☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Or maybe I'm older than I seem, who knows? Considering where I come from, I could easily be a few hundred or even thousands of years old. Even our Empress is... well, a year or two older than she appears. But aside from that, I'm glad to hear it, and thank you very much. And now that I think about it, Kayasa-kocho seems like an obvious choice... Maybe I should go to the bureau and take a magic test? Maybe they'll even accept me into the school, even at my advanced age. I could learn from her... But never mind, that's just a digression," she said, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a pack of cigars. "Imagine, I bought these a while ago to give to you, and it turns out you already smoke the exact same kind. That's not a problem, of course, but it does take away from the effect... Now I don't know what to do with them. I don't have any other acquaintances to give them to, and as our old blacksmith suggested, I'm not going to smoke them myself. So they've just been sitting there. Maybe I should just go ahead with the original idea?" She hands him the expensive pack, even though he probably has a whole warehouse of them at home.