Lafrenia

— Halt, who goes there? — As the group approached the royal villa, one of its guards, clearly of foreign appearance, stopped them. — It's not a good idea to be here, and it's even illegal!

By the way, I must admit that this guard, despite appearing in two scenes so far, is still in my personal top list of NPCs (of course, after Raum and Nolina). He's so vividly portrayed as this Russian guy with a distinctive accent, like a cheerful soldier from a fairy tale. I hope we won't have to fight him later... Yeah, right...

In response, her companion merely grunted in annoyance and headed in the opposite direction, leaving Coriel alone with her thoughts.

Liliya stood still for a moment, pursing her lips, staring at the ground, and clenching her fists. Why was she pulled out of her thoughts because of some nonsense? She was tormented with questions, and the wound that was already bleeding was opened even wider, and then she just left? However, Coriel is at least alive, so maybe she shouldn't complain?
Never mind. Now it's important that Raum's and the others' sacrifice wasn't in vain.
Liliya gathered herself and refocused her thoughts to plan the words for her future book. She resumed her journey to Arven.