Chapter 1407: The Girl's Problems

Chapter 1407: The Girl's Problems



I felt a bit bad that I didn't knew this type of people existed in the world, apparently, after Ruby went into more details, she was a transgender, a person that transitions into the gender they weren't assigned at birth, but that they chose.

It makes sense to me now that I think about it, sometimes people would be born without really wanting to be a man or a woman, right? As she said, she was a girl at heart, and that's really cute.

"Thank you for telling us such a secret..." I said. "I'm very sorry if we made you feel uncomfortable before or something, it wasn't our intention, Ruby!"

"I-It's fine..." she sighed. "It wasn't as if it really bothered me... It's just that, aside from mom, nobody had ever said I was cute or something."

"Hm, well, dwarves do seem like some sort of stuck-up people, I bet they aren't really going around telling cuties they're cute," said Celeste.

"Yeah!" Celica nodded. "Or is there other problem?"

"Hm, well, maybe it's just my dad's thing, he did talk with his friends about me, and then his friends talked with others... You couldn't tell I was born a boy because you come from outside, but around the community everyone knows I was born a boy, so they treat me like a guy even when I tell them that I'm a girl... I-It's really annoying, but well, what else can I do anyways?" Ruby shrugged. "If they get rowdy with me I still beat them with my hammer."

"Hahah!" laughed Celeste. "I think I like you a bit more, Ruby. You're a strong girl despite acting all pathetic in front of the debt collectors."

"Ugh, shut up..." Ruby groaned. "They were like... a dozen against me, how else would I act?! Also that white fox dude... he was too strong, he could have killed me... He ended slicing my hammer though."

She glanced at the hammer resting over the table, which had been perfectly sliced into two halves. the interior showed a lot of jewels that powered it up, it was a magic artifact specifically made for Magic Smithing.

"It was a gift from mom..." she sighed. "You know? Mom and dad were both blacksmiths. They fell in love because of that... Back then dad wasn't like he is now, ugh. He was nice, before... before mom passed away."

"Oh..." I muttered. "I'm sorry to hear that, Ruby. It must have been hard..."

"It was, very..." said Ruby. "Everything changed after she passed away. Dad became an alcoholic, and when I finally decided to accept my true identity and tell him who I truly was, he started berating me and... insulting me... he blamed me for mom's death and... and he's so abusive..."

"What?!" Celeste screamed. "What sort of deadbeat dad is that? Should we go pay him a visit maybe? Beat some sense into him, physically."

"C-Celeste! Calm down..." I calmed her down, patting her shoulders. "I doubt Ruby would want that."

"Yeah... But I appreciate the thought, he's a piece of shit," Ruby sighed, lowering her shoulders. "Um, that's... about it? I mean... what else? My life has been pretty shitty until... until you appeared out of nowhere today. Yeah..."

"But aren't you a Hero?" wondered Celica. "Maybe you don't like being one but that blessing... Wouldn't it help you make better equipment? Back then, I felt like you weren't using it! Why?"

"Ah..."

Ruby suddenly fell silent, growing a bit nervous, then sighing.

"It's because... I promised to never use my powers after mom died..."

She gripped her fists tightly.

But if she keeps running away from these powers, she will never truly move on.

"I know we've met for just a day but..." I sighed. "Can I use that debt you owe me to persuade you into allowing me to help you control those powers?"

She gripped her fists tightly, then sighed.

"Mom... I guess mom would want that too," she sighed. "She always said... my powers would make everyone smile. That they would make everyone happy... But... it only made us

miserable."

We remained in silence as we listened to her words.

"But if you say that... they can actually help others..." she muttered. "That by helping others, I

can make up for the tragedy they brought to me, I..."

And then, she started crying.

"Please, help me, Sylphy..."

I widened my eyes, as Ruby ran to my side, hugging me.

"Please help me..."

She continued crying on my shoulder.

"Ruby..."

There's no way one can run from a blessing; they stay with you forever.

So the best we can do, is learn how to use it.

"Of course!" I nodded. "Let me help you."

I smiled, caressing Ruby's blonde hair, and kissing her forehead.

"No need to cry, Ruby! You're prettier when you smile!"

"O-Okay!"

She cleansed her tears and tried to smile.

"See? You're very pretty!"