☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- So, what would you like to ask... - Beata thoughtfully surveys the gathering, - what did you want to be when you grew up?

— A Legate, although this title hardly means anything to you, — Alaria understood that she had a good example in the form of their Arselian enemy, but she didn't want to use such examples, — these are, in a way, special agents, whose authority was second only to the ruling elite, and they were the executors of their will. They were assigned the most dangerous tasks: whether it was eliminating powerful demons, obtaining ancient artifacts, or doing some dirty work that the public should not know about. Of course, as a child, I didn't even suspect the dubious aspects of this activity, — she decided not to say that this ambition remained with her for some time even in a more mature age, — in the idealized image created by a child's imagination, they appeared more like heroic monster hunters. That is, a fantasy for a child is actually quite ordinary.

- What about the benefits of a developed civilization? Although it's hard to say if anything would take root there, after all, it's a completely different environment, the lands are harsh and generally not very conducive to human existence, and the society is quite specific and strictly traditional. And vice versa. I would, of course, like the customs common in Welfern to be closer to my own, but... The ideology is too contradictory to the local church, it's not the same as the Ikigai of Kalina, and as soon as I arrived and tried to find out about the similarities between the cultures, I was directly threatened with reprisals by the church if I continued to develop this topic. The patriarch himself was more tolerant, but still, in the current situation, this does not seem feasible either now or in the foreseeable future, which is, of course, very regrettable. It turns out that in Welfern, I can only forget my original ideals as a fantastic dream and try to adapt to the local culture as much as possible.

“Our quiet crossbowman, in fact, is full of surprises! He seemed to me to be a more or less typical mercenary, even though he came from another world, but in reality, he is a representative of a very unusual culture. Interesting. Now I'm even curious to learn more about his homeland and its traditions.”