☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Princess, model, priestess, swordswoman, - Cleona listed each title, bending a finger for each, - it seems someone won the lottery at birth.

- We should thank the kind people who live here. Maybe that's why everyone comes to the capital... - she shrugs philosophically. - You'll feel it yourself soon, Cleona-san.

- Oh, how cute, - says the Beauty, looking at the Onyx, - like milk and white chocolate.

- Isn't it? Like chocolate kittens, or cats. But appearances can be deceiving - these are very serious women! Which adds to their special charm.

- I refuse, - Sonata said with a sweet smile to Penelope, who was starting to flirt with her, and rejected the offer to work here even before it was fully made.
- ... - Penelope whispers in Ayano's ear. - Can't you somehow convince her?..

With an expression of universal doubt on her face, she wants to immediately reject this fantasy, but after a while, she decides to ask Sonata a question in private:
- And why? Is it because of...? - she nods towards the ring. - Or because of the "recent" events? Or is it just that she doesn't want to? I'm just curious, if it's not something too personal... This is already not the first such case.