☀️ Arselia and Akonia

—...This isn't the kind of crime story I expected to hear today... —he thought deeply about something, glancing around cautiously. —I... I don't think you should blame yourself for something you didn't intend. There wasn't any intention, was there? ...However, life has turned out such that I promised to help the new owner in any way I can. And although we are not going to take any risks, understanding this dark situation, if you have any cautionary advice or tale, we are ready not only to keep it secret but also to immediately follow it.

- ...Have you ever heard the story of Empress Shen? Historians believe that she was very frivolous, unfaithful, headstrong, and many other things, but there is another version, according to which she was first slandered and then killed by a group of people who control a large business and the media in Margel; according to this version, the suicide of her husband, Bertal, was also staged by them. I tend to think that Darius of Plenty fell victim to the modern members of the same group because, being a foreigner, he achieved too much success and fame.