Posts from ☀️ Arselia and Akonia Auto-translated

-- Well, the answer is this: it wasn't us who could have prevented it, but he, Shen Shao, possibly could have. That's what he claims, although if you look at it closely, there was and is no reason to believe him. He gave us an ultimatum, and I honestly tried to negotiate with him, but the negotiations definitively and firmly reached a dead end, not least because the person in question immediately positioned himself as our enemy. I wonder, what was the ultimatum? Well, he broke into my room in the middle of the night and said that he would, as a favor, solve our problem if Carneol betrayed Her Highness the Sovereign and switched to Mindjin's side. Given the fortunate absence of the First Princess, the matter could even have been given official status: if a certain document were signed by Milady and me, then everything would be settled.

-- On the one hand, considering everything: firstly, the guaranteed malice, and secondly, the very likely lie; I don't think I had any other choice. On the other hand, I still want to apologize for being noticeably less impressive and more down-to-earth than the image you built around me. That I don't know everything and can't ensure a perfect future, and I can't save those who I would like to save.

Garrett certainly didn't surround Erefir with an aura of infallibility, either in thought or in word, but it seems that this was indeed a dark moment for her, so a moment of self-flagellation could be understood. Nevertheless, the redhead certainly shouldn't be wallowing in self-pity.
— No, it was right that she didn't dance to the tune of the Mindjins, especially with such vague wording. That senator over there is capable of all sorts of dirty tricks, and we've already been through that. If they really want to secede from the empire, they don't need either Credeor as part of it, or Karneol guarding the crown, that's my opinion. And I seriously doubt that the valiant Karneol impressed them so much at that moment that they would definitely want to have him on their side with purchased loyalty. In my opinion, this looks like a test of sorts - perhaps they'll manage to kill two birds with one stone. And they underestimated you, boss, so keep your chin up.

—Don't worry, I won't be waving my sword around or throwing tantrums. —the knight finally broke his long silence. —You can consider me a spineless weakling—and you won't be the first respected person I know who, unfortunately, has formed such an expectation of me. —the knight cast a cold glance somewhere to the side for a moment. —The unpleasant fact is that my homeland was a convenient bargaining chip for all parties in this conflict, and looking for scapegoats in vengeful political intrigues or attacking the only allies—that is something I find utterly repulsive. Many innocent and worthy people died in Kriedaar and the center of Margel. So, instead of dwelling on the past, let's look to the future and think about how each of us can make it brighter for ourselves and for the world created by the Mother Goddess.

—Don't worry, I won't be waving my sword around and throwing tantrums. —the knight finally broke his long silence. —You can consider me a spineless weakling—and you won't be the first respected person I know who, unfortunately, has formed such an expectation of me. —the knight cast a cold glance somewhere to the side for a moment. —The unpleasant fact is that my homeland was a convenient bargaining chip for all parties in this conflict, and looking for those to blame in vengeful political intrigues or attacking the only allies we have is something I find utterly repulsive. Many innocent and worthy people died in Kriedaar and the center of Margel. So, instead of dwelling on the past, let's look to the future and think about how each of us can make it brighter for ourselves and for the world created by the Mother Goddess.