[In many ways, Oppara is quite similar to the Meridian city in which both of them had spent so much of the past year and a half. The warm, sunny climate is familiar, the stone-paved streets and the mediterranean facades of the handsome buildings are quite reminiscent of certain parts of Springstar; the imposing government buildings of pale stone are not so different from Heliopolis.

But where Springstar is diverse, Oppara is uniform in its character—and it far exceeds the other city in pomp and grandeur, even given Springstar’s age and prosperity. The only mercy Hayame might experience in comparison is that, given the wealth of open countryside surrounding Taldor’s capital, the population is not so jam-packed into the city’s limits.]

I would welcome your assistance.

[He means this; even if Hayame is not familiar with the city, her help may prove necessary to actually acquire the world shard, if it turns out to be somewhere difficult, or if Zenith has already laid hands on it.

But admittedly, it is more love for his city than anything else that prompts him to ask,] Have you seen much of the city yet? The western half, where we are now, tends more upperclass; you’ve found yourself next to one of the oldest temples in the country.