☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- I am primarily a historian and writer, so let me point out that it is still a good thing that coins will be at least as valuable as the material they are made of; otherwise, imagine, in Mindin, they once proposed making paper money, but the Church of Arselia forbade it. They also wanted the value of this money to be determined by the bank that issued it. So, things can always be worse than they are, although in the case of my homeland, the bottom seems not so unattainable.

-- They did the right thing by forbidding it, -- Erephir nodded, remembering the hyperinflation of paper in Ilianar. -- If taxes are a relatively honest way for the state to enrich itself, at least it is transparent and within certain rules, then such a substitution is pure robbery of the subjects; the temptation to increase the issuance of paper is too great, and they will hardly resist it... Such a currency can really only be used to keep warm in winter.

-- So, you are both a historian and a writer? These are related professions, but you can still be called a versatile person. And you can also handle weapons, right? When traveling alone, there is probably no other way.

- You know, - the nobleman decided to comment, - according to the statistics I have collected, 80% of men fall in love with 20% of women, and vice versa, and the more positive qualities a person has, the more admirers they have, so if this person in question is as wonderful as your friends describe, then there is nothing surprising in such a turn of fate.
- Uh, yes, you are probably right. And platonic love is, of course, for those who like it. If I liked a woman, I would definitely not want to be just a friend to her, no matter how beloved. But that's me, maybe other people can look at it differently...

-- Eh. The world is an eternal, never-ending war of people defending their interests against each other. But it's good that infatuation is not quite love, and all these 60% who lost the competition can still hope for happiness.

-- That's it. So, I will tell you, Ogma, that happiness takes different forms and is possible for different reasons; let your friends experience it, since you had doubts about my previous wish