Blossom pouts at the ideas of him leaving again, immediately after he returns home, but she doesn't argue, much. Aurelia actually sends Meridia out to intercept him before he leaves, asking him to deliver a message to one of her contacts, just a couple hours out of his way, on the way to the village, handing him a sealed scroll. He can sense magic emanating from the seal, the kidn that says you don't want to open it, if you're the wrong person.