☀️ Arselia and Akonia

I've been driving all day, so sorry for the slow responses.

- As long as there are good times and stability, yes, but we can only thank the last two emperors and everyone who worked for such a present.

-- In general, I must once again note your strong sense of patriotism, Sir Shen... It seems that I used to think of you differently, not knowing about this factor, so I even feel sorry that we are, in a sense, competing. Or maybe there's no need for all this? We could develop a document on eternal alliance, peace, and friendship, seal it with a stamp, and together strive for a bright, great future for everyone, both Mindjin and Margel? Why is espionage, secrets, and everything else needed? Perhaps it would be socially beneficial to simply try to get along with each other as much as possible? With your level of respect for the Margel dynasty, this doesn't seem like a fantasy.

- It mentioned a comfortable life, what exactly does this mean - we, the inhabitants of the distant future, can only guess, but it may well mean spiritual balance. For my part, I can assume that the life of Lorencia after her meeting with King Flanaravi has hardly changed, especially if her passion in life was singing, which the unexpected changes she experienced were unlikely to hinder. In other words, I think that her fate has been excessively dramatized by some of you.

-- The absence of change is also a minus for many people, -- the redhead replied instantly. -- Maybe she dreamed of a big tour, but ended up with a freeze on the current state. She dreamed of great love, but it turned out that she lost the opportunity to find it, because even in such conditions, marriage is sacred, and "love" that contradicts duty is not real love?

- In other words, if the ruler of the empire offered to marry him, would you categorically refuse or at least consider fulfilling your duty to him to be unworthy of you? This is a very unusual position for a loyal knight of the crown, because it turns out that you are not acting out of a sense of loyalty, but solely because of a desire to fulfill a certain role that is pleasant to you.

-- No, first, I would realistically consider the consequences of refusal. Secondly, if I really had a choice, I would proceed from how much the hypothetical ruler sees a personal aspect in marriage with me, and not a political one. Just like in the case of Ixia, whom you also praised: they met, they got along, and as a result, they lived long and happily. If a person swears eternal love to someone in the face of Anuzish, then let these words be sincere, let him love the person to whom he swears, and not his throne... Not in the sense of renouncing love for the throne, but the feeling for a person and the feeling of duty must act independently of each other, both being important, and not just one. Otherwise, it's all a lie, and the procedure itself loses all meaning.

-- As for my goals, of course, I am fulfilling a role that is pleasant to me, and aren't you? This includes a sense of loyalty and honor, but my loyalty is not independent of who I show it to. I was lucky to serve under Her Highness the Suzerain, who is amazing in all her aspects, in such conditions even discussing hypothetical infidelity seems absurd to me. But if my feudal lord were such that serving him would tarnish my honor more than not serving, then I would prefer not to serve him.

-- I must say, however, that in the history of Welfern, there have been almost no emperors for whom the above reasoning would be relevant. Our country is surprisingly clean in its history.

- The ancestors of this person overcame cold and hunger, fought with celestial beings and each other, built a society and a state, of which he is a part from birth and to which he owes everything he is, and he is not interested? Let him first fulfill his duty to his family and homeland, and then do what he wants.

-- He deserves censure -- that's true. Pity? Hardly. Except perhaps for the fact that he was born or raised with a strange worldview.

- Personal well-being depends on the well-being of society, and the well-being of society depends on personal well-being, and as long as we are not hermits, we must care about the common good as much as about our own personal good. A functioning state cannot be built on excessive individualism.

-- You are saying everything correctly, but this is not a counterargument to what I said earlier. There is a sphere of feelings, there is a sphere of reason -- they are different, and neither can be completely subordinate to the other. At the emotional level, you want your expectations to match reality, and we grieve for those who did not get it. At the rational level, you understand that reality is a thing in itself and deaf to our feelings, so not having expectations, or having knowingly pessimistic expectations, is the best strategy.

- Actually, no, today is the last day. That's why I decided to show up to you to officially meet and then say goodbye.

-- Well, that's how it is... But, of course, this does not mean that someone else will not be sent in your place.)

- What specific flaw that is not characteristic of you do I associate with your group?

-- In a conversation with Beata and Guion, you explain the need for procreation based on the fact that otherwise there is a great risk of indulging in other "pleasures characteristic of irrational animals," but you do this in our library, clearly observing with your own eyes that there is not even a hint of irrationality or animality here... So, this is not an argument. I'm sorry, but in this case, defending the honor of my subordinates is my duty, children and the continuation of the family is wonderful, and I will be happy if I also experience this part of life (although I am already happy), but... I will defend the freedom of everyone to do as they see fit.

"Besides, Beata is just shy, she is not against the idea. So don't embarrass her... She will come to terms with it herself if everything is fine with her health and life expectancy."