The War God's Descent, Yet He Returned a Coward!

In a remote corner of the Divine Realm.

There stood a small, simple courtyard.

Within it were three plain thatched wooden cottages.

Just then, a blue-haired young girl skipped out of the wooden cottage on the right.

"Hubby, what are you doing?"

She looked at the man chopping firewood outside, her face brimming with excitement.

The latter straightened up and set down his woodcutting axe.

Although she was lazy, gluttonous, and loved asking questions she already knew the answer to,

this man, so willing to devote himself and possessed of such a nurturing spirit, showed not the slightest impatience.

Instead, he gazed at the girl with doting affection.

"Chopping wood. I need to start a fire and cook later."

As he spoke, he stroked her pinkish-blue hair.

His eyes were filled with indescribable tenderness.

"By the way, are you hungry?"

At his words, the girl's lively eyes filled with laughter.

"I'm not hungry!"

Yet as she spoke, she rather guiltily rubbed her belly.

"This beautiful young lady isn't some foodie. I'm just a little craving something, that's all."

The man smiled.

"Teacher left behind quite a few recipes. I'm planning to try some new dishes today.

Don't rush me. I'll make some for the two ancestors, Mother, and you later."

The moment the girl heard there would be food, she immediately clapped her hands.

"Alright! Hubby really is the best to me.

Unlike Dad, who stays busy at the committee all day and never comes to see us."

But upon hearing that, the man's expression changed drastically.

"Shh!"

The axe in his hand fell to the ground in fright as he raised a soundproof light barrier.

Pulling her jade-like hand closer, he lowered his voice with lingering fear.

"Darling, watch what you say!

Father-in-law mustn't hear that, or I'll be