☀️ Arselia and Akonia

-- Your Highness, I am extremely pleased to hear the news about the Sovereign; once again, we are receiving wonderful assistance. Is there any... story that is permissible for our ears to hear, regarding what happened? It sounds as if the Apostle, either personally or indirectly, caused the temporary loss of communication with Her Highness Naria.

-- Regarding the dragon, I believe he is not alone, but with Arselite priests who have removed the seal. And since they successfully survived the change of power in the Church, they are good fighters... So, to attack head-on without attempting to lure the enemy out seems rather unwise, however... Please excuse me, My Lady, if I was too hasty, and you wished to express a completely different concern, -- a bow.

- Your assumption is correct; Naria writes that she fought with Despair, which caused her delay. The Apostle himself is now on the border of the empire with Farrellia, but he is not alone, but in the company of a powerful priest who is capable of easily destroying any summoned creature, demon, or undead. Given the composition of Carneol, an attack under these conditions seems suicidal. My sister believes that there is currently no particular point in attacking Margel again. The palace is destroyed, the government is destroyed, as is the headquarters of the army and knights. To instill in people the feeling that nowhere in the empire is it safe now, and also to demonstrate the empire's inability to protect its vassals, she thinks that Despair's next strike will fall on another region. She suspects it will be Crider.