☀️ Arselia and Akonia

— I made just as many mistakes as you did, but I understand your concerns. We don't have many options, and going to church is a risk for any of us. I'm not sure that even sending Septetus there wouldn't be a risk for our raven. It's likely that we will have to go. But are you sure that Thrace won't find your new appearance suspicious? Won't it be too suspicious? Visiting her may involve certain risks; you must understand this.

—If we stay here, we lose. If we go to the tournament, we lose. We can tell Thrace that we were attacked on our last mission. We lost Kenshiro; can he travel with us unnoticed? And I was maimed to the point of being incapacitated, except for swinging a sword. Or we can hire a guide and not participate in the tournament. We won't get any money, but we won't lose a fighter. We'll assess all the participants from a distance. We'll track down and crush the spirit of the ugliest one. Or we'll get the stone from his corpse if he's defeated in battle before us.