☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- No, wait, let's start by listening to your ranking – from worst to best. This might help me see something I haven't noticed myself.

-- You're setting quite a task... But yes, this is a "competition," and such a request is appropriate. However, my ranking method will obviously not be related to your direct goal, which is selecting works for the cult. As I said, I am an outside observer, and I cannot be completely discerning and sincere in my assessment on that point. Therefore, one factor will dominate among the remaining ones – the girl carefully gestured with her hands, indicating something between an explosion and an opening lotus flower. – This is the factor of "impression." The painting must evoke many feelings in me as a viewer. And I want to say in advance that all the works have coped with this task, the students and teachers of the Academy know their job, but they can still be ranked.

The Knight touched her chin with her finger, pondering for a moment.

– From this point of view... You might be surprised, but at the very bottom is the work of Bazella. From an artistic point of view, it is flawless, but I can least say that I learned something new from this work. I repeat, the details are good, the atmosphere of comfort is also there, but I can't say that I haven't seen anything like it before...

– In second place from the bottom is... Perhaps the work of Kostus Kepler. Beautiful women and water – a good combination, the guy knows what he's doing. Unfortunately, I still had the feeling that he didn't quite perfectly depict some details here, and after seeing the other competition works, it became even clearer; otherwise, it would have touched my soul even more.

– Next... Well, inevitably, given the level of the contestants, it's the painting by Chinchin. I haven't lost the ability to feel simple childhood emotions over the years, no ) Just many other emotions have been added to them, and despite such a vivid reminder, they no longer dominate. But yes, once again, thank you to this artist (is that a female name?) for her vision.

– The higher we go, the more difficult it becomes... So, let's put the work of Her Highness Revania es Diesra Arual in the middle. This place demonstrates how classicism, with its celebration of the earthly and material, is important in its own way; the human shell does not actually participate in its striving for the perfection of being... Under this shell, it is just as beautiful, or even more so, than on the outside. This is a common dogma of classicism, but applied to the unusual case of a cult figure: who, despite everything, is still a human being inside.

– I want to place Ebon Lorenz next. This is probably just my personal feeling, but I realized that I also want to use cotton swabs in someone's ears... In my opinion, that's what happiness looks like. Such a level of trust with another person is simply priceless.

– I'll give second place from the top in this personal list to Visetto Autuno. I hesitated a little, as it's hard for me to describe what exactly makes his work good, but... I think that in terms of skill, it is not inferior to any of them; I am very impressed with how the light falls on the shoulders of your founder, and on... Well, in general, it's amazing, but here, too, the idea of classicism applies in a way, along with the other merits of the painting.

– And finally, there's only Sir Lamark, who ultimately takes my personal first place. I hope you won't think that I did this on purpose, considering that you are both a guide and a participant at the same time... Well, there are many reasons: an excellent color palette that appeals to me, inscriptions that emphasize the overall idea of the painting, a light shiver and at the same time an irrepressible desire to learn such an unusual form of social interaction – Erefir said this with a smile, and then smiled even wider. – This is undoubtedly a diamond among pearls; I will definitely remember it better than all the others ))

Having finished with this, the girl coughed lightly into her palm.
– That is my knightly opinion.