Apaya looked at Reins' face quietly, she seemed to be suffocated from her breath because she had just pressed too tightly, so she straightened her body slightly. And he also began to think about the topic of Fang Cai.

He and Shao were friends, there was no doubt about that, although he did like Shao at one time...... But it was later confirmed that it was some kind of misunderstanding, and he thought that the mercenary was just an excuse for her to escape.

But now it seems...... She really cares about the relationship between him and Shao.

Shao has always been his closest friend, and for more than ten years, he has been a close friend who will confide in each other if he has any troubles. If he wants to cut off contact with her for some reason, or this kind of distance like a relative, it makes him feel a little uncomfortable.

But...... What if you think about it from a different perspective? Like if she had liked Hermiria...... Just thinking about the possibility, jealousy was gnawing at his sanity, and he wanted her to never meet the nasty clergy again, their interaction was now intimate enough.

So is Rhine in the same mood? …… Maybe even more? After all, he and Shao always seemed to have a tacit close distance, not like Rhine did with Hermiria, at least as if some kind of unpleasantness had happened in it.

…… And her reaction just now is a good indication that she doesn't fully believe in herself and believe that she will protect her. So she chose the option that she wouldn't get hurt – treating those as a joke.

Do you have to face a situation where you can only choose between friends and lovers?

If you want to hurt your lover for the sake of your friends, and you will embarrass yourself and your friends for the sake of your lover?

No...... Although he knew that the mercenary's heart did want him to do something to some extent, she didn't bring it up.

She didn't embarrass herself, and for this she would rather grieve herself...... Or maybe the answer she was afraid to hear was that he had chosen his friendship for more than a decade and forsaken the less than one-year-old relationship (and that even counted the length of time they had known each other).

Sounds like he's a jerk, doesn't it?

"Oh my God, I can still see you today." Lillian feigned surprise and said, "I thought I would have to see you again tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow." ”

Reins rolled her eyes, and Ella laughed teasingly.

"I'd love to see if you've ......," Ella gestured in a ladylike gesture, "but I guess it's better to leave it to just us." ”

"Actually, I'm a little curious." Hua Shao fell into deep thought, "And I think what I'm curious about should be the same as what Ella wants to be curious about." ”

Reins sat down next to Lilian—Apaya went to fetch food—with a look of disbelief.

"Okay, can you notice that there are other underage girls and men with subtle expressions around you?" She looked at the somewhat confused Yura, the embarrassed Huck and Gail, and the big grinning and uncaring Iloh sitting on the other side of Lilian, "Thank you Ellie for not coming out today, otherwise Ella would have been condemned by her conscience for a whole week - and I didn't expect you to be such a character, Shao." ”

"I'm a woman at the end of the day, and I'd certainly like to keep an eye on what's going on between my sister and my friends."

Hua Shao winked playfully, while Ella looked at her innocently.

"Dear Rhine, I don't think there's anything about it, I'm sure little Yura already knew what it was, but what we just said was too vague for her to think about it." Seeing that Yura blushed after a sudden realization, Ella covered her mouth and laughed.

"Oh, I just...... I didn't expect ......" Yura said with her hands on her cheeks, "Rhines and Apaya have already ......"

"Don't, little miss, if you are misled by them like this, I will doubt your cognitive abilities." Reins smirked as Apaya returned with a plate, "Please keep your innocence or Gail may cry." ”

"What are you talking about?" Appaia asked, ignoring Gail's disgruntled protests, "What cognition, innocence?" ”

Reins snorted.

"The topic has nothing to do with you for the time being, Mr. Engineer." She wrinkled her nose, "I noticed you brought something unflattering again. ”

Apaya sat down beside her, completely unconcerned about her complaints, and distributed the food to her plate.

"I just thought you could give it a try, Miss Mercenary." "If you don't think it's tasty, at least I'm not going to let it go to waste." ”

Reins muttered something.

"Look at these two people, they just ended a week of cold war, and now they are sweet like this." Ella made a "tsk" sound, "The change is so fast, it deserves to be a young man." ”

"I can make you feel sweet too, if you want, Ella." The burgundy-haired man looked at her with his cheeks on his cheeks with a smile, and Ella turned cold.

"What's going on?" Reins whispered to Lillian, "How do I think I'm missing something?" ”

"Well, that's Ella's old acquaintance from Zante." Lillian also lowered her voice, "In the week you lost your soul, the two of you met...... Ella hated it, after all, he was the one who caused her to do that in Sant Town, but the other party pursued Ella as if nothing had happened. ”

Reins rolled her eyes.

"You don't say I'm going to die if I order something, do you?"

"Of course, if I save some face for you one time, you will definitely question who I am first." Lillian smirked and repeated Reins' words.

"You're such a bastard, Leanne."

"Thank you, and so are you."

The two of them snorted at each other at the same time, and then turned their heads to eat their own food.

"I think if Filly's daily life must be interesting." Jura said as if talking to herself, "The interaction between Leynz and Lillian makes people want to smile just by looking at it. ”

Reins looked at Yura with the look of something terrible.

"I think in the mouth of the little lady, we are like some kind of friendly and supportive little animals, this imagination is really terrifying." She shook her head, ignoring the subject.

"I'd like to see Peach, Rhine." Ella interjected at this time, "We've been here for a while, and Momo asked me to help her find something for the union to use." ”

"Her union is already in the process of being renovated." Huck reacted sensitively and immediately, "It's probably only a week or two away—you may seem like you've forgotten about it, but I'm not going to break the contract." ”

Rhines made a sound that sounded like mockery.

"I won't forget it, I've been blamed for it."

Apaya moved uncomfortably. The silver-haired mercenary just glanced at him, didn't say anything more, and fell into deep thought.

"Ella, go if you want." She looked confused, "Although I want to be with you, I always feel that I won't be able to go then." ”

Ella's expression became subtle.

"What happened to the last time you had this inexplicable premonition?"

"I have the impression that it is my business." Lillian continued, "But speaking of which, last time I suddenly thought of Rhine's brother. ”

This time it was Reine's turn to change.

"Can I live in peace for a few days?"

Under the sympathetic eyes of Filly and the curious eyes of others, Reins covered her forehead in pain.

"You have a younger brother?"

After eating, Rhines and Apaya walked around the base. And Apaya's question made her frown.

"Yes, a headache brother."

"I seem to have a vague impression......," Appaya thought as he thought, "I remember you seemed to have said that, but I don't know why I can't remember what it was. ”

Reins sighed.

"There's a reason for that. My brother and I don't have that good relationship...... So I don't usually like to mention him, and the Fillets care more about my feelings, and basically don't mention it...... And because of the nature of Oto, even if we didn't mean to, it would think that we were trying to keep others from noticing my brother. ”

"So it functions as a kind of magic that is similar to the type of magic that makes people ignore existence? It's just that instead of making the object of the spell disappear, it's about letting others not notice...... It's kind of interesting. ”

The silver-haired woman stood on her feet and squinted at him.

"You're not going to want to apply it to your machines, are you?" She asked suspiciously, "This is not a problem that the magic array can solve...... This involves the origin of the world, and I still haven't figured out what it is. ”

Appaya touched her nose in embarrassment.

"I just thought about it habitually." He said unnaturally, "Actually, the concealment function of the flying ship is sound enough now, and if there is really more development in the future, it will be a matter of time to talk about it." ”

Reins snorted softly, then sat down on a chair on the side of the road, while Apaya hesitated and tentatively sat down beside her.

"Are you upset?"

"How do you say that?"

“…… I can't say well, I just feel this way. Apaya's expression was troubled, "It's because I used to ...... when I said it at dinner." Have you ever been blamed for something? ”

"There's nothing to say about the fact that you accuse me of it, after all, you still liked Hua Shao at that time, and I wasn't so angry, because I didn't like you at that time." Reins smirked, "But this reminds me of something that is unpleasant to me - that is, even now I hate the people of my family. ”

Apaya's body froze for a moment.

"I hate anyone who has hurt Filly. Whether it's Rossos or the family. She looked up into the distance, "Even if they themselves show that they don't care, I can't forgive. ”

She put her hand on her chest and pressed hard.

"Time will heal the wound, but I will always remember the pain. At the time they became my Fili, the pain they used to have came to me, and it was much more painful than being punished in the dark room. So even if they say they don't care now, I'm going to remember that because I'm their chief. ”

"And do you hate me too?" Apaya looked at her and asked, "I've hurt you." ”

There was a blank look in Reins' eyes.

"I don't know." She thought, "It stands to reason that I should hate you. But if I hate you, why am I sitting here talking to you now? ”

"I've always noticed that you value your Fili more than you do. You can't forgive the family for the sake of your Fili, but you've been ignoring the hurt you've suffered. Apaya paused, then sighed, wrapped her arms around her body, and led her into her arms, "But even if you hate me, it doesn't matter if you don't want to forgive me, you can take it back from me as you like until you can truly accept me." ”

She stared blankly at Apaya, and the corners of the blonde man's mouth rose in an extremely shallow arc and kissed her softly on the lips.