Knights of Tezoth

— I'm so glad you're here, — Stefania concluded.

Before deciding whether to go to the next colleague, the girl explained that she needed to find out how the other knights were feeling.

— Are there any thoughts you'd like to share with me? Or maybe you'd be interested in finding out together how the others are doing?

- Thoughts... Stefania, what do you think — is the ambition and craving that lives in the human heart a good thing or a bad thing for individuals and society, or not really? In a sense, it's precisely because of this that we ended up here, but on the other hand, it seems to be the very foundation of everything we have now.

— Well... if you look at it from the perspective of those who might be harmed by others' ambitions, I suppose someone would say it's bad. For each individual, everything that forcibly drags them out of their comfort zone, deprives them of something, or makes them do what they absolutely don't want to do is bad. If you look at the question more globally, essentially all progress stands on someone's ambitions and cravings. Take, for example, Eidos the Iron. Without his ambitions and desire to unite Tezoth for its protection, everything would have turned out quite differently. Who knows, maybe without that, a fragmented Tezoth would have long since been swallowed by the monsters of regret. Do we need that? Nope.

- Without ambition, we'd still be living in caves, and someone would have had to step out of their comfort zone to get out of those too! Though I'm not sure whether people ever lived in caves or settled straight into cities? I don't recall what the historians of Cortina and the theologians of Osha say about that.

- But be that as it may, progress is great, no, even wonderful! But craving and ambition need to be pure, not selfish. Can you imagine, not long ago I had a dream in which some influential man, because of his love for a woman, exposed thousands of people to great danger — that's exactly what you should never do! We need to think bigger! For Gildaria! For Lord Adalard! Long live His Radiance!
The unexpected guest who unceremoniously barged into the conversation of the two girls was the Knight of Unwavering Courage, Dalias Galiot. As his title suggests, he was known for his bravery, but not his intellect.
- Hmm! I hope I'm not interrupting you two? Because after the young lord, all sorts of thoughts creep into one's head at the sight of such a scene.

— Well, the deeds of the hero of your dream are indeed terrible and inexcusable. I hope that before waking up, his head exploded like an overripe watermelon. I also believe that behind any large-scale actions there should be a motivation to make people's lives better. And in this context, I'm talking about the people of Tezoth, not some small group of selfish individuals.

Noticing the arrival of the Knight of Unwavering Courage, Stefania gave the young man a hug and answered his question:

— Oh, not at all, you're not interrupting! Quite the opposite — you'll be the third! — her intentions were honest, and she meant their philosophical conversation with Silvatika.

- I've never tried watermelons, but I'd like to believe that you won't find such people anywhere in all of Tezoth, otherwise that would be extremely sad! Though there's already the Bloodsucker, and that's no better. - Having received permission, the newly arrived knight settles in comfortably. - Thank you for the invitation! So, my lady, to make people's lives better, we need to make sure that His Strategicity's campaign succeeds, so we'll quickly capture Ikazkan, return to Tezoth, and everything will come full circle. How do you like that plan?