☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Well, it seems my company is no longer welcome here, even though I haven't revealed anything new. - Looking at his watch, Shen Shao made sure that the hour hand had passed midnight. - My mission is now over. Farewell, ladies and gentlemen, I will definitely tell my wife and son about you, such unusual characters.
After that, the spy opened one of the windows and jumped out.

"More."

- Alas. Please send our greetings to the worthy Lady Na, - in this polite farewell, there was not only friendliness towards the cunning book-selling rogue, but also several other, more subtle layers, such as "there are worthy people in Mindjin, it's just a pity that you are not one of them." However, according to etiquette, the words of the Nozenro cannot be used against her, and the formalities were observed.

The knight had to regret a little that, unlike their previous conversation, she had not managed to obtain any valuable information... For example, it would have been very pleasant to know how Shen planned to defend Kridear from the dragon. Erefir was hoping that during the conversation, the senator's son would reinforce his words with some kind of demonstration in order to create more discord in their group. But no. Perhaps he didn't really want to destroy their morale, and it happened spontaneously, or his means of dragon defense are too secret to be revealed for any purpose.

But in the end... During the verbal battle, the Carnelian Fortress was protected from the audacious intruder, but at a cost... Poor Klin. It is unknown whether he believed Shao or not, but the good servant of the crown had his soul stirred again for no reason. And, no matter how unpleasant it was to admit, Erefir also felt a bitterness in her mouth from being reminded of her sins. You can reassure yourself and those around you as much as you like that everything was done correctly, that negotiations are not conducted with terrorists, and so on, but when there is a living example of the consequences of your decision nearby, a person who is under your command and trusts you, you will inevitably think that, yes, you are not such a knight, Erefir Linel Darvining, as you could have been.

- I must say that there are no uninteresting characters in our environment, - she concluded, pursing her lips, as Shen left. - I will be in my room working on an essay.