☀️ Arselia and Akonia

In the Philosophers' Guild, a rather unusual meeting took place today – the participants honored the memory of one of their members, Hector Lamariss, a brave sailor. According to unconfirmed information, he was appointed captain of a ship and decided to go down with it. During the meeting, some of his views were discussed. Notable participants in the meeting included: “Mr. Gaheris believed that seduction is worse than rape,” Lee Joon said. “He considered it a kind of mental rape and an irreversible murder of the soul and heart. While, no matter how terrible the act of violence, a virtuous woman will remain faithful to her husband and become a victim of such dishonor only at the will of a third party, but seduction leads to an act of vile betrayal. What do our esteemed guests think?” “Oh,” Grigory said, slightly flustered when the attention of those present was directed at him. “Well, I think it’s all equally bad... Seduction, no matter who it involves – a married man or a married woman – is an act that destroys families and the foundations of society, and violence is just barbarism that has no place in a civilized society.” “And yet…” Since the Northerner did not answer, Lee Joon decided to repeat the question to the audience. “What is worse: seduction or rape?” “What is worse?” This time, a young man dressed in all black drew attention to himself. “In my opinion, we should ask the opposite question: what is better? Violence can be interesting in its own way, but only in relation to a very narrow circle of women, while seduction can lead to the most unexpected and interesting results. Choosing between these two ways of spending time, the second one is more exciting, but also more time-consuming and resource-intensive.” ... The audience covers their mouths with their hands, looks away, trying not to look at the speaker. “Ha-ha, that’s a very interesting point of view!” Lee Joon, unfazed (or perhaps deciding that what was said was just a joke), recalls another belief of the sailor. “Regarding the question of ‘What defines kinship,’ Mr. Gaheris firmly believed that everything is determined by blood. What does our audience think?” “I agree!” Grigory raised his hand. “There is no one closer than blood relatives! Well, except for husband and wife, of course...” “‘Kinship’ is something that everyone can define for themselves,” the man in black said, answering second. “If I consider my close-minded comrade, with whom I went through Hell, to be a brother, then so be it. And if my blood brother is a nobody, then he is not my brother at all, and everything else, in particular the legal aspect of kinship, is already the concern of bureaucratic worms.” “Aha, what would you do then if your wife gave birth to a child from another man,” Grigory parried, “would you treat him as your own?” “This is a complex question, but let’s assume that I really had a wife and something like that happened. And let’s also assume that she gives birth to a girl. In that case, I kill the enemy who encroached on what is mine, raise the girl, and then… and then she gives birth to my children. In this way, I both take revenge and don’t end up a fool. Let’s just say, I played it all out like a well-rehearsed performance.” “Uh-uh-uh,” Lee Joon was slightly taken aback this time; catching Erephir’s eye, he turns to her. “Esteemed one, what do you think about these two questions? What is worse – seduction or rape, and what, in your opinion, defines kinship?”