Artie only spread a strange smile on her face. Was this thirteenth captain trying to flirt with her in front of her husband? Then again, this captain probably belittled Larkin as he was just a demon descendant. Still, he should at least know that Larkin was still the one who caused the most damage in their reclamation.
It's just that… the hand that reached out actually had a piece of wood on it. The wood extended its twigs, and flowers actually sprouted from it and turned into a bouquet. Artie was taken aback by the show-off magic, but she still accepted the instant bouquet that came from him. She could always regard this as courtesy towards a guardian empress rather than something else.
