☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Isn't this the first location in every empire that helps it establish its dominance over the population? - she looks around for familiar faces.

- Ah! You haven't even started learning how to wield a sword, and you're already making jabs at me, albeit only verbally for now!

Aiyano doesn't see any familiar faces, but she does see a familiar sack on the executioner's head and the equally familiar silhouette of his ghostly companion.