Reins crossed her hands and put them to her mouth.

"Under normal circumstances, the recovery of 'boons' should be carried out by more than two clergy." She confirmed to Smofa as well as to the family, "But if the priest lets you take this opportunity to do it alone, it means that the situation is special and should not be known to too many people." And you're pressed for time, because the agreement has already been signed, and you should leave after 3-5 days of observation at most. ”

Smoker snapped his fingers.

"Not bad!" He said dryly, "Actually, I only have 2 days now, so I need your help, which is why I asked Apaya to come here - as far as I know, Apaya has been in and out of some ruins and some anomalous areas many times with his machines, and I guess the battles that took place were not just for the Rhines to deal with, right?" There are often too many factors in these places that can affect the normal operation of the machine, and he already has the combat qualities to deal with such abnormal situations......"

"Stop, Hermiria." Reins narrowed her eyes dangerously, "You mean, you need him to help you reclaim your 'bounty'?" ”

"That's exactly what I thought." Smofa looked at her calmly, "To be exact, I want him to go with me to recycle." Because no one knows what will happen at the moment of retrieving the 'gift', what type of 'gift' it is, and I don't know very well. ”

"You also said you don't know what's going to happen, and it could be life-threatening." The mercenary rebuked, "You shouldn't forget the tragedy of Toarohia, right? ”

"It was an accident." The attitude of the clergy also became rare and tough, "Although it is related to the 'gift' of that special nature, in the final analysis, there is also a large part of the human factor in it!" ”

"You-"

"I'm sorry, but please allow me to interrupt." Hua Shao softly stopped their quarrel, "The tragedy of Toarohia, is that caused by the 'gift'?" ”

"Yes, I think you've learned about that too? The 'bounty' was one of the most destructive and widespread, and it was used crudely at the time, which led to the ruins of Toarohia. "Given that there was a war going on at the time, I think your account should be recorded as a shell with the wrong track in a war?" ”

"Well, but I've always felt that a cannonball can't do it to that extent......"

"That's because that 'gift' was misused!" Smoker's voice raised, "At that time, the people of the church had already recovered it, but the ordinary person who first found the 'gift', he didn't want to lose this power, and he was misled by some people to drip blood on the 'gift', thinking that this would make the 'gift' belong to him-"

Reins jerked to her feet, her chair toppling to the ground.

"After all, isn't it because the 'gift' itself is a very destructive kind!" She roared, and the elements around her even began to agitate, "What if this 'gift' was of the same kind!" ”

"It is precisely because of such tragedies that the Church has conducted more and more esoteric research on 'gifts'!" Smofa also stood up, his hands clapping on the table and leaning forward, "I can't tell what kind of thing it is, but at least I can be sure it's not a 'boon' with the same lethality and scope as Toarohia's!" ”

"You didn't even see it! And you've said it yourself that you haven't been able to feel exactly where it is! Reins's clenched fist didn't know if he wanted to swing it out and smash it in the face, or if he wanted to restrain his desire to use force against the clergy, "Even if it's not like Toarosia?!" Even the most powerful 'gift' can make the person who touches it be polluted or even die in an instant! You as a member of the church have your own unique means of avoiding this! But how can you get someone else to touch it! ”

Smofa's expression went blank.

"When did I say that he should be exposed to the Gift?" The clergyman asked, confused.

Reins glared at him, thinking that Smalla was playing dumb at the moment.

"You said you wanted him to go with you to reclaim the Gift, Hermiria." Reinse's anger seemed to have caused the elements in the air to exert substantial pressure on Smofa, "Could it be that I heard it wrong?" Mr. clergy of the church, what else do you want to explain? ”

After Hua Shao carefully savored their conversation, he showed an expression of sudden realization. And Smoker was still innocent and blank at this time.

"I wanted him to recycle with me, but I didn't want him to come into contact with the 'Gift', did I? It's something I don't even want to touch......"

At this time, Reins also suddenly realized what the problem was.

Apaya is an engineer.

He fought with his instruments, not with himself.

“…… I wanted to ask if Apaya could remotely manipulate her device to retrieve the bounty, which would minimize the risk. "If he can't, he can also block the side effects of the 'gift' by riding in the machine, and the others may not be able to make their machinery work properly." And before recycling, I also have to look at the defense level of his machine, do I need to add more...... Hmm, so, can you let these wind elementals go? My guts were really squeezed. ”

Reins froze in place, she waved her hand casually, and the clergy looked relieved and sat back in his chair.

It was a terrible feeling, she didn't even notice the loophole in Hermiria's words, and here she was excitedly arguing with the other side for the safety of the engineer...... She could feel the blonde man who had been sitting next to her standing up and walking somewhere else, perhaps because her intentions were too obvious and uncomfortable wanting to get away? Ha, this is also how it should be, not to mention that he shouldn't have sat next to him in the first place, he should have sat with Hua Shao, and there was no vacancy next to her...... What the hell, those reasons that persuaded me to refrain last night were thrown into the back of my head?

However, things didn't get as bad as she had imagined. The Engineer immediately returned to her, placed something on the table, and crouched down to help her chair up, then placed a hand on her shoulder and gave a slight effort.

"Come on, sit down first, you should drink some water, I've rarely seen you yelling at people like that."

Apaya's voice was gentle, and after the mercenary sat down with all the force, he handed her the glass, and very naturally slipped the hand that had just been placed on her shoulder, covering her fist that had not yet let go. This frightened Reins a little, and she tried to withdraw her hand, but the engineer didn't let her succeed, and she had to use her other hand to hold the glass of water to ease her embarrassment.

But that wasn't all, the Engineer began to figure out a way to get her fist to release - she immediately let her hand loose as soon as she realized it, maybe it would make the other person take her hand away? …… Instead, the Engineer had to reach his hand into her palm, his calloused fingers gently rubbing the marks on her fingernails.

What's he doing! Reinss held the glass calmly, and only her white fingertips could tell how hard she was working. Is he really Apaya and not some other person pretending? …… Oh yes, his soul made it abundantly clear that he was the dull engineer himself, and yes, he wasn't cursed with any mess...... She has to seriously consider whether she should wear her gloves when she is not fighting in the future!

"So, this plan should be fine, right?" Smofa thought that the quarrel had not happened, otherwise the mercenary would have nailed him to the wall with a throwing knife, "Touching the 'gift' with a soulless machine is the safest plan I can think of, as long as Apaya can do it." ”

Apaya nodded.

"There should be no problem, I'll do some experiments with adjustments in a while."

Reins tried to withdraw his hand while he was distracted, but it made him hold it tighter, and he even turned his head to look at her, which made everyone look in her direction.

"Reins? Do you have any other comments? ”

Probably intimidated by the mercenary's anger just now, Murfa asked weakly, and she shook her head slightly.

"No, there is no opinion, and since he himself agrees with this approach, then I don't think there is anything wrong with that."

She gave up struggling, and what had just happened was a good indication that if she wanted to do anything, Apaya didn't mind letting everyone know that they were holding hands - it was an inexplicable sight, at least now that they were just under the table and no one would see it.

But she still couldn't figure out what the engineer was trying to do. This kind of ambiguous and excessive behavior is inevitably too easy for people to misunderstand......

"Then it's decided." Taking advantage of the mercenary's distraction, Smofa exchanged an intriguing look with Hua Shao and Yura, "I'll go back to the church to prepare something, and then come over to take a look at Apaya's machine, to be honest, I've been curious about it for a long time, and it can withstand the pressure of the ancient aura that spreads in the ruins?" I can't wait. ”

"You don't have anything ready?" Reins said mockingly, "It's as if the people of the family really won't come if they don't agree." ”

"Oh, of course, it's necessary courtesy, my dear friend." "If I had brought something with me, I think you would have been somewhat unhappy, because it seemed to me to be in the attitude that you would have agreed." But I still want to consider your feelings, and I'm not afraid to make a few more trips for that. ”

Reins scoffed, but said nothing more.

"Then I'll go back first, and I'll come back in the afternoon." Smoker stood up and straightened the hem of his shirt, "Oh, my dear Rheins, why don't you send it-"

He jumped nimbly towards the door, dodging something that had just been rubbed against his face, his eyes wide as he stared at the mercenary, who had some white gas on one of his hands.

And the other party was looking at him with a kind smile.