Serious/Political: “Friends or not, I’m not going to play such trivial games with you. First of all, when you are a high countess, all anyone wants to do is to talk about profit and loss. Sometimes I want to have luxurious small talk without such things. Is that too much to hope for?”

Joking/Sarcastic "If you were to be that overtly rude, I would surely end up wanting to burn you to death like my father."

Playful/Pouting: “Good grief, not even having the decency to let me do a thought experiment, you’ll make me cry, military strategist.”