☀️ Arselia and Akonia

With all her heart, she silently thanked her loved ones for their support, smiled, and nodded to the crowd, thinking only one thing: "Okamisama, when will this scene finally end?" The stress of everything that was happening had taken a heavy toll on her heart. In an attempt to mentally escape to a "peaceful place" for a few moments, she surveyed the scene: - Sonata - for whom, despite all her life experience, something like this might seem amusing; - Chegver Klin - he seemed vaguely familiar to her even during the preliminary scene with his participation, and now she finally remembered that she had seen this face among the first after her arrival, and even noted this fact in her diary. It was unclear how he ended up in that state, but one thing was clear - his return seemed completely impossible and therefore incredibly happy; - Darvening Erefir Linel, to whom she finally managed to match a face. An open face, a light smile, and burning eyes - somehow, all of this subtly reminded her of Aiko-tan, except as if she didn't have such an overwhelming burden of responsibility on her shoulders. Perhaps, after the tragedy that had occurred, she could be the very person their team needed; - Garret, a scene with his participation could have been even more shocking if she hadn't had the chance to observe a chimera a couple of times... although such a description was already inaccurate - in action. "Relative?" - it was strange, but as a "fellow sufferer," she could understand this more than anyone else. Looking around at the crowd, to her regret, she couldn't distinguish any other members of "Carnelian" in its chaos, but in any case, she was glad that their hard work had earned its place in the highest echelon of the state. "Could it really end on such a high note?" - she finally calmed down, bowed to the crowd again, and turned her gaze to the new empress.