.

At the sight of her harp, Hilda grew so enraged that she was gripped by the urge to smash something. When they took it away, they treated it with great reverence, having six or seven people moving it into a sedan with gloves as though sending off a bride who was getting married, the only exception being the setting off of firecrackers. It's only been two days, yet they're now sending it...