☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Nothing like that! On the contrary, your noble (and certainly not "old") early-silver age is the most suitable time to start thinking about matters of this kind. All of this is not intended for some hot-headed teenager to carve a path to a better future with fire and sword, but rather for a conscious person, who has some experience and a firm footing in the world, to realize that life and our place in it are not limited to what he has managed to record in his passport and upload to the database of a state supervisory body, but that any of his good intentions, even those that may not have been understood and thus deprived him of his last illusions, actually had meaning and were appreciated by both people unrelated to him and invisible observers, and are not just invented out of thin air for the comfort of witnesses, but express our collective feeling and can show you that all of this was not in vain! - After finishing her explanation, the fire in her Nihon eyes faded, and her gaze dropped. - Okay, I understand everything. I won't "recruit" you anywhere; you don't need to think that I'm one of those people. Just... if you came once or twice, it would make me very happy. If you're lucky, you'll meet Minako-chan, and just one look at her can melt absolutely any heart in a good way. She's my student. Although I'm only a few years older than her, I feel like she's the sweetest granddaughter I never had. You have Azarina-chan, Sonata-chan, Kayasa-kocho, Edgelord-kun, and me, but that's no reason to limit yourself to our circle. It's up to you, but... we'll all be glad if you draw life from some other source as well. Hmm! By the way, one of your old acquaintances is among my parishioners! Oh, I can't even imagine what your sudden reunion would look like! - hugging herself with her own arms, the priestess shivered. - Okay, okay... I've said this before - or thought it? - and I'll say it again: stop counting yourself out. If it weren't for you, do you think I'd be standing here now? Do you think Azarina, Sonata, and Kayasa would be constantly at your door? Do you think Edgelord-kun would humbly nod at the words that "he's practically our son with Gaheris"? Do you think Her Majesty, the Matriarch, would declare that the comedy is coming to an end? No! So, it's too early for you to dream of peace, and you shouldn't think that just because you're older than some of your acquaintances, it automatically makes you wiser and infallible. Nothing like that; being a bakamaitai is not hindered by age. A single cough: - Ahem! I apologize if this turned into a lecture; that wasn't my intention. I just wanted to say "thank you" for everything you've done, Gaheris (-san). Even though, it seemed, you had already given up on the future at the time we met, you still did everything you could to help those who needed it achieve a better outcome, and you yourself moved to that path, even if you refuse to accept it. You are not the first person I met when I first arrived in... that is... in Margel... who is not similar to my origin; and not the closest in blood or other similar characteristics. But I won't lie even a little if I say that spiritually, no one has been closer to me since the very beginning of June until today. If it weren't for you, I don't know where I would be now. Maybe I would have been recalled with a snap of my fingers for some foolishness... Anyway... - not knowing how to end this pompous statement, she simply holds out a single piece of Turkish delight to him.