☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- I once heard that modern medicines weaken people's immune systems and cause other health problems... I used to think it was just superstition or rumors spread by competitors, but now I'm not so sure. In "The Leaf," for example, they don't just sell healing potions and ointments; they also sell pills that can't be obtained naturally.

—I think several factors are at play here. For example, what do your hypothetical mountain-dwelling relatives need, assuming it's not a famine year? They need you to be healthy, help with the household, and raise children. So, they'll take care of you with all their heart and soul. But what does the Mindjin pharmaceutical corporation care about? That's right, they want you to become addicted to their drug products. Every year, the entire population of Margel gets sick with a cold and undergoes a mask regimen, and the Leaf, being no fool, will also make some money from it, and then entrepreneurs with miracle pills will show up. It's a business, alright. But that's only one side of the moral issue. —☝The knight wagged his finger at an invisible Mindjin spy. —On the other hand, you have an urban environment, a comfortable life, and a lack of natural harmony on both a physical and spiritual level. It's all as the priestess Kalina said. That's why you get sick more often because your body has long lost the resilience that Anuzish bequeathed, and stress and depression hinder the restoration of internal resources. What's left for treatment? A trip to the countryside for a month or two? Maybe instead of work, you could do sports and self-improvement? Find a hobby? Not quite: the main thing for a city dweller is to be back on their feet by Monday, or the boss will cut their bonus. They take some incomprehensible pills and get back to work, but the aftereffects remain. Because modern medicines are designed to relieve symptoms, and even then only temporarily, but no one has the time, opportunity, or desire to address the root causes.

- The coronation... of Her Highness Princess Naria? Well, now I've heard. So, we really have lost His Majesty? That's a pity...

—It seems so... You know, in my rural view, all of this seems a bit unnatural. Such a terrible tragedy, and yet Her Highness has to organize a celebration and shine before the people. Of course, with such responsibility, one begins to think in completely different categories, but still... For me, it will probably remain, first and foremost, a day of remembrance. By the way, would you like to go tomorrow? I really have no idea how it will take place; maybe in your empire, ordinary people are not allowed to attend such a high-profile ceremony? But there will definitely be something to see in the city. "And maybe even for free," he added gloomily to himself.