NOVPUBThe portal opened leading all the way back to Chalm. Of course, I wasn’t leaving, but waiting for people to arrive. If Kaia and the rest knew I was able to open this portal at any time I wondered how they would react. Actually, forget the enemy. If any of the council members in this building knew that I could just open a portal and leave, would they be willing to help?
We had ended up telling a bit of a fib to the tribes of the Ost Republic. I needed their armies and their defense for when the fey began their attack, and I couldn’t afford to have them refuse to defend or worse, demand to leave. I had hidden the fact I could open a portal out of the dungeon, and Eliana had finally managed to convince them to work together on defense. We didn’t tell them exactly what we were doing in the dungeon, but they knew that we had some plan we were going to use.
“Let me in! Hmph! Get out of my way!”
“I’m sorry, Deek…” The Titan Fall girls had been at the door blocking entry, but Anne was so tiny that she managed to slip under their reach and break through the door with the Inquisitor falling closely behind.
“You can let them in.” I sighed.
I figured it’d be more trouble trying to keep them out while I did something in secret rather than just explaining what was happening. While I didn’t want the council to know that I could leave at will, I didn’t feel like Anne would be the type of person to just run away when she had the chance.
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“A… portal? What are you transporting?” Anne demanded as Titan Fall quickly closed the door to keep any other prying eyes from looking.
“Me…” A young-looking and short girl took a step in.
“Rubee!” Anne’s expression went from a questioning one to a look of pure delight.
She immediately ran past me and then threw her arms around Sapphire, who seemed to be expecting such a thing.
“Anne… it’s been a long time. I call myself Sapphire now.” 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
“Sapphire? That’s a pretty name too! I’m glad you continued to pick a name that ended in ‘e’ instead of a name that ended in ‘y’, like some big, ugly cows…”
“You know Sapphire?” I couldn’t stop myself from asking.
Anne turned, giving me a huff. “Of course, I know her! I’m the one who found her! Sapphire saved my soul.”
“You’re exaggerating.” Sapphire looked slightly embarrassed.
“How could I be exaggerating?” She sniffed, wrapping an arm around Sapphire like they were close friends. “I was just once a lowly peon in the church of the mother. Then, one day while investigating a new dungeon, I encountered this beauty. I found a woman with a chest smaller than mine, and that’s how I found my path to the church of the daughter. When I saw how cool big sister Sapphire is, not like that fat, flappy cow woman, I knew that flat-chest is justice!”
Was it just me, or did Anne’s backstory somehow make Sapphire’s backstory less dramatic?
