Are you kidding? Mariyam Singer does not go around armed. For one thing, the last time there was a violent crime in Midz was two months ago when the butcher's eldest started a bar fight. For another thing, you are a scholar and a gentleperson. You're so sure that you will never encounter any kind of violence that you've preemptively assigned your strife specibus to BROOMKIND. It makes you extraordinarily good at sweeping, which is actually useful. The chest is for clothes and the couple of books you actually own.