Hey, watch where you're going!
Ah...
S-Sorry!
The Promised Land
Um...
Yes?
My name is Promessa Prometas!
Right...
W-Will you... Will you give me back my letter?
A letter you sent yesterday, huh?
That letter's already heading to its destination.
W-What did you say?
T-Then... who is the person doing the delivery?
Um... Lag Seeing.
A lad who just became a Letter Bee.
Maybe I left a little early.
Lag, can a delivery be early?
Yeah...
This is a fixed delivery-date letter...
So if we get there too early, then...
You can't get there early for a fish delivery-date?
Fixed delivery-date....
I have to deliver it on the day the sender requested.
And it's really quite sealed up.
I wonder what's inside?
I can't! I can't!
The job of a Letter Bee is to make sure to deliver the letter!
Only a newbie would be interested in what's inside, got it?
Newbie!
We're going to deliver this letter to Ms. Pistis tomorrow.
That's our job!
Now let's go, Niche!
Get out of here, now!
My, oh my...
I see we're in quite a bad mood today.
I will come again, my darling Pistis.
Never show your face here again, you cretin!
Perhaps I should hold my tongue,
but is there some reason you remain so hard-hearted to my courtship?
Reason?
You still can't forget about him, can you?
About Promessa, who left you.
Who cares about that guy...
The problem is you!
I hate you, Galador!
Not this again...
Pistis, be honest with yourself and-
Blah, blah, blah... Shut up!
Get outta here!
Hyaa!
Oh, dear, quite a glare you have.
Oh, Crania...
Isn't that Galador a rich celebrity around here?
I'd think it'd be quite the fairy tale...
I hate that sort of fake affection.
And if I got married, he'd start pestering me about stupid things like developing my land and profiting off it...
Development?
You think I'd let this become some casino?
Pistis, I'm sorry.
I don't mean to pry, but...
Maybe you still... about Promessa...
You're joking...
That guy's probably already gone off and died somewhere.
Oww...
She is one strong-willed woman.
I'm sure there are so many women who want to be near you, you'd have to turn them away, Master.
What I really want is her land.
But the Pistis family only has that one house, right?
See, this is why you're so naive.
It's near the intersection of a number of main roads, right?
If we build a casino there where travelers can stop by...
Big profits!
But no matter how much money I offer, she won't part with that land.
So if money's no good...
I just have to use my charm, right?
Yup!
So if Master and Pistis get married, the land and rights become yours!
Well, if that doesn't work either, then I just steal it.
No matter what it takes...
The destination is just a bit father ahead.
We didn't run into any gaichuu, so everything's gone well, but...
What am I going to do? This isn't any good...
No good!
I told you, it's a fixed delivery-date, remember?
Sixed delivery-dates are no good?
Yeah... At this rate I'll reach there a day early.
In the nick of time...
You idiot! You have a death wish, you brat?
Walkin' in the middle of the road like...
Niche?
W-W-What?
Niche, stop!
Um, I'm sorry!
Who the heck are you?
I'm the Letter Bee, Lag Seeing.
Letter Bee?
Yes.
I'm in the middle of delivering this letter to a Ms. Pistis.
To Pistis?
Hey, let me see that letter!
What?
This was sent by Promessa?
I might be able to use this...
You know her?
Yes, that's correct.
Pistis and I have quite a close relationship!
Oh, that's it!
How about I deliver the letter to Pistis instead of you?
You needn't thank me.
After all, Pistis's house and land will soon be mine, so...
I'm happy for the offer, but I can't do that.
It's the job of a Letter Bee to be responsible for the letter until it reaches its destination.
Hey, brat!
After Mr. Galador went out of his way to...
How rude of me.
I said something very inconsiderate to you, you responsible young lad.
No, it's okay...
I want to apologize for my rudeness somehow...
You don't have to apologize...
Master, how cruel!
Heyho!
It's a pittance, I know, but on such short notice...
Please, eat up!
I can't accept this wonderful food after destroying your carriage...
Lag, my boy...
Your dedication to your job has moved me deeply!
Not to brag about myself, but I'm quite the important person around this area.
Treating someone who came all the way to this back-country land to deliver someone's precious letter...
It's almost an obligation of mine!
So don't hold back! Please!
Okay...
I'm supposed to deliver the letter tomorrow, so...
I guess this is okay.
Okay then. Thank you for the food.
Whoa, whoa!
Hey! Wake up!
When did I fall asleep...?
You're Lag Seeing, right?
That's right, and...
Hand over that letter you're carrying!
What? It's a robbery!
No, no! I'm the person who sent that letter you're carrying.
The sender?
I can't give the letter back to you.
But I'm the one who sent it!
I don't have any proof that you are the sender.
Then please, stop the delivery.
I can't do that. It's my responsibility to make sure the letter is delivered.
But...
Um, would you mind explaining to me what the problem is?
That letter is addressed to my fiancÃ©e, Pistis.
Five years ago I made a promise to her.
I wanted her to wait to get married until I could fulfill that promise.
So I left her and went to Yuusari Central.
And finally, the day I fulfilled my promise had come!
But...
I thought that if I went to see her now, I might just cause her trouble...
So I sent a letter instead of seeing her directly.
"If you've been waiting for me all this time,
I'd like for you to plant the flower seeds inside this envelope," is what I wrote.
Flower seeds?
The letter has flower seeds in it?
Yes.
But after I sent the letter I began to regret it more and more...
Regret?
Maybe Pistis doesn't care about me anymore?
What if she doesn't plant the seeds?
When I thought of that, I figured maybe I shouldn't have sent the letter!
So that's why you want this letter back.
It's gone!
Your letter is gone, Mr. Promessa!
Wonderful...
I'm glad you like it.
And...
Here.
What a cute flower!
Sorry, I only have this one.
No, thank you. It's wonderful.
Pistis, I'm going to become a great scholar.
And on your birthday, I'll make a ton of flowers bloom in the fields as your present!
If I do that...
If I do that... Would you...
Hey, Pistis.
Knock at least, would you?
A letter?
It must be something important,
to be sealed up this tightly, don't you think?
This letter from Promessa!
Promessa?
I wonder what could be inside?
H-How would I know?
I haven't gotten a single letter from that guy since he left!
Anyway, hand that letter over to me. It's mine.
Whoa there...
I'll hand it over, under one condition.
Condition?
What's that?
Some form?
It's a contract where you give up this land to me, Galador!
Lag, you didn't drop anything that way!
What have I done?! Losing a letter makes me a failure as a Letter Bee!
I'm so sorry, Mr. Promessa!
I'll find that letter, I promise!
It's okay, Lag.
I came here to take it back anyway.
Steak, that's not the letter! That's Galador's food!
Galador, you said?
You guys know Galador?
And then, before I knew it, I fell asleep.
Galador is a big land-owner with a terrible reputation.
You guys were put to sleep with some sleeping drug of his, I bet.
So he could steal the letter?
But, why would he...
That's what I want to know!
Anyway, did Galador say anything?
Now that you mention it, he said something about Ms. Pistis's land becoming his...
You've got to be kidding me!
Pistis would never give up that land!
I can't let this stand.
Mr. Promessa!
So you really were just after this land.
I'll give this letter back if you sign the contract.
Don't be silly!
You think I'd trade this land for a letter from a man who ran off?
Oh, I get it.
Then I guess I should just burn it.
Sure. Suit yourself.
Idiot.
Why now, of all times?
Looks like she's okay with it.
Heyho!
Wait!
Promessa!
H-Hey, Pistis...
It's you! Why are you here?
To take back... To take back my letter!
Why, you...
What do you think you're doing to the master?
Promessa!
Mr. Galador!
P-Please give that letter back!
Give back the letter!
Out of my way!
Lag!
Niche...
Get the letter!
The letter!
I'll give it back! I will!
Just, spare us!
Miss...
Here, the letter...
Um...
What?
Ms. Pistis Falsetto.
I have a letter for you from Mr. Promessa Prometas.
But it was torn, and the contents...
I can't accept that.
Get the hell out of here and take this man with you!
But!
Why did you have to stroll back into my life now?
How do you think I've felt all this time?
Ms. Pistis...
It's okay, Lag.
I'm the one at fault here, for everything.
Let's go.
So you'll just let those five years go to waste?!
It's five years of Pistis's life I wasted, not mine.
I'm really sorry, Pistis.
Why?
How can you say that now?!
Pistis!
Come with me!
I want Ms. Pistis to know how you truly feel!
Even if you do that, it's too late...
H-Hey! What do you think you're...
Hurry!
Lag, there's lots of flowers.
Yeah.
I-It was a success.
A success?
Yeah!
I bred those flowers so they would grow extremely quickly when exposed to air.
They're a special breed!
I see!
So that's why the letter was sealed so tightly.
Anyway, I'm glad you made it today.
'Cause it's a sixed delivery-fate!
Um, Mr. Promessa, today is...
My birthday!
Pistis!
Promessa, you still remember that promise?
You fool...
In the end I wasn't confident that these flowers would really work.
I'm really sorry.
Then I guess it's my turn to keep our promise.
Will you marry me?
Yes!
Lag?
This place was once wilderness.
But it's now known by travelers as a place where they can rest their weary souls beside large flower gardens...
Next: The Corpse Doctor