This is apparently the ending to this little story of an elf getting his lady a bunch of star swords:
When he eventually found the Blade of the Fallen Star, she didn't even take it, and was secretly playing mind games with him.
For some reason people like to do this, and my autistic ass is like "Why...? Why would playing mind games with someone who probably takes things at face value be fun?"
That elf went through so much effort to find those star swords, and it was all for nothing. :(
So yeah, I'm glad he got the last laugh, whether he was aware of it or not.