[IT'S OKAY MANY OTHER CHARACTERS ARE MEAN TO HIM FOR YOU, SOUJI!!]

. . . I didn't want him to die for my sake. To die for taking actions to protect me from someone else.

[so of course he had bristled. Eichi is one of the few in the castle Akechi believes cares about him without reservation. losing that would've been. . .]

[well, anyway]

I suspect I know why Fane-san was trying to kill me that night, too.