My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem-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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I’d be lying if I wasn’t shocked by Sapphire’s extremely smart words. It caused me to remember that at her core, she had once been a king’s daughter, and she had a mind just as bright as Eliana when it came to speech. I saw Eliana’s lips moving, repeating her words like she was committing them to memory. Was she looking to use some of those words on the council members who were still resisting peace?
While the peace talks had been destroyed by the arrival of the fey, Eliana was trying to use their threat as a means of uniting them anyway. They had already negotiated an agreement on defense for this island. It wouldn’t be too hard to turn that into an agreement for the entire country. A common enemy and a battle could unite the tribes even faster than a summit. It was a harsh reality, but she was going to seize on it.
“I… will think about it.” Anne gave a reply that I never would have expected of her and never would have come from anyone except for Sapphire.
“Speaking of joining…” I cut in awkwardly. “What are you doing here? I thought I was going to get reinforcements?”
“You’ve got the reinforcements.” More girls started to walk through the portal, and when I saw who it was, I couldn’t help but give a weak wave.
They were all glaring at me angrily.
“H-hi… First.”
The lionesses had arrived.
