☀️ Arselia and Akonia

Guyon: loser.

- No, you!
- Guyon, what's wrong with you?
- I peeked into the table of NPCs' relationships with the player characters.
- Uh, what?
- I'm reading texts that break the fourth wall!
- Okay, when you started hearing voices, that was already unhealthy, but texts? When did you start reading texts?
- Maybe it's related to the fact that I'm an apostle of sloth.
- Apostle... STOP, WHAT?! ARE YOU A FREAKING APOSTLE?!
- I was...
- WHY AM I FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS LAST, YOU IDIOT?!
- Because I didn't want to bother you.
- Are you, you b****, completely stupid or are you pretending?
- ...oops.
- Okay, guys, stop, stop. Guyon, you're not following the script. Beata, forget what he said.
- What do you mean, forget?! Kosha, have you lost your mind?!
- What do you mean, not following the script?! I'll join Beata's question.
- This was supposed to be a dramatic scene, not a farce. And it was supposed to happen during the plot, not as a random breaking of the fourth wall just for laughs. So forget it.
- I can't just forget...
- Forget it! Or I'll make you parade through the city center in your underwear!
- Blackmailer... Okay, Guyon, let's rehearse how you would confess?
- Ahem... Beata! I wanted to confess something to you! Yes, again! I'm a former apostle of sloth!
- Oh, what a surprise! Really? Good heavens!


- You two are such idiots.
- All complaints are directed at you. It's you who makes us act like this.
- Uh-huh. And I also realized that all this time, it wasn't Beata who was embarrassing me, but you!
- What did you expect? I'm very socially awkward, by the way.
- It's noticeable...
- Okay, that's it, forget it. You need to wake up and go to your night shift. It was a dream. You don't remember anything.
- Okay...

Beata woke up and shook Guyon. It was time for them to go patrol Carnelian. For a moment, it seemed to her that he was supposed to tell her something important, related to the apostles... Or was it just a dream?
Anyway, it doesn't matter. Even if he keeps some secrets, he will tell her sooner or later. When and if he deems it necessary. Even if something that shocks her again and throws her off balance - she will still accept it and continue to love and believe him.