☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- I'm sorry, Ayano, - Azarina-chan guiltily looked away, - you're right, age isn't the main thing: Sonata is already how old, for example?
- Yes, I'm already an old grandmother, and you both could be my granddaughters, - Sonatushka hugged them both, - so listen to what the elders say, okay?

- I'll soon be unable to count all my elderly acquaintances on the fingers of both hands...

- ... - Azarina looked first into Sonata's eyes, then into Ayano's, and then somewhere into the void. - If I understand correctly... I can't quite figure out what I'm feeling right now. My ancestors also occupied a certain country.
- Don't worry, Azarin-chan, she's just... not joking, but not making a claim either, let's say.
- Is that so? Well, okay then. Rinze also sent many women to the front, so they didn't have to sit on the doorstep - they could get a bullet in the forehead or stomach just as easily as men; they're lucky if they don't blow themselves up on a mine or get run over by a tank.

- It wasn't easy, but I let go of my grievances about historical injustice the day Kaya-kocho and I conducted an investigation... - she patted Lolita on the head several times, and then her gaze swept over Azarina's belly in parallel with the story about mobilization. - Here it is, imperial equality, imposed on technological progress. At least the arrow finally turned around, and not like with underdeveloped traditional Barbarians.
Realizing that the elderly are not very good with technology, the expert in military technology and weapons, Yamagami Ayano, decided to impress Sonata with a lo-fi cartoon about the future:
- A tank is a heavy, stinking iron box that can't be pierced, and it drives and shoots. And a mine is an explosive trap.

Amidst all this chatter, the princess forgot one of the important points and looked around in search of Kalinka-Malinka - was she somewhere nearby to say hello?