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The young lady bowed her head ever so slightly. “My name is…Elicia. Vittoria and I both attend the philosophy section of the Azure Halls. We go out for coffee often, and have plenty to talk about. I would have met you before, but you were…not present.”
“She’s my senior,” Vittoria said. Odd- Elicia didn’t seem older than Vittoria. In fact, she seemed a fair bit younger, despite her height. “Elicia’s attended the Halls a whole year longer than me. She might not look like a scholar, but she’s really well read!”
Elicia blinked, wide eyed. “I don’t look like a scholar...?”
That accent- like Marcella’s, was it. “You’re from Halmeggia, aren’t you?” You asked, “You’ve come a ways, and not many of your countrymen would want to learn what you do.”
“No, they would not,” the girl murmured with a sigh, “But, <span class="mu-i">Signore</span>, Vittoria has told me much about you and your work. What you’ve done in Vitelia, as well as here. If Utopianism is being acted upon anywhere, it is here, is it not?”
Vittoria frowned and crossed her arms. “Well, it was when my father was Premier of the Eastern Leagues. Now they’re dispensing with any ideas of doing things peacefully. At all. Y’know?”
“I believe that plenty of people had no intention of peace,” Elicia said, looking back to you, “But, <span class="mu-i">Signore</span> former Premier, you did have the reputation of doing your best to preserve it. Though it was often through exertion of might.”
“When Alexander declared himself Emperor and the pact he was consul over his Empire, there were those who thought to argue with principle and law,” you said, “The Emreans thought his subjugation of their lands unlawful to the terms they agreed to enter the Pact with. He simply said: All you have is law and treaty, when my armies have muskets and lances. It was only when the Emreans raised armies for their own cause, when they were freed from the grip of the Reich. Might of some sort is ever a necessity.”
Elicia seemed a little dissatisfied but she nodded. “I suppose so.” She looked out over the islands of Nuvole Blu. “This place is important, too. It was ruled over cruelly, and now, is completely different. Any who wish to see the future should see how this place has changed.”
“I wish I could tell you more about that,” you said, “But I merely command the Aurora Legion, now.”
