Chapter 172 - Apology

"Hmm... since everything is settled, I should return," Tordin's other body spoke to himself.

Although possessing two bodies was great and helpful, he felt uncomfortable if the splitting went on for too long. So, the two bodies had to merge and readjust once in a while.

When his wife was pregnant with twins, he thought it was not a coincidence and must be related to his unique body somehow.

Outside Tordin Homun's office building:

"Mister Leyvi, are you departing right away? Why don't you stay here for another day?" Norin offered. She asked Leyvi instead of Anda because Anda didn't seem to be in the best state to have a conversation right now.

Leyvi turned to Norin and smiled. "Young Lady Norin, thank you for the offer, but I think we should leave immediately."

"Alright then. I will lead you to the entrance," Norin didn't insist.

After everything that happened, it must be uncomfortable to stay here. Although she didn't know exactly why her father had made all of these suspicious arrangements, if she were in Leyvi's shoes, she wouldn't want to stay here anymore.

After giving Leyvi and the group a proper send-off, Norin quickly returned to her father's office room.

"Father, what is going on? I want to know everything!" Norin pressed Tordin for answers. Since she was not allowed to look for Dorin, her father must have included her as one of the chess pieces in his plan, which irritated her.

Tordin opened his eyes and sighed. He then explained the reason for everything he did.

"You wanted Leyvi to take Dorin as one of his wives?" The reason her father gave was truly not within her expectations at all.

"Then why didn't you just propose to them like normal people? Did you have to set up things like this?" Norin continued. She wasn't convinced.

Tordin rolled his eyes. "Are you really asking that question? Tell me which part of your sister is normal? Let me ask you, how many marriage proposals have you received compared to your sister?"

Norin was dumbfounded. She knew the answer to her father's question, but she felt like it would be rude to her sister if she answered it.

"Heh, are you speechless now? Let me answer my question. You have a total of 131 marriage proposals, while your sister only has three. Even these three are from families with obvious impure intentions. Why do you think this happened?" The roles had switched. Tordin was the one pressing for answers now.

Norin continued to be speechless. Her sister's personality shouldn't be that bad, right?

"She would always recruit handsome men to be her followers, dragging them around to harass people. Nobody would think she is still pure. They all think of her as a whore!"

"Do you understand now? If not for this terrible reputation she got for herself, I wouldn't have to jump through all these hoops to get her married to a good man," Tordin explained, while at the same time expressing his frustration.

"Father..." Norin could finally feel her father's genuine emotions. All this time, she had thought he didn't care about Dorin, but she was wrong.

"Hah... Norin, please help me clear all the accusations against Leyvi here. I'll take care of those three bastards who accused him and compensate the Leyan Family soon."

In the airship,

Leyvi left the piloting to the other ladies while he brought Anda to his cabin for a necessary talk.

Leyvi and Anda were both sitting on the bed, but she still didn't dare to look at Leyvi's face.

"Do you have nothing to say, Anda?" Leyvi's voice was calm.

"Are you.... angry?" Anda asked timidly while using the corner of her eyes to peek at Leyvi's expression.

"Should I be angry?"

Anda nodded.

"Why?"

"Because I almost harmed innocent people."

"Wrong! That's not why I got mad."

Eh? Anda felt surprised. That's not it? Why is he mad then? Anda looked up and saw her favorite face. She suddenly felt horny. Stop, Anda, this is not the time to be horny.

"Then....why?" Anda asked. She couldn't figure out the reason.

"Do you really think that Little Fiery would have enough time to charge itself? The only person who will die in that situation is you! If I hadn't stopped you, Patriarch Tordin would have killed you first! Do you understand why I got angry?" Leyvi's voice raised slightly at the end.

Leyvi's words caused her to tremble. Of course, how did she forget? Leyvi once said that if he could save only one person, he would save her. No wonder he got so angry. In a moment of rage, she had put herself in a situation where she would have most definitely been killed.

Anda was ashamed. Although she thought she was saving her husband, her impulsive actions were just making the situation worse. Although she had the capability to engage in a battle, she didn't have that much actual battle experience.

After feeling ashamed and disappointed by her short-sighted actions for a few seconds, a fulfilling sense of sweetness filled her heart. Once again, Leyvi proved by his actions how much he cared about her.

She decided to reflect on her approach later, but for now, she couldn't hold back anymore. She needed to reduce the sweetness level in her body by devouring her husband and sucking his essence.

Half a day later,

"Leyvi, I'm sorry." Anda apologized while snuggling in Leyvi's embrace.

"Oh ho... what did I just hear? The famous Alchemist Panda is apologizing? Did I hear it wrong? Is this real life?" He teased.

"Ei..why are you joking around? I'm being serious!" Anda pouted.

"What? Now you are serious? What about the twelve hours of you riding me when you suddenly got aroused while we were having a serious discussion? No, Anda. The serious window is over. Now I'm back to being the clown." He replied playfully.

"Fine! I like my clown husband too." Anda knew that Leyvi was the kind of person who couldn't stay mad for too long.

Although Leyvi wouldn't hold her accountable for her actions, she would do it herself by becoming better at controlling her emotions. Now that she had looked back, her response to Tordin using spiritual pressure on Leyvi was indeed too extreme.

"Now, let's go out. You have to apologize to the other ladies too. I can't believe you tried to sacrifice your sisters just to save me. I feel bad for them. You apologize, I will be the witness." Leyvi got off the bed.

Anda felt embarrassed. Although she had discussed something like this with all the ladies before, when it actually happened, the guilt she carried in her heart had a bigger weight than she had expected.

Soon, they entered the cockpit. Leyvi saw that Lilian, Valenia, and Nala were all in here and he felt like this was a good time. Anda could apologize to them at the same time.

Leyvi gestured to Anda with a slight movement of his head, telling her to apologize.

The ladies felt confused seeing Anda acting so timidly with them. They had never seen her like this. She had always been so confident as if everything was under her control.

After hesitating for some time, Anda decided to face her guilty conscience and asked for their forgiveness.

"Darling, why did you make big madam apologize to us? She already told us many times that if something bad happened, she wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice everyone to save you. I don't mind her mindset at all. That's why I'm here. Right, girls?" Lilian and Valenia nodded a few times, agreeing with Nala. Valenia even felt guilty that she couldn't do anything to help her madam at that time. She was her Alchemic Knight, after all. 

"You guys....." Leyvi was somewhat speechless.

He didn't know if they really felt that way or if they were under Anda's brainwashing influence. In any case, he absolutely disagrees with this approach. If he let any of his women sacrifice their lives to save him, he didn't deserve to be called a man.

After they return from this trip, he must meet with all the ladies to ensure they abolish this mindset. His pride as a man would never allow this to happen. He didn't mind living off his women, but at the very least, he wanted to be the tall and big tree that would always give them shade to rest under.

Two days later,

The airship finally encountered its first demonic beast attack under the new ownership.

"Hahaha! It's a high-level demonic crow. It's picking a fight with us." Leyvi felt excited. He wanted to fight so badly.

A high-level demonic beast wasn't strong enough to damage the airship, so they could just fly away and ignore it. However, since their objectives this time include gaining experience in battle, how could Leyvi let this opportunity slip up?

"Alright ladies, it's time to train. I will engage in a close-range battle with this bandit crow while you guys support me from a distance. Try to restrict its movement. Okay?" Leyvi suggested a simple plan. He called the crow a bandit because he could hear it screaming about looting their belongings outside the airship.

Suddenly Lilian stepped forward. "Leyvi, can I be the main attacker this time? I wanted to try a new weapon."

Huh? Lilian's request surprised Leyvi. This was the first time Lilian offered to do something unrelated to her gardening stuff. Did she buy a new weapon at the special market last time?

"Okay, no problem!" Leyvi didn't think much and agreed.