When Kei didn’t respond, Nathan opened his eyes wide.

“Commander, seriously? You’re here sulking because you don’t know how to apologize?”

“Nathan, your words are too harsh to the Commander.”

“No, Commander. Just using polite language is flattering enough. Right, Eugene? Does it make sense that we accept such behavior as the Commander?”

“Nathan, you’ve never accepted me. And Eugene, please don’t look at me with those eyes. If you look at me like that, I seem like a truly pathetic guy.”

The silent and thoughtful Eugene was looking at Kei with eyes full of pity.

“Rishi is too small and fragile. I feel uneasy, thinking she might break with a slight touch.”

Upon Kei’s words, Eugene and Nathan exchanged puzzled expressions.

Rishi didn’t feel small and fragile. While she appeared slender and small, there was no feeling of fragility that would make one anxious as with other ladies. On the contrary, there was an intimidating presence that could easily be accepted and respected as a sister-in-law even by Kei’s shadows.

‘What does our Commander see when he looks at Sister-in-law?’

While Nathan and Eugene were puzzled, Kei continued speaking.

“I yelled at such a woman. You should have seen how frightened Rishi looked at that time. Ha, what have I done?”

Kei covered his face with his hands as if in agony.

“Rishi did nothing wrong. Why did I shout at her like that?”

“Commander, it’s true that you shouted, but it wasn’t loud enough to feel so guilty. You just raised your voice a bit, right?”

Although Nathan tried to comfort Kei, the painful expression on Kei’s face didn’t disappear.

“No, I shouted like a madman. Maybe Rishi has lost affection for me.”

“I am losing affection for the Commander right now.”

Eugene muttered.

“What did you say?”

Although Kei didn’t hear it properly, Eugene’s tightly sealed lips didn’t open. Instead, Nathan spoke on behalf of Eugene.

“He said he’s losing affection. The current Commander is really losing affection.”

“Huh, it’s probably not just us.”

“It’s not only us. Sister-in-law might be losing affection bit by bit. A man who can’t even properly apologize, wow, I really hate that. Right, Eugene?”

Eugene didn’t answer and just nodded slightly.

Kei pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger.

“I won’t keep avoiding Rishi forever. But… you know, I’ve never apologized to a lady.”

“I’m sure you will.”

“I need something that will definitely lighten Rishi’s mood.”

“Sister-in-law probably wasn’t as angry as the Commander thinks. Just go and apologize lightly.…”

“No, Nathan. That’s because you don’t understand women.”
Nathan stared at Kei as if dumbfounded.

“Commander, are you saying that to me now? I’m not the one who doesn’t understand women; it’s you. Even though I might seem like this…”

“Prostrate yourself.”

Eugene interrupted Nathan. Eugene didn’t want to waste time on such unnecessary matters.

Rishi wasn’t the type of woman to just laugh off when her husband raised his voice, and Kei, knowing that fact, couldn’t understand why he was so nervous.

Instead of pointing out that part, it seemed better to provide words that the foolish Commander, who had fallen in love, could understand.

“Lie down flat, Commander; that’s the answer.”

“Is that the answer?”

“Yes, Commander. Raising your voice at a lady, that was very rude and should not have happened. It’s better to lie down flat and apologize.”

“As expected.”

Nathan was dumbfounded by their conversation.

“It wasn’t something to lie down flat and apologize for, Eugene. The Commander was just worried about Sister-in-law, and he raised his voice just a little.”

“No, I sounded like a lunatic.”

In Nathan’s eyes, the current Kei seemed like a lunatic.

It was just a brief argument between a couple. Moreover, it was a quarrel that arose out of concern and care for each other.

But Kei acted as if he had stabbed Rishi with a knife.

It was doubtful whether this foolish man standing in front, waving a sword and wandering the battlefield, was the same person. So, Nathan was about to say one more thing, but Eugene tapped Nathan’s arm and gestured with his eyes.

‘Please stop. I want to get out of here.’

Nathan, quick-witted, read the urgency in Eugene’s eyes.

Since Nathan also wanted to get out of here, he swallowed the words he wanted to say and nodded.

“Commander, Eugene is right. Go run to Sister-in-law right away and lie down flat. There’s no other way.”

+++

Of course, Kei is not a man with such thin ears to believe only the words of his subordinates and prostrate himself in front of Rishi.

Kei entered the communication room and contacted Wyvern Green Nobles.

“What does Father do when he quarrels with Mother?”

“Prostrate yourself.”

“Prostrate… himself?”

“Yeah, lie down flat.”

“Oh.”

“Have you never heard of the phrase ‘lie down flat regardless of the reason when quarreling with your wife’?”

“No, I haven’t.”

“Then, from now on, it would be good to engrave it deeply in your heart. When you quarrel with your wife, just lie down flat, no matter the reason.”