Thanks! I'm gonna need it xD
I don't want to change the letter thing since there's a reason it comes from Mappi to Huyuchi, only for chief Eino to rip it apart. But one thing I can do is just make sure you need to finish at least one of the village's quests to visit the third (if not both). It could just start as a quest that spawns into that conditions in the guild's quest board. Anyway, I have a few ideas as to how it could start, so I'm sure I'll get to a good solution eventually lol
But I'm glad you liked the freedom. The main story is based on a novel I wrote back in 2018 so I couldn't find much space for player expression without messing up the plot, so I wanted to remedy this a bit with the side quests (which were ideas I was saving for a possible sequel).