☀️ Arselia and Akonia

We had to say goodbye to Akiacchi in advance – she physically couldn't climb up here due to the lack of legs.

😔

“Here you go,” said Radgrid, handing Ayano a woven headpiece made of wildflowers. “I haven’t recognized you as ‘one of us’ yet, you know? So come back again to…”—she snorted and turned away—"to win my trust."

- I will, - Ayano smiled. - How beautiful... Thank you, Radgrid! Take care of your little brothers. And I'll take care of "mine." See you, rascals!

“Forgive me, please, for I came with empty hands,” Emil bowed to the pair, “but know that as soon as I finish my song, I will send it to you by carrier pigeon!”

- Emil-san, you have already given me much more than I could have dreamed of. I will be looking forward to your work, - she replied with a bow.

Ingrid gives Ayano a small package of apple tree seeds.
“I don’t know if you have land where you can grow them, but I hope you do. These are very beautiful trees with delicious and nutritious fruits.”

- I have land, Ingrid-san, so they won't go to waste. One day, I will bring you a whole box of them, grown on local soil. Thank you!

Lina gives her a set of white bed linen with a pattern of flowering cherry branches. Heidi gives her a cute, pale pink hair clip. Ella gives her a small parrot in a cage.

- Lina-san, thank you for your work and patience at that moment😅, I can already feel how this gift warms my heart. Heidi-san - what a lovely thing, thank you! We'll fly together again sometime. Ella-san, oh, I need to think of a name; thank you again for all your help and pleasant company!
- Tristan-san, sayonara, I will pray that things continue to go well for your guild. Don't let Akiacchi get bored, 😉.
- Trude-sama... Your warmth in my heart will never fade. One day, I will catch you a bucket of phantoms and treat you – you'll lick your fingers. See you!

With a smile, she waves goodbye to everyone and boards the aircraft...

...only to exit it after the loading screen in the airport of the Welfer capital.

Once on solid, paved ground, inhaling the dusty, sea air of the metropolis, and listening to its loud cacophony, Ayano stretches sweetly.
- Tadaima, - she says to it.
Glancing at the calendar and around – to see if any of Denikin's lumberjacks are waiting for her somewhere, she turns to the "pilot":
- It seems we are on time. I promised Her that I would arrive on the weekend so that she wouldn't worry. It would be awkward if something unforeseen happened during the flight... I must appear before her. And what are you planning to do now?