Chapter 1644
“I have one last piece of equipment to hand out before I go.” Sapphire declared.
Anne looked over at Sapphire tearfully. She had not only stuck around but had remained to cling to her side since the moment Sapphire came. It seemed that Anne had a sort of sister complex toward Sapphire. Since Mary was her actual sister, it felt a bit sad. I was starting to understand the dilemma that Mary was under, and ultimately why she went out of her way to rescue Rubee when she was enslaved by Demon Lord Aberis.
Sapphire appeared to be a bridge between the two women. Anne had turned Sapphire into her surrogate sister, disowning Mary in the process. She had even made her select the name Rubee instead of Ruby because the other name shared too many similarities with Mary, and she couldn’t stand it. I had always wondered about that. Her other names typically were based on gemstones, so I never understood why she had purposely misspelled it. She should have picked the same name as Ruby, Chalm’s vice-guild master. I thought it was a deep dwarf thing, but apparently, the answer was far sillier.
Sapphire seemed to take Anne’s reverence in stride. She acted like the big sister, never rejecting Anne, and maybe even spoiling her a bit. She could probably put an end to it with a few choice words but allowed Anne to keep looking up to her. I wondered if Mary had asked her to do that? I think Mary hoped that one day she could reconcile with her sister and that the only way to do it was through Sapphire.
“What is the last piece of equipment?” I asked.
Sapphire blushed suddenly. “That… would be Master’s protection.”
I blinked. I had been so busy making sure everyone else got properly retrofitted that I had forgotten about myself. I was planning on going to war against the fey and using a dangerous power to presumably fight and repel them, and I hadn’t even bothered to consider my equipment.
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