☀️ Arselia and Akonia

Returning to base, Alaria informs Gion that the plan failed – Nadia quickly disappeared, likely after the attack by Despair. It's no surprise that recently, there haven't been many people reading newspapers.

- No, I don't know how to "pretend" to fight, and I don't want to. I also don't want to walk around with bruises tomorrow.

"If you want, you can hide bruises with foundation. And hickeys in inconvenient places. And many other things that you wouldn't want to show the public," thought the Tanarian as she passed by, "but I won't talk about it. It would sound less like advice and more like an attempt to persuade someone to do something. And besides, foundation isn't a guarantee, it's just a convenient tool. Not to mention that such knowledge doesn't come from nowhere. So, there will inevitably be questions about where I got such experience."