Arlo promptly called Fleur, immediately respectful when she answered, "My Lady, my Hubbertians have found Praetor Singer's sword in Duca Mines, but there are no other signs of her."

Fleur frowned. "The sword I forged is the very definition of a magical instrument, and it was my choice to give it to Penny and not someone like Ruby Chain… Yet you're saying the enemy didn't even take it?! Are they belittling my treasures?!"

Arlo really didn't understand how Fleur's mind was functioning just then.

Was it not good for them that they had recovered Penny's sword? Why was she upset instead?

Still, he soon remembered that despite Fleur's might and cunning, she was still a woman, and their ego tended to be wired differently from a man's.

Perhaps in her mind, that sword was a treasure, so the sword being left behind like trash was an insult—she would rather her mysterious foe take it and consecrate it like a family heirloom.

Feeling a little awkward, Arlo said, "If I may offer an opinion, M