☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- It's just experience, - the Reimi girl sighed in a lower tone, - I think that if your organization grows and you live as the head of a temple for a certain amount of time, you will look at things in a similar way. And remember that you can always turn to me for advice... Of course, if the opinion of a fallen empress will matter to you in these matters.

- It's funny, now you're offering me the same thing that I offered you in the summer. But we have an agreement. If anything, I'll turn to you for advice.

- Win-win, right... Yeah, great! I'll try to remember! And what do you sell the most?

- What do you think? - she winks at the president. - Many of these wishes make sense for most people. But one of the questions worries them more than all the others...

- I understand. Then, here's another question about the signs - can they be read or not? Other people's, that is. Because suddenly your gaze falls on someone's wish, and your eyes involuntarily run over it, and it turns out that you can't do that. - Hearing about the gnome, she clenched her fists again. - Don't worry! I'll befriend the gnome and anyone!

- I have absolutely no doubt about that. I'm sure the gnome will be so stunned by the pure honey of your presence that he will lose all his usual spirit and find unexpected reserves of etiquette in himself, - it took a lot of effort for the priestess not to melt from this concentrated Minakowski radiation.
"Okamisama... What a wonderful child," a thought flashed through her mind, which was breaking down into atoms. - "It's a pity that she's not my daughter... I mean, not my younger sister. Yes, that's it. It's a pity."

- Disturbing the dwelling place of Her Highness Princess Naria with my visit and possible requests... I don't think I have the courage to be so bold 😟. And besides, some of the nuances are still not entirely clear to me - for example, how to properly name this faith? But I think that I will be able to do something like this with sincerity in my heart, communicating with people is not a burden for me, and the place here is wonderful!

- Just keep in mind in case of some sudden unforeseen event, - she shrugged with the emotion "anything can happen". - Although I can't immediately imagine what it could be in theory. A meteorite or something?.. So, I think that everything will go well, and no one else will be able to handle it as well as you. And this is not an empty flattery to lift your spirits, but my sincere conviction.
- Regarding the name... - she thought for a few seconds about their great history; about the "faith," which is not faith in its usual sense, subject to categorization at the level of an article on Wikipedia, but an undeniable fact of life - as natural as breathing or moving your hand without any prior thought; about the various currents and branches of the early and late years... she still decides not to reinvent the wheel on her own and not to overcomplicate the question with nuances that are not important for Anuzish. - Yanagi.

- E-this! Please, stop! There's no need to fight, violence is not the answer! I don't know what happened between you two in the past, but... Eh? - Taking the broom in her hands, the student looks puzzledly at Ayano and Sonata. - Eh?! A... Ayano, it's not nice to do that! My heart almost jumped out of my chest...

- A-ha-ha... Sorry, Minako-chan. This is, uh... - she suddenly became embarrassed, realizing that from the outside this scene might look a little immature. - This is... I just can't fully reveal the nuanced context at the moment... But it really made sense!.. Ahem, - holding the broom tighter, she looked away. - O-one way or another! Thank you for your help, we'll finish it quickly together. And I haven't had time to do it today, and the sun is already setting, so... - she starts sweeping vigorously.

- Well, it seems that I have no choice but to accept this exhausting work as an inevitable part of my destiny... - Sonata also took a simple tool in her hands. - Fortunately, I have some experience in this, so I won't lose to you young ones!
Taking advantage of the situation, Sonata cunningly starts working first.

Trying not to fall behind the Reimi girl, the Nihonka sweeps and suddenly has a not very pleasant thought - what if Sonata hadn't played along, but had seriously gotten upset, then this joke, although not 100% a joke, could have taken a rather bad turn - or at least turned into a tiresome failure.
Looking at the silhouette of the fallen empress, the miko experienced a very contradictory and mixed range of feelings - from surprise and astonishment to confirmation and reinforcement of her opinion about her. The last tick of this mix was a feeling of some gratitude mixed with relief that she, apparently, had really left the negative emotions of her old life behind, focusing more on preserving good memories and allowing the Nihonka to close the gestalt. This was definitely a quality that any "victim" of Miss Cosmos should take note of.
"Heh. Sonata Reimi is sweeping the courtyard of a Nihon shrine" - this incredible picture would be worthy of being captured on the canvas of an artist, and it finally gave her heart a feeling of political, historical and cultural catharsis.
Sighing as if a huge burden had been lifted from her shoulders, the existence of which she had already forgotten, Ayano sweeps through her third of the yard in a red and white whirlwind until it becomes so clean that you could eat off the ground.
Stretching, she goes to help finish the remaining areas of her friends, if there were any left, and then return all the inventory to the shamusho.