☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Yes, but if my ancestors hadn't decided to "annex" Kredar into the empire... then maybe none of this would have happened.

—I doubt your ancestors were directly involved in this... although, who knows, maybe I've been disrespecting you all this time. —the knight shrugged. —More likely, they suffered from the ambitions of those who like to paint the map with the blood of their own people, just as much as mine did. Well, I recently spoke with a surviving compatriot, and he expressed an interesting thought: that the Kredar way of life—without a strong army, powerful allies, king-mages, and so on—would sooner or later lead to the conquest of this region. If not for resources, then simply for political gain. Of course, such an outcome doesn't evoke positive emotions in me towards the one who initiated this campaign; there's even a separate chapter about this in the "chronicles," but it's foolish to deny the rules of this world. In the end, under the empire, we enjoyed some degree of peace for much longer than if we had been conquered by some undead army. —Oops...