☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- You had the opportunity to collaborate with us and, at the same time, to save Crider and all its inhabitants from the disaster that befell them, but you decided not to take advantage of it, so now there is nothing to talk about in this regard.

After these words from the spy, all thoughts about possible responses to their own line of discussion vanished from the Tanaarian's mind. First, she cast a worried glance at Klin, and then a look full of doubt at Erefir, and hurried towards the mountain knight. Even though he was currently in a "depressed" state, as he liked to put it, even the current Criderian might feel sick after such news.
— Erefir, this isn't true, is it? — the inquisitor's voice held notes of hope that this was just a manipulation by the spy, an attempt to sow discord within their united group.
"She can't just stand there and seriously discuss how the need to enter into a dynastic marriage tarnishes her honor, but the need to sacrifice a region doesn't? There must be some hidden meaning here, right?"