Chapter 1641
“That fat cow probably told you something like she was the one who spared Sapphire’s life, right?” Anne looked accusingly at me. “I’ll have you know that I’m the one who put my neck on the line to save her. That fat cow only helped a little when the church was ready to toss me out.”
“Don’t you mean Mary?”
“Geh! Don’t use her name! She’s the worst.”
“Isn’t it about time that you two put your differences besides you? The church once belonged to the mother and the daughter. The deep dwarves didn’t follow the religion of the humans, but I seem to recall that you were once stronger together.”
“S-sapphire…” Anne started pushing her fingers together timidly. “I don’t know if we should. We don’t want to lose our individuality. We’ve changed over the years, and we don’t want to lose ourselves just for the sake of rejoining…”
Anne’s argument sounded logical. I thought my ears might have been full of wax and I misheard. I had a feeling that if such arguments had been said by anyone else, Anne would only scream at them, call them blasphemers, or look at them with disdain. However, when Sapphire spoke, she was almost different. This treatment even seemed to surprise the inquisitor, who looked at the now timid and reasonable Anne with shock.
“You know that I love both of you. I even changed my name once for you. A lot has happened since then, though. For example, we have this peace talk. Aberis and the Ost Republic are no longer at war. Your church was originally supporting the Ost Republic, but now that the Osterians left, you’ve lost both your political clout and your opposition. If you’re unwilling to change in this new climate where species are joining together, then you may only be left behind.”
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