To you, dear beyond the fireplace

Summary

Helen Atwell, a skilled pilot.
Her job is to drop bombs over enemy bases and shoot down enemy aircraft.
To uphold the hated Empire’s prestige—and to protect the very people of the Empire who had oppressed her.

It had already been months of throwing herself headlong into death.
Then, like a miracle, she received a wizard’s letter through the fireplace.

To the dearly missed Miss Helen.
I practiced my handwriting a great deal to make a good impression on you.
I simply couldn’t bring myself to send you a letter in ugly script.
I hope the magic I send this time will please you.

As she gradually grows fond of the gentle, secretive wizard Enoch,
Helen is also assigned to the squadron under the cold, taciturn Major Alek Morton—
whose origins and attitude cause them to clash endlessly…

“You should have just gone back.”
“You dying is not an option. So stop saying things like that.”

Helen had never imagined that a single letter, flying into a winter battlefield, would change her life forever.