Posts from ☀️ Arselia and Akonia Auto-translated

- Hello, sweetie! Why are you so sad? Did someone offend you?

— Dad was right, I'm not cut out for this job. And I just wanted to help him 😭

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-- It's really not a problem for me.
"It seems that in this city, despite all its glamour, there is still unmet demand for some things. I'm unlikely to ever own a cafe for people with pets, but it's worth keeping that in mind."
The gnome enters her favorite diner, bows, complains that she doesn't have much time today, and asks for two bags of a generous portion of something fragrant, bready, and with a filling in each. One for herself, one for that scoundrel she doesn't mention.

After thinking, she asks for another bag of something meaty.

Christopher fulfills the order.

"Mom, I'm in the newspaper! On the front page!" "Next time, I'll do things differently. I need to change my methods to mislead the investigation and prevent them from linking the murders." It wasn't for nothing that I read Agatha Christie and watched true crime on YouTube. Beata is going to "The Vulture."

Never mind, I wanted to use both of them for some fun activities anyway, and Giyoon has already been used.

Forgot something else. Beata receives 60 experience points.

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-- Thank you. It's very commendable to treat life and money with such respect. Often, people take trivial things seriously and neglect what's important. But if it were the other way around, things would be much easier for everyone.
Kenshiro buys yesterday's and today's issues.

— A terrible murder, — commented the passerby while Kenshiro was buying the newspaper. — Oh, and this issue is about me, — he added, referring to yesterday's newspaper, — well, I guess I won't bother you. Good luck with everything!

With these words, he leaves.

Christoph is fulfilling the order.

Thank you.
-- Ayko Virensencer, the phrase sounded near the cat breeder a minute later, and he could see two packages extended towards him.

-- Good luck...
Kenshiro unfolds yesterday's newspaper.

- Ayame,” Nihonka replied to the bow with a polite nod.

— I think a more straightforward and serene name would suit you better. Ayaka, Ayumi, or Ayano, for example. — Gaheris glanced first at the doll, then at the shopkeeper, before his gaze returned to Ayano. — Well. Unfortunately, I am not a wizard, but merely a collector and businessman, and therefore I cannot tell you much about the true nature of this doll. I found it paired with Lolita... Excuse me,” he approached the shopkeeper and pointed at her with an open palm, “this is my assistant, Lolita, she is in charge of the shop. I confess, I don't know her real name, so for practical reasons, I had to give her a new one. So, I found them in the vicinity of Risserland a little over two years ago. I suspect that geography of the empire may not be your strongest subject, so I will say that this is a regional city to the northeast of here. "Sakuyа" was in the same condition as it is now, while Lolita was exhausted. It was clear that she had traveled a long way and suffered greatly before that. I fed her, washed her, dressed her... I gave her a roof over her head, but days, weeks, months passed, and her speech and emotions remained locked away. Fortunately, her ability to satisfy basic human needs remained, as did her ability to perform simple commands. For this reason, I gave her a job in my shop. — Glancing at Lolita again, he continued. — I will not hide the fact that I had aesthetic and mercantile intentions. The thought of having Lolita in the halls of "Phantom" could not fail to excite my aesthetic and entrepreneurial sense. I justified myself by saying that such a job was still better than if she just stared at the ceiling. Who knows, maybe interacting with customers could restore her humanity? This, unfortunately, did not happen, which only fueled my interest in this mystery. For this reason, I went to Risserland again, where, like a madman, I asked everyone I met about this doll. After a few weeks, I managed to find out that this doll came from some "Mirror Workshop." The craftsman there, known in narrow circles as Krait Adalbert, was famous for his amazing, lifelike dolls. This place became the next place of my pilgrimage... What I found there exceeded all my expectations. I found out that this craftsman was not an ordinary person, but a wizard, and that the realism of his dolls was based on the fact that he placed human souls in them. To my disappointment, I could not find out anything else, as by the time of my visit, the wizard was already dead, and his workshop was in disrepair, forgotten by everyone. — Gaheris paused to catch his breath. — What connects "Sakuyа" and Lolita, I still could not find out, although I really wanted to. The only thing that shed some light on this mystery was one of my experiments. Once, I hired an exorcist and very theatrically asked him to save the soul trapped in "Sakuyа" by expelling it. The result was that Lolita, for the first time in all our time together, showed strong emotions and rushed with all her might to protect the doll... By the way, you might be interested in why the doll has that name. It's very simple. — To the doll's annoyance, the man lifted the hem of her dress and showed Ayano the inscription "Sakuyа" on her back. — This is just a name invented by Krait Adalbert, and it probably has nothing to do with the soul trapped inside.

- Thank you for this story, - Aiyano bowed. - I received much more than I hoped for when I asked the question. All of this is very intriguing, and, to be honest, it evokes pity for these unfortunate souls. To summarize - have you managed to establish anything further on this matter? From your story, a logical question arises - could the soul of this woman have been trapped in the doll? This would explain her behavior. And if that is indeed the case, it is difficult to predict what will happen when someone acquires Sakua, - saying this, she glanced at both of them.

-- Good luck...
Kenshiro unfolds yesterday's newspaper.

Imagine what an old samurai felt when he read this.

Kenshiro receives 60 experience points.

An interesting experience, indeed.

Thank you.
-- Ayko Viresenser, the phrase sounded near the cat enclosure a minute later, and he could see two packages extended towards him.

— Creon, the bald (?) man introduced himself in response, and before accepting the package, he hurried to ask, — how much do I owe you?

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- Thank you for this story, - Ayano bowed. - I got much more than I hoped for when I asked the question. All this is very intriguing, and, to be honest, it evokes pity for these unfortunate people. To summarize - have you managed to establish anything else on this subject? From your story, I have a logical question - could the soul of this woman have been trapped in a doll? This would explain her behavior. And if this is indeed the case, it is difficult to predict what will happen when someone acquires Sakya, - saying this, she glanced at both of them.

— I intend to sell Sakya and, possibly, release Lolita along with her, hoping that someone else will be more competent than me in unraveling this mystery, because I have reached a dead end. It so happened that I do not have any useful contacts in the field of studying human souls, so I can only rely on chance.

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Beata reaches the Vulture's Nest, where Guyon worked, without any incidents.

— Creon, — the bald (?) man introduced himself and, before accepting the package, quickly asked, — how much do I owe you?

Resisting the temptation to ask for the price of the food as listed on the menu, he instead states the amount he spent.